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Wednesday|March 11, 2020

A HIGH school teacher in Bugo National High School (BNHS) in Cagayan de Oro City is leading the campaign to rehabilitate the ocean through research on artificial coral reefs with the use of glass bottles.

Maria Theresa Flora Mabalos said Friday she got the inspiration for her research in 2016 when she was teaching in Macabalan National High School (MNHS), where she collaborated with students to establish community-based projects.

"The creation of artificial reefs came to our mind after I had gathered the student leaders for planning and brainstorming on sustainable school-community based projects," saying the concept for artificial reefs using glass bottles naturally came up because the school is situated in a coastal area facing Macajalar Bay.

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HE chief of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Region 10 (LTFRB-10) called on the riding public on Friday (March 6) to patronize the new fleet of modernized public utility vehicles (PUVs) now plying the region.

SAMAL ISLAND, Davao del Norte – As the long-awaited P23-billion Samal-Davao bridge project breaks ground in July this year, an official confirmed on Saturday that its construction will commence in the middle of 2021.

In an interview on Saturday, Mayor Al David Uy said the plan to construct the bridge will be slated next year as the detailed engineering design of the project has been worked out.

“It will be in the middle of 2021. The Consul General of China told me that the funds are there already and everything has been prepared,” he said.

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Cagayan de Oro Councilor Joyleen Mercedes Balaba swears in the newly elected board of directors and officers of the Cagayan de Oro Press Cub, Inc. (COPC) during the 70th induction of officers held at the Grand Caprice Restaurant, Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City. photo by gerry lee gorit

MinDA partners with Pilmico for sorghum development program

By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO, Correspondent

THE MINDANAO Development Authority (MinDA) has tapped Pilmico Foods Corp. to help with the marketing strategy for the Sorghum Development Program that aims to develop about 100,000 hectares for the crop.

Pilmico Assistant Vice President Glen L. Banogon, in a statement released by MinDA, said the country’s sorghum requirements have been mostly imported and producing it locally will

benefit the livestock and poultry industries.

“The three main considerations for sorghum are its nutritional value, availability and cost. There’s a big potential here, with DA (Department of Agriculture) and MinDA’s assistance and facilitation in the cultivation process and Pilmico’s help in the market aspect,” said Mr. Banogon.

Pilmico, an Aboitiz company, is engaged in feeds PARTNERS/PAGE 11

LT F R B - 1 0 D i r e c t o r Aminoden Guro issued the call with only a few months left before the government’s public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP) is set to go full blast in June.

“Our riding public should start to patronize these modernized PUVs as these will now be the country’s mode of mass transport in the coming months and years,” Guro said.

In this city, 15 minibuses belonging to the O ro Tr ansp or t S e r v i ce Cooperative have begun operation in January this year ferrying passengers to the adjoining Opol town, Misamis Oriental.

In June last year, Donsals Express rolled out 15 airconditioned coasters plying the route in Initao town, also in Misamis Oriental.

Rural Transit Mindanao PATRONIZE/PAGE 10

‘Bridge of Peace’ frees MILF community from zipline woes

By RICHEL V. UMEL, MindaNews

ILIGAN City — A hanging bridge has been completed in the hinterlands of Masiu, Lanao del Sur, finally freeing the community members from using a zipline they

used for many years to cross a river.

Dubbed the “Bridge of Peace,” which spans 70 meters long and 1.4 meters wide, it was inaugurated Friday in a

simple ceremony attended by representatives from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), World Bank and the local government unit of Masiu, among others.

Halil “Ariel” Amerol, Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) manager for Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte, said the hanging bridge was completed one year after construction.

The World Bank provided a grant of P7 million for the hanging bridge, which benefits the Moro Islamic FREES/PAGE 10

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RDC-X approves P10.9 billion DA-10 proposed CY 2021 budget DEPARTMENT of Agriculture – Regional Field Office (DARFO)-10 OICRegional Executive Director Carlene C. Collado successfully defended the office's proposed Php10.9 billion budget for CY 2021 during the Regional Development Council -X Advisory Committee Meeting

chaired by Governor Philip T. Tan of Misamis Occidental, March 6, here.

After satisfactorily passing scrutiny from the regional advisory committee, the proposed budget will be endorsed to the National Economic Development Council for further assessment and approval.

The budget will be utilized to fund the agency’s priority programs and projects in the five provinces and two highly urbanized cities in Northern Mindanao - Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte, Camiguin, Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City. (DA10/ PIA10)

Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office (DA-RFO)-10 OIC- Regional Executive Director Carlene C. Collado (leftmost) presents the office's proposed Php10.9 billion budget for CY 2021 during the Regional Development Council -X Advisory Committee Meeting chaired by Governor Philip T. Tan of Misamis Occidental, March 6, here. (DA 10)

Mambajao invites sports fans to join summer league CAMIGUIN -- To promote physical fitness in town, the municipality of Mambajao opens

registration for the Mambajao Summer League 2020 until March 31.

Currently, the sports

committee are preparing the venue and equipment needed for tournament which will start on April 3.

Basketball and volleyball games, being the highlights of the event, are divided into inter-barangay and open (basketball) and inter-agency and open (volleyball men and women) categories.

For basketball, interbarangay category is intended for ages 15 below and ages 16-18. Open category is divided into ages 25 below, 26-39 years old, and 40 above.

For volleyball, the open and inter-agency (21 and above) categories will be divided into two; men and women divisions.

Gilbert Grado, Municipal Sports Coordinator, said they are expecting 50 teams per category to participate in the games.

