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Briefly Lanao power woes THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) said the Lanao del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Lasureco) has committed to settle its outstanding balance of P12.9 billion with the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM).

In a statement on Tuesday, the NEA confirmed that Lasureco met with PSALM on June 8 along with other local government officials to discuss its payments in arrears.

NEA said Lasureco will submit a letter of commitment to PSALM that will outline its payment plans.

Wage hike compliance DAVAO CIty – The Department of Labor and E mploy ment in D a va o Region (DOLE-11) has issued a stern warning against employers who do not comply with the new wage orders in the region. In a press briefing Wednesday, DOLE-11 Director Randolf Pensoy assured that noncompliant employers to Wage Orders RB XI-DW and RB XI-21 will face charges. “We are always conducting labor inspection and monitoring activities,” Pensoy said, even as he warned erring employers not to wait for the DOLE inspectors to catch them.

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Restore barter trading in Asean region pushed

By FERDINANDH B. CABRERA, MindaNews

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ONGAO, Taw iTawi -- An official of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ( BA R M M ) h a s o n e suggestion to solve the skyrocketing prices of petroleum products in the region – restore the barter trade.

L aw yer Naguib Sinar imb o, Minister of the Interior and Local Government, said the restoration of barter trading in BARMM with countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will help stabilize prices of petroleum products before it goes out of reach for the ordinary Bangsamoro.

Prices of fuel here and in Sulu, both diesel and gasoline, remain in the P60-to-P65 per liter range as against P85 or more in mainland Mindanao and elsewhere in the country as an offshoot of hostilities in Europe.

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DEMOLISHED. A demolition team dismantles a shanty along the Zayas Landfill Road in Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City on Tuesday, June 2022. mindanews photo by froilan gallardo

Demolition of shanties in 25-ha CDO land ‘peaceful’

By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews

DEMOLITION crews started dismantling shanties owned by informal settlers along Zayas Landfill Road in Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City on Tuesday.

Teams of policemen in riot gear came to support the court-ordered demolition

after police received reports t h at t h e m o re t h a n a thousand informal settlers would resist any attempt to remove them from the 25-hectare land owned by a certain Christine Cid. Maj. Evan Viñas, Cagayan de Oro PEACEFUL/PAGE 11

Overpricing DAVAO City – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao City urged the public to report overpricing of basic goods by unscrupulous merchants. This came after the agency received reports of retailers exploiting the price hike by going beyond their Suggested Retail Prices (SRPs). DTIDavao City Field Director Rachel Remitio warned retailers taking advantage of the soaring prices at this time, saying DTI personnel are intensifying their pricemonitoring activities to ward off exploiters.

FUEL WOES. A gas station in Cagayan de Oro City displays the current fuel prices. mindanews photo by froilan gallardo

Fish price up due to 3-month fishing ban in Davao Gulf

By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews

D AVA O C i t y - - T h e enforcement of the threemonth ban on fishing at the Davao Gulf will likely jack up the prices of fish in Davao Region, an official of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)Davao said.

BFAR-Davao regional director Raul Millana told Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5) on Friday that the fishing has been prohibited since June 1 and will last until August 31, which would affect the local supply that would result in

higher prices of fish.

He added that aquaculture might help cushion the inflationary effect of the fishing ban, prompting the agency to support efforts to support small fisherfolk in setting up marine fish cages, including in inland waters.

He said production of FISH/PAGE 11

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UTUAN City – No less than Transportation Secretar y Arthur Tugade led the inauguration of the rehabilitated Surigao Airport in Surigao City Wednesday.

Surigao City Airport Manager Junelito Abrazado said the improvements include an expanded runway, renovated passenger terminal building, and the establishment of the airport's Aerodome Rescue and Firefighting Building.

Tugade was joined

by Surigao City mayorelect Paul Dumlao and Civil Aviation Authority of the

Philippines (CAAP) Director General Jim Sydiongco. The airport suffered major damages when a magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Surigao City in February 2017 and during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in December last year.

“This is a simple gathering to celebrate the completion of the improvements here at Surigao Airport,” Tugade said in his message.

The secretary said he personally saw the damages at the airport in 2017 and in 2021 and vowed to work for its rehabilitation to

provide better services to the people of the city and the province of Surigao del Norte.

He said the airport plays an important role in terms of the connectivity of the city to the rest of Mindanao and the country.

Abrazado said a total of P60.8 million budget was incurred for the expansion and repair of the runway.

“The rehabilitation of the passenger terminal and the establishment of the rescue and firefighting building have a total cost of P20 million,” Abrazado said.

The airport's expanded runway now

has a total length of 1,400 meters while improvements at the passenger terminal include the provision of additional 11 restrooms, installation of toilet fixtures, and the installation of nine air conditioning units.

“After the two major calamities that heavily damaged the airport, it is now ready to serve the people of Surigao,” Abrazado said. (PNA)

DAVAO City – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao City urged the public Monday to report overpricing of basic goods by unscrupulous merchants.

This came after the agency received reports of retailers exploiting the price hike by going beyond their Suggested Retail Prices (SRPs). DTI-Davao City Field Director Rachel Remitio warned retailers taking advantage of the soaring prices at this time, saying DTI personnel are

intensifying their pricemonitoring activities to ward off exploiters.

"All retailers and business establishments in Davao City that carry 80 percent of all 218 items listed as basic necessities and prime commodities are monitored by the DTI-Davao three times a week," Remitio said in a statement posted on the city’s official website.

Based on recent monitoring, Remitio said Price Act violations are rampant. Republic Act REPORT/PAGE 11

Fifty-nine micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) officially graduate on June 9, 2022 from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 10’s first multi-sectoral batch of its Kapatid Mentor ME-Money Market Encounter (KMME-MME) program. (DTI-10)

59 Normin entrepreneurs graduate from DTI-10’s mentoring program CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY--Fifty-nine micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) officially graduated, June 9, 2022 from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-10’s first multi-sectoral batch of its Kapatid Mentor ME-Money Market Encounter (KMME-MME) program.

The program is an initiative of DTI and Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE). It optimizes weekly face-to-face interactions between the mentors and

the mentees with the key goal of boosting the entrepreneurial capacity through improved access to Mentorship, Money & Market (i.e., the 3Ms).

Entrepreneurs from the youth, online, women, tourism, and other sectors in Northern Mindanao were preselected to join the free 10-module program conducted virtually for 12 weeks.

In his message for the graduates, DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez assured the public of DTI’s commitment to help the entrepreneurs.

“Despite the new normal the Department of Trade and Industry remains committed in implementing the KMME program to help current and aspiring entrepreneurs to improve sa inyong mga business models, to improve access and mentorship sa money or micro financing, pati rin sa access to market.”

Secretary Lopez said.

“While having passion to do business is good, it is not enough without training. That is why dito po sa DTI, and even ine-emphasize po ng ating Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte, gusto po naming lahat GRADUATE/PAGE 11

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DOE bats for oil deregulation law review T HE Department of Energy (DOE) will ask the 19th Congress to prioritize the review of the oil deregulation law as the agency aims to ease petroleum prices.

During the Laging Handa public briefing Tuesday, DOE Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza Jr. said the agency wants to regain its authority to intervene when there is a dramatic increase in oil prices for a longer

period.

“We wrote to the Congress to give priority to revisit and review the oil deregulation law so that the government will have the power to do something in this kind of situation,” DOE Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza Jr. said in Filipino.

He said DOE has been batting for the unbundling of oil prices to promote transparency in oil price adjustments.

As the DOE does not have any power to intervene amid the skyrocketing petroleum prices, the agency has requested oil firms to provide discounts to consumers.

Among oil firms, Petro Gazz has so far announced that it will give a “company-initiative” price discount for its diesel products.

“Petro Gazz will implement P3.50 per liter off on diesel prices from June 8, 6 a.m. to

June 11, 10 p.m. at selected stations nationwide,” Petro Gazz said, adding there are some stations that have diesel inventories that can last up to four days.

Meanwhile, Erguiza said under the current circumstances, the P100-per-liter price for petroleum products is unlikely.

DOE data as of June 2 show that retail prices of gasoline in the National Capital Region

ranged from P71.70 to P95.15 per liter; from P69.65 to P84.05 per liter for diesel; and from P77.64 to P85.25 per liter for kerosene.

On Tuesday morning, oil firms hiked gasoline prices by P2.70 per liter; diesel, by P6.55 per liter; and kerosene by P5.45 per liter.

This made petroleum prices go up to P90-level per liter.

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energy storage firm Local cement industry escalates Kinetic expands capacity in PH case vs. Vietnam dumping THE local cement manufacturing industry finds a common voice in Republic Cement against complaints of unabated cement dumping from Vietnam.

Republic Cement decried how continued dumping of cement imports from Vietnam has resulted in material injury to the domestic manufacturers.

In his testimony before the Tariff Commission on June 3, Reinier Dizon, vice president for Strategy & Business Development of Republic Cement said his company’s volume of sales as well as pricing have been severely affected

by cement imports from Vietnam.

The commission is on its second day of public hearing on the plea of local cement manufacturers to impose definitive anti-dumping measures against Type 1 and Type 1P cement imported from Vietnam.

Dizon said the negative effect on Republic Cement of cement imports from Vietnam is supported by the confidential data on its sales volume submitted to the commission for its appreciation.

“Pricing is a function of demand and supply but our pricing has been affected by imports at

dumped prices across the country,” Dizon added.

He said while the cost of energy mainly from coal and other fuels, which make up around 70 percent of Republic Cement’s production cost, is continuously rising, they cannot pass on the cost to the consumers because of the stiff challenge coming from dumped cement from Vietnam.

“Coal prices have increased astronomically but we cannot pass on the cost. We’re losing revenues; we’re losing volumes,” Dizon said.

While he admitted that Republic Cement’s profit position slightly improved

between 2017 to 2020, it was only because the company had invested about P10 billion for operational improvements.

