BusinessWeek Mindanao (June 21, 2017)

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Volume VIII, No. 6

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Briefly Heightened alert MISAMIS Oriental Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano has directed the provincial police command to strengthen inbound and outbound security measures in Misamis Oriental.

In a directive addressed to Supt. Sukarno Alvarez, of the provincial police command, Emano instructed the police c ommand to strengthen checkpoints at the boundaries of Misamis Oriental and Agusan Del Norte in the east, and the boundaries of Misamis Oriental and Lanao Del Norte in the west.

“It is preferable to thoroughly check all vehicles – private and government vehicles – to ensure the security of the people in the province and elsewhere in Misamis Oriental,” Emano said.

Emano also appealed to the commuting public to cooperate and extend support to government authorities during checkups in designated military and police checkpoints in Misamis Oriental.

Energy security THE government is urging more private sector investments in the energy sector to meet the growing demand and bring down electricity rates in the country.

“Participating in energy development projects will promote competition, increase power generation, and ultimately drive down electricity rates,” National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General Ernesto M. Pernia said in a statement.

Pernia said energy security was a critical input to stimulating and sustaining socioeconomic development.

He identified power and electrification as vital to the growth of the agriculture, fishery, and forestry sectors.

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F the P7.8 billion investments generated in the first quarter of this year in Northern Mindanao, P5.98 billion was invested in Cagayan De Oro City, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said here.

AGRI-AQUA FAIR. Various farm produce abound during the three-day 2nd Regional Agri-Aqua Fair here at SM City Cagayan de Oro last June 16 to 18. photo by mark francisco

Stable rice prices in Marawi assured THE National Food Authority (NFA) has assured that rice prices in Marawi City and the whole of Mindanao remain stable in the wake of reports that commercial rice is being sold as high as P225 per kilogram or P5,000 per sack.

C o nt i nu o u s m a r k e t monitoring by the NFA in the

whole of Mindanao showed that there is little increase in the prices of rice at only P1/ kg to P2/kg in some areas.

In Saguiaran town (where there are four accredited retailers), next to Marawi (if you are coming from Iligan City), the price of well-milled rice (WMR) is P50 to P53/

kg but there is no available regular-milled rice (RMR).

NFA rice is sold at P27/ kg. Sources of rice are from Iligan City, NFA Iligan City, Cagayan de Oro, Molave and Bukidnon.

In the municipalities of Marantao (which has nine prices/PAGE 11

Villagers stage protest against memorial park RESIDENTS in upper Macasandig and Indahag staged a picket rally last Saturday to protest the resumption of development work on Forest Lake Memorial Park project.

Residents from Arroville Subd., Melecia Homes and Molloi Polloi assembled infront of the memorial part development project last Saturday morning to once protest/PAGE 11

NO TO MEMORIAL PARK. Residents staged a picket rally against the development of the Forest Lake Memorial Park project in upper Macasandig last Saturday.

The figure represents 90 p ercent of the total investments in Northern Mindanao from Januar y to March 2017, the NEDA report said.

The report said the new investments in Cagayan de Oro comprised of agrib as e d, chemic a l-b as e d, mining and metallurgical, forest-b as e d, inf ra and services, energy, metals, consumer manufacturing, trading and servicing.

Lanao Del Norte, another p r o v i n c e o f No r t h e r n Mindanao, posted PHP408

million investments last q u a r t e r, f o l l o w e d b y Bukidnon’s P186.66 million, Misamis Occidental’s P162 million and Camiguin’s P25.7 million.

T h e r e g i o n ’s t o p s ources of invest ments were const r uc t ion of a new shopping mall, a new condominium project, a new coal-fired power plant, a new bulk water facility and a new water park.

The new water park alone in Opol, Misamis Oriental has already infused a total of tops/PAGE 11

FORMER MAYOR PABLO “AMBING” MAGTAJAS

Profile of a reluctant public servant

By MARK FRANCISCO Staff Writer

FORMER Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Pablo “Ambing” Magtajas has succumbed to cardiac arrest on. He was 77.

The then-labor lawyer became Cagayan de Oro’s highest official for three terms from 1984 to 1998 after becoming a vice mayor for two years.

Although initially hesitant to be in politics, Magtajas accepted the offer to run as vice mayor in 1981 when then mayoral candidate Aquilino Pimentel Jr. was looking for a formidable running mate who must also be a dedicated public servant.

Magtajas’ name shone out, having been known among lowly workers as their legal champion, being a counsel for the Associated Labor Union – Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP).

Magtajas

The Pimentel-Magtajas ticket won.

When Pimentel ran as assemblyman in 1984 and won, Magtajas became the reluctant mayor.

Although reluctant as he was, Magtajas set in motion what would become a m o d e r n m e t rop ol i s Cagayan de Oro is today.

It w a s d u r i n g h i s terms that homegrown profile/PAGE 11

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ARMM to build sanitation facilities for evacuees

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ARAWI City -The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will construct sanitation facilities in some of the evacuation camps in Lanao del Sur to help ensure the health and wellbeing of families staying there.

While majority of the almost 46,000 families displaced by the armed conflict in Marawi City have sought shelter in their relative’s hous es, s ome families are forced to crowd into evacuation camps.

ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman said the unfavorable conditions in evacuation camps expose individuals staying there, especially the children, to potential health risks.

Hataman led a team of ARMM officials, which

included Executive Secretary Atty. Laisa Alamia, in the inspection of evacuation sites in the town of Saguiaran in Lanao del Sur on Saturday.

Based on initial evaluation, sanitation facilities are needed in at least three evacuation sites in Lanao del Sur - two in the town of Saguiaran and one in Malabang.

The ARMM’s Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will construct a total of 20 toilets in two evacuation camps in the town of Saguiaran and 10 toilets in Malabang. The construction will also include washing and bathing facilities and the provision of water tanks.