To get additional information regarding the event, interested teams may contact Grado through 09177060819 or visit Mambajao Municipal Accounting Office. (Marc Ian A. Salem/PIA10)

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WalterMart targets more provincial stores WALTERMART Supermarket will open at least four stores in 2020 to reach more customers in the provinces.

WalterMart General Manager Rosemarie D. Caalam told reporters on Monday that the company is set to add four to six stores to the existing 35 Luzon-based stores by the end of the year.

“We have so much opportunity here so we’d like to capture the opportunity first in Luzon,” she said, adding that there are “pocket areas” in Luzon provinces the company would like to reach.

“It’s a growing opportunity in terms of network expansion.”

She said that the company is the number one market player in areas it had entered first, especially in the provinces.

Meanwhile, the company has been responding to increased demand for products such as rubbing alcohol amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

“We are able to plan with our merchandising team and with the supply chain. I think that one is anticipation,” Ms. Caalam said.

She said the frequency

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of transactions had increased since the epidemic broke out late last year.

The company’s growth, which Ms. Caalam described as “very healthy” and in double digits, can be attributed to the company rebranding and the increased assortment of products.

The WalterMart Group of Companies is under a joint venture deal with SM Investments Corp.

SM Investments Corp. saw a 20% increase STORES/PAGE 11

Imported vehicle sales down by 16.2% in Jan.

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TOTAL of 5,433 imported vehicles were sold in the country in the first month of the year, the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) reported Thursday.

AVID’s sales in January this year was 16.2 percent lower than its sales in January 2019 at 6,482 units.

All segments were down, with passenger cars leading the drop at 31 percent.

Sales of imported passenger

cars year-on-year for the month of January declined to 1,553 units from 2,258 units.

Light commercial vehicle sales fell by 7.5 percent to 3,855 units in January this year from 4,157 units in the same month in 2019.

Commercial vehicle sales also went down by 6.3 percent year-onyear to 25 units from 67 units.

“2020 will be a very challenging year for the industry given the slowdown in automotive demand, supply chain disruptions, and

dampened consumer confidence caused by twin events these (Taal Volcano eruption and coronavirus outbreak),” AVID President Ma. Fe Perez-Agudo said.

Despite the downside risks that the industry is facing, Perez-Agudo added the group remains confident in the Philippine market.

“Fortunately, the Philippine economy remains strong backed by robust public spending, private consumptions, and lower interest rates,” she said. (PNA)

Manufacturing output declines

CONCERNS over coronavirus disease (Covid-2019) affecting tourism and travel activities in the country could dampen production of consumer-related manufactures, such as food and beverages, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said.

The Philippine Statistics Authority reported in its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) that the total

manufacturing index declined in January 2020.

Year-on-year Volume of Production Index and Value of Production Index dropped by 1.6 percent and 6.3 percent, respectively.

However, both indices showed improvement from the previous month’s growth of -9.1 percent and -8.7 percent, respectively, in December 2019.

“Intensifying government’s actions to monitor and implement mitigating measures will

temper the potential negative impact of the Covid-2019 on the manufacturing industry,” Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said.

As the epidemic scare lingers, output of firms that produce intermediate goods to overseas market will also be affected.

“Government needs to work closely with the industry in crafting and implementing strategies to effectively mitigate the possible impacts of

Covid-19 on production,” the Cabinet official said.

Pernia said there is also a need to map out entire value chains across primary, secondary, and tertiary players in the economy, to understand where critical parts are sourced, to identify alternative market sources, and to beef up inventory capacity to insulate against vulnerabilities.

“To help the manufacturing industry become more competitive and resilient, relevant

government agencies need to swiftly implement measures that would streamline processes, facilitate trade, and reduce transactions costs,” he added.

To reinforce business continuity plans, government support will be needed for facilitating partnerships between micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and large domestic and/ or foreign enterprises and for leveraging DECLINES/PAGE 11

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“The heart has reason of its own which reason itself does not understand.” — Chua vs Clave HE exchange d his promising career with a one night stand.

Worse, he ended it with nothing but a public shame like no other.

Argao, Cebu City Police Chief Ildefonso Miranda landed in jail after he was found sleeping with a female detainee of the station.

But he quickly defended his arrest with no sign

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Who said life isn't fair Think a Minute . . . ”Who said life’s fair!” I heard my grandmother say that a thousand times if I heard it once. There was a reason she said it often. When my grandmother was a little girl, one day her father just left her and her mother . . . and he never came back!

My grandmother fought that feeling of rejection and unfairness all her life. From an early age as a child she learned that life is not fair.

My guess is so did you.

Hop ef u l ly you did not experience such a painful injustice as that. But as a child your father punished you for something you didn’t do. Even worse, maybe your parents gave more attention and favor to your siblings than you. A neighbor blamed you for something that was someone else’s fault. You had a teacher in school who treated you unfairly. Now that you’re an adult, your boss is unfair. Laws seem to discriminate. Even your wife or husband may treat you unfairly, or accuse you unjustly. Who said life’s fair?

Because it’s not!

S o what can you do

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JHAN TIAFAU HURST to handle the unfairness of people and life? Once again there is a person who has an answer to our life’s toughest questions. Talk about unfairness: He is the number one victim of injustice in history! Even people who did not like this man admitted that he was the last person in the world who should be executed and killed as the worst of criminals. If Jesus Christ was not a good and innocent man, then no one is! So next time you and I think we are being treated unfairly, just tell Him about it. He knows exactly what you’re feeling and going through.

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of remorse whatsoever because of what he was saying beforehand that he did not commit a heinous crime, but simply followed his carnal desire in that particular instance — sleeping with the enemy.

Unfortunately, he was caught with his pants down and ergo, the quickie did not, in any which way, contributed any good on him.