“But our revenues were still suppressed because of imports at dumped prices,” Dizon said.

Dizon said the capacity utilization of Republic Cement’s plants has been affected by the dumping of cement from Vietnam, specifically 5 percent in 2019 and 19 percent in 2020.

Although the Covid-19 pandemic may have contributed slightly to such capacity reduction, Dizon said it was “mainly CEMENT/PAGE 10

AMBER Kinetics will complete its second manufacturing plant of kinetic energy storage system (KESS) here by the end of this year, expanding its production capacity by more than double.

In a media briefing Wednesday, Amber Kinetics Philippines director for business development Roberto Kanapi said the new manufacturing line for its flywheel technology will increase the company’s capacity to produce 1,800 to 2,000 KESS annually.

The firm’s facility in the First Philippine Industrial Park in Sto. Tomas, Batangas currently manufactures 600 to 700 units of flywheel energy storage in a year.

Kanapi said the new line is expected to cater to the huge demands from Australia, as well as the increasing demand in the Philippines amid the increasing renewable energy projects here.

“We have identified the countries that we like to go in(to), and Australia is a huge market for energy storage. We were also completely surprised by the potential of the market.

So the two main markets for the Philippine plant at this point are Australia and the Philippines,” he said.

The Philippine market is also becoming a potential market for energy storage systems as the country targets EXPANDS/PAGE 10

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Wonders of work (Pt. 1) Think a minute . . . The f a m o u s w r it e r G e o r g e Bernard Shaw said: “When I was a young man I observed that 9 out of 10 things I did were failures. I didn’t want to be a failure, so I did 10 times more work!”

All successful people say the same thing: “Luck is what you make of it with hard work.” As important as a good education is, it does not guarantee success. In every kind of career there are successful people who had little natural talent to begin with, but the most important thing they had was the desire and discipline to keep working toward their full potential and success.

T h e re i s s i mp l y n o substitute for hard work.

Even if you naturally know how to charm and get along with people, you still must do the work and finish the job well. If you are naturally smart in school, you still have to spend time and effort learning the new knowledge.

If you do not have a lot of natural talent or ability, then you must work even harder.

It is a clear, vital fact of life.

A good worker’s best

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No to Extractivism!

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ORLAN R. RAVANERA Let notice be served especially to the incoming President that the Philippines was so rich but now so poor in terms of biodiversity, even now becoming the 4th hardest hit in the world of climate change. What happened?

Why and how did we lose our ecological wealth described as the richest on earth, home to billions of life forms that had lived in the 17 million hectares of dipterocarp forest for millions if not billons of years but disappeared in just several decades of plunder?

The natural ecological wealth was not just confined above the ground; under the ground oozed with 72 kinds of minerals, i.e., gold, silver, copper and what have you? The natural wealth did not stop at the shorelines as the archipelago had been described by no less than Dr. Kent Carpenter of the United Nations-Food and Agricultural Organization (UN-FAO) as the “center of the center of marine life on earth.”

So rich but so poor! What a paradox as our ecological people, the Indigenous Peoples, the peasantry, the fisherfolk are now the poorest. Who controls? Who decides? Who benefits?

Environmental experts and social scientists have concluded that the root cause of the plunder is because our country has been subjected to the economic paradigm called “EXTRACTIVISM,” a term originally used to describe

economies based on removing ever more raw materials from the earth, usually for export to traditional colonial powers, where “value” was added.

During the American Occupation, there was a big debate in the US Senate on whether to continue colonizing the Philippines, a country which is located in the other side of the earth. The statement of Sen. Larry Heaney did convince everyone not to leave the Philippines then as the “forest of that country is so rich that it can supply the timber needs of the world for centuries to come!”

Yes, we have the finest timber in the world which is only found endemically in our country, commanding gargantuan profit tor the colonizers then and continued by the loggers after the colonial rule. Each shipment of logs would earn a logger some three hundred sixty million pesos, money that they used to bribe government officials to continue their heavy raking and even used to buy votes as many loggers were voted as mayors, congressmen, governors and even as senators.

Thus, from 17 million hectares of natural forest, only half a million hectares remain. As the natural forest vanished from the face of the earth, thus the billions of flora and fauna which had been living in the forest ecosystems for million of years. The forests are the “invisible water dam,” that supply water to the rivers.

After the plunder of the forest ecosystem, tremendous mining operations loomed as the culprit to extract minerals that had caused so much havoc in killing our bays and rivers due to massive siltation and destruction of our mangroves and coral reefs as only five percent remain is in excellent condition. Of the 25 major rivers in the country, 15 have already dried up. The millions

of tons of top soil carried then by the rivers to the sea have killed the bays as 10 of the 13 major bays in the country are already biologically dead. This is the reason why the coastal communities are now living in hunger and becoming the poorest of the poor.

What is so horrible is what we have discovered when we were implementing the “Writ of Kalikasan,” issued by the Court of Appeals in 2013. As the Presiding Officer of the “Task Force Kinaiyahan,” we had arrested three Chinese nationals doing illegal open, hydraulic mining in a camp site in the uplands of Cagayan de Oro where we found hand grenades, AK-47 and Armalites. These Chinese nationals were just carrying papers as tourists. We were so puzzled why after their arrest, they were allowed to go back to China, even escorted by a local elected official. A month later, our colleague in the environmental movement by the name of Fausto Orasan whom we called Datu Sandigan, the Chieftain of the Higaonon Tribe in Cagayan de Oro, was murdered by whom we believe were the armed men of the miners. That was in 2014 but until now, the killers are still scot-free. For firmly standing against EXTRACTIVISM, a brave environmental warrior was murdered by those who cannot moderate their greed!

Now, do you understand why “Sendong” happened? Panggising po sa mga Pilipinong natutulog!

Extractivism is still continuing in another form. It is seen in the 200,000 hectareplantations in Mindanao owned by Trans-National Corporations and Oligarchs using toxic chemicals heavily that as if some 2,000 dumptrucks of poison are being dumped to our water tables every day. Of the 8 chemicals

used, 7 are already banned in other countries. In fact, you can “google,” showing the truism that many of these TNCs are not allowed to enter Puerto Rico and Costa Rica anymore as these corporations have caused deaths due to cancer. As they were disallowed to enter these countries, these TNCs have gone to Mindanao as we have earned now and tagged as “the land of coward people!”

Are you still wondering why many are dying of cancer and there are many deformed babies?

Yes, high value fruits are being extracted from our lands to feed the consumerist lifestyle of the people in rich countries while we cannot even sufficiently supply our hungry people with basic staples like rice and milk as these staples are heavily imported.

As concluded by development experts, “extractvism is directly connected to the notion of sacrifice zone-places that, to their extractors, somehow don’t count and therefore are poisoned, drained or otherwise destroyed.” Indeed, the mindset of the colonizers and now that our country is a neo-colony by the super rich businessmen and oligarchs, it seems that such conclusion has some bearings. Ang mga Pilipino po ay TAO HINIDI BASURA! Who will be the countervailing force to correct such oppressive economic paradigm? Well, social transformation mut now be the call of the times! Enough is enough of extractivism that has oppressed our people and drained our natural resources.

We must heal the blighted land back to life – for people, planet, prosperity and peace - all for the greater glory of our Creator, the Unseen Being, now calling to us in the face of the cataclysmic anthropogenic (made-made) Climate Change.

HOY GISING!!!

Magnanimity amid all kinds of evil

JHAN TIAFAU HURST friend is time. He learns not to waste or misuse his time, because he knows if he “kills time” he kills his chances for success! The great inventor Thomas Edison often worked when most people slept. In fact, Edison usually did not sleep more than 4 hours a night. He said that too much sleep made him lose time, opportunities, and ideas.

Most of us cannot work that many waking hours of every day, so we need to learn to make even better use of our time. The Greek philosopher Plato said: “One of the saddest things in life is a man who spends much of his time on things that are not important.”

So why waste one more WONDERS/PAGE 11

“You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well.” (Mt 5,38-39) Words of Christ that clearly tell us to be magnanimous amid unavoidable evils in this world. We just have to learn how to bear with everyone.

Thus, we have to broaden our mind and heart to be able to accommodate everyone in our heart, including those who are different from us in some respects, and those who are precisely giving us trouble.

We have to learn to be magnanimous, knowing how to suffer since suffering is an unavoidable consequence of evil. In all this, we should never lose our peace and concern for everyone. In fact, those who have strayed, we have to seek out, just like what the shepherd did in the parable of the lost sheep (cfr.

Mt 18,12-14) Magnanimity is part of the charity as described by Christ. “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,” he said. (Mt 5,44) “If any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also…”

The political exercises we had a few weeks ago are just some kind of sports. We play to win, we do our best, yet in spite of all, we should not be surprised if we lose. And we just have to move on. Of course, if we win, then we should also be ready for the usual bad elements that go with the winning.

Now is the time for magnanimity, deleting the heady, intoxicating surge of victory or the depressing load of defeat. This is not the end of the world yet. And while we are still on the road, we just have to try our best to learn precious lessons along the way.

We ne e d to e n l arge our heart, to make it more

universal to accommodate everyone and any situation and condition properly. We should evade being caught by the grip of our strong views, and even our positions that we think are so essential that they are not anymore subject to opinion.

This is our usual pitfall that we should try to be wary about always. We have the strong tendency to dominate others especially in a game or exercise for which we give an all-out interest and spend so much money and effort.

We have to see to it that our thoughts, desires and intentions, our words and deeds are always animated by charity. There should no negative elements in them, even if we notice the defects, mistakes and sins of the others, and even if they have wronged us.

We have to have a good grip on our emotions, able to dominate and properly orient our biases, preferences and other idiosyncracies that

HINTS AND TRACES

ROY CIMAGALA constitute our differences and even conflicts with others. We have to learn to focus more on what we have in common rather than what divides us.

We have to learn how to dialogue with everyone.

