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Vis-Min projects THE Philippines and Japan signed yesterday two loan agreements for two big-ticket projects in the Visayas and Mindanao under the “Build, Build, Build” program, the Department of Finance (DOF) said.

As the Duterte administration ramps up its infrastructure investments to let the country recover quickly from the coronavirus-induced recession, the DOF and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed P75.5 billion, about 154 billion yen, worth of infrastructure projects.

Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III and JICA Chief Representative Eigo Azukizawa signed the agreements for the P57 billion (JPY119 billion) loan to support the construction of the Cebu-Mactan Fourth Bridge.

SM reopens dine-in DINING services in SM Supermalls in Davao resumed on June 15, following the go signal given by the local government as guided by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Dozens of restaurants and food establishments in both SM malls in Davao opened at 30 percent capacity and implemented standard health protocols to ensure both employee and customer safety.

To ensure best experiences, SM also mounted extended dining spaces in mall areas to ensure safe distancing is followed among patrons.

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HE rehabilitation of the Agus-Pulangi hydroelectric complex (APHC) in Bukidnon will soon gets underway as the state-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) has already started conducting various assessments and inspections of the power plants with the funding already approved through a loan from the World Bank amounting to $300-million.

The government is expecting the release of the fund by June next year.

T he proj e c t w i l l b e implemented jointly by the state-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) and the private-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) “due to the fragility and conflict in Mindanao,” the World Bank noted.

“ The Agus-Pulangi hydropower complex has been the backbone of the power-generation system in Mindanao for decades and the government of the Philippines has requested the bank to support its rehabilitation. Most of the Agus-Pulangi plants have been in operation for more than three decades and REHAB/PAGE 7

Kadiwa at Diskwento Karavan is like bringing the markets down to the barangays. Since April, the Kadiwa at Diskwento Karavan has done the rounds in 24 communities in the city, including the city hall grounds. (APO)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY-Farmers, fisherfolk and small business entrepreneurs have already earned some P5.9 million through the “Kadiwa at Diskwento Karavan” that was started here, April 24 amid coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 contagion.

The program is a collaboration of the administration of Mayor Oscar S. Moreno through the city government’s Agricultural Productivity Office (APO), Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to help people with their MARKET/PAGE 7

LSI FROM CEBU CITY. One of the 64 locally stranded individuals from Cebu City who arrive at the seaport in Iligan City on Wednesday, June 17, undergoes temperature check upon disembarkation. They include residents of Iligan City (29), Lanao del Sur (23), Lanao del Norte (7) and Misamis Oriental (5). mindanews photo by richel v. umel

Agusan del Sur LGU targets Mobile market helps CDO farmers, COVID testing lab by October fisherfolk earn P5.9-M since April

By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN, Contributing Editor

PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur--- The provincial government here will set up in October this year a P69 million molecular laboratory with staff quarter that will serve as testing center for

coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Agusan del Sur Gov. Santiago Cane Jr. revealed this move during his Stateof-the-Province Address TESTING/PAGE 7

ATB is PH's commitment to global war on terror: Oca THE Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 that is awaiting the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte is the country's contribution to the "global battle against terrorism," Mayor Oscar

Moreno said Wednesday.

Moreno pointed out that the Philippines-as a signator y to the 1988 Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and ATB/PAGE 7

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DepEd urges parents to enroll kids amidst COVID-19 threat

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ALAYBALAY City -- The Department of Education (DepEd) urged parents to enroll their kids in school amid the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

In an interview during radio program aired over 13 broadcast stations in Bukidnon, Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Victoria Gazo of DepEd Malaybalay Division enjoined parents to let the children continue their studies and trust the educators and schoolteachers on how

they should deliver specific teachinglearning modalities available in lieu of the face-to-face classes once the school year opens in August.

“I encourage our parents to inspire their children to enroll so that they will not be missed out on whatever DepEd has to offer especially on basic education. Aside from keeping them [parents and students] updated of the goingson in any academic field, enrolment would also mean hastening delivery of basic services because this

will ensure that students are already in the list of qualified beneficiaries whenever the education department launches additional scholastic programs,” Gazo said.

She, however, clarified that while DepEd urges parents to participate, it will respect parents’ decision if they would not let their children sign up. “Because in the end, we cannot force them to participate but we encourage them,” she added.

For the remote enrolment conducted this June 1 to 11, DepEd Malaybalay City Division

has recorded 10,289 elementary enrollees compared to 28,822 last year.

Similarly, for junior high school, 10,371 are currently enrolled against 16,200 last year, while 4,011 students registered in senior high school compared to 5,735 in the previous year.

“I hope that more enrollees will keep coming before August because preparation really needs more time,” Gazo said.

‘Menu’ of distance learning methods Gazo announced that the "face-to-face blended learning (with physical presence)" modality that DepEd intends to use would not apply anymore due to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte's recent order

not to hold face-to-face classes in schools while COVID-19 vaccine is uncertain.

“We will be offering parents and students a ‘menu’ of distance learning approaches.

These are Modular, Online, and Homeschool methods,” she said.

She explained that the ‘Modular learning’ covers bring-home modules using printed materials.

Also, ‘Online learning’ needs internet connectivity where teachers will be using three platforms in their online class such as Google meet & Google classroom, Microsoft Teams, and DepEd Workplace.

The homeschooling, on the other hand, is an option for families

with qualified parents or guardians or who can hire private tutors.

In fact, Gazo said Malaybalay would be using mostly the "Modular" approach because recent data gathered from the field showed that only 5 percent of the 50,000 students have internet connectivity.

