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CAGAYAN de Oro City -- A Higaonon Pantawid Pamilya college scholar here is urging his fellow lumad children to finish their studies. Marlon Mandago, 24 of Tagmaray, San Luis, Malitbog, Bukidnon, is a third year student of Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST), taking up Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education, major in Physical Sciences. At a very young age, Marlon has witnessed the economic struggle of his parents who are laborers of a vegetable farm in the hinterland municipality of Malitbog, some 42.6 kilometers off southeast of here. During his elementary days, Marlon recalled that his parents would take home P50 each a day after rendering services to the vegetable farm. Now, it has increased to P100 a day, but, still below the daily minimum wage standard which is P284.

By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO, Correspondent

NEW variety of banana seedlings resistant to Panama disease is ready for distribution to Davao Region’s small farmers, the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) regional head announced.

Called the Giant Cavendish Tissue-Culture Variant (GCTCV) 219, the new type was developed

in Taiwan by DA’s partners and has been successfully reproduced at the Bureau of banana/PAGE 11

Labor law compliant THE Department of Labor and Employment - Region 10 (DOLE10) in partnership with the Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) and Phividec Industrial Estate-Misamis Oriental (PIE-MO) conducted a simultaneous Joint Assessment (JA) to all existing Phividec locators in eastern Misamis Oriental on March 3, 2015, gearing towards the proposed declaration of Phividec as a Labor Law Compliant Ecozone, the first ever in Mindanao. This is one of the flagship projects of DOLE-10 for the year 2015 in their Labor Law Compliance System (LLCS) program. The LLCS is the integrated framework for voluntary compliance and enforcement of labor laws and social legislations issued pursuant to the rule-making and visitorial and enforcement power of the Secretary of Labor and Employment. It inculcates a culture of compliance with the labor laws; ensure fair, expeditious, and non-litigious settlement of disputes; encourages the use of settlement in all labor cases; and at the same time strengthen tripartism. Together with Atheneus A. Vasallo, chief of the Technical Support Services Division (TSSD), Labor Law Compliance Officers (LLCOs) met with the members and officers of the PIE-MO and PIA headed by Atty. Ella Boiser, the external vice president and Dante F. Clarito, manager of PIA port-management department respectively.

Norhaima Angkay attends to her 3-month old baby, Norhaina, while waiting for the financial assistance to be given by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front inside Camp Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao province. mindanews photo by toto lozano

Representative/s of the CWPD partner agencies PPA, MARINA,DTI, Phil. Coast Guard, PIA and NTC in a meeting last Dec.19 at the PPA CDO Port Management Office hosted by PM Bong Butaslac and chaired by NTC RD Ted Buenavista. photo supplied

Taking Public Service to next level:

Consumer welfare & protection desk sails because gov’t cares By MIKE BAÑOS, Editor-at-Large

AN innovative program that aims to deliver a level of satisfaction in excess of consumer expectations will be launched this afternoon, March 11, at the passenger terminal building of the Philippine Ports Authority at Macabalan Port, Cagayan de Oro.

The program will be officially launched aboard the MV Trans Asia 10 with Atty. Armi Jane Roa-Borje, former NTC Commissioner and author of the OSPAC author, as guest speaker. Initially conceived as an agency offshoot of the consumer/PAGE 11

BOI, MILF to release reports on Mamasapano probes this week By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews

COTABATO City – The Board of Inquiry of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Special Investigative Commission (SIC) of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are set to submit within this week their reports on their respective investigations into t he Janu ar y 25 M a m a s ap a n o t r a g e d y that caused the death of 67 persons – 44 from the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police

(PNP-SAF), 18 from the MILF, and five civilians. The BOI last week said it was going to submit i t s f i n d i n g s Mo n d a y but BOI chief Benjamin Magalong, conc ur rent head of the PNP’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) asked for three more days to complete their findings. MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim said they would submit this week the special probe team’s

findings to the International Monitoring Team (IMT) as is the protocol in its peace process with the government (GPH). No interviews Magalong in an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel said some key players in the operation, including former PNP Chief Alan Purisima and an MILF commander, declined to be interviewed. Purisima gave only a sworn affidavit and a list of his text messages with President Aquino. probes/PAGE 11

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Bohol earthquake survivors get livelihood back on track TAGBILARAN, Bohol – Thirty-three hog-raisers and 13 feeds retailers in Bohol who received livelihood assistance from Pilmico in the aftermath of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake said they are at least 70% recovered. The backyard farmers expressed their gratitude du r i ng t h e ro l l - out of the company’s Mahalin Pagkaing Atin campaign in Bohol last week at Barangay Cogon where more than 500 local backyard farmers gathered to learn about sustainable poultry farming and swine-raising. The Aboitiz food subsidiary, together with the Aboitiz Foundation, helped these beneficiaries from the towns of Calape, Loon, Maribojoc, Catigbian, Ante qu e r a , S an Is i d ro, Loboc, and Sagbayan – eig ht of the 12 most devastated municipalities in the province – rebuild their stores and pig pens through feeds distribution and piglet dispersal. Under the project called

B angon B ohol, Pilmico provided a long-term rehabilitation assistance as the feeds dealers were given re-st ar t up feeds stock worth P60,000 and hog-raisers were given two piglets along with required feeds enough to sustain one growth cycle or until the pigs achieve marketable sizes. The company also provided technical services and expertise including supplies such as de-wormers, vaccines, and supplements through its animal production specialists to monitor the progress in terms of volume of feeds consumed, sales, and the growing cycle. The beneficiaries shared that the disruption caused by the earthquake almost prompted them to borrow money from lending cooperatives and community “loan sharks” to repair their damaged houses as their sources of income were wiped out. Some even considered looking for opportunities outside of Bohol. To date, the 33 hog-raisers

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who were given 66 piglets have entered into their second growing cycle, all damaged pigpens have been repaired, hog-raising technology has been imparted while 13 retailers were provided feeds stocks and damaged stores were repaired. “Pilmico has been true to its cor p orate s o cia l responsibility keeping aligned with the Aboitiz Group’s call to implement projects that encourage community involvement and those that

have sustainable impact,” said Pilmico President and CEO Sabin Aboitiz. Pilmico is a subsidiary of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, the publicly listed holding and investment company of the Aboitiz Group with m a j o r i nv e s t m e n t s i n power, banking, food, and land development. AEV is recognized as one of the bestmanaged companies in the Philippines and in the region, and is acknowledged for its good corporate governance.

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Iligan Bay Aliance of MisOcc expands coverage LALA, Lanao del Norte – The Iligan Bay Aliance of Misamis Occidental (IBAMO) have been expanded to cover four more local government units (LGU’s), in Misamis Occidental, during the period 2012-2014. This brings to eight the total number of LGU’s that compose the IBAMO, which was created as one of the strategies to sustain the implementation of the Iligan Bay Coastal Resource Management Program (IBDRMP), and is now registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This was bared, during the recent meeting of the Panguil

Bay Development Council held at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Fish Farm and Training Center in barangay Pacita, Lala, Lanao del Norte attended by Atty. Asis Perez, BFAR Director. Meanwhile, Visa TanDimerin, Regional Director of BFAR-10, said these new LGU’s from Misamis Occidental that has been added to the coverage of IBAMO includes Plaridel, Lopez Jaena, Aloran and Oroquieta City, which came in with a seed money of P100,000, each, to the alliance, adding to the P50,000 per original LGU members of Tudela, Sinacaban, Jimenez and Panaon.

DSWD intensifies program convergence to colve poverty AMID the rise in poverty incidence in the first half of 2014, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) w a s c ite d by Nat i on a l Economic Development Authority (NEDA) head Arsenio Balisacan to have been instrumental in tempering poverty from rising any further. To s u p p o r t t h i s observation, DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman shared that according to the 2014 World Bank BenefitIncidence Analysis, Pantawid Pamilya has a positive effect on the poverty gap through increasing the income of partner-beneficiaries and moving them closer to the minimum income level needed to transcend poverty. “The positive observations are enough reason for us to

intensify the implementation of the program and to also clean the list of cash recipients to ensure that only the rightful beneficiaries will get the assistance. This way, we can maximize our resources for those who are really in need,” DSWD Secretary Corazon JulianSoliman said. DSWD is also looking into t he p oss ibi l it y of increasing the amount of cash grants given, subject to the availability of funds. Increasing the cash grants will address higher inflation and rising food prices, thus protecting beneficiaries from sliding back into poverty. Sec. Soliman further explained that the temporary delisting of beneficiaries who are not complying with program conditions may have also lessened the number of families who have cash

to spend, thus affecting the poverty incidence data, at least for the period that the study was made. To date, a total of 4,442,781 families are enrolled in the Pantawid Pamilya. Sustainable livelihood To safeguard the long-term growth of Pantawid Pamilya partner-beneficiaries, DSWD also provides livelihood and / or e mpl oy me nt to poor communities through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). SLP invests in building the capacity of people to engage in economic activities so they are able to stand on their own. The program has two tracks: the Microenterprise Development, wherein beneficiaries are given start-up capital to start a small business; and Employment Facilitation, wherein participants are

provided with technical skills training, occupational guidance, and job referrals/ placement. From January 2011 to November 2014, SLP served 464,190 families. Community-Driven Development Anchored on empowering the community, DSWD also implements the Kapitbisig Laban sa KahirapanComprehensive and Inte g r ate d D el ive r y of Social Services-National Community Driven D e v e l o p m e nt p r o g r a m (KALAHI-CIDSS). Under this program, the people themselves decide on issues directly affecting them, as well as draw up solutions in partnership with the Local Government Units (LGUs). Through KALAHICIDSS, the people become part in the development of their communities and become active citizens. Since its launch in 2003, the program has funded a total of 9,812 sub-projects with 6,362 already finished and b e ne f it i ng arou nd 1 . 5 m i l l i on h ou s e h o l d beneficiaries. Convergence strategy Pantawid Pamilya, KALAHI-CIDSS, and SLP are DSWD’s three core programs that contribute to poverty reduction. dswd/PAGE 10

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PLDT overtakes Globe in postpaid market THE PLDT Group has ove r t a ke n r i v a l G l o b e Telecom in the mobile postpaid market. At end-2014, PLDT’s wireless units had a combined postpaid subscriber base of 2.8 million, 16 percent more than the previous year. The latest tally puts the PLDT Group’s share of the postpaid market at 55 percent, exceeding rival Globe, which had 2.26 million. “The gains posted by Smart and Sun in 2014 are attributed to PLDT’s integrated wireless network with unparalleled capacity, reach and resiliency, and premium-packed device and content offers,” said Charles A. Lim, executive vice president and Wireless Consumer Division head of Smart and Sun. Last year, Smart unveiled a lineup of smartphone offerings for all types of postpaid users, including flagship devices such as the

Samsung Galaxy S5, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, the Sony Xperia Z1 and Z2, and the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Smart also introduced postpaid plans that came with power-packed entry-level handsets, data allowance, and access to unlimited music streaming via Spinnr. On top of this, postpaid subscribers were also given access to 35 million songs on-the-go through Smart’s exclusive partnership with global music streaming service Deezer. To bolster its share of the postpaid market, Smart re c e nt l y i nt ro du c e d a postpaid lineup with better handset choices, bigger data volume allowances, and free music streaming via Deezer for two years. Starting at P999 a month, users can choose from a range of premium handsets that include the Sony Xperia M2 Aqua, the Samsung Galaxy A5, and the Sony Xperia Z3.