Miranda faces charges for violation of Republic Act No. 3019 or the AntiGraft and Corrupt Practices

Act, Direct Bribery, and violation of Article 156 of the Revised Penal Code.

This police officer perhaps has the propensity of doing one-night stands while on duty, forgetting that he is a public official and that he is duty-bound to follow ethical standards in public service.

Certainly, there was a biting lesson learned here.

When in high gear, do it with extra caution.

Indeed, the heart has reason of its own which reason itself does not know.

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RUFFY MAGBANUA Certainly, this applies to the Miranda file. Case closed. (ruffy44_ph2000@yahoo. com)

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PROF. ENRIQUE SORIANO A Harvard news material articulated it clearly... “The demand for business coaches has never been greater.

With business moving at breakneck speed, frequent job shifts, and limited in-house training, professionals of all levels are often grappling with changes. As a result, organizations are in dire need of leaders who can guide their colleagues through workplace challenges, help them improve performance, and lead them through career decisions.”

Business Coaching is critical in the life of an organization. Companies engage them to purposely

challenge senior executives to raise the bar and partner with the CEO or business owner to exact standards of performance on everyone.

They are also referred to as change agents that are sticklers for “best practices” standards.

An experienced business coach is an enabler and offers the organization with a very clear picture where they can pivot and boost profits. They can also help in untangling certain dynamics amongst owners and executives so they can make better decisions about everything related to human resource, operations to accomplishing the 3 year strategic plans. In the same breath, if the C-suite executives underperform, the business coach can also be unforgiving.

Business coaching is regarded as one of the fastest growing industries in the world, following the IT industry. As reported by IBIS World, an online market research outfit, it is estimated that 88,000 people work as business coaches in an $11

billion market. The industry is forecasted to grow at an average of 18% per year.

The first use of the term “coaching” to mean an instructor or trainer started around 1830 in Oxford University (slang for a tutor who "carries" a student through an exam).

The first use of the term in relation to sports came in 1831.

H i s t o r i c a l l y, t h e e v o lut i on of c o a c h i n g has been influenced by many other fields of study including those of personal development, adult education, psychology (sports, clinical, developmental, organizational, social and industrial) and other organizational or leadership theories and practices. Since the mid-1990s, coaching has developed into a more independent discipline.

There are a variety of appro a che s w it h i n t he coaching metho dolog y.

Coaching is performed with individuals and groups, in person, over the phone and online. However, no matter

what field you’re in, the principles of coaching remain the same. In that respect, Business Coaching is very similar to sports coaching.

In sports, a coach pushes an athlete to achieve optimum p e r for m an c e , prov i d e s support when he/she is exhausted and teaches how to execute plays that competitors do not anticipate.

A sports coach will make you run more laps and make you work harder than you would on your own, even when you don’t feel like it. A sports coach will tell it like it is.

Fortunately, a Business Coach does many of the same things, but in a way that is focused on creating a successful business using simulations, models and various platforms suited to the organization’s ability to adapt, external events as well as regulatory challenges.

The role of a Business Coach is to coach business owners through guidance, support, accountability and encouragements. It also helps COACHING/PAGE 11

About freedom and power THE problem of ABS CBN is neither about the issue of press freedom, which is being bannered by its defenders, nor about Pres.

Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged personal gripes against the giant Network. The unfair treatment of ABS CBN on then Mayor of Davao City when he joined the Presidential race is beyond him now although this left an indelible mark in his political career. For how can one forget when he was made to pay in advance for a political advertisement which was never aired but instead preempted by series of black propaganda using innocent children to denigrate him?

Can this vain display of muscle part of freedom that the defenders of ABS CBN are fighting for?

Freedom? The only time it was totally curtailed was when it was shut down during the aegis of martial law. But ABS CBN was not alone in that misery.

When martial law regime ended, the luckiest

to regain their possessions courtesy of the revolutionary government of Cory Aquino, were the Lopezes. While the Cory government became the biggest disenchantment ABS CBN along with the firms under the Lopez Holdings C or p or at i on ( for m e r ly Benpres) was another saga.

The moment they got hold of their resources the Lopezes lost no time in exercising the restoration of its resources, power and influence. The firm may not be into banking but who need one when the Development Bank of the Philippines was there with vaults open. Loans were granted in a wink, the taxpayers were not even aware of it, and then were written off.

If those sprinkles of m o t l e y “o u s t - D u t e r t e” groups think that behest l o ans we re g r ante d to Benpres, Skycable, Bayantel and Maynilad because these firms were bankable, they better think beyond their biases. Those behest loans were granted because of

the might and power of ABS CBN. VP Leni Robredo described the network aptly.

“Ang makapangyarihang himpilan”. If there is one thing these issues surrounding the renewal or extension of the franchise of ABS CBN and the quo warranto had unmasked it is how this Network exercise its power and influence and mind you this has nothing to do freedom because the truth is its freedom goes beyond the limits of democracy. But such is the misfortune of Filipinos. If during the era of Marcos we had cronies and behest loans, the Aquino administration improved on it. This should give President Duterte and his rich friends a warning to stay away from behest loans and sovereign guarantees.

It’s humbling for Carlo Lopez Katigbak, the young President and CEO of the giant network to come out and admit in public that ABS CBN had shortcomings and that they will endeavor to correct them. Hardly had the

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JUN LEDESMA message of Katigbak settled down however, here comes Karen Davila interviewing Presidential Spokesman Sal Panelo with the usual air attempting to implicate President Duterte in each question on what seemed like an impending tragedy their franchise will not be tackled in Congress and the quo warranto may take its course in the Supreme Court. To her chagrin she was no match to Panelo. If in the past she embarrassed many of her guests, that encounter with Sal was to be her chastisement.