Further, she clarified that DepEd Malaybalay Division is also having a Radio-based instruction (RBI) that will be aired every 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month for elementary and every 2nd and 4th Fridays for Grade 7 to 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The lessons selected for RBI are competencies for listening skills and values education.

“We share the concerns of parents and guardians that children must continue learning, but should remain protected from exposure to COVID-19.

Let’s support DepEd in the implementation of a learning continuity program that uses alternative modalities because children have rights to access education even in times of emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic,” Gazo said.

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REGISTERING with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will ensure that businesses are operating legally, BIR Deputy Commissioner Arnel Guballa said.

In an interview during the Laging Handa PH program aired over state-

owned PTV Wednesday, Guballa said small business owners need not worry about registration and about paying taxes if their earnings do not exceed P250,000 annually since they are exempted from paying income tax.

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Need for mix of classroom and digital learning

By LIEZEL V. ANTONIO Teacher III Prenza Elementary School Prenza, Tangub City

EVEN as schools begin to reopen this August 24, digital learning must play an important role as students choose from various modes of learning. While some children benefit from being at home where educational materials are delivered at their doorstep, digital delivery has helped some students who had previously struggled such as those with learning difficulties.

Going for ward, it’s important to consider a flexible approach with a mix of classroom and online learning which may get the best out of the students. By encouraging digital learning, this will help produce vital digital skills among young

people as well as helping them to understand and u s e te ch n ol o g y m ore responsibly.

For this to happen effectively, we also need to support teachers to deliver lessons digitally and use technology confidently.

We also need to support students to engage effectively. It’s not enough just to have infrastructure in place but to create material and resources that will encourage independent and engaging learning. The coronavirus has demonstrated the importance and necessity of digital learning and skills and we must build on this to get the best out of the students.

ICROSOFT Corp. and SAS has announced an extensive technology and go-to-market strategic partnership.

The two companies will enable customers to run their SAS® workloads in the cloud, expanding their business solutions and unlocking critical value from their digital transformation initiatives.

As part of the partnership, the companies will migrate SAS’ analytical products and industry solutions onto Microsoft Azure as the preferred cloud provider for the SAS Cloud.

SAS’ industry solutions and expertise will also bring added value to Microsoft’s customers across health care, financial services and many other industries.

The partnership builds on SAS integrations across Microsoft

cloud solutions for Azure, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365 and Power Platform and supports the companies’ shared vision to further democratize AI and analytics.

“Through this partnership, Microsoft and SAS will help our customers accelerate growth and find new ways to drive innovation with a broad set of SAS Analytics offerings on Microsoft Azure,” said Scott Guthrie, Microsoft Executive Vice President of Cloud and AI. “SAS, with its recognized expertise in analytics, data science and machine learning, is a strategic partner for Microsoft, and together we will help customers across dozens of industries and horizontals address their most critical and complex analytical challenges.”

Organizations around the world are moving to the cloud to

innovate and move faster toward their business goals.

As part of this transition, many customers, like St. Louis-based health system Mercy, are migrating their SAS analytic workloads to Azure to improve performance and cost-efficiency.

“Working with SAS and Microsoft, we can capitalize on analytics software and the Azure cloud platform to strengthen our ability to harness Real World Evidence for improved outcomes and more informed care,” said Curtis Dudley, Mercy Vice President of Data Analytics.

“We’re excited about the potential for increased speed, scalability and an expanded catalog of analytics solutions the SAS and Microsoft partnership brings in helping us deliver a new care model.”

Ways COVID-19 has changed education

By MARICEL E. LAMPERA

CORONAVIRUS-related disruption can give educators time to rethink the sector. Technology has stepped into the breach and will continue to play a key role in educating future generations. In a world where knowledge is a mouseclick away, the role of the educator must change too.

Not since World War II have so many countries around the world seen schools

go into lockdown at around the same time and for the same reason. While we know the impact of this virus will be far reaching, what may it mean in the longer term for education?

For a while now, educators around the world have been talking about the need to rethink how we educate future generations. This may just be the disruption that the sector needed

to get us all to rethink how we educate and question what we need to teach and what we are preparing our students for.

So, as we educators grapple with the new ways of communicating with our students away from our classrooms, it is a good time to reflect on how this disruptive crisis can help what learning must look like for their generation and beyond.

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No greater love Think a minute… A fouryear-old girl was terribly hurt in a car accident and going to die—unless the doctors quickly found a person with her same rare blood type who was willing to give her their blood. Then they discovered the girl’s seven-year-old brother had the same blood type as her.

The doctor led her brother into his office and told him that his baby sister was very sick and unless she received blood she would probably die. Her brother’s eyes filled with tears, and after a few moments he bravely said to the doctor: “I’ll give my blood to my sister.”

Later as the young boy watched his blood going through a tube into his sister’s body, his fear reached a point of panic. The doctor saw the terrified look on the little boy’s face and said: “It’s OK, son, it will all be over soon.” The boy started to cry: “So now is when I’m going to die?” When the doctor had first asked this young boy to give his blood to his sister, the boy thought it meant he was giving ALL of his blood,

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Be it against social injustice or COVID-19

The spirit of cooperativism always prevails Let us recall the popular lines that time and again come to the inner recesses of our mind every time the cooperative movement face challenges as exemplified by the corona virus pandemic.

We were saying then as we say now that a strong army can conquer a kingdom but that the strongest army in the world cannot stop an idea whose time has come. Indeed, no way can COVID-19 defeat the firm determination of the cooperatives to be a countervailing force against poverty, inequities, social injustices, climate change, violent extremism and now the pandemic called corona virus.

