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Briefly Land productivity THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is pushing for increasing the productivity of degraded upland areas, but such should be done in an “ecologically sustainable manner” using various crops not just palm oil. “We need to develop and make our lands productive. But we will only allow this if this is in accordance with our needs and it is ecologically sustainable,” DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje said. According to Paje, there are around 8 million hectares of denuded and degraded areas in the country, but said his agency’s proposal is to utilize these to establish ecologically-sustainable plantations using native forest species and other high value crops that would strategically address not only the food needs of the Filipino people but also should have high economic value, like rubber and palm oil.
Gensan port GANERAL Santos City -Customs personnel here have collected around P340.5 million in revenues in the first five months of the year following a surge in fishery and agricultural exports from the area during the period. Pendatun Alim, Bureau of Customs (BOC) port collector here, said such figure is about 33 percent or P62 million higher than their targeted income of P227 million from January to June or the first half of the year. He said such accomplishment is “far from what is expected” due to the volatile economy and other related factors. “(But) before June came in, we already surpassed our first semester target. We’re currently doubling our efforts to maintain this trend until the end of the year,” he said.
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USUAN, BUKIDNON – Central Mindanao University (CMU) president Ms. Ma. Luisa R. Soliven, has vowed to make things better for the indigenous people and the underprivileged sector by making a first for her university – an institute for Social Enterprise as a mentoring hub for Mindanao.
DR. MARIA LUISA R. SOLIVEN President Central Mindanao University KAPE MARAMAG. A non-governmental organization sells Arabica and Excelsa coffee beans during the Mindanao Social Business Summit at the Central Mindanao University in Musuan, Maramag town in Bukidnon on Thursday, 5 June 2014. mindanews photo by froilan gallardo
Misor town officials oppose Moresco-1 power purchase ALU BIJID, Mis amis Oriental -- The members of the municipal council here have opposed the provisional authority granted by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) allowing a power cooperative to purchase power supply from a private supplier. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has i s s u e d a “p r o v i s i o n a l authority” to GNPower Ltd. Company, a private power
source provider to supply the peak power requirement of the Misamis Oriental Rural Electric System Cooperative I (Moresco I) in the province’s west district. In opposing the ERC’s provisional authority, the municipal council passed a resolution numbered 1022014, expressing vehement objection and dismay of the ERC’s action. Aside from allowing the Moresco 1 to purchase
power from an independent power supplier, the ERC also authorized Moresco 1 to implement its Power Supply Plan, the Acquisition of Modular Generator Set and additional collection for calamity fund. Moresco I, along with 20 other electric power cooperatives in Mindanao, had applied for the purchase of additional power supply from private power providers oppose/PAGE 11
In realizing her vision she engaged partnerships among stakeholders which included Gawad Kalinga. She said, there is a needfor a holistic support mechanism towards inclusive growth to reduce poverty. She is thankful that the Social Business Summit has tackled the issues on peace and development in Mindanao and their implications for social ntrepreneurships; During the Summit, various interest groups and stakeholders, social entrepreneurs and social
innovators including prospective investors contributed and shared ideas relative to the achievement of inclusive growth and d e v e l opm e nt of s o c i a l enterprise.. The Gawad Kalinga has been a model in pushing for inclusive development through social enterprise, especially among indigenous communities and underprivileged sectors in Mindanao. About 500 participants comp os e d of stud e nt s, cmu/PAGE 11
MOBILE BREEDER. Of course, it’s the owner, not the boar itself, that will take your calls in case you need a breeder for your sow in Malaybalay City. Akal is the Visayan for boar. mindanews photo by h . marcos c . mordeno
Confab on M’danao future economy set By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor
KEY transport and customs officials, economists as well as supply-chain executives will gather for the Mindanao Shipping Conference on June 18 at a downtown hotel
here, said a customs official on Tuesday. Lawyer Oswaldo Page, the acting district customs collector here, said that the conference would tackle
issues on the Mindanao shipping trade prospects, the role of Northern Mindanao in sustaining the country’s economic growth. He said that the stakeholders would also economy/PAGE 11
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THE Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) under the Office of the President conducted in Cagayan de
Oro a Regional ConsultationWorkshop on key issues and challenges of urbanization as input to the National Reports and Plans of Action
in the United Nations (UN) - HABITAT Preparatory C ommittee Meeting on September this year in New York City. The United Nations Human S ett lements Programme, UN-HABITAT is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote
socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. According to Cecilia S. Alba, Secretary General of HUDCC, the HABITAT III presents an opportunity for world leaders to discuss and chart new pathways in response to the challenges of urbanization and
implementation of sustainable development goals. The Philippines, she said as a member state is preparing and gathering reports from all over the country including Visayas and Mindanao for this purpose. Six topics were discussed p ar t ic u larly Urb an Demographic Issues and Challenges for a New Urban
Agenda; Land and Urban Planning; Environment and Urbanization; Urban Governance and Legislation; Urban Economy and Housing and Basic Services. In terms of demographics, Commission on Population (POPCOM) revealed that this year, estimated total population of the country confab/PAGE 11
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Gov. Emano reminds teachers, students, and pupils not to bully one another Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano encourages te achers to constantly remind students and pupils not to bully one another during his visit to public schools in the province on Monday, in time of the opening of the school year 2014-2015. According to Governor Emano if bullying is practiced at an early age, this will foster domestic
violence. “A k o n g p a g h a n g y o kaninyo mga maestra og maestro nga palihug ip as ab ot s a atong mg a estudyante nga dili mang-bully sa ilang isig ka-classmate kay dili kini maayo og kaninyo mga estudyante nga pangga-on ninyo inyong mga classmate a r o n h a mu g aw ay u s a b inyong pagtungha,” the Governor said.
Governor Emano sets aside the whole month of June for his regular visit to schools in the province, not only to remind teachers and students not to bully, but also to personally listen and attend to the needs on how to improve ser vice delivery of quality education to students and pupils. On Monday, June 2, t he G ove r nor atte nd e d emano/PAGE 11
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SMART reward system awaits 3 retailer-millionaires for 2014
‘Ka-Partners’ treated to fun and entertainment By Cheng Ordonez
Thousands of retailers of Smart Communications were treated to fun games and entertainment during the “Annual Assembly and Pasasalamat” program held recently, at the gymnasium of Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro City. “It’s our way of saying thanks to our (Smart) retailers, and we do this every year, just so, they will have fun and enjoy a whole day of entertainment and raffle draw that we prepared for them,” said Mr. Peter Ballados, area manager, distributor sales for CDO. A reward system dubbed “Ka-Partner Program,” Mr. Ballados said, is basically intended to reward retailers like them, because of their contributions in terms of sales and loads. “Dito (reward system) kasi,
for every 100 load that you sell, you earn a point and you can exchange those points to avail of personal load offers or load wallet offers or avail of e-tickets that will allow you to win, on a quarterly basis, as Smart gives away hundreds of thousands, and for the grand prize P1 million for three winners nationwide,” he said. On July 4, 2014, the first and second quarter draw will have 56 winners for the Northern Mindanao area. Every region will have 56 winners broken down as follows: One winner of P100,000 cash, five winners of P10,000 cash and 50 winners of P1,000 worth of certificates. Three winners of P1 million will be drawn nationwide during the Grand Raffle Draw. Last year, a retailer from Cagayan de Oro won P100,000.