FREEDOM/PAGE 11

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PH, WB execs in talks for loan assistance, Covid-19 measures

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HILIPPINE finance officials are now in discussions for possible loan assistance from multilateral agencies for measures targeted to address any coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) emergencies. “(The) announcement by the WB (World Bank) is certainly welcomed,” Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said in a Viber message to journalists Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the World Bank Group announced the allocation of up to USD12 billion immediate support to countries affected by Covid-19 to help address any economic

and health impact of the epidemic.

In a statement, the multilateral lender said the fast-track package “will help developing countries strengthen health systems, including better access to health services to safeguard people from the epidemic, strengthen disease surveillance, bolster public health interventions, and work with the private sector to reduce the impact on economies.”

Specifically, USD8 billion of the support package will be available “on a fast track basis” and this will come from the International Bank

for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), USD2.7 billion; and the International Development Association (IDA), USD1.3 billion.

The Bank said it will also source USD2 billion from reprioritization of its existing portfolio while USD6 billion will come from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), including USD2 billion from existing trade facilities.

Dominguez said the loan assistance will be earmarked for the Department of Health (DOH) “with emphasis of quick reactions to Covid-19 and similar

events.”

The DOH has asked Congress for a PHP2billion supplemental budget for the measures against Covid-19.

Dominguez said the loan package from WB will still be tapped even if Congress approves the supplemental budget that DOH has requested.

He added that while the government is implementing measures to address any increase of Covid-19 cases in the country and its impact on the economy, officials “have yet to determine the expected impact” as well as the appropriate response on the epidemic. (PNA)

Drop of February inflation to 2.6% within expectations RATE of price increases in the Philippines decelerated to 2.6 percent last February from monthago's 2.9 percent, and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilpinas (BSP) said this is expected as it sees full-year average to hit 3 percent.

Last month’s inflation rate is also within the BSP’s 2.4-3.2 percent forecast for the month, with the slowdown traced to a slower rate of the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages index.

“The latest inflation outturn is consistent

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with the BSP’s prevailing assessment that inflation is expected to steadily approach the midpoint of the target range in 2020 and 2021,” the BSP said in a statement.

Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the average inflation rate in the first two months this year stood at 2.8 percent, near the middle of the government’s 2-4 percent target band.

Excluding volatile food and oil items, core inflation also slowed to 3.2 percent from the previous

month’s 3.3 percent.

The central bank said risks to this year’s inflation outlook leans on the upside due to higher utility rates, fare rate hike petitions, and the impact of the African swine fever (ASF) on meat prices.

“The ongoing spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) could have an adverse impact on domestic economic activity and financial market sentiment in the coming months,” it said.

The statement said all these developments will be looked into during

the rate-setting meet of the BSP’s policy-making Monetary Board (MB) on March 19, the second for the year.

“The BSP will ensure that the monetary stance remains consistent with its primary objective of maintaining price stability that is conducive to the balanced and sustainable growth of the economy,” it added.

During the MB’s ratesetting meet last February, the Board slashed the central bank’s key policy rates by 25 basis points as INFLATION/PAGE 11

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LANDBANK grants reach P94.36B STATE-OWNED Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) released a total of P94.36 billion in cash grants to 9,670,434 beneficiaries in 2019 under various social protection programs.

In a statement on Thursday, LANDBANK said they distributed a total of P73.94 billion to 4.4 million beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash

Transfer program and P18.15 billion to 5.16 million recipients of the Unconditional Cash Transfer program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Meanwhile, P2.27 billion went to 110,434 recipients of the fuel subsidy program, Pantawid Pasada Program of the Department of Transportation.

“As LANDBANK aggressively pursues programs that intensifies our support to the agriculture sector, we have complemented this with our continuous efforts to support the national developmental agenda especially in alleviating poverty, and to fulfill our function as the main depository and servicing bank of the government,”

LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo was quoted as saying in the statement.

The recipients of the said programs used LANDBANK automated teller machine cash cards to claim their cash grants.

The state-owned bank booked P18.51 billion in net profit in 2019, up 20% from the P15.48 billion it earned in 2018.

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Cimatu vows to restore Marinduque rivers hit by Marcopper disaster

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NVIRONMENT Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has vowed to restore two rivers in Marinduque province that were damaged in what has been dubbed as one of the worst mining disasters in Philippine history.

“We made a plan to restore all the rivers in the Philippines, including the Boac and Mogpog rivers.

Lilinisin natin ‘yan and we have a way of doing that using non-government resources,” Cimatu told a cheering crowd during Marinduque’s centennial celebration on February 19.

The environment chief was the guest of honor at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Marinduque as a province on the invitation of provincial officials led by Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. and his son, Congressman Lord Allan Velasco.

Cimatu said it is high time the government lead a massive cleanup and rehabilitation of the Boac and Mogpog rivers for the benefit of the people of Marinduque who continue to suffer from the effects of the catastrophic tailings spills from the site of Marcopper Mining Corp. in 1993 and 1996.

“The environmental damages and unresolved issues brought about by the Marcopper mining operation in Marinduque for several decades now, must be put to an end,” Cimatu said.

In March 1996, a fracture in the drainage tunnel of Marcopper’s Taipan pit spilled more than 1.6 million cubic meters of toxic mine tailings, flooding villages and poisoning the Boac River.

Three years before that, the firm’s Maguilaguila siltation dam also burst, flooding the town of Mogpog, where two children drowned in the mine waste.

It practically killed the Mogpog River with its toxic mine tailings.

Marcopper, which started its copper mining operations in the province in 1969, had been dumping millions of tons of mine waste or tailings directly into the Calancan Bay, destroying corals and seagrasses.