We can always do all these things because of our spiritual nature and also because of God’s grace, in the first place. By living by this Christian teaching when faced with evil and wrongdoings others may do on us, we become more and more like Christ. And that in the end is what truly matters in our life!

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Normin entrepreneurs travel to Bangkok for processing, packaging exhibition CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY --Eight entrepreneurs from 5 local businesses in northern Mindanao, and who are being assisted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-10, join the 29th International Processing and Packaging Exhibition for Asia (ProPak Asia), June 15-18, 2022 in Bangkok International

Trade and Exhibition Centre, Thailand.

Princess Ladores of Tres-Marias Food Products/Beehive Driftwood Café from Camiguin, Rolando Magallon and Fe Magallon of Teamo Waffle Resto and Refreshments from Lanao del Norte, Pinky Durias and John Urial Regalado of Regdur Variety Store from Misamis Occidental,

and Emily Geli and Erwin Geli of Geli Foods, and Anna Marie Viscayno of Sivako Foods from Misamis Oriental will be joining other participants from across the globe in the four-day international event.

Propak Asia is a leading processing and packaging trade event for food, drink, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and

consumer products, bringing together companies and buyers from around the world.

With the theme “Sustainability in Processing and Packaging for our Better World,” ProPak Asia 2022 will showcase the advanced, innovative technology and solution in packaging and processing which covers the varieties of

vertical markets.

The trade event will feature a series of panel discussions, technical talk, keynote speech, and the latest products and technology on the

show floor.

ProPak Asia 2022 will also be attended by DTI Misamis Oriental Provincial Director Almer R. Masillones.

(DTI-10/PIA-10)

Teachers Want to Have Fun, Too!

By ROMEO V. BALANDRA II

Before pandemic, every student in our country looked forward to summer the minute they return to school in January. Guess what? Teachers also look forward to summer breaks as much---maybe even more than---our students do! Summer breaks, or this time, rainy season break, mean we are no longer subjected to a rigorous eight-hour work day. We can sleep late and wake up also late the following day. More than anything else, the breaks offer teachers the chance to rest, re-charge and spend quality time with our loved ones.

For an ordinary teacher like me, our long breaks usually look like these: Stay up late Alarms are now off and we have all the time to our social commitments which we often sacrificed during school days. We can also watch more movies now without worrying about waking up early the following day.

Travel Many of us go on out-of-town vacations during the lengthy break. We take pictures and write down notes so we can share these lovely experiences with our students. For those on a tight budget, there are plenty of exciting natural and historical sites to visit in our country. You can try and check them out in travel blogs.

Health and wellness Teaching is one of the most taxing professions---physically, mentally and emotionally! Long breaks are the best time to check on your well-being.

Spend more time to rest and sleep.

Reading is also a therapeutic activity we can enjoy during vacations. Very importantly, take this opportunity to undergo thorough medical check-up.

Like this say, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.

Pursue hobbies Yes, we also have other interests

that are not related to teaching. Long breaks are great opportunity to pursue these. You may want to enroll in any sports, art classes, dance or voice lessons, pottery, and so many others.

Work Believe it or not, it’s actually difficult to stay from our teacher mindset. Hence, a lot of us continue “working” even during vacations.

Teachers want to improve from the previous year so they plan ahead activities for the next school year.

Others enroll in post graduate classes or attend seminars and trainings. The difference is this time, we do these things at our own pace and at our own time.

Whatever and however teachers wish to spend their vacation, it is best to plan ahead so no time will be wasted. Let us enjoy our break.

Remember, it is not only a privilege—it is mandated by law.

ALEXANIA Eleia Perez Pido recently had a pre-18th birthday shoot on location at Casa de Canitoan.

Photography and styling by Mikko Mahinay with James Christian Lloyd Daig assisted by Kaye Roa, makeup

by Donnah Jadap Alas, hair by Erica Reyes, video by Clarynce Valencia and logistics by Joerell Gella Otto

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THE BOONE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE PHILIPPINES By: JAMIL M. RIVERA

English language has been considered as the lingua franca or the most common language spoken between speakers whose native language are different. It is one of the six official languages of the united nation alongside Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish. It is the most widely spoken language in the world combining native and nonnative speakers.

In the Philippines, English, is one of the two official languages of the country and it is widely used in government, commerce, mass media, and education.

Way back in history English was brought in

the country by the American during colonization period.

In 1901, a group of American teachers called Thomasites arrived in the newly occupied Philippine Islands. They were commissioned by the US government to establish a new public education system, to teach basic education, and to train Filipino teachers, with English as the medium of instruction replacing Spanish.

English language and Employment From the start of the American colonization up to the present time, English plays important role to the life of many Filipinos. The proficiency

Experiential learning

By GRACE G. ALCANTARA Teacher III Upper Carmen Elementary School

METHODS of education have not kept pace with advances in technology but the imperative of change is becoming more apparent.

Virtual reality (VR) is being adopted more readily as the gains of experiential learning is being realised.

VR is making education less conventional and advancing K-12, higher education and vocational training.

Education is the foundation of a strong economy. It incre as es human capital, drives productivity and boosts economic output.

For individuals, education paves the way to acquire new skills, develop critical thinking and analytical know-how, contribute to economic welfare, develop a sense of purpose and shape one's career. Therefore, its impact on individuals, societies, governments and

the world is undeniable.

Yet methods to educate people have not always kept pace with technological developments. That said, change is imminent and will come faster over the next decade.

In fact, advancements have already been visible during the COVID-19 pandemic when governments were forced to clos e t he do ors of schools and universities worldwide for weeks at a time. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) supported the global education sector with digital tools, programmes and resources to ensure continuity of learning.

Other countries around the world rolled out online educational tools such as Alef Education in the UAE, Vschool in KSA and MOE E-Learning in Egypt, to name a few.

CCS Accepts SPED Learners for Face-to-Face Classes

By ROMEO V. BALANDRA II, City Central School

In preparation for the return to 100% in-person classes next school year, City Central School now a c c e pt s l e ar ne rs w it h disabilities for enrolment in the SPED Center. If you have a child who has not gone to school due to the presence of a disability, please visit City Central School at Yacapin-Velez St. and inquire about the possible SPED placement for your child.

We h av e q u a l i f i e d teachers equipped with years of experience and specialized trainings to cater to the following disabilities: autism, intellectual disability, learning disability, hearing impairment, visual impairment and other health impairments.

Just visit the school for an interview and bring a photocopy of your child’s birth certificate, medical assessment, if available, and other related educational or medical records.

With the conversion of City Central School into an Inclusive Learning Resource Center, the first in Region X, more services will soon be extended to our special learners at no cost. Once the materials and equipment are completed, we will have service areas to provide assessment, occupational and b ehavior therapy, physical therapy, and speech and language therapy.

If CCS is far from you place, please visit the nearest public school and inquire if a SPED class is b ei ng of fere d. T he Division of Cagayan de Oro has one of the largest number of schools that offer special education in both elementary and high school.

The requirements are the same in every school. So, what are you waiting for?

Enroll your children now so they may enjoy the rights and privileges due them, and experience the quality of life they deserve.

of Filipino in English gives advantage in the global labor market specially those who are working abroad. Foreign employers prefer to hire Filipino workers because of their good command in English aside from work ethics and educational qualification. In fact, the 2021 edition of EF English Proficiency Index reported that the Philippines ranked 18th out of 112 countries and regions and rank 2nd in Asia next to Singapore. The result described the country with a high proficiency level of English language. It opens career opportunity abroad for Filipino professionals includes doctors, nurses, teachers, engineers, IT Professionals, and agriculturist who are highly in demand in the US, Middle East countries, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Israel, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Other skilled jobs like carpenters,

plumbers, machine operators, pipe fitters, farm workers, bar tenders, waiters, drivers, domestic helpers, electricians, caregivers and other job related to manufacturing and services are also needed in the abovementioned countries. Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), who are labeled as modern heroes, send home billions of dollars as cash remittances which helps the country’s economic growth.

The Philippines is also taking advantage as English speaking country with the emerging of Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) industry.

The country is now the BPO capital center of the world overtaking India from its position. Foreign companies prefer to outsource in the Philippines because many Filipino workers are fluent in English. The neutral accent in English of Filipino employees is preferred by BPO companies because it is easy to understand

Online teaching engaged in the doing of the course. Equally important is the structuring of the course, in which instructors make intentional choices in course design, optimize course layout, standardize due dates, and provide meaningful feedback with grades.

Consistent Teacher’s Physical Fitness!

By: GENNO J. CAYHAO, Ph.D

In this time of pandemic due to certain limitations, the Bugo Central School Teachers were dedicated and engaged in developing their health through a physical fitness. The grade (5) level of teachers are heading the fitness program to have it everyday to give teachers the benefit of healthy body, healthy mind, and positive outlook in

employment, tertiary education, middle-skills development, and entrepreneurship.

English language schools are also boom in the country.

Many foreign students are studying English here because of low cost and high standard of English instruction, good teachers, and beautiful tourist attraction. Most of them are from neighboring countries like China, Korea, and Japan.

These students spend thousands of pesos to learn English from us.

Through time, the use of English language in the Philippines continues to flourish our values and identity as global Filipino.

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Supporting your teachers doesn’t have to be hard work

By GEMMA de Asis ACLUB Teacher III East City Central School

Online courses can be examined from two perspectives—what students do in the course a n d h ow a p r o f e s s o r structures the course. There are a variety of instructional strategies and learning activities educators can implement to keep students

for clients who are mostly coming from the Englishspeaking countries like the US. English language in Education In order to hone the status of English language literacy in the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) strengthens the teaching and learning of English as a Second language for it is important that Filipino children should develop competitive language and communication skills. English, along with Filipino, is used as medium of instruction for Math, Science, and English subjects inside the classroom. Trainings and seminars on the teaching of English are provided to teachers in the basic education. In the hiring process of public-school teachers, teacher-applicant should pass the English proficiency test. Moreover, the K+12 curriculum targets to equip Filipino learners with knowledge and skills needed for

life most especially during this time of hard times.

