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Zero growth THE GROWTH of the agriculture sector is expected to be flat to lower over the remainder of President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s term, according to industry groups and experts. Mr. Duterte will deliver his sixth and final State of the Nation Address on July 26 and is due to end his term in June 2022. Calixto V. Chikiamco, Foundation for Economic Freedom president, estimated that “for 2021, (agriculture output) might be flat or even negative, depending on further disruptions caused by the pandemic lockdowns, control of the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) and adverse weather. In the first quarter, agricultural production dropped 3.3%, so positive growth for the year would be optimistic,” Mr. Chikiamco said via mobile phone.

Real estate push THE PROPERTY sector’s recovery is hinged on how quickly the government can build the infrastructure it promised, according to industry heads. Some segments of the industry are somewhat looking up after pandemicrelated contractions in 2020, with Leechiu Property Philippines indicating the return of office space demand on the back of a vaccination rollout. “If we want to transform the country, there’s no other choice but to build more infrastructure at a faster pace,” DMCI Holdings Chairman and President Isidro A. Consunji said.

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HE Northern Mindanao Medical C enter (NMMC), the main government hospital in the region attending to COVID-19 cases, declared a “Code Red” as cases here continue to rise at over 100 a day in the past few weeks.

Dr. Jose Bernard Julius Rocha, liaison officer of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center, said the surge in COVID-19 cases is aggravated by the detection of seven of the highly infectious Delta variant in Cagayan de Oro, Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental. LIFE-SIZE TRIBUTE. Hidilyn Diaz’s life-size picture is displayed at the gym she built using incentives from her 2016 Olympics silver medal win. photographed 27 july 2021 by frencie l . carreon / mindanews .

Govt's electrification of sitios falls short of target By MYRNA M. VELASCO, Contributor

THE goal of the Duterte administration to complete electrification of all sitios within the service domain of the electric cooperatives (ECs) would fall short of target because of deficient budget allocation by the national government. In a briefing with reporters, Sonia B. San Diego,

deputy administrator for Corporate Resources and Financial Services of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), indicated that the allocation of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for sitio electrification this year was at P1.627 billion and that could just energize

1,085 sitios. N E A Ad m i n i s t r at o r Edgardo R. Masongsong qualified that if the 12,000 targeted sitios will have to be completely electrified next year, the required funding will be as much as P18 billion; hence, the DBM-earmarked budget would be way below the total amount needed. F o r n e x t y e a r, t h e SHORT/PAGE 10

Rocha said the NMMC went from Code Yellow to Code Red on Tuesday. “It will be naive to think that the Delta variant did not cause the recent surge,” Rocha told reporters during a daily news briefing here Wednesday. HOSPITAL/PAGE 11

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Pandemic trade-off: losing a media friend

(Editor’s note: This piece is a tribute to MDN Managing Editor Roel V. Pelone, a media colleague who succumed to the deadly Covid-19 virus, July 28).

WITH the onset of the Delta variant, it seems we are not seeing even a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel. This metaphor exactly fits to where we are now—still at war with the pandemic that has become potent and deadlier more than ever.

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8 CDO Delta variant patients recover By ERCEL MAANDIG, Reporter

EIGHT patients of the Delta variant of the coronavirus here have recovered and their close contacts contained. The eight were confirmed after the Department of Health (DOH) informed the city government of the report of samples taken by the Philippine Genome

Center (PGC), Mayor Oscar Moreno said in an online press briefing on Thursday. They are seven family m e m b e r s i n B a r a n g ay Balulang, all recovered on July 15; and a Barangay Canitoan resident, who recovered on July 18. RECOVER/PAGE 10

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Ex-MILF combatants turn to fish farming

C During the blessing and ribbon cutting of the new molecular biology laboratory, Second District Rep. Henry Oaminal announces the free swab tests to residents of Ozamiz and the Second District of Misamis Occidental. (LGU Ozamiz)

MisOcc LGU offers free RT-PCR testing to 2nd district locals OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental-The residents of Ozamiz City and Second District of Misamis Occidental can now avail the free reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing offered by Second District Rep. Henry Oaminal in a bid to address the increasing number of infections in

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the city and province. The free RT-PCR test aims to quickly identify and isolate individuals who are COVID-19 positive. "If you are a resident of Ozamiz City, you just follow the proper procedure to be endorsed by LGUs [local government units] and FREE/PAGE 10

OTABATO City – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has boosted the livelihood productivity of a group of former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) combatants in Sultan Mastura, Maguindanao on Wednesday. The former members

of the MILF’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) are now fish farmers after they laid down their guns in exchange for incomegenerating projects as part of the peace process. Pendatun Patarasa, Assistant to the Minister for Special Concerns of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian

Reform (MAFAR), said Thursday that the former MILF combatants received some 36,000 tilapia fingerlings. The project is part of the support to Agriculture and Agribusiness Enterprise in Mindanao for Sustainable Development that aims to increase productivity of agriculture and fisheries-

based livelihood, funded by the Korean government through the Korea International Cooperation Agency. About 36,000 tilapia fingerlings were each given to the Compra Farmers and Fisherfolks Association of Barangay Bulod, Datu Montawal; Liguasan Inhabitants FISH/PAGE 10

DA programs under Duterte admin boost Caraga rice, corn yield BUTUAN City – The strengthened agricultural programs and services implemented under the Duterte administration resulted in an increase in

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(DA) 13 (Caraga) on Tuesday showed farmers engaged in white and yellow corn production in the region gained an average yield of 3.52 metric tons (MT) per hectare of harvest from 2016 to 2020. Last year, the total corn production in the region reached up to 157,639.11 MT, the data from DA-13 showed. Most corn farmers in the region are also engaged in cassava production, providing additional income for their families. Cassava production in Caraga likewise improved from 17,673.95 MT in 2019 to 19,293.87 MT in 2020, the department said. Support services

provided by the DA to rice farmers in the region also helped raise palay production in the area under Duterte's term. Last year, the total palay yield in the region was recorded at 503,330 MT. The total palay harvest, the department said, has also brought the rice selfsufficiency rate of Caraga to 93.29 percent. “The DA has strengthened its programs and services under the present administration, especially the support to farms by providing them with inputs, such as seeds and fertilizers,” DA-13 information officer Emmylou Presilda told the Philippine News Agency (PNA). Presilda added that the use of new technologies and farm mechanization also helped the farmers in Caraga boost their production in the past six years. Farming modernization From 2016, a total of 3,230 units of agricultural machinery and equipment were released to the different rice and corn farmers’ associations in Caraga under the DA's mechanization program to help them improve their production. For this year alone, a total of PHP349.1 million worth of farm machinery and equipment were handed over by DA13 to the different rice farmers’ associations and cooperatives in the region. Among the biggest turnover activities conducted this year were facilitated in the provinces of Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Norte and Butuan City. Last February, the DA-13 turned over a total of P149.4 million worth of farm machinery and equipment to the different farmers’ associations and cooperatives in Surigao del Sur through the provincial government. BOOST/PAGE 10

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Biz registration, renewal reach 1.9M

USINESS registrations and renewals reached 1.9 million as of Tuesday, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said. He said the number has increased from 900,000 business registrations and renewals in 2015. “While there are business(es)

that closed down, the number of new businesses that registered and those that renewed their businesses actually increased,” Lopez said in a television interview Tuesday evening. The trade chief said as long as there will be no extreme lockdowns that will happen, many sectors will remain open. He added this would help the

country to further reduce the unemployment rate close to the pre-pandemic level of 5 percent. Unemployment rate in May 2021 settled at 7.7 percent, lower than the 8.7 percent in its previous month, and lower than the 17.7 percent joblessness rate at the height of the pandemic last year. “As long as we are able to

reopen, we see (a) faster reaction to employment. In other words, more people are going back to work, more sectors, more businesses are opening up again,” Lopez said. He said the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte to pass economic reform bills such as amendments to the Foreign Investments Act, Retail