The facilities, which will be separate for male and female, will cater to a total of at least 500 families.

Hataman said it will help

improve conditions in the evacuation camps and reduce the risk of health problems.

The ARMM, in coordination with other government agencies responding to the Marawi City crisis, is utilizing the Disaster Assistance and Family Access Card (DAFAC) system to ensure efficient relief distribution and to evaluate the status and appropriate needs of affected families.

In addition to the region’s Crisis Management Committee in Cotabato City, the ARMM has established operation centers in Iligan City and the town of Malabang to facilitate the coordination of its humanitarian response, which include relief and medical aids and rescue and retrieval operation of trapped

civilians.

Hataman said the ARMM would be transferring its operation center in Iligan

City to Marawi City to i mp r ov e r e l i e f e f f o r t s and other humanitarian interventions to families

who have evacuated to different towns in Lanao del Sur. (Bureau of Public Information / PIA-10)

IN pursuant to Executive No. 47 or the implementation of the iGovPhil Project, the Department of Information and Communications Te chnolog y (DICT)-10 introduces the Government Cloud (GovCloud) on June 19, in Cagayan de Oro City to make the government more efficient, transparent and accountable.

“With the GovCLoud, government agencies are able to share resources— which can be allocated when

needed as needed—through a h i g h - s p e e d n e t w or k connection. This reduces hardware acquisition and maintenance costs for the government, essentially creating an “economies of scale” for computing,” DICT Acting Director Evamay C .

Dela Rosa said.

As for the operating systems supported by GovCloud, Dela Rosa said that it supports all types of 32-bit and 64-bit OS whether Windows or Linux.

Moreover, the internet connectivity will be provided along with the Fiber-to-theBuilding (FTTB) deployment to agencies.

GovCloud offers a secure private cloud infrastructure and guaranteed service level that align with customer requirements. Such enables government agencies to use secure online applications for v ar i ous c omput i ng requirements.

Aside from security, dict/PAGE 11

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A team from the Office of Vice President Leni Robredo joined Mayor Majul Usman Gandamra (wearing vest) on June 16, 2017 during a visit to a site where temporary shelter shall be constructed for internally displaced persons in Marawi City. The city government invited the OVP’s team at the site to see what the office and Angat Buhay partners will be able to help with. photo courtesy of ovp

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extends aid PAL still on tract with 2017 Robinsons to evacuees in Iligan passenger volume target P HILIPPINEAIRLINES (PAL) is likely to hit its passenger volume target this year, despite the ongoing unrest in Marawi City in Mindanao and the dispute between Qatar and a bloc of countries in the Middle East.

PAL President and Chief Operating Officer Jaime J. Bautista said domestic travel is expected to boost its operations, amid recent cancellations and re-booking re quests for f lig hts to Mindanao after President Rodrigo R. Duterte declared

martial law in the country’s southern island in May. “I think we will [hit our target]. Although merong konting [there is a slight] slowdown in the bookings, but we think this is temporary,”Mr. Bautista told reporters when asked how developments here and abroad would affect PAL’s performance.

For 2017, PAL is projecting passenger volumes to hit 15 million, higher by nearly 12% from the 13.4 million passengers flown last year. In the first three months, traffic

grew 16% to 5.12 million from 4.4 million.

“D ome st i c F i l ipi no s continue to travel. In fact, for the first three months of the year, our growth in the domestic is around 12-13% and for the international, our growth is more than 17%. So I think there will be a slowdown because of this

Marawi incident,” he said.

If the issue is resolved soon, he said the confidence of the riding public would be restored and they would continue to travel.

On May 23, Mr. Duterte placed Mindanao under martial law to prevent the spread of extremism in the pal/PAGE 10

ROBINSONS Malls through The Gift of Change recently provided assistance to the evacuees in Iligan City by mobilizing relief operations to help the victims and their families who were displaced by the crisis.

The Iligan-based team of Robinsons Malls went out of their way to visit several evacuation centers in IliganCity .These evacuation centers are located in Brgy.

Sta. Elena and Brgy. Buru-un where over 250 families are currently residing. Relief goods were also distributed to families currently housed in the Regional Command and Coordination Center.

Recipients received relief packs containing basic food items such as canned goods, biscuits and noodles which became an opportunity for the residents to gradually recover aid/PAGE 10

7-11 operator ‘focusing’ on store sales growth -- CEO THE local licensee of the 7-11 convenience stores said on Friday that sales more than branch network growth should boost its profitability this year.

“We grew our market share of chain convenience, expanded faster than our competitors. We’re happy with the results…We’re still growing stores, but now the focus is to grow sales, and on improving quality of services, of fering pro ducts b oth physical and digital to grow sales,” Philippine Seven Corp.

President and Chief Executive Officer Jose Victor P. Paterno said in a press briefing held before the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting in Pasig on Friday.

As of e nd - May, t he company has a total of 2,071 stores nationwide, allowing it to corner what it said was about 70% of the market. The 7-11 store operator benefited from this expansion as it booked P1.2 billion in net income in 2016, 20% higher year-on-year, driven by the sales/PAGE 10

Mayor Oscar Moreno and Hiscom Chair Erlinda Burton unveiling the commemorative plaque at the Rizal Monument in Plaza Divisoria on its Centannial June 19, 2017. photo by mike baños, npn

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are, well, fake likewise.

But then, Villar and her racionations couldn’t be taken seriously since it is clear she has no capacity to make a nationwide assessment of this phenomenon.

-ooo SILENCE ON FAKE PRODUCTS IS GOLDEN F O R O F F I C IA L S I N GOV’T? What is frightening here is that the products that are being faked are those that Filipinos either eat or use everyday---rice and vegetables, for example.

I am sure that consuming or using these fake items in just a few days will already have adverse effects on the health and well-being of our countrymen.

