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Briefly Shoebox project THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Office Field Operations Office-Mindanao Cluster 2 (ICT Office FOO-MC2) participated in the Shoe Box Project initiated by the Cagayan de Oro (CDO) ICT Business Council.

The shoebox (intended for one student) contains school supplies such as papers, pencils, crayons and other school-related items.

The office donated a portion of the remaining number of required boxes to the Council.

The ICT Council, which spearheaded the activity, made a second visit to Fr. William Masterson SJ Elementary School at Masterson Avenue, Xavier Heights, Upper Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City on 1 June 2015 for the distribution of the boxes.

BBL misconceptions MOST of the misconceptions about the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) was clarified during the Mindanao Peace Conversations held last week at Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST), Cagayan de Oro City.

Undersecretary Maria Cleofe Gettie C. Sandoval of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) said everything in the BBL is consistent to the 1987 Philippine Constitution.

She said Article X, Section 15 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides for the creation of autonomous regions in Muslim Mindanao and in the Cordilleras consisting of provinces, cities, municipalities, and geographical areas sharing common and distinctive historical and cultural heritage, economic and social structures.

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Plan B needed in case of power plants’ delay

By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO, Correspondent

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HE Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said it will look into the contingency plans of electric cooperatives in the event of delays in power projects they plan to buy electricity from.

“(Cooperatives) must be flexible in securing contracts,” said Romeo M. Montenegro, investment and public affairs head of the agency, although he did not name the projects

NGO helps a community turn resilient for peace

TOBACCO NURSERY. A worker sprays water to freshly emerging tobacco seedlings in one of Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp (PMFTC) nursery farms in Brgy. Patrocino, Claveria, Misamis Oriental. The company has poured an initial $50-million investment in the area for its state-of-the-art curing barns and tobacco greenhouses. An agriculture-rich landlocked town east of Misamis Oriental, Claveria is the only second place in the world where high quality Virginia tobacco are grown twice each year. photo by shaun alejandrae yap uy

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Kagay-an, the historical name of Cagayan de Oro

By MIKE BAÑOS, Editor-at-Large

KAGAY-AN is a word that directly relates to the city’s culture, history and people, who call themselves Kagayanons.

Cagayan has ALWAYS been pronounced by lumad Kagay-anons as Kagay-an. In fact, nobody says Kagayanon see full story/PAGE 5

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or the cooperatives that are in this situation.

The agency plans to meet with officials of the Association of Mindanao plan b/PAGE 11

MAGNIFICENT RIVER. A magnificent view of the Cagayan River by Carlo Antonio Romero M.D. Often erroneously referred to as the “Cagayan de Oro” River.” Cartographers and historians alike refer to it as the “Cagayan River” and nowhere can a “Cagayan de Oro River” be found in legal documents and maps of Cagayan de Oro City. photo courtesy of carlo anotonio romero , md

BAN-AO, Baganga, Davao Or ient a l—“Why do we do disaster response and recovery? Because that is part of our peacebuilding work!”

Institutionalizing its disaster response and recovery efforts as part of its “main” work of peacebuilding, the Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI) has established a unit it called DR3AM or Disaster Risk Reduction, Resiliency-building and Emergenc y Assistance Mission, complete with a six-wheeler wing van, a warehouse, and a DREAMhouse.

While many secretly sneered at this so-called “ambitious program” initiated helps/PAGE 11

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HE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) - Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) showed its dedication in serving the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) through a celebration of the 20th Migrant Workers’ Day on 7 June 2015 at the 2nd level, Limketkai Center, Lapasan Cagayan de Oro City.

Wit h t he t heme, “Kasanayan at Husay sa Paggawa, Proteksyon ng Migranteng Manggagawa,” families and associations of OFWs in region 10

participated in the event through special numbers.

OWWA administrator through Director Carmelina Velasquez, head of Fund and Investment Management Office in a message said that the government is always open and ready to help OFWs. The programs of OWWA such as social protection, educational training and livelihood are continuously implemented and strengthened to help OFWs in their journey abroad.

Velasquez also reminded OFWs to always be cautious

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of illegal recruitment and human trafficking.

Meanwhile, D OLE Assistant Regional Director Albert Gutib emphasized the DOLE’s thrust in protecting the OFWs and migrant workers.

Also present was Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) region 10 who talked about the importance of the preemployment orientation seminar for OFWs and gave background on how to avoid illegal recruiters and illegal recruitment agencies.

On t he ot her hand,

Zendy Pascual, Research Specialist of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Cagayan de Oro branch reminded the public particularly the OFW families of the Demonization Program of the New Design Series or old banknotes of the BSP. She said that the New Design Series or the old banknotes is already 30 years old and can only be used for transactions up to December 31, 2015 only.

From January 1, 2016 up to December 31, 2016, the old banknotes can still be exchanged in authorized

agent banks and the BSP Cash Department. However, starting January 1, 2017, the old banknote series will be fully demonetized or without monetary value.

Eugene B. Mesias, 2015 MOFYA Secretariat and Director Carmelina F. Velasquez, head of Fund and Investment Management

Office OWWA Central Office awarded the 2015 Model OFW Family of the Year, Outstanding Livelihood Projects, Outstanding OWWA Scholars, Outstanding OFW Family Circles, and Various OWWA Scholarship for school year 2015 to 2016.

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MisOcc allocates P8.86M for Provincial School Board

By RUTCHIE CABAHUG-AGUHOB

OROQUIETA City -- At least P8.86 million have been allocated by the Provincial Government of Misamis Occidental (PGMO) for use of the Provincial School Board

(PSB), last year.

The amount was taken from the Special Education Fund (SEF), which was estimated to come from the Allocates/PAGE 10

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hink a minute…No one knows for sure who wrote this following statement.