The one billion members of the cooperatives worldwide including some eleven

million cooperative members in the Philippines know that indeed cooperativism has come of age and that, no force on earth can stop it now. This truism has been affirmed by the USAID, the United Nations and by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA).

Please allow me to put this in its proper historical context. Do you remember that that for the first time in the UN history, it declared 2012 as the International Year of the Cooperatives stating that cooperative enterprises build a better world. On its part, the ICA has declared 2011 to 2020 as the Cooperative Decade as it describes the cooperatives as the People’s preferred Development Model and

the fastest growing enterprise that will replace the present dominant paradigm.

What is so amazing was the 3-month Research-Study conducted last year by the International Cooperative Development Council headed

by Dr. Judith Hermanson of the United States Agency for International Development or USAID. In summary, the Research Study has concluded that the existence of the cooperatives inf luences the over-all quality of life of t he community and the members enjoy better economic position and that cooperative members have greater resilience as measured by access to resources in times of emergency than nonmembers. It finally concluded that the Philippines is the

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ORLAN R. RAVANERA Cooperative Leader in Asia and the Pacific. Wow! So wonderful!

The paradigm shift from neo-liberal capitalism to cooperativism is already long overdue. The unsustainability in ecology must now be rectified because, in the absence of a major change, the unsustainable pattern PREVAILS/PAGE 6

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T H E Inter nat iona l Air Tr a n s p o r t As s o c i at i o n (IATA) released criteria for the use of COVID-19 testing in the travel process.

Should governments choose to introduce COVID-19 testing for travelers arriving from countries considered as high risk, testing must deliver results fast, be able to be conducted at scale, and operate to very high rates of accuracy. Additionally, testing must be cost-effective and not create an economic or logistical barrier to travel.

The International Civil

Av i at i on O r g a n i z at i on (ICAO) published Takeoff guidance which is the global guidance for governments to follow in reconnecting their people and economies by air.

Takeoff outlines layers of measures to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission during air travel and the risk of importation of COVID-19 via air travel. COVID-19 testing should not be a necessary condition for reopening borders or resuming air services.

Technology for rapid point-of-care Polymerized Chain Reaction (PCR) testing could be a useful layer of protection for travelers from countries considered as higher risk, potentially removing the need for more burdensome and intrusive measures such as quarantine which is a major barrier to travel and the recovery of demand.

“Airlines are committed to reducing the risks of COVID-19 transmission via

air travel and COVID-19 t e s t i n g c o u l d p l ay a n important role. But it must be implemented in line with ICAO’s global re-start guidance with the aim of facilitating travel.

Speed, scale and accuracy are the most critical performance criteria for testing to be effectively incorporated into the travel process.

As part of the travel process COVID-19 testing would need to be conducted by trained public health of f i ci a ls and me e t t he following criteria: • Speed: Testing results should be delivered quickly, with results available in under an hour as the minimum standard.

• Scale: If testing takes place at the airport, testing capacity of several hundreds of tests per hour must be achievable. The use of saliva for taking samples rather than nasal or throat swabs would facilitate this and

would also be expected to reduce time and improve passenger acceptance.

• Accuracy: Extremely high accuracy is essential.

Both false negative and false positive results must be below 1%.

Where does testing fit in the travel process?

Ideally COVID-19 testing would be required in advance of arrival at the airport and within 24 hours of travel.

Passengers arriving “readyto-fly” reduces the risk of contagion in the airport and enables early re-accommodation for any traveler who tests positive.

If testing is required as part of the travel process, it is recommended at departure.

Governments would need to mutually recognize test results and data transmission should take place directly between passengers and governments in a similar manner as e-visa clearances are currently handled.

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Growing in friendliness JHAN TIAFAU HURST and that he would die so his sister could live. Yet because he loved his sister so much, he still chose to give his life for her.

We o f t e n d o n o t know how much people really love us until their relationship with us costs t hem s omet hing. S ome friends are only friends to us as long as it is convenient for them, or if they get some advantage from our friendship. But Jesus taught and showed us that “There is no greater love than when someone gives his life for his friend.”

Amazingly, even when we rejected Him and wanted nothing to do with Him, LOVE/PAGE 6

IT may be considered trite and so ordinary to be given any serious thought. But given the temper of the times that despite our powerful means of communication we can still notice a surge of division, isolation and alienation among ourselves, I believe it’s high time we give some sober attention to this need.

In fact, we may have to discover new ways of growing in friendliness because the old and the traditional ways can already be considered passé or inadequate, considering the way people and things in general are now.

We have to learn to be friendly all the time. And that friendliness has to grow, because with the multiplying variety, differences and conflicts among us, we cannot afford to think that we are already friendly enough because we already have some

friends, and perhaps we can even enjoy a good number of friends. These facts should not blunt our need to grow in friendliness.

We have to be more keenly aware that times are changing and the developments around are galloping like hell. These conditions definitely have great impact on us, making us realize that not only do we have the usual generation gaps, but also gaps among the different sectors of the same community and society. Even within the family, these gaps among the members can be readily observed.

Of course, within oneself, we can already notice sharp division. Remember St. Paul lamenting about the conflict between the law governing his flesh and that of the mind. (cfr. Rom 7,23) We have to establish friendship even among the different parts of our personal life. This need,

I believe, should be attended to first before we can expect some success in our effort to be friendly with others.

I believe that friendship has to start, first of all, with God, since he is not only the Creator but also the one who puts us all together as one family, united in his love.

We can only be friendly to others to the extent that we are friends of God. B esides, G o d is t he one who will guarantee the authenticity of our friendliness to others. Outside of him, our friendliness would be fake, shallow and one that cannot go the distance. It cannot handle all the requirements of true friendship which has to go all the way to bringing us to heaven, and not just to some earthly well-being.