These new postpaid plans come with bigger volume data allocations for their mobile Internet needs and music streaming on the go with free Deezer Premium+ for every subscription. “The year 2014 presented us with opportunities to shape the mobile lifestyles of Filipinos. By introducing our subscribers to an ‘alwayson’ mobile data experience, and by giving them more ways to access information and content, we are able to build habit and spur usage among our subscribers, and to translate this to sustained revenue streams for the postpaid businesses of Smart and Sun,” Lim said. PLDT e ar ne d P35.1 billion last year, down by 4 percent from P35.4 billion i n 2 0 1 3 . C ons ol i d ate d service revenues inched up 1 percent to P165.02 billion from P164.05 billion over the same period.

Puregold 2014 profit up 18% on strong consumer spending PUREGOLD Price Club, Inc. reported a record core profit for 2014, fueled by robust consumer

EDC unit raises P8.5B from bank loan A SUBSIDIARY of Energy Development Corp. (EDC) has secured P8.5 billion in fresh funding from local banks to be used to repay debts maturing in June. The Lopez-led parent company said in a disclosure yesterday that “Green Core Geothermal, Inc. (GCGI) completed the execution of separate loan agreements” with eight local banks “for a total amount of P8.5 billion.” The lenders were identified as Asia United Bank Corp.; Bank of the Philippine Islands; BDO Unibank, Inc.; Development Bank of the Philippines; Land Bank of the Philippines; Rizal Commercial Banking C orp.; Robinsons Bank Corp.; and Union Bank of the Philippines. BDO Capital & Investment Corp. served as the sole arranger for the

transaction. The loan will be used “to repay EDC’s bond maturity this June,” according to VicePresident for Finance Erwin O. Avante. “The bonds have the same amount of P8.5 billion... that was used for the acquisition of Palinpinon and Tongonan plant,” Mr. Avante said in a text message. EDC, through GCGI, bought the 192.5-megawatt ( M W ) Pa l i npi n on an d 1 1 2 . 5 - M W To n g o n a n geothermal plants for $220 million through an auction conducted by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. in 2009. In another development, EDC announced a two-year buyback program for its common shares. The company said in a separate disclosure that its B o ard of Dire c tors

authorized the management “to buy at its discretion from the market the corporation’s shares up to an aggregate value of... P4 billion worth of the company’s common shares.” The buyback period will commence on March 15 and will conclude on March 14, 2017. The size of the shares EDC wants to redeem is equivalent to 2.4 % of the company’s total outstanding common shares priced at P8.86 each based on Friday’s close. EDC also reported yesterday that one of its three power plants at its Bacman facility -- the 20-megawatt unit -- “auto-tripped” on Thursday last week, “which by initial indication was due to a minor lube oil leak.” “ The inspection is now focused on possible e f fe c t s to tu r bi ne and

Zambo water firm eyes to acquire drones to monitor 17,000-hectare watershed ZAMBOANGA City -- The Z amboanga City Water District (ZCWD) is eyeing to acquire drones equip with cameras to boost the monitoring of this city’s 17,000-hectare watershed. Dr. Milagros Fernandez, ZCWD Board of Director, said Monday the use of drones will be of much help to the ZCWD personnel guarding the 17,000-hectare watershed. “Our watershed is quite a vast area. It is difficult to inspect, supervise and monitor our watershed by just relying on manpower,” Fernandez said. “It is better to monitor the watershed with drones,” Fernandez added. She said her office is s t u d y i n g t h e pro p o s a l of a group that recently

demonstrated to them the capability of drones in monitoring the watershed. “We saw the importance and how useful it is in monitoring the areas that are difficult for people to inspect,” she added.

She disclosed the purchase of at least two units of drones would cost the water firm more or less P100,000. She said the ZCWD Board is set to meet to study the plan in acquiring drones this year.

generator bearings and other components and on the repairs as may be necessary, preparatory to the restarting of the unit,” EDC said. “The unit is expected to be back in service in time for the peak energy demand in the summer months.”

spending. Strong sales, supplier discounts boost Puregold profit 55% The company reported at core level to exclude the impact of net interest income worth P134 million from corporate bonds in 2013. “I believe that 2015 will be another record year of profits for Puregold as we continue with our expansion strategies of opening 25 Puregold stores per year and 2 S&R stores per year for the next 5 years

excluding acquisitions as well as the continued increasing consumption from our customers,” Puregold President Leonardo B. Dayao said. Strong consumption drove a 16% jump in net sales to P84.70 billion in 2014. The listed company ended 2014 with a network of 248 stores -- consisting of 233 Puregold stores, nine S&R Membership stores and six S&R New York Style Pizza stores -- that had a net selling area of about 405,000 square meters.

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Mercy: What a Gift!

hink a Minute…There’s a story about a very poor family who inherited $100,000. The mother knew this was their only chance to buy a nice little house and a better life. The daughter saw the money as her only chance to go to medical school and become a doctor. But the older brother wanted the $100,000 to start a business with his friend. He promised his mother and sister that he would soon pay back the money. Well, the mother decided to give her son the one chance he needed to start a business and become successful. But just a few days later, that son’s business friend took all the money and ran. That family’s only hope for a better life was completely gone. You can imagine how terribly guilty the son felt. His sister was so angry she hated him for what he had done. She called him the worst names she could think of. But her mother stopped her and said to her daughter: “Don’t you know that the time to love somebody is not just when they’re doing well. That’s not real love. Real love is loving someone when they’re at their worst and failed. When they can’t believe in themselves. It’s now that your brother needs our love and acceptance the most! And if you haven’t learned that, then you haven’t learned anything!” That’s the kind of love and

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mercy God has given you and me. There’s no possible way we can ever earn or deserve God’s love and forgiveness. We’re like the soldier in Napolean’s army who was being punished for a crime he had done. His mother begged the great leader Napolean for mercy on her son. Napolean said: “Woman, your son does not deserve mercy.” And the mother answered: “I know, sir. If he deserved it, then it would not be mercy.” You see, it’s God’s mercy and love that Jesus Christ died to give us. Because He knows it’s our only hope for a better life both now, and after we die. So won’t you ask Jesus right now for His gift of mercy and new life? Just ask Him to forgive you for all your wrongs in the past, and to help you start changing with Him in charge of your life today, and every day. Just Think a Minute…

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here’s a growing need to reorganize and streamline the entire government bureaucracy to prevent wasting limited resources, neophyte partylist lawmakers stressed. “S ou n d e x p e n d itu re management in the bureaucracy has become more important through the years as government res ources have b ecome limited and the needs of s o c i e t y i n e x h au s t i b l e .” MAGDALO Party-list Reps. Francisco Ashley L. Acedillo and Gary C. Alejano stressed. Acedillo and Alejano are co-authors of HB 24 filed in July 2013 and under

consideration by the House Committee on Government Reorganization chaired by Rep. Romeo Acop (2nd District, Antipolo City). HB 24 is entitled “An Ac t R e o r g a n i z i n g t h e Government Bureaucracy, creating a Government Reorganization Commission, Defining its powers and functions and for other purposes,” to be known as t he “G ove r n me nt Reorganization Act of 2013.” The proposed

Government Reorganization Commission shall undertake studies and propose measures to abolish, merge, integrate, transfer, regroup, or restructure d e p a r t m e nt s , b u re au s , offices, government-owned and controlled corporations and other agencies of the Executive Branch in order to eliminate overlapping and/or fragmentation of functions related to programs and a c t i v it i e s , t h e aut h or s pointed out.

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EMAND for hotel rooms ceased to be a buyer’s market since 2013 as most new property development and hotel renovations in Metro Manila and the leading tourist destinations in the Philippines are bank financed with the financial sector extending P592.966 Billion last year up 24 percent from the P 479.688 Billion released to the industry in 2013. The Central Bank data also showed P384.119 Billion was granted for high rise office condominiums and exclusive residential properties as loan beneficiaries. The bullish development in the real estate market and building of more Las Vegas style casinos in the reclaimed area of Manila Bay signaled a sellers pricing policy actualized to cover up for the bank amortization loans of the developers. This is expected to continue in the next five years. New hotel properties offering slash down prices are committing financial Hara Keri instead of st re ng t he n i ng t he i r marketing strategy anchored

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“The present set-up of the government made it a significant contributor to the tremendous waste of resources in the Philippine economy,” they lamented. Acedillo and Alejano explained that by focusing the government’s limited resources on the provision of basic ser vices, the government would effectively reduce poverty and possibly bring about the economic resurgence of the country. Massive trimming down of the bureaucracy i s n e e d e d t o d o aw ay with the unnecessary and redundant appendages of the government.

on their product and services. Perhaps there should be more innovations instead of cut throat competition to shore up the market? Hotel s and C as i no s listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange have also resorted to various offerings of stock floatation to finance their expansions. Borrowing of funds from the public through debt and equity securities is a safer option to fund their projects with lower interest rates. Are there tourist and foreign visitors to fill up the additional hotel rooms in the country? Will the property development cause a bubble in the market resulting to bank default? These are the persistent queries in the business community that must be resolved by our government financial planners and the stakeholders in the tourism industry. T h e D e p ar t m e nt of Tourism (DOT) projection of foreign visitors’ arrivals which was made at the time the Aquino Government took

over sum up conservative and underestimated figures if we compare the phenomenal growth of arrivals in our Asian neighbors. The market has changed over the last three years and the economy has attained a 6 to 7 percent growth in the GDP which is a factor in determining the performance of the business sector. DOT might have overlooked their forecast for the industry with the absence of statistics from the leisure market which is one of the driving segments in tourism. Macau and the other tourist destination in the world, like Las Vegas and Monte Carlo in Monaco capitalized on their gaming potentials. The Philippines, Macao and Honkong are within the economic sphere of China. There are 25 Million Chinese tourists who travels around the world yearly with the US and Europe as preferred destinations. Opening of more bilateral air travel arrangement direct to Mainland China could potentially increase the

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Tourism H i - way By Ped Quiamjot

Philippines share of Chinese tourist Instead of posturing confrontational stand over the West Philippines Seas issue which is only protecting the American interest in the shipping lanes of South China Sea. Increasing our tourist arrivals share to slice at least 10 percent of the 25 Million Chinese travelers annually will give us an estimated 2.5 Million more Chinese tourists yearly. With USD 100 forecasted individual tourist expenditures daily at an average of 2.7 room nights quiamjot/PAGE 10

Mr. President, look who’s lying!

IFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy…” (Proverbs 12:22, the Holy Bible). -ooo LIBEL IS ALREADY DECRIMINALIZED BY THE CONSTITUTION: Here is an argument I submitted to the Supreme Court to prove that there is a part of the 1987 Constitution which has decriminalized libel, making it a purely civil action, urgently warranting the dismissal of all libel cases nationwide: the Constitution, in its Section 2, Art. II, has actually decriminalized libel since 1987. In gist, Section 2, Art. II is saying that all generally a c c e pte d pr i nc ipl e s of international law, such as international agreements that the Philippines entered into, shall form part of the law of

the land. This means that, much like the Civil Code, or the Revised Penal Code where the crime of libel is defined, international agreements where the Philippines is a signatory constitute laws that must be complied with locally. N o w, o n e s u c h international agreement which the Philippines signed is the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which provides as follows: “Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice…” -ooo I N T E R NAT I O NA L A C C O R D O N

DECRIMINALIZING LIBEL IS PART OF RP LAWS: This particular right to freedom of expression in fact carries a special mandate on a State Party, like the Philippines, which is a signatory to the Covenant, to ensure that it is respected, observed, and carried out. Thus, a State Party, like the Philippines, is given the obligation to “respect and to ensure to all individuals within its territor y and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the present Covenant, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status…” In fact, a State Party, like the Philippines, is also required by the Covenant “… to take the necessary steps, in accordance with its

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constitutional processes and with the provisions of the present Covenant, to adopt such laws or other measures as may be necessary to give effect to the rights recognized in the present Covenant…” -ooo MR. PRESIDENT, LOOK WHO IS LYING! Assuming that President Aquino was telling the truth---that Gen. Getulio Napenas, like batas/PAGE 10

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Traders urged to strictly follow Standard Retail Prices DAVA O C I T Y – T h e Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is urging the business sector in Davao Region to strictly follow the approved suggested ret ai l pr ices (SRPs) of basic necessities and prime commodities to avoid fines and penalties. The call has been issued amidst the uproar over rising prices of fuel and other related products which caused a stir among consumers. Basic necessities include canned sardines, processed milk (condensed, evaporated, and powdered), bread, instant noodles, detergent soap, bottled water (distilled, purified, and mineralized), and candles. Meanwhile, among the prime commodities are luncheon meat, meat loaf, corned beef, beef loaf, vinegar, fish sauce

(patis), soy sauce, toilet/bath soap, and batteries. Ev e r c on s u m e r an d businessman must bear in mind that Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7581 or the Price Act declares that “It is the policy of the State to ensure the availability of basic necessities and prime commodities at reasonable prices at all times without denying legitimate business a fair return of investment.” Thus, prices of these products must just be within the set SRPs. Fu r t h e r m o r e , D T I ’s Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 06, series of 2007 states that a business establishment found guilty of violating the Price Act will also face a minimum a d m i n i s t r at i ve f i n e of P20,000 to a maximum P1,000,000. DTI-Davao Region

Officer-in-Charge Maria Belenda Q. Ambi said their Field Offices are consistently monitoring business establishments to make sure that they adhere to the set SRPs. “There will be no let-up in our monitoring of prices of basic necessities and prime commodities as well as fair trade law enforcements to ensure that prices and supply situation in the region are stable,” she said. Depending on the brands, the following are among the approved SRPs, as of February 23 this year: canned sardines in tomato sauce (155g) - P12.50 to P13.25; powdered milk (150g) – P45.15 to P73.30; coffee refill (25g) – P16.75 to P20.75; coffee refill (50g) – P33.50 to P41.00; Pinoy tasty (450g) – P36.50; Pinoy pandesal (10 pieces/pack or 250g) –

A parade followed by an opening ceremony at the ARMM Regional seat in Cotabato City kick-off this year’s women’s month celebration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Sittie Jehannne Mutin, Regional Commission on Bangsamoro Women chairperson, said the celebration in the region is dedicated to the women and children affected by the joint police and military law enforcement operations in Maguindanao province.

ComVal ‘s indigenous peoples gather for Al’law ng Kalumonan NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley -- Wearing their colorful patterned costumes and s how i ng of f t he i r tribal music and dance, around 1,300 indigenous peoples (IPs) from around Compostela Valley gathered for the Al’law ng Kalumonan (Tribal Day) during the 8thBulawan Festival and 17th Founding Anniversary celebration on March 7 at the Capitol Grounds. Gracing the event was National Council for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Chairperson Commission en Banc Atty. LeonoreT. OrableQuintayo who lauded the provincial government of Compostela Valley for giving value to IPs in ComVal. “ Tu n g o d s a g o o d governance, angComVal nag-una sa pagpanalipod ug pagtamod sa mga katungod sa indigenous peoples,” said Quintayo adding that the provincial government of ComVal has never failed to provide the cultural minorities with their privileges.

Quintayo revealed that Compstela Valley is the first and only province in the Philippines to have all of its ancestral domains titled to IP’s and also the only province to have all of its municipalities an IP Mandatory Representative in the Sangguniang Bayan. “D i n h i ang mg a I P adunay lugar ug bili,” said Quintayo stressing that the IPs’ recognition is a result of the IP leaders’ hard work and unity and the provincial leaders’ good governance. Present during the activity were the IP leaders, youth artists, women, elderly and men from the Kagan, Mansaka, Dibabawon, Mand aya,Mang gu angan and Manobo tribes who participated in various activities such as the poster –making contest, tribal games, and IP Women Health Campaign. Also present during the event was GMA Network’s famed Kusina Master Chef Comval/PAGE 10

P22.25; instant noodles (55g) – P6.30 to P7.10; detergent/ uandry soap (400g) – P17.25 to P19.00; luncheon meat (165g) – P27.50 to P30.55; and meat loaf (150g) – P15.25 to P17.00. For the complete list of SRPs, consumers and business establishments may

access it from www.dti.gov. ph or they may visit the DTI office nearest them. Should consumers find the products they are buying to be violating the SRPs, or know of any unscrupulous businessman who condones the fair trade laws, they may report such to DTI-Davao

Regional Office at telephone number (082) 224-0511 local 417 or 420. They may also reach the Field Offices in Davao City, Tagum City (Davao del Norte), Digos City (Davao del Sur), Mati City (Davao Oriental), and Nabunturan (Compostela Valley). (DTI-11/NCL/jmm)

Tagum City cites outstanding residents TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte -- Glory, honor and pride last Saturday night grabbed (March 7) the atmosphere of a ballroom in Big 8 Corporate Hotel where the city government of Tagum first time bestowed the wellthought of recognition and awards to top-performing Tagumenyos. To put a cap to the weeklong celebration of the 17th Araw ng Tagum, the city gove r n m e nt of Ta g u m held the 1st Tagumpay (Triumph) Awards Night and Recognition presented to Tagumenyo individuals and groups identified to have delivered “exemplary and excellent” achievements bringing honor and pride to Tagum. In his opening remarks, City of Tagum Mayor Allan L. Rellon cited the 1st Tagumpay Awards Night and Recognition as “historic event that we envision to be regarded as the highest honor that the city government can give to outstanding citizen.” Referring to the main awardees, he cited “t h e i r h a r d - w o r k a n d determination” as means by which they set the virtue of “tagumpay” (winning) and have significantly contributed to the city’s growth, honor and glory.”

For the individual categor y, the Tagumpay Excellence Awards were categorized based on the aw ard e e s c ont r i but i on to the city’s growth and development. Aside from the medallion with an engraved eagle and the seal of the city government, they were given P20,000.00 cash. No r m a R . Pe r e y r a s received the Tagum Excellence Awards for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment; PInsp Anjanette P. Tirador, for Peace and Social Cohesion; Aleem Yusoph Adzaman, for Community Empowerment; Datu Aguido P. Sucnaan, for Culture and the Arts; Roger Martinez, for Educational Innovation; and Dr. Romulo Busuego, for Public-Private Health Promotiom. The Tagumpay Excellence Award for C ommunity Service was given to the Kiwanis Club of Golden Ta g u m f o r d e l i v e r i n g sustained community service for 25 years. Meanwhile, the first E s t o r y a n g Ta g u mp ay Award went to the then Vice Governor of Davao del Norte Province and currently the Executive Vice President of the University of Mindanao, Dr. Pedro B. San Jose. Mayor Rellon explained that the Estorya ng Tagumpay

Award was dedicated for the individual “whose success story from very modest beginnings to lofty status becomes an inspiration to every individual and whose life today brings wealth not only to his family but to the City of Tagum as well”. Rellon assured the public of impartiality in the choice of awardees owing to the “rigorous screening process” being done by a selection committee composed of “distinguished men and women” among whom were Carmen Apura, chairperson of the Search and Awards Committee and City Prosecutor Noel Palma, vice chairperson. Among the members of the Search and Awards Committee were Ma. Lalaine P. Chieng, external affairs coordinator of the St. Mary’s College; Genna J. Carmelo, acting dean of the University of Southeastern Philippines (Tagum City campus); Eliza P. Mendoza, city director of the Department of Interior and Local Government; Vivian I. Pusta, DILG-Tagum City staff. On the other hand, the city government of Tagum took the length of identifying the top 10 highest tax paying individuals and corporations residents/PAGE 10

PREPARATION FOR ASEAN INTEGRATION – VICE GOVERNOR JOEY G. PELAEZ speaks before the 150 graduating student-participants of Bukidnon State University-External Studies Center (BSU-ESC) Cagayan de Oro City, MOGCHS Campus as he talked ON ENHANCING YOUTH COMPETITIVENESS AND READINESS IN THE FORTHCOMING ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY. Present during the activity was Mrs. Pura Villar, Officer-In-Charge of MOGCHS and BSU-ESC. Vice Governor Pelaez initiated this advocacy to make the student aware of what ASEAN Integration is and for them to include the ASEAN Integration to their future plans. He is set to give more lectures to other college graduating students in the Province.