Infact, this is to prevent teachers from the risks of hypertension, diabetes and even in mental problems.

The activity until present is still active and teachers were very supportive and fully engaged in joining this physical fitness in which all of them got benefitted.

By IRENE P. GARCIA, Teacher III East City Central School Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City

ONE of the best things a principal can do is to be a strong instructional leader and coach their teachers.

As the instructional leader of the campus, it is up to the principal to build a culture of learning and growing at the campus. Every teacher at every level of experience deserves a coach.

All teachers must be given multiple opportunities to expand their knowledge, learn more effective instructional strategies and improve their teaching priorities.

I am not suggesting that principals have full coaching cycles with all of their teachers. How can principals coach all of their teachers at their campus?

Consistently visiting classrooms will not only let teachers know that their

principal is interested in what is taking place in their classroom but it also provides anecdotal data about campus trends.

What i nst r u c t i ona l strategies are being employed the most? Is what was explored during professional development transferring completely?

The principal can then decide to provide feedback to teachers, teams or the whole campus.

T h e pr i n c ip a l m ay decide to have a follow up professional development session, provide teacher support or simply have a conversation about possible misunderstandings. Being an active member of the campus professional learning community will allow principals to address misconceptions and answer teacher questions.

'MACABALAN ELEM. SCHOOL: Ready for the Expansion phase of Limited Face-to-Face Classes' SOWAIRA D. LUCMAN Macabalan Elementary School

DepEd through Secretary Briones ordered all regions to commence the progressive expansion of face-toface classes following the approval of the President. Regional directors spearheaded the assessment using the SSAT or School Safety Assessment Tool as to readiness of the schools in every division to conduct the limited face-toface during the pilot implementation period. The qualified schools must be located in areas under alert levels 1 and 2 based on risk assessment by the Department of Education.

Macabalan Elementary School is one of the qualified schools to implement the limited face-to-face as per result of the risk evaluation conducted by the city IATF. To acquire the said qualification, the school collaborated with the local government through a memorandum of agreement (MOA) which contains the coordination of the school and the local government to ensure the safety

of the children as they go back to school. Macabalan Barangay Council pledged to work hand-in-hand with the school to provide needed support in the implementation of the backto-school program in pandemic time and to make the school virus-free.The school head also with the collaboration of the SBAC members have allocated budget to purchase health equipment and materials to be used by the teachers and learners and to ensure that the opening of classes will be conducted safely. The teachers too did their parts in making their classrooms conducive to learning. They adapted the changes in the classroom arrangement including the number of learners allocated per session to make sure social distancing is always observed. Health facilities were installed. Alcohols, face mask, tooth brush, hand washing liquids and all others are prepared even in the classroom as buffer in case the

children experience run-out of these things during their classes. They worked double time to prepare the needed documents including the written parents’ consent. They also tried to make themselves physically, mentally and emotionally ready to face the new adjustment in the implementation of another new modality.

Macabalan Elementary School makes sure that all teachers are vaccinated however and vaccinated learners are always preferred but the school is trying to make education equal to all by not discriminating the unvaccinated learners hence the learning community continues to convince and encourage the parents to have their children vaccinated not only for themselves but for all the people around them including their teachers and classmates as they come back to school this coming opening of classes.

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SCHOOL READING CAROUSEL By: BENECIO IBARRA REDULLA TEACHER III NANGCAON INTEGRATED SCHOOL

According to an ancient African proverb, “It takes the whole village to raise a child”, simply means that an entire community of people must interact with children for them to grow in a safe and healthy environment.

Thus, Nangcaon IS teachers, ALS implementers, GPTA officers, Brgy.

Officials, IP Leaders, stakeholders, parents and students had taken such precious time and participated the launching of Deped Mis.Or “Reading Corousel Project” last April 7, 2022 at Nangcaon Integrated School.

Reading is the fundamental skill in the educative process of every learner. It is also an essential factor in child’s development as he/she continues in his life-learning journey but undoubtedly, the pandemic and its effects magnified the existing literacy challenges of the students reading ability. However, if there is

one thing that proved and tested to be true from our current situation is that no pandemic or hurdle can stop us from delivering quality education.

We at the Department of Education , we are like BDO , we will always find ways to serve our learners and expose them to the whole wonders of reading.

Nangcaon Is teachers were not only challenged by the pandemic but situated also in chaotic road.

Despite these difficulties, learning must continue and all educational programs should be served to its purpose.

With the teacher-made cart, we used it for carrying our reading materials and went to every zone to deliver books and spent time reading with our students.

Our first stop was the center part of Barangay Nangcaon, we brought

many storybooks and gather pupils to participate the reading activity. We provide motivation before teaching the parts and details of a book.

We also visited other zones of the barangay and for other areas couldn’t be reached through a cart, we did home visitation.

The NIS Teachers are happy and thankful of this program, for we are able to spent quality time with our students and able to partake reading despite the challenges brought by the pandemic. We felt overwhelm for the accomplishment. The response of our students were really priceless.They are now igniting their life-learning journey as we teachers continue to inspire them.

All teachers in Nangcaon Integrated School under the helm of Mr. Benecio I. Redulla are excited for more DepEd Reading Programs.

Back to the New Normal: The Return of Traditional Face-to-Face Classes by: EILEEN MAY E. FUDAN

Schooling is the most effective way of teaching and learning in different aspects in human life. Due to the Covid-19, all the opportunities to learn was gone and all schools are closed to prevent the threat of the virus.

Everybody was facing the education crisis because of the pandemic.

The Department of Education (DepEd) is trying to restore the traditional face-to-face classes in all schools. The Online Distance Learning and Modular Distance Learning Delivery Instruction are still there to accommodate and to cater the students’ need in order to continue the quality of education because not all parents would allow their children to participate in face-to-face classes.

The parents’ negative perception towards face-to-face learning modality stems from their concern with their

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Finally, we are now back to the New Normal of the traditional faceto-face classes in the classroom, but still we have to follow certain health protocols in conducting the faceto-face classes. Unfortunately, not all teachers can do the face-to-face classes to their students because the Department of Education (DepEd) will only allow limited teachers in a certain schools and there are still strictly protocols to follow. There are 10 to 15 only students are allowed to enter the classroom at this moment to prevent the spread of Covid-19 virus. There are protocols that should be followed strictly so that no one will get contagious of the virus over

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We all hope that doing the faceto-face classes is the beginning of the comeback of the “Normal” setting just like before when there was no pandemic crisis happened.

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EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES DESON PACATANG OBIANDA Lorenzo Tan National High School Lorenzo Tan, Tangub City

Back in June 2020, Philippine officials announced that tens of millions of children in the archipelago will not be allowed back to school until a coronavirus vaccine was available. Leonor Briones, Education Secretary said that teachers will have to use distance learning methods via the internet or TV broadcasts where needed.

A year after the COVID-19 pandemic sent the Philippines into a monthslong lockdown, classrooms across the ASEAN member state remain empty and children are still stuck at home. Fearing youngsters could contract the virus and infect the elderly, President Rodrigo Duterte refuses to lift lockdown restrictions until vaccinations are widespread.

A “blended learning” programme involving online classes, printed materials, and lessons broadcast on television and social media was launched in October.

But with the shift from face-to-face learning to online learning, Philippine education now heavily relies on connectivity. Access to the internet is vital for both parties. Unfortunately, millions of Filipinos live in deep poverty and do not have access to computers at home, which is also key to the viability of online class es. An Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) report published last December titled, “The Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Households in the National Capital Region of the Philippines” revealed that parents’ and guardians’ biggest concern in regards

to education is the switch to remote learning.

Surveyed respondents expressed varied concerns regarding online learning including money for phone load, lack of gadget, bad internet, difficulty understanding lessons taught online, parents’ lack of time to spend with children on schoolwork, inability for children to focus during online classes, and parents’ lack of familiarity with lessons. Other than that, UNICEF also noted t hat since t he s cho ol shutdown, enrolments have dropped by more than a million in the Philippines.

Experts also worry that many students are falling even further behind and those that have dropped out might not come back to resume their education.

Moreover, classroom closures also leave children at greater risk of sexual violence, teenage pregnancy, and recruitment by armed groups. The Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) has urged the government to “take the lead in building an education system that Filipino learners deserve one that realizes their full potential.” Earlier this year, the non-profit organization also called on the government and other stakeholders to “stem the learning crisis now,” as it says that “protracted school closures and uncertainty in the safe and equitable reopening of our schools will further worsen the learning losses, especially for the 2.7 million unenrolled K-12 (Kindergarten to Grade 12) students this school year.”

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

SPL. CIVIL ACTION NO. 069-07-2020 OF THE PHILIPPINES,

Plaintiff, - for - versus –

Expropriation LYNDA BILIRAN, MERIAM BUCAY, and DIOGENES APALI,

Defendants. x-----------------/ SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: LYNDA BILIRAN MERIAM BUCAY Brgy. Bulod, Tubod, Lanao del Norte G R E E T I N G S! WHEREAS, on November 16, 2021, the Court issued an order granting the petitioner’s Motion to Serve Summons by Publication, which reads as follows: “On record is a Motion for Leave of Court to Effect Service of Summons by Publication to defendants Lynda Biliran and Meriam Bucay. Finding the same motion to be proper and in order after plaintiff complied with the requirements of the rules, the same is hereby granted.

Let summons by publication be served to defendants Lynda Biliran and Meriam Bucay whose last known address are at Brgy. Manga, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte and Brgy.

Bulod, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, respectively.

SO ORDERED.” WHEREAS, Petition reads: COMPLAINT (With Urgent Prayer for Issuance of Writ of Possession) Plaintiff, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), by counsel, respectfully states that: 1.