Trade Liberalization Act, and the Public Service Act is “very timely” as the government is “trying to look for ways and means to achieve economic recovery”. Lopez said these key legislations will help to attract foreign investments in the country that would create more jobs for Filipinos. (PNA)

DTI vows to make PH more attractive to investors AFTER approving investment projects worth P5.2 trillion from 2016 to June 2021, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is committed to support policies and push for programs that will attract more investments to the country. “The DTI strongly supported the full implementation of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act, which is definitely a milestone and a new landmark incentive law. It provides the government the flexibility in granting fiscal and non-fiscal investments for high-value strategic investments,” DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez told the Philippine News Agency. On March 26 this

year, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the CREATE Act, which reduces the corporate income tax rate in the country from 30 percent to 25 percent for big corporations and up to 20 percent for small domestic businesses. It also provides performance-based, timebound, and targeted fiscal incentives packages for both local and foreign investors. Lopez said the government is also pushing for legislative reforms that will attract more foreign investments such as the amendments to the Public Service Act, Retail Trade Liberalization Act, and the Foreign Investments Act. He added Duterte certified these bills

liberalizing the economy as urgent, and are targeted to be approved by October this year. Improving market access The DTI chief said the Philippine government under the Duterte administration is supporting trade liberalization and pursuing agreements with other countries to improve economic relations with other nations. The Philippines is a signatory of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) -- a trade agreement among Asean countries and its free trade deal partners including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. RCEP was concluded in November last year. This free trade

agreement (FTA) among 15 countries in the Asia Pacific will enter into force 60 days after six Asean member states and at least three FTA partners submitted their instrument of ratification. “For the Philippines, we are working hard to finish our internal processes so that the Philippines can be one of the first six Asean member states to deposit the instrument of ratification,” DTI Assistant Secretary Allan Gepty said in a previous interview. Lopez said the signing of RCEP could help renew growth in foreign direct investments (FDI). A United Nations Conference on Trade and Development report showed that the Philippines’ FDI inflows in 2020 rose 29 percent

despite the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, bucking the global trend of declining FDIs last year. “For the Philippines, more specifically, RCEP presents an enhanced platform for attracting investments in exportoriented manufacturing,” he added. As India was not able to sign the RCEP deal last year, the Philippines is pursuing a preferential trade agreement with the south Asian country. The top trade official also initiated reexploring the country’s opportunities in joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), an FTA of 11 countries. The Philippines wants

to strengthen economic ties with four of the CPTPP member countries, which the country does not have a trade deal with, including Canada, Chile, Mexico, and Peru. The country also hopes to secure a trade pact with the United States through the CPTPP when the US pursues its membership to the CPTPP. Promotion amid pandemic Lopez also highlighted DTI’s industrial strategy amid the new normal, the ReBUILD PH or Revitalizing Businesses, Investments, Livelihoods and Domestic Demand. ReBUILD PH aims to revitalize demand and empower local industries to capture the demand in the agriculture, industry, DTI/PAGE 10

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Happiness: mood or mode? (Pt.1) Thin k a minute… The extremely wealthy David Geffen was asked if now that he is a billionaire is he happy? He laughed and answered: “Anyone who believes money makes you happy does not have money.” Rich people around the world will tell you that just having heaps of money itself cannot make you happy. In fact, it often brings you more worries, problems and stress. It’s a fact of life: “Happiness is not in things, it’s in us.” The realities of life are basically the same for happy and unhappy people. Truly happy people do not have a magic button to get them out of problems and pain. They just use everything that happens to make themselves and their life better, stronger and more satisfying. “The happiest people are those who have no particular reason for being happy other than they have simply chosen to be.” They do not wait for events or other people to make them happy. Happiness is not your mood, it’s your mode of operating every day. Your way of life. Your way of thinking, loving, and giving

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Pandemic trade-off: losing a media friend (Editor’s note: This piece is a tribute to MDN Managing Editor Roel V. Pelone, a media colleague who succumed to the deadly Covid-19 virus, July 28). WITH the onset of the Delta variant, it seems we are not seeing even a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel. This metaphor exactly fits to where we are now—still at war with the pandemic that has become potent and deadlier more than ever. We struggled no end, and the trade-of fs are overwhelming like losing another friend, this time a media colleague whose chill time was a good copy from the great poet Edgar Allan Poe. Never in our lifetime that

an invisible enemy could downturn in an instant our way of life. Not this kind of global health crisis that had scared us to the teeth — and down to our spines. The damage had been so fatal, so damning in a sense that we were beaten down and out, hard and blue. The truth of the matter is that this global health crisis that we are at war with has weakened us to the fore. It brought us down into a serious situation never before seen and felt on a global scale. That said, fighting the pandemic has forced us to make unnecessary tradeof fs b etween our lives, the environment and our livelihoods. Millions are now close to

subsistence, and worse — at their survival boundaries. At the local front, the so-called “Ayuda” from City Hall is going by the trickles, a big contrast to Ormoc City’s popular definition of assistance — no ifs and buts, just simply spreading the wings of goodwill with no political color in tow. And so getting a decent three square meals these days had become nightmares to those who are have-nots and the marginalized. While Covid-19 vaccines are being distributed as quick ly as p ossible, no guarantee yet of immediate relief, nor instant cure. The new coronavirus D elt a v ar i ant t hat w as initially discovered in the UK and later in India, is now wreaking havoc among us —

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RUFFY MAGBANUA as detected and confirmed by our health experts. There is no way for now but to take safety as top priority, while waiting for more suppplies of vaccines, be it AstraZeneca, Sputnik, or Sinovac. What matters most is the sense of urgency, not the brand, nor the origin. Keep safe ever yone!(ruff y44_ ph2000@yahoo.com)

Leading the universities in uncertainty The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis (Brian Tracy, 2021) The quote above is taken from Brian Tracy’s website. He is actually a prominent business consultant with more than 1000 client companies. As a keynote speaker and seminar leader, he has addressed more than 250,000 people each year. He is really the most prominent leader inspiring the world nations about leadership. Now, how about if we relate that quote to education: universities. We have not yet known when exactly the Covid-19 pandemic comes to end. Some countries have started their normal lives—though still with their masks on their faces—while others in the majority are still miserable. In the field of education, universities are similar around the globe. Yet, they have to create qualified human resources: university outputs.

Leading the universities i n u n c e r t a i nt y du e t o coronavirus requires hard efforts. These hard efforts are always in hard times that are in crisis. Yet, crisis according to Brian Tracy is the measure of the leadership we have applied. Leadership in education—universities— explicitly can be manifested in that quote. It is hard to find ways out of the crisis. It is also hard to respond to uncertainty. And, of course, it is hard to live with uncertainty while creating the organization's new value: corporate value. Private universities, for instance, have to gain not only the number of their students for their income but also how to lead the faculties and administrators to respond to the uncertainty. This requires a new corporate value: new normal. This can lead to the sustainability of universities. In fact, when talking about sustainability around the world, only the

developed countries have dominated during the Covid 19 outbreak. In research by Kaya, S. K. (2020) it was found that the developed countries led the sustainability better during that pandemic. For example, United States, Germany, Japan, France, and South Korea are with their best performance in sustainability. The countries with the worst performance are Turkey, Chile, Lithuania, and Estonia as in the research objects. But, the most striking finding is that Covid 19 pandemic makes the people much more creative and imaginative in the developed countries. In order that the nations can live sustainably, they have to create renewable resources. If this is dragged into education, universities need also renewable strategies and outputs as well. Considering the uncertainty when a pandemic comes to an end, universities have

DR. DJUWARI to decide to implement either blended leanings or virtual learning strategies sophisticatedly. If in the business field, companies need consultants to survive, universities may also do the same. It is very specific when they lack leadership skills. Leading in uncertainty requires “double immunity.” As referred to by Darwin’s theory, when applied in Covid 19 pandemic, we need double immunity. One is for attacking the virus, while the other is for the reserve when the first immunity UNCERTAINTY/PAGE 11

Debunk conventional agriculture!

