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Briefly BUB projects BUTUAN City -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government – Caraga Region (DILG 13) has released a total of P42,419,865 for the 19 Disaster Risk ReductionRelated projects, 12 Potable Water System projects and one other infrastructure project across 25 municipalities in Caraga Region lodged under the agency for the Bottom-Up Budgeting program. One of the mechanisms to pursue the Millennium Development Goals of reducing poverty from 26.5 percent in 2009 to 16.6 percent by 2015 is the Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) program. Starting 2012, BUB has been a strategy of converging programs of the national government agencies, including the DILG, aimed at addressing the needs of the communities and the delivery of services by the local government units.

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UBLICLY-listed A Brown Co. Inc. (ABCI) continues its foray into real estate business rolling out a total of P2.5-billion in capital expenditure for new projects in the next five years focusing on middle-range and socialized housing mostly in Mindanao.

During the company’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting held Friday at its flagship Xavier Estates in Cagayan de Oro City on Friday, ABCI President Robertino E. Pizarro said A Brown is shifting focus to middle income housing and socialized housing projects to help address the Projects/PAGE 10

ABCI chair Mr. Walter Brown is optimistic about prospects in Mindanao’s real estate industry.

New coal-plant now supplying 150-MW to Mindanao grid

Poultry ban THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said in a statement on Friday that it has issued the temporary ban on the importation of domesticated and wild birds and their products including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs and semen from Nebraska, USA. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala ordered a temporary ban under Memorandum Order No.3315, based on a report submitted by Dr. John Clifford, deputy administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to the Office of Internationale Des Epizooties (OIE) that there has been an outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus in Dixon County, Dixon, Nebraska, USA.

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ABCI President Robertino E. Pizzaro delivers his President’s Report during the holding company’s Annual Stockholders Meeting held 19 June 2015 at Xavier Estates, Cagayan de Oro City. photo by mike baños , npn

DAVAO City -- Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) has confirmed that subsidiary Therma South, Inc. (TSI) is now synchronizing its first 150-megawatt (MW) coalfired power plant with the

Mindanao grid, a prelude to commercial operations that could start by the end of June or early July. The synchronization process allows the new power New/PAGE 10

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DA-XI offers assistance for Fusarium-hit banana farms D By MICHAEL L UY, Contributor

AVAO del Norte -The Department of Agriculture (DA) XI bared yesterday at Big8 Corporate Hotel, Tagum City that specials programs are being offered for Fusariuminfested banana plantation. DA- X I S u p e r v i s i n g Agriculturist and Fusarium Fo ca l Pers on Her na Palma disclosed during the Knowledge Sharing

Workshop on Intensified Communications Campaign on Management and Control of Banana Fusarium Will in Davao Region that the department employed four interventions to help out banana farmers to recover from Fusarium infestation. The identified programs were Cash for Work Program for Eradication, planting of Fusarium resistant variety or

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GCTCV 219, crop shifting program and Trichoderma distribution. Palma emphasized that the farmers may wish to apply to any of the following programs provided that they will meet the requirements, which will be evaluated by their technical persons or plant pathologists. She said that farmlands with 5% or below infestation per area planted may avail the cash for work program

amounting to P500 per mat as incentive for the eradication. “For those who have areas that have 5% or below infestation per hectare, they may avail 10 packs of Trichoderma per mat of Fusarium infected banana but the farmer can only get a maximum of 1,000 packs,” she added. Palma also encouraged farmers to plant Fusarium resistant banana variety, assistance/PAGE 11

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Hataman urges Muslims to devote Ramadan to attainment of peace MARAWI City -- Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) urged his constituents to utilize the observance of the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan to achieve peace in Mindanao. In a statement, he reiterated that Ramadan is the “time when we strengthen our commitment to lasting peace and development in Mindanao through fasting and prayers.” “Let us take this opportunity to spread the message of love, compassion, and peace among us and to our non-Muslim brothers and sisters in Mindanao, the Philippines, and across the

world,” he said. Hataman also extended his warmest greetings of peace and prosperity to all Muslims as they observe the Holy Month of Ramadan. “This is the time where we renew our devotion and reflect on our faith as Muslims who are guided by the teachings of the Holy Qur’an and the Almighty and merciful Allah,” Hataman added. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, or the Hijri calendar, based on the lunar cycle, which began in AD 622 when the Prophet Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina. During the fast, Muslims hataman/PAGE 11

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PAL to lease two additional aircraft for long-haul routes

HILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) is expanding its long-haul fleet. In a statement, the flag carrier said it is acquiring two B777-300ERs through a leasing agreement with Intrepid Aviation. The additional aircraft would be on top of the six 777-300ERs that PAL operates, and so will bring its fleet to 78. “ We c e l e b r a t e o u r growing partnership with both Boeing and Intrepid Aviation,” PAL president

Jaime J. Bautista said in a statement. “These additional 777300ERs will help us continue to expand our long -haul markets efficiently and economically, while enabling us to provide passengers our trademark Filipino service in the modern, state-of-the-art 777,” he added. The 777-300ER is the most fuel and cost-efficient airplane in its class today with 99.5 percent reliability, and is considered one of the most reliable twin-aisle

aircraft in the world. Intrepid Aviation and aircraft manufacturer Boeing Company welcomed the lease of both planes by PAL. “We are very pleased to expand our relationship with Philippine Airlines and to work with Boeing to provide PAL with such an outstanding airplane,” said Intrepid Aviation president Franklin Pray. “ The economics and capabilities of the 777-300ER continue to make it very attractive for our customers

BagoSphere intensifies job training to curb youth unemployment SO CIAL enterprise BagoSphere is expanding its intensive and affordable job training program to key cities in the Philippines to give more high school and college graduates better opportunities to jumpstart their career in the outsourcing industry. “When we first started BagoSphere, we wanted to create an affordable solution to tackle youth unemployment. In the last two years testing and implement ing our training model in Bago City, we learned a lot about helping young people find meaningful jobs. We saw life-transforming results and measurable social impact. Now, we have started our expansion plans with Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental, and we hope to help more high school and college graduates gain relevant communication and IT skills in an authentic work setting and get them hired,” said Zhihan Lee, co-founder and CEO of BagoSphere. Lee, together with two other Singaporeans Ellwyn Tan and Ivan Lau, founded

Bagosphere after leading volunteer projects in Bago City while still college students at the National University of Singapore. Af te r B a c ol o d C it y, Bagosphere is setting its sights on Quezon City, which is scheduled to open by fourth quarter of the year. He added: “We started BagoSphere because we have seen that youth unemployment is one of the strongest drivers for poverty. At the same time, we live in a world where a college degree doesn’t guarantee a job anymore, and it’s a long and expensive road getting there. In India, I saw how rural youths with no formal education can find full-time employment thirty minutes away from home in a data work center! I thought to myself, we have to help young people find good jobs in an increasingly competitive job market in South East Asia.” Bagosphere’s expansion is b eing backed by its latest impact investor elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalisation, a Swiss-based organization supporting