So, what can ordinary Filipinos do to avoid these fake products and the illness that they will surely bring? It is easy to say we should not buy them. Unfortunately, not many of us have the capacity to distinguish what is fake and what is genuine.

What could even be worse here is the fact that there could be some government officials and employees who are abetting or simply allowing these fake products to flood our markets, for one reason or

another. Did you notice how silent these government men are on the issue? Truly, silence on these fake food products is golden, if you know what I mean.

-ooo T RU T H O N FA K E PRODUCTS MAY YET ELUDE US: Why is this happ ening? For t hos e responsible for spreading the fake products, greed is the reason for their doing this. For those buying what would turn out later as fake products, greed is similarly the reason---greed, because in their desire to cut on cost or expenses, they are driven to buy lower-priced goods which are actually fake.

On the other hand, it could also be possible that this whole thing of fake products flooding Phi lippine markets is being orchestrated by those who desire to destroy the entry into our country of imported items, particularly of rice and vegetable and fruits, and even of meat. I remember this kind of a strategy was already used before with news that hogs and poultry suppliers were feeding pigs and chicken with the flesh of dead persons.

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could also be the work of importers---legal or otherwise---who are out to destroy the products of the countries which compete with what they are bringing into the country, again legal or otherwise, so their own products could enjoy the patronage of Filipinos.

With incompetent and inept officials we have around these days, we may never know the truth anymore!

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Dealing with the Blessed Trinity

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Mayor of Mercy T h i n k a m i n u t e … M r.

Fiorello LeGuardia was the mayor of New York City during the difficult years of the Depression and World War II. The p e o p l e o f N e w Yo r k loved and respected him.

Mayor LaGuardia was a bi g - h e ar te d, c ol or f u l character. He sometimes ro de on the f ire tr ucks in the big city, and took the children from the orphanage to a professional baseball game. When the newspapers went on strike, he would read the Sunday comics on the radio to the kids.

One ver y cold nig ht in Januar y, 1935, Mayor L a Gu ard i a we nt to t h e night court in the poorest are a of Ne w York City.

He sent the judge home e ar l y t h at e ve n i ng an d LaGuardia himself took over as judge. That night an old woman was brought to him. She was charged with the crime of stealing a loaf of bread. The woman tol d L a Gu ard i a that her 2 grandchildren were starving and she had no money to pay for the bread, so she stole it. But the shopkeeper whose bread was stolen would not drop the charge. He

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?”

(Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, in Matthew 16:26, the Holy Bible).

-ooo N O ONE IS PROTECTING FILIPINOS FROM FAKE PRODUCTS: So, what government agency is supposed to prevent the proliferation of fake rice, fake cabbage, fake eggs, and other fake foods and drinks, and even fake medicine, in the Philippines nowadays?

At t h e r a t e v i d e o footages of these fake products are being shown in social networking sites, particularly Facebook, it would seem no one is protecting Filipinos from the onslaught and deadly effects of these fake items.

Particularly interesting here is the video of a Filipino male, wearing a black shirt and a blue shorts, regarding fake rice which bears markings that it is from Thailand.

Of course, Sen. Cynthia Villar and some other individuals are saying re p or t s of t he s e f a ke products are not true and

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Jhan Tiafau Hurst s ai d : “You r Honor, she must be punished to teach the other people here a lesson. Other wise they’ll think stealing is OK.” Mayor LaGuardia turned to the old woman and said, “I know you did it for your grandchildren, but you cannot break the law and steal. Your punishment is $10.” As Mayor LaGuardia was telling the woman her penalty he reached into his pocket and said to her, “I ’m p ay i n g y o u r f i n e , because I know you can’t pay it. You’re now free to go.” You can imagine how thankful that poor lady was to receive such mercy, even though she still got her fair and just punishment.

Think a Minute…

S i n c e w e h av e b e e n created in the image and likeness of God and made children of his, meant to participate in his divine life, we need to see to it that that we know how to relate ourselves to God, reflecting his life in ours, he who is one God in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We h ave t o k n ow how to deal with each of the three persons of the Blessed Trinity, for that would shape our life properly, starting with our thoughts and desires, then our words and deeds.

For this to take place, we have to know the basic truth about the most supernatural myster y of the Blessed Trinity that has been revealed to us by Christ and now authoritatively taught by the Church.

We are told that the three persons are one God in an eternal relation among themselves due to the eternal knowing and loving that drives the very being of God. The Father cannot be without the Son and the Holy Spirit. The same with the Son and the

Holy Spirit-they cannot be without the other persons.

Trying to fathom this mystery will obviously be overwhelming, but let’s hope that the unfathomability of this mystery draws us closer to it rather than drives us away from it. We should try to move on with our life always being in awe of this mystery.

Let’s make this mystery the abiding impetus to our endless knowing and loving in this world. This is what is proper to us, since we are the image and likeness of God. We should rise above our own way of knowing and loving. It’s the mystery of the Blessed Trinity that shows us how to know and love.

Like the Father, we should be full of goodness, doing things with total gratuity. Like the Son, we should try to do good perfectly in the truth, providing with the best pattern of the things we do, including the way of restoring them in case they get damaged. Like the Holy Spirit, we should persevere in doing good all the way to the end,

sanctifying everything that we touch.

There can be many ot he r c ons i d e r at i ons w e c a n d e r i v e f rom considering the mystery of the Blessed Trinity.

We have to spend time meditating on it, always asking for God’s grace so we can be enlightened and enabled to pursue what we can realize.

The common problem we see these days is that many people do not even know what this Blessed Trinity is all about, why the Trinity is important and relevant to us. And even with those who in theory know about t h e Tr i n i t y a n d h i s importance, there is a lot of ignorance, confusion, and awkwardness with respect to how to deal with each person of the Trinity.