SMART Ka-Partners, who are retailers of the network products, dance all-together during the Annual Assembly and Pasasalamat program organized for them by SMART Communications, last May 27, at the Capitol University Gymnasium, Cagayan de Oro City. (Cheng Ordonez)
“Everything is done by automation. Retailers don’t need not register anymore to join the raffle. Every time retailers load, the system automatically computes kung
ilan na yung point nila,” Mr. Ballados explained. The event at CU Gymnasium last May 27 was also a kick-off for the programs intended for this year, and to announce the new Tri-Net offer involving Smart, Talk-N-Text and Sun Cellular. Tri-Net offers a minimum of P10 for unlimited call and text among Smart, TNT and Sun networks’ users. Apart from the Tri-Net offer, Mr. Ballados said retailers were also educated on the networks’ offer via Smart Broadband for Internet use. With the entry of Tri-Net, Mr. Ballados expects more retailers to get bigger hold through more load points. “I would like to thank all Smart retailers for their support all these years in promoting Smart products. This year, there will be three millionaires. So, I encourage everyone to sell more Smart loads and products for bigger chances at winning the grand prize and become one of the millionaires,” Mr. Ballados said.
Northern Mindanao unite for World Environment Day CLOSE to 1,000 participants from t h e re g i on’s n at i on a l gove r n m e nt a ge n c i e s (NGAs), civil society, the youth, educational and private institutions join in planting 5,000 mang rove prop agu les in barangay Taytay, El Salvador City Misamis O r i e nt a l to c el ebr ate World Environment Day. Spearheaded by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DENR) with its partner the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), the activity on June 5 started with a motorcade from Cagayan de Oro City to El Salvador City early in the morning, then proceeded to the mangrove site. DENR Regional Director Ruth Taw ant aw an t h rou g h DENR Regional Technical Director for Land Management S er vices Paquito D. Melicor Jr is so thankful upon seeing the massive participants because they felt that they are not alone when it comes to protection of the environment. According to Director Tawantawan, the World Environment Day is the most important day of the year because it is a worldwide awareness of shared responsibility of taking care of mother earth and all of us being agents of positive change. Climate change primary challenge Global warming is causing ocean levels to rise at an increasing rate. When global temperature rises, water expands and o cc upies more sp ace. Ic e melt s w h i ch a l s o contributes to rise of sea level. F u r t h e r, Un i t e d Nations Environment Program (UNEP) studies reveal that global sea levels rose from 10 to 25cm over the last 100 years. As temperature heats up, extreme weather e v e nt s , s u c h a s h e at waves, floods, droughts, tropical cyclones, and hurricanes become more frequent and severe. Director Tawantawan said that our country has lost many lives because of super typhoon Yolanda in 2013. The disaster served as wake up call, not just for government to take action but the countrymen as well. She said that after ‘Yolanda,’ Environment Secretary Ramon JP Paje declared restoration of mangroves and beach forest of 380km coastline in Eastern Visayas. According to t he S e cret ar y, mang roves
protect coastal communities from f utu re t y p h o on s a n d storm surges and other extreme weather events that may occur because it serves as buffer shielding the coastal areas. Aside from these, mangroves a l s o prov i d e nu rs e r y ground for fish, prawns and crabs, and support fisheries production in coastal waters. Meanwhile, originally, Philippines has 500,000 mangrove hectares of mangroves forest, but due to coastal development, l a n d c onv e r s i on a n d reclamation, only 100,000 hectares mangrove forests or less are visible in the country today. One of this is Taytay, El Salvador mangrove area. Further, Tawantawan said that the best way to protect coastal communities from storm surge is planting mang roves under t he National Greening Program or NGP. National Greening Program Nat iona l Gre ening Program or NGP is t h e c ou nt r y ’s l ar g e s t reforestation program which aims to reforest 1.5M hectares of denuded and degraded forest lands all over the country in a span of six years from 2011 to 2016. Objectives of NGP are to reduce poverty, promote food security, environmental st abi lity, bio diversity conservation, enhanced climate change mitigation and adaptation. This endeavor will come to a reality with e a c h i n d i v i du a l h e lp to make the program successful. She said that DENR, region 10, in cooperation w i t h t h e P e o p l e ’s Organization, Indigenous People, Academe, local government units (LGU), other government agencies and stakeholders reforested 46,395 hectares from 2011 to 2013. Not only mangrove areas but also riverbanks, u r b a n prot e c t e d a n d community management based urban areas. Species include t i m b e r, i n d i g e n o u s species, rubber, coffee, b a m b o o, f r u i t t r e e s , cacao, fuel, rattan and other species. She said that this is a call for solidarity in mitigating climate change. Our individual positive action, contribution to t he env ironment w i l l exponentially grow and produce positive outcome that will help our mother earth adapt to climate change.