Every time I quote it, I still have the same amazement. It’s a good, important reminder to us at this Christmas time.

“He was born in a small, unimportant village, the baby of a teenage girl. He grew up in a low-class, backward area.

He worked in a carpenter shop until he was 30 years old. Then for just 3 years he was a traveling teacher.

He never wrote a book.

He never held a political position of respect and power.

He never owned a home. He never had his own family. He never went to university. He never traveled more than 200 miles from the place he was born. He never did any of the things we call successful or great.

While he was still a young man, public opinion turned against him. His closest friends ran away and abandoned him. He was betrayed and given over to his enemies to go through a completely untrue, unfair trial. Then He was tortured and killed between

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REATING an impression of a movie opening scene, the L a n a n g B u s i n e s s Pa r k along J.P. Laurel Avenue is a masterpiece of Zen architectural wonders that put s a d e s ig ne r’s work into a landscape of office buildings and mixed used development. Perspective of colossal edif ice in a subtle patch of greeneries and convenient road networks are elements of a cutting edge location to do business in Davao City.

The developer, Discovery Real Estate Corporation have master planned the 15 hectares development into an urban zone suited to the needs of modern enterprise for leasing to Business Outsourcing Offices, logistic headquarters, leisure parks and tourism oriented business endeavors.

Davao City has seen the building boom era with 29 hig h ris e str uc tures simultaneously constructed over the last three years.

B u s i n e s s l o c at o r s a n d new investors came riding high on good governance and exemplary peace and order conditions that have

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Jhan Tiafau Hurst 2 evil criminals. While he was dying, his executioners gambled for the only thing he owned on earth: his coat.

Then after he was dead he was put in a borrowed grave.

About 2000 years now have come and gone, yet today he’s still the most famous, important person of the human race. All the armies that have ever marched, all the navies that have ever sailed, and all the governments and kings that have ever ruled, all put together, have not changed as many lives as this One Life.” So today, why not ask Jesus Christ to start changing your life?

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catapulted the city on the 9th spot ranking as one of the safest and livable city of the world. Lanang Business Park runs parallel to the Davao International Ai r p or t and a c c e ss ibl e through the Damosa Road w h i ch c on n e c t s to t he Buhangin District from the Diversion Road. Its proximity to the airport and a premier mall makes it ideal for aviation offices, a business class hotel and high end IT Parks.

Why locate your business to Davao City? With 76 incoming and outgoing d o m e s t i c d a i l y f l i g ht s and international rated ports which can handle containerized cargoes when transported passing through four lanes of road networks, trading could run uninterrupted.

Businessmen or top corporate functionaries on meeting schedules can fly in the morning from Cebu or Manila and fly out on the same day. Communication and connectivity to our Asian neighbors takes a shorter route through TeleConference and internet facilities provided by a

leading career which recently connected a fiber opt i c s u bm a r i n e c a b l e g at e w ay t o In d o n e s i a .

When the Asean economic integration takes place in 2016, Davao City can host as the county’s trading capital with its rich resources of agricultural exports and livestock products. It can also be a niche of the other global enterprise due to its closer link to the BIMPEaga trade initiatives.

Davao City has grown to 1.5 Million in population w it h 4 p e rc e nt an nu a l growth and has an annual revenue income of Php 5 Billion to support its various infrastructures and social services. The city has a wide pool of highly trainable and English language proficient skilled labor. It has the most populated colleges and universities in Mindanao which continuously supplies the professionals needed in the various industries.

The city’s crime index is the lowest in the country and above all, people trust the current political leadership with the discipline it has instituted in traffic management and

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Ped Quiamjot no-nonsense approach in dealing with criminality.

This w r iter is not a m e m b e r o f t h e May o r Rodrigo Duterte Movement for President neither is actively involved in any p olitical campaign, but I listened to the pros and cons and assist my i mpre s s i on of t h e c it y from the businessmen who have successfully thrived in the dynamic business community. Their stories and insights confirm my belief that tourism and business will emerge bigger and better in Davao City.

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he recent “expose” of Antonio Calipjo Go regarding a supposedly error-filled book for Grade 10 students has generated a lot of attention. But I believe DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro came up with a credible explanation.

What Go examined, according to Luistro, was a draft of the book. And anybody who has published a book knows the whale of a difference between the first draft, the second draft and the final published copy.

If anything, the hullaballoo did ser ve to emphasize the importance of good books in molding the minds of the young.

And even more important, the value of developing the reading habit.

Reading is so essential in one’s development that to acquire it early - and to sustain it - gives an individual a tremendous advantage.

My first boss when I joined the Ayala group i n 1 9 7 6 w a s To m a s “Buddy” Gomez III. He was concurrently head of Public Relations and Executive Director of Filipinas Foundation (now Ayala Foundation).

Buddy later served as Press S ecret ar y and C abinet Officer for Regional

D e vel opme nt ( C ORD) for Metro Manila during the time of President Cory Aquino.

Without his knowing it, Buddy became one of my role models. Buddy was about one of the most articulate guys I have ever met. He could discuss any subject under the sun. His secret: he read and read and read. If my reckoning was correct, Buddy was devouring one book a week.

Other guys who were also known as voracious readers were Ninoy Aquino and the late Labor Minister and Foreign Affairs Secretar y Blas Ople. Because of his huge stock of knowledge, Ninoy could hold audiences spellbound with his speeches.

Ople could dazzle with the wide vocabulary at his command.

Not k now n to many is the fact that Andres B on i f a c i o w a s an ot h e r w i d e re a d e r. B on i f a c i o attended the private school of Guillermo Osmena and attained the present day equivalent of Second Year High School or Grade 8 under the K-12 curriculum.