Cimatu said he would immediately issue a department administrative order (DAO) once the Marinduque provincial government submits a

formal request to place the Boac and Mogpog rivers under rehabilitation.

The planned riverrehabilitation, he said, would include the dredging of the two rivers by a private contractor at no cost to the government.

Cimatu said the private contractor will have to shoulder all the expenses of the dredging operation in exchange for whatever minerals that he may recover, provided he pay the corresponding four percent excise tax.

So far, Cimatu said he has already issued four DAOs in relation to the restoration of silted rivers through dredging, based on the separate requests of the provincial governments of Zambales, Oriental Mindoro and Negros Occidental.

The DAOs were pursuant to Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1, Series of 2019, issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of the Interior and Local Government, and Department of Transportation.

The joint circular seeks to protect and restore to their natural state and water flow the heavily silted river channels in the country.

Meanwhile, Cimatu revealed that he already approved an initial P5million funding for the construction of the 90-meter-wide gabion dam across the Mogpog River, particularly the downstream portion of Maguila-guila Creek, to prevent further siltation in its basin.

Regional Director Roland De Jesus of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in MIMAROPA, said the amount will cover the first phase of the project, which include the conduct of feasibility study, technical data gathering, design and planning for the construction of the gabion dam.

“The result of the first phase will yield crucial information on geological, geotechnical and hydraulic analysis of the Maguila-guila Creek, which will determine the design of the structure,” De Jesus said.

“The second phase or the implementation of construction stage may vary depending on the result of the first phase of the project,” he added.

DENR, CEZA unite to save Cagayan’s famous white sand beach

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has partnered with the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) to ensure the protection and sustainability of Nangaramoan Beach in Cagayan Valley province.

The partnership was sealed with the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) by DENR Secretary Roy

A. Cimatu and CEZA Administrator and Chief Executive Officer Raul Lambino, held last February 18 at the DENR Central Office in Quezon City.

Nangaramoan Beach is famous for its pristine waters and white powdery sand comparable to the world-renowned Boracay Island. It is located in the town of Santa Ana, which BEACH/PAGE 11

Quarry firm encroaching into Masungi Geopark faces closure ENVIRONMENT Secretary Roy A. Cimatu vowed to close down and cancel the permit of the quarry operator that was reportedly encroaching into the MasungiGeopark in the town of Baras in Rizal province.

“Aside from closure, we will summon and give them notice of violation with what they did here,” said the seemingly exasperated Cimatu, who personally went to the site on Tuesday, March 3, to verify reports that a

quarrying company had fenced off a quarter of the 2,000-hectare ecotourism and conservation site.

Cimatu identified the quarrying firm as Rapid City Realty and Development Corp., whose mineral production sharing agreement (MPSA) granted by the DENR in 1998 is now being looked into by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB).

Accompanied by other officials of the Department of Environment and

Natural Resources (DENR) led by Undersecretary Benny Antiporda, Cimatu removed and seized the barbed wires hammered into the Tibig trees in the area.

Cimatu said he had instructed MGB to also scrutinize the MPSAs of two other quarrying firms— Quarry Rock Group Inc., and Quimson Limestone Inc.—which along with Rapid City are operating within the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape

using the MPSAs they secured in the late 1990s.

“This is a watershed, and also a protected area,” Cimatu pointed out. “We have already identified this as a protected area and these mining companies are within the protected area.”

An MPSA has a validity of 25 years from the year it was granted. Since Rapid City’s MPSA will soon expire and is subject for renewal, Cimatu assumed that the fencing off was CLOSURE/PAGE 11

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AGAYAN de Oro City -- In response to the national directives to address pressing issues relating to African Swine Fever

(ASF), the Department of Agriculture– Regional Field Office (DA-RFO)-10 convened all provincial and city veterinarians in Northern Mindanao

for a briefing and consultative meeting on the implementation of Executive Order (EO) No. 105 and Administrative Order (AO) No. 22,

March 5.

The meeting primarily aims to streamline DA and local government units' effort to contain ASF from infesting Northern Mindanao provinces by implementing common anti-ASF legal grounds.

DA is pushing for the enforcement of AO 22 to establish National Zoning and Movement Plan for ASF, and EO 105 - a directive creating the National Task Force for the Prevention of AnimalBorne Diseases.

Both legal orders are crafted as stop-gap measure to the spreading of animal-borne diseases in the country at the national level.

Noting some contradicting provisions between AO 22 and EO

105 with that of the local executive orders issued by local chief executives, DA-10 OIC-Regional Executive Director, Carlene C. Collado

encouraged government veterinarians to endorse the national orders to the Provincial Governors and City Mayors in the region STREAMLINE/PAGE 10

The global impact of coronavirus on education

By MERLITA B. DAVEN Tuod Integrated School Tuod, Manticao, Misamis Oriental

MORE than 290 million students have been disrupted worldwide by COVID 19. A viral outbreak thatg began in China has infected thousands of people globally. Educators and students around the world are feeling the extraordinary ripple effect f the novel coronavirus as schools shut down amid

the public health emergency.

While health officials scramble to get a grip on multiple outbreaks, here is how education systems have responded. There are school closures of some kind in 22 countries on three continents with hundreds of millions of students around the world

facing upheaval, including 13 countries that have shut schools nationwide.

The UN has warned of the unparalleled scale and speed of the educational disruption being caused by coronavirus.

Currently, school closures in over a dozen countries due to COVID 19 outbreak have disrupted the education of at least 290.5 million students worldwide, according to

UNESCO. But there must be a need for continuity of learning for all, especially disadvantaged children and outh who tend to be the hardest hit by school closures. While temporary school closures are not new, the global scale and speed of the current educational disruption is unparalleled and if prolonged can threaten the right to education.

