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ARMM in BuB program THE Department of Budget and Management will now include the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao under the coverage of the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BuB) program. Joint Memorandum Circular No. 7-A, dated June 10, amends the policy guidelines for the BuB’s implementation to include the office of the ARMM regional governor and the ARMM regional departments as implementing agencies. The circular provides a P20million budget cap each for the two cities of Marawi and Lamitan, and the region’s 116 municipalities.

Mindanao railway ZAMBOANGA City -- The local business sector in this region sees the transformation of the island of Mindanao once the long overdue Mindanao Railway System project is realized. Pedro Rufo N. Soliven, governor for Western Mindanao of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc., said the realization of the Mindanao Railway System project will provide more access to local products among people in different parts of Mindanao. “The project will definitely boost economic activities thru interconnectivity and accessibility of products and people of Mindanao,” Mr. Soliven said in an interview.

La Niña BUTUAN City -- As PAGASA announced the coming of the La Niña season, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga already prepared a disaster plan, which includes stockpiling of food and non-food items, prepositioning of goods, capability building of human resources, and inter-agency coordination and networking. To date, a total of 12,380 food packs are readily available at DSWD Warehouse located at Brgy. Tiniwisan, this city. These are ready for augmentation to the local government units. The field office also ensured that there is an on-going procurement of 17, 620 family food packs.

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N order for Mindanao to catch-up with the rest of the country, the Duterte administration has only to “strengthen” the island’s agriculture sector, which the World Bank said holds the key to the island’s development and progress.

POLITICAL WILL. Karl Kendrick Chua, senior country economist of the World Bank Philippine Office, pointed out that political will is needed by the one who holds power, along with citizen participation, in developing agriculture, which the World Bank believes is the key to Mindanao’s development and progress. (Photo by BONG D. FABE)

Normin’s tribal summit held By MARK FRANCISCO and CHELSEA BIEN Staff Writers

LUMADS from all over Northern Mindanao gathered for their yearly summit in Cagayan de Oro City last Saturday. The 2016 Mindanao Grand Tribal Summit was organized by the Mindanao Tribal Judiciary Council and a prelude to the bigger TriPeoples Summit to be held in Davao City next month. With the theme Magkauban Para sa Pagbarog sa Kaugalingon nga Gobyerno o Estadong Lumad, the Cagayan de Oro City garnered around 200 tribal leaders from all over the region. These leaders who belonged to 28 ethnic groups were mostly Higaonons, Manob os, Mamanwas, Subanens and Manobos. There were also Lumad visitors coming from Caraga, notably from Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur. According to Supreme Datu Dencio Lipiahan Sr., Supreme Tribal Justice, the summit is held every June and meant to collate the concerns of the Lumads in a year. summit/PAGE 18

“Mindanao’s comparative advantage lies in agriculture and the future of Mindanao lies in agriculture,” said Karl Kendrick Chua, senior country economist of the World Bank Philippine Office

during a forum-workshop at a hotel here Thursday. C hu a pre s e nt e d for validation the draft of the Mind anao Jobs R ep or t (MJR), which he said “supports the Mindanao

2020, Filipino 2040, and the Bangsamoro Development Plan (BDP).” He said there is a great need to develop Mindanao since the Philippines cannot fully develop if Mindanao lags behind. The MJR will help guide policymakers in reassessing prog r ams and proj e c t s for Mindanao’s economic development. And since the agriculture sector is a major contributor to Mindanao’s economic growth, focus should be given to strengthen the sector. agri/PAGE 18

Duterte vows a government for the ‘helpless, hopeless, and defenseless’ By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, Correspondent

DAVAO C i t y - - T h r e e d a y s before taking his oath as the 16th President of the Philippines, outgoing Mayor Rodrigo Duterte vowed, as he did for this city, a government for the “helpless, hopeless, and defenseless.”

Speaking before government workers who attended Monday’s f lag-raising ceremony — his last as city mayor for 22 years — Duterte acknowledged these were the words that his father, Vicente, lived by as Governor of the then undivided Davao and which he emulated as city mayor. vows/PAGE 18

Piñol lists interventions for poorest PH provinces By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO, Correspondent

D AVA O C i t y - The incoming administration of President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte will implement inter ventions on

agriculture for the country’s 10 poorest provinces. M r . D u t e r t e ’s designated Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said a project

management office will be set up in each of these provinces in c o ord i n at i on w it h their provincial governments. lists/PAGE 19

Dismissed Cagayan de Oro Mayor to stay in office By JIGGER J. JERUSALEM, Philippine News Agency

EMBATTLED Cagayan De Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno would remain in office despite the Ombudsman’s dismissal order, a lawyer said Tuesday. The Ombudsman denied Moreno’s motion for reconsideration and sustained

the dismissal of Moreno and the city’s acting City Treasurer from service and perpetual disqualification to hold public office penned on Aug. 14, 2015. Lawyer Dale Mordeno, one of Moreno’s lawyers,

said that the order of the Ombudsman was not yet final and that the mayor is given 15 days to appeal the decision upon receipt of the ruling. He said that Moreno had yet to receive the Order until Tuesday. stay/PAGE 19

EMBATTLED. Mayor-elect Oscar Moreno faces another uphill battle after the Ombudsman upheld his earlier dismissal and bars him from holding any public office.

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O N S E R VAT I O N advocates from the JCI Macajalar 24K, Macajalar Bay De vel opment Al liance ( M B DA ) , a n d X a v i e r University ’s McKeough Marine C enter (MMC) joined forces to conduct a series of environmental education campaign activities dedicated to the youth in line with the Marine Expo 2016. For the first phase of the Marine Expo, a training of t rainers (TOT) was conducted from June 9 to 10 at the Word of Life Seaside Bible Camp.

The TOT was attended by science teachers and ninth graders from 12 national high schools, namely: from Cagayan de Oro City and towns of Laguindingan, Alubijid, Opol, Tagoloan, Vi l l anu e v a , Ja s a an , Balingasag, Binuangan, Sugbongcogon, and Kinoguitan. Select faculty members of the XU Biology department and MMC staff, experts in their respective fields, served as the trainers. The event formed part of the Environment Month celebration, focusing on the marine environment and was

School supplies in close watch, monitoring by DTI

Davao hosts business leaders to discuss 10-point agenda

MAMBAJAO, Camiguin -- In the opening month of classes, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Camiguin Provincial Office has been closely monitoring the prices and quality of school supplies in the local market to ensure that customers will get the best value for money when buying school supplies. Based on the monitoring report of DTI here, prices of schools supplies in the prov i nc e are ge ne r a l ly reasonable and within the Suggested Retail Prices (SRP). Among the supplies that were being checked are monitoring/PAGE 19

DAVAO C i t y - - Mo r e than 300 business leaders from across the country were in Davao City for a two-day conference (June 20-21) dubbed as Sulong Pilipinas: Hakbang Tungong Kaunlaran. Business tycoons, regional business leaders, incoming cabinet secretaries attended the event held at the SMX Lanang. The event started yesterday (June 20) and will culminate today. A business workshop was conducted in the first day it aims to gather recommendations f rom the attending businessmen

aimed at raising awareness on the importance of the coasts and its resources, especially in the Macajalar Bay, a major fishing ground and economic terminal in Misamis Oriental. The trainees were taught basic marine ecology subjects using the eight modules developed and adopted from the IEC Student Development Advocates (ISDA) Manual by Dr Hilly Ann Roa-Quiaoit and Camillia Jane Bollozo produced in 2015. Modules did not only include lectures but also fun games and competitions to help participants understand

regarding the 10 point agenda of the incoming President. Sulong Pilipinas was initiated and spearheaded by the incoming President’s economic team. The 10-point agenda of incoming President Duterte d elve s i nto c ont i nu i ng present macroeconomic policies with reforms par ticularly in revenue generation, accelerating infrastructure spending, attracting foreign direct investments, pursuit of genuine agricultural strategy, addressing bottlenecks in land administration and management, strengthen

c on c e p t s b e t t e r i n a n enjoyable and interactive way. The manual is also used by MMC to teach NSTP students for the ISDA Program at Xavier, which was awarded the 2nd Best Paper Award by the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development System. Following the culmination of the camp, the trainers were expected to ripple their knowledge and insights on the significance of marine environment and conservation to their respective schools as part of the second phase of the Marine Expo 2016, from

basic education, a progressive tax income s y s t e m , e x p an d i ng t h e conditional-cash transfer program, promoting science and technolog y and the creative arts, strengthening the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law. George Barcelon, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries cited the event as a way of thinking-out-ofthe box, to move forward in achieving inclusive growth. Vi c e n t e L a o o f t h e Mindanao Business discuss/PAGE 19

June 13 to 24. Each school was provided with a copy of the ISDA Manual and a course flipchart to ser ve as information guides for their advocacies. The culminating event of the Marine Expo 2016 is slated on June 27-28 at SM

Cagayan de Oro, composed of a series of environmentrelated educational activities, including a public photo and info exhibit, a series of film showings (free admission), and a trivia game. (Nadine Arabelle Vivares and Kristine Galarrita/XU)

“Brigada Eskwela 2016” A success, Schoolholder Recognized” Mrs. Brenda S. PamisA -Teacher 3 Grade 6- Faith Adviser Mambayaan ES, North District, Balingasag, Mis. Or.

In the just concluded “Brigada Eskwela 2016” Mambayaan ES, North District of Balingasag, Misamis Oriental awarded Certificate of Recognition to Barangay government workers group headed by Hon. Joceryl F. Pamisa, the Barangay Chairman. This, in Recognition of the Valuable support attributed to the successful six day affair intended to benefit the school and the school children.

“Teachers refreshed” Mrs. Brenda S. Pamisa -Teacher 3 Grade 6- Faith Adviser Mambayaan ES, North District, Balingasag, Mis. Or.