Philex unit’s bid to transfer coal contract OK’d PHILEX Petroleum Corp. yesterday said it has secured government approval to transfer its coal operating contract in Zamboanga Sibugay to a Mindanaobased company. The company said it received on Tuesday a letter of approval from the Energ y department regarding the assignment of Brixton Energy and Mining Corp.’s (BEMC) coal operating contract (CoC) 130 to Grace Coal Mining and Development, Inc. (GCMDI). BEMC is the coal mining arm of Philex Petroleum, which is mainly engaged in petroleum exploration business. Carlo S. Pablo, Philex Petroleum president, said: “We will be focusing on petroleum in the meantime.” He added that there are also no immediate plans to dissolve BEMC. The Energy department’s letter attached to the disclosure showed that BEMC sought approval in January 2014. “After a thorough… evaluation, we found GCMDI to be technically, financially and legally capable and competent to undertake the coal exploration and development and take over as operator philex/PAGE 10

social enterprises based in developing countries. “As a philanthropic impact investor active all across emerging economies, elea Foundation has chosen to support BagoSphere because of its outstanding, sustainable approach in the professional skill building space. Its combination of an effective, scalable training program with micro-loan funding and a focus on building a strong community of students, trainers and graduates already brings great opportunities to underprivileged youths in the Philippines. We believe in the potential of BagoSphere’s model to reach out to many more young people and offer them a first step towards a self-determined future,” said Adrian Ackeret, Associate at elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization and member of BagoSphere’s Board of Advisors. Operating since January 2013, BagoSphere already boasts of having 373 graduates, of which 240 have been hired by BPOs despite 53% of them having zero training/PAGE 10

who are looking for growth potential,” he added. John Wojick, B oeing senior vice president for global sales & marketing, said PAL’s latest orders shows that clients are pleased with the 777-300ER’s fuel efficiency, performance and passenger interior.

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ARIOUS government organizations must have gone far to exhausts unused budget for training in the last quarter of the year apprehensive that unutilized training funds from their budget will be returned to the national treasury if not used before the year is over. This bureaucratic scenario has been going for many years leading the public to suspect that some government training syllabus are rushed and could have been duplicated with past activities. Why is this happ ening? Are there government bureaus that do not implement the Management by Objectives (MBO) process in running their agencies? As a tax payer, I should like to ask? T h e re i s a g row i n g pressure in many g ov e r n m e nt of f i c e s t o adapt t he Management by Objectives process in streamlining operations and quick response to public needs? Perhaps, because of st r ingent guidelines from the Commission on Audit (COA) in accounting government funds disbursed by a par t ic u lar agenc y for t r ai n i ng pu r p o s e s , liquidation of expense now requires a supporting matrix

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hink a minute…On this journey called life, do you sometimes feel like just pulling over and parking? You feel like you’ve done enough, worked enough, and learned enough. Now it’s time to relax, let the others do the work, and enjoy the ride. But the problem when we pull over and park is that we get nowhere, since we stop learning and improving to make our life the best it can be. So we don’t reach our potential and live every day to the fullest. One parking place we might stop at is what we wrongly think are our handicaps and weaknesses. We compare ourselves to others who might have certain talents and abilities we don’t have. But we need to realize that we have our own special strengths and abilities. We each must first learn to accept ourselves with our own unique physical looks, personality and abilities. No one is completely handicapped! We each have something important we can be and do in this world. We each were made to make a difference and help other people’s lives. So friend, don’t park by what you think are your handicaps or lack of talents and abilities. Start making the most of the abilities you do have. A second parking place that many of us stop at is our

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of Key Results Areas to justify the expense incurred. KRA’s are structured only through an MBO process. This will prevent farcical training when indigents are herded to exclusive resorts to hide them from the views of visiting foreign dignitaries? However, there is one government agency that has embarked on consistent training for various employment generations program suitable to the needs of many industries which is undertaken by the Technical Educational Skills and Development Assistance or TESDA that has made remarkable progress. The hotel and restaurant industry is one of the beneficiaries of this effort. In the private sector, regular meetings and conventions are held with paid participation. Companies spend a considerable amount for the continuous education of their work force aside from the Human Resources in-house schedules for team building and quality circles a c t iv it i e s . E du c at i on a l innovations help improve productivity, this is where MBO’s guide a company or corporation perform cohesively with new

paradigms. I have t h is l i fe t i me experience, which I ought to my generous employer in the National Capital Region, during the early years of my career in the tourism industry when I was chosen a recipient of the Training t h e Tr ai n or’s Pro g r am f o r Hu m a n R e s o u r c e s Development from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, New York who came all the way to Manila for their seminar program. The American hotel system is no different from what the University of the Philippines Institute of Tourism used in its curriculum. Perhaps, this validates the statistics, why many successful and top hotel manage rs i n the Philippines today are graduates of the foremost government institution. Unfortunately, I finished my management course from another university which nevertheless, I have no regrets. Thanks to my Alma Mater. Since August last year, the Tourism Councils of Region X1, comprising the cities of Davao, Samal Island, Digos, Panabo and Tagum have secured an Asian Development Bank

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Dr. Alfredo M. Bunye, my father, my hero

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y earliest role models were my parents Dr. Alfredo M. Bunye and Sofia V. Rivera (movie screen name: Gloria Imperial). Yesterday being Father’s Day, allow me to devote this piece to commemorate my father and all the fathers in the world. My father was a longtime Superintendent, later Director, of the Bureau of Prisons (now Bureau of Corrections). He headed a bureaucracy consisting of hundreds of employees, mostly prison guards. The prison guards were in charge of the custody of national prisoners who were confined in the State Prison in Muntinlupa and the several penal colonies in various parts of the country. As a young child, I recalled how every day my father would bid us goodbye – very smart in his white sharkskin suit - before walking to his office just 500 meters away from the Superintendent’s Quarters. From our second floor bedroom window, I had a good view of his office – an imposing concrete white structure, built like a fortress, with high and thick walls. On Saturday mornings, I witnessed how prison guards briskly marched in front of him to the tune played by the prison brass band. My father must be an important man, I proudly told myself. He certainly commanded obedience from people. Years later, we said goodbye to the Superintendent’s Quarters and moved to the