But Bonifacio more than made up for his incomplete formal education by reading a lot.

Dona Elvira Preysler,

propr i e tor of a mo s ai c tile factory where B onifacio used to work was a warehouse keeper, recalled that during lunch breaks, she would often see Bonifacio reading a book.

When the revolution broke out, t he Sp anish au t h o r i t i e s r a i d e d t h e German firm Carlos Fressel and Co. This was where Bonfacio last worked as warehouseman and later as sales agents.

The raiding authorities seized the following books – a number of them considered as subversive among Bonifacio’s personal effects.

Top of the list were the two novels of Jose Rizal – Noli Me Tangere and El F i l ibuste r is mo. D u r i ng that time, mere possession o f t h e s e “s u b v e r s i v e” books was enough to land anybody in jail.

Also among the “subversive books” were “Histor y of t he French Revolution” and “The Ruins of Palmyra: Meditations of the Revolution of the Empire”.

Also probably considered “subversive” was “Lives of the Presidents of the United States” because of the role of George Washington in the American Revolution.

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Ignacio Bunye Other books in the B on i f a c i o m i n i - l i br ar y were the Holy Bible, Religion Within the Reach of A l l, L e s Mis e r abl e s , T h e Wa n d e r i n g J e w, and assorted books and pamphlets on international law, civil code, penal code and medicine.

Of course, the better known wide-reader among our heroes was Dr. Jose Rizal. Rizal got hooked into the reading habit after his mother, Teodora Alonzo, read to him when he was a child the story about the Moth and the Flame.

Inspired by this e x p e r i e n c e , R i z a l l at e r wrote for the Filipino youth a version of the Filipino folk tale “The Monkey and The Turtle”.

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Kagay-an, the historical name of Cagayan de Oro

By Mike Baños, Editor-at-Large

Kagay-an is a word that directly relates to the city’s culture, history and people, who call themselves Kagay-anons.

Cagayan has ALWAYS been pronounced by lumad Kagay-anons as Kagay-an. In fact, nobody says Kagayanon but Kagay-anon.

It is the historical original name of Cagayan de Oro, formerly known as Cagayan de Misamis.

Even the original citizens of the capital town of the Segundo Partido de Misamis pronounced it Kagay-an, attesting to the timelessness of the name.

Historical documents prove Kagay-an was used to refer to Cagayan de Oro as early as 1571 (Fray San Francisco de San Antonio, 1738-1744 & de Loarca).

It is cited in the Olaging (chanted) epics of the Proto Northern Manobo (Cagayan de Oro’s proto people) describing Yumagmag Katiguman, wife of the hero’s elder brother Paumulaw as ‘Queen of Kagay-an, Queen of Lambagohon’ (Opeña, 1979) Kagay has its origins in the Filipino word for river, and ostensibly refers to the riverine origin of the city. It is a word recognizable in most places in the Philippines as river (or something close or similar to it like the Northern Cordillera kagayan, the Ilokano karayan, or the Kapampangan kayayan).

According to some friends who are members of the Ancient Baybayin

Scripts Network (a Yahoo Groups Forum) Dr. Lawrence A. Reid, researcher emeritus of the University of Hawaii’s Department of Linguistics and Richard Elkins, ethnic linguist on the Manobo and Tasaday, agree that Cagayan comes from the ancient word for “river.” Some sources say that the original word for river is kagay, which, when combined with -an (place) became kagay-an (river place).

You can read more about it at http:// cagayandeoro.elizaga.net/ Appendix/meaning-ofcagayan.html Regardless of its origins, it has in fact evolved in time into Kagay-an, with a dash, or what is more technically known as a glottal stop.

Mr. Elkins explains a glottal stop IS NOT a hypen.

The glottal stop simply indicates the phonetic spelling of the word. You put a glottal stop when people pronounce it with a glottal stop. That’s why Kagay-an should be spelled with a glottal stop and a K instead of Cagayan, to differentiate it from Cagayan de Sulu or Cagayan Valley in the North.

Kagay-an is the one easily recognizable word Kagay-anons all over the world, all over the country, and anywhere in the city can recognize, so from the name alone, any Kagay-anon worth his salt can easily tell it refers to Cagayan de Oro. Thus, the name Kagay-an facilitate easy

name recall not only to Kagay-anons everywhere around the globe but to other Filipinos as well, without sacrificing its uniqueness as exclusively referring to Cagayan de Oro and not to other places with similar sounding names.

A footnote on the name Cagayan de Oro before we end. This is often credited to the late Vice President Emmanuel Pelaez since he filed House Bill which was eventually signed into law as Republic Act No. 521 which President Elpidio Quirino signed into law on June 15, 1950 creating the City of Cagayan de Oro. However, without taking anything from the late statesman’s substantial contribution to the creation of the city, the name Cagayan de Oro actually antedates the city charter as proven by the existence of the Cagayan de Oro Hotel owned by the Bautista-

Avaceña family a 1939 photo of which is found in the book of Filomeno Bautista Sr. “Glimpses of Mindanao.”

Local historian Antonio J. Montalvan II also cites documents in the Archivo de la Unibersidad de Santo Tomas (AUST) where students from then

Cagayan de Misamis enrolled in the Ateneo de Manila and the UST from 1890s listed their place of origin as “Cagayan de Oro. “So there already was a tradition for such name,” Montalvan notes.

Not the least, not many Kagay-anons today are aware that while R.A.

Cagayan River by Carlo Antonio Romero

521 was signed into law under the watch of then Misamis Congressman Maning Pelaez, he was actually following up on an earlier bill for the creation of “Cagayan de Oro” filed by the late Misamis Congressman Pedro Sa. Baculio of present day El Salvador City.