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ver a thousand students in Northern Mindanao benefit from the turnover of computer tablets and printers by transmission system operator NGCP in February. Kabacsanan Elementary School and Rufino Mangilisan Memorial Elementary School in Iligan and Looc Elementary School in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental each received 10 units of computer tablets, 10 microSD cards, and one printer as part of NGCP’s corporate social responsibility program aimed at modernizing the education system. The turnover ceremony also included a talk on transmission line safety and anti-pilferage. “This computerization program is part of NGCP’s continuous effort to assist the development of our partner communities who help protect transmission facilities. They help us guard and take care of the lines and towers. The schools we have identified, one of which is a remote community 13 kilometers from the national highway, will benefit the most from the project,” stated Nelson Cabangon, NGCP’s Head of Corporate Affairs. Kabacsanan, Iligan hosts NGCP’s Baloi-Lugait and Lugait-Tagoloan 138-kV lines while Rufino Mangilisan Elementary School’s

Representatives of NGCP led the turnover of computer tablets, micro-SD cards, and printer for three schools in Iligan and Misamis Oriental. The computerization program is a priority CSR project of NGCP. (Supplied Photo)

community hosts the BaloiTagoloan and Baloi-Lugait lines. Barangay Looc in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental hosts the Villanueva-Jasaan and Jasaan-Butuan/Nasipit 138kV lines. NGCP is a privately owned corporation in charge of

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 41 Cagayan de Oro City PETITION FOR EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER4 ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118 HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig), Petitioner, LEOPOLDO L. ENTOY, Respondent. x------------------------------------------/

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135/4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig) , against LEOPOLDO L. ENTOY , of legal age, single, Filipino citizens with postal address at BLK-3, LOT-25 & 27 MINDANAO HOMES SUBD., PAGATPAT , CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 10, 2014 amounts to TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY SIX PESOS & 44/100 (P 286,656.44), Philippine Currency , inclusive of interest , penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or her duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on March 30, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at the main entrance of this court , Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, Capitol Compound, A. Luna St., Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidders, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following personal properties, to wit; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-125059 A parcel of land (Lot 25, Blk 3, PCS-10-001793, being a portion of All Resultant Lots of Blocks 1 to 10 and Road Lots 1 to 9 of Psd-10-024527), situated in the barrio of Pagatpat, City of Cagayan de Oro , Island of Mindanao, Containing an area of SEVENTY TWO (72) Sq.m. more or less. And all improvement existing and to be constructed/erected thereon. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-125060 A parcel of land (Lot 27, Blk 3, PCS-10-001793, being a portion of All Resultant Lots of Blocks 1 to 10 and Road Lots 1 to 9 of Psd-10-024527), situated in the barrio of Pagatpat, City of Cagayan de Oro , Island of Mindanao, Containing an area of SEVENTYTWO (72) Sq.m. more or less. And all improvement s existing and to be constructed/erected thereon. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the property herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE TITLE NO. 137-2011001202 A PARCEL OF LAND, (Lot 19, Block 8, PSD-10-053352, Portion of Lo: 3891-P-2, PSD-10-050786. Situated in Canitoan, Now Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of fifty (50) Sq. More or Less. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the abovestated date, time and place. 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/bidders may investigate for themselves the title herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Done this February 27, 2015 in the City of Cagayan de Oro , Philippines.

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3155 filed by NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION (NHMFC), mortgagee, with office at 104 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, against ELMER H. EBDAO , mortgagor, married to Roselyn O. Ebdao, residing at Promiseland Subd., Lot 43 Blk 3, Poblacion Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental/Villa Manga, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which was as of May 31, 2014, amounted to ONE MILLION NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE PESOS & 66/100 (P 1,098,975.66) excluding penalties, charges, attorneys fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or her duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on April 15, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Tourism Bldg., Cagayan de Oro City to the highest bidder, for CASH or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency the following property with all improvements, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-15432 “ A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 43, Block 3, of the Cons. Subd. Plan, PCS-10001152) being a portion of Block 1-9, Road Lots 1 & 2 of PSD-104324-017657, situated in the Barangay of Poblacion, Municipality of Tagoloan, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao, Bounded on the SE., along line 1-2 by Lot 45 of Block 3 of the Cons. Subd.; x x x x ….. Containing an area of One Hundred (100) square meters, more or less.” All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated date, time and place. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the public auction will proceed on the next 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.

Cagayan de Oro City, January 29, 2015..

(Sgd) RICO A. REMALIG Sheriff IV

(Sgd) ALDEN V. SAMBAAN Sheriff IV BWM: Feb. 25, March. 4 & 11, 2015

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA- JUDICIAL SALE FILE NO. 2015-AF-028

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF FILE NO. 2015-AF-002 Upon extra - judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (PAGIBIG) as mortgagee against ARTURO D. AGUEL, as mortgagor, to which as of January 26, 2015 amount of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY SIX PESOS AND 71/100 (P 173,436.71), inclusive of interest and penalty charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned will SELL TO PUBLIC Auction on March 31, 2015 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning at the entrance door Regional Trial Court Branch - 23 , City Tourism Hall, Cagayan de Oro City to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s checks and in Philippine Currency, the following described properties , to wit:

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as technical partner. As a corporation with a public service orientation, NGCP partners with relevant institutions to support the communities hosting its transmission facilities, which it considers as true partners in nation-building.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 17 Cagayan de Oro City

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

FOR:

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

25-year concession contract to operate the country's power transmission network and is comprised of Monte Oro Grid Resources Corp., led by Henry Sy, Jr., Calaca High Power Corporation, led by Robert Coyiuto, Jr., and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC)

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

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operating, maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid. It transmits high-voltage electricity through “power superhighways” that include the interconnected system of transmission lines, towers, substations, and related assets. The consortium holds the

February 27, 2015, Cagayan de Oro City.

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(Sgd) FE O. BONTUYAN-BULARON Sheriff IV

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SM Foundation college scholarship screening

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ore than 100 students participated in the SM Foundation Inc., SM College Scholarship Program screening and testing for school year 20152016, March 8 at the Atrium of SM City Cagayan de Oro. The scholarship program is open to all graduating public high school students in Cagayan de Oro with a weighted average of at least 88 percent by the second or third grading period. Household income of the applicant's family must not exceed P150,000 per annum. SM scholars can enroll in courses leading to Baccalaureate degrees in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Management, Computer Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Elementary and Secondary Education and Accountancy and they can pursue their studies at SM Foundation's partner schools in Cagayan de Oro such as Liceo de Cagayan University, Mindanao University of Science and Technology and Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan. Aside from matriculation fees, SM Foundation also provides for the scholars' monthly allowance and summer / semestral break jobs to enable them to earn and augment their allowances. The SM College Scholarship Program was established by SM Foundation in 1993 and has since produced over 1,900 graduates. The foundation continues to provide quality education to poor yet deserving students a chance for a better future through higher education. Currently, there are 1,450 SM scholars enrolled in the Foundation’s 82 partner colleges and universities nationwide. Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 41 Cagayan de Oro City PETITION FOR EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER4 ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118

EJF NO. 2015-AF-023

FOR:

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig), Petitioner,

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

ARLIE S. SEVILLA, Respondent. x------------------------------------------/

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135/4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND ( Pag-Ibig ) , against ARLIE S. SEVILLA , married to ANJELONIE G. SEVILLA, both of legal age, Filipino citizens with postal address at Lot-29/31 Blk-12 SAN AGUSTIN VALLEY HOMES II, CANITOAN, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of January 27, 2015 amounts to ONE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIX PESOS & 05/100 (P 195,806.05), Philippine Currency , inclusive of interest , penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on May 5, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at the main entrance of this court , Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, Capitol Compound, A. Luna St., Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidders, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following personal properties, to wit; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 166543 LOT : PORTION OF LOT : AS SURVEYED FOR : LAND USE : LOCATION : AREA :

Lot-29, Blk-12, Psd-10-042689 Lot-1, Blk-37, Psd-10-039732 Pueblo de Oro Dev. Corp., San Agustin Valley Homes 2 Residential Canitoan, Cagayan de Oro City FIFTY FOUR (54) sq. m. more or less Including all improvements Found thereon.

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 166544 LOT : PORTION OF LOT : AS SURVEYED FOR : LAND USE : LOCATION : AREA :

Lot-31, Blk-12, Psd-10-042689 Lot-1, Blk-37, Psd-10-039732 Pueblo de Oro Dev. Corp., San Agustin Valley Homes 2 Residential Canitoan, Cagayan de Oro City FIFTY FOUR (54) sq. m. more or less Including all improvement found thereon.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated date, time and place. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the property herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

More than 100 students participated in the SM Foundation Inc., SM College Scholarship Program screening and testing for school year 2015-2016, March 8 at the Atrium of SM City Cagayan de Oro. Photos by SHAUN ALEJANDRAE YAP UY

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 41 Cagayan de Oro City PETITION FOR EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER4 ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118 HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig), Petitioner, RANDY M. LAGMAN, Respondent. x------------------------------------------/

EJF NO. 2014-317

FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

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PETITION FOR EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER4 ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118 HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig), Petitioner, ANGELITO G. BANAWAN, Respondent. x------------------------------------------/

EJF NO. 2014-325

FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

AMENDED NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

AMENDED NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135/4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND ( Pag-Ibig ) , against RANDY M. LAGMAN , of legal age, married to MARJOLYN G. LAGMAN, Filipino citizens with postal address at LOT-13 , BLK-18 VISTA GRANDE SUBD., LUMBIA, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 10, 2014 amounts to NINE HUNDRED NINETY SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT PESOS & 99/100 (P 996,438.99), Philippine Currency , inclusive of interest , penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on March 30, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at the main entrance of this court , Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, Capitol Compound, A. Luna St., Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidders, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following personal properties, to wit;

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135/4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND ( Pag-Ibig ) , against ANGELITO G. BANAWAN , of legal age, married to MERRY ANN M. BANAWAN, Filipino citizens with postal address at BLK4-LOT23,WESTFIELD HOMES SUBD., IPONAN, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 10, 2014 amounts to EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT PESOS & 70/100 (P 872,678.70), Philippine Currency , inclusive of interest , penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on March 30, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at the main entrance of this court , Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, Capitol Compound, A. Luna St., Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidders, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following personal properties, to wit;

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-178151 A PARCEL OF LAND LOT 13, BLK 18, Psd-104305-017450 being a portion of Lot 3017-B, Psd-10-000818) Situated in Brgy. Carmen and Pagatpat City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120). Sq.m. more or less. And all improvements existing and to be constructed/erected thereon. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated date, time and place. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the property herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be. Cagayan de Oro City, February 25, 2015..