Prison Director’s official residence. There, we had several prisoner helpers (called ‘Serving’} who included a cook, a driver, a couple of gardeners, and a “trustee” guard. “Serving” was actually the mangled version of “Deserving”. The “Serving” or “Deserving” were prisoners, who because of good conduct while in prison, were allowed time out from their prison cells. Between 8 to 5 pm, they did various chores in the private quarters of prison employees and then walked back (unguarded!) to the prison compound. I learned much later that some of them had been convicted of heinous offenses. But my father treated them with respect and with dignity. I never saw my father maltreat or verbally abuse our prisoner helpers. “Prisoners are people,” I would often hear him say. “Yes, they committed crimes against society. But they deserve a second chance to live again as useful and productive citizens.” Years before, my father, a former school teacher, advocated the adoption of adult education classes for unschooled prisoners as well as formal classes for those who had dropped out of school. There were many more examples and lessons which I imbibed from him. They all served me well later in life. In the course of his long prison service, he had the rare opportunity to act as the jailer of hundreds of Japanese prisoners who had been convicted of war crimes

by a military commission immediately after the war. During that time, antiJapanese sentiment was at its peak. Japanese soldiers, led by a fanatic Admiral, wantonly burned, looted, raped and killed close to a hundred thousand civilians during the infamous Manila Massacre in February 1945. My own p ater na l grandfather, Ignacio O. Bunye, was picked up by the Japanese from his house in Alabang Stock Farm on February 3, 1945 , never again to be seen alive. Around the same time, in the New Bilibid Prison, 31 Filipino political prisoners were taken out of their cells by the Japanese and executed one by one on February 3 and 4. Every Filipino who had suffered, in one way or another, from Japanese brutality, would have rightly expected my father to use his position to get even with the Japanese. But to the consternation of many Filipinos and more to the surprise of the Japanese prisoners, he did the opposite. He did not retaliate. Instead, he ordered his guards to protect the Japanese from harm and to treat them humanely. Dr. Hitoshi Nagai of Hiroshima Peace Institute wrote in a 2011 research paper entitled “Peace Born Out of Tolerance – A Legacy of Alfredo Bunye”: “…there were rarely any incidences of torture, abuse or slave labor at the NBP”. Nagai also wrote of several incidents which reflected my father’s

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Ignacio Bunye humanitarian treatment of the Japanese prisoners. In one, Nagai narrated: “In the cells on death row, where two or three prisoners were held in each cell, it was allowed to bring in an electronic stove, and the prisoners made coffee and cooked some dishes. One day, a prisoner who had been sentenced to death and was very shortsighted had his spectacles broken. As his only enjoyment in the prison was reading, he was so depressed, being now unable to read. A few days later, however, new spectacles were delivered to him--they were given by Superintendent Bunye.” Years later, my father explained to me why: “We must stop the cycle of violence and hate.” Interviewed in Japan in 1952, he explained his action: “My father was victimized by the Japanese... However, I believe it was a step in the process that the world resumes peace.” That was Dr. Alfredo M. Bunye, my father, my hero. Note: You may email us at totingbunye2000@gmail.com.

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PhilRice set to conduct knowledge sharing opportunity

UTUAN City – The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) will hold a

know ledge sharing and learning (KSL) opportunity i n Ju ly 1 , 2 0 1 5 at 8 :0 0 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to be

held at PhilRice, Basilisa, Remedios T. Romualdez in Agusan del Norte. The activity aims

to d is c uss c u r re nt and future challenges of the agriculture sector and its extension and education

Vista Land prices seven-year debt papers VISTA Land’s subsidiary VLL International, Inc. has successfully priced a US$300 million offering of senior unsecured notes due 2022 with a nominal rate of 7.375 percent, the first seven-year notes issued by the company under its US$1billion medium term note program. The notes were issued last

week as part of the company’s liability management exercise designed primarily to extend its US dollar notes due 2018 and 2019. E arly last week, the company offered to buy back its US$100 million notes due 2018 and US$350 million notes due 2019. At the end of the tender offer period, an aggregate

of about US$206.7 million notes were tendered by note holders and accepted by the company. Proceeds from the offering will primarily be used for refinancing, general working capital and other general corporate purposes. The company’s growing liability management expertise is also likely

to be making investors more comfortable with its underlying creditworthiness. The new notes were also widely distributed with banks accounting for around 52 percent, fund managers for 40 percent and private banks for eight percent. By geography, Asia took up 91 percent with Europe at vista/PAGE 11

Meeting the challenges of diversity in classroom setting By Lilybeth Labor Ecot Teacher II Proceso Alburo Memorial Elementary School Buracan, Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental

School is the place where students of all personalities c onve rge. Mi g ht it b e sounds cliche, but it is true that conflicts will possible arise because different personalities will clash. This difference of behaviour and learning intelligence is not just a problem among students. The ones who will be most affected is the teacher, because it is her job to put up with these varying kinds of students. But of

course, it is up to her on how she will manage her students, in general. T h e re a re t e a c h e r s who choose to be tight with her students. These teachers are famous to their students as “terror.” It is because being tight or strict is already in her personality, or she choose to in order to discipline her students easily. This is considered as one strategy for classroom management. It could be

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seen, for example, in a noisy classroom which will turn deafening silent when the teacher enters it. There is authority and control. There are also teachers who choose to discipline their students in a person p e r p e r s o n m a n n e r. Example for this are managing the silent type of students, or the introvert ones. This kind of students are also always present in a classroom setting and are mostly shy in nature. They are actually challenge to teachers because they are not showy of what kind

they are. Teachers have to understand them in a way that is comfortable for the student. It i s t y p i c a l f o r a classroom to have a complex environment. The ones mentioned are just few on how teachers must handle a divers e classroom and students that are partly different compared to the whole class. Teachers, however, should recognize the diversity and find best ways to make them all appreciate learning. It is, after all, the prime reason why schools exist.

system; present the internet-based resource and tools that can support extension intermediaries; and open opportunities for partnerships in agricultural information and technology dissemination. “ We r e c o g n i z e t h a t ou r st a kehol d e rs s e r ve as ess ent i a l channel of

agricultural information. Thus, through the KSL, we wish to provide timely and science-based information and technology to support our efforts to help improve t h e we l f are of f ar m e r s and other stakeholders,” PhilRice Agusan branch director Abner Montecalvo said.

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continuously introduce digital solutions give them access to these passions wherever they are and whenever they want.” said Smart executive vice president and consumer business head Ariel P. Fermin. Living the ‘Smart Life’ means having better digital access to all your passions—whether it’s entertainment, music, travel, shopping, or family living, among others—that only Smart has the capabilities to provide anytime, everywhere. Entertainment Everywhere The country’s largest and most advanced mobile network will power a bigger and better entertainment everywhere experience for movie, TV, and music junkies. You can stream your favorite movies and TV series on your Smart-powered phone via the iflix app. Here you can gain access to more than 10,000 hours of TV shows and great movies, ad-free. Passionate about music? You can listen to your favorite songs or explore new artists with a few taps on your device, using Deezer or the homegrown SPINNR

app, which was named the Best Mobile Music App by the prestigious GSMA telecoms industry association. Convenience Everywhere If you’re an urbanite who wants a more convenient life, you can use Waze, EasyTaxi, or Uber to get to your destinations safely and quickly. You can also use Foursquare to look for restaurants near you. If you love shopping, you can link your mobile account to a Citi Visa card and use your mobile number to pay for purchases at thousands of online merchants like Amazon. Voyager Innovations, the digital unit of the PLDT group, partnered with Citi Philippines and Visa to unveil Charge2Phone, the country’s first sticker-based Near Field Communication payment solution that is expected to revolutionize the way Filipino consumers pay for face-to-face and online transactions. Charge2Phone allows you to make over-thecounter purchases simply by tapping a sticker on a terminal. No need to sign sales slips or forms. “Whatever your lifestyle is, Smart has digital services that will

fit it perfectly. You will no longer be limited by time or your location, from doing what you love most to do. You can get what you want with a swipe of a finger,” Fermin said. Peace of Mind Everywhere And because Filipinos are known for their love for family, Smart and PLDT Home are introducing FAM CAM, a home monitoring camera that transmits live footage to mobile devices. This will enable you to make sure your loved ones are safe even when you are away. Fermin said Smart would continue to launch innovative service bundles for what it has identified as the different passion points of Filipinos. “As the country’s undisputed leader in mobile, Smart has been at the forefront in coming up with world-class digital innovations. But we are not innovating just for the sake of being the first to offer awesome tech services. The point is to produce innovations that are meaningful to our customers – services that make their daily lives so much better,” he said.