Definitely, with God as the principle of our friendliness, we would know what is truly

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ROY CIMAGALA and ultimately important in all our relationships with others. Yes, if we are friendly we would be interested in seeking what is good and would bring joy to our friends in terms of earthly and temporal values. But it is the ultimate spiritual and supernatural good that we would be most interested, for which everything else has to be subordinated.

In this regard, we should GROWING/PAGE 6

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Mensahe ni Gov. Bambi sa Father’s Day NING sayo pa lang, nagpaabot na si Gov. Bambi Emano sa iyang bulawanong mensahe ngadto sa tanang tatay sa entero Misamis Oriental ug Cagayan de Oro. Sulti sa gobernador, unta mabungahon ug malipayon ang pagdumdom sa pagka bayani sa tanang amahan hilabina ning panahon sa pandemya.

“Sa tanan natong mga ginikanan labi na sa atong amahan, the provider of the family, all those who make the sacrifices…nag-antos para intawon iyang mapanalipdan, protektahan, maka kaon ang iyang pamilya. Sa tanan natong amahan, ‘Happy Father’s Day,” niya pa.

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Globe E-skwela

By MARICEL E. LAMPERA

THE digital transformation of the country’s educational landscape has seen some positive developments despite disruptions by the C OVID-19 pandemic.

A lt hou g h pro g re ss is gradual, basic and higher education teachers have gained more familiarity with online instructing skills and tools and learning and teaching resources have become more accessible online.

For Globe, this growing resolve to better harness technology and embrace alternative teaching metho ds is a turning point towards greater innovations, to ensure institutions are able to meet learning goals and improve the resiliency of basic and higher education even well after the pandemic.

To f u r t h e r e l e v ate the discourse and foster an exchange of ideas on learning technologies,

Globe myBusiness is rolling out E-skwela. The E-skwela webinar series is designed to tackle key concepts and teaching strategies in online instructional design that can further guide basic education teachers, higher education professionals and faculty members on how to set up an accessible, effective and engaging e-learning program for students. The webinars also intend to help broaden understanding among school owners, policymakers and parents on the benefits of online learning and how it can best be implemented remotely.

By bridging teachers to information and technology that enable continuous learning especially during times of crisis, Globe myBusiness continues to prove itself an invaluable partner in promoting 21st century learning and in improving resilience in education.

tatay, daddy, papa nga nagmaligon sa pagbarog sa ilang pagkaamahan sa ilang mga anak ug pagka-bana sa ilang mga asawa, hilabina sa pagbudlay ug sakripisyo aron mapakaon ug makaangkon sa maayong kaugmaon ang ilang mga anak, saludo ang gobernador kanila.

“Kaninyo nga aduna pay amahan, ayaw kalimot sa pagpaabot sa inyong kinasing-kasing nga mensahe ngadto kanila…ayaw kalimot sa pag-ingon, ‘Happy Father’s Day.” Ipakita ninyo kung unsa kamo ka malipayon nga gipakatawo sa kalibotan, ug ipakita kon unsa kamo kalipay nga nahimo ninyo silang amahan,” dugang ni Gov. Emano.

Reading: Its role in promoting appreciation of learning RITO J. GERALDE Teacher - I Jasaan National High School Jasaan, Misamis Oriental

There are a lot of modern strategies from which students could learn effectively, yet nothing more could be compared to reading.

Reading is a learning activity that further promote mental stimulation, expand vocabulary, improve memory and even heighten analytical thinking.

However, it is sad that reading readiness among studenrs in Philippine schools is still challenging to be achieved.

That is why for first three grade levels in elementary, teachers do several interventions. These may be in form of review, tutorial after classes or conducting activities that promote

Improving quality of life through geosciences

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EOLOGY is the science of the earth. It is concerned with the systematic study of rocks and minerals, in which there is a preserved record of changes produced by processes that have long been at work on the surface of the earth and deep within it.

Earth scientists study phenomena ranging from the microscopic to those of planetary size.

Much of the data comes from field work where maps are constructed, showing the relationships of different rock masses and their age.

Others study rocks under microscopes to determine what they are made of, how they were formed, and what has happened to them since. Some obtain their data by using instruments in the field, monitoring earthquakes and

volcanoes for example.

Yet others use sophisticated laboratory instruments to determine the chemical composition or age of a mineral.

Geology may be studied as a major discipline in its own right, but it may also be taken as a useful supporting subject.

Biologists find the study of fossils and the history of life on earth useful in their specialist areas. Chemists often include some study of minerals and geochemistry.

Physicists and geographers may take geologay as a complement to their major subjects.

Engineers, architects, and town planners profit from one, or preferably, two years of undergraduate geology to give them a better appreciation of factors influencing

their designs.

Many students from arts, law, commerce, music, and education faculties take at least one unit of geology to gain a better appreciation of their planet as well as broadening the scope of their interests.

Geosciences is critical not only for mineral resources development but also in achieving safety for the people and the protection of the environment.

Recognizing this, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Mines he Geosciences Bureau (DENR-MGB) through the years has endeavored for wider geoscience application, enabling it to better cater to the public's and government's needs that in the whole forms part of the thrust to improve the quality of life of the Filipinos.

the importance of reading, such as the Reading Camps, usually organized during summer.

Reading Camp is an activity held in more or less ten weeks to aid and guide youngsters who cannot read fluently.

During this activity, entertaining sessions are conductee to encourage appreciation of reading among them.