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Inc. (RTMI), one of the biggest bus operators in Mindanao owned and operated by the Yanson Group of Bus Companies, also introduced an initial 15 bus units for the BalingasagLaguindingan route during the Misamis Oriental launch of the PUVMP held at the Provincial Capitol grounds on Friday.

Meanwhile, Guro reminded PUV operators who have yet to organize themselves into a corporation or cooperative to start the application process lest they lose their franchise and their established routes.

“I am encouraging our transport groups to switch to PUVMP so they will not be left behind,” he added.

Although ordering a fleet of modernized PUVs may take some time due to the number of public utility jeepney units that will be replaced, Guro said operators must be ready once the new PUVs arrive from the manufacturers.

He said there are about 200,000 PUJ units set to be phased out by June this year, although he added the sheer volume of PUJs that will be replaced will mean the transition will not be that immediate.

Several firms that have already initially complied with the PUMP directive said they are adjusting their services based on the results of their nascent operations.

Celer Estologa, RTMI media relations officer, said: “We are improving our services based on the mobility needs of the riding public, especially those passengers going to the Laguindingan Airport.”

RTMI’s decision to go into the intra-provincial route, Estologa said, is “in accord with the modernization program of the government to provide safe, comfortable, and modern fleet.”

Donald Rey Ellarina, Donsals Transport Corp. chief executive officer, has assured the passengers they will not see an immediate fare hike.

“We want to continue providing better services to our passengers without implementing an increase,” Ellarina said, noting that based on initial assessment, passengers commonly prefer new and air-conditioned PUVs over the older PUJs. (PNA)

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Liberation Front (MILF) c o m m u n i t y i n S a w e r, Masarag, Masiu town, he added.

“Besides being isolated for many years, the community suffered displacements during the major wars between the government and the MILF in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2008,” Amerol recalled.

The war in 2008 was triggered by the Supreme C ourt’s ruling that the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain was

Kapitolyo, host sa paglusad sa modern PUVs sa LTFRB lLUSAD na karong adlaw’ng Biernes, Marso 6, 2020, sa Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB-10) ang implementasyon sa Public Utility Modernization Program sa Department of Transportation (DOTr).

Nunot niini, adunay formal launching ug press conference sa may Capitol grounds kung diin host ang pangagamhanang lokal sa Misamis Oriental.

Laumang motambong sila si DOTr Sec. Arthur Tugade ug Undersecretary for Roads and Transportation Mark Richmund de Leon, LTFRB Chairman Atty.

Martin B. Delgra III ug mga representante gikan sa Land Transportation Office, Highway Patrol Group, Philippine National Police, Department of Tourism, Technical Skills Development Authority ug Department of Interior and Local Government, aron sa pagpangulo sa

unconstitutional.

T he hang i ng br i d ge i s w i t h i n t h e M I L F ’s Hejratusalam Satellite Camp Bushara Somiyorang, where the late MILF vice chairman for military affairs Alim Abdul Aziz Mimbantas lived, Amerol said.

Mimbantas is the father of BARMM parliament member Dr. Marjanie Salic Macasalong Mimbantas, executive director of t he B angs amoro Yout h Commission.

Mimbantas described the hanging bridge as “one of the fruits of the peace process between the government and the MILF.” He s aid it cou ld b e the first of its kind that was completed after the establishment last year of the BARMM government, which was anchored on the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, the final peace deal between the government and the MILF. “The bridge definitely brings hope, dream, trust and inspiration to the locals,” Mimbantas said.

He urged the community members to pray and work for lasting peace.

Mimb ant as s aid t he hanging bridge could benefit the movement of people and goods from as far as Butig, Bumbaran and Wao towns.

The others who graced the launching include Bassit Abas Jannate Mimbantas, another member of the BARMM parliament and at the same time commander of the MILF’s North Eastern Front and member of the Independent Decommissioning Body ; Steve Muncy, head of the Community Family Services International; and Wendil Diancalan, BDA executive director.

nasangpit nga okasyon.

Ang Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program sa DOTr nagtumong nga himuong efficient ug environmentfriendly ang pampublikong transportasyon dinhi sa Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro, ug tibuok nasud.

Dunay 15 ka public utility bus sa Rural Transit Mindanao, Inc; 15 ka mini-bus sa Donsal's Express, Inc; ug 75 ka taxi units sa New Mindanao Transport Service Cooperative

(NEMINTSCO) ang andam nang moserbisyo sa atong commuters human sa nasangpit nga launching activity.

Gikalipay uyamot ni Gobernador Bambi Emano nga napili sa nasangpit nga mga ahensiya ang kapitolyo isip host sa paglusad sa modernong pampublikong salakyan dinhi sa Misamis Oriental ug Cagayan de Oro. Matud sa gobernador, garbo kini sa iyang administrasyon ug sa katawhan sa tibuok lalawigan.

Streamline...

Industr y presented the b u r e au ' s o n l i n e L o c a l Shipping Permit Issuance System during the meeting.

The system is a novel approach to battle against ASF by preventing fraudulent animal shipment.

DA- Nat i o n a l Me at Inspection Service and DABAI attended the meetingbriefing to provide technical and technological assistance in the implementation of appropriate legal measures to control and contain ASF. (DA10/PIA10)

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for possible consolidation and legal reconsideration.

While the unification of national and local executive orders are on the roll, RD Collado urged provincial and city vets to strengthen border protection by sourcing support from the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and willing private partners.

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unfairness in life? With Jesus, you can handle whatever life and others do to you—since He has already cleared the way for you to follow. He’s “been there, done that.” And He gives His same power to anyone who will ask Him to take control of their life.

His own inner strength and peace that does not let the unfairness of others keep you down.

You will also become strong and free enough to forgive those who hurt and treat you unfairly—just as He forgives you for the times you yourself have treated others wrongly. Jesus’ love and power is yours for the asking. So won’t you ask Him to forgive you and take charge of your heart every day? Then, no matter how unfair people are to you, you will know that the One Who is in control of your life will always be more than fair to you—since He alone is completely full of grace and truth. Just think a minute .

Coaching... from page 4

owners of big organizations and small and medium sized businesses with their sales, marketing, management, team building and so much more. Most importantly, just like a sporting coach, your Business Coach will make you focus on the game.

Business coaching is extremely effective in creating successful actions designed to move the business owner in a positive direction. It is the partnering of client and coach in an extraordinary relationship aligned towards achieving big goals set on milestones. In my years of experience coaching organizations in Asia, a good example of a focused plan is to align organizations and its executives toward a possible listing in the stock exchange in 2 years.

So, what exactly is business coaching?

Business coaching is for cl i e nt s w ho are READY to make changes and improvements in their business. It gives the entrepreneur a business p a r t n e r w h o d o e s n’ t necessarily share in the business profits. Anyone who’s ever had a business partner knows that partnerships are rarely equal.

With a Business Coach, you’ll receive unbiased strategic advice for a retained monthly fee usually covering a number of hours, not 50% of your profits.

Business coaching is about SPEED, ACTION and ACCOUNTABILITY. Think about all the workshops and conferences you have attended where you learned a new technique or strategy that was never implemented.

Your Business Coach will help you get it done and hold you accountable, but you must be ready to take action. The client does the work, not the coach.

Business coaching CHALLENGES the status quo

and exact GOVERNANCE. The “why not” instead of “why”. Your Business Coach asks “What are your challenges? What are you NOT doing? When are you going to do that?”

Business coaching promotes CLARIT Y OF ROLES between the owner and the professionals consistent with corporate as well as personal values.

When your values are in line with your business, greater success is possible.

Business coaching helps the business owner create a SHARED VISION AND MISSION for the organization. A business owner with a Vision is much more likely to succeed than one that doesn’t know where he’s going.

Business coaching helps the business owner identify O P P O RT U N I T I E S . A Business Coach can help you to see an opportunity you may have passed up.

Business coaching helps the business owner see his business through a DIFFERENT PAIR OF EYES. A Business Coach can see what you don’t see.

Business coaching brings out the BEST in the entrepreneur. Have you ever had someone truly interested in your success? Business coaching will push you out of your comfort zone, take you to your limits and in the end you will embrace it.

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Karen’s talk show, “Head start”, was obviously crafted to elicit proof that Duterte is behind the delay in tackling several bills pending in congress that would add a new lease of life to ABS CBN franchise which will expire on March 30. Davila also dragged the President as the one behind the filing of quo warranto in the High Court. She summed these all up as Duterte’s move in curtailing the freedom of the press. Panelo moreover removed the cobwebs and hot air in her head. He said, it is in fact the President who is prodding the House of Representatives to agenda for deliberations all the bills that relate to ABS CBN franchise.

Sen. Bong Go made the same assertion in the Senate deliberation. On the QW, the palace spokesman said that Solgen Joe Calida is acting on his own after discovering alleged serious breach that the Network committed.

Panelo told Davila that Calida might be charged with dereliction of duty if he failed to act on what he is mandated to do.

The handful of people that showed up in rallies at Edsa to oust Duterte speaks for itself. But nothing can argue against the fact that 87% of the Filipinos are satisfied with what the President is doing. One giant Network cannot diminish the fact that in this small country we have thousands of broadcast and print media establishments not to include a mesh mass of internet-based media exercising their freedom in

limitless abandon. Anyone who says otherwise is either a liar or a paid propagandist.

Stores... from page 3

in net income last year to P44.6 billion. Its food group, which includes WalterMart, SM Supermarket, SM Hypermarket, Savemore, and Alfamart, opened 248 stores in 2019.

WalterMart expansions to Visayas and Mindanao, Ms. Caalam said, are not yet being considered by the company.

Declines... from page 3

advanced manufacturing te chnolog ies to enable greater resilience of firms and MSMEs amid the challenges posed by Covid-2019.

Meanwhile, Pernia said the recent eruption of Taal Volcano will also have a temporary impact on the manufacturing sector given that CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) accounts for about 31 percent of the country’s industry output.

Thus, over the immediate term, government will need to fast track the rehabilitation of public infrastructure to ensure speedy recovery of firms, establishments, and households located in the area. (PR)

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inflation remains within target and growth seen to stay firm despite the challenges both here and abroad.

BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno earlier said they were reviewing the central bank’s economic projections for this year, which is regularly done twice a year, especially since global growth is now expected to take a hit from the impact of the epidemic from Covid-19, which started in China but has affected other countries.

Several countries have reported a high number of cases and death from the disease, including South Korea, Japan, the US, Iran, and Italy. (PNA)

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intended for the expansion of its property.

“The company’s MPSA is due for renewal that’s why it is expanding. I’m sure it would seek for extension of the MPSA, but I will not allow anymore extension here,” Cimatu pointed out.

He added: “In fact, I’m even considering a closure of this MPSA. There is no such thing that we will allow a mining company—either metallic or non-metallic—to have mining operations in this area.”

Me a nw h i l e , C i m at u directed Rizal Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Isidro Mercado to expedite the establishment of a satellite office in MasungiGeopark to strengthen the protection of the nature park and surrounding protected areas.