Cagayan de Oro City, March 5, 2015.

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

(Sgd) ALDEN V. SAMBAAN Sheriff IV

(Sgd) ALDEN V. SAMBAAN Sheriff IV BWM: March 4, 11 & 18, 2015

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-209358 A PARCEL OF LAND LOT 23, BLK 4, Psd-10-003488, cons. Subd., Of Lot25, Blk1; Lots1-26, all of Blk3; Lots1-24 all of Blk4; Lots 1-38 all of Blk5; Lots1-36 all of Blk6; Road Lots 4, 5 & 6 all of Psd-10-048674 , Situated in Brgy. IPONAN, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY (220). Sq.m. more or less. And all improvements existing and to be constructed/ erected thereon. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated date, time and place. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the property herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be. Cagayan de Oro City, February 25, 2015.. (Sgd) ALDEN V. SAMBAAN Sheriff IV BWM: March 4, 11 & 18, 2015

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BDO – COGON Sky hi Bldg JR Borja St. Cogon, Cdoc 8577963/ 725209/ 725203 BDO – OSMEÑA Osmeña corner Ramon Chavez St. Cdoc 724567/8563727 BDO – LAPASAN Lapasan Highway Cdoc 8563233 /8563234 / 725178 BDO – RN- PELAEZ George Town CyberMall Rn Pelaez Blvd Kauswagan Cdoc | 8562617/729052 BDO – CARMEN Maxsuniel cor.V Neri St. Carmen, .Cdoc 8584854 /8581133 BANK OF COMMERCE- VELEZ Akut- Velez St.Cdoc | 8564371 / 726880 BANK OF COMMERCE- LAPASAN

CM Recto Ave. Lapasan, Cdoc, 8563991/727731

BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK RER kauswagan,HW Cdoc 8573733 /722519 BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK Gaston Park Cdoc | 8801518 BPI – LAPASAN Cm Recto HW Lapasan Cdoc 724076/ 8524602 BPI- VELEZ Velez-JR Borja St.Cdoc 8564213/722406 BPI – CAPISTRANO Capistrano St. Cdoc 8574264/8574263 BPI- COGON Osmeña St. Cdoc 8571297/8571298 CHINA BANK –GAISANO 745887/745880 CHINA BANK- JR BORJA JR Borja St. Cdoc 8572212/8573274 CHINA BANK- LAPASAN CM Recto Lapasan HW Cdoc 8561325 /722240 CHINA BANK – CARMEN Max Suniel, Cor. Yakal St. Cdoc 8583903/723091 CHINA BANK – DIVISORIA RN Abejuela St. Divosoria Cdoc 8575759/722641 CITY SAVINGS BANK TS Fashion Ave.Justo Ramonal Corner St.Cdoc 2316060/ 2316059 CHINATRUST Suite U&5 G/LGateway Tower Lapasan Lkk Cdoc 8521846/8521844 D’ASIAN HILLS BANK HW. Lapasan Cdoc | 8564201/ 8564201 D’ASIAN HILLS BANK Vamenta Carmen Sts. Cdoc | 8585366 DBP – CORRALES Corrales Ave., St. Cdoc | 8572087/722649 DBP – CAPISTRANO JR Borja Capistrano St. Cdoc 8567776/722819

PBCOM Tiano-HayesSt. Cdoc | 726519/8571558 PLANTERS DEVELOPMENT BANK

Tiano Bros St. Cdoc | 727083 /727082 PHILTRUST BANK Ramonal OsmeñaSt. CDO 8807234/2316694/2316695 PNB- CORRALES Corrales Avenue Cdoc | 729500 / 729723

PNB- LKK MALL NORTH CONCOURSE

LKK Mall N.Concourse Cdoc 8574149/8575682

PNB- CARMEN Elipe Bldg.Carmen, Cdoc | 8583158/ 8584203 PNB- LKK LKK Lapasan, Cdoc | 8564347/722872 PNB CDO– DIVISORIA Tiano Bros.Cruz Taal St., Cdoc 722861 /722816 PNB CDO– LAPASAN LKK Center Lapasan, Cdoc | 8564732 / 723992 PNB CDO– COGON LKK Center Lapasan, Cdoc 8571991/ 723992 PHILIPPINE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK, INC. bels_domingo@yahoo.com.ph Rizal Chavez Cdoc 8572194/725438 PS BANK Velez Corner A. Mabini St., Cdoc 8574183/725184 PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK Tiano-Abejuela St. Cdoc 722644/8573386 QUEEN CITY DEVELOPMENT BANK, INC. Sacred Heart Mont. Cm RectoAve., Cdoc 8562390 RCBC- VELEZ Velez-Borja St. Cdoc | 8564982/8568888 RCBC- COGON Simplex Bldg. Osmeña St. Cdoc 8562888/725863/8521329 RCBC- LAPASAN Cm. Recto Lapasan HW. Cdoc 8561888/722449 RCBC- LKK Gateway, Tower 1 LkkCenter, Cdoc 8563707/722449 RCBC SAVINGS- CARMEN Walingwaling St.,Carmen St. Cdoc 8585793/ 8586248 RCBC SAVINGS- VELEZ Velez St. Cdoc | 729083/8562460 RCBC SAVINGS- AGORA 8807891/8807892 RURAL BANK OF CABADBARAN, Inc.

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EAST WEST BANK #5 Juan Sia Bldg. Apolinar Velez St.Cdoc 8578801/720081

SECURITY BANK- VELEZ Velez Montalvan St., Cdoc | 728334/856632

EAST WEST BANK Cogon De Oro Constraction Bldg. LKK Drive 8500339/8500331

STERLING BANK OF ASIA Tiano Velez St. CDO | 8528171/8528168

ENTERPRISE BANK INC. Centro Mariano Bldg Osmeña St. Cdoc 723869/ 3093395 FIRST CONSOLIDATED BANK CM Recto Ave., Cor.Agudo Road Cdoc 8565360/2316678 LBP – CAPISTRANO Capsitrano St. Cdoc | 8565515/727678 LBP – VELEZ LunaVelez St. | 723549/8563198 LBP – PUERTO Puerto Cdoc | 8558858 MAYBANK JR Borja Tiano Cor. Bldg. Cdoc 8574439/726060 METRO BANK- DIVISORIA Pabayo Abejuela St. Divisoria Park, Cdoc 724783/8576999 METRO BANK- VELEZ A. Velez St. Cdoc | 8561724/726054 METRO BANK- JR BORJA JR Borja St. Cdoc | 8572999/724415

UCPB BANK- LAPASAN Osmeña Corner Lkk Drive, Cdoc 85771842/ 725135 UCPB BANK- VELEZ Velez Corner C. Pacana St. CDO 8564474/8564527 UCPB BANK SAVINGS-CAPISTRANO

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Turning back to school through ‘Kariton Klasrum’ By Noemi Tampus- Econg Teacher III Kapatagan East Central School Division of Lanao Del Norte

Education is a right of each individual. Having education is like championing a prize that could never be stole from. However, it is true that poverty is a social issue that enveloped most of Filipino families, hindering them to send their children to school. This then results to the presence of out-ofschool youths and drop-out individuals.

It is good to know, however, that a lot of individuals, groups or institutions take the initiative to provide alternative learning methods. Kar itu n K l a s r u m i s one of these. Department of Education replicated it f rom D ynamic Te en C ompany to encourage street children to go back in school. Made popular by CNN Hero awardee Efren Penaflorida, Jr., it is also a

tool in promoting inclusive education nationwide through providing greater mobility for out-of-school individuals in accessing basic education through the Alternative Delivery Modes (ADM) program of DepEd. In a post made in DepEd site, it is reported that there are already a total of 84 ongoing Kariton Klasrum sites. The method is not in the purpose of replacing regular classroom but to entice people in the streets to go back to it. Three months being under in the Kariton Klasrum Program will allow

students to be evaluated for school-readiness. The Kariton Klasrum has been so successful in the past few years through the effort coming from the participating entities. Let us just hope that more people will involve and students could speak about the program through pushing themselves to be good products of this project. As what DepEd Secretary Br. Armin Luistro said in a DepEd press release, “We are never too strong to do things on our own. Your presence now secures our future. It is very important.”

Family: Its role in children’s academic life By Gladys n. villacorta Teacher III Kapatagan East Central School Division of Lanao del Norte

Family is the basic foundation of society. It is as well the starting point of child’s learning because it is his first school. In the family, it is where he meet his first teachers. His parents are ones giving him basic lessons more especially about values. Inside their home, they are mold and have been prepared into people parents could be proud of once they go outside their doorsteps. There are a lot of

researches published online justif ying that parental involvement is very essential in encouraging achievements to children’s academic life. T h e k i n d of f am i l y environment also impacts their learning development. In other words, if there is an understanding inside their home and peaceful atmosphere surrounds them, there is a bigger chance of a child to concentrate in his studies. However, a family that is filled with

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 41 Cagayan de Oro City PETITION FOR EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER4 ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118 HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-Ibig), Petitioner, JOSE FAUSTINO S. EPON, Respondent. x------------------------------------------/

EJF NO. 2015-AF-008

FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135/4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND ( Pag-Ibig ) , against JOSE FAUSTINO S. EPON, married to NENETTE G. EPON, both of legal age, Filipino citizens with postal address at LOWER TAMBO, MACASANDIG, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of January 26, 2015 amounts to EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY TWO PESOS & 60/100 (P 826,652.60), Philippine Currency , inclusive of interest , penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on May 5, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at the main entrance of this court , Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, Capitol Compound, A. Luna St., Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidders, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following personal properties, to wit; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-74076 A PARCEL OF LAND LOT 2043-E-5, Pcs-10-0011221, being a portion of LOT 2043-E, Psd-10-010249). Situated in the Barrio of Macasandig, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN (287). Sq.m. more or less. And all improvements existing and to be constructed/erected thereon. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated date, time and place. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the property herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be. Cagayan de Oro City, March 5, 2015.. (Sgd) ALDEN V. SAMBAAN Sheriff IV BWM: March 11, 18 & 25, 2015

conflict, possibilities are: the child would be stressed, be afraid of talking to people and could hardly cope up with his studies since he has been loaded with several thoughts in mind. Thus, affecting the child’s literacy negatively. This will further

lessen child’s interest in studying and raise emotional problems that will break studying concentration. Needless to say, it is the parents’ responsibility to create a good environment where it is healthy for children’s literacy and growth