More specifically, many of us do not know how distinguishing our relation with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit would make a difference in our life. Many would just be contented with dealing with God in a generic way without going through

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the complicating act of distinguishing each of the three persons.

We need to realize more deeply that by dealing with each person of the Blessed Trinity, we would have a more complete understanding of how our life ought to be. So far, what we can say is that our Christian life in general has been amateurish and sophomoric at best, and a total disaster at its worst.

It’s about time we do something more serious i n b e i n g t h orou g h l y consistent in our Christian life. And the mystery of the Blessed Trinity provides us with the beginning and end of it. roycimagala@gmail. com

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MICRO, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) now have stronger support from the government following the signing of the Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) for R e publ i c Ac t ( R A) 10744, otherwise known as the Credit Surety Fund Cooperative Act of 2015, Tuesday.

There are currently 46 credit surety funds (CSFs) in the country after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) spearheaded the opening of the first CSF in Cavite in 2008.

BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr., in his speech during the IRR signing at the central bank office in Manila, said they target to open six more CSFs this year, one of which has been opened in La Union last June 19.

“This milestone attests to the power of partnerships among agencies to pursue development objectives… to foster the organization of credit surety fund cooperatives, to manage and administer surety funds that will enhance access to credit for MSMEs and NGOs,” he said.

T he I R R , s i g ne d by Tetangco and CDA chairman Orlando R. Ravanera, was drafted by a team from the BSP, the Department of Finance (DOF), Cooperative Development Authority

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(CDA), Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank).

Tetangco said the team conducted 14 public hearings in 11 cities during the formulation of the IRR to ensure transparency, among others.

He said CSFs provided a reliable platform for the unbanked and underbanked MSMEs as these provided access to financing that these sign/PAGE 10

RESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte will submit to the House of Representatives the proposed national budget for next year on the day of his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July.

President Rodrigo Duterte during his arrival after his working visit to Russia at NAIA on Wednesday. photo

by Jansen Romero Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said the Duterte administration will submit the P3.767-trillion proposed budget to Congress on July 24, the same day when the 17th Congress second regular session begins.

“We’re on track to submit our proposed budget on July 24,” Diokno said in a chance interview at the Department

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of Finance headquarters yesterday. “But it is not yet presented to the President.”

In 2016, Congress waited for almost a month after President Duterte delivered his first SONA before it received the new administration’s budget proposal for 2017.

Under the Constitution, the President has 30 days after Congress convenes to submit his proposed budget.

“Last year, we had a new administration that’s why it was delayed, but this time, Secretary Diokno wants to submit the budget on the day of the SONA on July 24,” Budget Undersecretary Laura B. Pascua in a separate interview yesterday.

Pascua, however, said that President Duterte has yet to see the complete details of the proposed budget.

“S o on we w i l l br ief the President about the government’s 2018 budget.

What was recently approved by the economic managers is the fiscal side of the budget,” she said.

Data from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) showed the Duterte administration is setting aside the biggest slice of the nation’s budget in 2018 for social and economic services.

The proposed national budget for 2018 represents 21.6 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), slightly higher than the 20.1 percent share this year.

The budget is anchored on government’s assumption the first comprehensive tax reform package will be passed into law before year’s end.

The biggest share of the pie, equivalent to 41.2 percent or P1.551 trillion, goes to social services. Of which, education, culture and manpower development get P794 billion; social security, welfare and employment with P369.6 billion; others at P209.6 billion; and P177.6 billion for health.

Al lo cat ion to s o cia l services increased by 14.8 percent from this year’s P1.351 trillion and is equivalent to 8.9 percent of GDP. At least 29.4 percent or P1.106 trillion of the pie, meanwhile, is allocated to economic services, such as infrastructure spending on power, water, transportation and communications (P734.5 billion), others (P238.4 billion) as well as agriculture and agrarian reform (P133.2 billion).

Budget for economic services is seen to breach the budget/PAGE 10

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DMARK Philippines Inc. launched three new variants in Cagayan de Oro last Monday.

President Joey Urquia was visibly delighted upon hearing that Edmark CDO was able to surpass threefold the performance of its main outlet based in Cubao.

The three variants are Troika, Café Power Black and N4S. Troika has three distinct ingredients – ginseng, tongkat ali and ganoderma. Ginseng is a popular traditional medicine with a host of benefits. It is often used to

boost the immune system, improving memory and cognitive functions, improve energy levels, aids weight loss, treat sexual dysfunction in men and suppress cancer growth.

Tongkat ali is a traditional medicine ingredient that has long been used as an aphrodisiac and remedy for age-related sexual disorders and symptoms of andropause. Not only that, it combats fatigue, boosts energy and libido, improves mood and normalizes blood sugar levels. Ganoderma is a “miracle” mushroom that aids as an immune system stimulant, increases

Senior crown manager Dr. Dorwin Lajot belting out a song during the launch

cardiovascular benefits, lowers cholesterol and has anti-inflammatory benefits. It is also known for its alkalizing properties, thus balancing

pH levels as well as oxygenizing blood and the body.

Meanwhile, feel reinvigorated with Café Power Black. With the

power of espresso in every sachet, it is packed with the strongest blend of coffee along with health benefits.

Instead of sugar, N4S

has sucralose which is ideal for diabetic and pregnant/lactating women.

It enhances taste guiltfree and obviously one prevention for tooth decay.

IDPs enjoy child and women-friendly spaces Iligan City – Internally displaced persons living inside evacuation centers in Northern Mindanao have enjoyed the child and women-friendly spaces provided for them.

DSWD, local and international humanitarian organizations have set up child and women-friendly spaces to cater to the needs of IDPs who are from Marawi City in order for them to slowly live back into normalcy after being caught in armed conflict.