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Alsons’ Sarangani power plant on track for commissioning by yearend

By EDWIN ESPEJO, Philippine News Agency

CONSTRUCTION at the Alsonscontrolled Sarangani Energy Corporation is 24/7 as the Korean contractor Daelim Industrial Co. rushes to meet the completion date target. PHOTO BY EDWIN ESPEJO MAASIM, Philippines - Construction of the 105-megawatt coal-fired power plant in this town of Sarangani province is on target and will be able to deliver power to the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco II) by the end of this year.

Sarangani Energy Corporation project manager Ferdinand Corrales said they have almost completed the common facilities of the two-phase power plant

construction to allay fears it will face similar delays suffered by another coal-fired power plant project in Davao City.

“No less than the Daelim president visited the construction site last month and gave us assurance that it will be able to meet the target completion date,” Corrales said.

Korea’s Daelim Industrial Co. won the contract to build the first 105-megawatt plant of the 210-MW power plant complex of Alson-controlled Sarangani Energy.

The project cost for the first phase that included common facilities was pegged at $310 million (P9.3 billion).

Corrales said Daelim will

incur heavy penalties should there will be slippage in the target date completion.

He declined to give figures but said the penalty will be “substantial” as it will also cover losses Sarangani Energy will incur in case of delay in delivering supply to Socoteco II. Sarangani Energy said they have already completed the construction of the jetty, smoke stack, boilers and cooling tower.

But Daelim has yet to install the electrostatic precipitator and the combustion chamber of the power plant. The Korean firm likewise has yet to deliver the plant’s turbine engines. alsons/PAGE 10

TV5 launches Hi-5 Philippines, plans merchandise sales ANILA - TV5 Network Inc. plans to venture into consumer sales to boost ad revenues.

During today’s launch of the broadcast company’s adaptation of Australia’s Hi-5, TV5 vice president Melvin Sixto C. Nubla said the company plans to market the children show’s merchandise and music.

“Right now, we are building that already both the online and the retail store as well,” Nubla said.

“The contract with Hi-5 is good for two years. So, we are starting off with the show but we will expand this because we also have the license to sell Hi-5 merchandise,” he said.

Nubla said TV5 invested a “quite significant” amount of money in the Philippine adaptation of Hi-5.

“It is worth it not only in terms of revenues and business, but pushes also TV5 to that level of international standard. Its add

to the equity of the network,” he said.

“We had a trade launch. We got a very good positive response and a lot already signified interest in sponsoring the show,” he said.

Emmanuel C. Lorenzana, TV5 president, said Hi-5 Philippines will “bring the world-class edutainment experience closer to more Filipino kids.”

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Lacson TV commercials spark ‘Dark Horse’ talks for 2016 Two television commercials urging former Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson to run for president injected a fresh new twist to the closely watched 2016 presidential race, with Senate Minority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III declaring that Lacson is definitely a dark horse should he decide to throw his hat in the ring.

The commercials, one featuring children chanting

the traditional playtime r hy m e “Pe n Pe n D e Sarapen” with lyrics urging Lacson to run, and another featuring a corner store crowd talking about the former senator’s popular anti-graft and corruption persona, started airing earlier in the week in several primetime spots.

“Seryoso ako kay Ping; siya ang dark horse,” Sotto told reporters during the opening of the Senate’s

regular session Wednesday afternoon. “Nakita ko kasi ang (TV) commercial niya, dark horse ito.”

The Senate minority leader added that Lacson is known to be a decisive leader and crusader against graft and corruption, qualities that most voters want for the next Philippine president.

Lacson for his part said Sotto’s pronouncement reflects growing public

interest to hear and see other names that can be considered as good presidential candidates.

“There’s apparently a raging debate where qualification is more important in considering a g o o d p r e s i d e nt i a l candidate,” Lacson said.

“His advertence to me seems timely and uncanny.”

Lacson, who recently s e r v e d a s P r e s i d e nt Aquino’s rehabilitation

czar and oversaw the coordinated recover y efforts in areas battered

by Typhoon Yolanda in late 2013, was a former chief of the Philippine National Police where he gained enormous respect and admiration for whipping the 100,000-strong organization into shape.

As a two-term senator, Lacson further distinguished himself for refusing to touch his

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“pork barrel” allocation totalling Php24 billion over 12 years.

Some of the laws he authored are Republic Act (RA) 9160, as amended

by RA 9194, otherwise known as the Anti-Money Laundering Act; RA 9485 or the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007; and RA 9166, An Act Increasing the Base Pay of the Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

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For the maiden celebration of Himugso on June 12-15, 2015, Seda Centrio offers a staycation that guests can avail of until the City Fiesta

Month of August in time for the Higalaay Kagay-an Festival and onwards until December 30, 2015.

Those wishing to avail of

the special offer need only to purchase gift certificates during the June 12-15, 2015 Himugso period at the Seda Centrio booth at Centrio

Mall or at the hotel lobby in the 4th floor.

The Himugso promo is available on June 12-15 only but guests can choose to stay at the hotel anytime from June 12 to December 30, 2015.

The discounted Himugso p a c k a g e r at e i n c l u d e s overnight accommodations for 2 in a Deluxe Room with breakfast at only PhP 2,750.00 nett per night. On top of that, the package also entitles the guests to free use of the pool and gym, and complimentary wi-fi and bottled water in their rooms.

They can also avail of Seda Centrio Himugso Experience booth at C.M. Recto Entrance of Centrio Mall

VIP seats at the Himugso Cagayan de Oro Film Festival at Centrio Mall Cinema 2 on June 12-15 and free walking and city tours, and free entrance to the Cagayan de Oro city’s four museums (subject to availability/prior reservations needed at the

Front Desk) during the city’s 65th Charter Day on June 15. However, these perks can only be availed of during the Himugso period on June 12 - 15, 2015.