An urgent call for sustainable agriculture

JHAN TIAFAU HURST to others. It’s your way of working, playing, laughing, and enjoying each moment of life that you are given. In computer language, what is your life’s “operating system?” How do you process and choose to respond to people and experiences that come in to your life each day? Do you see all the possibilities and purposes for your life? Do you daily focus on the good or the bad? To have happiness, you must have the “attitude of gratitude.” A recent study showed that people who write down three good things in their life and why they are good, every day for just HAPPINESS/PAGE 11

As the 2022 Election is fast approaching, there is already so much outpourings of talks by politicians on why they are the ones to be elected to combat the number one enemy of the country which is worsening poverty especially at a time when COVID-19 is putting the economy at a stand-still. But these outpourings of gospel of self-promotion must be the subject of analysis of why a country that is so rich agriculturally and oozing with ecological wealth cannot even produce enough food an basic staples for its hungry people. In fact, based on the Study conducted by the United Nations as reported by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), “the agricultural growth in the Philippines in the last two decades is only .02 per cent and the peasantry are the number one victims of

climate change and the ongoing protracted war.” Who controls? Who profits? Who decides? Well, very glaring is the control of the oligarchs in agriculture in connivance with elected officials. What is my basis in alleging that!? Prior to my joining a nongovernment organization whose raizon d’ etre is to promote sustainable agriculture and to stop the continuing plunder of our natural resources in 1991, I had been the Regional Information Officer of the Department of Agriculture in Region 10 for 7 years and its City Agricultural Officer in Cagayan de Oro for 4 years. I realized then that the gospels of Green Revolution I was disseminating as the DA’s Chief of Agricultural Communications using the broadcast and print media were hardly improving the quality of life of the small

farmers, in whose name and in whose cause, I worked then for. In fact, that kind of agricultural system aptly known as conventional agriculture has benefited everyone, i.e., the fertilizer and chemical dealers, the rich agri-business sector, the local compradors, but never those who have worked under the excruciating heat of the sun and who have looked much older than their age – the poor farmers. I wondered then why Philippine agriculture has taken that path of erasing indigenous technologies and replacing our native seeds with so-called high yielding varieties (HYVs) which are solely dependent on the use of chemical fertilizers and toxic pesticides. Those agricultural loaning schemes called Masagana Programs would not even allow our

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ORLAN R. RAVANERA farmers to use other farming technologies other than the prescribed chemical farming techniques. The borrowing farmers were not given cash as loans by the lending banks but chits to be presented to accredited dealers of chemical fertilizers. Such became a massive farming debacle that was only successful in tying our farmers to heavy debts, to wallow until now inside the vicious cycle of poverty. URGENT/PAGE 11

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AFP, Ayala ink partnership for needs-based access to group's products, services

AMP AGUINALDO, QUEZON CITY The Armed Forces of the Philippines and Ayala Group of Companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen a long-standing partnership and bolster support to soldiers through the SaludoSaSerbisyo program on Thursday, July 29. AFP Chief of Staff General Cirilito Sobejana signed the MOU on behalf of the AFP, while Ayala Corporation President & CEO Fernando Zobel de Ayala represented the Ayala Group. "The Saludo Sa Serbisyo program developed by the Ayala Corporation will be in full swing until 2026 and is a program that will absolutely aid in boosting the morale and in improving the lives of the men and women of the Armed Forces," said General Sobejana. Saludo Sa Serbisyo is a needs-based program that gives uniformed personnel expanded access to the group's products and services, enabling them to pick the best support they need in every key milestone of their lives. "The AFP and Ayala go

a long way back. In 1939, Col. Joseph McMicking, a great pilot and our great grandfather, awarded the first McMicking Wings to the then Second Lieutenant Renato L. Barretto, a pilot cadet at the Philippine Air Force Flying School," Zobel said. "Over the years and amidst several leadership transitions, our partnership strengthened; our friendship flourished. Both Ayala and AFP have demonstrated how impactful our actions can be— when we work in unity," he added. The program provides offers on housing and vehicles, and it hosts a venue for financial education and livelihood training as well as health and wellness caravans. It also hopes to provide employment opportunities in various business units across the Ayala Group to AFP retirees and their qualified dependents. Earlier on the same day, a Ribbon Cutting was conducted to formally open the AFP-Ayala Corporation Caravan at the GHQ Canopy. It was attended by the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, J1 Major General Adriano S Perez

Executives from the Ayala Group of Companies led by Ayala Corporation President and CEO Fernando Zobel de Ayala graced the signing of a memorandum of agreement between Ayala and the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Thursday, July 29. The MOU aims to strengthen a long-standing partnership and bolster support to soldiers through the Saludo Sa Serbisyo program. (PHOTO CREDIT: SN1 Donald Viluan PN/PAOAFP)

Jr.; and General Emmanuel T Bautista (Ret), former AFP chief of staff and now a consultant at Ayala Corporation. The caravan featured Housing Assistance from Ayala Land and Health and Wellness Caravan courtesy of AC Health - Healthway, Generika, and MDC Medical Team. Several financial and investment opportunities were also offered by BPI, while AC Motors offered preferred rates on vehicles under

the company's umbrella of brands: Honda, Kia, Isuzu, Volkswagen, Maxus, and KTM. Apart from "Saludo Sa Serbisyo," Ayala Group also expresses its support to servicemen through its strong support to Hero Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides educational assistance to children of Filipino soldiers killed in action or totally incapacitated while in the line of duty. Ayala Corporation and

Ayala Land each give a donation of P2.5 million yearly. The educational stipend from the foundation helps orphaned students pay for school-related expenses. With the help of the private sector, Hero Foundation has supported and served a total of 2,702 orphan scholars since 1988. The group also holds the annual Ayala Young Leaders Congress, where top youth and student leaders from across various sectors, religions, and

provinces of the Philippines join a series of dialogues with business leaders and government officials. A total of 89 AYLC alumni come from the Philippine Military Academy and currently serve in different branches of service of the AFP. "As we continue our partnership moving forward, we remain committed to further ramp up our projects with the AFP and strengthen the bonds of friendship that we have nurtured over the years. We certainly look forward to having more joint initiatives with you in the near future," Zobel noted. General Sobejana expressed his gratitude to the Ayala Corporation for their benevolence and generosity as both parties strive to provide cohesive, needs-based, and sustainable program for the troops and their dependents. "Thank you for not forgetting our soldiers, who work tirelessly and put their lives on the line to protect the land and serve the Filipino people. You all have our utmost respect and admiration," the AFP Chief said.

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EIGHTLIFTER and Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz need not declare in her income tax return (ITR) all the gifts she received after winning in the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo. “BIR (Bureau of Internal Revenue) has resolved it. They are donations subject only to 6-percent donors’ tax, payable by the donor,” Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III told journalists in a Viber message on Thursday. This, as various companies have pledged multimillion pesos worth of gifts, in cash and in kind, to Diaz, who gave the country its first

Olympic gold medal. Asked if he thinks that other athletes would be encouraged to give their best if the government does not slap any tax on these gifts, Dominguez said “No, I don’t.” Dominguez is also not amenable to proposed measures in Congress that exempts Diaz from paying taxes on these gifts. “All Philippine citizens and residents have an obligation to share in the cost of the provision of public goods to society,” he said. Meanwhile, Dominguez said one of the donors who provided rewards to Diaz has cited the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion

(TRAIN) law as another reason for the outpouring of support for the weightlifter. Based on the message of the unidentified donor, which Dominguez shared to journalists, imposition of “lower and very reasonable” donors’ tax under the TRAIN law has encouraged companies to incentivize Diaz’ feat. “Without TRAIN, it would be impossible for all donors to give so much. She would not have been showered with so many gifts. That’s why we see unprecedented generosity from the community this time because of a reasonable donor tax,” the donor said. (PNA)

Protecting fiscal health to boost gov’t’s pandemic response PROTECTING the government’s financial health provides it flexibility to make decisions regarding pandemic-related developments, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said. In a Viber message to journalists on Wednesday, Dominguez recalled his observations in 2020 “that this contagion would most likely not disappear quickly and that sometimes we may have to take a step backwards after taking two forward (steps), to protect our gains achieved in combating the virus.” “I believe the new variant has forced us to do exactly that,” he said. The government has taken steps to ensure that while it protects the vulnerable sector from the pandemic through subsidies, the government’s fiscal health would remain stable. Some sectors have questioned the government, saying that it is not providing enough financial aid to the affected sectors. However, economic managers have repeatedly said that a balance between the need to provide stimulus and ensure that government finances remain sustainable is important. Budget allocated for pandemic-related expenses, included in the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, and the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, amounts to around P450 billion. These funds are the source for the P5,000 to P8,000 cash aid distributed to around 80 percent of the population affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) both in 2020 and this year, as well as the hiring of additional medical workers and equipment. Economic managers have also continued the reopening of the economy to revive economic activities and ensure recovery despite the calls of some sectors against it.