Activities relative to psycho-social processing through drawing and play for children are conducted inside the child-friendly space provided for inside and outside the evacuation camps in Iligan City and in the towns of Baloi and Pantao Ragat in Lanao del Norte.

Women-friendly space are utilized as breastfeeding mothers.

The women-friendly

space is a designated tent inside and outside the evacuation center that provides internallydisplaced women with a safe place to meet, talk and help each other.

Aside from that, most of the evacuation centers in Iligan City have tents as prayer room, both for male and female. Evacuation centers located near the church and masjid were not provided with prayer room because the IDPs will just walk and visit the church and masjid during worship time, respectively.

Evacuation centers in Iligan City with separate child and women-friendly space include National School of Fisheries in Buruun; Sta. Elena Gymnasium, Sta. Elena; and Tibanga Gymnasium, Tibanga.

In the towns of Baloi and Pantao Ragat, most of the evacuation centers have separate child and women-friendly spaces for IDPs.

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The Birth of the Philippine Professional Surfing League Article and Photos by: Clement Dampal II (www.bestspotsph.com)

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he Philippine Surfing Championship Tour (PSCT), the country’s premier professional surfing tournament recently announced the birth of the Professional Surfing League which will commence on the third week of September this year.

Surfing has been long existed in the Philippines way back when it was first discovered in Baler, and surfed by the production crew of the 1979 Film Classic “Apocalypse Now”, marking the beginning of the board-sport in the country. It was then followed by discoveries of other potential spots like that of La Union, Zambales, Pagudpud, Samar, Lanuza, and Siargao (considered as the Country’s Surfing Capital, and was given a distinction of the #9 Best Surf Sports in the World by the CNN).

The best Filipino Surfers are set to represent themselves through this tournament bringing the different regions, municipalities, cities, or teams to the surfing league. The PSCT will be held in four (4) of the country’s certified surfing destinations: First Leg: Siargao Island - Schedule: 3rd Week of September Second Leg: Lanuza, Surigao del Sur - Schedule: Nov. 03-11, 2017 Third Leg: Baler, Aurora - Schedule: Nov. 29-Dec. 03, 2017 Fourth Leg: La Union - Schedule: Dec. 06-10, 2017 *Schedules are subject to change without prior notice.

The birth of the PSCT was conceptualized with the idea of uniting the country’s local surfers from North to South, bringing them together into a community of Filipino Surfers promoting camaraderie and unity, and providing them a platform to pursue their dream of becoming professional athletes.

This will also serves as a training ground in preparation for international leagues.

The people behind these event are the also considered to be the pioneers of the boardsport representing various surf spots in the country.

Luke Landrigan (La Union) • ISA-Certified International Judge Level 3 • Member, Board of Directors, United Philippine Surfing Association • 2008 Asian Beach Games Silver Medalist • Surf School Owner Manuel Melindo (Siargao) • ISA-Certified International Judge Level 2 • Member, Board of Directors, United Philippine Surfing Association • 8 years experience of surf judging all around the Philippines • President, Siargao Island Surfers Association Mike Oida (Ilocos Norte) • ISA-Certified International Judge Level 3 • Member, Board of Directors, United Philippine Surfing Association • Resort Owner and Restauranteur Bjorn Dizon Pabon (Bicol Region and Zambales) • ISA-Certified International Judge Level 2 • Member, Board of Directors, United Philippine Surfing Association • Member, Board of Directors, Manila Surfers Association The Philippine Surfing Championship Tour (PSCT) was patterned to the World Surf League (WSL). It is designed in accordance to International Surfing Association (ISA) standards of competition.

ISA on the other hand is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the World Governing Body for Surfing and all related activities that sanctions the biggest international surfing events.

The PSCT will be organized and operated by a judging team with the highest level of ISA-certification in the

country. PSCT will also adhere to the competition rules and tour format of the World Surf League.

Trivia: World Surf League (WSL) The professional surf tour was founded in 1976 to celebrate the elite athletes, diverse fans and dedicated partners that together embody professional surfing today.

It’s headquartered in Los Angeles, California with offices throughout the globe, and dedicated to: - Bringing the athleticism, drama, and adventure of pro surfing to fans worldwide.

- Promoting professional surfers as world-class athletes.

- Acting as good stewards of the environment both in and out of the water.

The WSL exists to celebrate and grow the history, elite athletes, diverse fans and dedicated partners that together embody professional surfing today.

INTERNATIONAL SURFING ASSOCIATION (ISA) STANDARDS AND WORLD SURF LEAGUE (WSL) FORMAT The competitions will be run primarily by judges coming from different surf spots in the Philippines and holding the highest level of ISA-certification in the country.

The tour will also follow WSL format. For every leg, each surfer will get corresponding points depending on their performance. At the end of the tour, the surfer with the highest accumulated

points from all four legs will be declared as the PSCT Champion.

AUTOMATED SCORING SYSTEM First in the Philippines, PCST will be bringing the automated scoring system used in the international leagues. This is a milestone in the history of Philippine Surfing.

Usually, surfers know their scores after their heats.

This system allows surfers to know their current scores and how much must be earned to qualify for the next round while their heat is ongoing.

PHILIPPINE TOUR PSCT will be a series of national competitions throughout the year which will be conducted in various spots in the Philippines. This will test the versatility of Filipino

surfers in conquering various types of waves.

NATIONAL RANKING A major highlight of this league is the ranking of Filipino surfers at the national level. Having an official national ranking will definitely push our athletes’ performance and change the game for everyone. The ranking will be based on the accumulated points garnered from every leg of the competition and will follow ISA Ranking standards.