Scholars said that one cause of reading problems is that students might not find reading an enjoying activity. Many of them do not enjoy reading materials such as text books, booklets, novels, newspapers, and magazines. The result is that they fail to appreciate reading

and even, learning in entirety.

It is just an intelligent idea that education department has come up with a lot of interventions and alternative implementations to address reading difficulties among children.

Participation of parents is important in addressing reading readiness problems.

At an early age, children could be taught through reading them bed time stories.

It is indeed very simple but a great help in nurturing their reading skills.

Reading is truly important. It shifts a child’s indifference towards learning and encourage him to appreciate it even more.

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Love... from page 4

Jesus still gave His own perfectly innocent life for us.

He, our Maker Who created us to share and enjoy life with Him, did all of this for us. But He will never force you to love Him in return. Otherwise, it would not be love, since love must be freely chosen. He will always respect your freedom to choose—especially since He is the One Who gave it to you.

Won’t you ask Him once and for all to become your Rescuer, Lord and closest Friend? Seriously ask Jesus to forgive you for all of your wrongs and sinful living, and to become your Lord as you start truly living His way each day. He promises He will never leave you, and that you will never regret having Him as your very best Friend—now and forever.

Just think a minute…

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of resource use will cause the collapse of the world system in less than a hundred years. The unsustainability in the e c o n o my, where individualized aggrandizement and accumulation of wealth is the order of the day, must now be debunked to give way to the collective efforts towards inclusive growth through cooperativism.

Albert Einstein once told us that we cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that has given rise to the problem, thus, from a consumerist and materialist thinking, there must be a shift to regenerative mindset, from having more to being more.

The UN has categorically defined the DNA of the cooperatives as membersowned, value-based and sustainable. Being members-

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owned, the problem of gross inequities will be solved as the mebers are the main stakeholders as they own and manage their own enterprise.

The members are the ones to control, to decide and to benefit – thus, democratizing wealth in a highly iniquitous society.

Being value-based, the co op erat ives g ive hig h adherence to time-honored and universally-accepted cooperative principles, values and practices of participation, democracy, equality, service, i n du s t r y, c o op e r at i on , h on e s t y, t r an s p are n c y, accountability and most importantly, concern for the environment and for the communities.

In a world so enamored in externalities and trivialities that is giving high veneration to the profit motive and external looks and so much denigration to spiritual values, transformative cooperatives for people, planet, prosperity and peace is the urgent call of the times. In cooperativism, there is no such thing as moderating one’s greed as cooperatives’ raizon d’ etre is for service and not for profit. Money will be used to enhance life and the wellbeing of the people and NOT to make more money.

The cooperatives are considered as the builders of sustainability and by 2020, they will be the acknowledged leaders in social, economic and ecological sustainability.

This means food security, inclusive growth and ecological integrity will be the priorities rather than business and profit.

The one billion cooperative members worldwide are giving notice to one and all that social change is now in the offing; indeed, social transformation is now sweeping the globe as humanity is now in the threshold of the earth’s

t ippi n g p oi nt . If t h e present dominant paradigm continues, meaning, “business as usual,” then, we will tip the balance in favor of death.

T h e p ar a d i g m s h i f t towards cooperativism, that advances the blueprint of the cooperative decade, will tip the balance in favor of life as the roadmap makes the cooperatives the countervailing force against resource depletion and economic stagnation.

Yes, the cooperative’s time has come and no force on earth, be Cartels or global cooporatives can stop them.

Not even the much dreaded Corona Virus!

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Any testing requirements should only be in place for as long as necessary. To ensure this, regular evaluations should be conducted.

Who Should Pay? Cost is an important c on s i d e r at i on . Te s t i n g should facilitate travel and not provide an economic barrier. With testing at some European destinations costing in excess of $200, this is a real concern. IATA supports the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations which requires governments to bear the costs of mandatory health testing.

Where a test is offered on a voluntary basis, it should be charged at cost price.

What happens when someone tests positive?

Ideally, testing takes place prior to travel or at the point of departure and a positive result would mean that the passenger could not travel as planned. In this case, airlines have been offering flexibility to consumers. This includes re-booking or refunds in line with the airline’s commercial policy.

Many airlines are offering t he s ame f lexibi lity to passengers who suspect that they have symptoms consistent with COVID-19 as well as members of the same traveling party, particularly when they are members of the same household.

If testing is mandated on arrival and a passenger tests positive, then the passenger should be treated according to the requirements of the receiving State. Airlines should not be required to repatriate the passenger(s) or ‘punished’ with financial penalties such as fines or through operational penalties such as the withdrawal of the right to operate in the market.

Sikat ka Higala

By SHERYL MACALE

Unsung Heroes

The pandemic has caused us blind. We walk as if we dont know our enemy.Day by day we have fear that anyone we face everyday will infect you.We get to panic,that chilling feeling if uncertainty.We dont know when this is ending maybe this is just the beggining.The effect of this virus has paralyzed our econony.Deflation,hunger and unemployment is rampant.Businesses closed the country is defeated and almost 27thousand infection has not bagged down but increasing.

No one or nothing has flattened the cur ve.It has left people helpless and most homeless.One instant a post walk past my wall.In the photos I saw 4 children dirty,half clothed and two younger babies slept on the ground with a thin sheet, unhanged

mosquito blanket.My heart broke.My heart cried.I know God was telling me that I need to do something.As a journalist my job is in i nb e st i g at i on,g at he r i ng reports and finding out the truth is was easy.So 10.minutes later I was pointed to the direction.So finally I will be keeping in touch and will be meeting family in person.I tried appealing to my socmed that maybe people are willimg to come forward and help the family.In 30 minutes my inbox was on fire.People wanted to

help.Now the plan of action and organized a plan.Just a day after this man will no longer be helpless we will find him a permanent home and will him find a job.So many of my friends wanting to donate was keeping touch including people I dont know.This is just pure example that we all can make a change in fact make a diffrence.