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through a Memorandum of Agreement Signing ceremony held at the BPI Building last April 29, 2015.

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BPI seeks entrepreneurs who uplift communities M A K AT I C I T Y— B P I Foundation, in partnership with the Ateneo Center for Social Entrepreneurship (ACSEnt) launched BPI Sinag today, a business plan competition aimed at empowering entrepreneurs with a social mission, at The Mind Museum in Taguig City.

Inclusive growth is the key to sustainable development at a time when the gap between rich and poor

remains wide. Thus, BPI Sinag seeks to promote the active participation of the private sector through the development of more social enterprises as a means to create jobs and deliver basic services to those at the bottom of the pyramid.

“We have to do business in a way that produces positive side effects. That way, more people would benefit—our shareholders,

clients, and employees will be beneficiaries of that approach.

It isn’t just a CSR approach, it has to be engrained in the way we do business,” says BPI President and CEO Cezar P. Consing.

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 The social business addresses a specific social problem and aimed at generating a defined social impact;

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province’s additional one percent (1%) of the real property taxes amounting to P7.35 million and the previous year’s unexpended balance of P1.514 million.

Of the SEF, P6.824 million went to PSB’s maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE), P1.34 million to capital outlay, and P700,000 to the personnel services of the Alternative Learning System (ALS) in holding extension classes.

Meanwhile, Governor Herminia M. Ramiro, who is the Chairperson of the PSB, said the expenditure using the SEF was prepared by Dr. Jonathan S. Dela Peňa, Schools Division Superintendent of the Department of Education, Division of Misamis Occidental (DepEd-MisOcc) and PSB Co-Chairperson.

Among those who participated in the budget preparation of the SEF were the following members of the PSB: Simplicia Neri, ViceChairperson, Committee on Education, Edgar B. Adlaon, President, Misamis Occidental Public School

Te a c h e r s’ A s s o c i a t i o n (MOPUSTA).

Alfonso T. Tare, Jr., President, Division Federated Parent-Teachers’ Association ( P TA ) , E l m a B. Gu l a , Provincial Treasurer and Wilson Marcellana, President, Employees Association. ( RC A / PIA 1 0 - Mi s am i s Occidental)

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Earlier, Alsons Power vice president Nicandro Fucoy said they could test fire the plant’s combustion engines before the end of this year and could go on full commercial stream by the first quarter of 2016.

Sarangani Energ y is committed to deliver 70 MW of base load supply to Socoteco II by the end of this year or early next year at the latest.

Socoteco II is supplying electricity to General Santos City, Sarangani and the towns of Tupi, Polomolok and Tampakan in South Cotabato.

Its peak demand is estimated to go as high as 115 MW and demand is increasing at an annual rate of 4.2 percent.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region Branch 16, Tangub City RE: CANCELLATION OF THE SECOND REGISTRATION AND CORRECTION OF DEMETRIO MIRAFUENTES, JR. FROM MARCH 10, 1953 TO FEBRUARY 8, 1961 IN HIS FIRST REGISTERED CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH. DEMERTRIO MIRAFUENTES, JR.,

Petitioner, - versus CITY REGISTRAR OF TANGUB CITY, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL

Respondent,

SPECIAL PROCEEDING CASE TC-2015-002

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Only 42 MW of Socoteco II’s power supply come from the hydroelectric plant supplied allocation from the National Power Corporation.

The rest of Socotecto’s requirement is sourced from Therma Marine, Mapalad Power Plant, Sol Energy and Peak Power – all diesel-fired power plants.

Terms of the supply contract have not been pu bl i c ly d i s c l o s e d but Corrales said the cost of electricity in the Socoteco II franchise area is expected to drop substantially once its power plant goes on commercial stream.

With the bulk of its power supply coming from dieselpowered plants, the average cost of electricity of Socoteco II has gone up to P8.35 per kilowatt hour including transmission and distribution and other components.

Transmission cost is expected to dramatically decrease as supply from Sarangani Energy will no longer r un t houg h t he National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) power lines.

Tr a n s m i s s i o n c o s t s including fit-all and losses

average P1.40 per kilowatt hour.

At the time Socoteco II and Sarangani Energy were negotiating the terms of the supply contract, the ballpark figure for the cost of electricity from Socoteco was projected to be at the range of P5-6 per kilowatt hour.

Corrales however said the generation charge will depend on the cost of coal and the peso-dollar exchange rates.

More than 80 percent of Socoteco’s supply output is distributed in General Santos City.

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Ja n e B a s a s , Me d i a 5 Corporation president, said the company is up to the challenge of producing the show that is on a par with global standards. “ We a r e p r o u d t o partner with Hi-5 World in introducing to millions of Filipino kids a local version of this highly interactive

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region Branch 16, Tangub City IN THE MATTER OF THE CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF RENE VILLARUBIA CABALLERO AS TO HIS YEAR OF BIRTH FROM “1974” TO “1975” AND HIS MIDDLE NAME FROM “VILLAROBIA” TO “VILLARUBIA RENE VILLARUBIA CABALLERO,

Petitioner, - versus THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF DON VICTORIANO, MISAMIS OCCDENTAL Respondent,

SPECIAL PROCEEDING CASE TC-2015-003

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WHEREAS, after alleging certain facts in a verified petition file on March 03, 2015, petitioner prayed that after notice, publication and hearing, an order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Tangub City, to make the following correction in his record of Birth, to wit: A. Birth date from March 10, 1953 to February 8, 1961; B. Cancellation of the second registration of the Certificate of Live Birth.