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ECC benefits soldiers, police performing duties outside areas of assignment OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental -- Additional protection for soldiers and police performing duties even outside their areas of assignment have been made under the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP). “A board resolution have been issued by the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) to this effect,” Atty. Jonathan T. Villasoto, Deputy Executive Director of ECC, during a seminar on the ECP conducted in the city, recently. The seminar was aimed at raising the peoples’ awareness in the grassroots level and keep the public abreast of the social protection and safe work programs available to both private and public employees. It also aimed to promote ECP’s preventive, compensation

and rehabilitation services, including the ECC-Quick Response and the ‘Katulong at Gabay sa Manggagawang may Kapansanan or KaGabay Program, the ECC Deputy Director said. Meanwhile, Villasoto, quoting Labor and E mpl oy me nt S e c re t ar y Rosalinda Dimapilis Baldoz, said “soldiers and policemen confront and not only vigorous but also dangerous duties in peace-keeping and protecting people and property, as well, as enforcing the law.” Thus, the ECC recognizes the risk of the nature of work of the men in uniform hence, it is but proper to compensate them in case of death or injury when they are responding to a crime situation, even if they are not in their assigned posts,” Villasoto added. (PIA)

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Governor Bambi Emano handed over P1.4M Covered Court Project to Manticao National High School last June 18. The turnover ceremoney was witnessed by Vice Mayor Stephen Tan, School Principal Melende Catid, and the faculty and staff of MNHS. photo courtesy of gov. bambi emano facebook page

Mindanao sees an uptrend in renewable energy projects

AVA O C I T Y - Appl i c at i ons for renewable energy (RE) projects in Mindanao p osted a 25.64 p ercent increase which showed a growing interest for clean energy investments in the island-region. The One Stop Facilitation and Monitoring C enter (OSFMC), which handles the fast tracking of pending RE projects in Mindanao received 59 new applications adding to a total of 290 applications for RE projects with a combined capacity of almost 3,000 megawatts (MW). I n M a y t h i s y e a r, the center reported 231 applications with a combined capacity of 2,419.17 MW.

The additional RE project applications will have a combined capacity of 578.92 MW if completed and fully operational. “The projects are spread across hydro, geothermal, solar, and biomass. The bulk of the pending RE power project applications however are hydropower with a total of 242 projects and a combined potential capacity of 2,147.71 MW,” said Romeo Montenegro, director for Investment Promotions and Public Affairs Office of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). Montenegro who also oversees the operations of the OSFMC said majority of the hydropower projects

are located in Northern Mindanao. At the recently concluded Energy Investment Briefing held here at the Waterfront Insular Hotel, Montenegro announced that Mindanao’s power supply mix will shift in 2017 to 45 percent RE and 67 percent non-renewable energy from the current 55 percent RE and 33 percent non-RE. “The OSFMC ensures that facilitation and the fast-tracking of these energy projects are given utmost importance in order that Mindanao will continue to enjoy an affordable, reliable, and clean energy source,” he said. An initiative of MinDA, the Department of Energy,

and USAID’s Building Low Emission Alternatives to Develop Economic Resilience and Sustainability ( B - L E A DE R S ) Proj e c t , the OSFMC is aimed to help address Mindanao’s power supply deficit by fast-tracking the approval process of RE projects. Among the top pending hydropower projects include the 140 MW Davao Hydroelectric Power Project of the San Lorenzo Ruiz Builders and Developers Group, Inc. in Davao City; t he 110 MW Kabu lnan 2 Hyd ro el e c t r i c Powe r Project of Philnewriver Power C or p. in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat; the 50 MW Lake Dapao Hydroelectric Power Project; and the

50 MW Ma lt ling R iver Hydroelectric Power Project of the AQA Global Power Inc. in Lanao del Sur. The OSFMC recorded 28 pending projects for solar energy with a combined potential capacity of 427.25 MW. Among the top projects include the 35 MW Darong Solar Power Project of the PhilNewEnergy, Inc. in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur; 35 MW ICOM Solar Power Project of the Local Government Unit of the Islamic City of Marawi in Lanao del Sur; and the 20 MW Kirahon S ol ar Power Proj e c t of the Kirahan Solar Energy Corporation in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental. Geothermal energy projects accounts for eight with a potential capacity of 278.48 MW. Many of the geothermal projects are those of the Energ y Development Corporation like the 40 MW Lakewood Geothermal Prospect in Z amb o anga del Sur, Z amb o an g a d e l Nor t e , and Zamboanga Sibugay and their 30 MW Ampiro Geothermal Power Project in Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur.

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6th DIVISION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF GINGOOG CITY – VICE GOVERNOR JOEY G. PELAEZ presents to the School Principals and School Heads of Gingoog City the accomplishments of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Misamis Oriental which are related to education during their 6th Division Executive Committee Meeting. Among others, Vice Governor Pelaez authored a Resolution supporting the passage of pending legislative measures seeking to increase the salaries of public school teachers and non-teaching personnel. He also wrote all Vice Governors around the country to request them to pass a similar Resolution to push for the passage of pending legislative measures that benefit DepEd personnel in both the Senate of the Philippines and the House of Representatives. Also present during the activity were Gingoog City Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Myrna Castaños and Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Edgardo Abanil.

Since he assumed offices as mayor in the Municipality of Tagoloan within three ter ms, cong ressman in the second district of the Misamis Oriental within two terms and governor of the province at present, Gob. Bambi Emano’s way of personally handing over his projects to the communities remains. It is the major concern and intent of the Governor to see the plight of the people and the issuance of urgent action to the basic needs of

the barangays. During the relief distribution and turn-overs of 33 multi-purpose vehicles known as Bambi Kabs just recently, almost 80% of the areas never had a governor set foot in their communities. It pleased them because for the longest time, it was the only instant that a governor who cares has come to visit them and tried to reach out. They felt the genuine and sincere service of Gov. Bambi Emano for the poor and less fortunate.