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hink a minute…There was a rich English Baron named Fitzgerald who had only 1 child, a son. Fitzgerald’s only son was the love and pride of his parents. But when the son was just a boy, his mother died. He and his father became even closer. Meantime, Fitzgerald had become much richer. He collected very expensive, valuable paintings by the famous artists of the world. Then, just 2 years after losing his wife, Fitzgerald’s son became sick and died as a young boy. Before Fitzgerald himself died years later, he carefully wrote his will and instructions on how his riches were to be handled. He wanted an auction to sell all of his valuable paintings. They were worth millions of dollars, so many rich people from all over Europe came to the auction. Among all the valuable paintings, however, was 1 cheap, poor quality painting by an unknown local artist. It was a painting of Fitzgerald’s only son. Fitzgerald had ordered that this painting of his son be sold first before any of the other expensive paintings. Yet, because it was of such poor quality no one wanted to buy it. Finally, an old servant of Fitzgerald who had known the son and loved him offered to by the ugly painting for only a couple of dollars. Then, before they continued
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IFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you...” (James 1:21, the Holy Bible). -ooo MORALITY OF A GOV’T OFFICIAL IS A LEGAL ISSUE: This is not to agree and say that the accusations of immorality or of having illicit relationships with two married men against Justice Secretary Leila De Lima are true. As a lawyer, I know that these kinds of accusations must be proved in court first, if they are to be believed at all. But then, I do not agree that De Lima need not answer them, nor “dignify them with explanations” at this point, because they pertain to “personal matters”. The fact is that, accusations involving the morality of anyone in government once
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of hectares forests to make way for palm oil plantations destroys biological diversity and deprives endangered species of their native habitat. It also contributes s i g n i f i c ant ly to g l ob a l warming. D e f ore s t at i on i s an environmental catastrophe. Trees absorb greenhouse gases and destroying our forests releases those gases into the atmosphere. The
world is losing 12-15 million hectares of forest each year, and this in turn is causing at least 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Used as a biofuel, palm oil is less carbon intensive than diesel or conventional gasoline, and the E.U., China, India and others are hoping to use more of it in their vehicles. But palm oil’s advantages as a cleaner fuel are clearly outweighed by
raised publicly, must have to be answered, explained, and immediately refuted, because they involve an issue that is not only personal or moral, but also totally legal. For it cannot be denied that there are laws and Supreme Court decisions in the country right now that direct anyone working in government not only to be morally upright at all times, to behave and conduct themselves according to law, good morals, good customs, and public policy, but also to avoid any appearance of impropriety affecting the integrity of public service. -ooo LAWS DWELLING ON MORALITY OF OFFICIALS: The first of these laws is found under Section 27, Art. II, Declaration of Principles and State Policies, which says: “The State shall maintain honesty and integrity in the public s er vice and
take positive and effective measures against graft and corruption…” S e cond, mora lit y in government service is also required under Republic Act 6713, which is the “Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Government Officials and Employees”. Its Section 4 ( c ) says: “… Every public official and employee … shall refrain from doing acts contrary to law, good morals, good customs, public policy, public order, public safety and public interest…” T he n , we a ls o have Proclamation No. 62, Series of September 30, 1992, which is entitled “Declaring A Moral Recovery and Enjoining Active Par ticipation of All Sectors in the Filipino Society”. This law says “… there is a need for moral renewal in order to eradicate the social ills that have plagued us for the past several decades…”
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-ooo DE LIMA MUST R E S P O N D T O A C C U S AT I O N S O N IMMORALITY: Executive Order 319, Series of April 03, 1996, on the other hand, directed “(A)ll government departments, offices, agencies, instrumentalities and government-owned and controlled corporations are enjoined to establish Integrity Circles or any batas/PAGE 11
