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selfish, being sinful. Why have Filipinos become fake believers? It is because many of them no longer read the Bible, many of them no longer obey the commands of God contained in the Bible. Their families no longer even discuss God anymore, even as they are no longer taught the fear and love of God. Sadly, many Filipino believers now would rather subscribe to the teachings of the devil, for the pleasures the devil gives to them! -ooo PLEASE LISTEN: “Ang Tanging Daan” (The Sole Way), a Bible study and prayer session on radio, airs Mondays to Fridays, 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at DWAD 1098 kHz on the AM band. For replays, go to www. facebook.com/angtangingdaan or www.facebook.com/ANDKNK and scroll for “Ang Tanging Daan” broadcasts. Phone: 0922 833 43 96, 0918 574 0193, 0917 984 24 68. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com. -30-
Cimagala...
from page 4 life. When I “met” St. Josemaria through his writings and the Opus Dei members who were my college classmates then, I soon realized what was lacking and deficient in me. And more than that, I felt reassured that I can do something about it, with God’s grace and, of course, my own effort. St. Josemaria was good in drawing practical and immediately relevant and applicable considerations from the doctrine of the faith that I, more or less, know but in an abstract way. He taught about the sanctifying value of work and the ordinary circumstances of life. He taught that we can and should find Christ in everything and in everyone, that God actually intervenes in our life always and that we need to learn how to be docile to his promptings. He practically touched on every aspect of life, including fraternity and charity, spirit
of sacrifice, education and continuing formation, matters of liturgy, civic duties, etc. But more than this, he spelled out a certain spirituality that would enable an ordinary person in the middle of the world to truly sanctify himself and participate in the common task of sanctifying the world itself and everyone else. It’s a spirituality that makes piety not only a matter of good desires and intentions, of nice and pietistically pompous words, but of concrete deeds done without fanfare and with continuity and consistency. It’s a spirituality that takes everyone as he is, with all this assets and liabilities, but also encourages him and offers him the appropriate means to be what he ought to be, i.e., as a child of God. This is what “hooked” me and led me to say “yes” to a lifetime and all-embracing vocation of total dedication to God’s continuing redemptive work on earth. I am not afraid anymore of my defects, weaknesses and possible mistakes and sins I can commit. I feel assured there’s a way to even make use of them to foster the search for holiness. This is what I learned from St. Josemaria Escriva, and this is what I would like to share with everyone else. Holiness and piety need not be strange characters in our life. They are the main ones and are highly practicable and reachable. It would be good if we get to know St. Josemaria better. roycimagala@gmail.com
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overcapacity” once the airport is expanded. “Profits are therefore unlikely in the initial phase, particularly as AirAsia will be the newest and smallest carrier in Caticlan,” the CAPA report read. “If the market becomes oversupplied PAA [AirAsia’s Philippine unit] may also not be able to hold its ground as long as its competitors, given its focus on becoming a profitable entity and improving its financial footing,” it added. AirAsia’s Ms. Caneba yesterday declined to comment
on this. AirAsia’s Philippine unit recorded a net loss of 19.3 million Malaysian ringgit in the quarter ended December 2013, the Malaysian-based parent said in its February 26 disclosure to Bursa Malaysia. Ms. Caneba had said last week the budget carrier plans to turn a profit within the year -- which would be the first since its Philippine launch in March 2012. The airline has been implementing a turnaround plan since April last year, which includes strengthening its balance sheet and removing past liabilities. “AirAsia is generally keen to avoid overlap with Cebu Pacific in the Philippines as PAA aims to carve out a niche under the radar screen of the market leader by focusing on leisure markets that are not served by Cebu Pacific,” CAPA said. “Caticlan is expected to be among two or three new international hubs that AirAsia opens in the Philippines as PAA restructures its network in a bid to improve profitability.” CAPA pointed out that the airline managed to become a “market leader” only for the Manila-Kalibo domestic route, “most likely because AirAsia is currently unable to serve Manila-Caticlan while its two competitors split the Boracay market with operations at both airports.” Schedules from aviation data provider OAG showed that Cebu Pacific and PAL Express are the main operators at Caticlan, with 150 weekly flights and 140 weekly flights, respectively. Cebu Pacific operates 55 weekly return flights on Caticlan-Manila and 20 weekly return flights on Caticlan-Cebu with 72-seat ATR 72s, while PAL Express offers 70 weekly return flights on Caticlan-Manila with 56-seat Dash 8 Q300s and 76-seat Q400s. “A new operation at Caticlan could improve PAA’s outlook, but... any expansion at Caticlan will likely impact AirAsia’s position at Kalibo, where it has a leading 38% share of total seat capacity,” CAPA said. The local unit of AirAsia, which operates only A320s -- has 18 jets for its fleet.