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UNIQLO collaborates with SMB Pale Pilsen Finally, a Philippine icon on a Uniqlo T-shirt. Iconic Japanese brand Uniqlo now carries San Miguel Pale Pilsen on its new corporate collaborations project. These collaborations make UNIQLO closer to more people around the world. Availabe in all Uniqlo stores nationwide and selected ASEAN countries like Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia, the specially-designed shirts are expected to delight customers of both brands. The brand is also collaborating with some of the ASEAN region’s iconic homegrown brands, as well as designers and music legends. “In celebration of our third year in the Philippines, UNIQLO collaborated with San Miguel Pale Pilsen to give Filipinos a valued offering that is in line with the goals of our companies. UNIQLO's collaboration with San Miguel will not disappoint our fans. Our T-shirts will bring us closer to the hearts of many Filipinos”, says Geraldine Sia, Fast Retailing Philippines, Inc.’s General Manager. “Our collaboration with Uniqlo brings us excitement. San Miguel Pale Pilsen which is celebrating its 125th year is one of the world’s best beers--a real pride of the Philippines. Uniqlo, with its humble beginnings is now a global retail leader which highly speaks of the hard work and passion for excellence

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ational Commission for Culture and the Arts, Philippine Cultural Education Program, Xavier University, through its Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts (XCCA) and School of Education (SOE), congratulated the 29 scholars who successfully completed the Level I of the Graduate Diploma in Cultural Education. Since the summer of 2008, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through several partner higher education institutions (HEIs) nationwide, has been offering a credit-earning post-baccalaureate teacher enhancement program called Certificate Program on Cultural Education (which is now formally known as the Graduate Diploma in Cultural Education). Strongly aligned with the program objectives of the Philippine Cultural Education Program (PCEP), the 24-unit program offers scholarship opportunities for 40 to 50 regionbased public elementary and high school teachers in the core subject areas (Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, English and Filipino) and MAPEH (Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health) to undergo a two-summer intensive training. Designed as an in-service residential program, the GDCE covers a total of 432 hours of intensive training designed to integrate functional understanding of the local and national history, culture, heritage and the arts into the five core subject areas – Social Sciences, Languages, Science, Math and MAPEH. It requires its participants to produce researches on local history, reflection papers, and group and individual lesson exemplars. The two-summer 24-unit post-baccalaureate program, divided into Level I and Level II, offers the foundation and major courses to enhance the participants’ understanding of the theories, processes and applications of arts, culture, heritage in the culture-based teaching of the basic education curriculum. Aligned with the PCEP’s thrust in expanding and formalizing cultural education, GDCE has equipped the teachers to have culture-based teaching and learning experiences. Philippine Culture and Arts courses such

All Photos Supplied as Philippine Arts, Revisiting Philippine History, Ethno-Linguistics, and Cultural Mapping, among others, were taught in this graduate diploma program. The program was aimed at forming teachers to become culturally aware, sensitive and become advocates “who now know better how to impart not only the knowledge but also the responsibilities of promoting, protecting and handing down our culture, values, heritage and traditions to the

younger generation.” The students of GDCE have undergone through the modular lectures, excursions, field studies, and artistic performances exposures. At the end of the program, they came up with culture-based lessons and mechanisms, and were expected to apply these to their respective institutions. The GDCE in Northern Mindanao was held at XU on May 4-29, 2015 at the AVR 5 of the SBM building.

The following are the 29 GDCE scholars from Region 10: Ang, Riza A (Corrales Elementary School); Apduhan, Gil T (Tagoloan National High School); Balayo, Ernie Regie C (Lapasan National High School); Balisado, Amadia N (Bangud National High School); Cane, Apbilla B (Calamba National Comprehensive High School); Carlos, Roy Guinawat (ManoloFortich National High School); Cirunay, Mary Ann B (Gingoog City National High School); Curay, Genevie E (Kapatagan National High School); Dahan, Joje M (Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School); Dela Torre, Jorie J (Lapasan National High School); Doliente, Roslyn M (Magallanes National High School); Doño, Mark Windel R (Dagumbaan Elementary School); Elago, Edgar T (Doña Rosario National High School); Fudolig, Gerlie May G (Looc National High School); Galo, Marie Jane T (Gingoog City National High School); Galono, Mary Caress T (Lapasan National High School); Go, Joramer E (Valencia National High School); Idulsa, Annabelle J (Bukidnon National High School); Labininay, Niño S (Lapasan National High School); Lagumbay, Elfinda U (Cagayan de Oro National High School); Layson, Brian (Bukidnon National High School); Lumagsao, Jeddy C (Taglimao Elementary School); Maestrado, Jennefer A (Tagoloan National High School); Ontoy, Ivor I (Kibuda Elementary School); Pimentel, Arthur G (Valencia National High School); Suralta, Astrud B (Cagayan de Oro National High School); Tarre, Nora G (Cagayan de Oro National High School – Balulang Annex); Villegas, Sunshine R (Cagayan de Oro National High School); Zamora, Dinah Zoraida B (Lapasan National High School)

Philippine Cultural Education Program Background With the promulgation on August 11, 2001 of Republic Act 9155, also known as “An Act Instituting a Framework of Governance for Basic Education, Establishing Authority and Accountability, Renaming the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) as a Department of Education (DepEd) and for other Purposes,” cultural education was effectively reaffirmed as an integral part of basic education but administrative supervision of cultural agencies formerly attached to DECS was transferred to the NCCA. PCEP envisions “A nation of culturally literate and empowered Filipinos” by ensuring that

culture is the core and foundation of education, governance, and sustainable development. It seeks to develop among Filipinos greater awareness, understanding, and appreciation of their culture and arts, towards the evolution of a consciousness that will improve the quality of their lives. It was designed to make cultural education accessible to all sectors of Philippine society, particularly the youth, teachers, artists and cultural workers, officials and employees of the government, members of the media, and civil society. In 2001, cognizant of the need to accelerate the process of integrating culture in the basic education

curriculum and mainstreaming it in national development plans, the NCCA Board of Commissioners, in its September 2001 meeting, resolved that a Philippine Cultural Education Plan (PCEP) be formulated and operationalized. In 2002, after a series of yearlong consultative meetings, PCEP was launched as a comprehensive flagship program that outlined goals, policies, and projects on cultural education through the formal, non-formal, and informal systems. A comprehensive five-year plan of action (2003-2007), containing various proposed programs, projects, and policies, was launched to flesh out the necessary steps

toward the attainment of PCEP goals. The NCCA Board constituted a task force in October 2002. From 2003 – 2007, PCEP was put into operation with the Sub-Commission on Cultural Dissemination as oversight and implementing body. It carried out several projects including national consultative meetings, conferences, workshops, training-writeshops, arts camps and festivals on culture-based teaching and good governance. Among the projects initiated was the KaguruangMakabayan National Consultative Workshop Series on Culture-Based Teaching of the MAKABAYAN Curriculum. To

ensure that the plan is properly reviewed, updated, consolidated, and extended, the NCCA Board of Commissioners created the PCEP Task Force in March 2007. The enactment of the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 on March 26, 2010, PCEP established a major gain by its designation as the body, together with DepEd, tasked to “formulate the cultural heritage education programs both for local and overseas Filipinos to be incorporated into the formal, alternative and informal education, with emphasis on the protection, conservation and preservation of cultural heritage property (Article X, RA 10066).”