Unsung heroes are who those who quitely steps in.Selfless and just willing to help.I would like to mention some people.

Shirley of New York,Sandy Alm of New York and Amparo Macasero,Annie Gallardo,Vern of Le Rouge Salon and Major Baclao of EOD his quad through his wife.Kham who gave us the guide and everyone who came to help that I dont know thier names.

Ms.Heart Carlos my good friend.A kind gesture can reach a wound only compassion can heal. Sikat kaayo Higala.

liken us to God and enable us to adapt to others.

It’s when our friendliness is inspired by our faith and love for God, by our effort to identify ourselves with Christ that we can echo Christ’s

words: “I have not called you servants, but my friends….”

(Jn 15,15) If we are to be true friends to our friends, we should be like Christ who mediated and continues to mediate between

God and man. This business of mediation should always be at the core of our dealings with friends, no matter how earthly and temporal the immediate reasons of our dealings with them are.

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from page 4 realize that our friendliness is not just a matter of developing social skills, of being amiable and approachable, though definitely these are also very important.

It should first of all be a matter of prayer and sacrifice, of having recourse to the sacraments where we can clearly receive the grace that is indispensable in our quest for friendship. It will definitely demand struggle to develop the different virtues that will

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badly require rehabilitation to extend their operational life, recover capacity and energy output, and enhance safety of dams and reliability of supply,” the World Bank said.

Napocor President and Chief Executive Officer Pio J. Benavidez said that the company will start a feasibility study, as well as an environmental and social study on the hydropower plants once the agreement between the country and the bank is finalized.

Napocor’s plan has been submitted in a report to the National Economic and Development Authority on May 27.

The rehabilitation project is estimated to cost around $300 billion, according to a World Bank report released on May 26.

“Most of the APHC plants have been in operation for more than three decades and badly require rehabilitation to extend their operational life, recover capacity and energy output, and enhance safety of dams and reliability of supply,” it noted.

The Napocor-operated Ag u s - P u l an g i c omp l e x features seven run-of-river hydropower plants with a total installed capacity of around 1,000 megawatts.

It is owned by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM).

The power complex has been slated for rehabilitation under the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Mindanao Energy Plan 2018-2040 and the government’s flagship infrastructure program Build, Build, Build.

The World Bank claimed the rehabilitation of the power facilities will reduce Mindanao’s reliance on electricity from coal-fired power plants.

“In the medium term, increased energy generated from APHC will reduce the need to rely on further development of coal-fired power plants,” it said.

Meanwhile, a part of the complex’s rehabilitation plan is the construction of the Balo-i flood control project.

The report highlighted the flooding situation in the midstream section of the Agus river which affects the operations of two hydropower units.

Flood protection dikes were supposed to be installed in the river’s low-lying section but security issues prevent the operator from building them.

It is expected that the World Bank funds will be rolled out in June next year.— wire reports

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(SOPA) on Tuesday at the Datu Lipus Makapandong Cultural Center saying the testing facility will help mitigate the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 from spreading in the province.

He delivered his SOPA as highlighted activity of Agusan del Sur’s 53rd Founding

Anniversary which used to be culmination of the traditional six-day Naliyagan Festival celebrated here with pomp and revelry for the last 27 years but was cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 threat.

The governor said the funding for the establishment of the testing laboratory was approved through a Sangguniang Panlalawigan resolution and a Letter of Intent was sent to the Department of Health for the approval.

Aside from the testing c e nt e r, t h e p r ov i n c i a l government will also buy 14 fully-equipped Patient Vehicle Transport with a P18 million fund that will be distributed to the 13 towns and Bayugan City in the province.

The vehicles will be used solely for transporting patients who are either suspect, probable or positive cases.

The fully air-conditioned Datu Lipus Makapandong Covered Court inside the D.O. Plaza Sports Complex, will be also utilized as additional isolation facility for COVID-19 patients.

So far, Agusan del Sur has three COVID positive cases of two are returning overseas Filipino worker and a locally stranded individual.

“This is important to immediately determine through swab test results any local resident found to be COVID positive,” Cane told local mediamen in an interview after his SOPA. He said if DOH can give the go-signal early for the setting up of the testing laboratory , they expect the facility will be completed

by October and can be operational by December this year, “ We cannot afford to gamble the lives of the EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS

residents in this province, so we need these facilities to be serving them the soonest possible time,” Cane said.

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from page 1 Psychotropic Substances--is a member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) that oversees and monitors n at i on s f rom p o s s i b l e financing terrorist activities through money laundering.

Moreno was one of the legislators who helped draft the Anti-Money Laundering law in the country when he represented Misamis Oriental in the Lower House in 1998.

Among others, the laws meant to stop syndicates, including terrorists, from investing money on legitimates businesses to avoid detection, he said.