Plaintiff is a private corporation created and existing under Philippine laws, with principal office address at NGCP Building, Quezon Avenue corner BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City. It may be served with notices and other court processes through its Right-of-Way Department (ROWD) – Mindanao Division, Maria Cristina, Iligan City, copy furnished the afore-mentioned principal office.

2.

Pursuant to Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9511, plaintiff was granted a franchise to operate, manage and maintain, and in connection therewith, to engage in the business of conveying or transmitting electricity through a high-voltage back-bone system of interconnected transmission lines, substations and related facilities, systems operations, and other activities that are necessary to support the safe and reliable operation of a transmission system and to construct, install, finance, manage, improve, expand, operate, maintain, rehabilitate, repair and refurbish the present nationwide transmission system of the Republic of the Philippines.

3.

Under Section 4 of the same law, NGCP was granted the power of eminent domain, subject to the requirements of the Constitution and existing laws.

4.

Plaintiff is engaged in the business of transmitting electric power from the generating plants of power producers to distributors. As such, plaintiff’s business is imbued with public interest.

5.

To address the country’s growing power demand and ensure continuous, reliable and efficient power supply, there is a need to interconnect the three (3) major power grids of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao into a single national grid. Aside from the sharing of systems reserve, the interconnection will also help optimize utilization of indigenous energy resources such as natural gas in Luzon, geothermal in the Visayas and hydro in Mindanao. Owing to this necessity, plaintiff must immediately construct the transmission lines that will transmit power to distributors of electricity not only in Mindanao but also in Luzon and Visayas. This undertaking is for the use and benefit of the public and part of it is known as the MINDANAO-VISAYAS INTERCONNECTION PROJECT (MVIP), integral part of which is the KAUSWAGAN-LALA 230kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT (Project).

6.

The said MVIP of NGCP is the first project certified by the Department of Energy (DOE) as an Energy Project of National Significance (EPNS) pursuant to R.A. 7638 of DOE Act of 1992, as amended, entitled to all the rights and privileges provided under Executive Order No. 30, series of 2017, as evidenced by DOE Certification dated 8 May 2018 attached as Annex “A”. It is targeted to be energized by December 2020.

7.

Defendant LYNDA BILIRAN is of legal age, Filipino, and with last known address in Brgy. Manga, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte, where she may be served with summons and other processes of this Honorable Court. However, if necessary, plaintiff undertakes to cause service of summons to her by publication pursuant to Sections 14 and 15, Rule 14 of the Rules of Court, since her whereabouts and/or exact address cannot be determined despite diligent inquiry.

8.

Defendant MERIAM BUCAY is of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Brgy. Bulod, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, where she may be served with summons and other processes of this Honorable Court. She is impleaded herein pursuant to Section 1, Rule 67 of the Revised Rules on Civil Procedure, being the alleged claimant of the subject property.

9.

Defendant DEOGENES APALI is likewise of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Brgy. Manga, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte, where he may be served with summons and other processes of this Honorable Court. He is impleaded herein pursuant to Section 1, Rule 67 of the Revised Rules on Civil Procedure, as he is also claiming ownership of the subject property.

10.

The property subject of this complaint is a parcel of land, identified as PLAN F-17-7249, situated in Brgy. Manga, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte, registered in the name of Lynda Biliran per Original Certificate of Title No. P-3,235 and declared in the name of Lynda Biliran and Deogenes Apali per Tax Declaration No. H-100147 (07) and H-100338, respectively.

11.

The total area sought to be expropriated consists of 575 square meters, as shown on the attached Sketch Plan and Narrative Technical Descriptions, and particularly described as follows:

17.

To enable plaintiff to construct and maintain the Project, it is both necessary and urgent to enforce an easement of right-of-way pursuant to Section 112 of C.A. 141 and/or acquire the portion of the subject property, to ensure stability and reliability of the power supply in Mindanao and other regions of the country.

18.

Plaintiff negotiated with the defendants, through defendant Meriam Bucay, informing them of its intention to take immediate possession of PLAN F-17-7249 for the implementation of its project. Plaintiff likewise offered defendants the value of the improvements to be affected by its project and the acquisition cost for Affected Area-Tower Site. However, no agreement was reached between the parties. Hence, plaintiff has no other recourse but to file the instant complaint to enforce its rights under Section 112 of Commonwealth Act 141.

19.

Sec. 13 of R.A. 11361 provides that Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure governs plaintiff’s expropriation cases. Under Section 2 of Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure, plaintiff may already enter and possess the subject property during the pendency of the expropriation case.

20.

Section 2 of Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure states that: “SEC. 2. Entry of plaintiff upon depositing value with authorized government depositary.

— Upon the filing of the complaint or at any time thereafter and after due notice to the defendant, the plaintiff shall have the right to take or enter upon the possession of the real property involved if he deposits with the authorized government depositary an amount equivalent to the assessed value of the property for purposes of taxation to be held by such bank subject to the orders of the court. Such deposit shall be in money, unless in lieu thereof the court authorizes the deposit of a certificate of deposit of a government bank of the Republic of the Philippines payable on demand to the authorized government depositary.” (Emphasis supplied) 21.

Without prejudice to the applicability of Section 112 of CA No. 141, plaintiff hereby serves for purposes of the issuance of writ of possession, simultaneous with the filing of the instant Complaint, a Notice to Take Possession upon defendants and shall deposit with the Honorable Court the total amount of SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY-THREE PESOS AND 92/100 (Php6,193.92), equivalent to 100% BIR zonal value of the total affected area of the subject property, plus the cost of improvements to be affected by the Project. Such total amount to be deposited by plaintiff includes the 100% BIR zonal value of the Affected Area-Easement of Right-of-Way amounting to Php3,892.00, which defendants are not entitled to receive by virtue of Section 112 of CA 141, but plaintiff is willing to deposit only for purposes of issuance of writ of possession.

22.

Notwithstanding that R.A. 10752 does not specifically apply to plaintiff, it shall deposit the said amount with this Honorable Court consistent with the purpose of the said law and OCA Circular No. 113-2019 to simplify the deposit requirement in expropriation cases for the benefit of the defendants and in the interest of immediate implementation of projects intended to benefit the public.

23.

Upon deposit of the provisional amount, plaintiff would have fully complied with the requirements for the issuance of a writ of possession as mandated by law. In a long line of cases and in accordance with OCA Circular No. 113-2019, once the above requirements are complied with it, it becomes the ministerial duty of the trial court to issue the writ of possession in favor of the plaintiff, without need of any further hearing. Therefore, the Honorable Court can already immediately issue to the plaintiff an order to take possession of the property and start the implementation of the project.

24.

However, since the subject property is covered by Section 112 of C.A. 141 and defendants are not entitled to compensation for the Affected Area-Easement of Right-of-Way, the provisional deposit representing the 100% BIR zonal value of the said affected area amounting to THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-TWO PESOS (Php3,892.00) should remain in custodia legis until this case is resolved with finality.

PRAYER WHEREFORE, premises considered, plaintiff most respectfully prays that this Honorable Court: 1.

ISSUE a Writ of Possession in plaintiff’s favor authorizing it to enter and take possession of the portion of the property subject of this complaint that will be affected by the construction and implementation of the Project, with a total area of 575 square meters, more or less, described in paragraphs 10 and 11 hereof; ordering all defendants to vacate the portion of the subject property; and directing the Philippine National Police (PNP) to assist plaintiff in the implementation of the said writ of possession so that project construction can immediately commence even during the pendency of the case; 2.

ISSUE an Order of Expropriation declaring the existence of a legal easement imposed by Section 112 of C.A. No. 141 over Lot No. PLAN F-17-7249 and confirming plaintiff’s lawful right to enforce such easement of right-of-way, to take possession of and to occupy the 575-square meter portion of defendants’ property as specified in paragraphs 10 and 11 hereof; 3.

ISSUE a Judgment declaring and confirming plaintiff’s lawful right to enforce an easement of right-of-way, take possession of and occupy the 556-meter Affected Area-Easement of Right-of-Way of defendants’ Lot No. PLAN F-17-7249 as specified in paragraphs 10 and 11 hereof, for the construction and implementation of the Project, at no cost, except for the value of the improvements affected by plaintiff’s project; FURTHER, after the determination of just compensation of the 19-square meter Affected Area-Tower Site of Lot No. PLAN F-17-7249, to authorize the payment thereof by plaintiff to defendants after deducting the capital gains and documentary stamp taxes for the transfer of the said 19-square meter Affected Area-Tower Site, in the name of plaintiff, all other outstanding taxes under the National Internal Revenue Code, and all outstanding realty taxes and dues under the Local Government Code, which plaintiff shall remit to the Government; FURTHERMORE, declaring plaintiff as the lawful owner of the said 19-square meter Affected Area-Tower Site, as described in paragraphs 10 and 11 hereof; 4.

DIRECT the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Tubod, Lanao del Norte to return the amount of Php3, 892.00 deposited by plaintiff once the Honorable Court confirms that defendants are not entitled to compensation for the 556-square meter Affected Area-Easement of Right-of-Way, as specified in paragraphs 10 and 11 hereof, pursuant to Section 112 of the Commonwealth Act No. 141 and applicable jurisprudence; 5.

DIRECT: a.

The Registry of Deeds for the Province of Lanao del Norte to register and annotate the Order of Expropriation and Judgment on the OCT No. P-3,235 or any certificate of title that may hereafter be issued covering the property subject of this case; b.

The Municipal Assessor of Kolambugan and/or Provincial Assessor of Lanao del Norte to cancel Tax Declaration Nos. H-100147 (07) and H-100338 and issue new and separate tax declaration in the name of plaintiff covering the portion of the subject property sought to be expropriated herein.

Plaintiff prays for other relief just and equitable under the premises.

Quezon City for Tubod, Lanao del Norte, 9 July, 2020.