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3-million supply backlog in these sectors. Among these projects are Ventura Residences, St. Therese Subdivision, and Mountain View Homes in Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City. A Brown’s existing property ventures are mainly high-end residential estates, mostly located in the Northern Mindanao Region and one in Rizal. For its mixed-use, naturethemed, master-planned integrated communities, ABCI has established industry leadership in Northern Mindanao with Xavier Estates, its flagship property in Cagayan de Oro, the region‘s pioneering high-end residential subdivision. Among the company’s other innovative properties in the high-end sector are Teakwood Hills in Cagayan de Oro, Coral Resort Estates in Initao, Misamis Oriental; Valencia Estates in Bukidnon, West Highlands in Butuan City, and East Cove Village in Rizal. However, another new project which will not fall under the economic and social housing sectors is ABCI’s first ever vertical project, a 36unit multi-story condominium at its prime Coral Resorts Estate in Initao, Misamis Oriental. Although it is ABCI’s first vertical development project and a distant location from the urban areas of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, Mr. Pizarro assures it is a market driven initiative. “The project arose from the desire of many of our locators in Xavier Estates to have a second home where they could relax for the weekend, and Coral Resorts just happened to fill that need,” Mr. Pizarro said. “So the market for this project would definitely be Cagayan de Oro, and more specifically, our existing home owners in Xavier Estates.” In addition to the shift to lower-end projects, ABCI Executive Chairman Mr. Walter Brown also revealed plans to extend the company’s masterplanning expertise overseas, upon receiving an invitation from the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville to develop projects in the territory. “We are currently studying this project seriously,” said Dr. Brown, who just arrived from a trip to Bougainville this June. On power generation, A Brown is planning to build a 15-megawatt (MW) plant in General Santos City

and another 5-MW plant in San Francisco town in Surigao del Norte province. The company, through subsidiary PeakpowerSoccsargen Inc., is already operating a 20.9-MW bunker-fired plant in General Santos and a 5.2MW plant in Agusan del Sur through Peakpower San Francisco, Inc. Two other plants are scheduled to be operational by 2016: 10.4 MW by PeakpowerBukidnon, Inc. and the first of two 135-MW units of Palm Concepcion Power Corporation (PCPC) in Iloilo province. Another subsidiary, Hydro Link Projects Corp., is also developing the Carac-an Hydroelectric Project in Surigao del Sur with a 25-MW capacity. A Brown also recently formed a new subsidiary, AB Bulk Water Company, Inc., that will engage in water distribution in Opol, Misamis Oriental through a partnership with the local government. ABCI is a diversified holding company engaged in real estate development, agribusiness (palm oil plantation, milling and refinery), energy generation (coal, diesel, hydro and renewables) and resources (precious metals, oil and gas exploration). The company has primarily focused its business interests in Mindanao, though the power and real estate segments have investments in other regions.

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source to feed its capacity to the main grid and turn it off without warning to test whether the grid is ready for its operation. Unless major problems arise, the process could be completed within 15 days. Manuel M. Orig, AboitizPower first vice-president for Mindanao, said the synchronization comes at a time “when the grid needs it most,” referring to the prevailing tight power supply in Mindanao due to the limited capacity of the southern island’s two main hydropower sources. As of yesterday, the Mindanao grid had a capacity of 1,444 MW while peak demand was 1,359 MW, leaving a reserve of 85 MW, based on the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ Web site. Mr. Orig also confirmed that the timetable for the commercial operation of the other 150-MW unit will still be in February next year after it suffered some damage due to the unexpected Mindanao-wide power outage last April 5 that was caused by a problem in the Agus complex,

one of the two government-run hydroelectric complexes. The two new 150-MW units, which are part of TSI’s planned 645-MW power plant located at the boundary of Davao City and Davao del Sur province, is the first among several private sector projects to connect to the main grid in nine years. The last to do so was Steag State Power, Inc. when it started operating its 210-megawatt power plant in Misamis Oriental. TSI’s initial 300-MW capacity has been contracted to about 20 electric cooperatives and three power distributors in Mindanao, two of which are AboitizPower subsidiaries in the cities of Davao and Cotabato. The full 645-MW capacity is expected to be completed in 2018. The Mindanao grid’s system capacity has been tight in the last five years due to lack of new generating sources in the face of growing demand. More than 50% of Mindanao’s supply is sourced from the government-run Agus and Pulangi hydroelectric complexes. During dry spells, the Mindanao grid relies mainly on the power barge operated by another AboitizPower subsidiary, Therma Marine, Inc., for ancillary power. The location of the island’s main power plants, mostly in northern Mindanao, is also a drawback as the biggest power consumers such as Davao City are in the south.

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the island-region. The One Stop Facilitation and Monitoring Center (OSFMC), which handles the fast tracking of pending RE projects in Mindanao received 59 new applications adding to a total of 290 applications for RE projects with a combined capacity of almost 3,000 megawatts (MW). In May this year, the center reported 231 applications with a combined capacity of 2,419.17 MW. The additional RE project applications will have a combined capacity of 578.92 MW if completed and fully operational. “The projects are spread across hydro, geothermal, solar, and biomass. The bulk of the pending RE power project applications however are hydropower with a total of 242 projects and a combined potential capacity of 2,147.71 MW,” said Romeo Montenegro, director for Investment Promotions and Public Affairs Office of the Mindanao Development Authority

(MinDA). Montenegro who also oversees the operations of the OSFMC said majority of the hydropower projects are located in Northern Mindanao. At the recently concluded Energy Investment Briefing held here at the Waterfront Insular Hotel, Montenegro announced that Mindanao’s power supply mix will shift in 2017 to 45 percent RE and 67 percent nonrenewable energy from the current 55 percent RE and 33 percent non-RE. “The OSFMC ensures that facilitation and the fast-tracking of these energy projects are given utmost importance in order that Mindanao will continue to enjoy an affordable, reliable, and clean energy source,” he said. An initiative of MinDA, the Department of Energy, and USAID’s Building Low Emission Alternatives to Develop Economic Resilience and Sustainability (B-LEADERS) Project, the OSFMC is aimed to help address Mindanao’s power supply deficit by fast-tracking the approval process of RE projects. Among the top pending hydropower projects include the 140 MW Davao Hydroelectric Power Project of the San Lorenzo Ruiz Builders and Developers Group, Inc. in Davao City; the 110 MW Kabulnan 2 Hydroelectric Power Project of Philnewriver Power Corp. in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat; the 50 MW Lake Dapao Hydroelectric Power Project; and the 50 MW Maltling River Hydroelectric Power Project of the AQA Global Power Inc. in Lanao del Sur. The OSFMC recorded 28 pending projects for solar energy with a combined potential capacity of 427.25 MW. Among the top projects include the 35 MW Darong Solar Power Project of the PhilNewEnergy, Inc. in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur; 35 MW ICOM Solar Power Project of the Local Government Unit of the Islamic City of Marawi in Lanao del Sur; and the 20 MW Kirahon Solar Power Project of the Kirahan Solar Energy Corporation in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental. Geothermal energy projects accounts for eight with a potential capacity of 278.48 MW. Many of the geothermal projects are those of the Energy Development Corporation like the 40 MW Lakewood Geothermal Prospect in Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga Sibugay and their 30 MW Ampiro Geothermal Power Project in Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur.