Internet: Its good use in children’s learning By rey q. garcillanosa Teacher I Kapatagan Central School

The use of Internet is common nowadays. It is used anywhere such as in offices, business establishments and schools. In fact, Internet has been a prime source of information. Due to its large scope, some schools approved the use of Internet in their premises. It is true that parents and teachers should not deprived children in using this because Internet can provide information that cannot be found in books such as fresh news, and it is important for children to be exposed in this kind of information. Instead of stopping them in using it, children should be encouraged to use Internet through assigning them to use it in informative things, such as school-driven activities, events, research and others. There are creative ways in promoting good sides of Internet because it is made that way. Example of this is the launching of Metrobank – MTAP – DepEd Math Challenge. Part of it was made online. Metrobank Foundation Inc., one of the sponsors, partnered with KooBits Philippines and started an online game

# 7 M AT H e w d a y s : A r e you smarter than a grade schooler? In this game, online users will answer grade school Math questions within 7 days and dare their friends to take the challenge and do the same. There are actually various educational games online. The good thing is that it covers subjects children are into such as Mathematics, English, Science and others. These are created to guide learners and also to review them with topics that are not clear to them during their class hours. Further, it is better that upon using such programs in the computer, parents or guardians should also be there to help children in their studies online. This will make them appreciate both learning and online learning through Internet. There are a lot of parents that generalized Internet as bad influence to children, which is not proper. It just takes their attention and guidance for their children to be totally aware of the proper use of Internet. Meaning, parents should be there to attend to them on what to open and what to close.

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wednesday|march 11, 2015 Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10TH JUDICIAL REGION Branch 44 Initao, Misamis Oriental REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Represented by the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (DOTC), Plaintiff,

MC Case No. 2008-737 For : Cancellation of Decree

worthy purposes of the Torrens system, should be the first to accept the validity of titles issued thereunder once the conditions laid down by the law are satisfied. 12. In the present case, although private defendant did obtain a decree in his favor, his failure to obtain a certificate of title after the lapse of more than 65 years is tantamount to an abandonment of such right. For which reason, the principle of laches operates against him. 13. Laches has been defined as the failure or neglect, for an unreasonable length of time to do that which by exercising due diligence could or should have been done earlier. It is negligence or omission to assert a right within a reasonable time, warranting a presumption that the party entitled to assert it has either abandoned it or decline to assert it. 14. Private defendant who had been issued a decree to the property in question had already died. He is survived by his heirs who inherited the property, and subsequently sold the same to plaintiff.

-versusVENANCIO MAGTRAYO the LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY (LRA), Defendants.

15. As laches had set in against private defendant’s right to have the property titled in his name, the decree issued to him should therefore be cancelled. And since plaintiff acquired the property from defendant’s heirs and successors-in-interest, it is therefore entitled to a decree of registration over it as owner and occupant of the same.

X---------------------------------------------------------/ SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION VENANCIO MAGTRAYO Alubijid, Misamis Oriental

To :

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PRAYER WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed of this Honorable Court that an order be issued CANCELLING Decree No. 756565 and, accordingly directing the LRA to CANCEL Decree No. 756565 issued for Lot No. 12573 in Cadastral Case No. 27 for having lost its efficacy due to abandonment or laches.

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It is likewise prayed that a decree be issued to plaintiff Republic of the Philippines.

This Court issued an Order dated October 1, 2013 allowing Summons be served upon VENANCIO MAGTRAYO, in a newspaper of general circulation, pursuant to Section 15, Rule 14 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure. It is pursuant thereto that this Summons by Publication is issued.

Plaintiff further prays for such other reliefs and remedies which are just and equitable in the premises.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED. Makati City for Initao, Misamis Oriental, May 9, 2013.

WHEREAS, quoted hereunder is the Amended Complaint, to wit:

PLAINTIFF, by counsel, respectfully states: 1. Plaintiff Republic of the Philippines is a sovereign political entity vested with the power and capacity to sue. For purposes of this action, all pleadings, notices, and other court processes may be served on its statutory counsel, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) at 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City. 2. Private defendant Venancio Magtrayo is of legal age, with capacity to sue and be sued, and a resident of Alubijid, Misamis Oriental, where he may be served with summons and other court processes. 3. Public defendant Land Registration Authority (LRA) is impleaded being the agency mandated to issue decrees of registration and certificates of title and register documents, patents and other land transactions. It may be served with summons and other court processes at the LRA, East Avenue cor. NIA Road, Quezon City. 4. Private defendant appears to be owner of a parcel of land located in Alubijid, Municipality of Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental designed as Lot No. 12573, Cadastral No. 237 with an area of forty four thousand one hundred sixty nine (44,169) square meters. 5. Based on the record of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Land management Services ( DENR-LMS) in Cagayan de Oro City, the Bureau of Lands conducted a cadastral survey of the subject lot sometime in 1933 (Annex “A”). 6. Thereafter, the said land was among those subject of the operation of cadastral proceedings and was issued on August 26, 1941 Decree No. 756565 in Cadastral Case No. 27 (Annex “B”). After its issuance, Decree No. 756565 was then recorded by defendant LRA in its book. 7. The record of the Registry of Deeds of Cagayan de Oro City would reveal however that no title to Lot 12573 was issued in favour of defendant (Annex “C”). 8. Considering that the decree was issued in 1941, it has been more than sixty-five (65) years that the property remained untitled. 9. In Republic vs. Hon. Alon, citing Republic vs. Heirs of Villa Abrille, the Supreme Court held that in land Registration proceedings the following procedure must be complied with : xxx (10) Issuance of the decree by the Court declaring the decision final and instructing the Land Registration Commission to issue a decree of confirmation and registration;

(11) Entry of the decree of registration in the Land Registration Commission;

(12) Sending of copy of the decree of registration to the corresponding Register of Deeds; and

(13) Transcription of the decree of registration in the registration book and the issuance of the owner’s duplicate original certificate of title to the applicant by the Register of deeds, upon payment of the prescribed fees. 10. Indeed, a property becomes registered land only upon transcription of the decree in the original registration book of the Register Deeds. It follows that until the original certificate of the title is issued by the Register of Deeds, the property subject as a cadastral proceedings is not yet a registered land. 11. A Torrens Certificate of Title is the best evidence of ownership issued by the Register of Deeds to the owner of a particular land which is registered under the Torrens system of registration. The significance of registration under the Torrens system cannot be undetermined. In Traders Royal Bank vs. Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court reiterated the importance of registration. The main purpose of the Torrens system is to avoid possible conflicts of title to real estate and to facilitate transactions relative thereto by giving the public the right to rely upon the face of a Torrens certificate of title and to dispense with the need of inquiring further, except when the party concerned has actual knowledge of facts and circumstances that should impel a reasonably cautious man to make such further inquiry. Where innocent third persons, relying on the correctness of the certificate of title thus issued, acquire rights over the property, the court cannot disregard such rights and other the total cancellation of the certificate. The effect of such an outright cancellation would be to impair public confidence in the certificate of title, for everyone dealing with property registered under the Torrens system would have to inquire in every instance as to whether the title has been regularly or irregularly issued by the court. Every person dealing with registered land may safely rely on the correctness of the certificate of title issued therefor and the law will in no way oblige him to go beyond the certificate to determine the condition of the property. The Torrens system was adopted in this country because it was believed to be the most effective measure to guarantee the integrity of land titles and to protect their indefeasibility once the claim of ownership is established and recognized. If a person purchases a piece of land on the assurance that the seller’s title thereto is valid, he should not run the risk of being told later that his acquisition was ineffectual after all. This would not only be unfair to him. What is worse is that if this were permitted, public confidence in the system would be eroded and land transactions would have to be attended by complicated and not necessarily conclusive investigations and proof of ownership. The further consequence would be that land conflicts could be even more numerous and complex that they are now and possibly also more abrasive, if not even violet. The Government, recognizing the

FRANCIS H. JARDELEZA Solicitor General Roll No. 25719 IBP Lifetime No. 00037, 1-18-93 MCLE Compliance No. III-8523

THOMAS M. LARAGAN Assistant Solicitor General (On Official Travel) Roll No. 38842 IBP Lifetime No. 09144, 4-29-10 MCLE Exemption No. IV-000051

CARMINDA O. PUNZALAN-GAITE Senior State Solicitor ( Office-In-Charge, Antonio Barredo Division) Roll No. 41358 IBP Lifetime No. 08431 MCLE Compliance No. III-0016284

JENNIFER P. HERNANDEZ-LA TORRE State Solicitor Roll No. 53611 IBP Lifetime No. 08992, 3-29-10 MCLE Compliance No. III-0004182 OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City Tel. Nos: 818-63-01 to 09 Email : docket@osg.gov.ph VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF NONFORUM-SHOPPING I, JENNIFER P. HERNANDEZ – LA TORRE, a State Solicitor in the Office of the Solicitor General, after having between sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and state: 1. I have caused the preparation of the foregoing Amended Complaint. 2. I have read and understood the contents thereof. 3. The allegations therein are true and correct of my personal knowledge or based on authentic records. 4. I/Plaintiff have/has not commenced any action or filed any claim involving the same issued in this Honorable Court, the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, or different divisions thereof, or in any other tributal or agency; and if I/plaintiff should thereafter learn that a similar action or proceeding has filed or is pending before this Honorable Court, the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, or different divisions thereof, or in any other tribunal or agency, I/plaintiff shall undertake/s to promptly inform the aforesaid courts and other tribunal or agency of that fact within five (5) days therefrom. 5. The forgoing verification and Certification of Non-Form Shopping is being made by the OSG, through the undersigned affiant, pursuant to Section 35 (5), Chapter 12, Title III, Book IV of the Administrative Code of 1987 which provides that the OSG “ shall represent the Government in all land registration and related proceedings. “ Thus, it was ruled in COMELEC v. Quijano-Padilla, 389 SCRA 535 (2002) that the OSG is an independent office and that its real client is “no less than the Republic of the Philippines in whom the plenum of sovereignty resides.” JENNIFER P. HERNANDEZ-LA TORRE State Solicitor SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 10th day of May 2013, in Makati City by State Solicitor JENNIFER O. HERNANDEZ-LA TORRE, personally known to me, who is the same person who personally signed before me the foregoing Verification and Certification and acknowledged that she executed the same. CARMINDA O. PUNZALAN-GAITE Senior State Solicitor NOW THEREFORE, through this Summons by Publication, VENANCIO MAGTRAYO of Alubijid, Misamis Oriental is hereby required to answer the Amnended Complaint within sixty (60) days from the last issue of publication. WITNESS the HON. MARISSA P. ESTABAYA, Presiding Judge of this Court, this 6th of February 2014 at Initao, Misamis Oriental , Philippines.