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I to sell all the expensive, valuable paintings, the lawyer read out loud from Fitzgerald’s will. Fitzgerald had written: “Whoever buys the painting of my son also gets everything else that I own. The auction is now over.” That old servant who truly loved Fitzgerald’s son got everything! All of Fitzgerald’s valuable art, money, houses, land, the servant got it all! Remember, God said that if we love and live for Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, then we also will become God’s children and have all that God has to give us. But you and I must choose to love Jesus and live His way every day, instead of our own way. Jesus said that’s the only way you and I can have it all. So why not become God’s son or daughter today? Simply ask Jesus to take full charge of your heart and way of living, for the rest of your life. Just Think a Minute…
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the deforestation it causes. In some Northern Mindanao and Caraga areas, big swats of lands that could be reforested or used as farms are laid bald in preparation for palm tree planting. This is a form of massive deforestation according to experts. Due to deforestation for palm oil plantations. Indonesia is now among the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases. It lost one-fifth of its forested area between 1990 and 2010. The world needs a editorial/PAGE 11
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”m referring to prayer. If it’s authentic prayer that we do, then we can only experience joy and excitement. That’s precisely because when we truly pray, we are talking with God. And can there be any other person more exciting to talk with than God himself? Can there be any other person who can give us what we really need? Besides, if our prayer i s g e nu i n e , w e w o u l d be touching on the most important and relevant topics and issues in our conversation with God. Nothing else can outrank the subject matter of our prayer. Whatever riveting human projects and concerns we have would end up being part and parcel of our loving dialogue with God. What is more, when we truly pray, we can always manage to see the meaning and beauty of everything. Even in our darkest moments or our worst scenario, we can always find the light at the end of the tunnel. This is quite so especially when we realize the true spirit of Easter, that is, Christ conquering sin and
removing the sting of death with his passion, death and resurrection, and sharing this Easter renewal with us if we want to. That’s why we can always say without exaggeration that there’s always hope for us in spite of whatever. We need to examine the way we pray. Very often, what we call prayer is actually not prayer, but simply some kind of personal introspection, a s or t of s olilo quy, or otherwise, a mere play or expression of the emotional and psychological condition we find ourselves in a given moment. We have to be most careful when we fall into this predicament that can come to us in a very subtle way, because sooner or later we will find ourselves confused if not lost, deceived and completely deprived of any benefit. We will find ourselves tricked and losing for good any interest in prayer. Obviously, prayer can involve all these, but what makes real prayer distinctive is that it is driven by faith, hope and charity, and not just
by human or natural factors or conditions. Genuine prayer transcends our bodily and earthly settings. It is a spiritual and supernatural activity, first of all, before it expresses itself in our material and natural dimensions. It is fuelled by faith, hope and charity rather than by our mere sentiments and human understanding or estimation of things. Our beautiful manifestations of popular piety where we pray with showy public expressions like making novenas, staging processions, kissing, dancing and waving at images would be hollow if this basic property of prayer as primarily a spiritual and supernatural activity would be missing. If we pray as we should, then we allow God to come to us and to engage us in a true discussion of things. It would be God, more than us, showing us how things ought to be. In a way, prayer is actually an easy thing to do, precisely because of this. When we complain that we find prayer boring or empty or something that would lead
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us to some sad, depressing or inconvenient episodes, it can only mean that we are not actually praying. We may just be talking with our own selves, and allowing our human conditions at a given moment to completely dominate and rule us. Obviously, to pray as we should we have to do our part to purify ourselves of some conditions that would impede us to talk and listen to God, and to enter into a loving conversation with him. This is where we have to feel the need for mortification, for self-denial or self-emptying as Christ cimagala/PAGE 11