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Biomass energy projects recorded by the OSFMC have a combined capacity of 144.65 MW. Some of the projects include the 23.50 MW Woody Biomass Power Plant Project of the Eastern Petroleum Corporation in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte; 15 MW Price Husk-fired Biomass Power Plant Project of the Lamsan Power Corporation in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao; and the 12 MW Multi-feedstock Biomass Power Plant Project of the Misamis Oriental Bio-Energy Corporations in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental. Montenegro also underscored the importance of having a diversified energy mix so that Mindanao will not rely solely on one source of energy, which has been proved ineffective when the island only relied on the Agus-Pulangi Hydropower Power Complexes. Aside from the monitoring of the pending renewable energy projects, the OSFMC also facilitated a number of prospective and existing power investors since it was launched in October last year. One on the projects facilitated is the 68 MW Manolo Fortich Project of Hedcor, a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power, in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. The center facilitated in the fast tracking of the tree-cutting permit and the NWRB Water Rights Permit. The company has recently held a ground breaking ceremony earlier this year and is expected to be completed by 2018. “With the OSFMC we hope to fast-track more renewable energy projects, which is also in line with our Mindanao 2020 goals of having a 50-50 energy mix of renewable energy and non-renewable energy,” Secretary Luwalhati R. Antonino, chairperson of the MinDA, said.

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previous work experience. The graduates also received an average starting salary and performance incentives of P10,000 per month. BagoSphere has partnered with Teleperformance, Transcom, and Panasiatic, three of the leading global outsourcing companies in the country, for immediate placements after undergoing training. Lee expects to replicate their success in Bago City to the Bacolod and Quezon City branches. The training also attracted the attention of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region VI, which has tapped BagoSphere to train students belonging to the conditional cash transfer (CCT) beneficiary-families from Bago City. With 80% of students under the first DSWD batch finding call center employment within two weeks of graduation, DSWD is now looking at a long-term partnership with BagoSphere. Aside from DSWD, BagoSphere also provides training programs to the family members of the Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF) borrowers. Bagosphere in its pilot phase was supported by the National University of Singapore (NUS), and later signed up for its seed round impact investors led by xchange, a social enterprise incubator in the Philippines; Kickstart Ventures, the wholly-owned Venture Capital subsidiary of Globe Telecom; and Small World Group Incubator in Singapore. Incidentally, Globe provides one-year free internet and mobile phone services to BagoSphere as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility commitments. “We are proud of the milestones achieved by BagoSphere, the only brick-and-mortar company in our startup portfolio. Hopefully, the inspiring stories coming out of the Bagosphere graduates would encourage other impact investors to sign up with Bagosphere so that the work they’ve started for the benefit of unemployed and underemployed Filipino youth would reach other areas,” said Pia Angeli Bernal, social impact investments manager of Kickstart. BagoSphere is, likewise, a Kiva Field Partner. Thus, its students

are able to crowdfund their training costs via third-party and private contributors. BagoSphere’s role is to screen the borrower to add credibility to the micro-loan requester. BagoSphere is currently accepting applications for its August 10 classes in the cities of Bacolod and Bago.

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mon-tue|June 22-23, 2015 EXTRA- JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH A DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF LAND Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late TOMASA B. PABILLARAN, who died on JANUARY 31, 1968 in MACASANDIG, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY; That the said deceased, at the time of her death, left a parcel of land situated in Barangay Balulang , Cagayan de Oro City and more particularly described as follows: TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION KATIBAYAN NG ORIHINAL NA TITULO NO. P-5137 LOT 44539, Cad-237 (LOT 3035-F, Csd-10014767-D) TAX DECLARATION NO. 214292, A PARCEL OF LAND, Lot 44539, Csd.237 (Lot 3035-F, CSD10-014767-D) located at Barangay Balulang, City of Cagayan de Oro, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE (3,529) square meters. All points referred to are marked on the fround as indicated on the plan by BL, cyl. Conc. Mons. 15 x 40 cms. ALDRIN NERI GALANIDA & MARICEL TALAID GALANIDA legal age, Filipino citizen, SPOUSES with residence and postal address at LOT 30-34 GREEN HEIGHTS BALULANG, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY hereinafter referred to as the BUYER/VENDEE; is the subject of EXTRA- JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ADEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF LAND under the notary public of Atty. EMELITO J. MARQUIÑO, As per Doc. No. 413; Page No.82; Book No. XI; Series of 2015. BWM: June 8, 15 & 22, 2015

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which is the Giant Cavendish Tissue Culture Variant (GCTCV) 219. According to the DA program, a farmer may get 1,500 pieces of GCTCV 219 variety provided they will apply the appropriate technology and fertilized for their planting. “The farmer may also opt to shift from other crops like Cacao, Coffee, Corn, Cassava and assorted vegetables,” she said. DA- X I I n f o r m a t i o n Officer Noel Provido said that farmers, who wish to avail of the said programs, will have to approach their respective local agriculture office. Palma disclosed that the department allocated P 102-million to combat the spread of Fusarium in the banana industry.

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abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk. Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam. The

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 43 Gingoog City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

other acts of worship are the ‘shahadah’, which is the declaration of faith; ‘salat’, the five daily prayers; ‘zakat’, or alms giving; and ‘hajj’, the pilgrimage to Mecca. In line with this, the ARMM government has adjusted the working hours of Muslim employees, which started on Thursday, July 18, from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM. This schedule will last until the Eid al-Fitr or “feast of breaking the fast” on either July 17, or July 18. Meanwhile, about 60 food and non-food exhibitors showcased goods and services inside the ARMM Compound in Cotabato City. Secretary Sakiran Hajan of the ARMM’s Trade and Industry department, which serves as this year’s lead agency of the Ramadan Food and Trade Fair, said the event is not exclusive for Muslims. T h e re are s e r i e s of activities lined up for the month-long celebration,

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

Gingoog City, June 1, 2015.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF BY:

BWM: June 8, 15 & 22, 2015

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

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nine percent. Asian offshore participation was sizeable with combined allocations of 51 percent, achieving the company’s objectives of diversifying away from its onshore investor base. Vista Land is the largest home-builder in the Philippines having built about 300,000 homes in 86 cities and municipalities in 35 provinces around the country.

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One on the projects facilitated is the 68 MW Manolo Fortich Project of

MYRNA R. LIM CIVIL CASE NO. 2002-358 Plaintiff, -versusJULIETA H. LIM Defendant. X---------------------------------/ NOTICE OF SALE ON EXECUTION WHEREAS, by virtue of an Order of Execution issued by Sammy G. Uba, Court Legal Researcher, Clerk of Court Designate, witnessed by Honorable Jeoffre W. Acebido, Presiding Judge of this Court, on April 26, 2015, in Civil Case No. 2002-358 wherein MYRNA R. LIM, the plaintiff and JULIETA H. LIM, is the defendant for the Collection of Sum of Money in the amount of THREE MILLION FICE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS ONLY (Php 3,500,000.00) as total principal obligation inclusive of penalty charges and litigation expenses, levy was made by Nathaniel B. Russel Court Process Server, on January 27, 2003, thru the Register of Deeds on January 29, 2003, on the rights, interest and participation of said defendant JULIETA H. LIM, in the property more particularly described as follows: DESCRIPTION

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-17491 A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 121-G, PSD-104308016022, being a portion of Lot 121, Pcs-5848) situated in the Poblacion , City of Gingoog, Island of Mindanao bounded on the SE., along line 3-4 by lot 121-H, on the SW, NW & NE along lines 4-1-2-3 by lot 121-J (Right on the way 4.00 M Wide). All of the Subdivision plan Psd-104308-16022. Registered in the Name of JINKY MYLENE G. BORROMEO and RICARTE L. LAGUMBAY . Containing an area of Eighty One (81 sqm.) more or less.