By:

NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Power Center, Quezon Avenue cor. BIR Road Diliman, Quezon City UNDER ECQ LUIS MANUEL U. BUGAYONG PTR No. 9344633 – 01/06/2020 – Quezon City IBP Lifetime No. 010191/Rizal Chapter MCLE Compliance No. VI-0012003 Roll of Attorneys No. 38002 UNDER ECQ GORDON S. MONTOJO PTR No. 9344642 – 01/06/2020 – Quezon City IBP Lifetime No. 010193/Quezon City MCLE Compliance No. VI-0012024 Roll of Attorneys No. 44910 UNDER ECQ JULES BOY R. VALDEZ PTR No. 9344639 – 01/06/2020 - Quezon City IBP Lifetime No. 012616/ 03-28-2014 / Quezon City MCLE Compliance No. VI-12616 / 07-09-2018 Roll of Attorney’s No. 63350

Machine copies of the BIR zonal valuation and Report on the Count of Improvements are attached and made as integral parts of this complaint.

12.

A careful scrutiny of Original Certificate of Title No. P-3,235 shows that it was issued by virtue of a free patent pursuant to Commonwealth Act (CA) No. 141. As such, it is subject to all conditions and public easements and servitudes recognized and prescribed by law, especially those mentioned in Sections 109, 110, 111, 112, 113 and 114 of Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended.

13.

Sections 111 and 112 (as amended by P.D. 1361) of C.A. 141 provide: “Sec. 111 – All persons receiving title to lands under the provision of this Act shall hold such lands subject to the provisions hereof and to the same public servitudes as exist upon lands owned by private persons xxx.

"SEC. 112. Said land shall further be subject to a right-of-way not exceeding sixty (60) meters in width for public highways, railroads, irrigation ditches, aqueducts, telegraph and telephone lines, airport runways, xxx and similar works as the Government or any public or quasi-public service or enterprise xxx may reasonably require for carrying on their business, with damages for the improvements only.

“Government officials charged with the prosecution of these projects or their representatives are authorized to take immediate possession of the portion of the property subject of the lien as soon as the need arises and after due notice to the owners. xxx" (Emphasis supplied) 14.

Such legal easement has been consistently recognized and applied by the Supreme Court in a long line of cases, where it ruled that a landowner whose property is subject to the legal easement imposed by Section 112 of C.A. 141 is not entitled to compensation for the portion thereof covered by the 60-meter easement of right-of-way, except only for the value of the existing improvements that will be affected.

15.

Considering that plaintiff is a private corporation performing a public service, it is a quasi-public entity entitled to enforce such easement of right-of-way of up to 60 meters in width on the subject property without cost, except for the improvements that will be damaged by the project.

16.

As shown in the aforementioned said sketch plan, plaintiff’s project merely imposes a forty (40)-meter wide easement of right-of-way over the subject property, which is well within the sixty (60)-meter wide easement reserved under Section 112 of C.A. 141.

RIGHT-OF-WAY DEPARTMENT – MINDANAO DIVISION NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Maria Cristina, Iligan City By:

SIGNED KERTH JOSSEF M. ABLANQUE PTR No. 9357974 – 01/02/2020 – Iligan City IBP Lifetime No. 012019 MCLE Compliance No. VI-0011641 Roll of Attorneys No. 60170 ON LEAVE JUNELLA G. LIMPANGOG-ABARQUEZ PTR No. 9360825 – 12/12/19 – Iligan City IBP No. 099828 – 12/26/19 – Iligan City MCLE Compliance No. V-0022527 Roll of Attorneys No. 58980

NOW THEREFORE, the above mentioned Defendants are hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 07, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, their ANSWER to the above-quoted petition within sixty (60) days from publication of the summons and to serve copy of the said answer upon plaintiff’s counsel at his given address indicated in the complaint. Defendants are further reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a Motion to Dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte, June 10, 2022.

(SGD) ATTY. AISA B. MUSA-BARRAT

Clerk of Court VI BWM: June 17, 24 & July 1, 2022

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Helping Children Have Fun Reading During a Long Break

By ROMEO V. BALANDRA II

In two weeks, classes will end in public schools. The long break that follows is a lot of spare time for our learners to spend. Reading over a vacation may not be a priority for a lot of children but parents and teachers should make it one---why?

Reading during long breaks is critical for learners to retain knowledge and skills learned in the previous year.

Studies also show that children who read more increase their vocabulary, and grow in knowledge and critical thinking.

As a t e a c h e r, b a s e d on my observations and informal interviews with parents, I discover there are generally three main reasons why children don’t like reading. Number one, there are no models at home or at school. Parents are busy making ends meet they have no time reading to their children or at least, show their children that reading is an enjoyable hobby.

Next, there are less books for

children that are accessible to them.

For a lot of learners who spent the past two years at home, they have no access to any type books that are usually available in the minilibraries in the classroom. Lastly, children find reading stressful. One big reason for this is most children don’t know how to choose which books are right for them. When they have access, they just randomly get books even those that are hard for them to read----those that have themes that are not appropriate for them or those that have difficult words that they cannot decode or understand.

Parents and teachers can help their children find books that are not “too hard” or not “too easy” but instead “just right.” Here’s one tip that really works: The Five Finger Rule To find the right books, teach these simple steps to your children especially those who are just starting

how to read: 1. Choose a book that you think you will enjoy. Do you like the title?

Does the cover interest you? For those who are just starting to learn how to read---are there pictures to help you understand and appreciate the story?

If you answer yes to all, go to the next step.

2. Read the second page.

3. Hold up a finger for each word you are not sure of, or do not know.

4. If there are five or more words you did not know, you should find another one that’s easier for you.

5. Still think it may not be too difficult? Use the same steps on two more pages.

And, just like that---it’s as easy as reading ABC and counting 123. Most important tip of all, don’t forget to keep reading fun. It is not a chore that we impose. It is a habit our children need to learn and adults need to model.

Wishing all our learners a fun and safe “rainy” season break.

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Implementation of administrative guidelines

By JESTINE MAE U. FERNANDEZ

CREATING administrative procedures into an admin binder or shared drive folder may not be one of the most glamorous jobs within the office. But it is a crucial one both for staff working full time within the business and for anyone called in to help out. Having clearly defined processes have a number of benefits including ensuring consistent approaches and saving time. But how do you create effective administration procedures?

The first step is often the longest one – deciding what procedures are needed based on the tasks that are performed around the office. You want to aim to find all the admin processes that are used, even if they are used once a month or once a year. You can categorise them by frequency within

the admin binder or shared folder but at least they will be featured.

Look at what people do and make a list of these processes that you can then use to start building out a procedure around how it is done.

Creating a template is a good step to ensure all of your procedures take the same format. It also means if you need to add more procedures at a later date, you can simply take up the template again and put it into use once more. There are lots of blank templates available on the internet but making your own is also very simple. Once it is created, keep a few blank copies in the back of the admin binder as well as noting down where the digital copy is stored.

Effective and efficient management approach for teachers

By GLADYS L. BAYBADO

THE ability of teachers to organize classrooms and manage the behavior of their students is critical t o a c h i e v i n g p o s it i v e educational outcomes.

Although sound behavior management do es not guarantee effective instruction, it establishes the environmental context that makes good instruction possible. Reciprocally, highly effective instruction re du c e s but d o e s not eliminate classroom behavior problems.

A significant body of research also attests to the fact that classroom organization and behavior management competencies significantly influence the persistence of new teachers in teaching careers. New teachers typically express concerns about lacking effective means to handle the significant disruptive b e h av i or of s tu d e nt s .

Te a c h e r s w h o h a v e problems with behavior management and classroom discipline are frequently ineffective in the classroom and they often rep or t high levels of stress and symptoms of burnout.

D i s r u p t i v e c l a s s ro o m behavior is a significant reason why teachers leave the profession.

Disruptive behavior is a particular problem in classrooms of economically disadvantaged students.

Thus, the ability of teachers to pre vent or address disruptive behavior especially important in the context of the No Child Left Behind Act. The inability of teachers to e f fe c t ively manage classroom behavior often contributes to the low achievement of at-risk stud e nt s and to t he i r excessive referrals for special education.

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because of imports” from Vietnam.

He pointed out that the lockdown or Enhanced Community Quarantine measures by the government resulted in the shutdown of their four plants in Luzon, while other plants continued their operation.

“The plants in Cebu and Iligan, they were still allowed to continue to operate but those in Luzon we have to

stand down. We still had ample inventory so when we were permitted to sell, we had enough inventory to sell during that period,” Dizon said.

What made matters worse, Dizon said, is that instead of selling more, Republic Cement found that the market remained “suppressed”.

“Imports are still coming to the country in Luzon despite the lockdown. They have some advantage because in Vietnam they did not have the same lockdown in

'Parental Involvement in Child’s Learning Process' WENNA MANGORNONG RABADON Teacher-III F.S. Catanico Elementary School

For children currently not able to study in classrooms, task of supporting children’s learning has fallen on burden, particularly for those parents who are working and those with limited schooling themselves.

The imp or t ance of Pare nt a l Inv o l v e m e nt and home environment for learning has been d o c u m e nte d i n m any s tu d i e s . S om e of t h e researchers overwhelmingly demonstrates that parent involvement in children's learning is positively related to achievement. Further, some research shows that the more intensively parents are involved in their children's learning, the more beneficial are the achievement effects.

This holds true for all types of parent involvement in children's learning and for all types and ages of students. There are strong indications that the most effective forms of parent involvement are those which engage parents in working directly with their children on learning activities in the home. Programs which involve parents in reading with their children, supporting their work on homework assignments, or tutoring them using materials and instructions provided by teachers, show particularly impressive results. Along similar lines, it has found that the more active forms of parent involvement produce greater achievement benefits than the more passive ones. That is, if parents receive phone calls, read and sign written communications from the school, and perhaps attend

and listen during parent teacher conferences, greater achievement benefits accrue than would be the case with no parent involvement at all. However, considerably greater achievement benefits are noted when parent involvement is active--when parents work with their children at home, certainly, but also when they attend and actively support school activities and when they help out in classrooms or on field trips, and so on.