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SEN. BAM AQUINO
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professors, social entrepreneurs, and professionals from the regions and other countries attended the three-day summit. Emmanuel Alkuino, CMU Board Regent said Bukidnon is an ideal setting for the summit, because despite fertile lands and very good climate, it has many poor people and malnourished children. Anchored on the theme “Wealth Creation with Justice and Peace through Social E nt re pre n e u rsh ip,” t he summit meetin advocated for p ar t nership among stakeholders emphasizing the need for a holistic support mechanism towards inclusive growth to reduce poverty. The Summit, with the presence of AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista also tackled vital resolves concerning peace and development issues in Mindanao, as well as its implications for social entrepreneurships. In to d ay ’s s e s s i ons , Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV, himself a social entrepreneur will speak with Senator Pia Cayetano to challenge social innovators, entrepreneurs, prospective investors, and various interest groups to help Mindanao achieve economic growth through social enterprise development. S en. Aquino said Mindanao has 10 of 16 poorest provinces. “Ten of the poorest provinces in the country are in Mindanao, with Lanao del Norte leading the way with a 67.3 percent poverty incidence. The problem exists despite Mindanao’s vast natural resources, which remained untapped until now due to the decades-long conflict in the region, he sadi.” Aquino added that the 1st Mindanao Social Business Summit, will play a key role in addressing problems hounding the region. To d ay, Aq u i n o w i l l discuss the importance of inclusive growth and social entrepreneurship in reducing poverty. A former social entrepreneur before becoming a lawmaker, Aquino will share his experience with the Hapinoy program, which he co-founded, to delegates from the business and government s e c tors , of f i c i a l s f rom different universities and other NGOs from Mindanao. Aquino will also tackle his inclusive growth bills that will help boost micro, small and medium enterprises, leading to creation of jobs and other livelihood for millions of Filipinos.
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at the height of the rotating brownouts that hit Mindanao in the later days of February 2014. Jun Ramos, a leader of a civil society, a group based
in the neighboring city of El Salvador, said that the poor consumers that Moresco I served would certainly suffer the ERC’s decision. Ramos said that the during Moresco 1 annual general membership assembly, only 18,000, out of the cooperative 72,000 active memb ers participated in the meeting. During the meeting, the members learned that Moresco I has its huge negative bank balance in four banks in the province of Misamis Oriental, Ramos added. The members of the municipal council of Alubijid an d ot h e r c o op e r at i ve members have expressed the opposition to the ERC’s decision because Moresco I would be collecting more to its serviced clients in terms of power rate adjustments, Ramos added. (PNA)
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focus on, the government’s l o g ist i c s st r ate g i e s for Mindanao, the impact of the ASEAN economic integration in the transport sector, the Bureau Customs policies in support of trade facilitation. Page said that the delegates would also get a chance to participate in a highlevel networking with the shipping industry executives, manufacturers, importers, and exporters. He s aid t hat hig h ly acclaimed resource persons who are considered expert in their fields have been invited to share their insights on a particular topic during the one-day conference. Among those invited were Dr. Adora Navarro, a senior research fellow of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies who would discuss about the state of preparedness of the Philippine logistics industry as the economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations integrate next year. Former Secretar y Cayetano Paderanga, Jr. who will talk on the Philippine macro-economic prospects for the next three years, as well as his forecast for Mindanao trade. Leon Dacanay, regional director of the National Economic Development Au t h o r i t y ( N E DA ) i n Northern Mindanao, who will speak about growth in Mindanao maritime trade, particularly cargo volumes, direction of trade and how shippers should respond.