To know more about the PSCT, check out the following information: Website: www.psctour.com | Facebook: www.facebook.com/ philippinesurfingchampionshiptour/ | Instagram: @ Official.PSCT | Hashtags: #ItTakesATourToMakeAChampion #PSCTour

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Shoe pong, flip lid greet Primer shoppers at Centrio Story and Photos by MARK FRANCISCO Lifestyle Editor

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RIMER, one of the Philippines’ leading retailers of various top-of-the-line apparel brands, is holding its Primer Campus School – It’s Good to be in School for three straight weeks now at the ground level of Centrio Bridgeway in Cagayan de Oro City.

The event, which will last up to June 25, features three games to be consumed by mall shoppers – shoe pong, bouncer and flip lid.

You don’t need to be a student and you don’t need to purchase anything to participate in these exciting games. All you need to do is fill out the registration paper at the reception desk.

Once you win in any of the games, you can choose from a variety of freebies – bag tags, ID lanyards and notebooks. This is Primer’s

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sectors cannot tap sans the CSFs. MSMEs account for about 99.6 percent of registered f i r m s n a t i o nw i d e a n d employs around 63.2 percent of total workforce in the country.

However, small business remain problematic in terms of their access to financing so they only contribute to around 35 percent of domestic growth, thus, the establishments of CSFs. Citing impact assessment surveys done in 2014 and 2015, the BSP chief said credits extended by CSFs to members of cooperatives enabled small business owners to increas e the average number of their employees by 30 percent, and increase sales by 26 percent and monthly profit by 41 percent.

Revenues of local government units (LGUs), in turn, rose by 37 percent because of the taxes and fees collected from the CSF operations, he said.

These results are “both compelling and inspiring,” he said and in line with the

way of thanking its loyal customers since 2012.

Participating Primer stores in the event are Bratpack, Grind, Native, DC, Quiksilver, Doc Martens and ResToeRun.

Primer is engaged in the retail and distribution of premium consumer brands in the Southeast Asian region including Hong Kong and Japan. The company began in 1985

and established growing ventures across different industries ever since. It now operates in ten countries across different regions with its headquarters located in Manila.

government’s bid to increase exclusivity of domestic expansion.

H e s a i d t h e B S P, through the CSFs, was able to establish strong and effective partnerships with local government units (LGUs), cooperatives and other organizations “to bring down barriers to finance and alleviate poverty.”

Relatively, BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo, during the same event, said signing of the IRR “provides a legal personality” to the CSFs. He said LGUs, which are required to contribute PHP10 million to the CSF, will not have any problems of putting in contribution unlike before when there is still no law for these surety funds and LGUs are audited on their contribution.

Under the CSF program of the central bank, c o op e r at ive s and non government organizations (NGOs) are required to contribute PHP10 million to the CSF, same as the LGUs and other donors.

Funds pooled for the CSF are placed in a trusted bank and invested in government securities and time deposits

with banks that have a CAMELs rating, a gauge of banks’ over-all condition, of “4”.

Guinigundo said the next CSFs will be opened in Tacloban City in Leyte, Mandaue City in Cebu, Sta. Rosa in Laguna; Dinagat Island in CARAGA, and Batangas.

Previously, CSFs are supervised by the central bank but under RA 10744, it will be supervised by the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA).

Oscar Tayko, chairman of the Cavite Cooprenuers Sure Fund, said the CSFs enabled their members to improve their financial standings.

“With CDA we can get more support but BSP will st i ll provide cap abi lity building activities,” he added.

(JSV/PNA)

public order and safety, among others remained unchanged at P575 billion, cornering 15.3 percent of the nation’s budget and equivalent to 3.3 percent of GDP. Likewise, at least 9.4 percent or P353.4 billion of the budget goes to debt s e r v i c i n g a n d i nt e re s t payment, an increase of 5.5 percent from P334.9 billion. In terms of GDP, this sector represents 2.0 percent, slimmer than 2.1 percent target in 2017.

Allocation to defense, on the other hand, gets 4.4 percent of the pie or P164.2 billion, an increase of 10.4 percent from the P148.7 billion budget in 2017 and equivalent to 0.9 percent of the nation’s economy.

Finally, net lending is securing the remaining P16.8 billion, untouched compared with this year’s allocation, but will represent 0.1 percent of GDP. E a r l i e r, e c o n o m i c managers of the Duterte administration lowered their proposed national budget for next year following the approval of a watered-down tax reform package one by the House of Representatives.

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Funding earmarked for general public services such as general administration,

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P80 million in investments s o f ar, w hi l e SM CD O Downtown Premier had the single largest investment of P1.07 billion followed by Avida Tower’s P400 million, both located in downtown Cagayan de Oro City. (Mark D. Francisco/PNA)

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retailers) and Balindong (with three retailers), WMR is priced at P50 to P56/kg and no RMR. Sources of rice are Cotabato City and Pagadian.

“Six retailers operate at MSU market. WMR is sold at P56/kg and no RMR. There was only one bag of NFA rice seen at the time of canvass (June 12, 2017). Maybe, it was the remaining rice from our last release on May 22, 2017.

Very few stocks remained in their possession as residents, including students, already evacuated the place due to the ongoing fighting between government troops and Maute terrorist group,” according to NFA L anao del Sur Manager Hadja Sittienaidah D. Sampaco.

“The municipalities within the Basak area (Ramain, Buadi Puso Buntong, Bubong, Mulondo, Tamparan, Taraka, Masiu and Butig) can be reached by either passing through Marawi or Ganassi. In these places, the price of rice may be higher because they cannot be easily penetrated.

Farhana Maute, mother of the Maute brothers, was captured somewhere here. Also, this is where some of their relatives live,” Manager Sampaco said.

Based on previous monitoring efforts, it was reported that in Bukidnon and Mis amis Or ient a l, which are about two to two and a half hours away from Marawi, the price of RMR remained stable at P34.50/kg and P36.50/kg, respectively, while WMR also remained at P41.50/kg and P42.50/kg, respectively.