WHEREAS, after alleging certain facts in a verified petition file on March 12, 2015, petitioner prayed that after notice, publication and hearing, an order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Don Victoriano, Mis. Occ., to make the following correction in his record of Birth A. Year of birth from “1974” TO “1975” B. His middle name from “VILLAROBIA” to “VILLARUBIA”

WHEREFORE, finding the petition in due form and substance, the hearing of the same is hereby set on JUNE 24, 2015 at 8:30 o’ clock in the morning, at the Session Hall of this Honorable Court, at which date, time and place, any concerned and interested person may appear and show cause, if any, why said petition shall be granted.

The Sheriff of this Honorable Court is hereby ordered to post copies of these Notices in three (3) conspicuous places, preferably in the Bulletin Board of this Court, the City Hall of Tangub City, and the Barangay Hall of Bay-bay-Migcanaway, Tangub City, Misamis Occidental.

Moreover, let a copy of this petition and notice be publish once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Occidental, all the expense of the petitioner, for the information and guidance of all concerned. Also, let a copy of petition and notice be furnished the petitioner, the Office of the Solicitor General, and the Local Civil Registrar of Tangub City, Mis. Occ. Any person having or claiming any interest under the entry whose correction is sought may, within Fifteen (15) day from notice to this petition, or from last date of publication of such notice, file his opposition thereto.

WITNESS, the Honorable SYLVIA A. SINGIDAS – MACHACON, Presiding/Executive Judge, this 18th day of March 2015.

(Sgd) ATTY. MARCELINO D. NATIVIDAD, JR. Clerk of Court – VI BWM :June 1, 10 & 15, 2015

WHEREFORE, finding the petition in due form and substance, the hearing of the same is hereby set on JUNE 19, 2015 at 8:30 o’ clock in the morning, at the Session Hall of this Honorable Court, at which date, time and place, any concerned and interested person may appear and show cause, if any, why said petition shall be granted.

The Sheriff of this Honorable Court is hereby ordered to post copies of this Notices in three (3) conspicuous places, preferably in the Bulletin Board of this Court, the Municipal Hall of Don Victoria, and the Barangay Hall of Lalud, Don Victoriano, Misamis Occidental.

Moreover, let a copy of this petition and notice be publish once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Occidental, all the expense of the petitioner, for the information and guidance of all concerned. Also, let a copy of petition and notice be furnished the petitioner, the Office of the Solicitor General, and the Local Civil Registrar of Don Victoriano, Mis. Occ. Any person having or claiming any interest under the entry whose correction is sought may, within Fifteen (15) day from notice to this petition, or from last date of publication of such notice, file his opposition thereto.

WITNESS, the Honorable SYLVIA A. SINGIDAS – MACHACON, Presiding/Executive Judge, this 18th day of March 2015.

(Sgd) ATTY. MARCELINO D. NATIVIDAD, JR.

Clerk of Court – VI BWM : June 1, 8 & 15, 2015

edutainment show,” Basas said.

Launched in Australia in 1999, Hi-5 has expanded its franchise across North America, Europe, Australasia, Latin America, and Asia.

The Philippine version of Hi - 5 fol l ow s T V 5 ’s partnership with Bloomberg for a local version of the global business news program.

Sinag... from page 9

which aims to empower entrepreneurs with a social mission. The program aims to capacitate and accelerate entrepreneurs through cash prizes, mentorship and access to finance.

BPI Sinag supports young social entrepreneurs, aged 18-35 years old who have business ideas or those leading an existing enterprise for not more than 3 years which addresses a specific social problem and aimed at generating a defined social impact.

BPI Sinag shows BPI’s commitment to inclusive growth, through the generation of long-term impacts. Social enterprises, or businesses with social missions, bring jobs and access to services to the marginalized sectors of society.

Sinag, translated into English, means “light”.

BPI aims, through this program, to bring light to the communities that need support through sustainable development. It also aims to enlighten the public on a new, more inclusive way of doing business – and why these new models are relevant to solving our societal issues today.

BPI Foundat ion has engaged Ateneo, through ASCEnt, in the capacity building and growth of enterprises with a social

mission through a three-stage program: ideation, incubation and acceleration. Mentoring and access to finance are also key features of the program.

For more information on BPI Sinag, please visit: www. sinag.bpifoundation.org

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the so-called millenials are as creative as they are critical-thinkers, and they have the passion, the heart and the skills to change the world through business,” says BPI Foundation Executive Director Fidelina Corcuera.

Young social entrepreneurs from ages 18 to 35 who have business ideas or existing enterprises that address social issues may send join the search. Aside from winning cash prizes, the top entries to BPI Sinag will have access to workshops, mentorship and access to financing. Five finalists will receive P200,000 each, 6-month mentoring and access to the Ateneo business incubation center.

Should they meet requirements, the finalists will also receive access to financing to help sustain their social enterprises.

Submission of entries for the challenge starts on May 22, 2015 and ends on July 20, 2015. For more information on BPI Sinag, visit www. sinag.bpifoundation.org. To stay updated, like the BPI Sinag Facebook page at www. facebook.com/bpisinag, and follow us on Twitter.

ABOUT BPI FOUNDATION Recognizing that BPI is more than just a financial institution, BPI Foundation, the social development arm of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), upholds financial w el ln ess an d e c on omi c empower ment through initiatives in education, entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability.

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Rural Electric Cooperatives to discuss alternatives if deliveries on their supply contracts are delayed unexpectedly.

One option, he said, is for cooperatives to embed modular generating sets to supply them until the delayed projects get back on track. “But this is very expensive option because running a modular set is very costly,” he said.

The other option, which may involve the cooperation of the project developer, is amending contracts to permit supply deals with other providers with excess capacity.

“But this second option is tricky,” he said, adding that only one of the 20 or so cooperatives have taken both steps -- the Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative.

Most contracts between power generators and distributors run for 25 years, locking in the distributors to the timetables of their suppliers.