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 41 Cagayan de Oro City

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. 203 Upon Extra-Judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed by FIRST VALLEY BANK, INC with Principal address at Baroy, Lanao, Del Norte and a Branch Office at Brgy.22, Gingoog City, against, SPS. RICARTE and JINKY MYLENE LAGUMBAY, resident of Brgy. 24-A. Paz, Village, Gingoog City, to satisfy the Mortgage indebtedness which as of April 30, 2015, have amounted to NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO (Php 98,332.00) PESOS embracing the principal interest and other charges, excluding foreclosure expenses. The undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction on August 3, 2015, to the highest bidder for CASH at 10:00 o’clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court . Branch 43, Regional Trial Court, Dugenio St., Gingoog City, the following properties with all the improvements existing thereon, to wit:

w h i c h i n c lu d e Q u r- an reading, Islamic symposia, cultural presentation, free Iftar (fast-breaking) and nightly events sponsored by different ARMM line agencies. (Bureau of Public Information/APB/PIA-10)

TCT NO. T-38702 A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot No. 25006-B-2-A, PSD10-005240) situated in the bo. of Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE (575) Sq. Meters more or less; TCT NO. T-54585 A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot No. 25008-B-4-B, PSD10-007030) situated in the bo. of Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR (834) Sq. Meters more or less; NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of said Order of Execution and in accordance with Rule 39, Section 19, of the Rules of Court, Sheriff Alden V. Sambaan will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for CASH and in Philippines Currency, on the 3rd day of August 2015, at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter, at the entrance door of Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, Capitol Compound, A. Luna St., Cagayan de Oro City, the rights, interests and participation of the defendant JULIETA H. LIM, in the above described property in order to satisfy said Order of Execution, together with interest, costs, sheriff’s fees and expenses of sale.

Cagayan de Oro City, June 4, 2015.

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Republic of the Philippines Regional Trial Court 10TH Judicial Region Branch 26 Medina, Misamis Oriental -01ST VALLEY BANK, INC., GINGOOG BRANCH EJF NO. 356-M (15) Mortgagee FOR: EXTRAJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135, as AMENDED BY ACT 4118 -versusSPS. RICO & EDNA BRANZUELA, Mortgagor. x-----------------------------------------------/ SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SALE Upon Extrajudicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed by 1st VALLEY BANK, INC., GINGOOG Branch , mortgagee against SPS. RICO & EDNA BRANZUELA, mortgagor, with residence and postal address at Brgy. Lapinig, Municipality of Balingoan, Misamis Oriental to satisfy the indebtedness of the mortgagors to the former in the amount of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY PESOS & 17/100 ( P 282,470.17) Philippine Currency , including interest due, penalties and other charges excluding 10% attorney’s fees and other liquidated damages as of April 30, 2015 plus all other expenses incurred in connection with this petition and sale, the undersigned RTC Sheriff sell at public Auction on July 24, 2015 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the Hall of Justice, RTC Branch 26, Medina, Misamis Oriental to the highest bidder for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all improvements thereof to wit: Transfer Certificate of Title No.P-36448 A PARCEL OF LAND , Lot No. 3942, Cad.703-D ( Lot No. 1, CCS-10-001036) situated at Barrio Kauswagan , Municipality of Balingoan, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao, Philippines, described as Bounded on the North along line 3-4 by lot 10; on the NE., 4-5 by lot 11; on the SE., along line 5-1 by lot 2 and on point 1 by lot 7; on the SW., along line 1-2 by lot 8 , along line 2-3 by lot 9. All of CCS-10001036, Cad. 703-D Balingoan Cadastre. Beginning at a point marked “1” on the plan being S.00* 33’ W., 1844.85 meters from BLLM No. 1, Cad. 703-D; thence; N. 16* 35’ E., N. 45* 15’ E., N. 89* 41’ E., S. 53* 42’ E., S. 69* 00’ W.,

49.74 m. to point 2; 83.18 m. to point 3; 70.05 m. to point 4; 57.00 m. to point 3; 203.36 m. to point of

beginning Containing an area of NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHT (9,608) square meters, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and marked on the ground. Bearing TRUE DATE of Survey July 15-30, 2005, executed by Geodetic Engineer Evelyn N. Bollozos and was approved on September 30, 2005.

This lot is covered by F.P.A. No. 104303-553.

In the event of failure of bidding or auction sale cannot take place for whatever reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice posting and publication. Prospective bidders/buyers may investigate for themselves the title of the herein above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Medina, Misamis Oriental, June 1, 2015. (Sgd) ELLOGENE C. ATIENZA RTC Sheriff IV

(Sgd) ALDEN V. SAMBAAN Sheriff

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SOCIALIZED housing development BellaVita Land Corp. continues to enrich the lives of the hardworking Filipinos by launching more properties in Cagayan De Oro City. The real estate company aims to give every Cagayanons a shot at having a home they can call their own. Instead of renting or living with

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relatives, families get the chance to invest for their own property for as low as their usual monthly rent. “We see that a lot of families spending their hard-earned money on rent or living with relatives in small houses, which can be uncomfortable at times. With BellaVita, you can now fulfill your

SOCIALIZED housing development BellaVita Land Corp. aims to give every Cagayanos a shot at having a home they can call their own.

BellaVita’s developments are all nestled in a peaceful and safe community, beautifully and practically designed and will provide reliable performance over time.

dream of having your own home for your family,” said Barry Trinidad marketing manager for BellaVita Land Corporation. BellaVita’s developments are all nestled in a peaceful and safe community, beautifully and practically designed and will provide reliable performance over time. “We ensure that the living experience in BellaVita is very comfortable. Families who used to live with extended family members will now have the privacy they have always wanted,” Trinidad said. BellaVita in Cagayan de Oro City is a horizontal development located at Baragay Indahag, which is just six kilometers away from town proper. It is a perfect mix of affordability and quality. According to Trinidad, BellaVita Cagayan de Oro City takes pride of its prime and strategic location, giving its residents more opportunities in life. Likewise, it is also near to major commercial and business establishments and different mode of transportations and is flood-free. “What’s great with BellaVita other than affordability and quality homes is its prime and flood-free location. You really don’t have to go far for work or school because major establishments are just around the corner. It is also advisable to raise a family since we ensure that our neighborhood is very family-friendly. And of course, your safety is our utmost priority.” The buying experience with BellaVita is also easy on pocket since the monthly payment is light. Finally, with BellaVita, every Cagayanon’s dream of owning a home is just within their grasp. For inquiries, visit or like http://www. bellavita.ph or like https://www.facebook.com/ BellaVitaLandCorp.