"I remember that FATF would check the compliance of commitment of 1988 from the country-signatories," he said, adding that the anti-terrorism bill (ATB) "is meant to ensure the country complies with the requirements of the FATF." Moreno said the Philippines should avoid being put by FATF under the blacklist or graylist of countries, labels that meant there can be a high risk of being vulnerable to money laundering, as it would adversely impact the remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

If the country has a good score under FATF, the OFWs enjoy an easy process of remittances from the foreign countries of their origin going to the Philippine banks and other money remittance centers, said Moreno, a lawyer and a banker. (PNA) EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the late VICENTE GIM ENG CHUA who died on September 30, 2017 in Cagayan de Oro City, without any will; that the deceased, at the time of his death left a certain parcel of conjugal land as well as conjugal improvements found thereon situated in kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, and is more particularly described below, to wit; Transfer Certificate Title No. T-204674 situated kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, Island of Mindanao, Containing an area of Three Hundred (300) Square Meters, more or less, Tax Declaration No. G-234137 situated in kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, with a market value of P 335,513.55 and assessed value of P 67, 100.00, used as residential house, Tax Declaration No. G-268887 situated in Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, with a market value of P 1,461,751.54 and assessed value of P 511,610.00, classified as residential based on its actual use and has been the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS, filed by the heir of VICENTE GIM ENG CHUA, per DOC # 277; PAGE #56; BOOK #63; Series of 2017 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ALMA W. ERMINO.

That the late LEONARDO M. QUIBLAT who died on July 10, 2003 at Catarman, Camiguin; BALDOMERA A. QUIBLAT who died on June 13, 1982 at Maria Reyna Hospital, Cagayan de Oro City; LEO A. QUIBLAT who died on June 7, 2000 at Maria Reyna Hospital, Cagayan de Oro City; EDGAR A. QUIBLAT who died on April 24, 2009 at Catarman, Camiguin; LEONARDO M. QUIBLAT, BALDOMERA A. QUIBLAT, LEO A. QUIBLAT, EDGAR A. QUIBLAT all died without a will or testament and left without any debts outstanding in favor of any person or entity; LEONARDO M. QUIBLAT and BALDOMERA A. QUIBLAT are the Absolute owners of a parcel of land situated in Adela subd., Camamanan, Cagayan de Oro City, with TCT No. T-122470, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT (178) Square Meters, more or less and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, filed by the heirs of LEONARDO M. QUIBLAT, BALDOMERA A. QUIBLAT, LEO A. QUIBLAT, EDGAR A. QUIBLAT, in favor of LIZEIL QUIBLAT LAGUNAY, LU JANE QUIBLAT GALISA AND JUVELYN QUIBLAT REPASO, per DOC #303; PAGE #62; BOOK #11; Series of 2020, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. KAROL CHAIM P. BARTOLOME.

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The Rot ar y C lub of Cagayan de Oro is made up of distinguished professionals, business and community l e a d e rs w ho share t he common passion of serving the community selflessly. It is a non-religious, culturally diverse and non-political club that strives to promote equality and high ethical s t a n d a rd s a m on g m e n through project and activities that cater to various sectors of society advocating the importance of education, health improvement, and p over ty alle viation are prioritized and regularly carried out by the club and its members.

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He said registration fee for online sellers is P500 and that is the only fee they need to pay unless they do not qualify for tax exemption.

“What we want to tax are the big businesses involved in digital transactions like Lazada and those operated by foreign entities like Netflix,” he added.

Guballa further said the call for business owners with digital operations to register with BIR has been made since 2013. “ We j u s t r e i t e r at e d recently because the number of businesses engaged on online selling rose during the lockdown,” he said.

Guballa said what the

government wants is to collect value-added tax (VAT) from big businesses using digital transactions.

For service providers that have main offices overseas like Netflix, Guballa said tax that will be collected is VAT since its service is being consumed locally.

Registration of all businesses is the first step for BIR to know who to run after, he said.

“We want to know the total population (of those using digital transactions),” he added. (PNA)

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livelihood and at the same time provide consumers with reasonably priced goods amid the general community quarantine measures against the spread of COVID-19.

Paul Douglas Calingin, APO’s acting assistant head, said the Kadiwa program also aims at decongesting the city’s public markets in line with the government’s campaign for people to observe physical distancing t o re du c e t h e r i s k s of COVID-19 infections.

The Kadiwa caravan of fers consumers f resh and processed agricultural products at very low prices.

Pro duc ts include f resh ve ge t abl e s , ro ot c rop s , spices, meat, eggs, and pro cess ed fo o d, among others.

The prog ram is li ke bringing the markets down to the barangays. Since April, the Kadiwa at Diskwento Karavan has done the rounds in 24 communities in the city, including the city hall grounds. (CIO/PIA10)

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

PETITION FOR CANCELLATION

OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF HYATHEA MARIE YRAY MAGLANGIT Otherwise known as HYATHEA XANTHEA MARIE MAGLANGIT ARELLANO in the OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF KOLAMBUGAN LANAO DEL NORTE under Registry Number 87-464.

SPL. PROC. NO. 349-07-2020

HYTHEA MARIE YRAY MAGLANGIT, represented

By FLORENCE O. PEROCHO, her attorney-in-fact.,

Petitioner.

-VersusThe LOCAL CIVIL REGISRAR OF KOLAMBUGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE.

Respondent.

X -----------------------------------------------------------------------/ ORDER

Filed before this Court is a Petition for cancellation of the Birth Certificate of HYATHEA MARIE YRAY MAGLANGIT otherwise known as HYATHEA XANTHEA MARIE MAGLANGIT ARELLANO in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte by the herein Petitioner through her Attorney-In-Fact, FLORENCE O. PEROCHO, praying among others that upon due notice, publication and hearing, judgment be issued granting the petition.