The domestic economy contracted by 9.5 percent last year amid the pandemic, but economic managers are hopeful for the recovery of between 6 percent to 7 percent this year. With the local transmission of the Delta variant, which experts said is more contagious than the earlier variants, some medical experts and the business sectors have called for the implementation of stricter quarantine measures by August to thwart further increases in local infections. Asked if reverting to lockdowns would be the “new normal”, Dominguez said he “cannot predict the future with any accuracy.” “But we can prepare ourselves for any eventuality by protecting our financing capacity to react appropriately to developments,” he said. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua said while the risks from the Delta variant are higher, the government’s response would remain to be managing it “by ensuring much faster vaccination rate, and limiting more stringent lockdown in local areas or sectors of highest risk, while allowing the rest of the people, especially those already vaccinated, to earn a living.” “Our experience last March-April, where we were able to do a better balance can guide our response,” he said in a Viber message to journalists. On the type of quarantine, he said both economic and health sides will need to see the full analysis before making a recommendation. Asked about the impact on economic growth, Chua said he rather would wait until August 10 release of second-quarter gross domestic product data before revisiting the targets in light of recent developments. (PNA)

Delta variant, another challenge to PH financial stability THE possible implementation of stricter quarantine measures to address the threat from the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is another challenge to the financial stability of the country. In a virtual briefing on Wednesday, BSP Assistant Governor Johnny Noe Ravalo said the threat from the Delta variant is “another turn in the road” and monetary authorities “try to expect the unexpected”. “But in terms of financial stability, all of these, what could be, are part of our scenario analysis,” he said. The threat of another lockdown looms after health authorities reported the local transmission of Covid-19 infections caused by the Delta variant. Medical experts and a business group have backed the implementation of a lockdown in August to prevent further rise of infections since experts CHALLENGE/PAGE 11

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MEDALLA MILAGROSA VILLAGE PHASE II HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC. (Name of Homeowners Association)

MEDALLA MILAGROSA VILLAGE PHASE I HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC.

Pursuant to Section III.E (5) (c) of the Amendments to Corporate Circular No. 16-046 on The Substitution of Member-Beneficiaries1, Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) hereby notifies the following memberbeneficiaries of MEDALLA MILAGROSA VILLAGE PHASE II HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC.

MEMBER-BENEFICIARIES IN DEFAULT

Name of Member-Beneficiary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34.

BACASNO, Nilfa Taguio BADAL, Rillan Eslate BAROLAN, Jucil Garren CASTIL, Joseph Tambor CARIN, Robert Agcaoili CAPIRIG, Jocelyn Castil DINOY, Danbert Joy Alias EDRALIN, Richel BR T. ELBAMBO, Rafael S. EMATA, Adrell G. ENIOLA, Lorna Bolivar GAYRAMARA, Jaime Ngujo INCILA, Madelyn Alias ISRAEL, Joseph P. JANAO, Marlou Pabayda LAGRITO, Nesmin Abad LEDON, Cindy Dacut MALICAY, Baudillo Mauna MINGULLO, Luisita Emata RIVERO, Jover Que-e VIÑAS, Janet Yare YASAY, Mary Grace Galarpe ELBAMBO,Dina CABERTO,Mabel angel LEDON,Cheryl PAIGALAN,Rey ARIAS,Mary syl OÑEZ,Lolit MALICAY,Baudillo LAGRITO,Ericson ENTIRINA,Raul LEDON,Cindy LAPAS,Adam LAPAZ,Joe mar

Block No. 4 7 3 9 5 9 1 4 1 8 10 11 1 5 5 4 10 7 2 5 4 4 1 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 10 11 11

(Name of Homeowners Association)

Lot No. 4 8 10 3 10 4 10 16 5 12 1 9 14 13 11 10 10 18 6 5 6 13 8 7 3 11 13 14 18 19 22 10 7 10

Number of Months in Arrears (Php) 55.60 93.41 14.07 59.04 5.85 88.02 70.58 85.70 57.23 86.01 58.14 87.99 54.11 57.54 88.02 41.02 83.99 85.12 47.27 88.02 85.03 54.02 41.02 80.00 71.02 15.02 16.00 56.24 25.52 39.62 74.15 70.02 18.56 16.03

Name of Member-Beneficiary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.

ACUT, Rosemarie C. BACONGUIS, Myra Fe Z. BONGOLO, Michelle E. CAYABYAB, Marie Cres D. CHAN, Jacqueline L. DELACERNA, Daisy Mae S. DELACERNA, Estrella S. DELACERNA, Jocelyn DELACERNA, Helen S. ERMITA, Alma S. GANZO, Femelito G. HAGUPIT, Julito T. HIDALGO, Mark Anthony B. JAGOS, Federico Jr. JAGOS, Perla M. LOOD, Rosemarie Z. LORETO, Martina Liza C. MAGLANGIT, Analie P. MORADO, Adreanne C. NAPISA, Clavel S. NITUDA, Rosalie V. PABAYO, Lusviminda A. PABUALAN, Mylene G. PIMENTEL, Tita C. TANGARA, Irish P. TORMIS, Marites D. TUMANDA, March Marie J MAANDIG, Steve R.

Block No. 10 13 14 7 6 7 9 1 2 12 4 5 6 5 14 12 2 13 11 2 10 14 10 10 11 9 14 11

Lot No. 15 6 9 8 7 11 8 6 15 11 2 6 3 5 2 5 3 9 5 8 13 11 9 12 8 3 1 4

Number of Months in Arrears (Php) 87.24 88.05 69.17 58.42 69.15 81.56 73.10 78.43 86.19 3.40 74.99 50.0 86.72 86.16 58.93 73.23 85.53 63.41 81.63 83.17 63.97 75.82 89.19 10.70 68.20 78.24 49.66

The said member-beneficiaries are considered as "IN-DEFAULT" due to non-payment of three (3) months amortization or more to Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC). Accordingly, the said member-beneficiaries are given FIFTEEN (15) DAYS from notice of this publication/Posting to communicate with (MEDALLA MILAGROSA VILLAGE PHASE I HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC.) and with Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) to explain why they should not be declared as “in-default”. Failure to explain in writing within the given 15-day period will be construed as waiver of the right over the lot and will be a ground for substitution. Furthermore, the failure of the above-named member-beneficiaries to provide written explanation shall constrain the association or SHFC to resort to other appropriate legal remedies such as but not limited to substitution, foreclosure, ejectment, or civil action to protect their interest.

Furthermore, the failure of the above-named member-beneficiaries to provide written explanation shall constrain the association or SHFC to resort to other appropriate legal remedies such as but not limited to substitution, foreclosure, ejectment, or civil action to protect their interest.

MRS. ALMA S. TUNGAO / CA President Contact Number: 0935 139 2888

__________________________ MRS. ALLEN C. RIVERA / CA President

Corporate Circular No. 17-048 MRS. ALMA S. TUNGAO / CA President Contact Number: 0935 139 2888

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NCCA allots P12-M competitive grants for Mindanao CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY--Allocating P12.17 million worth of grants for Mindanao, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is now accepting submissions of project proposals for its 2022 Competitive Grants Program until August 31, 2021. The NCCA, through the 2022 Competitive Grants Program, allotted 57 slots with a total budget of P12,175,000 for Mindanao. Throughout the country, there are 438 slots with a total budget of P108,250,000. "NCCA’s mandate is to encourage our citizens to become partners in continuing the country’s cultural legacies and artistic achievements. With the NCCA Competitive Grants Program, administered through the National Endowment Fund DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT BETWEEN HEIRS WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late WILFREDO J. ELLEVERA, died intestate and without leaving a will on April 11, 2017 at Taparak, Alubijid, Misamis Oriental, at the time of his death, left certain real property with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-32169 situated in the Barangay of Taparak, Municipality of Alubijid, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of THREE HUNDRED SIXTY ONE (361) square meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT BETWEEN HEIRS WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, filed by the heirs of WILFREDO J. ELLEVERA, in favor of JANETH LYNE ELLEVERA MAGALLANES, per DOC #285; PAGE #57; BOOK #17; Series of 2020 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ALMIRA B. VALDEZ. BWM: July 16, 23 & 30, 2021

EXTRAJUDCICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AND PARTITION KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late SPS. LEA G. IDULZA and FAUSTINO L. IDULZA and MARIA PORTIA G. IDULZA, single, and residing at Galope Compound, Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City, who died intestate, dated December 17, 2011, that on the death of the decedent they left a property lot, with TCT No. T-152270 situated at Galope Compound, Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY (1,130) square meters, more or less, TCT No. T-152271 situated at Galope Compound, Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City containing an area of ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE (1,865) square meters, more or less, TCT No. T-77988 situated at Galope Compound, Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT (2,998) square meters more or less, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDCICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AND PARTITION, filed by the heirs of SPS. LEA G. IDULZA and FAUSTINO L. IDULZA and MARIA PORTIA G. IDULZA, per DOC #457; PAGE #91; BOOK #124; Series of 2020 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. BUENAVENTURA E. SAGRADO. BWM: July 23, 30 & Aug. 6, 2021

for Culture and the Arts or NEFCA, this aspiration is continuously realized," said NCCA Executive Director Al Ryan Alejandre during a virtual press conference, July 29, here. Known as the NCCA Charter, Republic Act 7356 authorizes the commission to provide grants to artists and cultural groups, which contribute significantly to the Filipino’s cultural legacy as means to extend artistic achievement. As provisioned in the law, NCCA grants are intended for the development, protection, preservation and dissemination of Philippine culture and arts. Alejandre said the program is competitive in nature since the approval of project proposals passes through a rigorous and confidential evaluation process based on merit such as quality and relevance to NCCA's priorities. With the current health crisis in the

country, NCCA Project Development Officer Veronica Amboni said the priority projects of the commission are adjusted to answer the needs of the culture and arts communities in the country amid the pandemic. Amboni said, "Bago tayo nag-plan for our priority projects, ang NCCA nag-conduct ng tinatawag nating Cultural Response and Resiliency Plan na kung saan ang NCCA nagbigay sila ng survey kung ano ‘yung pangangailangan ng isang komunidad, ano ‘yung kailangan pa natin kahit sa panahon na ito mas maaddress pa rin natin 'yung pangangailangan ng ating mga cultural workers at artists." (Before we planned for our priority projects, NCCA has conducted the Cultural Response and Resiliency Plan where a survey was done to determine the needs of the community as well as on what the government could do to address the

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) now accepts submissions of project proposals for its 2022 Competitive Grants Program until August 31, 2021. (NCCA)

needs of the cultural workers and artists) Accreditation of proposals Eligible proponents must be accredited by NCCA as a requisite for the approval of their project proposal and all potential NCCA partners must not have any unliquidated grant and derogatory record

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 12th Judicial Region, Branch 21 Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE: EJF NO. 21-97 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale in accordance with the provision of Republic Act 720, as amended filed by 1st VALLEY BANK, INC. represented by its President/Chief Executive Officer, ATTY. NICOLAS J. LIM, Mortgagee, against ABON M. TAWANTAWAN married to SAIDA T. TAWANTAWAN, Mortgagor of Poblacion, Salvador, Lanao del Norte executed on March 11, 2019 to satisfy the Mortgage Indebtedness, the principal obligation which has been overdue in the amount of NINE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND (P990,000.00) PESOS excluding penalties, Sheriff’s expenses, Publication and other related incidental expenses, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at Public Auction on September 9, 2021 at 10:30 o’clock in the morning to 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Session Hall of this Court to the highest bidder, for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following described real property with all improvements thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. (T-23687) 149-2019000413 Registry of Deeds of Lanao del Norte A residential/commercial lot, Lot No. 2834, Ps-13, bounded N. 89-16’E., 10.05 M to point 2; S.00-07’W. 20.10 M. to point 3; N.89-53’W., 29.99 M. to point 4; N.00-03’W., 20.02 M. to point 5; S.89-41’E., 20.00 M. to point 1; Point of the beginning. Containing an area of SIX HUNDRED (600) SQUARE METERS. Bounded on the N., along line 5-1 by Lot No. 2832,Pls-13; on the N., along line 1-2 by Lot No. 2831, Pls-13; on the E., along line 2-3 by Lot No. 2833, Pls-13; on the S., along line 3-4 by road; on the W., along line 4-5 by road, situated in Poblacion, Salvador, Lanao del Norte. Registered in the name of ABON M. TAWANTAWAN, of legal age, married, Filipino and a resident of Poblacion, Salvador, Lanao del Norte. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-mentioned time and date. In the event the Public Auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on September 16, 2021 without further notice.

Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. July 13, 2021.

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ATTY. BERNARDINO M. BERING Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Sheriff

with NCCA or any other government agency. "May narereceive kami na nahihirapan du’n sa accreditation requirements, pero with the help of NCCA, lalong-lalo na du’n sa may Accreditation and Grants Processing Section, nakatutok kami sa kanila para ma-accredit at maexecute nila ang project nila," said NCCA Grants Processing Officer Rogelio DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late SOCIRO MAL-ING, at the time of his death left a certain parcel of land with Original Certificate of Title No. AO-6221, situated Lot 3902, Cad 867, Manolo Fortich Cadastre, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND SIXTY EIGHT square meters (172,068 sq.m.) and has been the subject of an DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, filed by the heirs of SOCIRO MAL-ING, in favor of CEFERINO G. BORJA, MA. ANA G. BORJA, THEIZA VERDIJO, ROMEO SUELLO, Per DOC #379; PAGE #76; BOOK #XIII; Series of 2007, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. NEIL Y. PACAMALAN. BWM: July 16, 23 & 30, 2021

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late RAYMUNDO V. SERIÑA who died on 12 August 1975 at Cagayan de Oro City; and CONCORDIA VACALARES who died on 18 January 1944 at Opol, Misamis Oriental, that said deceased died intestate, without a Last Will and Testament and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity; that the deceased left among others, the following real property with OCT No. 8876 situated the Barrio of Opol, Municipality of Cagayan de Oro, containing an area of THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY (3,190) square meters more or less, and has been the subject of an DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE, filed by the heirs of RAYMUNDO V. SERIÑA, in favor of SYDNEY GAISANO & LYNN JENNIFER GAISANO, per DOC #358; PAGE #72; BOOK #31;Series of 2019 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. MARIA LEONITA Q. GO. BWM: July 16, 23 & 30, 2021

Candor. (We have learned that there are difficulties in the accreditation requirements but with the help of NCCA, especially the Accreditation and Grants Processing Section, we are focusing on them so they can be accredited immediately and they can execute their project) Candor also said reimbursements and grants are immediately processed after NCCA receives all the necessary documents, and shall NCCA/PAGE 11 DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late BIENVENIDO PEÑAESCOCIA who died intestate and leaving a certain parcel of land with Original Certificate of Title No. P-19,010 situated at Butadon, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, containing an area of THIRTY THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT (30,808) SQUARE METERS, and has been the subject of an DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY, filed by the heirs of BIENVENIDO PEÑAESCOCIA, per DOC #400; PAGE #80; BOOK #XLI; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. NESTLE S. AGOPITAC. BWM: July 16, 23 & 30, 2021

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late WILMER IGOY APOSTOL, who died on September 28, 2019 in Cagayan de Oro City, that the deceased died intestate without will or testament, and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity; that during the lifetime the deceased was the owner of the property with Transfer Certificate Title No. 137-2015001004 situated in Bellevue Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of 140 square meters, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF SALE, filed by the heirs of WILMER IGOY APOSTOL, in favor of SPS. JIMMY and DINAH APOSTOL, per DOC #211; PAGE #43; BOOK #17; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. AL PONCIANO R. DATU. BWM: July 16, 23 & 30, 2021

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city’s 80 barangays). What’s important is for all of us to help each other instead of just saying lockdown, lockdown," Moreno said. He said even when the city was under modified general community quarantine, he issued 36 executive orders imposing localized

containments in certain areas of the city, starting with Sitio Pinikitan, Barangay Camaman-an in April last year after a Covid-19 patient’s death. "But we found it’s better to simply isolate the patient and his/her personal contacts," he added. (PNA)

"All (eight cases) of them were certified recovered when D OH-10 released their swab samples. They will be extracted and placed immediately in isolation again while contact tracing is ongoing by our teams at the City Health Office (CHO)," Moreno said. Acting CHO head Dr. William Bernardo said the eight were certified recovered when they received the results of the swab samples. "All of them were at their

homes when we called them for re-isolation and they were cooperative. We will test them again after two weeks while contact tracing is ongoing," he said. CHO medical officer Dr. Ted Yu said contact tracing has been expanded to include third-generation contacts. "All swab samples of the eight cases were sent to the PGC last July 7 and their results were released last July 25," he said. Lockdowns unnecessary Meanwhile, Moreno said extreme lockdowns while the city is under enhanced c om mu n it y qu ar ant i ne (ECQ) would only result in fatigue and burnout among police and medical personnel. The Inter-Agency Task Force first placed the city under ECQ on July 16. The status has been extended until August 7. "The police are already working 24/7 patrolling the city’s streets to ensure strict compliance to health protocols and with their limited numbers, some people would think the police can cover (every corner of the

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APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TH FREIGHT SERVICE on the route: WITHIN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY AND FROM SAID PLACE TO ANY POINT IN REGION X ACCESSIBLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC and vice versa with the use of THREE (3) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 11, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/its evidence. The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least FIVE (5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation. Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ its oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 27th day of July 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority for the Issuance of Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TH FREIGHT SERVICE on the route: WITHIN ILIGAN CITY AND FROM SAID PLACE TO ANY POINT IN REGION X ACCESSIBLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC and vice versa with the use of FIVE (05) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 18, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)/ Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/its evidence. The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least FIVE (5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation. Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ its oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 29th day of July 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of Certificate of Public Convenience with Dropping and Substitution of Unit/s to operate TH FREIGHT SERVICE on the route: WITHIN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY AND FROM SAID PLACE TO ANY POINT IN REGION X ACCESSIBLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC and vice versa with the use of ONE (1) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 11, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/its evidence. The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least FIVE (5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation. Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ its oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 27th day of July 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate AIRCON TAXI SERVICE on the route: CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY TO ANY POINT IN REGION X and vice versa with the use of ONE (1) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 11, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. at this board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence. The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least FIVE (5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation. Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ their oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 27th day of July 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

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national government also recommended the same scale of budget for electrification – which is at P1.627 billion, and such development has not been lifting hopes when it comes to completion of the government’s electrification program. “If we will connect the sitios to the grid, the prospects will be dim, because our data would show that we still have more or less 12,000 sitios that need to be connected to the grid,” Masongsong said. He added that the cost of connecting one sitio to the grid would be at P1.5 million; hence, the aggregate financing requirement of the 12,000 sitios will be as much as P18 billion – which the State cannot afford to fork out at this point given the financial distress that plagued the country because of the Covid-19 pandemic. “If we talk about constructing lines for all the remaining 12,000 sitios – that is P1.5 million per sitio on average, maybe we need P18

billion. But of course, we need to understand the situation of our national government,” the NEA chief stressed. A sitio is a unit of a barangay (village) – and these are often located in relatively far-flung areas, hence, providing electricity access to consumers on these domains would entail heftier capital outlay and there could also be higher degree of physical constraints in connecting them to the grid. San Diego pointed out that given probable missed target on electrification, “what our technical services have been prioritizing are the sitios with low level of electrification, like in Mindanao areas.” Masongsong expounded though that when it comes to household electrification, the performance of the country’s electric cooperatives had been considerably outstanding – because out of the 14.34 million households to be provided with electricity access, around 14.25 million customers had already been connected as of reckoning date this year.

But he specified that such household connection target was still based on 2015 census; and with the updating on the country’s statistics on population, that could have expanded way bigger by now. “If we’ll just talk about giving access to all households, we’re almost done per census as of 2015,” Masongsong said, albeit he stated that they don’t have exact data yet on the additional households for connection based on the updated 2020 population census.

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City

MAGLANGIT TRUCKING SERVICES Rep. By: PRIMITIVA N. MAGLANGIT CASE NO. R10-NC-PA-TH 2021-07-2281

ROYAL DEVELOPER CONSORTIUM TSC Rep. by: FARLITO AGUILAR CASE NO. R10-EV-CC-PUJ 2021-05-1823

NORMA C. NAPONE CASE NO. R10-EV-PUJ 2021-07-2223 (2011-10-1121)

NATHANIEL TABIAN CASE NO. R10-EV-PUJ 2021-06-2008 (2016-10-294)

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MARVEY EDWARD ROMERO CASE NO. R10-EV-PUJ 2021-06-2136 (2016-10-1188)

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METRO ILIGAN TRANSPORT SERVICE COOPERATIVE (MITSCO) Rep. by: MATRONILLO S. ABIOL CASE NO. R10-EV-DS-CC-TX 2021-06-2064

APPLICANT/ PETITIONER request for the Issuance of the Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TRUCK FOR HIRE (TH) SERVICE on the route: ILIGAN CITY TO ANY POINT IN THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO AND VICE VERSA and with the use of TW0 (02) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 18, 2021 at 09:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant/Petitioner shall formally submit his/her/its evidence. The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least Ten (10) Days prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general/ local circulation. Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/ her/its oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 29th day of July 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience and to Consolidate Cases to operate PUJ SERVICE on the line: ILIGAN CITY PROPER TO FELOMINA-ACMAC and vice versa with the use of TWENTY THREE (23) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 18, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. at this board on which date Applicant(s)/ Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence. The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least FIVE (5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation. Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ their oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 29th day of July 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUJ SERVICE on the line: CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY TO PUALAS, BAUNGON (BUKIDNON) and vice versa with the use of ONE (1) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 11, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. at this board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence. The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least FIVE (5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation. Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/ her/their oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 27th day of July 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUJ SERVICE on the line: CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY TO BAUNGON (BUKIDNON) and vice versa with the use of ONE (1) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 11, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. at this board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence. The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least FIVE (5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation. Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/ her/their oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 27th day of July 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

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NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience with Consolidation of Cases and Substitution of New Unit/s to operate AIRCON TAXI service on the line: ILIGAN CITY AND FROM SAID PLACE TO ANY POINT IN REGION X, ACCESSIBLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC and vice versa with the use of TWO (2) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 18, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. at this board on which date Applicant(s)/ Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence. The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least FIVE (5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation. Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ their oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 29th day of July 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. (Sgd.) ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER BWM: July 30, 2021

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUJ SERVICE on the line: ROUTE 2 : LOOP SERVICE and vice versa with the use of ONE (1) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 11, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. at this board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence. The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least FIVE (5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation. Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/ her/their oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 27th day of July 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

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and services sectors as the government injects economic stimulus to boost consumer confidence and keep local jobs. “This is important to attract more production activities and create a better business environment for investments,” Lopez said. The new industrial strateg y also targets to enhance production capacities in the agriculture, industry, and services sector to help build the country’s export competitiveness and manage imports. “This creates a virtuous c ycle of sust aine d and growing economic activity with strong domestic linkages,” he added. The DTI also launched l ast ye ar t he “Ma ke It Happen in the Philippines” campaign for the country’s international investment promotions. “By rebranding the countr y and proactively targeting investors, the Philippines raise awareness of the country’s competitive investment landscape, highlight business opportunities, and generate leads that will eventually pave the way for more

FDIs for the Philippines,” Lopez said. “ The brand takes inspiration from the genuine Filipino trait of resilience and ‘make it work mindset’, exuding strength and adaptability even in times of adversities.” Upskilling the workforce Lopez said the Filipino workers remain one of the countr y’s top factors in attracting FDIs, and the government, in partnership with different sectors, aims to further improve the quality of the local job market. “At this point, the country holds immense potential to achieve breakthrough growth through greater productivity, higher savings rate, and increased creativity. Our workforce is currently at 45 million and we produce an ave r a ge of 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 annually across a wide range of disciplines, including engineering and technology,” the DTI chief added. For the past five years, DTI-attached investment promotion agencies -- the Board of Investments and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority -- approved PHP5.2 trillion worth of projects throughout the country. These investments are expected to create 804,147 jobs for Filipinos. (PNA)

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Consumers Cooperative; Barangay Bagoenged in Pagalungan, Maguindanao; and Tireken Aquaculture Producers Cooperative of Barangay Tambo in Sultan Mastura, Maguindanao. Patarasa said the fingerlings were donated by the United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization, through the initiative of MAFAR that targets to support indigent barangays by giving them the opportunity to earn additional income. “I encouraged our fish farmers to manage well the assistance given to them from the government to increase their production of tilapia and their income, which could also contribute to the growth of the aquaculture industry in the province,” Patarasa said in a statement. (PNA)

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In t he s ame mont h , 12 farmers’ associations in Agusan del Norte and three from Butuan City were also provided by the agr ic ulture depar tment with P42.4 million worth of machinery, to include 13 units of four-wheel-drive tractors, 11 hand tractors, 18 floating trailers, six ricecombine harvesters, and two transplanters. In March, a total of 53 rice farmers’ cooperatives and associations in Surigao del Sur also benefited from the farm mechanization program of the DA, while in April, four groups of rice farmers in Rosario, Agusan del Sur received P7.4 million worth of equipment. C orn farmers in the region also received advanced farm tools through the mechanization program of the agriculture department.

For this year, a total of P12.5 million worth of farm machiner y were handed over by DA-13 to various corn farmers’ associations in the region. Also in February, about 210 corn farmers from the town of San Luis, Agusan d e l Su r we re prov i d e d with P7.9 million worth of farm equipment, while this month of July, the two corn farmers’ organizations in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, and Tagbina, Surigao del Sur each received P2.5 million worth of machinery. The DA-13 said they are scheduled to release more farm equipment this year, emphasizing that farm mechanization is among the priorities of the agriculture d e p a r t m e nt u n d e r t h e Duterte administration. (PNA)

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you will be charged free for this RT-PCR. The same goes for residents of the second district of Misamis Occidental," Oaminal said. He added that he downloaded funds to Mayor Hilarion A. R amiro Sr. Medical Center (MHARSMC) in order to cover COVID-19 cases, medicines, and any other needs that could no longer be shouldered by the operations of MHARSMC. "The P30 million that I had downloaded, which was acknowledged already by the management of MHARS-MC, will cover the charges of the residents of the second district," Oaminal said. As regulated by the D e p ar t m e nt of He a lt h (DOH), the examination fee or maximum cost for the RTPCR test is pegged at P3,800 and the LGU is hoping that the Asenso Ozamiz Molecular Biology Laboratory could still lower the price. (SMRN/ PIA-10/Misamis Occidental)

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is defeated. The reserve is imaginative to respond to crises with renewable strategies and outputs. If we just do, as usual, we will inevitably vanish. Even in China, where the Covid 19 was to spread in there initially, the country has so far done very quickly to recover. Research by Xie, X., et al., (2020) showed that about 80% of students’ online learning at all schools was not effective. It was due to a lack of access to reliable and uninterrupted internet services especially in the rural areas. It is urgent for China to narrow the gap between the rural areas and the central cities for internet access and technological tools. It is urgent to avoid ineffective online learning. Referring to the evidence above, universities in the best national government leadership can live sustainably. They are dependent on how the national leaders are able to narrow the gap between the rural areas and central cities. Universities (very specifically schools) cannot develop their education systems in Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City FRANCO L. TAN CASE NO. R10-EV-TH 2021-07-2206 (2014-10-1564)

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TH FREIGHT SERVICE on the line: WITHIN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY TO ANY POINT IN REGION X and vice versa with the use of SIX (6) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 10, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)/ Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence. The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least FIVE (5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation. Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ their oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB - Region X, this 28th day of July 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

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EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late NASSER B. MUNDER, who died on February 1, 2021 at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia without any will; that the said decedent, at the time of his death, left certain Conjugal real properties with T-170877 situated in Barangay of Upper Balulang, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao containing an area of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SQ.M (180), personal properties left with a. Landbank Account (4748442470026967) B. PNB (410100071107) C. Metrobank (7532001150) D. AL JAWWAL BANK/ SAMBA BANKA (818-038325001 RIYAL ACCOUNT DOLLAR ACCOUNT (8-8-038325-080) and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR, filed by the heirs of NASSER B. MUNDER, per DOC #282; PAGE #57; BOOK #14; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. PALAWAN S. LUCMAN, JR. BWM: July 30, Aug. 6 & 13, 2021

sophisticated ways without embracing the people living in rural areas equally. So, government and the national leaders have to get involved in the education system seriously. However, university leaders are the key to success to their organizational sustainability when they are responsive. They have to respond to quickly the uncertainty with creativity and imagination. How well do they function in crisis time (Brian Tracy, 2021)? Dr. Djuwari is an Associate Professor and the Director of Language Laboratory at Universitas Hayam Wuruk Perbanas Surabaya, the editor of some research journals in the Philippines and Indonesia. He is also a journalist in Indonesia Pos Indonesia; the President of International Association of Scholarly Publishers, Editors, and Reviewers (IASPER).

Urgent... from page 4

Worse, we have not achieved food security, a great paradox in an agricultural country that is teeming with rich agricultural resources. While our vast tracts of lands boost of cash crops controlled by TNCs, i.e., pineapple, banana, papaya, palm oil and what have you which are not actually ours to eat but to satisfy the consumerist lifestyle of Northern People, we have to import some two million metric tons of rice every year to feed our hungry people. My decision then to leave the agriculture department was reinforced by a book written by an Indian Physicist, Dr. Vandanna Shiva on the fallacy of Green Revolution which is more grim than green. She narrated in that book that right after World War II, First World Countries found themselves having so much bombs in their arsenals. So, they commissioned a group of scientists what to do with them as such bombs had become obsolete as they were going nuclear. The scientists found that that the tons and tons of powder of the bombs could be used as chemical fertilizers and pesticides which were good for exports. But the Third World Countries, the Philippine included, had no use for these chemicals as they had then varieties needing no such inputs. So, the reason why HYVs came about. Thus, it came to pass that for so many years until now, we have been bombarding

our soils with these toxic chemicals which have killed the micro-organisms that are making the land fertile. We have massacred our beneficial insects. We have even put the health of the people at risk every time they eat leafy vegetables sprayed with synthetic carcinogenic pesticides. On top of that, we have contaminated our watersheds, our rivers, our bays, with these nonbiodegradable toxic elements. Now, we have more Filipinos dying of cancer of all kinds, as these poisons have entered the food chain because our country has anchored its agriculture heavily on a kind of agricultural system that is amoral in its nature, oppressive in its form and approaches and destructive in its essence. The urgent call therefore is to debunk conventional agriculture and to now effect a paradigm shift following an ag r ic u ltu ra l s y ste m that is environmentally sound, socially equitable, economically viable, c u ltu r a l ly appropr i ate, gender sensitive and one that promotes the well-being of the communities aptly known as SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. This call is now very urgent in the light of the report by the Food and Nutrition Institute that 85% of the Filipino children are malnourished. Of this, “28% are under weight, 27% sickly and 30% heavily malnourished.” If these issues on environmental degradation, the control of a few oligarchs on agriculture and the glaring malnutrition of the children are not given attention by our wouldbe leaders, WAG NA PO TAYONG MANIWALA SA ELECTIONS! LOKOHAN LANG PO YAN!