(Sgd) ATTY. IAN C. TAJONERA-BERNARDO Clerk of Court VI BWM: March 11, 18 & 25, 2015

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DSWD... from page 2

Each program responds to an aspect of poverty to ensure a comprehensive response, and when implemented together form the DSWD’s convergence strategy. “By 2016, we are aiming to raise 2.3 million households to a level of self-sufficiency through the convergence strategy,” Sec. Soliman stated. Knowing the real poor Sec. Soliman said that knowing the poor is the first step to providing appropriate inter ventions as well as ensuring that resources are utilized efficiently and distributed equitably. To achieve this, DSWD uses the

Listahanan or the National Household-Targeting System for Pove r t y R e du c t i on (NHTS-PR). The NHTS-PR is an information management s y s t e m t h at h e lp s t h e Department identify which communities in the country are most in need of government interventions. “It gives a face to poverty by enabling us to know the poor more personally – to know them by their names, where they live; know their families [through] data and [through] real relationships established,” Sec. Soliman said. DSWD conducted the first round of assessment in 2009 and will conduct the second

round this year. Protecting the vulnerable groups Aside from the three core prog rams, DSWD also implements protective programs for vulnerable groups such as older persons, persons with disabilities, children in conflict with the law (CICL), and victims of human trafficking, among others. P ro g r a m s f o r t h e s e groups are social pension for indigent seniors, supplementary feeding for children, community-based programs, and provision of temporary shelter, among others. She als o added that the Department continues

to strengthen its disaster management program through monitoring and intensified collaboration with the local government units to better respond to the needs of the public during calamities. DSWD remains committed to serving the poor, the vulnerable, and the disadvantaged through its social protection programs. The Department will further intensify its various programs in order to address poverty and improve the quality of life of the marginalized sector.

Quiamjot... from page 4

stay, this will contribute to USD 675 Million or P303.75

Billion additional tourist receipts which is equivalent to 51 percent of the total financial exposure of the banking sector to the industry. If properly managed, the Return of Investment Period (ROI) for the new properties may not exceed more than 5 years. Industry experts have forecasted an increase in travel activities for 2015 with airline fares expected to go down as aviation fuel prices continues to slide down. The airline industry worldwide is also seeking for more government open skies policies in Asia and America to open more routes for international travel. There is a need to fill up the seats of the new faster A-380’s which is now the luxury in air travel.

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from page 4 resigned Philippine National Police Director General Alan Purisima, lied on what was happening to the 44 officers and men of the SAF on January 25, 2015---why did he not simply call, directly and expeditiously, other officials from the police and the military to immediately confirm what was happening to the Marwan operation? The problem is, many Filipinos now believe that Aquino is the one not telling the truth about the Mamasapano, Maguindanao operation, denying what the entire country already knows: that he, Aquino, was the one who ordered the execution or carrying out of the Marwan operation; that he, Aquino, was the one coordinating the raid on Mamasapano; and that it was he, Aquino, who should therefore be held liable for the death of the 44 fine SAF officers and men. The general perception now is that, while Napenas and Purisima may have fooled him, even if he is the President and their commander-inchief to the extent of lying about the help for the fallen SAF commandos, it was Aquino himself who fooled the country with his refusal to disclose the truth, and with his denials of course, about the failed operation to capture or neutralize Marwan, the Malaysian terrorist officially known as Zulkifli bin Hir. -ooo REACTIONS? Please call me at +63 917 984 24 68, +63 918 574 0193, +63 922 833 43 96, or Skype (batasmauricio), Viber (+63 918 574 0193) and Line (+63 917 984 24 68). Email: batasmauricio@yahoo. com, melaniolazomauriciojr@ o u t l o o k . c o m , mmauriciojr111@gmail.com. -30-

Residents... from page 5

and recognized them during the event. The top 10 individual taxpayers (arranged from 10 to 1) were Rodrigo a n d V i c e n t a Va s q u e z o f RV G o l d s m i t h a n d Gen. Merchandise, Jose Maria Mempin of Cimem C onsumer Distributors, Jo v e n c i o B u n t a g o f P J Agri-Vet Supply, Jaimie and Angelie Llanes of Annette’s Lechon House; Emily Go of Davao TCM Hardware, Aurelio Marasigan of McDonald, Ruplino Seismundo of RR Seismundo Construction a n d S u p p l y, M i c h a e l Ryan Fernando of Prime A l l i a n c e , M e r l y n Ta n of Per p etual Pharmac y, Lorenzo and Lucina Rubino of LYR Marketing. The top 10 corporate taxpayers were (arranged from 10 to 1) Earthgrains Inc. (Goldilocks), L ap anday Fo o ds C or p., Pioneer Buenas, Mercury D r u g C o r p . , Ta g u m Pioneer Foods (Jollibee), J H G Tr a d i n g I n c . ( J S Gaisano), Gaisano Grand Mall, Davao del Nor te Electric Cooperative, Gaisano Mall of Tagum and LTS Malls Inc (NCCC). There were also private individuals and city g ov e r n m e nt e mp l oy e e s given the Special Award of Excellence and the Award of Recognition while the Oldest Living Tagumenyo and Tagumenya were also given the limelight of the night’s affair. (PIA 11/ Jeanevive DuronAbangan)

ComVal... from page 5

Boy Logro, a local of Laak, who showcased his culinary expertise by cooking his best dishes together with the governor. On the same day, Gov. Arturo Uy, together with other provincial officials and IP le aders, led the ground-breaking of the province’s tribal hall and mus eum at t he C apitol Compound. Meanwhile, tribal games, poster making contest, and IP Women Health Campaign were held in the afternoon. The Al’law ng Kalumunan is an annual event of the prov i n c i a l g ov e r n m e nt to honor t he I Ps’ v it a l role in the conservation of ComVal’s indigenous arts and culture towards the inclusive growth. (jameslabrigas / ids comval)

CAGAYAN DE ORO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947 CAMIGUIN BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491 CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City DIVISORIA BRANCH Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631 LAPASAN BRANCH Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739 CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011

CDO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947

DIVISORIA BRANCH Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631

CAMIGUIN BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491

LAPASAN BRANCH Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739

CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City

CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd.,Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011

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Plant Industry research center here, said DA Region 10 Director Remelyn R. Recoter. One trial site has been set up at the Almocera Farm in Bagongon town in Compostela Valley where banana growers and farm owners from the province as well as Davao del Norte recently visited and discussed the qualities of the new variety. Compostela Valley and Davao del Norte are the two main export-quality banana producers of the Philippines. Fa r m ow n e r G i lt on Almocera, who lost millions from the Panama Disease in his four-hectare plantation due to higher costs for pest eradication, said he will be harvesting the first batch of his GCTCV 219 variety in May. “I thank the DA for extending its hand to us in addressing this problem. This has given banana farmers hope to rise again,” Mr. Almocera said in a statement issued by the DA. The DA has allotted about P102 million this year, including the budget for the GCTCV 219 propagation, to help control the disease, which is also called fusarium wilt. A n e s t i m ate d 3 , 0 0 0 hectares has been devastated since 2011 in the region, the country’s only fresh banana exporting area. As of the first quarter of 2014, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show fresh banana to be the country’s top agricultural export product with a value of $317.4 million from January to March that year. The GCTCV 219 variety has been accepted in the Japanese market, according to the DA citing Dr. Agustin B. Molina of Bioversity International-Asia and the Pacific Office. Dr. Susan Razo, chief of the agency’s Integrated Laboratories Division, said farmers who want to avail

of the seedlings will be required to submit documents and undergo training on the technolog y used in propagating the cultivar. Those will be able to avail of the cultivar will also be asked to transfer their knowledge to other growers, Ms. Razo added. Panama disease is a fungal infection that attacks the plant’s roots and spreads mainly through the soil. Stephen A. Antig, executive director of the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association, composed mainly of the large-scale producers, said the disease has affected the small farmers more because they do not have the technical capability to control it nor do they have many alternative planting sites. In the case of big banana growers, Mr. Antig explained, they can afford to uproot farm clusters infected with the disease and thus control its spread.

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National Telecommunications Communications Commission Order No. 10-3-2001 mandating the creation of a One Stop Public Assistance Center (OSPAC) to assist consumers deal with problems regarding their personal communications, the project has been expanded as the Consumer Welfare and Protection Desk (CWPD). “O r i g i n a l l y, O S PAC sought to address consumers’ complaints and problems with their personal communications such as prank calls, text scams, blocking lost or stolen mobile phones, defective smart phones, to disputes in billing charges of service providers, and poor service and objectionable program content of cable TV providers,” said Engr. Teodoro D. Buenavista, Jr., NTC-10 regional director, who draw up the CWPD concept paper with his staff. “ H o w e v e r, a s t h e

P h i l i p p i n e s 2 n d Mo s t Competitive City and the fastest growing urban center in Mindanao, Cagayan de Oro and its Northern Mindanao are now facing growing pains as it attracts both the good and bad seeking a better life in its booming economy.” On December 19 last year, the PPA Cagayan de Oro Port Management Office under PM Isidro Butaslac, Jr. hosted a meeting with possible partner agencies and organizations willing to carry the torch of public service under the expanded CWPD program. Besides the services NTC already sought to deliver under its expanded OSPAC, the various agencies present agreed to pitch in to provide assistance for stranded passengers and launch an Information-EducationCommunications campaign onboard the vessels calling on the Macabalan port to apprise passenger-consumers of the services available to them through CWPD. B e s i d e s N TC , ot he r agencies and organizations which have signed up to jointly implement the CWPD are the Philippine Ports Authority, Maritime Industry Aut hor it y, D e p ar t me nt of Trade and Industr y, P h i l He a lt h , B u re au of Internal Revenue, Philippine C oast Guard; Office of the Provincial Governor, Misamis Oriental; Regional Association of Government Communicators; Kapisanan ng mg a Bro d k a s te r s a Pilipinas and Department of Agriculture.