In Camiguin, which is about six hours away from Marawi, the price of RMR slightly increased by 4 percent, from P36/kg to P37.50/kg while WMR increased by 1 percent from P3.50/kg to P44/ kg. In Misamis Occidental, four hours away from Marawi, a 2 percent increase was noted in the price of RMR from P35/kg to P6/kg while WMR remained at P41.50/ kg.

The NFA is also looking into the possibility of fielding rolling stores to assure residents in conflict-stricken Marawi of enough supply of rice and arrest threats of irrational price hikes of the staple.

Meanwhile, the NFA has already released a total of 9,992 bags of rice as of June 16, 2017 to various relief-giving agencies and organizations for distribution to the victims of crisis in Marawi City.

In the light of all these developments, NFA administrator Jason Laureano Y. Aquino has assure d the public of the agency’s

readiness in stabilizing the supply and prices of rice under any circumstances anywhere in the country.

(PR/PNA)

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again register their opposition to the project which they said is “misplaced in a residential area.”

The memorial park project is located in a 3-hectare land along the MacasandigTaguanao road, just infront of Melecia Homes. Across the road are Arroville Subdivision and Molloi Polloi.

According to Momot Abrogar of the Melecia Homes Homeowners Association, the project has no social acceptability. “Ang gigamit nila nga proof nga dunay social acceptability, attendance sheet sa consultation,” Abrogar said.

Their signature in those sheets of paper does not in any way express support for the project, Abrogar added.

Aside from “faking” social acceptability, the cemetery developers have violated the prohibition of cemeteries in residential areas.

The homeowners associations questioned City Ordinance no. 12796-2014, approving the Preliminary Approval and Location Clearance (PALC) for the Forest Lake Memorial Park Project, passed on June 16, 2014.

The cemetery developer made “palusot” in getting the City Council to approval basedon the 2010 opinion

of the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) that classified memorial parks like parks and open spaces that is required by the zoning ordinance to be established in residential areas.

“How can a cemetery be classified as open space or park,” asked Arroville Subd.

Resident Dr. Ed Tigulo.

He added that parks and open spaces as prescribed by law in residential areas have to be public in nature and for recreational use by residents. “This memorial park is private and can never be for recreational use of the residents,” Tigulo added.

The City Council approved the project based on a 2010 opinion of the City Planning and Development Office that the cemetery project can be built in the residential zone, where park/open spaces are required. The 2010 opinion said that memorial park can be built in all zones – residential, commercial and industrial, as it it park-like in nature.

Aside from bringing to the public eye their opposition to the illegal memorial park project, the homeowners association have also brought their cause to court.

The Mele ci a Homes Subdivision Homeowners Association and the Arroville Subdivision Homeowners Association is asking the Regional Trial Court Branch 41 to issue an injunction against the project.

The home ow ners in s e ek i ng re st r ai nt f rom the court said that if the

misplaced memorial park is allowed, they would suffer irreparable injury – the peace and quite in their homes disturb by the presence of the cemetery.

The project is also “an affront and offensive to their religious beliefs. Being Filipinos and most of them Devouted Christians and Catholics, it is offensive and unacceptable to their beliefs that the ‘dead’ will live with the living’. As religious people, they believe that the dead should be laid to rest on a proper place and should not be disturbed…”

They also cited health and environmental hazards the cemetery could pose in their communities.

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from page 1 malls Limketkai Center and Ororama Megacenter invested here and Cebu-based Gaisano City established as well as the then Hall of Justice and its adjacent City Health Office.

On top of that, 21 health centers were created during his time, according to family spokesperson Jay Valleser.

On peace and order, Magtajas created the O p e r at i on Ka hus ay u g Kalinaw at the heart of Divisoria Plaza for easier access to the people. The OKK station would later evolve into what is now is Police Station 1 of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo).

A staunch conservative, Magtajas openly voiced out his opposition to the

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MIS AMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 43 Gingoog City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. 225-2017 Upon Extra-Judicial Petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed by PEOPLES BANK OF CARAGA, INC. ,with principal address at Sibagat Branch, Sibagat, Agusan del Norte. against GREG P. MAGARET of Rizal St, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, to satisfy the Mortgagee indebtedness which as of August 31, 2015 have amounted to FOUR HUNDRED FORTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS ( Php 445,000.00) excluding interest and other charges thereon. and 10% of the total amount of indebtedness as attorney’s fee is excluded and forecloture expenses and other fees incurred in the foreclosure proceedings, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for CASH on July 31, 2017 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning to 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Dugenio St., Gingoog City, the following properties with all the improvements existing thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-11282 “A PARCEL OF LAND ( Lot 4005-A-1, Psd 10-032450 being A portion of Lot 4005- A- Psd-10-031863) situated in the Barrio Of Samay. City of Gingoog, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island Of Mindanao, “ Bounded on the NW., along line 3-4 by Lot 400-C, Psd-10-031863 (Easement)., on the NE., along line 4-1 by Lot 4005- B, Psd-10-031863., on the SE.. along line 1-2 by Lot National Highway And on the SW., along line 2-3 by Lot 4005-A-2 of the subdivision Plan Psd-I0-032450 and; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-11283 “A PARCEL OF LAND ( Lot 4005-A-2, Psd-l0-032450 being a Portion of Lot 4005-A-, Psd-10-031863) situated in the Barrio of Samay, City of Gingoog, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the NE., along line 7-1 by Lot 4005-A-1 of the subdivision plan Psd-10-032450., on the SE., along lines 1-2-3-4 by National Highway., on the SW., along lines 4-5-6 by Lot 4018, Cad 295. Gingoog Cadastre and on the NW., along line 6-7 by Lot. 4005-C, — - is registered in accordance with the Provisions by Section 103 of the property registration Decree in The name of ELVIRA PABIA MAGARET, Filipino, of legal Age, widow, and a resident at Rizal St., Gingoog City, Philippines.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on the next working day without fug her notice, posting and republication The prospective buyer/s may investigate tor themselves the title of the herein described property/properties and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Gingoog City this 29th day of May2017.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF BY:

(Sgd.) FLORA C. PEREZ

Sheriff IV

RTC-Branch 43

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establishment of a casino in Cagayan de Oro City. With the backing of majority of the residents here and the local Catholic archdiocese, Magtajas launched daily protests versus the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) in the 1990s and even challenged it to court. The city eventually won the case.