In anticipation of the school opening for the school year 2016-2017, a three (3) day in-service training was held on June 6-8 for the purpose of updating and refreshing the teachers of teaching strategies. The seminar was held at the Central School, Poblacion Balingasag, Misamis Oriental and Participated by the faculty members composing the north District of the Municipal from Kindergarten to Grade 10. The Topics discussed during the forum are Action Research, Learning Resources Management and Development System.

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Complain or Change Think a minute…A young woman named Cherie was telling about her childhood. Both her parents worked outside of their home from the time she was a very young girl. Her mother was an actress and was only interested in her own career and selfish ambition, so she spent very little time with her kids. Even when she wasn’t working she was away from home socializing with her friends. Cherie and her brother were left alone everyday, so they got into trouble at a very young age. Their parents finally divorced and her dad remarried. Cherie was a teenager when she overdosed on drugs and almost died. The next day her stepmother, who was very loving and wise, said this to her: “Cherie, how long are you going to use your past as an excuse for your life now? You can continue hating yourself and blaming others for the way you are, or, you can choose to change.” Well, as a teenage girl Cherie chose to change. After finishing her education, she started her own business and now she travels across her nation as a public speaker to teenage kids, talking to them about their life choices. One person said: “Little people with little hearts live their life in little ruts, refusing to change anything in their little

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Jhan Tiafau Hurst world.” So when things are not the way we think they should be, we have two choices: we can keep complaining about them, or start changing them. A wise man said: “Stop complaining about what you have allowed.” It’s kind of like the old saying, “Put up or shut up.” In other words, either do something to help change and improve the situation, or stop complaining about it. We can “light a candle or curse the darkness.” God is just waiting for you to ask for His help to change your dark situation. But Jesus Christ can’t help you until you ask Him to take charge of your life everyday. If you keep shutting out His light and love, then your life will just stay as it is. Remember, “If things don’t change, they’ll stay the same.” It’s your choice. Just Think a Minute…

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There is no doubt that Mindanao’s economy is bullish given the reality that it now is the bulwark of change with the Duterte administration at the helm of governance. What makes Mindanao the new investment haven is the fact that its top cities are making waves among business investors in t he inter nat iona l community. This was and always will be the reason of BusinessWeek Mindanao’s existence as a business newspaper. Since its birth 7 years ago, it has been and will always be the mouthpiece of b ot h pr iv ate and government strides to promote business and economic development. Mindanao’s top cities have been promoted in a global scale by media, and BWEM is one of these. Mindanao’s business and environment updates in its top cities have become a regular feature in the front and inside pages of BusinessWeek Mindanao. It hailed Davao City as the most progressive, most modern and highly

editorial urbanized metropolis in Mindanao. The city is generally safe for local and foreign tourists.. International as well as national business giants have flocked to Davao City and today, it has high rise hotels, condominiums and office spaces. Its soaring progress is incomparable to other cities, hence, it is now touted as the De Facto Capital of major Philippine corporations and banks. Davao City has the best climate, best e c o n o m i c w e a t h e r, best attractions and is a clean and peaceful largest metropolis in the country. The city of Cagayan de Oro is rich in agricultural and forest lands, full of scenic tou r ist sp ot s ; w it h good infrastructures and utilities; and widely available health, educational and research f a c i l i t i e s . Wi t h a typhoon -free climate

and favorable peace and order condition, it has become a favorite venue for business investments and tourist ventures for foreign and local travelers. Caught up w it h Mi nd anao’s bullish economy, it is now the favorite of mall operators. Almost every mall in Manila has now a branch in Cagayan de Oro. Construction business is booming. Hotels have sprouted like mushrooms. This m a ke s C a g ay an d e Oro a fast growing city in Mindanao and is regularly featured by our publications. Zamboanga City is a land of many opportunities. Zamboanga is one of the finest exporter of sardines in the Philippines and to some parts of the world, economy is good.. Prices for foods, fish are less compare to other cities, people who are living here are friendly and hospitable. It is

progressive. Butuan City is now growing into a bustling urbanized city with the advent of new investors coming in and putting up malls, small and medium manufacturing plants, banking, financing and resorts and hotels. It is a city with fast growing economy with the rapid development and const r uc t ion of infrastructure projects. It i s a l s o o n e o f the most progressive cities in the Philippines due to huge property developments by SM Prime,. Robinsons Land, Filinvest, Vista Land,AB Brown and other top national developers. These are the reasons why we continue to exist. BusinessWeek Mindanao has always been at the forefront in promoting business development for Mindanao areas. Bu s i n e s s prom ot i on i n Mi nd ana o is ou r business, and trumpeting the achievements of its towns and cities in terms of business and economy is our battle cry now and beyond the ages.

Again: Europe - quo vadis? When the results were on the table, I really was shocked. And not only me? What does the Brexit mean for the United Kingdom’s and Europe’s future? What does the Brexit means for the whole global economy? Let me focus especially to France and the United K i n g d om . T h e Fre n c h business might to gain from Brexit, but also a “Frexit” menaces. Following the Brexit, the UK’s closest continental neighbor faces its own political challenges. But the French are also poised to benefit should the UK lose access to the single market. As Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities,” about Paris and London, begins, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The same could be said after Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union with a nearly 52-percent vote. France, the United Kingdom’s closest continental neighbor, will have its own set of political and economic challenges in the days ahead: from losing Great Britain as a partner at the EU round table to the specter of its own Frexit referendum. But the French are also poised to benefit should the UK lose access to the single market. Honestly, the FrancoBritish political relationship had never been defined by

the European Union but is based on bilateral interests. I am sure, that this will not change. It’s not like Germany, where the Franco-German relationship is extremely important as long as the EU is working well. As for refugees - an issue that “Leave” campaigners had hammered hard to drum up votes - French centerright Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron had previously said migrants would no longer be stuck at Calais in the event of a Brexit. But Macron’s statement was just an empty threat, and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said France would uphold its end of the 2003 Le Touquet treaty, which allows UK immigration police to conduct controls on the French side of the channel. Economy Minister Macron had said the Brexit would mean an influx into Britain from Calais. France had its own day of union reckoning in 2005, when voters rejected an EU-wide constitutional treaty. Could a Frexit be next? Marine Le Pen, of the farright National Front party, has long been an advocate of ditching the Euro currency and has already said that France needs to follow Great Britain’s lead and get out of the EU. Le Pen is expected to reach the second round

of next year’s presidential elections and says France isn’t the only country that should have a referendum: She wants all EU members to go to the polls. At the latest then, the question will arise: Europe - quo vadis? Ahead of the Brexit referendum, Herve Mariton, who is running for the center-right presidential ticket, had said he would expect the French to ask for a vote similar to the Brexit referendum, and he was not confident that voters would necessarily choose to remain. As the Brexit referendum result sank in in Paris on Friday, 32-year-old Victor Jauvin said it was good that democracy exists to allow such votes, but he is nevertheless upset about the United Kingdom’s looming exit. “This was 200 years of developing this Europe,” he said. “It’s sad that it’s b egun to disintegrate.” “Hyperdemocracy is going to come one day for decisions like this, where we have to consult the citizens of all EU countries,” Jauvin said. Some called the decision to leave hypocritical and selfish. Indeed, every country in Europe is in crisis. The vote isolates others more than building solidarity. It can’t just be ‘yes’ or ‘no’: European governments and their people have to take

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another look at the union. The foreign affairs analyst Pertusot said that if France’s center-right Republicans were to win next year’s presidential election, several of the party’s stronger voices could call for a show “in or out” referendum knowing that an out would be “very, very unlikely.” “The French like to say that they are disappointed with the EU, disenchanted - all the words the French love to say,” Pertusot said. “They dislike many aspects, feeling it’s too big or not French enough. But, at the same time, there is no hostility towards the EU like we see in some parts of the UK.” +++ Email: dor ingklaus@ gmail.com or follow me in Facebook or Twitter or visit www.germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com or www. klausdoringsclassicalmusic. blogspot.com .

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Preparation are underway for the celebration of National Disaster C onsciousness Month (NDCM) in northern Mindanao in July. According to Henry Floy Francisco of Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 10, Executive Order No. 137, s. 1999 has declared the month of July of every year as the National Disaster Consciousness Month. This is to increase the awareness of every Filipino to the ever threatening disasters for a better appreciation of the government’s disaster preparedness programs, says Francisco during Regional Development Council (RDC) “Ang Rehiyon Karon” radio program aired over DXIM Radyo Ng Bayan every last Friday of the month. Further, this month long activities gives emphasis

on the government’s efforts that they may be felt and be more appreciated by the community. These activities were proposed to enhance more public awareness measures on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) encompassing the four thematic areas on disaster prevention and mitigation; d i s a s t e r pre p a re d n e s s ; disaster response; and disaster recovery and rehabilitation. Among the highlights discussed during the radio program is the conduct of the Regionwide Essay Writing Contest in both Elementary and Secondary Level for public and private schools; the strengthening of the Disaster Risk Reduction Managers Federation through a Regional Convention; and the First National Mobile Photography Contest for Filipino students. (OCD10)

A G AYA N DE ORO -- Northern Mindanao Police Regional Office kicks-off on 27 June 2016 its 21st Police Community Relations Month celebration in Camp Alagar with the theme Matatag na Ugnayan, Ligtas na Pamayanan. National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) Regional Director Joseph D. Gonzalo graced the event as guest of honor and speaker. He said the PCR Month celebration aims to develop closer interaction between the police and the community in handling peace and order concerns. Gonzalo underscored the importance between the partnership of the police and community in achieving peace. He said that the attainment

of peace is not solely the responsibility of the police and that the community plays a crucial role in it. “Increased police manpower and better equipment brought about by a police modernization program cannot, by itself, provide the total answer to the problem of crime. Community involvement is an essential factor,” he said. However, Gonzalo also pointed out in his speech that a police should serve as a model to the community, and should not misuse and abuse the authority vested on them. “For sure, these few misguided elements will have to answer for their misdeeds. Definitely, they have no place in the police organization,” he said. In line with the