Mr. Montenegro said cooperatives must exercise due diligence in signing supply contracts by looking at the development phase of the projects of companies that they sign up with. “This is important because this will assure them of an accurate projection for their requirement,” he told BusinessWeek Mindanao.

In Mindanao, most of the power distributors are cooperatives, while only the distributors in this city and the cities of Cotabato and Cagayan de Oro are corporations.

At present, Mindanao sources about half of its power requirements from the government-run Agus and Pulangi hydroelectric power complexes.

However, based on projections, the balance will be tilted in favor coal-fired power plants within the next three years because much of the new generating capacity uses that fuel.

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by BMFI’s No. 1 DR3AMER, chairman emeritus, president and pioneer Charlito “Kaloy” Z. Manlupig, a study released in 2007 under the auspices of the Washington, D.C.-based research organization Worldwatch Institute affirmed the NGO’s “venture” into the “uncharted territory” of linking peacebuilding with disaster response and recovery efforts.

“The devastation and social disruption caused by earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters may, paradoxically, provide opportunities for building peace,” said researchers Michael Renner and Zoe Chafe in their groundbreaking work “Beyond Disasters: Creating Opportunities for Peace.”

Manlupig once said at the height of Balay Mindanaw’s interventions here in 2012-2014 that helping disaster-hit communities is part and parcel of peacebuilding efforts since “communities are in a state of unpeace after the disaster. Even before a disaster strikes, news of an impending storm is already cause for alarm, thus, there is worry or unpeace in the minds of the people in the path of the storm. And more so right after the disaster because people are left without homes, their relatives and love ones are dead, etc. So what do we do during times like these?

We help, we provide assistance, we focus our efforts and resources to help a community recover by building and strengthening their resiliency.”

This was the very mindset that that propelled Balay Mindanaw to deploy its “DR3AM team” (staff and personnel and hundreds of volunteers) and focus its efforts here, a mere four days after

Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) made landfall here in December 4, 2012 and leaving only after the community recovered from the devastation and have become resilient already, exactly a year later.

But unlike other humanitarian assistance, Balay Mindanaw’s strategy is to “adopt” a community and partner with its residents to help build a new and resilient community.

“Instead of treating the survivors as mere recipients of aid, they are considered as the key stakeholders in the difficult task of community re-building. Our intervention [covered] the whole range of community needs. The main idea is to focus our resources on one barangay at a time instead of spreading them all over at the same time. After all, barangaybased and barangay-focused development, disaster response and peacebuilding work is one of our key strengths,” Manlupig said.

This approach — looking at everything from climate change, its impact to the people and natural resources of the community, resource management, social and political dynamics, conflict issues, and even long-term development goals — pioneered in Mindanao/ Philippines by Balay Mindanaw, is now being advocated all over the world by no less than the United States Agency for International Development.

“You need an approach that looks at everything from climate change, natural resource management, conflict issues, the sort of social dynamics of the [community], as well as your longterm development approach to that group of people and the resources they have. That to me is building resilience,” said Tom Staal, acting assistant administrator for USAID’s Bureau of Democracy, Conflict,

and Humanitarian Assistance.

For development workers, resiliency is defined as “a community’s ability to bounce back from shocks and help others recover from other shocks.” True to this definition, Barangay Banao is now a resilient community.

Just one week after Supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan) destroyed the Visayas in November 7, 2013, Ban-aowons sent help to Tacloban City.

“We gather what we had that are still useful and we pooled them all together. We then shipped them to Tacloban because we also know what it is to be devastated, to be in the claws of death; we felt what the people of Tacloban are feeling and we have gone through what they are going through,” 45-yearold Marvellous “Belot” Albia said in the Cebuano dialect during an interview, as she proudly pointed to her small sari-sari (variety) store.

“I was able to establish this store from the savings of the salary of Balay Mindanaw,” she said. Belot, a mother of 2, once worked as kitchen staff of the NGO during its “journey” with the Ban-aowons towards normalcy.

“We are excited that you are back here with us, even for just a few days this time. It was because of you that we were able to bounce back from the disaster of Pablo,” she said A day after Pablo almost erased this small village from the face of the planet, Ban-aowons already showed resiliency.

Studies marked that one of the hallmarks of resiliency is helping others even when doing so seems detrimental to the one helping.

This was exemplified by Barangay Councilor Ignacio Cabrera, who “ordered” the survivors to “loot” for one hour his store for food items and whatever they can get to tide them over

before official aid arrived.

Also, Barangay Chairman Mera Adlawan Ching — despite being left by most of her kagawads after the typhoon — organized the survivors and led them in salvaging still useful housing materials to repair what they can of their destroyed dwellings to shelter them from the constant rains and winds due to the Amihan (North wind) and the searing heat of the sun.

Through their concerted efforts, led by these two officials — themselves devastated by Pablo — Ban-aowons held on tenaciously to the hope that one day they will bounce back and that help will finally find its way to them.

What they did not expect, however, was that official help will come in the form of an NGO that will revolutionize their thoughts on disaster assistance and recovery.

“I really did not expect this kind of assistance. I thought we will just receive aid and donations.

But Balay Mindanaw’s assistance really caught us by surprise,” Ching, speaking in the dialect, told this reporter in one of many interviews.

To Balay Mindanaw, she said: “Your help was so great. You helped us stand again. You taught us how to be resilient and to be a resource.

We in Ban-ao will never forget you. I know it is not easy for you to travel so far away, but you did and that showed your help comes from the heart. For me personally, I will never forget your help until the end of my life because during those times when I felt so alone, you were my inspiration. That is why I can say that ‘you made me live again’,” as she quoted the famous line from Janet Basco’s immortal love song.