Magtajas took up his law at what was still known then as Liceo de Cagayan.

Politics already ran in his blood. Magtajas’ father Alejandro was mayor of Catarman, Camiguin and sub s e qu e nt ly C l ave r i a , Misamis Oriental during his era.

Magtajas is survived by his children Katherine, Bobby (deceased), Allan, Suzette, Paul Roland and Monette.

Of the six, only Suzette followed in his footsteps as a politician. She is now a city

councilor.

His wake is at Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes along Capistrano St., this city.

Funeral arrangements are still being discussed as of presstime.

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GovCloud also allows easy upscaling or downscaling of ICT resources as and when required, to accommodate i n c re a s e d or ch ang i ng demand or capacity.

The virtualization also enables the provision of cloud resources whenever an d w h e re ve r, m a k i ng access to resources faster and more convenient. This on-demand access to a shared pool of storage and compute resources can also be quickly and easily configured, provisioned and managed even without third party review or approval.

Republic of the Philippines Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental 10th Judicial Region Branch 38 Cagayan de Oro City IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF RYNNE VILLARUZ BATUIGAS WITH RESPECT TO HER GENDER FROM ‘’MALE’’ TO ‘’FEMALE’’; MIDDLE NAME OF MOTHER FROM ‘’BICOY’’ TO ‘’VICOY’’; DATE & PLACE OF PARENTS MARRIAGE ‘’APRIL 24, 1989, LAZI SIQUIJOR’’ TO ‘’NO ENTRY’’

SPEC.PROC.SP-ORD-2017-163

F O R:

CORRECTION OF ENTRY

RYNNE VILLARUZ BATUIGAS, Petitioner, -versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Respondent.

-------------------------------------/ ORDER Before this Court is a petition for Correction of Entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of herein petitioner as to his Gender/Sex, which is ‘’MALE’’ instead of ‘’FEMALE’’, the middle name of his mother and the place of marriage of his parents in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that said Petition be set for hearing on August 23, 2017 at 8:30 in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court, on which date, time and place, all persons who may have any opposition to the petition herein sought, may appear to show cause why said petition should not be granted.

Let this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing.

Likewise, let copies of this Order, with Petition attached, be posted by the petitioner on the bulletin boards of this Court, the Provincial Capitol of Misamis Oriental and City Hall of Cagayan de Oro for at least ten (10) days prior to date of hearing.

Petitioner is further ordered to furnish copies of this Order and the Petition to the Offices of the Solicitor General, the City Prosecutor of Cagayan de Oro City and the Local Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City.

SO ORDERED.

MAY 22, 2017, Cagayan de Oro City.

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(SGD.) EMMANUEL P. PASAL Judge

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Lass from Barangay La Paz Crowned as Bb. Carmen 2017 www.businessweekmindanao.com

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s the progressive town of the Municipality of Carmen, Davao del Norte celebrates it’s 49th Founding Anniversary, a beautiful, lovely and intelligent lass Larieben Toraboc from Barangay La Paz is crowned Bb. Carmen 2017 last June 17.

With wit and intelligence she answered a question from the Board of Judges who is the most influential person we have today.

She answered the Pontifical Head of the Church, the Pope. He is a man of peace, and can pray for peace in the world, in the Philippines. Pray for protection for families in our country and much more pray for peace and end the crisis in

Marawi City. It was an answer receiving standing ovation from the Carmeneans and from the judges as well.

Indeed, under the dynamic Leadership of Hon. Mayor Virginia Perandos, the Munipality of Carmen is onto continuous progress achieved during it’s 49th of existence as a town and aiming into a component city in the very near future. She said that every Carmenean is proud to be 49ers as they celebrate it’s 49th Founding Anniversary with high hopes for development.

The prestigious pageant showcased the Parade of Beauties in their one of a kind Festival Costumes which awed the

crowd during the individual self introduction to the audience. It was fascinating, stunning and Mesmerizing.

The Municipal Tourism Office prepared and coordinated this prestigious world class beauty pageant and also promote the booming Tourism industry and Destination of the Municipality of Carmen, Davao del Norte. And the winning beauties serve as Ambassadress of Good Will to promote Carmen Tourism Industry.

This year’s Bb. Carmen 2017 is Lorieben Toraboc from Barangay La Paz with her court: 1st Runner Up is Mary Lani Dagpin from Barangay Asuncion, 2nd Runner Up Jamie Lorica from

Barangay Sto. Nino, 3rd Runner Up Junielyn Cenia from Barangay Minda as Bb. Magalang and 4th Runner Up Dollen Faye Minoza from Barangay Tubod.

Other equally Beautiful candidates who represented their respective barangays were Claine Ledesma from Barangay Tuganay, Joy Rivera from Barangay Tubod, Remeliza Montiel from Barangay Ising, Jeorgina Ormega from Barangay Sto. Nino, Winona Cassandra Salvacion from Barangay Ising, Al Mae Jane Espinosa from Barangay Asuncion, Queenie Quizo from Barangay Guadalupe and Vanessa Estrilla from Barangay Tibulao.

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Bb. Carmen 2017 with the dynamic Hon. Mayor Virginia Perandos

Municipal Administrator Octavio “Tabot” Valle giving the best in Playsuit Award.