The DENR chief also warned against cutting down trees found within forestlands as these are protected by the country’s forestry law.

In 2013, CNN Travel named the beaches of Santa Ana and in nearby Palaui Island as among the best in the world. These beaches became the shooting locations of two seasons of the US reality TV series “Survivor” in 2014.

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for aquaculture, livestock, and poultry. He explained that sorghum seeds can be used as feeds for fish, duck, chicken, and hogs while the stalks can be used as silage for goats and cattle.

“If we are successful with this, we will be able to bring down the cost of feeds allowing us to compete with imported goods, therefore incre asing income and alleviating poverty with focus and consistency,” MinDA Chair Emmanuel F. Piñol said.

8 PROVINCES The sorghum program will focus on developing marginal lands and ancestral domains to hit the target area by 2021.

Eight provinces have been identified as initial participants and will receive seeds from the 25-ton stock donated by an American company. The provinces are: Davao del Norte, Cotabato, S ar ang an i, Z amb o ang a Sibugay, Lanao del Sur, Bukidnon, Agusan del Sur, and Basilan.

“We wi ll or ient you (beneficiaries) on what you could do with the crop, how the LGUs (local government units) could assist in the financial aspect, and MinDA on its part, will be reaching out to our funding agency partners and also link you up with a ready market,” Mr. Piñol told the first batch of beneficiaries during an orientation session in Davao City last Monday.

MinDA said the projected income from the program is P15 billion annually.

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is w it h i n t he C ag ay an Special Economic Zone and Freeport that is managed and supervised by CEZA. In October 2017, CEZA—in coordination with the DENR and the local government of Santa Ana— shut down the 500-meter-long white sand beach for failure of operators to comply with environmental regulations and sanitation standards.

Under the MOA, the DENR will help CEZA in crafting the Nangaramoan Comprehensive Area Development and Management Plan.

“This will ensure the protection of the environment in the area and the sustainable development of Nangaramoan Beach. This is the biggest substance of this MOA,” Cimatu said.

Lambino, on the other h an d, s ai d t h at C E Z A will rely on the technical inputs of the DENR in the development of the plan which, according to him, would serve as “the blueprint to ensure the preservation of the natural resources, biodiversity and cultural heritage of Nangaramoan Beach.”

He also said that the DENR-CEZA partnership would benefit “not just the tourists, but more importantly the stakeholders.”

“CEZA recognizes that this MOA will be the instrument to develop the area with the permission of the DENR, and we are thankful for their support,” Lambino added.

Me a nw h i l e , C i m at u advised the CEZA to require resort operators to build their own sewage treatment plants and to strictly implement the 20-meter shoreline easement rule.

Cimatu said that it must be clear to the operators that structures encroaching i nto t h e e a s e m e nt are considered illegal and must be demolished.

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Let the SAMSUNG Galaxy S20’s suite of cameras change the way you experience the world!

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GOOD story needs good tools to tell it in the best way possible. With crisp photos to engaging videos, a lot more emotions and reactions, thoughts and perspectives can be conveyed in every grand adventure or intriguing narrative.

Samsung knows just how powerful technology can be in storytelling, and is changing the way people tell them with its new flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S20 Series.

With its 108MP UltraResolution camera, the Galaxy S20 Ultra redefines how everyone sees the world by offering a revolutionary photography experience. Samsung pushes boundaries with its suite of lenses, which include the 108MP WideAngle, 48MP Telephoto, 12MP Ultra-Wide, and

DepthVision cameras.

Photos come with millions more pixels, capturing impossibly sharp shots.

Even selfies stand out with the 40MP Front Camera, so self-portraits are detailed and professionallooking.

The smartphone comes with Space Zoom, which brings subjects up to 100 times closer. Samsung’s most advanced zoom is enabled by a folded lens technology and highresolution image sensor, quality photos can be captured from far away.

This is ideal for concerts or sporting events, taking viewers from the rafters to the front row.

The Galaxy S20 Ultra can also perform in low light conditions with Bright Night. Samsung tripled the size of its image sensors, leading to more vibrant and richer photos,

even if they are taken at night, in a bar, or other dimly-lit locations.

All of the photos shot using the Galaxy S20 Series are enhanced through Samsung’s Single Take. This technology takes one shot and turns it into multiple formats, such as Bokeh, Beauty, and Ultra-Wide. Custom Filters are also readilyavailable effects to add a touch of personality to photos.

Even videos get an upgrade with the Galaxy S20 Series. The device is equipped with 8K video, now the highestresolution footage on a smartphone. Videos are four times bigger than ultra-high definition, and can still be sharp when played on a cinema screen.

When a scene needs to be immortalized as a photo, 8K Video Snap can take

Let the SAMSUNG Galaxy S20’s suite of cameras change the way you experience the world!

an image from a clip and maintain a stellar 33MP quality photo.

The stunning images can be enjoyed on the Galaxy S20 Ultra 6.9” Dynamic AMOLED Display for cinema-quality viewing. Its near bezelless body and Hyperfast Infinity-O Display promise zero interruptions

and a smoother response.

It is complemented by a massive built-in storage, which can be expanded up to 1TB, and is able to store up to 750,000 photos and 500 feature films. Owners of these handhelds can also stay connected with its all-day 5,000 mAh battery life*. When the battery runs low, the Super

Fast Charging function can power up the phone in just 30 minutes.

A galaxy of choices Customers can also choose the Galaxy S20, and the Galaxy S20+. The Galaxy S20 comes with a 64MP Telephoto lens, accompanied by two 12MP Wide and Ultra-Wide SAMSUNG/PAGE 11