TEACH ‘EM YOUNG. Workers from Hedcor share a light moment with Higaonon kids,teaching thems chool rhyme sand poems at the Guihean Elementary School, a few kilometers away from the ongoing construction of the Hedcor 68.8 MW Manolo Fortich hydro power project in Bukidnon. Fixing a total of 17 classrooms in Bukidnon and Davao, more than 800 pupils are now enjoying a better learning environment in this year’s Brigada Eskwela.

encouragement of the police community relation, the NAPOLCOM is currently conducting a national search for PNP Model Families to encourage and strengthen partnership between the police and community. This will be highlighting the PNP’s capability as a leader and a partner of t he c om mu n it y i n t he maintenance of peace, order and security for an improved socioeconomic society. One of the aims of the

PNP Model Families is also to emphasize the importance of having strong family ties that is important to the overall success of preventing crime in communities. Among the activities dur ing t he celebrat ion includes ‘Pulis sa Barangay’ o r i e n t a t i o n s e m i n a r, friendship basketball game with media, information dissemination, bloodletting, gender sensitivity among others.(Hazel Mae Pacturan/ PIA10)

DICT launches center towards digital empowerment CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- With high hop es of bridging the digital divide and cater the needs of every Juan, the Information and Communications Technology Office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ICT now DICT) Mindanao Cluster 2 launched its ICT Skills Training and Internship Center this 23 June 2016 at the ICT Office, Cagayan de Oro City. The event is graced by the Deputy Executive Director of e-Innovation, Monchito Ibrahim and Cagayan de Oro City Mayor, Oscar Moreno. The collaboration of various partners both from the public and private sector in collectively advancing development through ICT opportunities is commended for allowing the establishment of the ICT Skills Training and Internship Center. DICT is highly indebted to the generosity of Fil-Chi Love and Care Foundation through the help of ASUS Technology Philippines for donating 20 computers used in the center. In observance of the ICT Month, DICT has paved way for opportunities and series of skills training given to selected individuals and its target sectors (students, differently-abled persons,

out-of-school youth and a d u l t s , e nt r e p r e n e u r s , unemployed professionals, women and senior citizens) to gain access to connectivity, communication, information and vital government services. The ICT Skills Training and Internship Center started as a vision of providing solutions in mitigating the digital divide. DICT has seen the potential of a growing industry which is Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) projected to double its earnings in 2017. The BPO industry helps employ many Filipinos. However, according to IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines(IBPAP), the hiring rate is only around 5-10%, citing skills mismatch as one of the many reasons for such, thus the center’s establishment to help them gain proper training. The Center offers digital literacy skills to Cagayan de Oro residents through the use of ICTO’s key projects - The Juan, Konek! Free Public WiFi: Internet Access in Public Places Project was conceived and implemented to achieve the DOST-ICTO’s vision of providing Internet for all. The government will be providing free internet to 99% of the Digital/PAGE 19

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Northern Mindanao tribal summit held By MARK FRANCISCO

LUMADS from all over Northern Mindanao gathered for their yearly summit in Cagayan de Oro City last Saturday. The 2016 Mindanao Grand Tribal Summit was organized by the Mindanao Tribal Judiciary Council and a prelude to the bigger Tri-Peoples Summit to be held in Davao City next month. With the theme Magkauban Para sa Pagbarog sa Kaugalingon nga Gobyerno o Estadong Lumad, the Cagayan de Oro City garnered around 200 tribal leaders from all over the region. These leaders who belonged to 28 ethnic groups were mostly Higaonons, Manobos, Mamanwas, Subanens and Manobos. There were also Lumad visitors coming from Caraga, notably from Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur. According to Supreme Datu Dencio Lipiahan Sr., Supreme Tribal Justice, the summit is held every June and meant to collate the concerns of the Lumads in a year. For 2016, the following were their concerns – injecting the rights and cultures of the Lumads

in the federalism plan of incoming President Duterte such as selfgovernance and empowerment. Along this line, Lipiahan and his colleagues strongly opposed the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples’ role in the promotion, recognition, protection and development of the Lumad peoples. According to Lipiahan, it should be the Lumads themselves who must be empowered to do such things. There are 12 tribes in Mindanao who collectively call themselves as Lumads – Atta, Bagobo, Banwaon, B’laan, Bukidnon, Dibabawon, Higaonon, Mamanwa, Mandaya, Manguwangan, Manobo, Mansaka, Subanen, Tagakaolo, Tasaday, Tboli, Teduray and Ubo. They are mostly animists and have never been Islamized or Christianized, the two dominating religions in the country. Upcoming Lumad celebrations in Northern Mindanao include the National Tourism Week and World Tourism Day in September and the National Indigenous Peoples Month in October.

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to ensure price stability conducive to a balanced and sustainable economic growth,” Tetangco added Domestic inflation posted an uptick last May to 1.6 percent from month-ago’s 1.1 percent but monetary officials said this is not unusual and in line with their projections.

LONDON - The world’s major central banks rushed Friday to deal with financial markets chaos arising from Britain’s shock referendum decision to quit the European Union. Britain has voted to leave the EU by 52 percent to 48 percent, sparking markets turmoil and the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron -- who had backed the failed remain campaign. The news sparked a raft of announcements from the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Swiss National Bank and the US Federal Reserve, as they clambered to curb dizzying global stock market losses. The announcements stemmed losses on major Europ e an markets li ke London, Frankfurt and Paris, but Madrid and Milan were still more than ten percent down on jitters ahead of weekend Spanish elections.

“The liquidity support promised by the Bank of England -- and subsequently the ECB and Federal Reserve -- appears to have been the main catalyst for the turnaround,” said Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell. In reaction to chaotic t rade, t he B oE sw if t ly announced that it was ready to pump £250 billion ($370 billion, 326 billion euros) to aid the smooth running of markets, declaring it will take “all necessary steps to meet its responsibilities for monetary and financial stability”. “As a backstop, and to support the functioning of markets, the Bank of England stands ready to provide more than £250 billion of additional funds through its normal facilities,” BoE governor Mark Carney said in a televised statement following the Brexit vote. “The BoE is also able to provide substantial liquidity in foreign c urrenc y, if

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In the first five months this year, inflation averaged at 1.3 percent, still below the government’s two to four percent target for 2016-18. Excluding volatile oil and food items, core inflation also rose to 1.6 percent from last April’s 1.5 percent resulting to a 1.5 percent average for the five-month period. (PNA)

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New Balingasag bus terminal inaugurated Story by MARK FRANCISCO Photos courtesy of BALINGASAG LGU

HE all-new Balingasag Bus Terminal was finally inaugurated last June 17 much to the joy of commuters who are constantly plying the Misamis Oriental-Butuan highway.

The bus terminal located along the highway in barangay Linggangao is a key midpoint of travelers from Cagayan de Oro City to any part of Caraga, including the major urban

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government unitled project is just the first phase (the terminal building) as more infrastructure works will follow on its next tranch such as fencing, landscaping and related developments. With this development, Quina and

the incoming administration of outgoing Vice Mayor and Mayorelect Marrietta Abogado guaranteed that the bus terminal will soon function for regular operation. Commercial establishments will soon put up shop there

including a Gaisano branch, Quina announced. Quina extended his thanks and congratulations to the owners of the property, the Gorospe family, for partnering with the municipal government in this endeavor.

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Volunteer Encourages Communities to Push for Community-Driven Development Saipah Angni, 23, of Barangay Bubong, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte started out her volunteer work as a Day Care School teacher in t heir a rea. Saipah narrates how she started out as a volunteer, “volunteer teacher ko sa day care school, graduating ko adto sa Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED), a kong ma ma treasurer sa Barangay Bubong, wala ko adtong panahon sa pag-elect sa mga Kalahi-CIDSS committees pero akong mama ang nagvolunteer sa ako as bookkeeper, didto nagsugod ang tanan, sukad adto, naa na g y ud ko pirme dayon sa mga aktibidades sa Kalahi-CIDSS (I was a volunteer teacher at a day care school, I was a graduating student of Bachelor of Elementary Education, my mother is the treasurer of Barangay Bubong, I wasn’t there during the election of committees for KalahiCIDSS but my mother volunteered me as the bookkeeper, that started it all for me, after that, I was always present during Kalahi-CIDSS activities).” Saipah’s experience as a volunteer in the KalahiCIDSS program gave her the opportunity to help others in her community, par t of her work as a bookkeeper was to submit reports on a monthly basis with regards to the expenditures and cash f low of the community and money in the community’s bank account. Saipah said she noticed that her lifestyle changed when she started volunteering for Kalahi-CIDSS “nausab, kai sa una halfday ra man ang daycare, after – naa ra ko sa balay, matulog, tanaw tv, pero pagvolunteer na nako sa Kalahi-CIDSS wala na koy time sa pagtanga. Nagimprove ko as a person kai karon always na ko ready, dili pareho sa una nga magtanga lang (it changed, as day care was

only half-a-day’s work, after I was just in the house, sleeping, watching TV, but when I volunteered for Kalahi-CIDSS, I did not have time to be lazy. I improved as a person, now I am always ready, unlike before that I just bummed around).” Barangay Bubong in Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte is a Muslim community, a traditional one at that since according to Saipah “Muslim community na nga lugar, tanan Muslim, traditional pa ang community gamay, dili pa kaayo open sa pagbag-o (the place is a Muslim community, all Muslims, the community is still a little bit traditional, not that open to change).” Saipah, however tells us that while these traditions still exist, programs on women empowerment are slowly changing the mindset of the community. “Sa aspeto sa women empowerment, naa na may mga programa nga para sa kababaehan, naa naman hinuon mga organisasyon gumikan sa Local Government Unit (LGU), sa Kalahi-CIDSS medyo gakakuha na nila ang pagsalig sa among komunidad (in the aspect of women empowerment, there are programs that are for women, there are a lready orga nizations through the Local Government Units, in KalahiCIDSS little by little we have earned the trust of the community).” This trust then led to the implementation of a subproject that would benef it not only t heir barangay but neighboring communities as well. “Dako gyud ang kaba g-u ha n, pa g hu ma n sa a mong project nga fa rm-to-ma rket road, dako gyud og tabang sa katawhan ang proyekto kai dili na mahasol ang mga tawo, dali na makaabot ang mga tawo sa ilang paignan kai ayo

na man ang dalan. (after our farm-to-market road, it made a big difference, the project is really of big help to the community because it makes it easier for the communit y to reach their destination because the road is now good)” Saipah enthused. “Dili ra among barangay ang natabangan sa among proyekto, pati ang tanan nga mulabay dadto sa among barangay (the project doesn’t only help our barangay but everybody who passes through our barangay)” Saipah continued. The impact of the projects goes to the communities go beyond the numbers on the reports and expenses incurred during its implementation, says Saipah with conviction. “Nipaspas na ang mga lihok sa komunidad, ang dili paspas sa una, nahimo nang paspas karon. Ang komunidad maoy nagdumala ug nagbuhat sa mga proyekto. Dako gyud og tabang ang Kalahi-CIDSS, dili lang sa barangay apil pud ang kadaghanan sa katawhan (The community’s movements are now faster, the ones that were not before are now faster. The com-

munity now manages and implements the projects. Kalahi CIDSS is really a big help, not only to the barangay but also to the majority of the people)” Saipah said. Now that she is part of the Municipal Coordinating Team of Kolambugan, Saipah says she is thankful for the opportunity to volunteer in KalahiCIDSS and that now she has to work even harder to achieve the vision of community-driven development, “ang panglantaw nako, hopefully, magtinabangay mi para da li ra ma human ang mga buluhaton dili na mag la ng y-la ngay (my hopes include that we would be able to work together for the faster delivery of our work and no delays)”. Saipah says “dili sa magjudge kung unsa ang Kalahi-CIDSS, tanawon una sa komunidad kung unsa’y pasabot sa programa, kung naay mga assembly o mga aktibidades sa Kalahi-CIDSS – mutambong gyud sila para makabalo sila sa unsa’y tumong ug tinguha sa progama (don’t judge just yet what Kalahi-CIDSS is all about, the community should look into

what the program means, if there are assemblies or activities of KalahiCIDSS – they should join and participate so that they will know what the programs goals and objectives are).” “Hinaot nga mapadayon ang communitydriven development, dako man gyud ni og tabang, daghan man gyud ta og makita nga nangahuman nga mga proyekto diri ug sa ubang munisipyo, dako nako g yud siyag tabang dili lang sa barangay pati na sa tibuok katawhan (I hope that the community-driven development continues, it is really of big help, you can see a lot of finished community projects here and other municipalities, it’s also a big help not only to the barangay but to the entire community)” Saipah concludes. The Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Serv ices (Ka la hi CIDSS) brou g ht i n 111 commu n it y s u b -pr oj e c t s to Kola mbuga n f rom 2012 to 2016 amounting to P67,391,692.00. The NCDDP brought in 29, 11 of which are ongoing (2016), community

sub-projects from 2012 to 2016 amounting to P35,700,750.00; the PAMANA modality poured in 78 sub-projects from 2012 to 2015 amounting to P23,400,000.00; and the AUSAid/DFAT brought in 4 amounting to P8,290,942.00 from 2015 to 2016. Kalahi CIDSS-NCDDP is one of the three poverty alleviation program, along with Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and Sustainable Livelihood Program, of the Philippine Government being implemented by DSWD that aims to empower communities of targeted municipalities to achieve improved access to services and participate in more inclusive local planning, budgeting, and implementation. Community-Driven Development refers to an emerging approach in community development practice where processes, principles, strategies and resources a re applied to ensure communit y empowerment by giving the people authority and control over decisions and resources. Written by Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy, DSWD

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in a text message. She noted the commission has no deadline for the release of the TOR yet. The NGCP audit was disclosed by former Energy secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla early last year, amid fears that the grid operator employs Chinese personnel. The State Grid Corp of China holds a state in the t ransmission comp any,

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Smart activates LTE cell sites in Davao Globe warns S M A R T Horn, chief technology and range and better indoor of new scam COMMUNICATIONS, Inc. information advisor for coverage, is one of several on Monday said it opened Philippine Long Distance frequencies assigned to the using Facebook f o u r m o re L on g - Te r m Te l e p h o n e C o m p a n y telecommunications business Evolution (LTE) cell sites in Davao City, as part of its larger plan of activating 360 cell sites with 700-megahertz (MHz) spectrum within the year. “We are fulfilling our commitment, that we would use the 700-MHz frequency, along with other frequencies, as part of the accelerated deployment of our LTE service. This will help us more quickly deliver, more reliable and affordable Internet services throughout the Philippines,” Joachim

(PLDT) and Smart, said in a statement. P L D T ’s w i r e l e s s subsidiary said the four new cell sites now bring the total number of 700 MHz-powered sites to eight, with the first batch set up in Tanay, Rizal; Matina, Davao City; Bacoor, Cavite; and Manggahan area in Pasig City. Other planned cell sites for the year would be located in Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, and Metro Davao. The 700-MHz spectrum, which casts a longer

of San Miguel Corp. which were jointly acquired by PLDT and Globe Telecom, Inc. last month for P69.1 billion. Smart said it is currently working with local and foreign device manufacturers to make devices that can use the 700-MHz frequency more affordable. PL DT has a l l o c ate d P43 billion in total capital expenditures for this year, and an additional $100 million for the utilization of the additional frequencies.

Mitsubishi Motors plans to boost PHL production MITSUBISHI Motors Corp. (MMC) will focus on making passenger cars in the Philippines following an additional investment this year, with plans to increase local production to export to the growing Southeast Asian market. “The Philippines is one of the core markets in ASEAN

(Association of Southeast As i a n Nat i on s ) , t h at’s why we decided to invest in the Philippines... with small passenger cars as the concentration,” Mitsubishi Motors Chief Executive Officer Osamu Masuko said in a translated press briefing yesterday in this city. “Passenger ratio is high

in the Philippines, that’s why we want to place emphasis on that.” Mitsubishi is zooming in on the ASEAN region for production and sales, with a commercial factory in Thailand for pickup trucks and multi-purpose vehicles in Indonesia. mitsubishi/PAGE 17

GLOBE Telecom cautions its postpaid customers against fraudsters in Facebook offering removal of Globe account and replacing old accounts with new ones that may include new phone units. “Based on the unauthorized offers we have monitored, customers supposedly no longer need to pay for their outstanding balances for a fee. Obviously, such offers are fraudulent and illegal, and the perpetrators of these will be subjected to criminal prosecution.” said Atty. V. Froilan Castelo, Globe General Counsel. According to Castelo, customers who will avail such offers may also be exposed to criminal prosecution and will be held liable for their outstanding and new accounts with the company. Thus, Globe urged their customers to report such fraudulent activities to them immediately. “We call on our customers not to respond to such messages sent to them via Facebook and should instead report these to us. Globe is already working closely with police authorities for the arrest of these fraudsters and to stop these fraudulent activities.” Castello added.

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SSS, DA sign agreement for coverage of over 300 job order and piece workers T he Social Security System (SSS) Davao Branch and the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region XI signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the coverage of 316 job order

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counter wild volatility in markets. And the Federal Reserve added it was “prepared to provide dollar liquidity through its existing swap lines with central banks... to address pressures in global funding markets, which could have adverse implications for the US economy”. Britain’s decision to leave the EU -- following a bitterlycontested referendum -- has rocked global stock markets and sent the pound crashing to its lowest level in more than three decades.

and piece workers under the KaltaSSS-Collect or e-AlkanSSSya Program during ceremonies held at the DA office square on June 20. The workers, who fall out s i de t he mand ator y

Brexit could also force the BoE to act urgently to prop up the British pound with intervention in the foreign exchange market. G7 warns on volatility The central bank governors of the G7 nations -- comprising the United States, Canada and Japan as well as Britain, France, Germany and Italy -- said in a joint statement that they “stand ready” to provide needed liquidity. “We re c o g n i z e t h at excessive volatility and disorderly movements in exchange rates can have adverse implications for economic and financial

coverage of the Government Service Insurance System, can now remit contributions as selfemploye d or volunt ar y members under the SSSDA agreement. Prior to the MOA signing, DA Regional

stability. “G 7 c e n t r a l b a n k s have taken steps to ensure adequate liquidity and to support the functioning of markets. We stand ready to use the established liquidity instruments to that end,” they added. The statement followed a conference call among officials from the Group of Seven leading economies to discuss Friday’s historic vote results. Switzerland’s central bank added that it had “intervened” in the foreign exchange market to stabilize the Swiss franc, considered a safe haven currency, following the Brexit verdict.

Director Engineer Remelyn R. Recoter and SSS Vice President for S out her n Mindanao 1 Emmanuel R. Palma delivered inspirational messages for the participants. Both heads emphasized the importance of SSS coverage to receive social protection during t i me s of c ont i nge nc i e s like sickness, maternity, disability, retirement and death, including privileges like salary loan and securing of Unified Multipurpose Identif ication System (UMID) cards. VP Palma stated that being new SSS members marks the beginning of renewed hope and a better life for the DA contractual p e r s on n e l . Me a nw h i l e , Director Recoter said that the SSS launch is one of the remaining activities of the department before the start

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f o o t w e a r, p l a s t i c s h o e m ol d, w ip e r bl a d e and piston with a floor price of P300,000 is available for bidding. The sale lots containing refined sugar can be bidden out to bidders registered in Sugar Regulator y Administration as “B” or domestic market. According to Mr. Gerry Macatangay, ACDD Chief of said port, “We anticipate another successful public auction. This is our way o f c o nt r i b u t i n g t o t h e revenues of the agency.”

of the new administration under President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte. She also expressed optimism that that more sub-agencies will enroll under the program in the future. SSS Davao is presently serving over 41,000 employers and about 160,000 members. Main photo shows (front row, from left) SSS Davao Account Officer Eileen M. Dela Cruz and Accounts

Monitoring Section Head Dedina M. Tomb o, SSS Senior Vice President for Mindanao Operations Group Eddie A. Jara, Palma, Recoter, and DA Region IX Administrative and Finance Officer Milagros B. Buccat do the thumbs-up pose with other SSS and DA employees. Inset shows (seated) Palma (center) and Recoter (right) during the MOA signing.

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receive incentives from the government for producing 200,000 units by 2022. In particular, the Japanese car maker wants to bring production to 100,000 yearly, well above their Laguna plant’s existing capacity of 50,000 and higher than the 30,000 current manufacturing volume. Mitsubishi targets to increase production of the Mirage once it goes fully local next year to eventually reach enough volumes for export, as well as the next-generation L300 that complies with the Euro 4 fuel standard. “We should be able to bring 100,000 a year as soon as possible. In that scenario, we’d like to consider exports,” Mr. Masuko said, pointing out “great expectations” for the Philippines, given robust economic growth and a “stable” political environment. “The Philippines will see a change in government in July, but our commitment to the country remains unchanged,” the company official also noted.

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MMC currently produces two vehicles in the Philippines: the Adventure AUV and the L300 van. MMC ’s Philippine unit plans to start the local assembly of the Mirage sedan by 2017, as enrolled under the government’s Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) program. MMC sold 55,000 cars in the Philippines last year, the seventh biggest market in terms of volume against 1.048 million total units it sold worldwide. In terms of market share, Mitsubishi captured 17% of the local auto indust r y, ran k ing second after Toyota Motor Philippines. Under the CARS program, Mitsubishi will invest P4.3 billion in a span of six years to boost local car production as the government eyes to corner a bigger share of a projected six million demand for vehicles across ASEAN. In turn, car makers will

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“Mindanao’s economy is driven by the agriculture value chain (AVC),” the MJR said. Mindanao’s GDP is P1.6 trillion, the bulk or 30 percent of which is provided by the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector. In terms of AVC, the sector provided some P934 billion. Of the 9.2 million employees in Mindanao, 5.2 million or 47% are in employed in the AVC. However, majority or 84% of the farmers and farm workers in Mindanao “are vulnerable to poverty [since] they lack scale and the skill to compete. They also have irregular surplus.” Only 0.7 million or 16% of Mindanao’s farmers have regular marketable surplus and are part of the supply ch ai ns . A l s o, of t ho s e employed in the sector, 1.4 million or 31% are near poor, 1.1 million or 25% are poor, and 1.2 million or 27% are food poor. Key to M’nao’s growth While the Philippines has indeed experienced one of the highest growth rate in the

world in recent years, poverty is still a great challenge especially in Mindanao. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), 11 of the 20 poorest provinces in the country are in Mindanao, with Lanao del Sur in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) leading with 74.3% poverty incidence. Coming in second place is Sulu (ARMM) at 65.7%; Sarangani (Region 12), 61.7%; fifth is Maguindanao (ARMM), 59.4%; sixth to eighth place are Bukidnon (Region 10), 58.7%; Sultan Ku d a r a t ( R e g i o n 1 2 ) , 56.2%; and Zamboanga del Norte (Region 9), 56.1%; in tenth place is Agusan del Sur (Caraga), 54.8%; and eleventh place is Lanao del Norte (Region 10), 50%. North Cotabato (Region 19) is in fifteenth place with 48.9%; followed in nineteenth place by Zamboanga Sibugay (Region 9) with 44.9%. All these provinces have vast agricultural lands. And developing the island’s agriculture sector is a “vital and necessary requisite to achieve growth in Mindanao,” said Saeeda Sabah Rashid, senior public sector specialist at the World Bank.

Former Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Cayetano Paderanga, in his message in the Mindanao Strategic Development Framework 2010-2020, popularly known as Mindanao 2020, said that “Mindanao holds a lot of promise for the overall growth and development of the country because of its significant land and population base and its rich natural resources.” He also acknowledged the role of the island’s agriculture sector: “[Mindanao] is the biggest contributor to the country’s total agricultural o u t p u t .” He , h ow e v e r, lamented that Mindanao’s potentials “have not been translated into sustained socioeconomic growth.” Rashid said “effective policy [must be] sustained” so that transformational change can take root. And “change is coming” was the campaign battlecry of the incoming Duterte administration, a battlecry that reverberated throughout the archipelago and catapulted the long-serving mayor of Davao City to become the first Mindanawon to serve the Philippines as its 16th president.

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region BRANCH 24 Cagayan de Oro City IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CORRECTION IN THE ENTRIES OF THE CETIFICATE OF BIRTH OF MINOR ZHAIRA MHIR C. ROBLES, REPRESENTED BY HER PARENTS,

SPEC. PROC. CASE NO. SP-ORD-2016-032

ADRIANO B. ROBLES AND MIRALYN C. ROBLES Petitioner, - VersusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Respondent. x-----------------------------------------/ ORDER This is an Amended Petition for Correction of Entries in the Birth Certificate of Minor Zhaira Mhir C. Robles, filed by her parents Adriano B. Robles and Miralyn Robles, alleging, among others, that Zhaira was born in Cagayan de Oro City, on March 29, 2011p; that there are errors in the entries in said minor’s Certificate of Live Birth, to wit: a. Last Name : Capin b. Middle Name : No Entry c. Name of Father : No Entry d. Citizenship of Father : No Entry e. Religion of Father : No Entry f. Occupation of Father : No Entry g. Age of Father and the time of Birth : No Entry h. Date and Place of Marriage of Parents : No Entry Instead of the following which are the true and correct entries: a. Last Name : Robles b. Middle Name : Capin c. Name of Father : Adriano Baldoza Robles d. Citizenship of Father : Filipino e. Religion of Father : Roman Catholic f. Occupation of Father: : Office Clerk g. Age of Father at the time of Birth : 38 h. Date and Place of Marriage of Parents : August 04, 2003, Pasig City

Thus, this Amended Petition.

This Amended Petition will be called for initial hearing on July 13, 2016, at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, during which the jurisdictional requirements of publication, posting and notice to all persons who have interests which would be affected by this petition, will be proved. At the expense of the Petitioner, let this Order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Cagayan de Oro, and in the province of Misamis Oriental. Further, let this Order, together with copies of the Petition and its annexes, be posted before the initial hearing at the Bulletin Boards of this Court, City Hall of Cagayan de Oro City, Provincial Capitol of Misamis Oriental, and the Barangay Hall of the barangay where the Petitioner is residing. Any interested person may, within fifteen (15) days from notice hereof, file an Opposition to the Amended Petition. Let a copy each of this Order be furnished to the Petitioner, Atty. Raul M. Llacuna, Office of the Solicitor General, and the Local Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City. SO ORDERED ISSUED this 31st day of May, 2016, at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. BWM: June 29, July 4 & 6, 2016

(Sgd.) HENRY B. DAMASING Presiding Judge

Three-pronged strategy: To f u l l y d e v e l o p Mindanao’s ag r ic u lture sector, the World Bank recommended several strategies summarized as a three-pronged approach, focused on the “three faces of Mindanao”: (1) agrarian (a strategy focused on the holistic rural development that gets the basics right for smallholders); (2) urbanizing (which should capitalize on cities as potential agribusiness hubs, and support IT-BPO, and MSME); and (3) conflictaffected (3-pronged strategy to stabilize, deliver, and institutionalize). According to the World Bank, in Agrarian Mindanao, the strategy must be for the holistic rural development agenda focusing on smallholders that increases their access to assets and securing them once attained, followed by raising the returns to these assets (getting the basics right). “These would empower small farmers and give them the means to decide how best to participate in the market (e.g., contract growing, independent grower, etc.).” In Urbanizing Mindanao, government and stakeholders must pursue a jobs strategy to 1) capitalize on Mindanao’s comparative advantage in agriculture processing and marketing, 2) develop the fast-growing BPO sector, 3) provide more opportunities to small firms through doing business reforms, and 4) develop non-agro manufacturing over the medium to long-term. And in Conflict-affected Mindanao, government and stakeholders must pursue a three-prong strategy for stabilization for the short term; deliver y (medium term); and structural reforms (long term). “The overall strategy is the integration of Mindanao by improving connectivity between agrarian and conflict-affected areas to cities and from cities to the regional and global value chains,” Chua said. Policy reforms While the World Bank’s recommendations sounded very simplistic, it is interesting to note, however, that acting on it requires hard work and policy changes, which is not simple at all for it requires economic and political solutions to go hand-in-hand. It is also important to note that it also requires all sectors of society in Mindanao to work together: (1) for government to convey to the constituents that it loves them, and the Mindanao Development Authority can take the lead in this effort; (2) for the Labor sector to represent all workers— organized or unorganized, formal or informal; (3) for the Business sector to fully share the profits of hard work to the labor force. It can do this by looking at new models of working with labor; and (4) for Civil Society to go all the way, without hesitations or stops, to help the poorest

of the poor. “While the Department of Agriculture is decentralized, we need to find a way to work together to best support Mindanao’s agriculture,” Chua said. However daunting these may be, the key to their successful implementation is political will. “The problem in Mindanao is the politics behind,” Chua simply but matter-of-factly said. He added, however, that at present, “politics is no longer one-way; there is already what is called the demand-side for good governance.” Rashid added: “citizen engagement is required” to achieve the objective, which is the island’s development and progress at par with the rest of the country. “This cannot be done by government alone but with citizen participation who will hold the government accountable,” she stressed, a d d i n g t h a t c i t i z e n’s involvement in governance is “very important in putting the country on the path of inclusive growth.”

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For 2016, the following we re t he i r c onc e r ns – injecting the rights and cultures of the Lumads in the federalism plan of incoming President Duterte such as self-governance and empowerment. Along this line, Lipiahan and his colleagues strongly o p p o s e d t h e Nat i o n a l Commission on Indigenous Peoples’ role in the promotion, recognition, protection and development of the Lumad peoples. According to Lipiahan, it should be the Lumads themselves who must be empowered to do such things. There are 12 tribes in Mindanao who collectively call themselves as Lumads – Atta, Bagobo, Banwaon, B’laan, Bukidnon, Dibabawon, Higaonon, Mamanwa, Mandaya, Manguwangan, Manobo, Mansaka, Subanen, Tagakaolo, Tasaday, Tboli, Teduray and Ubo. They are mostly animists and have never been Islamized or Christianized--the two dominating religions in the country. Up coming Lumad celebrations in Northern M i n d an a o i n c lu d e t h e National Tourism Week and World Tourism Day in September and the National Indigenous Peoples Month in October.

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He again vowed to deliver on his campaign promise to end corruption and criminality. Duterte explained that he won the 2016 Presidential race even as he had no governor or mayor backing him up, because he was “the right person carrying the right message,” among the five Presidential candidates that

included Mar Roxas, Sen. Grace Poe, outgoing Vice President Jejomar Binay, and Sen. Miriam Santiago. Duterte said the support from 16.6 million voters who believed in his campaign prom i s e won h i m t he presidency. “Corruption in government and criminality (must stop) – tutuparin ko yan kahit sasagasaan ko kahit kahit sino. (I will fulfill that no matter who gets in the way). I stake my honor, my life, and presidency itself, even if I lose,” even if he gets impeached, he said. He said he was thankful for his landslide victory in the country, in America, among the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who worry over their children who might be lured into drugs if the country’s leader fails to address the drug menace. “That’s their worry. That’s why nag-landslide ako. They never knew me before. Wala akong isang governor o isang congressmen and yet I won. Why? … Because I was the right person carrying the right message,” he said. He reiterated his warning to government employees that they must ensure an efficient service to the people and not engage in corruption. He noted that it has been the practice of some officials and employees of local government units (LGUs) to ask for grease money from the private sector so that their transactions will move. “I know it adds to your lifestyle. That’s the main source (income), but I am hell bent in stopping corruption. You will never get any help from me if you are involved in any case,” he added. Duterte was elected mayor in 1988. He served as mayor until 1998, and again for three terms from 2001 to 2010. He served as 1st district congressional representative from 1998 to 2001 and vice mayor to daughter Sara from 2010 to 2013. He was elected mayor for the seventh time in 2013. He apologized to the crowd comprised of government workers and supporters at the City Hall that he could no longer go near them unlike before because of the security protocols imposed by the Presidential Security Group. “Usahay maulaw, maikog, og maluoy ko ninyo. Ang problema ang pagka-Presidente is fraught with so many protocols. Dili nako kaduol sa inyo ky sitahon mo. (I would feel ashamed and sorry for you sometimes. The problem is the Presidency is fraught with so many protocols. I cannot go near you because you will be accosted),” he addressed his supporters who were exposed to an early morning sun. In the middle of Duterte’s 48-minute speech, a woman collapsed prompting him to tell the crowd to leave and take cover under the trees. He ended his farewell message by thanking his supporters. “Salamat sa inyo ha mga taga-Dabaw (Thanks to all of you, Dabawenyos),” he said.

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“We will look into the weaknesses of these provinces and the potentials and we will focus our intervention in these areas through agriculture,” Mr. Piñol said. Based on 2010 government data, the identified provinces are Lanao del Sur, Eastern Samar, Apayao, Maguindanao, Z amb o ang a d el Nor te, Sarangani, North Cotabato, Negros Oriental, Northern Samar, and Eastern Samar. On the fishing industry, the Department of Agriculture, through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, will also implement carry out a fish moratorium that had been implemented in the Davao Gulf and the Zamboanga. But Mr. Piñol said this moratorium will not be implemented simultaneously, so as to spare the fisherfolk of its potential impact. In the Davao Region, the fishing moratorium is implemented three months every year from June to August. Mr. Piñol said this moratorium has “been very, very successful.” Mr. Piñol said the BFAR will be headed by retired commodore Eduardo B. Gongona. Mr. Piñol also disclosed t h a t M r. D u t e r t e h a s recommended an interestfree loan of P1 billion to farmers and fisherfolk. “We are working on the mechanisms on how to do this, but definitely no interest,” he said.

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“ The latest ruling of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales will not remove the mayor from his

elected position,” Moreno told the local media during a press conference Tuesday morning. As part of due process, the decisions, orders or judgment in any court, including the Ombudsman, would not become final until the required period to appeal expires, he said. The Ombudsman found Moreno and the city’s acting Treasurer Glenn Banez guilty of grave misconduct for reducing the tax due the city government from Php 2.9 million to Php 300,000. The anti-graft court s ai d t h at More n o an d Banez negotiated with the Ajinomoto Phil. Inc. and agreed to lower the tax due the city government without an approval by the City Council. Moreno filed a motion for reconsideration on Nov. 11, 2015 and obtained a temporary restraining order and writ of preliminar y injunction pending the resolution of the motion for reconsideration. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales approved the denial of Moreno’s motion for reconsideration on March 3, 2016, but the order was served only last June 27, 2016. (PNA)

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selected brands of pad paper, notebooks, crayons, ballpens, pencils and bondpaper. Generally, the stores also complied with the specific standard requirements and inventory levels are stable and sufficient to cope the peak demand. Consumers are always encourage d by DTI to compare the quality of the products by checking the label before purchase. The SRP of school supplies

Republic of the Philippines Province of Misamis Oriental Municipality of Naawan OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Publication Notice RA 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-01, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 2013-01, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. l, Series of 2013 (IRR of RA 10172), Notice is hereby served to the PUBLIC that PRAXEDES M. SUMAYLODACOCO has filed with this Office a petition for correction in the entry of sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of PRAXEDES M. SUMAYLO-DACOCO who was born on July 21, 1965 at Tabalong, Dauis, Bohol and whose parents are ALEJANDRO A. SUMAYLO and SEMEONA R. MAGHUYOP. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition within this office not later than June, 2016.

(Sgd.) MARLON S. DACOCO Municipal Civil Registrar

BWM: June 29 & July 6, 2016

Republic of the Philippines Region X Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Kapatagan Office of the Municipal Civil Registrar NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that Maryjane Palahang has filed with this office a petition for change of Name from Marycen Palajang to Maryjane Palahang in the birth certificate of Maryjane Palahang who was born on September 10, 1973 at Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Leopoldo Palahang and Juana Gomez. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later 15 days. BWM: June 29 & July 6, 2016

(Sgd.) IVY REYES TONGCO Municipal Civil Registrar

was released nationwide by DTI three weeks before the opening of classes to ensure that establishments will not exceed with the SRP. (Zita M. Abellare with reports from Varry Labial, DTI-Camiguin, PIACamInet)

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Council said that never in the political history of the country has there been an administration that starts with a consultation until now. Incoming Secretary of Finance Carlos Dominguez s a i d t h at b u s i n e s s m e n should build coalitions of reform which aims to benefit not just the oligarchs but also the whole community. He stressed the need for good governance not just in the public sector but also for the private sector. (PIA/ RG Alama)

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Philippine community for digital empowerment and for the country to experience the economic and social revolution brought about by the internet. Tech4ED which stands for Technology for Education, to gain Employment, to empower Ent repreneurs towards Economic Development, aims to harness ICT to enable,

empower and transform society creating an inclusive, integrated and equitable society. With the help of the various platforms: e-Eduskills, e-Assist and e-GovServ etc. It will provide opportunities for employment and empowering entrepreneurs. Rural Impact Sourcing (RIS) which aims to promote ICT-enabled jobs as a high value economic opportunity in rural communities which have access to internet connection. RIS provides information and access to jobs that can provide additional livelihood opportunities for technically competent workers. This new initiative is promoting ICT – enabled jobs whilstaddressingunemployment, underemployment and poverty in the City. The training involves Web Designing, Web Development, Graphics Design, Digital Literary and Communications Skills. Cagayan de Oro, having been dubbed as one of the Next-Wave Cities for IT-BPM, DICT deemed it necessary to prepare as this will help address economic problems. This program would also help create pool of talents for BPO companies. The office envisions their trainees and target sectors to succeed in this program and wishes the neighboring provinces to replicate the efforts of DICT Mindanao Cluster 2. Thru this, it shall generate a wider scope of benefits and development for every Juan. (DICT)

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SALE EJF File No. 2016-236 Upon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended by Act No. 4118, filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (PAG-IBIG) against EVANGELINE D. OLIVEROS, with postal address at c/o Basilia D. Aranjuez, Blk. 15, Lot 13, Regency Plain Subd., Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of May 11, 2016 amounts to FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT PESOS and 34/100 (P437,348.34) including interests and penalty, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned will sell at public auction on July 20, 2016 at 10:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon, at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial, City Tourism Hall, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property described below including all existing improvements found thereon;

TCT NO. T-125574 “A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 13, Block 15, of the cons. Subd. Plan, PCS-10-001781, being a portion of Lot No. 3650 to 54, all of Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre, xxx.) situated in the Barangay Iponan, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, Containing an area of One Hundred Forty Three (143) sq. m. more or less.xxx

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above sated time and date. In the event auction sale cannot take place for whatever legal reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

DONE this 17th day of June, 2016, in the City of Cagayan de Oro.

(Sgd.) ENRIQUE M. TALAG, JR. Sheriff IV

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EJF FILE NO. 2016-216 For: Extra-Judicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage Under Act No. 3135 as Amended by Act 4118

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE (EJL FILE NO. 2016-216)

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE BY NOTARY PUBLIC Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended in relation to Section 78 of Republic Act No. 337, as amended, filed by Cooperative Bank of Misamis Oriental represented by its President, MYRNA A. SESCON, Filipino, of legal age, married, and a resident of Cagayan de Oro City, as mortgagee in deed of Real Estate Mortgage dated March 15, 2011, executed by SPS. ERLINDA and SALVADOR DELOS REYES, Filipino citizens, of legal ages, and residents of Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness in the principal amount of P600,000.00, exclusive of accrued interest and/ or penalty charges, plus the stipulated interest and/or penalty charges accruing thereafter, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on August 2, 2016 between the hours at 9:00 o’clock in the morning and 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon, in front of the main entrance of Hall of Justice (City Tourism), the following property/ies together with all its/ their improvement/s, to wit:

Upon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended by Act No. 4118, filed by NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION against JOSE SEVERIO BUSTAMANTE BATAR, Single, of Legal age, Filipino Citizen, with postal address at Lot 10 Block 17, VILLA CANDIDA SUBD., BULUA, Cagayan de Oro City/ #6 BLK 32 RER 2 SUBD., CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which amounts to FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND FIFTY THREE PESOS & 95/100 ONLY (P589,053.95), exclusive of interest and penalty charges as of ARIL 30, 2016, the undersigned will sell at public auction on JULY 14, 2016, at 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. AT THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, City Tourism Hall, Cagayan de Oro City to the highest bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property described below including all existing improvements found thereon, to wit:

“A parcel of Land, (Lot 2-A-5, Psd-10-007877) together with All the improvements found and to be introduced thereon, Situated in the Barrio of Kauswagan, City of Cagayan de Oro, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED THIRTY ONE (231) SQUARE METERS, more or less, and covered by TCT No. T-78620”.

A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 10 BLOCK 17 Psd-10-015484, being apportion of Lot 6221-C, Psd-10-012775) situated in the Barrio Bulua, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of FIFTY (50) square meters more or less, registered in the name of JOSE SEVERO BUSTAMANTE BATAR.

The Notice of Auction Sale by Notary Public will be posted for a period of sixty (60) days at the Cooperative Bank of Misamis Oriental Building and in the most conspicuous area of Cagayan de Oro City, namely, the City Hall, where the subject property/ies is/are located and where the auction sale shall take place.

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

Prospective buyers and/or bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title/s to the said real property/ies and the encumbrance/s thereon, if any.

Cagayan de Oro City, 6 June 2016

BWM: June 15, 22 & 29, 2016

(Sgd.) VIRGILIO J. CABANLET

TCT No. T-66239

In the event auction sale cannot take place for whatever legal reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title hereinabove described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, June 10, 2016.

BWM: June 22, 29 & July 6, 2016

(Sgd.) EFREN G. MACABAYA Sheriff IV

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Rotary Club of West CDO, Inner Wheel inducts 2016 officers Story by Rotarian CLIFFORD JOSE ROA Photos by MARK FRANCISCO

HE Rotary Club of West Cagayan de Oro (RCWESTCDO) had its 47th handover ceremony and joint induction ceremonies with Inner Wheel Club of West Cagayan de Oro, RC of West CDO Foundation, Inc. and Rotaract Club of West Cagayan de Oro last Saturday at Palladium Ballroom, Mallberry Suites and Business Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. Rotary Year 20152016 has been truly an Outstanding year. It ends on June 30, 2016 but for Rotary Club of West CDO, it will be a continuous journey of learning in being of Service Above Self through the 4-Way Test of

the things we think, say or do. The club is truly proud to be a premier Rotary club and to bring the club to greater heights by being an Outstanding Club during the District Conference Awards 2016 and garnering other 12 awards which include Outstanding Club President, Outstanding Assistant Governor and other major District awards in the Rotary six areas of focus. Capping all these glory and honors is being conferred by the Rotary International with the most prestigious and the highest award ever given to a club, the “Presidential Citation” under the Gold Category. “This is my legacy that

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i will forever cherish. I thank GOD for the gifts of time, talent and treasure. I thank my husband, Alex, and son, Tomi, for their love and understanding. Moreover, I couldn’t have attained all these achievements without the active support of my fellow World Class Officers, Directors, Advisers, Members of RCW, RCWF, Rotaract and IWC, most specially having an equally committed and hardworking Vice President (VP Tina Hidalgo) and very dynamic Club Advisers (PP Roger Uy, PAG Edong Espiritu, PDG Al Manus, PP Bob Sebastian and PD Clifford Roa). Thank you very much! We have been a great TEAM because Together We Achieved More!”, outgoing President

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Anna Marie J. Medes said. “All of us, Officers and Board of Directors as well as the New Members to be inducted have accepted the challenge of Service Above Self ”, incoming Erna Gamones Maagad said. “Kudos to all RY 20152016 Officers and Board for a Great Year! With all the Awards garnered, you have obviously gained the satisfaction of having Served” she added. The guest speaker was no less than Honorable Jemar “Monsi” L. Vera Cruz, Vice Mayor of Iligan City.

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LCDU Violinist aims to be first Filipina Conductor By Mike Baños

Kyrstal Eulaflor Llenos Jayme is a Grade 11 student at Liceo de Cagayan University Senior High School. Hailing from Cebu’s Mandaue City School for the Arts, she moved to LCDU this semester to pursue her Senior High School track on Art and Design. Krystal, who turns 17 this July, is the only daughter of Eulalia Frances Llenos Jayme, an OFW based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A single parent since Krystal was 9 years old, Weng, as she is known to friends, is an award winning blogger whose grit and determination to allow Krystal to pursue her dreams has rubbed off on her daughter.

(https://cebuanawithlove. wordpress. com/2012/09/18/ awardee-for-an-obraaward-of-exlink-eventsoutstanding-filipinoblogger/) Although she started relatively late at 11, Krystal’s violin playing has already made her a member of the Cebu Philharmonic Orchestra (2nd violin) since 2014 and the Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra (2nd violin) some weeks ago. Cebu Philharmonic Orchestra Concert Master Marc Hamlet Mercado, Krystal’s mentor in Cebu, started her with the orchestra’s rehearsals until she was proficient enough to join its regular

Although Krystal is learning to master her violin, she also dreams of being the first Filipina conductor someday.

Krystal Jayme performs with Fiddlers, May 26, 2015 at SM City Cebu

events. Similarly, MSO Conductor Arturo Molina mentored Krystal during the MSO Intensive Summer Workshop and helped her join the MSO Juniors after her evaluation since she can’t join the MSO until she is 18. Krystal’s love of music was imbibed early from Weng, whose family is musically inclined with many singers and musicians. “I was a piano and organ teacher before,” Weng said. “I wanted to study piano but since my parents couldn’t afford it, I saved my baon to pay the teacher and fortunately, I managed to get further lessons on a scholarship.” “When Krystal was a little girl, I let her try a lot of things like swimming, painting, dance lessons, and public speaking. When she was Grade 4, she wanted to join the Rondalla Club so I bought her first bandurria. On the day of her audition, she had fever and was unable to perform. She cried and texted me (in Saudi!) to convince Sr. Sosima at YLAC (where she spent her elementary days) to allow her to audition.

Sr. Sosima was very strict but in the end, she allowed Krystal to audition and she passed it.” When she was 11, Weng bought Krystal her first violin so she could start her private lessons. She auditioned for the Mandaue School for the Arts where she had to present 3 talents (voice, bandurria and violin) and a grade above 85 to qualify. She passed all exams with flying colors, making the top 12. “When I found out Krystal wanted to study violin abroad, I was dismayed since it’s so expensive and I was the sole breadwinner, so I researched for scholarships and grants since I wanted her to have the best teachers that I could afford.” “Two years ago she told me she wanted to go to the US but I challenged her to top her class and I would allow her to try for a visa. She did just that and was granted a US visa so we visited the US last year. She really wanted to go to Julliard and NYU but I told her “pa picture lang sa ta ana na mga schools ha?” Krystal initially

Krystal Jayme at her Violin Discovery recital held January 23, 2016 at SM meeting room.

Krystal receives the ExLink Events OBRA - Outstanding Filipino Blogger 2012 - December 7, 2012 at SM Mega Trade Hall in behalf of her mom Weng Jayme.

planned to attend the Children’s Orchestra Society (COS) Intensive Summer Seminar Workshop of Michael Dapdap and Dr. Yeou Cheng Ma at Molly College. The Children’s Orchestra Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching children and teens “the language of music.” Dadap is a popular Filipino guitarist, composer, conductor, and influential advocate of Filipino folk music. He was instrumental in the creation of a worldclass rondalla ensemble in the United States and is also the founding music director of the Iskwelahang Rondalla (Rondalla School) of Boston, Massachusetts. However, when that fell through, Dapdap referred Krystal to the Long Island University (LIU) Post-Chamber Music Festival where she managed to submit her audition video at the 11th hour against all odds with the help of LCDU College of Music Dean Rudolf P. Golez and Liceo Conservatory Prof. Hans Backer. (https:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=qM7YNoU5Pyc) (https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=_ cV4VKIDByU) A day later, Susan Deaver, the LIU workshop director, emailed Weng that Krystal was accepted into the workshop. The LIU PostChamber Music Festival is an intensive three week seminar that focuses on the study and performance of the standard chamber music repertoire. Coached by the faculty ensemble-inresidence, The Pierrot Consort, the program includes Chamber Ensembles, Chamber Orchestras, Faculty and Student Concerts, Master Classes, a Conducting Program and a Concerto