Happiness... from page 4

one week, are happier and healthier for 6 months to a year! Just by daily counting your blessings one-by-one. Victor Frankl survived Auschwitz, the horrifying Nazi death camp where h i s pre g n ant w i fe w a s murdered. He said: “Nazis can take everything from me, including my life. But they can never take away my choice to be happy.” Won’t you make that life-changing choice to be a happy person today and every day of your life? Ask the Giver of life and happiness to take charge of your heart and way of

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have said the Delta variant is more contagious than other Covid variants. In his speech for the same event, BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said while recovery is expected for the domestic economy this year, “recent estimates suggest that Covid-19 has taken away some of the opportunities that we expected prior to the pandemic”. He said uncertainties for the future remain thus, risk aversion among investors is expected. Diokno said international agencies have noted economic recover y but this varies among countries. “This divergence is an essential element of what lies ahead. It creates spillovers that put the smaller economies at a disadvantage. This means that new risks may arise as we recover from older risks. We must address this before it becomes systemic,” he said. Diokno said clear signs of stability remain “but market conditions remain very fluid.” “Vigilance is required as we protect our gains while mindful of any further vulnerabilities. Systemic risk management has always been a whole-of-market agenda,” he added. (PNA)

NCCA... from page 8

inform the proponents and partners on its status. All project proposals shall be addressed and submitted to the Policy/Plan Formulation and Programming Division (P/PFPD) of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts with its address at Room 5-C, Fifth Floor, NCCA Building, 633 General Luna Street, Intramuros 1002 Manila, Philippines. For more details on the 2022 Call for Project Proposal, one may contact the Policy/Plan Formulation and Programming Division through (02) 8527-2192 (TL) loc. 509 / (02) 8527-2198 / (02) 8527-2209 / (02) 8527-2194 or email NCCA at ppfpd@ncca. gov.ph. Interested applicants may also visit NCCA Facebook page and website through www. ncca.gov.ph. (Shaun Alejandrae Y. Uy/PIA-10)

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In its July 25 report, Octa Research said Cagayan de Oro now averages more than 100 cases of COVID-19 cases a day. The Cagayan de Oro City Health Office reported that there were 135 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as active cases rose to 1,517. The health office said a tot a l of 4 9 2 p at i e nt s have been admitted at the NMMC and other private hospitals. Rocha said under Code Red, the NMMC is increasing its hospital beds dedicated for COVID-19 cases to 70 percent, or 210 beds. He said in the previous Code Red when cases first surged in June, NMMC dedicated 50 percent of its beds for COVID-19. “But now we want to be ahead of things so we increased it to 70 percent,” Rocha pointed out. The beds for critical care COVID-19 patients were likewise increased to 66 percent, or 140 beds, Rocha said. He s a i d t h a t g o i n g C o de Re ad me ans t he y will have to sacrifice other ser vices of the hospital, like suspending all elective surger ies and re ducing outpatient services. Rocha advised patients needing consultation to instead avail of their “ Telekonsulta” ser vices. “Inquir ies can b e done on Faceb o ok, t hen you will b e direc ted to our teleconsultation services so specialists can attend to you,” he said. The doctor said that with Code Red, they are also

increasing their medical supplies. He said they have 53 mechanical ventilators but would be buying more. “We have limited test kits but we are trying to procure as much as we can because we want to increase testing capacity,” Rocha said. He admitted that as of now, the NMMC is still not into testing asymptomatic patients because of this l i m it at i on , and is t hus prioritizing symptomatic patients. He said that as the y increase bed capacity for COVID-19 patients to 70 percent, then 70 percent of the staff will also be devoted to COVID-19 cases. Rocha said they have called on their medical frontliners to report for more duties in the COVID-19 wards. He said NMMC has not yet reached full capacity but is increasing its resources for the anticipated surge in cases with the Delta cases lurking around. “We know the Delta variant is already existing in our region as determined by the Philippine Genome Center,” Rocha pointed out. “It goes to show that we have to t a ke t hings seriously,” he said, adding that people’s cooperation is the main solution in containing the spread of the Delta variant. He reminded residents to continue with minimum health standards and to not go out if not needed. Rocha warned that “the most vulnerable [to the Delta variant] are the unvaccinated population…. The local government unit and t he D epar tment of Health are working doubletime to vaccinate as much as we can,” he said.

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5 activities to turn family merienda into fun bonding moments

OR Filipino families, merienda is a tradition typically enjoyed twice a day, either between breakfast and lunch, and between lunch and dinner. But beyond this, it’s also as good a time as any to catch up and bond over light and easy-to-prepare delicious food. Add a twist to your family’s usual merienda to make them more fun and exciting. Here are five activities worth a try: Do the no-phone tower challenge Distractions can occur during merienda time, so one way to avoid them is by setting aside phones and tablets during merienda. Of course, rules are no fun, so turn it into a challenge instead. Do this by stacking all of your phones at the center of the table. The challenge is this: the first one to get their phone from the tower gets a penalty, like

cleaning up after merienda. Play games What is merienda without yummy snacks? Use your family’s favorite snacks as part of the games that you could play. Two games come to mind: Build-a-House and Cream-O on Your Face. For Build-a-House, simply challenge everyone to build a house using Magic Creams crackers and Wafrets. Let your family’s creative juices flow in this game. Meanwhile, for Face-the-Cookie, each family member will place a Cream-O or Presto cookie on their forehead and race to move the cookie to their mouth using only their facial muscles. The winner gets a prize, of course, like a free pass for washing the dishes after dinner. Make merienda kebabs and sandwiches If most of your family members have a sweet tooth,

this is the perfect surprise you can do for them: dessert kebabs! Kebabs are typically pieces of meat and tomatoes and bell peppers on a skewer. For your merienda time, put Dewberry biscuits in sticks, together with cubed watermelon and apple, or maybe even marshmallows, to keep a perfectly balanced taste. You could also treat your family to a delightfully sweet clubhouse sandwich. This type of sandwich often includes bread, with either bacon or ham, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise in between. But as desserts, use Jack ‘N Jill’s Quake Overload as the bread and Strawberry or Milky Knots as fillings. Keep them secure using toothpicks to complete the “clubhouse” look. Try pre-merienda games One of the common questions during family merienda time is who gets to prepare the food. Instead

of pointing fingers, try playing Pinoy childhood games like Jack en Poy (Rock, Paper, Scissors). Ten rounds of Jack en Poy should be enough. The winner can be the one to choose the snacks for

merienda, which the loser will have to prepare. Give “Potluck Day” a chance Filipino family reunions are often tied to the potluck habit. So for merienda time, think of it as a mini reunion

with your loved ones every day, where you gather to eat your favorite snacks, relax, and take a break from work or school at home. This is also your chance to bring to the table your favorite Pinoy snacks, like Jack ‘N Jill Biscuits and Cakes. Merienda time is like your family’s “glue”. It’s these times spent together when you connect and bond even closer. Give any of these activities a try, or create a unique one yourselves. They don’t have to be complicated. What matters is that everyone enjoys their favorite snacks with their favorite people, making funny, sweet, and lasting memories, together. Stock up on your family’s Jack N’ Jill Snacktime Favorites – Magic, Cream-O, Presto, Dewberry, Knots, Wafrets, and Quake Overload. Available in select stores nationwide.