The earlier in a child's educational process parent involvement begins, the more powerful the effects will be. Educators frequently point out the critical role of the home and family environment in determining children's school success, and it appears that the earlier this influence is "harnessed," the greater the likelihood of higher student achievement.

Parents differ greatly in their willingness, ability, and available time for involvement in school activities which is very crucial factor for the success of their child’s learning process to help them build and achieve their dreams in the near future for the welfare of the entire family especially the unfortunate ones.

their cement manufacturing as we did here. As a result, we suffered more as our hands were cuffed at least in Luzon for that period,” he said. Based on his experience in the industry, Dizon said there is reasonable basis to conclude that other local cement manufacturers are similarly reeling from the impact of unabated cement imports from Vietnam.

“This is not unique to Republic Cement as we are operating in this country together with other players.

It is, thus, logical to assume and conclude in that regard that the dumping of cement in the country is not felt alone

by Republic Cement,” he said.

He added that it is not only member-companies of the Cement Manufacturer’s Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) but also nonmembers who are supporting the petition for the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty against cement imports from Vietnam.

Cemex Holdings Philippines CEO Ignacio Alejandro Mijares als o AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDIACTION

BY SOLE HEIR That the late ALBERTO UNABIA ALERRE who died intestate last May 9, 2020 at Cagayan de Oro City; that during that lifetime of my husband he left the following deposit or pension Refund in his name described as follows: a dollar in the amount of U.S. $ 2,091.52 under the Account Nos. 209-1-20901 102-0 at Metro Bank, Corrales Branch, Cagayan de Oro City; and Pension Refund in the sum of P 22,132.71 more or less under the Account No. 0023-373732-100 at Veterans Bank, Cagayan de Oro City; and has been the subject of an AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDIACTION

BY SOLE HEIR, filed by the heirs of ALBERTO UNABIA ALERRE, per DOC #693; PAGE #62; BOOK #XII; Series of 2020 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JIM L. AMARGA.

testified. Similarly, Mijares said the dumped imports from Vietnam have impacted their volumes and prices, and overall financials.

Earlier, in the continuation of the testimony of CeMAP Executive Director Cirilo Pestano said Eagle Cement Corporation and Northern Cement Corporation, which are not members of the organization, support the anti-dumping case.

In the first hearing before the commission, Pestano testified that as of 2021, Vietnam accounts for 91 percent of cement imports to the country in terms of volume and value, growing to about 61 percent in 2017 from almost nil in 2013.

He added that the increase in cement imports from Vietnam grew faster than the Year-on-Year (YOY) growth of the Philippine market. The chart presented by CEMAP showed cement imports grew from 2.486 million metric tons (MMT) in 2017 to 5.396 MMT in 2020 and 6.466 MMT in 2021.

The public hearing will continue in the coming days and next to present are the opposition witnesses including importers and Vietnam exporters. (PR)

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BWM: June 10, 17 & 24, 2022

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH DEED OF SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late WELLIE C. TAGLEONG who died on May 4, 2018 in Opol, Misamis Oriental, without any Will and Testament, that the deceased at the time of his death left a parcel of land with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-44201, situated in Taboc, Opol, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SQUARE METERS, (100 sq.m.) that, VIVIAN N. TAGLEONG, being of legal age and the legal representative of LESLIE N. TAGLEONG, with full capacity to contract, hereby by these presents agree to divide and adjudicate among themselves in equal shares the above described real property at FIFTY SQUARE METERS (50 sq.m.) more or less per share; THAT FURTHER, for and in consideration of the sum of SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P 700,000.00), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by VIVIAN N. TAGLEONG to her full and complete satisfaction, do hereby SELL, CONVEY, and TRANSFER by way of ABSOLUTE SALE unto CHARIS MAE S. BANTUG, her heirs, assigns and successors-ininterest, the above-mentioned lot with an area of ONE HUNDRED SQUARE METERS (100 sq.m.) free from all liens and encumbrances of whatever nature including real estate taxes as of the date of his sale and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH DEED OF SALE, is made and entered in by and among the only heirs of the late of WELLIE C. TAGLEONG namely: VIVIAN N. TAGLEONG, LESLIE N. TAGLEONG and CHARIS MAE SA BANTUG, per DOC #386; PAGE #79; BOOK #5; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. KEVIN JAY Y. CELESTIANO. BWM: June 10, 17 & 24, 2022

That the late ERICSON ILISAN who died intestate on May 16, 2012 at Cagayan de Oro City, at the time of his death left a parcel of land with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-141897 situated in District of Gusa, City of Cagayan de Oro City, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of THREE HUNDRED EIGHT (308) square meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABOSLUTE SALE, filed by the heirs of ERICSON ILISAN, in favor of JERRY MARTIN M. TAMSE & EMELIE J. TAMSE, per DOC #356; PAGE #72; BOOK #XXXI; Series of 2018 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. CONCHITO J. OCLARIT. BWM: June 3, 10 & 17, 2022

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION AMONG THE HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH ECHEVERIA and FEDENCIANO ECHEVERIA KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That that ELIZABETH ECHEVERIA and FEDENCIANO ECHEVERIA who died intestate without leaving a will at the time of their death left the property with Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-28977 situated in the Barrio of San Isidro, Municipality of Balingasag, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN (6,177) Square Meters, More or less, and has been the subject of an DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION AMONG THE HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH ECHEVERIA and FEDENCIANO ECHEVERIA, filed by the heirs of ELIZABETH ECHEVERIA and FEDENCIANO ECHEVERIA, per DOC #457; PAGE #92; BOOK #XI; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ISACIO A. PELAEZ. BWM: June 3, 10 & 17, 2022

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The OPPO Reno7 Z 5G is available in two spectacular colors: Rainbow Spectrum and Cosmic Black. With a retail price of Php 19,999, head out to any OPPO Brand Stores or authorized dealers EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE EDUARDO T. SALAC WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late EDUARDO T. SALAC who died on April 4, 2021 in Zone 13, Natumolan, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, at the time of his death left a savings account to BPI with Savings Account No. _________, a cash deposit of ONE HUNDRED NINETY THREE THOUSAND (193,000.00) Pesos more or less from BPI ATM Card No. 589559-8999-0803-02, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE EDUARDO T. SALAC WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS, filed by the heirs of EDUARDO T. SALAC, in favor of CYNTHIA S. LAGO, per DOC #385; PAGE #77; BOOK #24; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ISIDRO Q. LICO. BWM: June 17, 24 & July 1, 2022

EXTRAJUDICIAL WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF REGISTERED LAND KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late ROBERTO M. GALIA, SR., died intestate without Will or Testament and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity; who is the absolute and registered owner of a parcel of land with Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-5836 situated at Bayanga, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY ONE (3,721) square meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF REGISTERED LAND, filed by the heirs of ROBERTO M. GALIA, SR., in favor of CARLO MIGUEL V. CHAN, per DOC #41; PAGE #9; BOOK #2; Series of 2020 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ALYANNA R. CHANG. BWM: June 3, 10 & 17, 2022

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

NOTICE OF EXTRA- JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that the sole surviving heir of the late Ricardo F. Fabe and Victoria T. Fabe, who died in Cagayan de Oro city on June 2, 2016 and April 26, 2016, respectively, has executed an affidavit of settlement of estate with deed of absolute sale over following properties: (1) TCT No. T-103989, a parcel of land Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro, with an area of 200 sq.m.; and (2) TCT No. T-58308, a parcel of land Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro, with an area of 150 sq.m., by means of a public document executed on September 27, 2021 and ratified before Atty. Ian Sol C. Llego, notary public in and for Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, as per Doc. No. 25, Page No.5, Book No. 8, Series of 2021 of his Notarial Register.

BWM: June 17, 24 & July 1, 2022

EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION OF ESTATE OF THE LATE MARILYN ROCKWELL DOMALIN KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late MARILYN ROCKWELL DOMALIN, who died intestate or without a Will on November 15, 2021 at Ugong Valenzuela City; left parcel of land with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-177464; situated at Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN (39,518) square meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION OF ESTATE OF THE LATE MARILYN ROCKWELL DOMALIN, filed by the heirs of MARILYN ROCKWELL DOMALIN, per DOC #151; PAGE #37; BOOK #XXXVIII; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. CONCHITO J. OCLARIT. BWM: June 17, 24 & July 1, 2022

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Supplies coming from Malaysia, which is closer, are way cheaper as against fuel imported from Singapore and China.

Sinarimbo, who was in Tawi-Tawi over the weekend to facilitate groundbreaking of major BARMM infrastructure projects in Tawi-Tawi and Sulu, said now is the time to relive and revive the famous traditional barter trading via maritime Southeast Asia.

“So if we can exchange goods that are available to us, not necessarily by physical exchange of goods but facilitating the quota for fuel coming from the region and quota for some goods we offer to Malaysia, Indonesia, we can bring down the prices of other commodities that are essential for us,” he pointed out. He recalled that before the colonizers set in, barter trading was very much alive between the island provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi and that of Malaysia, Indonesia and other ASEAN neighbors.

Sinarimbo said the Sultanate of Sulu and the Sultanate of Maguindanao had barter trading partners with businessmen in Borneo up to China where the maritime economy exists.

The seas of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and even up to China, he said, served as the trading national highway of ASEAN countries.

“Our outlo ok is the regional integration of our economy, what used to be the backdoor of the South now has new meaning, that is, economic development,” he said.

Sinarimbo and other BARMM of f icia ls were in Tawi-Tawi as the first passengers of the Philippine Airlines’ Cotabato-to-TawiTawi flight, the flag carrier’s first direct flight within the region, which was seen as economic and tourism booster.