Competition. The artist members of the ensemble are actively involved in the musical life of New York City and have a commitment to the educational life of Long Island. The members of The Pierrot Consort are Susan Deaver, flute; Dale Stuckenbruck, violin; Veronica Salas, viola; Maureen Hynes, cello and Heawon Kim, piano. The Pierrot Consort is a member of Chamber Music America. The 35th Edition of the festival runs on July 11-29 and includes Master Classes by the members of the Pierrot Consort, the Ensemblein-Residence at Brookville, NY. But even earlier when Krystal learned of her acceptance to the COS, she asked Weng to ask Dr Ma if she was available for private lessons to coach Krystal on her Bruch Concerto |#1 in G Minor performance after her chamber music classes at LIU. After some time, Dr Ma said yes. Dr Yeou Cheng Ma is a child prodigy who started to learn music at age 2 ½ when her father taught her the violin and piano lessons with another when she was 3, and won her first award when she was 7. Like Krystal, Dr Ma and her famous brother Yo-Yo were also recipients of free lessons while growing up and were moved by how their teachers believed in them. Which is why COS charges very little for its programs as a community service. From an 18-member ensemble, COS now has four orchestras with over 200 students. Although it requires auditions, COS accepts violinist/PAGE B3

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children regardless of talent or income provided they show a burning desire to learn. Even if they play the harmony rather than the main melody, Dr Ma often tells second violins and violas they are vital for an orchestra and relates how she learned to listen to the music during her first year at Julliard. This develops patience, team work, and dedication. And a desire to learn Krystal has in spades. If the mother finds ways to find the means, the daughter is equally up to perfect her craft, often practicing in school from 3:30PM right after her classes end, and even longer at home right after she finishes supper around 6:30PM and often up to or way past midnight. She starts with warms ups, does her scales

and etudes, before proceeding to practice her piece. Among her favorites are Mozart’s Concerto in G and Bach’s Sonata No. 1 in G Minor Adagio. But playing the violin is just one of Krystal’s goals as she goes along her musical journey. Prof. Hans Backer, German faculty for Liceo Conservatory, said “She has an edge because of her burning goal to be one of the few great female conductors in the world.” Krystal is taking minor in conducting under Backer and Rudiments 1 and Solfeggio 2 under Michael Jhun Padua Paceno. “I got interested in taking up conducting because since my elementary days, I would take charge of the rondalla if our teacher was absent, which I also did when I was in grades 7 and 8 in Junior High

School.” In grades 9 and 10, she taught her classmates and lower grade levels when the violin teacher was absent and also handled the ensembles. In Grade 10, she joined a guitar ensemble, conducting and training the group which won first place in a competition. Following those experiences, she became interested in conducting. “There are only few female conductors in the world and so far no Filipina conductor to date. I want to prove that girls can be great conductors, too. Given the chance, I would like to be the first one and make history.” A Wikipedia entry on Conducting mentions how the majority of professional orchestra conductors are male; The Guardian called conducting “one of the last glass ceilings in the music industry”.[1]

In 2014, “...Bachtrack reported that, in a list of the world’s 150 top conductors that year, only five were women.”[2] There are a

Anvil Publishing House has set a July release for the novel and like Annie’s Mystery on 17th Street, it will also be distributed by National Bookstore. We can only hope NBS provides sufficient copies of the book especially to its four branches in Limketkai, Centrio, Cogon and SM unlike Annie’s novel which arrived in trickles (Good thing it’s finally available in all branches). Here’s an excerpt from The Girl Between Two Worlds as posted in the author’s Facebook page: "The day after Karina’s sixteenth birthday, supernatural things start to happen around her and she has no idea why. Her mother, who disappeared soon after they migrated from the Philippines to America, speaks to her in prophetic dreams. Stranger still is the old man who turns up at her house one day and claims to be her grandfather, even though Karina’s mother had told her he died a long time

ago.” “Karina discovers that her mother is an engkanto princess who ran away from Engkantasia. Karina is now of age to take the throne and must do so to prevent a war between Engkantasia and the human world. She must learn to control her powers and fight a range of weird creatures trying to kill her and her family. To make matters worse, she finally meets a boy she likes and there’s something about him she can’t quite figure out." As for influencers, KK admits to “reading a lot of books and it wasn’t really any one person in particular.” When she finished her two self published children’s picture books “it just flowed from there. I got bitten by the writing bug and couldn’t stop,” she adds. Please don’t! We have to have those two other books asap and we hope we don’t wait another four years for the next one! Kristyn Maslog-Levis

Mandaue School for the Arts-Guitar Ensemble Contest-Champion

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me in an email: “For the last couple of years I’ve been working on my first ever novel that included the Filipino mythology and takes it outside of the Philippines. After four years of writing, editing and pitching, Anvil Publishing picked up my book last year.” “I vividly remember where the concept came from. I was wondering why when Filipinos migrate to other countries we stop ‘seeing’ spirits, ghosts and monsters everywhere. I remember saying tabi apo as a child and being scared of kicking ant hills because a Nuno sa Punso might be living there. I remember freaking out when I heard bat wings because it might be a manananggal! And who wasn’t scared of the harmless banga in the corner of the house? A Tiyanak might be living in there, you never know.” “But when I moved to Australia, all of those

creatures suddenly disappeared. I stopped saying tabi apo and highways at night weren’t homes of the white lady anymore. I did feel a bit sad.” “So I wondered, what if even after you migrate to another country, these creatures still haunt you. What if there was a Tiyanak in the park where you take your kids? What if there was a manananggal living close to your house? That was how “The Girl Between Two Worlds” was born.” She also professed to having a “huge part of me” wanting to showcase Filipino folklore to the world. “Those vampires and werewolves are puppies compared to our aswangs and manananggals! We grew up with very rich stories – some scarier than others. Why not share this with the world?” With this first in a trilogy, KK hopes to “spread the wonderful fear that our stories provide.”

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small number of female conductors who have become top-ranked international conductors. For the time being, however, Krystal is focusing on the violin for her LIU and private lessons with Dr. Ma. But quien sabe? Michael Dapdap is a conductor of note, having worked with violinists Cho-Liang Lin, Soovin Kim and Sarah Chang, pianists Cecile Licad and Emanuel Ax, cellist (brother-inlaw) Yo-Yo Ma, flutist Paul Robison, and most recently Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson. Desire being the first and foremost qualification to get in the COS, who knows what the future may bring? George Herbert Leigh Mallory was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount

Everest in the early 1920s. He is famously quoted as having replied to the question “Why did you want to climb Mount Everest?” with the retort “Because it’s there!” which has been called “the most famous three words in mountaineering”. The mountains Krystal and Weng have faced and conquered so far, they scaled because they had to. With the spunk and determination the duo has shown in tackling life’s ever rising peaks, it would surprise no one perhaps, themselves the least, where fortune and fame may finally lead them. God has always been true in His promise to those who remain faithful Him, and these two have always been true in keeping to the path where He leads them.

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is a freelance journalist/ photographer/editor who used to be a field reporter for ABS-CBN Cagayan de Oro and the first journalist to reach the captured rebel camp in Sultan Gumander in Lanao del Sur in 2000. She Hosted shows and wrote scripts for some of the TV specials featuring different municipalities in

Northern Mindanao and festivals in Dumaguete city, and a weekly health talk show sponsored by the Department of Health She blogs at kmlevis.com and tweets as @kmlevis. A graduate of Silliman University, she took her Masters in Communications from Nanyang University in Singapore.

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Anvil to launch Kagay-anon author’s first novel:

The Girl Between Two Worlds by Kristyn Maslog-Levis By Mike Baños

We bookworms in Cagayan de Oro must be proud of our city: two books by two home grown authors within the year and both overseas! After Annie Gorra’s The Mystery on 17th Street earlier

The Girl Between Two Worlds will be launched this July by Anvil Publishing. Look for it in your nearst National Book Store branch.

this year, now comes Kristyn Maslog-Levis The Girl Between Two Worlds, incidentally both published by Anvil Publishing Inc., the publishing arm of National Book Store (NBS). Kagay-anons thank the people in Anvil who championed our home-grown talents like Annie and KK! Incidentally, there’s another common thread running through these authors besides both hailing from Cagayan de Oro: they were both previously with media, Annie with broadcast and print (Newscope and Frontline Mindanao) and KK with ABS-CBN TV Patrol Northern Mindanao and some local specials by the same station. But we digress! “The Girl Between Two Worlds” is actually KK’s third book, the first two being selfpublished children’s books, “The Dragon and the Lizard” and “We Have It All (A True Story).” In a guest post at Kids Book Review, an online blog about children’s books( http://www.

Kristyn Maslog-Levis

kids-bookreview.com/2011/11/ guest-post-self-publishing-onbudget.html), KK relates the joys and trevails of “Self-Publishing on a Budget” as well as how the story came about. To quote: “The reason why I wrote my book was not for publication but to preserve a family story Mama used to tell us as kids. We didn’t have a lot of money growing up so books were a scarcity. I remember a torn and tattered copy of Alice in Wonderland and that’s about it.”

“Luckily, my mother is a treasure box of stories. I was afraid to write The Dragon and the Lizard because inside I knew I might want to take it further that just a family book, and I was afraid to take it there on my own. But I couldn’t let the story die so I wrote it.” Like her first book, KK’s second was another children’s book “We Have It All (A True Story), also self-published and can still be purchased from Amazon. As she describes it: “Yes it is a true story…based on our childhood in the Philippines and the premise is that no matter how little you have, no matter what kind of hardships you’re going through, there is always a brighter side to things.” “It’s about our childhood years without TV, computer games, books and toys. It’s about our childhood living in a house with only half a roof and half a floor. It’s about how happy our childhood was and how we need these reminders to see the good things about our lives today.” (Pssst…Annie Gorra, are you

Kristyn’s first self-published children’s book The Dragon and the Lizard

reading this?) I bet a quick scan of this first effort would lead one to the present novel, like many great works which started life as a short story and eventually progressed to a full length novel. When asked about the origins of her first novel, KK replied to Levis/PAGE B3