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Magalong said they also tried to interview President Aq u i n o t h r o u g h L o c a l G over nments S e cret ar y Mar Roxas but received no answer. ABS-CBN News quoted Magalong as saying that they are aware the three-day extension will be subject to “a lot of speculations, a lot of insinuations.” But

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he assured the public that the extension is necessary to ensure the quality of t he ir inve st ig at ion and their report. “Ang kredibilidad po ng buong PNP ang nakataya at hindi po natin isasakripisyo ito” (The credibility of the entire PNP is at stake here and we will not sacrifice that), he said. Magalong also stressed that their probe is merely “fac t-f inding” and “not prosecutorial.” Oplan Exodus was launched early morning of January 25 by operatives of the PNP-SAF purportedly to ser ve the warrants of arrest on Zulkifli bin hir, a Malaysian national alleged to be behind several bombing attacks, and Filipino Abdul Basit Usman. The operation, however, was not coordinated with the provincial and regional police, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the ceasefire mechanisms of the government-MILF peace process. 90% finished Ustadz Said Z endab, chair of the MILF Central Committee’s Committee on Finance and concurrent head of the MILF’s Special Investigative Commission told MindaNews over the weekend that they were “90%” finished with the probe and would be ready to submit it this week. In a press conference in Camp Darapanan on Janu ar y 2 8 , t h re e d ay s a f t e r t h e Ma m a s ap a n o tragedy, Murad said they were “looking within two weeks to come up with the findings.” He t ol d Mi n d a Ne w s over the weekend that the investigation was delayed b e c a u s e “s o m e o f t h e resource persons were no longer in the area so we had to find them.” He s aid s ome of t he witnesses had evacuated to other areas. “ We a r e t a r g e t i n g next week to release the

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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

We, Efren A. Bebing and Dolores A. Bebing, all of age, Filipino citizens, husband and wife and residents of Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin are the owners of a parcel of land located at Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin identified as Lot 3932-V under T.D. No. G-004248 in the name the heirs of Teodoro Aranas with an area of 500 square meters which we acquired from Leonarda A. Pascual by virtue of the a hand written document executed by said Leonarda Pascual dated April 21, 2009 which the latter acquired Judgment of Partition in SPL. No. 303 of the Regional Trial Court of Branch 28, Mambajao, Camiguin;n

We, Emmanuel A. Aranas, all of age, Filipino citizen, and a residents of Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin are the owners of a parcel of land located at Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin identified as Lot 3932-T under T.D. No. G-004248 in the name the heirs of Teodoro Aranas with an area of 500 square meters which I acquired by virtue of the Judgment of Partition in SPL. No. 303 of the Regional Trial Court of Branch 28, Mambajao, Camiguin;n

That for and in consideration of sum of sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php. 100,000.00) to us in hand paid by MS. MARY JOAN L. GUILLENA, likewise of legal age, single, Filipino citizen and a resident of Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin receipt of which is hereby acknowledged to my full satisfaction, by these presents, I hereby absolutely SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY said Lot 3932-V unto the herein Vendee, free from any lien or encumbrance; That said property is not being tilled or cultivated by any other person for agricultural purposes hence the same is free any form of tenancy; That said lot subject of this sale is offered for sale to adjoining and other heirs but none signified their intension to exercise their right of pre-emption; IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my signature this 9th day of February 2015 at Mambajao, Camiguin.

That for and in consideration of sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php. 100,000.00) to me in hand paid by MS. MARY JOAN L. GUILLENA, likewise of legal age, single, Filipino citizen and a resident of Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin receipt of which is hereby acknowledged to my full satisfaction, by these presents, I hereby absolutely SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY said Lot 3932-T unto the herein Vendee, free from any lien r encumbrance; That said property is not being tilled or cultivated by any other person for agricultural purposes hence the same is free any form of tenancy; That said lot subject of this sale is offered for sale to adjoining and other heirs but none signified their intention to exercise their right of pre-emption; IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my signature this 9th day of February 2015 at Mambajao, Camiguin.

executive summar y,” he said, adding the rep or t would be handed over to the IMT “because this is an issue of ceasefire violation so the authority is IMT. We will submit to IMT and then IMT can release to both panels.” The IMT also made its own investigation but has yet to complete it. “From the other group” Murad said among the initial findings is that the man who shot the injured SAF (Special Action Force) commando in the video that went viral was not a member of the MILF ‘s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Force (BIAF). “Initially ang finding namin is this happened after our men had withdrawn from the area,” Murad said. He explained that their men left the area

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at around 2 p.m. when they were told to disengage due to the ceasefire. The video, he said, was taken “very late afternoon so wala na do on yung mga tauhan namin (our men were no longer there) . The firearm of the slain SAF commando was among the 16 firearms the MILF turned over to the government through the CCCH and the IMT. Murad acknowledged t h e f i re a r m w a s t a k e n by an MILF member but maintained that another person shot the SAF personnel. He said they have identified the person who killed the SAF policeman. “They’re from the other group,” he said. He declined to name the “other group.” (Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews)

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PORTION OF LAND KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This Extra-Judicial Settlement with Absolute Sale is executed by Rodrigo Acero,, of legal age,married, Filipino citizen and a resident of Agoho, Mambajao, camiguin; That Santos Balbutin remains the declared owner of a parcel known as Lot 4406 under T.D No. 3914 the whole area of which is 7,746 square meters located at Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin who died without leaving a Will, nor did he incur indebtedness during his lifetime; That being the only heirs of Santos Balbutin we assumed ownership and possession of the said property ; That by virtue of the Special Power of Attorney executed by my siblings in my favor, and for and in consideration of the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php. 100,000.00) Philippine currency, to me in hand paid by MS. MARY JOAN L. GUILLENA, , likewise of legal age, single, Filipino citizen and a resident of Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin receipt of which is hereby acknowledged to my full satisfaction, I hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY One-Half portion of Lot 4406 which is known as 4406-B which has an of 3,873 square meters to the herein Vendee, her heirs and assigns , free from any lien or encumbrances. That the subject property has been offered to the adjoining owners but none signified their intention to exercise their right of pre-emption; That the same property is not being tilled or cultivated by any person, hence the same is free from any form of tenancy; That said property has not been mortgaged to any person or banking institution, thus the same is free from any lien or encumbrances; That the subject property is not titled thus the same be registered as unregistered property under the Property Registration Decree. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my signature this 11th day of February 2015 at Mambajao, Camiguin.

BEFORE ME, this 12th day of February 2015 at Mambajao, Camiguin personally appeared Rodrigo Acero with Firearm Licence No. 678173 known to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and he acknowledged to me that the same is his free and voluntary act and deed.

WITNESS MY HAND AND NOTARIAL SEAL on the date and place above-written.

BWM: Feb. 25, March 4 & 11, 2015 EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PORTION OF LAND KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This Extra-Judicial Settlement with Absolute Sale is executed by Rodrigo Acero,, of legal age,married, Filipino citizen and a resident of Agoho, Mambajao, camiguin; That Alfonso Acero remains the declared owner of a parcel known as Lot 4375 under T.D No. 3913 the whole area of which is 8,319 square meters located at Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin who died without leaving a Will, nor did he incur indebtedness during his lifetime; That being the only children of Alfonso Acero we assumed ownership and possession of the said property upon his death; That by virtue of the Special Power of Attorney executed by my siblings in my favor, and for and in consideration of the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php. 100,000.00) Philippine currency, to me in hand paid by MS. MARY JOAN L. GUILLENA, , likewise of legal age, single, Filipino citizen and a resident of Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin receipt of which is hereby acknowledged to my full satisfaction, I hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY portion of said property which is known as Lot 4375-C-5 as borne out in the sketch plan with an area of 3,567 square meters to the herein Vendee, her heirs and assigns , free from any lien or encumbrances. That the subject property has been offered to the adjoining owners but none signified their intention to exercise their right of pre-emption; That the same property is not being tilled or cultivated by any person, hence the same is free from any form of tenancy; That the subject property is not tilled thus the same be registered as unregistered property under the Property Registration Decree. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto affix my signature this 16th day of February 2015 at Mambajao, Camiguin.

BEFORE ME, this 9th day of February 2015 at Mambajao, Camiguin personally appeared Efren A. Bebing and Dolores A. Bebing all known to and to me known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and they acknowledged to me that the same is their free and voluntary act and deed.

BEFORE ME, this 9TH day of February 2015 at Mindanao, Camiguin personally appeared Emmanuel A. Aranas with CTC. No. 26339222 issued on March 6, 2014 at Mambajao, Camiguin known to me and to me known to be same person who executed the foregoing instrument and he acknowledged to me that the same is his free and voluntary act and deed.

WITNESS MY HAND AND NOTARIAL SEAL on the date and place above-written.

WITNESS MY HAND AND NOTARIAL SEAL on the date and place above-written.

BEFORE ME, this 16th day of February 2015 at Mindanao, Camiguin personally appeared Rodrigo Acero with Firearm Licence No. 678173 known to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and he acknowledged to me that the same is his free and voluntary act and deed.

BWM: Feb. 25, March 4 & 11, 2015

BWM: Feb. 25, March 4 & 11, 2015

WITNESS MY HAND AND NOTARIAL SEAL on the date and place above-written.

BWM: Feb. 25, March 4 & 11, 2015

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Fonefix Technoshop opens at SM City CDO by CHRISTINE H. CABIASA

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agay-anons living uptown can now have their cellular phones and other gadgets fixed and repaired as Fonefix Technoshop opened its first stores at SM City Cagayan de Oro on Sunday, March 8. According to Michelle N. Perpas, owner, for those who need their cellular phones and tablets fixed they do not have to go down town; they can have it at Fonefix. “Mas accessible diri sa Fonefix (it’s much more accessible here at Fonefix) and of course repair rates are affordable,”Perpas said. Perpas shared that Fonefix started cellphone repair business in 2002 at a small stall in the streets of Cogon market. “My husband Ronnel is the one who does repair and then years passed by I learnt it, so now both of us are hands-on on fixing and repairing cellphones and tablets,” Perpas said. Fonefix Technoshop repairs and fixes cellular phones, tablets and other related gadgets. Fonefix also performs part and software replacement if needed. Michelle N. Perpas (4th from right) pose for posterity with SM City Cagayan de Oro staff during the Fonefix is located at the 3rd level, SM City formal opening of Fonefix Technoshop, 3rd Level, SM City CdeO, March 8. Cagayan de Oro. Photo by Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy

Michelle N. Perpas performs the ceremonial cutting of the ribbon to formally open the Fonefix Technoshop at the Cyber Zone, 3rd Level, SM City CdeO, March 8. Photo by Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy

Michelle N. Perpas with Fonefix technicians and staff during the opening of the Fonefix Technoshop at the Cyber Zone, 3rd Level, SM City CdeO, March 8. Photo by Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy