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Minimum health standard THE CAGAYAN de Oro city health office (CHO) here has urged the public anew to strictly adhere to minimum public health standards against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) despite the alert status in the city being downgraded to Level 1.

In an online briefer on Wednesday, CHO medical officer Dr. Ted Yu Jr. made the call after he reported the fifth batch of Omicron variant cases in the city.

The CHO data showed that the new batch of Omicron cases here is comprised of seven males and seven females, respectively, from the villages of Lumbia, Balulang, Carmen, and Canitoan with two each; and also one each from Barangays Macabalan, Iponan, Bonbon, Bulua, Bugo, and Patag.

Bird flu THE Department of Agriculture in Northern Mindanao (DA10) has urged the public to report incidents of bird flu in the region.

In a memorandum posted on Facebook on Friday, DA10 Director Carlene Collado said the public should stay vigilant as avian influenza has already affected quail and duck farms in Bulacan and Pampanga (Region 3), Laguna (Region 4A), and Camarines Sur (Region 5).

"Occasionally mammals, including humans, may contract avian influenza. The disease detected is a variant of H5N1, which can trigger illness in humans," Collado said.

Climate resilience THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Thursday launched a $15-million climate resilience project for local government units (LGUs).

The project targets climate-vulnerable locations in Batangas, Legazpi, Iloilo, Borongan, Eastern Samar, Cotabato, and the Zamboanga region.

USAID will help LGUs gather data for climate mitigation plans and decisions, and improve their ability to manage climate-related financing, the Department of Finance said in a statement on Thursday.

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CDO posts lowest poverty incidence rate in NorMin

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AGAYAN de Oro City remains as having the lowest poverty incidence among all areas in Northern Mindanao, the Philippine Statistics Authority in Region 10 (PSA-10) said Thursday.

In a media forum, PSA-10 officerin-charge Janith Aves said the city only recorded 17.4 percent of poverty incidence based on the first semester of 2021 official poverty statistics.

However, this is 2.3 percent higher compared to the 15.1 percent poverty incidence in the city in 2018 in the same semester.

Despite the low poverty incidence rate, Aves said there are still deprived areas in the city.

“If we say 17.4 [percent] is lower, that doesn’t mean that they are all not poor. This means that we still have a poor population here in areas that we have mentioned listed in the poverty incidence," she explained.

Meanwhile, PSA-10 data showed LOWEST/PAGE 11

AGE DOESN'T MATTER. Age and physical limitations don't discourage this man from going to the rally of the Robredo-Pangilinan tandem in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur on Wednesday, 9 March 2022. mindanews photo by chris v . panganiban

Bukidnon’s ‘Kaamulan’ fest resumes after 2 yrs A F T E R t wo ye ars , t he "Kaamulan" Festival in Bukidnon will resume from March 23 to April 23.

In a phone interview on Saturday, provincial tourism of f icer Butch Ant hony Melendez said the monthlong festival will deviate from previous celebrations due to the continuous threat of Covid-19.

Bukidnon is under Alert

Level 2 at least until March 15, along with Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, and Misamis O r i e n t a l i n No r t h e r n Mindanao.

"We only have limited activities, especially those that have physical distancing," Melendez said.

There will be no street dancing parade, motocross, KAAMULAN/PAGE 11

BARMM infra budget at P4.9-B this year: DPWH INFRASTRUCTURE projects in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will enjoy budget funding of P4.9 billion this year, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said.

The DPWH said in a statement that ongoing projects include civil works

for the rehabilitation of 5.29 kilometers (km) of transcentral roads in Lanao Del Sur, as well as 4.71 km of road projects under the Emergency Assistance for Reconstruction and Recovery of Marawi (EARRM), which is financed by the Asian Development Bank.

“Other project components

of EARRM (include) the construction of 4.32 kms of new trans-central roads with drainage, three main drainage channels with a total length of 6.21 kms, construction of Rorogagus Bridge and replacement of three other bridges, and slope protection and rehabilitation BUDGET/PAGE 11

Gov’t urged to act swiftly on oil price increases

By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews

BUTUAN City — Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday urged the national

government to act swiftly on the steep increases in the prices of fuel that have

WOMEN POWER. Women from Poblacion 5 in Dapa town, Siargao Island load flitches of coconut lumber on Tuesday (8 March 2022) to use in the repair of their homes damaged by super typhoon “Odette.” mindanews photo by roel catoto

reached record highs.

Robredo said the Ukraine cr isis, widely regarded as the key driver for the current spike in oil prices, is developing fast each day.

“The government should act quickly because there is no time to spare,” she told transport representatives, medical p ers onnel and students who attended the town hall meeting at Father Saturnino Urios University here.

The vice president said the government had already received a bundle of proposed measures aimed to ease the impact of the war between Ukraine and Russia to the local economy.

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Local BARMM drafts Regional Investment Law to attract more investors

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OTABATO City -- The Regional Bangsamoro Board of Investments (BBOI) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) announced Thursday, March 10, 2022 that it has already submitted to Chief Minister Ahod B. Ebrahim the draft copy of proposed bill for an Investment and Incentives Law for the region.

The draft bill entitled, “An Act Providing for the Regional Investment and Incentives Law” or the “Bangsamoro Investment Code”, shall provide structure and

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functions of the Regional BBOI in accordance with its devolution from the national Board of Investments.

The code is seen as a key regional response and complementary policy initiative to the slew of economic reform laws enacted during the Duterte administration, such as the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act, the amendment to the Public Service Act, the amendment to the Foreign Investment Act, Retail Trade Liberalization Act, and the Microgrid System Law, among others.

“With the economic

reforms under the Duterte administration taking shape, BARMM has to become economically more competitive and keep up with the times,” said Regional BBOI Board of Governor Mohamad Pasigan.

“The CREATE law provides a uniform fiscal incentive scheme for all Investment Promotion Agencies, including the RBOI-BARMM, but the BARMM can provide for better ease of doing business in the region thru this proposed bill by enhancing the effectiveness of the service delivery of our agency,” Pasigan added.

Regional Board of

Investment Chair Atty.

Ishak Mastura stated that the proposed bill will still undergo a review by an Inter-Agency Technical Working Group (TWG) headed by their agency composed of the exofficio members of the Regional BBOI Board of Governors, namely the Ministry of Trade, Investment and Tourism (MTIT), the Ministry of

Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) and the Ministry of Finance, and Budget and Management (MFBM), and the Bangsamoro AttorneyGeneral’s Office (BAGO).

“We will soon begin conducting consultations with the business sector but considering the importance of this bill, the Chief Minister himself—

being the principal promoter of investments in the BARMM—has signified that he will be the principal author or sponsor of the bill under the parliamentary system of the BARMM,” Mastura said.

Meanwhile, Regional BBOI is targeting the passage of the law on or before the end of the Duterte administration.

Sports, social gatherings now allowed in Camiguin THE province of Camiguin has eased its restrictions on sports and social gatherings under Alert Level 1.

During the "Serbisyong PPR" radio program Friday evening, Governor Jurdin Jesus Romualdo said sports and other gatherings such as fiesta celebrations will be allowed beginning Saturday but under minimum public health protocols.

"When you play any sports, please bring your vaccination cards. if you're not vaccinated, you can't play," he said in the vernacular.

Romualdo said the vaccination card requirement is also extended to spectators.

When attending fiestas and religious

gatherings, the venues can be occupied at full capacity as long as the participants have vaccination cards as well.

If monitoring teams find out that mass gatherings violate the vaccination card requirement, the events will be stopped.

Romualdo will also meet with the president of the cockfighting derby association to set rules for a derby on March 19.

Despite the ease in restrictions, Romualdo reminded residents and tourists to wear face masks, observe social distancing, and frequently wash hands.

As of March 11, the province has no active Covid-19 case. (PNA)

Camiguin allows sports, fiesta celebrations starting March 12 CAMIGUIN --As the province is placed under Alert Level 1, the provincial government here will allow playing of sports like basketball, fiesta celebrations, discos and other activities effective March 12, 2022.

"Palihug Camiguin, mudula gani mo, any sports, palihug lang dad-a ang inyong vaccination card. Kung wala ka'y vaccine, wala ka'y karapatan mudula," Gov. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo said during the Serbisyong

PPR, radio program, March 11.

(To the residents of Camiguin, please bring your vaccination card if you are planning to play any sports. If you are not vaccinated, you do not have the right to play) Players who just received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine are allowed to play. Also, spectators of sport events are required to present their vaccination card upon entry, Romualdo added.

Barangay local government units (LGUs) are also urged to clean up and vacate their basketball courts to allow the conduct of the said sport.

Romualdo emphasized this as some basketball courts in the province are used as isolation units.

The governor added that by April, they will be opening the Kiddie Summer, which offers lessons on swimming, taekwondo, soccer, tennis, and even extends further to painting, choral, piano and guitar lessons.

"Disco, pista, simba, okay na na siya full capacity provided musulod sa simbahan whatever church, Roman Catholic church, Iglesia, Aglipay, kanang mga ALLOWS/PAGE 11

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CCCI sees NUSTAR presence as 'perfect timing' NUSTAR Resort and Casino got a boost from the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), which welcomed the new integrated luxury resort development by offering it assistance in establishing its presence in Cebu.

Charles Kenneth Co, newly elected president of CCCI, and Felix Taguiam, immediate past president, briefed key NUSTAR executives led

by Trevor Hammond, vice president of gaming operations, on the current and prospective business and tourism environment in Cebu during an in-person meeting on March 8, 2022 at the CCCI building in Cebu City.

Other NUSTAR executives present were Katrina Mae de Jesus, head of business development; Paul Rene Lee, general manager of Fili Hotel; and JoAnn Castillo, director of sales and marketing of Fili, which is the homegrown five-star hotel located within NUSTAR. Also with them was NUSTAR public relations specialist Noreen Tormis.

The courtesy visit

of NUSTAR executives to CCCI became an opportunity for both parties to lay out areas where they can work together especially with the Cebu Business Month (CBM) coming up.

Brigitte Lim, overall chairperson of CBM 2022, and Maribel Melgar, head of CCCI's CBM division, joined Co and Taguiam in briefing the NUSTAR executives about this year's CBM. "Your timing is perfect!" Taguiam told the NUSTAR executives, pointing out the timeliness the multibillion-peso facility opens. Travel restrictions have eased up, the full vaccination of Metro Cebu residents is almost done, and the tourism sector is resuming operation, Taguiam said.

Taguiam as immediate past president has a year of holdover to help Co carry out CCCI's plans and programs.

Taguiam also said the meeting with NUSTAR executives was the first in-person meeting CCCI has allowed since the Covid restrictions began in 2020.

Despite the long

NUSTAR VISITS CCCI. Key executives of NUSTAR Resort and Casino get an enthusiastic welcome from the presidents of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry during their visit to CCCI on March 8, 2022. (From left) Trevor Hammond, NUSTAR vice president of gaming operations; Jo Ann Castillo, director of sales and marketing of Fili Hotel; Paul Rene Lee, general manager of Fili Hotel; Brigitte Lim, overall head of Cebu Business Month 2022; Charles Kenneth Co, newly elected CCCI president; Felix Taguiam, immediate past president of CCCI; Katrina Mae de Jesus, head of business development, NUSTAR Resort and Casino; and Maribel Melgar, head of CCCI's CBM division. NUSTAR Resort and Casino is an integrated resort development at the South Road Properties that will include a luxury mall, a convention center, a performing arts theater, a skydeck, a boardwalk and a water theme park. The flagship property of Fili, a five-star homegrown hotel brand, is located at NUSTAR.

Covid pandemic and the massive damage left by Super Typhoon Odette in December 2021, NUSTAR has not stopped the development, an

indication that both NUSTAR and CCCI see as their optimism in the Cebu economy revving up.

CCCI also offered membership to

NUSTAR. NUSTAR is a ninehectare integrated resort facility located in Kawit Point at the South Reclamation Properties.

It is developed by

Universal Hotels and Resorts Inc. (UHRI).

For more information about NUSTAR, visit Facebook.com/ NUSTARCebu or their website nustar.ph.

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UPTOWN, C agayan de Oro — Agog with loads of peculiarities, PH politics never run out of surprises and disguises, foremost of which are the warring families, feuding friends and envious neighbors jockeying for that plum elective posts.

All they do are courting the electorate with all their fat purses in the draw, promising the moon and the stars, but most often than not, these are all rhetorics that become the problem later, and not the solution per se.

Political theatrics are now happening in every corner of the land as the country prepares for another electoral exercise very soon.

Perhaps this could be the reason why PH politics has

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By its cover Think a minute… In the year 1830, Joe moved into a s m a l l c om mu n it y i n Massachusetts, U.S.A. Even though Joe was a kind, honest and good citizen, from the day he moved to town he was rejected and ridiculed.

Wherever he went people laughed at him, and when they saw him walking their direction they would quickly cross to the other side of the street. Even the windows of his house were regularly broken by men throwing rocks in the night.

Joe continued to go his quiet way and ignore the insults. But one day as he was walking down Main Street he heard footsteps behind him. When he turned around to look, a group of men attacked him. Joe fought back, but they overpowered him and dragged him off to jail. These men lied and told the authorities it was Joe who started the fight by attacking them. But Joe refused to pay any penalty since he knew he had done nothing wrong, so they locked him in jail.

From his jail cell, Joe began to write letters to his family, telling them the

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listen and discern to all the presidential bets yet the dole outs and political rhetorics cannot make this country resilient and catch up with the rest of the Asean countries.

The wise electorate needs clear-cut platform that would free this country from the bondage of poverty, not just a band-aid solution to the economic woes brought about by the pandemic.

It is heartening to note however that dirty money has started to roll out aimed at deceiving the poor electorate of the scents of 1000 peso bill and the five kilos of rice.

The start of the campaign may come as audicious as candidates would manipulate the electorate’s mindset by way of deceptive political maneuvers, mudslinging

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RUFFY MAGBANUA included.

Ide a l ly, a l l of t hos e vying for elective posts, notwithstanding their political persuasions have to respect the electoral process and people’s judgment via the power of the ballot.

Let us take this political exercise with a grain of salt. (ruffy44_ph2000@yahoo. com)

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become a big-time zarsuela like no other.

Thus, one can feel the heat of PH politics too dirty qnd comical as it were as we hit the May 15 national election.

Yet save for some serious men and women of substance, this year’s electoral exercise is like a family feud in the long running TV series in the late ‘80s.

In fact, the blame game has already commenced on social media platforms, and party-junking shall be the name of the game to watch in the coming days.

This is PH politics— unrelenting, deceptive, a labyrinth of empty rhetorics said in jest before the idolcrazed electorate.

Be that as it may, we as voters are entitled to

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ORLAN R. RAVANERA In the book, “The Little Prince,” it was mentioned, “only through the heart that one can see clearly, what are essentials are invisible to the eye.” This truism can be attested by the 20 blind men and women who came to our office when I was still the regional director of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) in Region 10 at the onset of the new millennium who formed themselves into a cooperative of persons with disabilities.

With the assistance then of Arch. Antonio Ledesma who provided them with assistance to be equipped to run a blind

masseur cooperative, they may be blind but have become assets not liabilities of society.

Ye s , t h e y m a y b e physically blind but not socially, environmentally, economically, politically and more so, spiritually. They can “see” gross inequities in a country that is run by a few elites, where vested interest and corruption run supreme all these years despite efforts to curb them. They “see” that we have lost our ecological i nt e g r it y a n d s e c u r it y because we have allowed a few greedy loggers and miners to massively exploit our natural resources. I have heard that a logger in the past could earn as much as three hundred sixty million pesos in just one shipment of logs.

We knew then in the Task Force Macajalar during those years when we were taking direct actions against logging through human barricades that these gargantuan raking did not go to the pockets of the loggers alone. Law enforcers and that office of

the government that should enforce environmental laws were on the take during those heyday years of logging.

Such contention was not difficult to see. When I confronted the late 2nd Lt. Desty Eleazar in the barricade area in the nineties whose ten-wheeler trucks were carrying illegally cut logs, he said, “Orlan you cannot stop me because 90% in that office are under my payroll.”

But we stopped him and together with my only son Kim was pursued by his goons carrying guns better than those found in the AFP arsenal. All those years, these powerful loggers, i.e., Vicmar, TIPI, Valderama & Sons, Roa & Sons, Remedios Fortich, etc. had massively exploited our forest ecosystem in utter disregard to existing laws, i.e., no logging in areas with a topography of more than 1,000 meters above sea level or in slope with more than 50% gradient. All of these logging activities took place in Mt. Kalatungan-Mt.

Kitanglad Ranges in gross violation of existing laws.

These loggers were safely ensconced in their mansions while some three thousand poor people living in the vulnerable areas became victims of Typhoon Sendong on Dec. 17, 2011. They should have been imprisoned for causing the deaths of the poor and the vulnerable.

Yes, the blind are seeing how wily and scheming politicians are in forming strong cabal of vested interest, protecting big business, passing laws in favor of cartels, monopolies and conglomerates in a country where big business rule. They are hearing economic growth, but for whom? To the poor and the vulnerable where thousands are jumping in droves, leaving their love ones to find jobs in other countries? No sir, but to the 50 families who are pocketing 70% of the Gross Domestic Products annually?

Yes, they clearly see the BLIND/PAGE 11

Drowning in the sea of immorality JHAN TIAFAU HURST truth of how the town was unfairly judging him. His son then sent the letters to a local newspaper, and soon newspapers across the nation were printing Joe’s story of persecution. The pressure from public opinion finally forced the town leaders to set Joe free.

Interestingly, years later Joe lived to see two U.S. Presidents and men all over America do the exact same thing for which Joe had been wrongly judged and persecuted. You see, during that time in America, people believed that all respectable men were clean-shaven, and Joe Palmer had dared to wear a beard!

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IF you think you have seen the height of political oddities in Isko Moreno - Sara Duterte tandem, then think of another strange political weirdness when a couple both heads opposing political parties.

In Davao de Oro, the 4th richest province in the Philippines, 2nd District Rep. Ruwel Peter Gonzaga, or “RPG”, is PDP-Laban Chairman while his wife, Dorothy “Dotdot” Gonzaga i s P a r t i d o R e p o r m a’s gubernatorial bet and the provincial highest official of the party. Because of selfish agenda, this political mongrel breeds a similar variant in municipalities of this goldrich province.

In the previous years, elections in Davao de Oro were lackluster. The political pillars in the province would enter into a covenant wherein they agreed to just have common candidates in

various positions. The main signatories to the covenant were Arturo “Chiongkee” Uy, Manuel “Way Kurat” Zamora and Ruwel “RPG” Gonzaga.

In anticipation of the 2022 regular elections, the same political players met earlier to renew their covenant.

Like before, the event was witnessed by religious, civic, police, and military leaders in the province. As usual, after the signing of the covenant, the group dispersed after the handshakes. There was really no reason for any conflict for after all former Governor Chiongkee is the convenor of Hugpong ng Pagbabago while Congressman RPG is the Chairman of PDP-Laban Cusi wing. In brief, they are pro-Duterte.

Hardly two months had elapsed, however, in the wake of the former mayor of Monkayo Rizal Gentugaya, father of the incumbent

Mayor Ramil Gentugaya, a rumor, fueled by alcohol, was heard. Ramil’s wife, Joanna, who is also the incumbent mayor of the town, is being groomed to run for congress in the 1st District of Davao de Oro. Chiongkee who had earlier announced his retirement from politics and had earned him the moniker ‘Papa Gov’ smelled a dead rat.

Since the Gentugaya couple is with PDP-Laban, Papa Gov conf ronted Congressman Gonzaga.

RPG argued that it was not him who wanted Joanna to run for Congress but the national directorate of PDPLaban.

The more that Papa Gov became suspicious. Later, he confirmed that RPG had surreptitiously fielded candidates in contravention to what they agreed in the covenant. As the saying

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JUN LEDESMA goes: “Walls have ears”. Papa Gov learned that RPG was talking with Partido Reporma President Bebot Alvarez. He also monitored that RPG was talking with Partido Reporma gubernatorial bet Tito Franco.

He sensed something was brewing between Bebot and RPG. As Papa Gov had suspected, Congressman Gonzaga entered into a secret alliance with Alvarez. RPG’s wife Dorothy substituted DROWNING/PAGE 10

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Asian English Olympics

OCGS Alumna tops Asian Storytelling Tourney A

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N ALUMNA of Oro Christian Grace School in Cagayan de Oro recently topped the Storytelling Division of the Asian English Olympics.

Joseayn Dennies “Chill” Paloma Albasin from the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) emerged as the Grand Champion of the 2022 Asian English Olympics Storytelling Category.

According to the official announcement posted online by the organizers, Chill topped 80 competitors from all across the continent in a series of competition rounds involving rehearsed, improvised and impromptu one-on-one duels in storytelling. She also received the “Best Three Points” Special Award.

Chill became the youngest ever Grand Champion Storyteller in the history of AEO at 15.

Most of the participants were 18 to 22 years old.

She was the first recipient of the Most Outstanding Student Award on her grade school graduation at Oro Christian Grace School and recognized as one of the most powerful women in Cagayan de Oro in 2018 by the Ms. Cagayan de Oro Pageant Committee.

She has been accelerated twice and is now in Junior

Chill with Dad Dan, Mom Yenyen and Kuya Freeze in 2017.

UA&P Team Trivium also won the Institutional Award

College (equivalent to Senior High School) at the UA&P where most of her classmates are 17-18 years old.

Asian English Olympics The Asian English Olympics is hosted by Bina Nusantra English Club (BNEC) of Binus University in Jakarta, Indonesia and was held virtually from February 20 to 27, 2022.

“Since February 20, I competed in rounds of Short Story challenges against participants from across all of Asia,” Chill said.

In the elimination round, participants were asked to submit a video containing a 5-minute story on the pandemic, which trimmed down the original 80 participants to 30.

“My first score was 82.14 lang. I was actually frustrated, a little lang, coz' I really wanted to carry my team to the quarterfinals at least. I wanted to participate in the impromptu storytelling and the improvs,” Chill recalls.

She qualified for the Quarterfinal Round (Tall Tales) IMPROV ranked No. 5 with a score of 82.4.

“My instruction was to continue and exaggerate whatever given story the committee would provide in the preparation room.

The story assigned to me

was about a boy addicted to video games who wished to have no more mother. Then while I was in the middle of telling my impromptu story, a plot twist was again given by the committee along with one noun or an adjective that I had to mention and incorporate in my story.

The performance time given was 7 minutes,” Chill related.

Following the improv round, she rose 2 notches to No. 3 with only the Top 10 qualified for the semifinals where she emerged as the top scorer with a score of 90 to win the “Best in Three Points” Special Award.

Semifinals

UA&P's Icarus x Odyssey delegation won the Best in Low Code Award in Virginia Tech's HackViolet 2022 Hackathon, besting 600 participants worlwide.

Participants were asked to tell a story based on the committee's visual and audio elements that would trigger their imagination and creativity in telling stories. The semifinalists were given three things to include in their story: one verb or adjective that they have to include, slides with pictures they have to add, and sound they have to mention in their story.

They were allowed to use properties with exception of weapons (sharp objects), alcohol, etc. However, there was no preparation room for this round, so the judges gave the opening story in the performing room.

After the judges tell the opening story, the participants were given 30 seconds to prepare TOURNEY/PAGE 10

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PH exports expand for 11 straight months

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HILIPPINE exports sustained its growth for 11 consecutive months in January 2022 as export revenues expanded by 8.9 percent to $6.04 billion from $5.5

billion in the same period in 2021.

In a statement Friday, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said this is an encouraging

development as it signals recovery of the global market.

Electronic products remained the country’s top dollar earner with total receipts of $3.5 billion, sharing 58

percent to the total exports in January.

For agricultural products, coconut oil exports registered the highest growth last January at 110.1 percent to $178.8 million.

Top export markets for Philippine merchandise during the month include the United States, China, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Amid the ongoing

war between Ukraine and Russia, Lopez hopes that the impact of the conflict “will be shortlived” so it does not massively disrupt the country’s post-pandemic recovery. (PNA)

CAMPI eyes 17% hike in DTI chief lauds Japan-led investment cooperation for Asia The trade chief also and economic activities sustainability through of Trade auto industry sales for 2022 DEPARTMENT highlighted that Japan has in the region. Indeed, innovation to address and Industry (DTI) THE Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI) targets the local automotive vehicle industry to expand by 17 percent in terms of volume of sales this year.

“As the economy reopens, the safety and health of the public is paramount to prevent another wave of virus infections and cause disruption anew to the recovery of the industry, which targets to sell 336,000 units this year -- a 17-percent increase from the actual volume last year,” CAMPI president Rommel Gutierrez said in a statement Thursday.

Last year, CAMPI alone registered a 20-percent sales increase selling 268,488 units in 2021.

On the other hand, the group of vehicle importers reported an increase of 14 percent last year with a

total of 58,916 unit sales.

Meanwhile, CAMPI members’ vehicle sales in February this year still registered a decline.

However, the decrease is slower compared to the start of the year.

CAMPI said vehicle sales declined by 7.3 percent to 24,304 units in February 2022 from 26,230 units last year.

The decrease slowed down from an 11.2-percent drop in year-on-year sales in January.

On the other hand, industry sales improved by 17 percent in February compared to January 2022 sales of 20,765 units after a 25.4-percent month-onmonth decline at the start of the year.

Gutierrez attributed the recovery of the market to the declining coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in SALES/PAGE 11

Secretary Ramon Lopez has welcomed the AsiaJapan Investing for Future Initiative that aims to strengthen investment cooperation in the Asian region.

Speaking at the 47th Asean-Japan business meeting on Thursday, Lopez said the Japan-led initiative is expected to contribute to the postpandemic recovery efforts of Southeast Asian nations.

In January, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry launched the Asia-Japan Investing or Future Initiative to strengthen investments in the region in supply chains, connectivity, digital innovation, and human resources.

The initiative aims to improve the region’s attractiveness as a global supply chain hub and to enhance Asia’s

Republic of the Philippines Regional Trial Court Misamis Oriental 10th Judicial Region Branch 38 Cagayan de Oro City IN RE: PETITION TO CANCEL DOUBLE REGISTERED BIRTH CERTIFICATE 2003-341

SPEC. PROC. NO. R-CDO-21 00100-SP

ELENE LASCO LUMACANG-ORTIZ

Petitioner

ORDER Finding the petition for cancellation of birth certificate of petitioner to be sufficient in form and in substance, the same is hereby given due course and set for initial hearing on March 31, 2022 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court on which date, time and place, all persons who may have any opposition to the petition herein sought, may appear to show cause why said petition should not be granted.

Let this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing.

Likewise, let this Order be posted for at least ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing at the bulletin Board of this Court, the Provincial Capitol of Misamis Oriental and the City Hall of El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental.

Furnish copies of this Order and the Petition to the Offices of the El Salvador City Prosecutor, Solicitor General, and the Local Civil Registrar of El Salvador City SO ORDERED February 21, 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City

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there is the need to take a collective course of action to strengthen and enhance economic cooperation to mitigate the impact of the pandemic and usher in recovery efforts,” Lopez said in his keynote speech.

been Asean’s key trade and investment partner for the past 44 years, with economic cooperation expected to be boosted through the Regional Comprehensive Economic LAUDS/PAGE 11

Championing Education Part 2

By MARIA FELS 3 A. TROMPETA Engineer III, ESSD

In a city of 55 barangays, there roughly is a school in each barangay, except in the city proper where big schools like the Tangub City National High School and Tangub City Central School cater to the children of adjacent barangays. Today, Tangub has two colleges (NMSC and GADTC), 49 elementary schools, 10 junior high schools, six (6) integrated schools, six (6) private schools and 60 day-care centers.

On July 3, 2019, City Resolution No 2019-07-0118 A Resolution Declaring Tangub as a University Township in Northwestern Mindanao was signed

by Mayor Jennifer Tan in line with her development agenda in promoting the Tangubanon’s Culture of Excellence. The Township provides students an environment conducive to learning. Parents are assured that their children within the walls of the township enjoy quality education, safety and security. Among the many beneficial experiences for the learners, the parents can monitor their children

since the learning institutions will provide update of the students’ performance.

Furthermore, besides the mind and body, values and character building are integral part of the learning institutions for total development of the learners.

Aside from providing amenities and various scholarships to encourage the students to finish college, the City government provided a reward system through City Resolution No. 2021-070314-C A Resolution Authorizing the City Mayor, Hon. Jennifer W. Tan to grant Cash Incentives to all residents of Tangub City who successfully completed their studies in other places or institutions and those recipients of Tangub Culture of Excellence Award in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000).

Fifty-four years after its founding, Tangub City is well-equipped to face d e vel opme nt b e c aus e b e s i d e s t he infrastructures, it has invested in human capital, a very important resource.

INITAO NORTH & SOUTH DISTRICTS READING CONGRESS JIMMY U. CASTRO Head Teacher 1 Tawantawan Integrated School Tawantawan, Initao, Misamis Oriental

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF EL SALVADOR CITY,

Respondents.

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social challenges.

“The Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic has caused significant social and economic disruptions which have affected peoples’ health, livelihoods

(SGD) EMMANUEL P. PASAL Judge

Initao Districts Reading Congress launching was held at Initao National Comprehensive High school, Initao, Misamis Oriental. It was graced by no other than the Regional Director, Dr. Arturo Bayocot CESO III, Dr. Jonathan S. Dela Pena CESO V, Dr. Nimfa R Lago, CESO VI, Carlos Llamas, Education supervisor in Early Language Literacy and Numeracy(ELLN), Chief Education Supervisor Dr Erlinda G Dael CESE, Education Program Supervisors, Mayor Enerito J. “Gogoy” Acain, Sangguniang Panglungsod, stakeholders and teachers of Initao North and South districts led by Dr Adefer Cano and Dr Marcel Tagalogon.

In his message, the Regional Director emphasized that “If you want to be a millionaire and you are a teacher, then you picked the wrong decision. Teaching is not collecting money, it is collecting learners and make them learned, changed and productive graduates for this country.” He emphasized the value of reading, that it is important that students understand what he reads and that the mother tongue language is important to be learned first before the second language and third languages.

Dr Jonathan S Dela Peña CESO V, emphasized that teachers are resilient to natural phenomenon and are adaptable to this pandemic. He pointed out that we were able to focus to learning problems in schools and we were able to fill the gaps in the limitations and were able to find ways

to address learning lost.

Mayor Acain of Initao also emphasized that he will provide his best possible service and ensure teachers are all supported and are all welcomed in his office. He vowed to support the programs of Department of Education while performing services to the municipality.

The reading congress is an avenue for students to develop their language which is important in real life, in daily living because it is a life skill. The launching showcases booths and displays with reading materials prepared by teachers and schools in Initao.

These are not just a show window but it must be actually used or implemented in schools and in the community. It must be realized in the community where learners live. That the rearding program must be implemented in order to address illiteracy.

Tawantawan Integrated school teachers participated the said activity. The materials will be utilized by Tawantawan IS learners with the guidance of teachers. The materials are so informative and amazing, resourceful and are captivating to the eyes of students.

The showcase needs to be supported by parents in order to promote and assure learning of students. The reading program will develop initiative of teachers in how to deal slow learners. The program does not end in the physical showcase but is a continuing process that will make our learners as readers and leaders of tomorrow.

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Exhibits “A” to “L”) are attached as Annexes B, C, and D and made an integral part hereof. Plaintiff intends to present additional witnesses if necessary.

PRAYER

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12th Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION SPL. CVL. ACTION NO. 153-07-2021 OF THE PHILIPPINES,

Plaintiff,

– for –

- versus Expropriation LITE GO, represented by: LIKING GO; SPOUSES OLIVER U. GO and CHARLOTTE C. GO,

Defendants. x--------------------/ TO:

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION LITE GO Represented by LIKING GO Tagueguiron, Lanao del Norte G R E E T I N G S!

WHEREAS, on December 6, 2021, the Court issued an order granting the petitioner’s Motion to Serve Summons by Publication, which reads as follows: “On record is a Motion for Leave of Court to Effect Service of Summons by Publication to defendants Lite Go represented

by Liking Go. Finding the same motion to be proper and in order after plaintiff complied with the requirements of the rules, the same is hereby granted. Let summons by publication be served to defendants Lite Go represented by Liking Go whose last known address is at Tangueguiron, Lanao del Norte SO ORDERED.” WHEREAS, Complaint reads: COMPLAINT (With Urgent Prayer for Issuance of Writ of Possession) Plaintiff, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), by counsel, respectfully states that: 1. Plaintiff is a private corporation created and existing under Philippine laws, with principal office address at NGCP Building, Quezon Avenue corner BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City. It may be served with notices and other court processes through its Right-of-Way Department (ROWD) – Mindanao Division, Maria Cristina, Iligan City, copy furnished the afore-mentioned principal office.

2. Pursuant to Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9511, plaintiff was granted a franchise to operate, manage and maintain, and in connection therewith, to engage in the business of conveying or transmitting electricity through a high-voltage back-bone system of interconnected transmission lines, substations and related facilities, systems operations, and other activities that are necessary to support the safe and reliable operation of a transmission system and to construct, install, finance, manage, improve, expand, operate, maintain, rehabilitate, repair and refurbish the present nationwide transmission system of the Republic of the Philippines.

3. Under Section 4 of the same law, plaintiff was granted the power of eminent domain, subject to the requirements of the Constitution and existing laws.

4. Plaintiff is engaged in the business of transmitting electric power from the generating plants of power producers to distributors. As such, plaintiff’s business is imbued with public interest.

5. To address the country’s growing power demand and ensure continuous, reliable and efficient power supply, there is a need to interconnect the three (3) major power grids of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao into a single national grid. Aside from the sharing of systems reserve, the interconnection will also help optimize utilization of indigenous energy resources such as natural gas in Luzon, geothermal in the Visayas and hydro in Mindanao. Owing to this necessity, plaintiff must immediately construct the transmission lines that will transmit power to distributors of electricity not only in Mindanao but also in Luzon and Visayas. This undertaking is for the use and benefit of the public and part of it is known as the MINDANAO-VISAYAS INTERCONNECTION PROJECT (MVIP), integral part of which is the KOLAMBUGAN-LALA 230kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT (Project).

6. The said MVIP of NGCP is the first project certified by the Department of Energy (DOE) as an Energy Project of National Significance (EPNS) pursuant to R.A. 7638 of DOE Act of 1992, as amended, entitled to all the rights and privileges provided under Executive Order No. 30, series of 2017, as evidenced by the Certification dated 8 May 2018 issued by the Energy Investment Coordinating Council. Hence, the immediate completion and energization of the said project is critically important.

7. Defendant Lite Go is of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Brgy.

Tangueguiron, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, where he may be served with summons, notices and other processes of this Honorable Court or through his representative, Liking Go, who is a resident also of the same Brgy.

Tangueguiron, Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

8. Defendants Spouses Oliver U. Go and Charlotte C. Go are both of legal age, Filipinos, and residents of 88 Diamond Circle, St. Michael’s, Banilad, Cebu City, where they may be served with summons, notices and other processes of this Honorable Court. They are impleaded herein as defendants pursuant to Section 1, Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure, being the alleged claimants of the subject property and the improvements therein.

9. Plaintiff intends to expropriate portion of a parcel of unregistered land situated in Brgy. Tangueguiron, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. The said property is declared in the name of Lite Go, per Tax Declaration (TD) No. H-230036 (22). It is more particularly described below together with the total affected area sought to be expropriated consisting of 2,810 square meters, as shown in the attached Sketch Plan and Technical Descriptions, to wit:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, plaintiff most respectfully prays of this Honorable Court to:

Copies of the BIR Zonal Valuation applicable to the subject property, Report on the Counts of Improvements, Sworn Statement of Ownership/ Undertaking with Waiver of Rights/Quitclaim with Acknowledgment Receipt, as proof of payment of the affected improvements are attached and made integral parts of this complaint.

10. To enable plaintiff to construct and maintain the Project, it is both necessary and urgent to acquire, upon payment of just compensation, the portion of the subject property, to ensure stability and reliability of the power supply in Mindanao and other regions of the country.

11. Plaintiff negotiated with defendants for the acquisition of the affected portion of the subject property and to pay the cost of improvements therein that may be damaged by the construction of the transmission line project.

While defendants already accepted and received the amount of Php140,842.05 representing payment for the affected improvements, no agreement, however, was reached between the parties as to the compensation for the portion of the subject lot property.

12. Considering the urgent need for plaintiff to enter the subject property to implement and commence the necessary construction activities for its Project, plaintiff has no other recourse but to file the instant complaint.

13. Section 13 of R.A. 11361, provides that Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure governs plaintiff’s expropriation cases. Under Section 2 of Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure, plaintiff may already enter and possess the portion of the subject property during the pendency of the expropriation case.

14. Section 2 of Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure states that: “SEC. 2. Entry of plaintiff upon depositing value with authorized government depositary. – Upon the filing of the complaint or at any time thereafter and after due notice to the defendant, the plaintiff shall have the right to take or enter upon the possession of the real property involved if he deposits with the authorized government depositary an amount equivalent to the assessed value of the property for purposes of taxation to be held by such bank subject to the orders of the court. Such deposit shall be in money, unless in lieu thereof the court authorizes the deposit of a certificate of deposit of a government bank of the Republic of the Philippines payable on demand to the authorized government depositary.”

[Emphasis supplied] 15. In compliance with the notice requirement, plaintiff notified defendants through a Letter Offer of its intention to file an expropriation case if the possession over the subject property cannot be timely secured and/or issues regarding compensation for the subject property cannot be resolved except through judicial intervention. Plaintiff further serves, simultaneous with the filing of the instant Complaint, a Notice to Take Possession (attached as Annex “A”) upon the defendants.

1. ISSUE a Writ of Possession in plaintiff’s favor; authorizing plaintiff to enter and take possession of the property subject of this complaint that will be affected by the construction and implementation of the Project, consisting of a total area of 2,810 square meters, more or less, as described in paragraph 9 hereof; demolish the affected improvement and/or structures standing therein; order all defendants to vacate the same; directing the Philippine National Police (PNP) to assist plaintiff in the implementation of the said writ of possession so that project construction can immediately commence even during the pendency of the case; direct the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Lanao del Norte to enter the Writ of Possession in the Primary Entry Book and annotate the same in the Registration Book pursuant to Section 69 of Presidential Decree No. 1529; 2. ISSUE an Order of Expropriation declaring that the plaintiff has a lawful right to take possession and acquire the affected property specified in paragraph 9 hereof; 3. After the determination of just compensation, to authorize the payment thereof by plaintiff to defendants after deducting the capital gains and documentary stamp taxes for the transfer of the affected portion of an unregistered lot in the name of plaintiff, all other outstanding taxes under the National Internal Revenue Code, and all outstanding realty taxes and dues under the Local Government Code, which plaintiff shall remit to the Government; 4. ISSUE a judgment after determination of just compensation, declaring plaintiff as the lawful owner of the affected portion of an unregistered lot consisting of a total area of 2,810 square meters, more or less, described in paragraph 9 hereof; 5.

DIRECT: a. The Registry of Deeds for the Province of Lanao del Norte to record in its Registry Daybook (Primary Entry Book) and Registration Book the Order of Expropriation and Judgment rendered by this Honorable Court in this case with respect to the portion of the subject property sought to be expropriated herein, pursuant to Section 113 of Presidential Decree No. 1529. b. The Municipal Assessor of Tubod and/or Provincial Assessor of Lanao del Norte to cancel Tax Declaration No. H-230036 (22) and issue new and separate tax declaration in the name of plaintiff covering the portion of the subject property sought to be expropriated.

Iligan City for Tubod, Lanao del Norte, June 14, 2021.

NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Power Center, Quezon Avenue cor. BIR Road Diliman, Quezon City

By:

(WFH) LUIS MANUEL U. BUGAYONG PTR No. 0599223 – 01/04/2021 – Quezon City IBP Lifetime No. 010191/Rizal Chapter MCLE Compliance No. VI-0012003 Roll of Attorneys No. 38002

16. To comply with the deposit requirement, plaintiff, notwithstanding that R.A. 10752 does not specifically apply to it, shall deposit with the Honorable Court an amount equivalent to the 100% of the BIR zonal value of the land sought to be expropriated in the total amount of EIGHTY-FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED PESOS (Php84,300.00), consistent with the purpose of the said law and OCA Circular No. 113-2019 to simplify the deposit requirement in expropriation cases for the benefit of the defendants and in the interest of immediate implementation of the Project intended to benefit the public.

(WFH) GORDON S. MONTOJO PTR No. 0599215 – 01/04/2021 – Quezon City IBP Lifetime No. 010193/Quezon City MCLE Compliance No. VI-0012024 Roll of Attorneys No. 44910

17. Upon deposit of the provisional amount, plaintiff would have fully complied with the requirements for the issuance of a writ of possession as mandated by law.

(WFH) JULES BOY R. VALDEZ PTR No. 0599221 – 01/04/2021 - Quezon City IBP Lifetime No. 012616/Quezon City MCLE Compliance No. VI-0012045 Roll of Attorney’s No. 63350

18. In a long line of cases and OCA Circular No. 113-2019, once the above requirements are complied with it, it becomes the ministerial duty of the trial court to issue the writ of possession in favor of the plaintiff, without need of any further hearing. Thus, as cited in the said OCA Circular: “Municipality of Cordova v. Pathfinder Development Corporation emphasizes the mandatory issuance of the writ of possession upon the receipt of the required deposit. “No hearing is actually required for the issuance of a writ of possession, which demands only two (2) requirements: (a) the sufficiency in form and substance of the complaint; and, (b) the required provisional deposit x x x x Upon compliance with these requirements, the petitioner in an expropriation case is entitled to a writ of possession as a matter of right and the issuance of the writ becomes ministerial.” (Emphasis supplied).

RIGHT-OF-WAY DEPARTMENT – MINDANAO DIVISION NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Maria Cristina, Iligan City By:

19. Moreover, it must be emphasized that an expropriation proceeding is an action quasi in rem, wherein the fact that the owners of the property are made parties is not essentially indispensable insofar as it concerns the immediate taking of possession of the property and the preliminary determination of its value, including the amount to be deposited.

20. An action quasi in rem names a person as defendant, but its object is to subject that person’s interest in a property to a corresponding lien or obligation. In a proceeding quasi in rem, jurisdiction over the person of the defendant is not a prerequisite to confer jurisdiction on the court, provided that the latter has jurisdiction over the res.

21. The purpose of summons in actions quasi in rem is not the acquisition of jurisdiction over the defendant but mainly to satisfy the constitutional requirement of due process. Since the issuance of writ of possession is exparte, ministerial, and non-litigious in nature, the issuance thereof, even prior to the service of summons, will not violate defendants’ right to due process as the same can be done even without defendants’ participation.

Besides, the issuance of a writ of possession does not prevent defendants from raising objections to and defenses against the expropriation of their property.

22. Plaintiff intends to present three (3) witnesses, namely: a) Engr. Licinio B. Capili, b) Mr. Nolito L. Notar, and c) Mr. Michael E. Encarnado to establish, among others, NGCP’s authority to exercise the power of eminent domain, the propriety of its exercise in this case, and the bases for the determination of the just compensation. Copies of their Judicial Affidavits (with attached

(SIGNED) KERTH JOSSEF M. ABLANQUE PTR No. 9890045 – 01/06/2021 – Iligan City IBP Lifetime No. 012019 MCLE Compliance No. VI-0011641 Roll of Attorneys No. 60170 (SIGNED) JUNELLA G. LIMPANGOG-ABARQUEZ PTR No. 9890044 – 01/06/2021 – Iligan City IBP No. 128123 – 01/04/21 – Iligan City MCLE Compliance No. V-0022527 Roll of Attorneys No. 58980

NOW THEREFORE, the above mentioned Defendant is hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 07, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, his ANSWER to the above-quoted complaint within sixty (60) days from publication of the summons and to serve copy of the said answer upon plaintiff’s counsel at his given address indicated in the complaint. Defendant is further reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a Motion to Dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte, February 21, 2022.

BWM: Feb. 28, March 7 & 14, 2022

(SIGNED) FLORENCE O. PEROCHO Legal Researcher II/OIC – Clerk of Court

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12th Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION SPL. CVL. ACTION NO. 116-07-2021 OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff, – for –

- versus Expropriation LITE GO, represented by: LIKING GO; SPOUSES OLIVER U. GO and CHARLOTTE C. GO, Defendants. x--------------------/ SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: LITE GO Represented by LIKING GO Tagueguiron, Lanao del Norte G R E E T I N G S! WHEREAS, on December 6, 2021, the Court issued an order granting the petitioner’s Motion to Serve Summons by Publication, which reads as follows: “On record is a Motion for Leave of Court to Effect Service of Summons by Publication to defendants Lite Go represented by Liking Go. Finding the same motion to be proper and in order after plaintiff complied with the requirements of the rules, the same is hereby granted.

Let summons by publication be served to defendants Lite Go represented by Liking Go whose last known address is at Tangueguiron, Lanao del Norte.

SO ORDERED.” WHEREAS, Complaint reads: COMPLAINT (With Urgent Prayer for Issuance of Writ of Possession) Plaintiff, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), by counsel, respectfully states that: 1. Plaintiff is a private corporation created and existing under Philippine laws, with principal office address at NGCP Building, Quezon Avenue corner BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City. It may be served with notices and other court processes through its Right-of-Way Department (ROWD) – Mindanao Division, Maria Cristina, Iligan City, copy furnished the afore-mentioned principal office.

2. Pursuant to Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9511, plaintiff was granted a franchise to operate, manage and maintain, and in connection therewith, to engage in the business of conveying or transmitting electricity through a high-voltage back-bone system of interconnected transmission lines, substations and related facilities, systems operations, and other activities that are necessary to support the safe and reliable operation of a transmission system and to construct, install, finance, manage, improve, expand, operate, maintain, rehabilitate, repair and refurbish the present nationwide transmission system of the Republic of the Philippines.

3. Under Section 4 of the same law, plaintiff was granted the power of eminent domain, subject to the requirements of the Constitution and existing laws.

4. Plaintiff is engaged in the business of transmitting electric power from the generating plants of power producers to distributors. As such, plaintiff’s business is imbued with public interest.

5. To address the country’s growing power demand and ensure continuous, reliable and efficient power supply, there is a need to interconnect the three (3) major power grids of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao into a single national grid. Aside from the sharing of systems reserve, the interconnection will also help optimize utilization of indigenous energy resources such as natural gas in Luzon, geothermal in the Visayas and hydro in Mindanao. Owing to this necessity, plaintiff must immediately construct the transmission lines that will transmit power to distributors of electricity not only in Mindanao but also in Luzon and Visayas. This undertaking is for the use and benefit of the public and part of it is known as the MINDANAO-VISAYAS INTERCONNECTION PROJECT (MVIP), integral part of which is the KAUSWAGAN-LALA 230kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT (Project).

6. The said MVIP of NGCP is the first project certified by the Department of Energy (DOE) as an Energy Project of National Significance (EPNS) pursuant to R.A. 7638 of DOE Act of 1992, as amended, entitled to all the rights and privileges provided under Executive Order No. 30, series of 2017, as evidenced by the Certification dated 8 May 2018 issued by the Energy Investment Coordinating Council. Hence, the immediate completion and energization of the said project is critically important.

7. Defendant Lite Go is of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Brgy.

Tangueguiron, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, where he may be served with summons, notices and other processes of this Honorable Court or through his representative, Liking Go, a resident of Brgy. Tangueguiron, Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

8. Defendants Spouses Oliver U. Go and Charlotte C. Go are both of legal age, Filipinos; and residents of 356 Saint Michael Road, Brgy. Kasambagan, Banilad, Cebu City, where they may be served with summons, notices and other processes of this Honorable Court. They are impleaded herein as defendants pursuant to Section 1, Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure, being the alleged claimants of the subject property.

9. Plaintiff intends to expropriate portion of a parcel of unregistered land situated in Brgy. Tangueguiron, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. The said property is declared in the name of Lite Go, per Tax Declaration (TD) No. H-230036 (22). It is more particularly described below together with the total affected area sought to be expropriated consisting of 10,175 square meters, as shown in the attached Sketch Plan and Technical Descriptions, to wit:

of the just compensation. Copies of their Judicial Affidavits (with attached Exhibits “A” to “L”) are attached as Annexes B, C, and D and made an integral part hereof. Plaintiff intends to present additional witnesses if necessary.

PRAYER WHEREFORE, premises considered, plaintiff most respectfully prays of this Honorable Court to: Copies of the BIR Zonal Valuation applicable to the subject property, Report on the Counts of Improvements, Sworn Statement of Ownership/ Undertaking with Waiver of Rights/Quitclaim with Acknowledgment Receipt, as proof of payment of the affected improvements are attached and made an integral part of this complaint.

10. To enable plaintiff to construct and maintain the Project, it is both necessary and urgent to acquire, upon payment of just compensation, the portion of the subject property, to ensure stability and reliability of the power supply in Mindanao and other regions of the country.

11. Plaintiff negotiated with defendants for the acquisition of the affected portion of the subject property and to pay the cost of improvements therein that may be damaged by the construction of the transmission line project.

Defendants received the payment of the improvements in the amount of Php458,666.71. However, no agreement was reached between the parties as to the compensation for the portion of the subject property.

12. Considering the urgent need for plaintiff to enter the subject property to implement and commence the necessary construction activities for its Project, plaintiff has no other recourse but to file the instant complaint.

13. Pursuant to Section 13 of R.A. 11361, Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure governs plaintiff’s expropriation cases. Under Section 2 of Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure, plaintiff may already enter and possess the portion of the subject property during the pendency of the expropriation case.

14. Section 2 of Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure states that: “SEC. 2. Entry of plaintiff upon depositing value with authorized government depositary. – Upon the filing of the complaint or at any time thereafter and after due notice to the defendant, the plaintiff shall have the right to take or enter upon the possession of the real property involved if he deposits with the authorized government depositary an amount equivalent to the assessed value of the property for purposes of taxation to be held by such bank subject to the orders of the court. Such deposit shall be in money, unless in lieu thereof the court authorizes the deposit of a certificate of deposit of a government bank of the Republic of the Philippines payable on demand to the authorized government depositary.” [Emphasis supplied] 15. In compliance with the notice requirement, plaintiff notified defendants through a Letter Offer of its intention to file an expropriation case if the possession over the subject property cannot be timely secured and/or issues regarding compensation for the subject property cannot be resolved except through judicial intervention. Plaintiff further serves, simultaneous with the filing of the instant Complaint, a Notice to Take Possession (attached as Annex “A”) upon the defendants.

16. To comply with the deposit requirement, plaintiff, notwithstanding that R.A. 10752 does not specifically apply to it, shall deposit with the Honorable Court an amount equivalent to the 100% of the BIR zonal value of the land sought to be expropriated in the total amount of THREE HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY PESOS (Php305,250.00), consistent with the purpose of the said law and OCA Circular No. 113-2019 to simplify the deposit requirement in expropriation cases for the benefit of the defendants and in the interest of immediate implementation of the Project intended to benefit the public.

1. ISSUE a Writ of Possession in plaintiff’s favor; authorizing plaintiff to enter and take possession of the property subject of this complaint that will be affected by the construction and implementation of the Project, consisting of a total area of 10,175 square meters, more or less, as described in paragraph 9 hereof; demolish the affected improvement and/or structures standing therein; order all defendants to vacate the same; directing the Philippine National Police (PNP) to assist plaintiff in the implementation of the said writ of possession so that project construction can immediately commence even during the pendency of the case; direct the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Lanao del Norte to enter the Writ of Possession in the Primary Entry Book and annotate the same in the Registration Book pursuant to Section 69 of Presidential Decree No. 1529; 2. ISSUE an Order of Expropriation declaring that the plaintiff has a lawful right to take possession and acquire the affected property specified in paragraph 9 hereof; 3. After the determination of just compensation, to authorize the payment thereof by plaintiff to defendants after deducting the capital gains and documentary stamp taxes for the transfer of the affected portion of an unregistered lot in the name of plaintiff, all other outstanding taxes under the National Internal Revenue Code, and all outstanding realty taxes and dues under the Local Government Code, which plaintiff shall remit to the Government; 4. ISSUE a judgment after determination of just compensation, declaring plaintiff as the lawful owner of the affected portion of an unregistered lot consisting of a total area of 10,175 square meters, more or less, described in paragraph 9 hereof; 5.

DIRECT: a. The Registry of Deeds for the Province of Lanao del Norte to record in its Registry Daybook (Primary Entry Book) and Registration Book the Order of Expropriation and Judgment rendered by this Honorable Court in this case with respect to the portion of the subject property sought to be expropriated herein, pursuant to Section 113 of Presidential Decree No. 1529. b. The Municipal Assessor of Tubod and/or Provincial Assessor of Lanao del Norte to cancel Tax Declaration No. H-230036 (22) and issue new and separate tax declaration in the name of plaintiff covering the portion of the subject property sought to be expropriated.

Iligan City for Tubod, Lanao del Norte, 8 February, 2021.

NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Power Center, Quezon Avenue cor. BIR Road Diliman, Quezon City

By:

(WFH) LUIS MANUEL U. BUGAYONG PTR No. 0599223 – 01/04/2021 – Quezon City IBP Lifetime No. 010191/Rizal Chapter MCLE Compliance No. VI-0012003 Roll of Attorneys No. 38002 (WFH) GORDON S. MONTOJO PTR No. 0599215 – 01/04/2021 – Quezon City IBP Lifetime No. 010193/Quezon City MCLE Compliance No. VI-0012024 Roll of Attorneys No. 44910

17. Upon deposit of the provisional amount, plaintiff would have fully complied with the requirements for the issuance of a writ of possession as mandated by law.

(WFH) JULES BOY R. VALDEZ PTR No. 0599221 – 01/04/2021 - Quezon City IBP Lifetime No. 012616/Quezon City MCLE Compliance No. VI-0012045 Roll of Attorney’s No. 63350

18. In a long line of cases and OCA Circular No. 113-2019, once the above requirements are complied with it, it becomes the ministerial duty of the trial court to issue the writ of possession in favor of the plaintiff, without need of any further hearing. Thus, as cited in the said OCA Circular: “Municipality of Cordova v. Pathfinder Development Corporation emphasizes the mandatory issuance of the writ of possession upon the receipt of the required deposit. “No hearing is actually required for the issuance of a writ of possession, which demands only two (2) requirements: (a) the sufficiency in form and substance of the complaint; and, (b) the required provisional deposit x x x x Upon compliance with these requirements, the petitioner in an expropriation case is entitled to a writ of possession as a matter of right and the issuance of the writ becomes ministerial.” Emphasis supplied.

RIGHT-OF-WAY DEPARTMENT – MINDANAO DIVISION NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Maria Cristina, Iligan City By:

19. Moreover, it must be emphasized that an expropriation proceeding is an action quasi in rem, wherein the fact that the owners of the property are made parties is not essentially indispensable insofar as it concerns the immediate taking of possession of the property and the preliminary determination of its value, including the amount to be deposited.

20. An action quasi in rem names a person as defendant, but its object is to subject that person’s interest in a property to a corresponding lien or obligation. In a proceeding quasi in rem, jurisdiction over the person of the defendant is not a prerequisite to confer jurisdiction on the court, provided that the latter has jurisdiction over the res.

21. The purpose of summons in actions quasi in rem is not the acquisition of jurisdiction over the defendant but mainly to satisfy the constitutional requirement of due process. Since the issuance of writ of possession is exparte, ministerial, and non-litigious in nature, the issuance thereof, even prior to the service of summons, will not violate defendants’ right to due process as the same can be done even without defendants’ participation.

Besides, the issuance of a writ of possession does not prevent defendants from raising objections to and defenses against the expropriation of their property.

22. Plaintiff intends to present three (3) witnesses, namely: a) Engr. Licinio B. Capili, b) Engr. Nolito L. Notar, and c) Windsor C. Abaga, Sr., to establish, among others, NGCP’s authority to exercise the power of eminent domain, the propriety of its exercise in this case, and the bases for the determination

(SIGNED) KERTH JOSSEF M. ABLANQUE PTR No. 9890045 – 01/06/2021 – Iligan City IBP Lifetime No. 012019 MCLE Compliance No. VI-0011641 Roll of Attorneys No. 60170 (SIGNED) JUNELLA G. LIMPANGOG-ABARQUEZ PTR No. 9890044 – 01/06/2021 – Iligan City IBP No. 128123 – 01/04/21 – Iligan City MCLE Compliance No. V-0022527 Roll of Attorneys No. 58980

NOW THEREFORE, the above mentioned Defendant is hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 07, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, his ANSWER to the above-quoted complaint within sixty (60) days from publication of the summons and to serve copy of the said answer upon plaintiff’s counsel at his given address indicated in the complaint. Defendant is further reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a Motion to Dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte, February 21, 2022.

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(SIGNED) FLORENCE O. PEROCHO Legal Researcher II/OIC – Clerk of Court

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Sensuality abounds in Moonlight Butterfly SHE’s beautiful, she’s rare, and she’s strong. Christine Bermas is MOONLIGHT BUTTERFLY. On March 18, exclusively on VIVAMAX, 3:16 Media Networks and Viva Films bring you a movie by Master Director Joel Lamangan, about a girl who has a mesmerizing charm and beauty.

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Engaging parents through the home visitation program RIZA G. ALIA Teacher I Misamis Annex Integrated School, Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental

Engagement is the actual meeting of the teacher to the parents/ guardian in the home of the learners.

In the conduct of the home visitation program, teachers should be courteous and humble to the family. Greet the parents and family. Use courteous expressions. Introduce yourself briefly. Tell them that you are the teacheradviser of their child and it is your responsibility to c ondu c t t he home v isit at ion. E xpl ain to them that the aim of home visitation is to improve the performance of their child, to provide them necessary support, and much more to express the concern of the school. Always remember you are there to deliver

them warmly the care for their child’s welfare.

And definitely, find ways of getting the information needed into relax and sincere way. If possible let the parents open up about their child and its behavior.

It is also desirable if the parents themselves identify the root of the problem.

To a more valid extent, be alert in remembering an anecdote which may be shared by parents.

Another factor that may be considered is the medical history of the child. Further, academic behavior itself and treatment given to the child by the teachers.

Look for some substantial experiences of the student that may be related to its behavior or performances.

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The Stance of Decency in the 21st Century MA. ROMILA D. UY, HTIII Alubijid National Comprehensive High School Division of Misamis Oriental

How will moral citizens becomes to be morally educated, for life in the 21st century? I want to argue that moral citizens will require a moral education in the ethics. Embedded in the dimensions of education is a citizen, I believe, a conception of moral decency that is, when properly construed, designed to make educated citizens a moral citizens. The world, is influenced and exposed by the new trends of life , social media alone instigate the real into fake, it roared to threat the true humanity of what is good and what is decent. The abuse of the social media, will jeopardized the rights and the safety of others, now a days. As observed, many make used of the platform to demoralize others, a selfish act of an individual to chuck/dump others. Decency, becoming so vulnerable.

A degree of decency, is demanded to such citizens to sustain a good democracy. The first requirement of the moral education required for decency to be learned is having a sense of self-respect. Decency, however, in the new 21st century must be exercised in a multicultural context. To be reminded of the need for citizens to discover a new respect to what transcends to them, so that they can discern to the common humanity. Hence, citizens of our associational democracy must come to possess a kind of moral character that will assist in making them as moral citizens and are capable of coping with what we might call "the dissonance(s)" of the day a moral character of decency, where decency means knowing, as a result of the exercise of one's ethical sensibility, what is fit, right or appropriate, as the term's etymology suggests, to resolve the complexities of the many and various situations one finds oneself having to deal with these days.

Understanding of human experience to date, thereby leaving open the opportunity for further debate on the grounds that what was taken to be true about the issue at hand, namely, the nature of justice, might turn out to be false. The self-critical examination of beliefs, then, allows those engaged in this process--both students and educators-to gain a freedom of sorts, namely, the freedom that comes from knowing that one can defend one's points of view

in critical debate while realizing that one may learn something new about that point of view that will require a change of mind.

There is a moral stance towards the self, whether that self be the educator or the student whose view is being examined. It is the moral stance of self-respect, a sense of decency toward self created by a willingness to test one's point of view against those of others, measuring its validity against the norms of the logic of reason and a further willingness, to recognize one's mistake in argument and to seek out an alternative which is rationally convincing.

Its concomitant intellectual virtues of honesty, perseverance, diligent caring for the truth, and the courage to recognize that one lacks it about the matter at hand, will allow one to recognize the significant features of one's point of view to which one has been blind and so unaware of their need for repair, learning from the competing point of view of one's interlocutor. It is the willingness to stand corrected, I believe, that provides potential citizens and, indeed, the educators, much of the basis for self-respect, for it is this capacity for self-correction that gives them both dignity in the eyes of each other and so dignity to themselves. No self-important, self-opinionated self-esteem, rather a dignity born of the justified sense of respect for self- worn from the freedom to admit mistakes and move forward with better defended beliefs. This is the appropriate moral response of the potential citizens to themselves as they seek decency toward themselves as the basis of their citizenship in their associations with their fellow citizens.

For only by doing so will the commonalities of people, the demand for equal respect and the ability to admire and love the diversity of human beings not get lost. These fundamentals are to be mastered by potential citizens using their intellectual virtues once more so that they avoid viewing their own culture of decency as the natural one.

Being rude to others in the social media and in any platform does not imply a moral stance of being brave and great but a demonized act of centuries influencer. The moral decency need to rise again, the goal of decency of good will, tolerance

and, above all, mutual respect, for only such a morality of decency will facilitate the work of good humanity. Good will, practiced as a moral virtue, connotes a willingness to attend to the well-being of others, both in his/her near and far entities, with care and fairness.

Tolerance, so practiced, is the virtue of understanding those others not as the one tolerating marshals the one tolerated into the tolerating's perspective but rather understands others as they wish to be understood.

Mutual respect, for others which means each participant seeing the others as human beings are worthy of respect, regardless of the cultural context within which this struggle is waged.

Embracing such a morality of Decency, as the morality appropriate to an education in the citizenship of multiculturalism does not mean "anything goes."

To be sure, the moral virtues of good will, tolerance and respect are also entailed , for potential citizens must setting aside their prejudices. The virtue of care, or more precisely, caring, potential citizens must come to care others rather of their own self satisfaction. Those who care about the educative process, he/ she knows on decency itself are much more liable to submit to the demands of the decency of good will, tolerance and respect as they tackle the tasks necessary of becoming a good citizens.

Indeed, potential citizens who develop self-respect from practice of intellectual virtues and learn the moral virtues of good will, tolerance, respect and care as the deliberate outcome of their educational process will have been morally educated. The teaching must demonstrate these intellectual and moral virtues so well that potential citizens will come to view them as worthy of pursuit and will be able to apply in the recent generation.

To think like this is to deny all that we have said about the possibility of crossing group boundaries in imagination.

Saintliness is not necessary, merely accountability for the justification of the moral stance of decency the pursuit of the virtues connotes. Moral character on the view must be sketched on the individual learned person, the character of decency, that is what is morally appropriate to the civility necessitated by

democratic associational life today.

Civility in this kind of life necessitates not simply politeness but engagement between and amongst the citizens of the world as they conclude their decisions democratically, amidst change in the new generation. It is this engagement that necessitates the virtues, both intellectual and moral, that constitute the constructed character of the person. The ethical sensibility that possession of these virtues constitutes and affords potential citizens utilitarian ethics must not be deny. For these allow citizens to be relatively faceless in making rational decisions according to rational desirable decision-making, abrupt thinking and remarks may sometime falls a person to a demonize trap of inhumanity. Now, as a citizen, we shall pursue decency based upon our own implementation of the intellectual and moral virtues in life, as a citizen we will be morally motivated to prescribe the moral issues in light of circumstances relative to our decent response.

Thus decency will be an ethical sensibility, that good citizens have the right to make decisions without the interference of external manipulation, that is, an autonomy that requires, above all, self-respect. Competition to technologies and the rise of social media freedom apprehends Decency and barred you for being real and for being good.

It doesn’t mean your In and somebody, when you belittle, under-mind, disrespect and perhaps threatened others, this simply connotes that You are a Defensive Loser.

Thus, to act Decently, is a ‘NORM’ of Life , only ‘Time’ change but the virtues of life will remain.

Those who are learned shows Self-respect ,Self-critical thinking and Decency, and knows what they choose to do so. Attitude and Decency still matters in the 21st Century. So Be Decent!!!

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themselves and start in the next 30 seconds when they had to continue the story with the given slides, sounds, and words. A blank slide was included at the last 30 seconds to conclude the story. The allotted performance time was 6 minutes.

With her feat, Chill advanced to 12 minute finals where she had a one-on-one duel with Rhia S. Adona of the University of the PhilippinesDiliman.

Finals Each finalist was given 30 seconds to continue the story.

After the 30 seconds was up, the Finalist was required to input a conjunction word before passing the story to her opponent. The finalists would then take turns to continue the story until the performing time was up.

“We had to continue a story about an alien who came to Earth, found it desolate with only beasts of nature, but the alien suddenly found a baby. My trajectory was leaning towards hope, the baby being the last of humankind and its only hope.

Although the judges gave two plot twists to throw us off, I did not let it catch me off guard, and ended the story

on a positive note of hope,” Chill shares.

With a final score of 90, she became the youngest ever Grand Champion of the 2022 Asian English Olympics Storytelling Category.

Top Philippine Schools like the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University and Philippine Science High Schools also sent delegates to the AEO. Although collectively tabbed as Team Philippines, each school had different mentors and also competed against each other.

UA&P, represented by Trivium: The UAAP English Olympiad, emerged as the 2022 Asian English Olympics Overall Grand Champion, as did Team Philippines.

UA& P was also recognized with the Best Institution Award. Joining Chill in Team Trivium were Jamie Alabin, Chris Paculba, Arielle Mirandilla, Scott Tiamson and Vier Barreiro, plus others who competed in the AEO’s other categories.

Chill qualified to represent UA&P in the AEO by auditioning in the Trivium, the UA&P English Olympiad which selects the university’s delegates to rhetorical competitions like the Annual Asian Olympics.

It trains students in key areas

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF BANK DEPOSIT KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we ANGELICA C. WOO of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and a resident of Libona Bukidnon and ANNETTE C. RATUNIL, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married, and a resident of Cagayan De Oro City: WITNESSETH: That we are the sole and only heirs of the late ADELA C. ROA who died on August 19,2020 at Maria Reyna-Xavier University Hospital, Cagayan de Oro City; That the deceased left no debts and no will of testament, but left a estate which consists of her BPI Main-Velez Branch, Cagayan De Oro City, bank account with Savings account No _____________ That the estate of the deceased is not subject to any existing lien, encumbrances, lis pendens, garnishment, attachment, injunction, execution, or any debt or obligation; That by way of this Extrajudicial Settlement of Bank Deposit of the deceased, we hereby EQUALLY PARTITION among ourselves the above-mentioned Bank Deposit of the deceased, pursuant to the Civil Code of the Philippines and Rules of Special Proceedings of the Revised Rules of the Court of the Philippines; That we hereby undertake to indemnify, defend and hold PNB, its subsidiaries, affiliates, their respective successors and assigns and each of their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, the Indemnified Persons”) harmless from any and against any and all loss, obligation, damage, penalty, judgment, claim, deficiency, expense, interests, penalties, attorney’s fees, and amounts paid in settlement to which any Indemnified Person may become subject arising out of or relating to the release/withdrawal of the aforementioned savings account of our deceased mother Adela C. Roa; That this document will be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Misamis Oriental.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, parties have hereunto set their hands this 19th day of February, 2022 at Naawan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.

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of English studies such as short story writing, speech, storytelling, radio drama, newscasting and debate.

Internal competitions are held to determine the best candidates for various local competitions to hone their skills for the Asian English Olympics.

Chill said she joined Trivium to repay UA&P’s generosity in granting her a 100% scholarship.

“I made a goal to pay its generosity forward by representing it in competitions in and outside the Philippines.

I wanted to win something for the institution and carry its name to victory. I also joined Trivium because I share the same interests with its leaders. I especially love their passion, their drive to win, their humor and their work ethics,” she added.

Her mentors at UA&P included Vier B arreiro (Storytelling Co-captain/ Trainer), Jaime Alabin (Trivium Captain), Miggy Calilung (Managing Director) and Kaira San Agustin (Training Partner).

Chill and Jamie were also teammates in the UA&P Team which won the Best in Low Code Award in HackViolet, a 24-hour femaleempowerment hackathon hosted by the Association for Women in Computing at Virginia Tech, Virginia USA last February 5-6, 2022.

HackViolet aims to encourage AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION That I am the legal heir of RAUL A. DE LA RAMA and JUANA M. DE LA RAMA, who died within any last will and testament on June 13, 2021 and June 11, 2021, that at the time of their deaths, the decedents had no debts, liabilities or obligations to any persons, agency or institution; that the decedents at the time of their deaths left with A. Transfer Certificate of Title Lot No. T-18061, B. Transfer Certificate of Title Lot No. T-45168 situated in the Barrio of kauswagan, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, C. Transfer Certificate of Title Lot No. T-38142, D. Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-38141, E. Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. 132367, situated at Brgy. Pagina, Jagna Bohol; F. A Savings account at Development Bank of the Philippines with a Savings Account No. 5-23148810-6, G. A time deposit certificate at Development Bank of the Philippines with Time Deposit Certificate No. 1536729; H. A savings account at Union Bank of the Philippines with Savings Account No. 109563837652; I. A savings account at Landbank of the Philippines with Savings Account No. 2416-2283-05; and has been the subject of an AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION, filed by the heirs of RAUL A. DE LA RAMA and JUANA M. DE LA RAMA, per DOC #274; PAGE #55; BOOK #43; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ROWELL B. VALLEDOR. BWM: March 7, 14 & 21, 2022

all individuals to learn about and become change agents for the gender gap in technology by innovating and inspiring with code. Jove Calalo and Dani Peralta were also members of the UA&P Team.

Chill Albasin is the youngest daughter of Roman “Dan” Dennies, product promotions associate for United Laboratories, Inc., and Joseayn “Yenyen” PalomaAlbasin. Her Kuya Joselito R afael “Freeze” Paloma Albasin is taking up BS Biology in Xavier UniversityAteneo de Cagayan, where he is a full academic and DOST scholar.

Although she received numerous scholarship offers from some of the country’s leading educational institutions, her Mom Yenyen said they chose to go with UA&P since its 6YP program offered an integrated course which offered a continuous path from Junior College to a Master’s Degree.

“The ‘mentoring’ culture of UA&P also left a mark on us,” she stressed. “We felt students these days need someone objective, or a mentor to listen to their joys and frustrations in school.

Of course, we will always be there for Chill, but just in case she prefers to chat with a mentor about something else, she has a choice.”

Not the least, the family was visibly impressed by how UA&P student officers handled and conducted t h e ms e lve s du r i ng t h e orientation for new students.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE LEONARDO DELA CAMARA LLOREN KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late LEONARDO DELA CAMARA LLOREN who died on June 9, 2020 in Cagayan de Oro City, and Married to Luz Jubas Lloren (deceased) without any last will or testament; that said decedent at the time of his death left a house and lot; the said real property with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-103100 (residential Building) situated in the Barrio of Gusa, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of SEVENTY-EIGHT (78) square Meters, more or less, and that said deceased left Deposit of money in his savings account with the Bank of the Philippines Island (BPI)-Lapasan Branch, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City under Account Name: Leonardo Lloren and Account Number: 0021731473-44 and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE LEONARDO DELA CAMARA LLOREN, filed by the heirs of LEONARDO DELA CAMARA LLOREN, per DOC #223; PAGE #45; BOOK #05; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. PRINCESS KIMBERLY V. UBAY-UBAY. BWM: Feb 28, Mar 7 & 14, 2022

“We were struck by their eloquence and demeanor when they spoke and how they answered our questions,” Yenyen said. “Even if they were only students, they spoke with confidence, and it was everyone’s consensus they were of exemplar y character. For us, the learning environment should be of utmost importance, and makes a great difference in education for our challenging future.”

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It is so true: “You cannot judge a book by its cover.”

Unfortunately, some people’s beliefs go only skin deep.

T h e y ju s t fol l ow w h at others tell them is right and wrong, instead of thinking for themselves and looking deeper for what is really true and important in life.

Joe’s town was a perfect example of “the blind leading the blind.” Fortunately, Joe knew better. He knew that the beard on his face was not the real person he was in his heart and character.

“Don’t let other people rent space in your head.”

Never let others rob you of your freedom to think for yourself, and choose what you believe is the true way to live. In fact, it is not just your right, it is your responsibility. We all are made in God’s likeness with a conscience and mind to think and a will to choose.

So won’t you take the time now to think through all the evidence of Jesus’ life, EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late MAJALAH CECILIA E. BEJA who died on July 11, 2012 at Cagayan de Oro City, died intestate, without Will or Testament and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity, MAJALAH CECILIA E. BEJA, together with DATE G. BEJA, is the absolute and registered owner of two parcels of land with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-31115 situated in (the Brgy. Of Barra, Municipality of Opol, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of SIXTY FIVE (65) square meters, more or less and Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-31116 containing an area of SIXTY FIVE (65) square meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE, filed by the heirs of MAJALAH CECILIA E. BEJA, in favor of OMAIRA PANGANDAMUN ALUG, per DOC #313; PAGE #63; BOOK #LXXIX; Series of 2018 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. NOEL G. BACAL. BWM: March 7, 14 & 21, 2022

teaching, miracles, death and resurrection, and see that it clearly makes the best sense to live your Maker’s way. Just think a minute.

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Franco Tito who was running for governor under Partido Reporma ticket. Tito in turn was to substitute for Alexander P. Agustin for vice-governor.

Dorothy-Franco substitution materialized. Franco’s bid as VG moreover failed as Agustin stood his ground.

As a result of the barefaced betrayal, Papa Gov reconsidered his planned retirement from active politics. Incumbent Congressman ‘Way Kurat’ Zamora (Davao de Oro), who like Chiongkee also announced his retirement from politics made a u-turn. His daughter Maricar will stay on to run for congress in his stead.

T he Hu g p ong ng Ppagbabago (HnP) quickly mapped new battle plans.

Chiongkee substituted for his son, the incumbent Gov. Tyron Uy who is up for reelection and slid down as vicegovernor. Way Kurat decided to run for mayor in Monkayo against Ramil Gentugaya. WK also drafted another political heavyweight in Monkayo, Jun Jun Brillantes as his running mate.

In District 2 former governor Jose Caballero was pulled out by Papa Gov from hibernation to run against RPG. Thus, we see a scenario where HnP is facing a combined phalanx of PDPLaban Cusi wing and Partido Reporma the arch critic of President Duterte.

Such are the vagaries in Davao de Oro politics.

Political ethics and decency are drowned in the sea of immorality and betrayal.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE RED OCTAVIANO KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late RED OCTAVIANO who passed away on June 11, 2021 in Kabasalan, Zamboanga, Sibugay, owned and left behind a parcel of land (fishpond, with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-17-388 situated in the Barrio of Gusawan Monching, Siay, Zamboanga del Sur, comprising an area of Fifty Thousand (P50,000.00) Square Meters, more or less and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE RED OCTAVIANO, filed by the heirs of RED OCTAVIANO, per DOC #469; PAGE #94; BOOK #129; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. FELIX D. LACUBTAN. BWM: March 7, 14 & 21, 2022

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relevance of cooperativism during these most difficult and turbulent time to democratize wealth and power in a highly skewed societal order. In fact, as they form their own cooperatives, they are joining people from all walks of life who are members of the cooperatives. They now see that the only way to draw the marginalized sectors into the mainstream of development processes is by harnessing their collective spirit, to pool their resources together, although how meager, to fight poverty and hunger.

Yes, the people from all walks of life, including the blind, are now serving notice to one and all that they have awakened and will not allow anymore poverty, corruption, apathy and deceits. Enough of the selfish pursuit of instant wealth, power and self-aggrandizement. It is time for collective action to unfetter the people from the vicious cycle of economic dif f ic ulties. More than responding to economic difficulties, the blind are seeing that cooperativism is the instrument to counter gross social inequities and social injustice which is clearly and categorically stated in Chapter 15, Article 12 of the 1987 Constitution, to quote: “ The State shall promote the viability and growth of cooperatives as instruments of social justice, equity and economic development.” Indeed, the blind cooperative is a transformative cooperative for people, planet, prosperity and peace!

Yes, they are blind but they can see. Many are not blind but they could not see even the most glaring of realities.

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ministro diha, fully vaccinated," Romualdo said emphasizing the importance of still adhering to health safety protocols.

(Discos, fiesta, religious mass, these are allowed on full capacity, provided that those who will enter the church; whatever church these may be, Roman Catholic church, Iglesia, Aglipay, those with ministers, are fully vaccinated) He a d d e d t h a t t h e prov i nc i a l gove r n me nt will have a team that will monitor the said areas. Mass gatherings that will violate the requirement of vaccination cards from the attendees will be ceased to resume.

Conduct of derby will

resume by March 19, 2022 after the governor will meet with the president of the derby association to set rules on the said activity.

Despite ease of activities and gatherings, Romualdo reminded the island's residents and tourists to still wear their face masks, and observe social distancing and proper hand washing.

As of March 11, the province has no COVID-19 active cases. (RTP/PIA-10/ Camiguin)

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Partnership (RCEP).

“RCEP will help restore business confidence and encourage more economic a c t i v it i e s , p a r t i c u l a r l y for MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises), investors, service providers, and professionals. This is a significant step forward to deepen Asean-Japan relations, a n c h ore d on e n s u r i n g economic development and growth among our peoples,” he added.

Lopez also expects to bolster bilateral trade between the Philippines and Japan t hroug h RCEP, as DTI works hard to complete the ratification process of the regional free trade agreement.

“RCEP remains to be a top priority of the Philippine government as it is an important tool to sustain economic growth and attract investments in the country. Moreover, trade pacts such as RCEP will be key in reestablishing our supply chains and ensuring that even our MSMEs take part in global value chains,” he said. (PNA)

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February following the surge in January due to the Omicron variant.

“The February 2022 sales have regained a double-digit growth amid the improved consumer confidence as the countr y has shifted to ‘low-risk’ for Covid-19 classification, according to the government report –a welcome development for the industry,” he added.

Month-on-month sales, the commercial vehicle segment jumped by 22.8 percent to 18,390 units in February from 14,981 units in January.

Passenger car sales rose by 2.25 percent to 5,914 units from 5,784 units during the same period.

“The industry is

anticipating to see a continued recovery this month as the economy further reopens, downgrading to the least restrictive Alert Level 1 in major areas, including the National Capital Region s t a r t i n g t h i s m o n t h ,” Gutierrez added.

Two-month sales of the industry declined by 9.2 percent to 45,069 units from 49,610 units in the same period last year.

Both passenger car and commercial vehicle segments’ sales dropped by 23 percent and 3 percent, respectively.

(PNA)

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that the provinces of Misamis Occidental and Camiguin have the highest decrease in poverty incidence.

Mi s am i s O c c i d e nt a l has 30.8 percent of poverty incidence, which is 10.9 percent lower compared to the 41.7 percent poverty incidence in 2018.

Meanwhile, Camiguin has 24.5 percent poverty incidence in 2021, or 5.6 percent lower compared to the 2018 figure.

On the other hand, the province of Lanao del Norte has the highest poverty incidence in the region at 48.6 percent. It is 16 percent higher compared to the 32.6 percent in 2018 -- the secondhighest poverty incidence after Bukidnon.

Wi l m a Gu i l l e n , t h e PSA central office assistant statistician, said the full 2021 poverty statistics can be expected around September this year.

Mo r e o v e r, Nat i o n a l Economic Development Authority–Region 10 Director Mylah Faye Cariño stressed the importance of identifying are as t hat have hig her poverty levels for purposes of program effectiveness and development strategy in a rapidly changing economic environment.

Aside from the PSA provincial-level data, Cariño urged local government units to use other sources of data such as the National Household Targeting Sections (NHTS) and the 2018 Small Area Estimates of other c onc e r ne d gove r n me nt offices to measure poverty incidence.

She said the Department of S o c i a l We l f are an d Development–Region 10 will also release its latest NHTS data within the year that will cover the barangay level.

“That would give us an

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idea of the barangays [with high poverty incidence]. If we look at the municipalities, not all municipalities are poor. The barangay level data is truly important,” Cariño said. (PNA)

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booth exhibits, and horsebackriding competition which are among the events usually crowded with spectators.

The main event this year will be the ethnic rituals on March 16 to 18, based on the scheduled activities posted on the provincial tourism office’s official Facebook page.

On the first day, soil painting and tribal instrument making and playing will be held at the capitol grounds in Malaybalay City.

T h e n e x t d a y, t h e provincial government will conduct the Panalawahig Ritual at the Folk Arts Theater and Kalawaig River to seek blessing, protection, and forgiveness while a tribal wedding will be held on March 18 at the Centennial stage, also at the capitol grounds.

The provincial government will be conducting the Piniliyapan Hu Bukidnon Documentation and Presentation which will offer a glimpse of the province and the Laga ta Bukidnon beauty pageant to be participated in by the 20 municipalities and Malaybalay and Valencia cities.

The ot her ac t iv it ies line d up are a c u lture and art exhibit at a mall in Valencia City, an ethno cultural festival, marathon, lawn tennis tournament, and darts competition.

Melendez assured c o ord i n at i on w it h t h e Bukidnon Police Provincial Office and Philippine Army to enforce security and ensure the observance of minimum public health standards against Covid-19.

Melende z urge d t he public, especially those who would want to watch the activities, to adhere to health protocols in order to help the provincial government fight the virus.

According to the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Ye a r o f Ind i ge nous L ang u age s , “kaamulan” comes from the Binukid word “amul” which literally means to gather It is a festival celebrated

annually with seven tribes, namely Bukidnon, Talaandig, Ti g w a h a n o n , Ma n o b o, Umayamnon, Matigsalog, and Higaonon, gathering to celebrate diversity, culture, pride, and unity.

Each tribe will showcase native costumes, dances, and products. (PNA)

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on Marawi Bito Road and Lasureco Road, are all in the detailed engineering design stage,” it added.

Meanwhile the planned construction of the 2.4-km Malabang viaduct, which is also in Marawi, is undergoing a feasibility study.

Detailed engineering design is ongoing for the 19.8km Marawi Ring Road. The project is financed by a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

The department said that last year, it managed to complete the construction of an 18.97-km road network with the support of a ¥2-billion JICA grant to support the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Marawi City and its surrounding areas.

“Significant developments are also exp ected with the funding of the construction of Tawi-Tawi Circumferential Road while the remaining portion of Sulu Circumferential Road is ongoing and targeted for completion within this year 2022,” it added.

The department also noted that its officials and BARMM representatives met on March 9 to discuss the progress of infrastructure projects being implemented in the region.

The DPWH said the two parties discussed updates in the rehabilitation o f M a r a w i C i t y, t h e rehabilitation of Quirino Bridge in Cotabato City, the status of permit requests

along national highways by t e l e c o m mu n i c at i o n c o mp a n i e s , a n d o t h e r BARMM projects financed under official development assistance.

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She said they too have some proposed measures like the suspension of the excise tax for oil products and immediate distribution of fuel subsidies to food producers and transport drivers.

Her running mate, Senator Kiko Pangilinan, said analysts predicted that price per liter of gasoline may increase from P68 to P77 while prices for diesel could go up to P59 to P73 a liter.

“These would directly hurt the economy and our people will again go hungry,” Pangilinan said during the town hall meeting.

He said prices of bread and flour-based products would go up next and would hurt Filipinos who are heavy carbohydrate or bread eaters.

Robredo said the government should decide which measures to adopt before it became “too late.”

T h e D e p a r t m e nt of F i nanc e has e x pre ss e d disapproval on the proposed suspension of the excise tax saying the Philippines will lose P147.1 billion if the measure would be implemented.

In a meeting last week with President Rodrigo Duterte, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua proposed increasing the petroleum buffer stock from 30 to 40 days.

C hua a ls o prop os e d increasing the LPG buffer stock from seven to 15 days.

Robredo and Pangilinan were in Butuan City for a late afternoon rally at Guingona Park which capped their campaign sortie in the Caraga Region.

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Cagayan de Oro student wins P100,000 in ‘Balik Tuition Promo 2’ Anafely Candog’s heart sank when she didn’t see her name on the list of laptop winners in Smart’s Balik Tuition Promo 2. For the Psychology major at Liceo de Cagayan in Misamis Oriental, it was her last chance to own a laptop for online learning.

“My family can’t afford a laptop. That’s why I immediately registered to join the Smart ‘Balik Tuition Promo 2’ when I saw the post

on social media,” recalled 22-year-old Candog.

The college sophomore had been using her smartphone for virtual classes.

She downloaded mobile applications to work on assignments. But for heavy files, she sends her schoolwork to a friend for review before submitting it to her professors.

Candog may have missed out on a laptop but fate had bigger plans for her – taking

home the 100,000-peso grand prize in the Smart ‘Balik Tuition Promo 2.’

“I can finally buy my own laptop. I’m getting one for my brother, too, who will enter college soon,” she said.

Recalling the time she had to give up school because of financial difficulties, Candog is also saving a portion of her prize for tuition. Prior to transferring to Liceo de Cagayan, she helped her parents support the family by working as an on-demand tutor and as an on-call staff at a nearby resort.

In the past year, Candog has subscribed to Smart Giga STUDY for online learning.

“I am grateful that I can maximize access to study apps with Smart,” she said.

Smart continues to roll out new offers that enable young go-getters to live it all with the newest Giga Power available on the Giga Life App and other channels. It comes with

open access surfing at a more affordable rate.

“Smart empowers the Gen Z with unlimited opportunities to pursue their passion. Giga Power’s open access data enables them to access their favorite apps and sites, so they

can discover what they love and live a more enjoyable, more fulfilling life,” said Antonette Orpilla, Smart Head of Communities Marketing.

On top of the cash prize, Candog also won 50 Smart Bro Pocket WiFi kits for Liceo de

Cagayan.

Candog joins 9 other grand prize winners in the ‘Balik Tuition Promo 2’ where Smart has raffled off more than Php 2 million worth of prizes including 20 smartphones, 10 laptops and 10 tablets.