Petitioner is a Filipino, of legal age, single, and a resident of Lower Austin Heights, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte and now presently residing at Apt. 1L #20 San Pablo St., Kapitolyo, Pasig City. Respondent is sued in her official capacity as such. The petitioner is the daughter of MARIA FE YRAY MAGLANGIT and RUBEN OKAMURA CABALLERO who was born on August 21, 1987 at Balagatasa, Maigo, Lanao del Norte. That during her birth, her mother was not married yet to her father. That at the instance of her grandmother, MATERNA CAPANGPANGAN YRAY, her birth was registered at the Local Civil Registrar of Maigo, Lanao del Norte who assumed herself to be the mother of the petitioner with pure intention of protecting her then unmarried daughter MARIE FE YRAY MAGLANGIT and the family and with the honest belief that the best interest of the child may be served, made it to appear that she was the mother of the petitioner. In order to correct the erroneous entries found in the Certificate of Live Birth of the petitioner registered in the Local Civil Registrar of Maigo, Lanao del Norte, petitioner filed a Petition for Correction of Entries before the Regional Trial Court of Branch 1, Iligan City which was decided on April 19, 2018 by Honorable Ali M. Balindong and the Certificate of Finality was issued on December 28, 2018. When the petitioner went to the Office of the Philippine Statistics Office (PSA) in order to secure the authenticated copy of her Certificate of Live Birth registered at the Local Civil Registrar of Maigo, Lanao del Norte, she was surprised to find out that her birth was previously registered in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte on 9-27-87. There is no showing therein who is the informant.

In effect, there is a double registration of birth of her birth, one in the Local Civil Registrar of Maigo, Lanao del Norte and the other one, is the one registered in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte. That while the late registration of birth of petitioner was entered on September5 30, 1991, however, petitioner has been using that Certificate of Live Birth, one that was registered in the Local Civil Registrar of Maigo, Lanao del Norte. In fact, it was that Birth Certificate which she petitioned in Court for Correction and Change of her name. That the existence of that Certificate of Live Birth registered in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte had resulted to the obstacle and bar to her personal interest.

That in order to attain and sustain her best interest and benefit, there is a need to cancel the record of her birth in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte. That the cancellation of her first Certificate of Live Birth would not prejudice the interest of any person or government. On the contrary, it will result to the best interest of the petitioner.

Set the initial hearing of this petition to August 26, 2020 at 8:30 in the morning before the sala of this Court. Any person interested to the said petition may come to Court on said date and time to show cause why said petition should not be granted.

Furnish copy of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General in Makati City, the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan of Lanao del Norte, the Philippine Statistics Authority at East Avenue, Quezon City, Atty. Dorothea S. Basalo, the Petitioner’s counsel and to the Petitioner Hyathea Marie Yray Maglangit of Apt. 1L #20 San Pablo St., Kapitolyo, Pasig City through her Attorney-in-Fact, Florence O. Perocho at her known address.

Let copy of the Order containing the petition be published in a newspaper of general circulation for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. Another copy be posted at the Bulletin Board of this Court.

SO ORDERED.

June 03, 2020.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

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Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro provides food packs to LSIs

By MARK FRANCISCO

Opol, Misamis Oriental's Isobel Teano looks stunning in her gown designed by Jie-jie Aisa during Miss Philippines Earth 2020 Virtual Long Gown Competition held Tuesday, June 9. photo courtesy of misamis oriental provincial tourism office

CIVIC groups are now assisting the government in alleviating the hassles experienced by locally stranded individuals (LSIs) at a holding facility in Cagayan de Oro City.

The spacious gym at the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) - known within the campus as the Dr. Ricardo E. Rotoras Memorial Hall - has been transformed as a drop zone for LSIs coming from Laguindingan airport and the Port of Cagayan de Oro where local government units (LGUs) from all over including as far as Digos City would fetch them home.

The phenomenal influx of arriving LSIs was attributed to Cagayan de Oro being the gateway to Mindanao for passengers from virus-hit Luzon and Visayas.

Thus, PPA Port

of Cagayan de Oro manager Isidro Butaslac Jr. conceived a plan along with the USTP management for DRERM Hall to be transformed into a holding facility.

Butaslac then rallied fellow Rotarians to redirect their civic-mindedness to help the LSIs. Since June 12, the mother Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro has distributed 900 food packs

to the LSIs. "We also provided 10 gallons of purified drinking water which will be replenished when they are all consumed.

We have coordinated with Pepsi Cola Philippines Cag de Oro Plant under GM Bob Flores for the installation of a dispenser for Lipton Ice Tea and Gatorade for the LSIs free consumption," remarked RC Cagayan de Oro past

president and project director Cris Parojinog.

"Del Monte Philippines also assisted us with pack fruit cocktails for our LSIs." Mindanao’s biggest club, also recognized as The Mother Club, was organized on April 22, 1948. From a small group 17 charter members, it has constantly grown over the years.

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Alang sa kasayoran sa publiko ug sa buot mangita og trabaho sa Del Monte, atong giklaro kining mosunod: 1. DIRECT HIRING lamang ang pamaagi sa Del Monte sa pagkuha og bag-ong regular nga trabahante.

2. WALAY AHENSYA nga gisuholan sa Del Monte aron mangita og iyang bag-ong regular nga trabahante.

3. WALAY BAYAD ang proseso sa pag-apply og trabaho sa Del Monte gikan pagsugod hangtod mahuman ang proseso.

4. Makita lamang ning mosunod nga official pages o official job links ang mga JOB POSTING sa Del Monte: http://delmontecareers.ph/ https://www.facebook.com/DelMonteCareersPH https://www.linkedin.com/company/delmontephilippines/ mynimo.com Gihangyo usab nato ang publiko sa pag-report ngadto sa Kompaniya sa kadudahang mga job posting pinaagi sa pag tawag , pag text o pag email ning musunod: 09178493733, TalentAcquisition@delmonte-phil.com.

Magtinabangay kita batok sa peke nga recruiters.

Daghang salamat.