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comprehensive and integrated p o l i c y t o f i g ht g l o b a l warming. By December of next year, when the next big climate summit meeting will take place in Paris, the world’s nations are expected to develop national strategies that, collectively, can keep atmospheric temperatures at safe levels. Everything must
be on the table — closing coal-fired power plants, ramping up renewable energy sources like wind and solar. There must be commitments by nations like Indonesia to reduce deforestation, and saying no to palm oil plantations is sacrificing short-term economic gain for the longterm health of the planet.
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similar mechanism to lay the necessary foundations of the moral recovery crusade for Filipinos…” In the case of “Samson vs. Restrivera”, G.R. No. 178459, March 28, 2011, the Supreme Court gave a directive for all government officials and employees to “avoid any appearance of impropriety affecting integrity of public service.” Surely, the morality, or lack of it, by any government official is a matter that affects public service and should any question be raised about it, a forthright answer is demanded. De Lima therefore owes not only to President Aquino, but also to God and to the Filipino people, to squarely respond to any challenge on her moral uprightness, not as an admission of any guilt, but because as a ranking official under a government that supposedly espouses “righteous governance”, she has a legal obligation to do so. -ooo REMINDERS: Please tune in: “Tambalang Batas at Somintac sa DZEC”, at 1062 kHz on the AM band, Mondays to Fridays, at 6 a.m., simulcast, real time, over www.eaglenews.ph; “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas sa Radyo Trabungko FM”, at 103.7 mHz in Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Mondays to Fridays, at 7 a.m.; and “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas sa DYKA” at 801 kHz on the AM band (Panay Island), Mondays to Fridays, at 10 a.m.
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himself underwent to be in synch with his Father’s will. In short, we cannot pray without mortification or sacrifice. If our main motive for prayer is to seek relief of our problems and burdens but at the same time neglect to purify ourselves, then we most likely will end up not praying. We may go through the motions of praying, but that prayer will definitely be fruitless. That prayer may produce some temporary relief, but unless rectified and purified, the relief will not last long and can even be dangerous to us, since it would not be God we would be dealing with, but something else, perhaps even an evil spirit that disguises itself as a good one. Christ himself shows us how to pray. He fasted, he went to a secluded place,
he spent the whole night praying. With the parable of the Pharisee and the publican in the temple, he tells us humility is essential to be able to pray.
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the flag raising ceremony at Sugbongcogon Central School and Sugbongcogon National Highschool. He also visited Salay National Highschool and Hermano Elementar y S chool in Balingasag. Governor Emano hopes to provide better education to students and pupils in the province not only by giving them better school facilities but also instilling in them good values.
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is 98, 909, 981, making the Philippines the 12th most populated country in the world. Based on the overview of the Habitat II National Report and Plan of Action, Janet Cr uz of HUD CC said that growth of urban population was dramatic from 1960 to 2000, five times from 8 million to 39 million. According to statistical report, currently with 46 million urban population, one in two persons can be said to live in the city. She said that the issue of urban sustainability is becoming prevalent in the country with an increasing urbanization with three or four persons living in the cities. The decision to go to urban areas should not be because of lack of opportunities in rural areas, there should be balanced development in the two areas, she explained. Meanwhile although the economy is growing robustly with Manufacturing having the highest growth rate of 10.5%, Cruz said that Agriculture, Fishery, Forestry and Hunting sector is the lowest with only 1.1% in 2013. On t he ot her hand, with Climate Change as the new normal to day, Cruz further said that local governments should be prepared in adaptation and mitigation. She also said that in response the government has provided green solutions as development priorities especially by its creation of the Climate Change Commission. In the workshop, it was agreed that local government units should be able to capacitate their communities to be disaster-resilient as lesson derived from Storm Surge ‘Yolanda’ in Visayas. There was also a suggestion to include more livelihood programs in the barangays and to fully maximize LGU powers based on Local Code. And in terms of basic services, not only should the youth and the senior citizens be catered but also the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).
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