“We are glad we now have the direct PAL flights from mainland Mindanao, where the BARMM government center is located, to TawiTawi,” he said, adding that it is now the beginning of the reemergence of the e c on om i c c or r i d or, a s well as political and even governance collaboration, between Mindanao/BARMM and the East Asian Growth Area.

Economic development, Sinarimbo said, is already in the horizon as BARMM pushes for more infrastructure projects in the southern part of the region.

the removal of shanties is going on peacefully,” he said.

Informal settlers were left complaining on the side of the road helplessly watching the teams of demolition crew tearing down their shanties. “The law has again sided with the rich.

The poor is being prosecuted again,” an informal settler who identified herself as “Yolly” yelled from the sidelines. “Yolly” said she paid a total of P1,700 to a group of Higaonon datus allegedly led by a certain Amir Lumatao Alibug who claimed the land as theirs showing a copy of the Spanish land title called “Bagting estate.” The late President Ferdinand Marcos signed Presidential Decree no. 892 on Feb. 16, 1976, discontinuing the use of Spanish land titles as proof of ownership. “I forked out another P200 when the datus came last Monday.

Pang bribe daw sa pulis,” Yolly said. The Barangay Carmen local government led by Chairperson Rosemary Lorna Uy issued Monday the demolition order after it found the settlers constructed shanties without permits from the Cagayan de Oro City Office of the Building Official (OBO).

Viñas said a syndicate that claimed vast tracts of land in Barangays Carmen and Macasandig has duped the informal settlers into buying 200-meter lots along the Zayas Landfill Road. Earlier, police arrested six persons who claimed they were Higaonon datus who have sold the land to unsuspecting buyers for P5,000 per lot. More than 15 Higaonon datus have denounced the group as “fake” and have demanded they should stop wearing their traditional attires.

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fresh water fish, including tilapia and catfish, would help abate the increase in the prices of fish.

The implement at ion of the ban, which is now on its ninth year, must be enforced to allow pelagic fish to reproduce since the period from June 1 to August 31 has been established as their spawning season, according to Millana.

T h e D e p a r t m e nt of Agriculture and Department o f Int e r i o r a n d L o c a l Government issued Joint Administrative Circular No. 2 in 2014 establishing a three-month closed fishing season in the Davao Gulf to

“conserve marine resources, to secure the spawning period of pelagic fishes in the gulf and continuously implement measures to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.”

The order bans small-scale to large-scale commercial fishing vessels from 3.1 to 150 gross tons and the use of bag nets and ring nets in the gulf, which the BFAR identified as a spawning ground for tuna and other fish species and one of the 10 major fishing grounds in the Philippines.

Among the protected species are big-eyed scad, mackerel, and moonfish.

He said the ban gives small pelagic fish time to regrow its population, emphasizing that extractive fishing activities would have long-term effect on the supply of fish.

According to the data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on June 9, the year-on-year regional inflation of Davao Region was at 6.4% in May 2022 from 5.3 percent in April 2022.

This was the highest recorded inflation since January 2022, the agency added.

The increase in the region’s inflation was mainly brought about by the higher annual increase in the index for food and non-alcoholic beverages at 7.0 percent; transport at 16.2 percent; and personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services at 3.7 percent, it said.

For the food index, it increased by 7.2 percent in May from 4.9 percent in the previous month.

In addition, a doubledigit increase in growth rate was observed in fish and other seafood at 8.4 percent; vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses at 14.2 percent; and fruit and nuts at 4.9 percent.

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7394 or the Price Act aims to protect the interests of the consumer, promote his general welfare, and establish standards of conduct for business and industry.

If a violation occurs, DTI will issue a notice to the offending establishment, which must respond within three to five days before authorities can file necessary charges.

T h e l aw st ate s t h at violators, upon conviction, are subject to a fine of not less than P1,000 but not more than P10,000 or imprisonment of

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City Police Office (COCPO) spokesperson, said it would take days to dismantle more than 1,000 makeshift shanties that sprouted overnight in the property since January this year. Viñas said plainclothes p oli ce me n entere d t he community as early as 3 a.m. Tuesday to check for troublemakers but none were found. “As of noon Tuesday,

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not less than two months but not more than one year, or both upon the discretion of the court.

Remetio said the public plays a big role in helping the government establish price stability by reporting violators, keeping updates on DTI's SRPs for basic goods through its e-presyo website, and reporting cases of noncompliance.

DTI-Davao has launched the Negosyo Center Calinan, Ne go s yo C e nte r Tor i l, Negosyo Center Davao City, and DTI Davao City Facebook accounts as platforms for consumers who wish to send in reports.

On January 27 and May 11 this year, the DTI allowed certain price hikes to make up for the price freeze in 2021 due to the pandemic, and to cope with the global rise in production and transportation costs brought about by the Russo-Ukraine conflict.

Remetio said some basic goods prices increased by 2-5 percent but others, like table salt, increased by 7-10 percent, resulting in an average of seven percent price increase on all basic goods.

B asic go o ds include canned goods, bread, instant noodles, coffee, soap, salt, and other condiments. (PNA)

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na mabigyan, lahat po kayo na gustong pumasok ng negosyo, to have a proper entrepreneurial knowledge, mindset, and training.”

“DTI is always with you every step of your entrepreneurial journey.”

DTI-10 Regional Director Ermedio J. Abang applauded the graduates for completing the modules and passing their business improvement plans (BIPs) during his welcome address.

“We continue to look forward to what the KMME-MME online program can do to our MSMEs especially in navigating the reformed business operations in these extraordinary times,” Abang said.

“We hope to continue capacitating our MSMEs and help them make better decisions for their businesses.”

Another batch of the KMMEMME Online Program for the youth sector is set to be launched, July 2022. (DTI-10/PIA-10)

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minute of what is left of your life? Ask Jesus to forgive you for not living the way you know you should. Then ask Him to take charge of your character and way of living.

Since He is your Maker, He knows how to help you work hard, and work smart, so your life will work right— according to His awesome plan for you. Just think a minute.

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capacity, accelerate site deployment, have broader and deeper coverage, and achieve a low carbon footprint,” said Joel Agustin, SVP and Head of Network Planning and Engineering at Globe’s Network Technical Group.

“Globe is innovating with its vendor partners on the

latest technologies available to improve customer experience through efficient 4G/5G network deployment,” he added.

This latest technology is part of Globe’s commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly UN SDG No. 9, which highlights the roles of infrastructure and innovation as crucial drivers of economic growth and development.

Globe allocated P89 billion in capital expenditures this year to roll out more 5G sites and in-building solutions, upgrade cell towers to 4G LTE, add more 4G cell sites, and lay down fiber to the homes.

In the first quarter of the year, it fired up 380 new 5G sites in Metro Manila, Rizal, Cavite, Batangas, Bulacan, Davao, Cebu, Misamis Oriental, and Iloilo.

To learn more about Globe, visit www.globe.com.ph.

SPED Transition Policy Guidelines Finalized

By ROMEO V. BALANDRA II, City Central School

In 2019, the Department of Education through the Bureau of Learning Delivery – Student Inclusion Division conducted workshops to craft and validate a new SPED Transition Policy Guidelines to clearly define the services for our learners with disabilities especially those who are preparing for life outside school whether they wish to pursue higher education, seek employment or start their own business.

The pandemic brought new challenges that c omp e l l e d DE P E D t o take on new directions especially concerning the delivery of learning to all types of learners including those with disabilities. This resulted to, among many others, the postponement of the finalization of the new SPED transition policy.

On April 25 to 29, 2022, after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, supervisors and teachers from all over the country converged in Quezon City to finalize the SPED transition policy taking into consideration the new problems brought about by the pandemic. An expert on transition, UP Professor Marie Therese

Bustos, was invited to give another perspective on how transition is to be implemented based on obs er vat ions f rom successful transition programs from all over the world.

After a week of impassioned discussions, a new SPED Transition Policy was finally developed and will now undergo a last phase of deliberation from the Central Office before it will be released for full implementation. The new version of the SPED transition policy considered the issues related to the pandemic, the concerns brought up by our invited expert, and the provisions from the new Inclusive Education Act. We look forward to the release of this new SPED Transition Policy with the updated guidelines to help our teachers on field provide the best training for our le ar ners w it h disabilities. It is our utmost responsibility to provide learners with disabilities opportunities to participate equally and function to their maximum potential despite their adversities.

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APRI empowers Albay fisherfolk with fishing boats and equipment

READY TO FISH. APRI Reputation Manager Jun O. San Juan led the turnover of fishing equipment to the fisherfolk community of Brgy. Putsan, Tiwi, Albay

TO HELP sustain the livelihood of its host communities, AP Renewables Inc. (APRI) Tiwi recently turned over three units of fiberglass motorized boats including fishing accessories and gasoline supply to the Samahan ng mga Maliliit na Mangingisda ng Putsan (SMMP) Inc. APRI is AboitizPower’s business unit that owns and operates geothermal power facilities in the country.

Celso C. Costrua, President of SMMP Inc., assured to keep and maintain the boats and other equipment as part of their group’s commitment to this project.

“Maraming salamat sa APRI at AFI sa mga bangkang pangkabuhayan na tulong ninyo sa amin.

Malaking tulong ito sa aming mga mangingisda.

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malilimutan at iingatan namin ito sa ngalan ng aming samahan, thank you very much,” he said.

In partnership with the Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (AFI), this project will benefit about 30 fishermen in the community.

"Kami sa APRI ay lubos din na nagpapasalamat sa oportunidad upang makatulong sa ating mga mangingisda. Kayo po ay may napakahalagang papel sa ating lipunan at pangkabuhayan. Hangad po namin na makatulong ito sa ikabubuti ng ating pamilya at ng ating pamumuhay,” said APRI Reputation Manager Jun San Juan.

With the provision of fishing equipment, APRI aims to help improve the livelihood and economic condition of Putsan fisherfolk, a testament to its mission of advancing business and communities.