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Philippine Education battle against illiteracy
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structure.” Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz does not expect a large number of Filipinos would be repatriated from Greece because of the debt crisis. She said most overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are highly skilled and remain in demand while those whose jobs would be affected “prefer to be trained as caregivers for third country deployment like CANADA.” She said other Filipinos who are in Greece are not expected to go back to the Philippines as a result of the crisis since some of them are married to Greek nationals. Monitoring situation of over 60,000 OFWs Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesman Charles Jose said the agency is monitoring the situation of over 60,000 Filipino in Greece. “We still have to see the full extent of the implication of the result of the referendum,” Jose told a press briefing. But in any case, he said the embassy is prepared to extend any assistance to the estimated 61,500 Filipino workers should there be threats to peace and security in Greece following the referendum that has divided the debt-stricken state. Of this figure, 11,500, mostly household service workers, are land-based and 60,000 are seafarers. The result of the referendum, according to analyts, may result in Greece being ejected from the Eurozone. “The DFA as well as the embassy in Athens are continuously monitoring the situation,” Jose said, adding that Philippine officials there have already met with Filipino community leaders, advising them to be prepared for any eventuality.
By SELINA O. MACAS Principal II Labo Central School Division of Ozamiz City
In recent years Philippine education has its own part in the development of the country. It has its own rise and fall but in the end it manages to rise from its problems. For many years schools have battles illiteracy among all sectors of the society. And yet again education faced it with great perseverance considering the resources this department of the government does have. Literacy rate in the Philippines has improved a lot over the last few years-from 27 percent in 1960 to 94 percent in 1990. This is attributed to the increase in both the number of schools built and the level of enrollment in these schools. The number of schools grew rapidly in all three levels - elementary, secondary, and tertiary. From the mid -1960’s up to the early 1990, there was an increase of 58 percent in the elementary schools and 362 percent in the tertiary schools. For the same period, enrollment in all three levels also rose by 120 percent. More than 90 percent of the elementary schools and 60 percent of the secondary schools are publicly owned. However, only 28 percent of the tertiary schools are publicly owned. The female population dominates in regards to education leading the male population in numbers regarding enrollment, attendance and graduates in three fields of education; Elementary, High School, and College. At the elementary level, male and female students are almost equally represented. But female enrollment exceeds that of the male at the secondary and college levels. Also, males have higher rates of failures, dropouts, and repetition in both elementary and secondary levels. In the fight against illiteracy, there
are some factors that are needed to be adhered in regards to have a successful literacy program: 1) quality of education 2) affordability of education 3) government budget for education; and 4) education mismatch. The quality of education had been in rough waters for the past years and a proof to that is the low standard results of standard test among elementary and high school students. As well as in the National Secondary Assessment Test for college students were way below the target mean score. There is also a big disparity in educational achievements across social groups. Contrary to the belief that students from well of families finished college but statistics shows that most freshmen in college comprises the largest number of drop outs. Reason may seem to vary from family problems or lack of schools to motivate its students. Despite the challenges that our Department of Education faces, the government proposed and grants more budget in education. However, the Philippines still has one of the lowest budget allocations to education among ASEAN countries. Problems in finding jobs after graduation are also a factor in literacy. Sometimes graduates tend to do work outside their field for reasons that there are no jobs available for them thus making the education industry look incompetent to produce worldclass workers making it somewhat impossible to encourage the youth to finish school. For these reasons we find the issues that surround our education to find illiteracy and for future years it will continue to battle such forces to overcome its falling image as a molder of the future.
Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region BRANCH 24 Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE FILE NO. 2015-AF-091 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (PAG-IBIG), mortgagee against ALAN C. SUMAMPONG, married to, MARIA GLORIA A. SUMAMPONG mortgagors, residents of Lot 23, Blk 23 SAN AGUSTIN VALLEY HOMES, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of April 28, 2015, amounts to (P 266,849.33) excluding penalties, charges, attorneys fees and expenses of foreclosure , the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction on July 27, 2015, at 9:00 in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Tourism Hall, City, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for cash in Philippine Currency, the property with all its improvements to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-204701 A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 23, Block 23, PSD-10-039732 being a portion of Lot 1, PCN-104305- 00191) Situated in the Barangay Canitoan, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, Including all improvements constructed thereon, Containing an area of FIFTY FOUR SQUARE METERS (54) more or less. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves, in the event of Auction Sale can not take place for whatever legal reason the sale will proceed on the following day, without further notice, posting and publication , the title here in above describe and encumbrance thereon, if any there be.
Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, July 2, 2015
THE EX-OFFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF
BWM: July 8, 15 & 22, 2015
(Sdg) TERESITO C. ESTENZO Sheriff IV