“When we were so confused and worried thinking of the present and our future because of Pablo, you eased our minds and hearts.

Balay Mindanaw brought us peace [of mind]. Thank you, Balay Mindanaw,” she said during another interview.

Aside from disaster relief and recovery, the NGO poured its “full package” to Ban-ao — enterprise development and livelihood training program; assistance in the formulation of its Barangay Development Program (BDP); participation of its representative in the Operation Peace Course (OP Kors!), a peacebuilding training program primarily designed for military and government officials; training of its DRRM officer in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management; among others — to make Banaowons make a fresh start in building a resilient community in fulfilment of its mission of “Helping Build Empowered Sustainable Communities.

Helping Build Peace in Mindanaw” in pursuit of its vision of “Kaangayan, Kalambuan, Kalinaw sa Mindanaw, sa Pilipinas, sa Kalibutan (Equality, Development, Peace for Mindanao, for the Philippines and for the World)” through principled partnerships with the people’s organizations, non-governmental organizations, local government units, government agencies and other sectors aimed at building a Mindanao which is truly a home (“balay” and “banay”) for its tripeople – the Moros, the Lumads (Indigenous Peoples) and the settlers.

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especially for those from out-of-town, to already book their rooms at the discounted Himugso rate also for the Higalaay Kagay-an Fiesta Festival of Cagayan de Oro in August,” said Carol V. Valdez, Seda Centrio director of sales. “Take note that June 12-15, 2015 is a four-day long weekend which is happening only in Cagayan de Oro because of the confluence of the weekend with the June 12 Independence Day and June 15 Charter Day celebrations.”

Ms. Valdez also pointed that Cagayan de Oro City would also be enjoying two long weekends in August this year: August 21-23and August 28-31, when many of the fiesta events are scheduled to happen.

In addition to the room package, Seda Centrio is also offering a Himugso “3+11” Misto Dinner Promo: for every 3 buffet dinner gift certificates @ PhP 550 each, the buyer will get 1 additional certificate free. These vouchers can be used from Wednesdays to Saturdays from June 12 until August 31, 2015.

Try the Seda Centrio Experience, discounted accommodations good to December 31, 2015 and Buffet Meals good till August 31, 2015. The gift checks are available from the SEDA booth at the ground floor of Centrio Mall near the C.M. Recto entrance to the Mall. For further inquiries, please call Seda Centrio, (088) 323 8888, 0917 577 5910 or email cdo@sedahotels. com.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 43 Gingoog City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. 203 Upon Extra-Judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed by FIRST VALLEY BANK, INC with Principal address at Baroy, Lanao, Del Norte and a Branch Office at Brgy.22, Gingoog City, against, SPS. RICARTE and JINKY MYLENE LAGUMBAY, resident of Brgy. 24-A. Paz, Village, Gingoog City, to satisfy the Mortgage indebtedness which as of April 30, 2015, have amounted to NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO (Php 98,332.00) PESOS embracing the principal interest and other charges, excluding foreclosure expenses. The undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction on August 3, 2015, to the highest bidder for CASH at 10:00 o’clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court . Branch 43, Regional Trial Court, Dugenio St., Gingoog City, the following properties with all the improvements existing thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-17491

A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 121-G, PSD-104308016022, being a portion of Lot 121, Pcs-5848) situated in the Poblacion , City of Gingoog, Island of Mindanao bounded on the SE., along line 3-4 by lot 121-H, on the SW, NW & NE along lines 4-1-2-3 by lot 121-J (Right on the way 4.00 M Wide). All of the Subdivision plan Psd-104308-16022. Registered in the Name of JINKY MYLENE G. BORROMEO and RICARTE L. LAGUMBAY . Containing an area of Eighty One (81 sqm.) more or less.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date. It shall be held on the next working day without further notice The Prospective buyer/s may investigate for themselves the title of the herein described property /properties and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Gingoog City, June 1, 2015.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

BY:

BWM: June 8, 15 & 22, 2015

(Sgd) FLORA C. PEREZ Sheriff IV RTC-Branch 43 Gingoog City

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Isa Pang/Mga Kuneho: a TXS third Lab Prod

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By BART P SAVIOR

he Xavier Stage is now on its 5th Season titled Advocacy Theatre, and one of the productions is Isa Pang Mga Kuneho – a twin bill of two one-act plays by Guelan Luarca’s Mga Kuneho and Dr Steven Patrick Fernandez’ Isa Pang Kawing, directed by Hobart P Savior. This is slated on June 19 and 20, 2015 at 3:00 pm and 7:30 pm, and it is free admission to the community.

Isa Pang Mga Kuneho presents poles of realities of the society that define the follies of human existence and at the same time mirror some provocation and terror to teach the humans to conduct themselves according to what has been aspired, normative and accepted.

Thus this is an aberration for all of us to correct some of the ills and contribute in making our society a better place to live.

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Issues on drug addiction, drug trafficking, politics, betrothal and family feud are tackled in the production.

Mga Kuneho tells the story of five men who were hired to transfer a dead body in exchange to four million pesos without knowing that they were entrapped with the challenge to survive.

Isa Pang Kawing, on the other hand, is a dark comedy about betrothal amidst powerful clans clad with high political statures, challenges of gender and identity and a web of lies, deceit, revenge and ambition.

Both plays stream a speck of survival.

The play stars Edmund Telmo, Kenneth Sabijon, Rosell Velez, Simon Pierre Salera, Reynald Mangao, Abram Niccolo Sanachez, Sheena Pagtalunan and Bart P Savior.

For reservation of seats, please contact us through 09159349199 (Ken Francisco) or contact XCCA through 858-3116 local 2059.

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FOUR-WAY TEST

of the things we think, say or do

1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIP? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

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