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Fortified rice hub NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley -- With the iRice Ordinance anticipated to be put into effect soon in the province, Compostela Valley was chosen by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technlogy (DOST) to be the first hub of the country’s nationwide implementation of the Iron Fortified Rice.

This was confirmed by FNRIDOST Senior Science Research Specialist Marcela C. Saises and FNRI Assistant Scientist and Food Fortification Program Leader Dr. Imelda Angeles-Agdeppa on March 11 during the Multi Sectoral Public Hearing of the Proposed ComVal iRice Ordinance at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Session Hall.

The proposed iRice Ordinance aims to push for initiatives to reduce the number of Comvalenyos with Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) due to lack of daily iron intake.

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By CHENG ORDONEZ, Associate Editor and MIKE BAÑOS, Editor-at-Large

HE Mindanao Development Authority ( M i n DA ) a n d S e o u l Na t i o n a l University of Science and Technology (SEOULTECH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding, Tuesday (March 17), both pledging support initiatives geared toward urban planning with highlights on climateproof development, at Koresco Hotel, here.

Signatories to the MOU were Secretary Luwalhati A nt o n i n o, c h a i r p e r s o n of MinDA, and Dr. Park B y u n g G y u , d i r e c t o r, Office of External Affairs and Cooperation of Seoul Nat i o n a l Un i v e r s i t y o f S cience and Technolog y based in Nowon-gu, S e ou l, S out h Kore a.

Sec. Antonino pledged to support the initiatives

of SE OU LT E C H , funded through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), on the c o n d u c t o f a d i s a s t e rresilience pilot study and prep arat ion of climateproof urban plan for the Province of Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan and nearby areas. sign/PAGE 9

El Nino TANDAG City -- The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg) in Surigao del Sur has already started to lay out preparations for the possible effect of “El Niño.”

Marcos Quico, chief agriculturist here, said the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office (DA-RFO) in Caraga headed by Director Edna Mabeza has even requested on March 11, 2015 for the “list of area” that might be at risk.

“The DA-RFO XIII is now preparing mitigation for the possible occurrence of weak El Niño in our region. Requesting you to submit your respective list of area possibly be affected including operational/non operational NIA Water Service Station,” so went the fax message appearing in bold print.

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MOA ON SAFE CITIES. Dr. Park Byung Gyu (left)director, Office of External Affairs and Cooperation of Seoul National University of Science and Technology and Secretary Luwalhati Antonino, chairperson of MinDA sign a Memorandum of Understanding for a pilot study on developing Safe Cities in the Philippines, yesterday at Koresco Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. (photo by Mike Baños, NPN)

HARVEST TIME. A farmer in Linangkob, Kidapawan City hauls newly harvested rice.

Kidapawan and other parts of Mindanao have been hit by a dry spell. mindanews photo by geonarri solmerano

Misor industries hailed Filinvest Land 2014 for best labor practices earnings up by 16% VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental -- Department of Labor and Employment (D OLE) cited p owerproducer STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI) and other industry locators at the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental for responsible labor practices and for distinctly being proactive in voluntarily complying with the country’s labor standards and codes of best practices.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz conferred the DOLE Certificate of Compliance to Steag and other Phividec locators during the recent

launch and declaration of PIE-MO as Labor Laws Compliant Economic Zone.

Secretary Baldoz said that the award is an affirmation of DOLE’s recognition of the companies’ adherence to the general labor standards, occupational safety and health performance, and good labor relations.

Baldoz said that Phividec’s 76 locators and service providers are now certified compliant with the country’s labor standards. The Certificate of Compliance has a validity of two years hailed/PAGE 9

FILINVEST L and, Inc. (FLI), one of the country’s largest residential developers and BPO office providers, recorded a 16% jump in consolidated net income of P4.60 billion for 2014, up from P3.98 billion in 2013.

Consolidated revenues surged 22% to a record P16.90 billion. The company attributes the strong revenues to the continued growth in its residential business as well as the strong expansion of its office leasing operations.

FLI recorded P13.20 billion in revenues from its residential projects, 26% more filinvest/PAGE 9

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Hineleban Coffee in Bukidnon:

A taste of Arabica in Mindanao

By JASPER MARIE OBLINA-RUCAT, Contributor

ARABICA coffee is known to be the supreme of all coffees, the good news? It’s here in Mindanao.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) region 10 gave the local media in Cagayan de Oro a chance to check one of their assisted groups in Bukidnon, the Hineleban Foundation Inc. Located in Kalugmanan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, DTI has granted the foundation, through its

Shared S er vice Facility (SSF) program, P3,635, 480 worth of equipment including one unit coffee roaster, mechanical dryer, coffee grinder and band sealer to increase value of the coffee produced by its farmer beneficiaries.

According to Rene e Araneta Perrine of Hineleban Foundation Inc. that 100% Arabica is grown up in the mountain. Bukidnon highland tasted good, it’s

called sweet coffee, she said.

However the Indigenous People (IP) needed livelihood, so they came up with the idea of “transformational partnership” where they provide technology, inputs and value formation classes and courses.

The foundation have about 600-700 coffee farmers.

In fact, coffee was their first livelihood and it’s been their sixth year of harvest this year, 2015.

Further, the company buys back the berries at 300% more than any trader would buy from them. They simply cut the traders that go between and buy directly from the community.

Perrine said, “We’ve been building the processing facility through the help of DTI grant such as the roasting machine, grinder and sealer.”

And this is the only farm in the entire Asia that has from seedling, to harvesting, to processing to roasting, to packaging and sales, she added.

For a greater cause To g e t h e r w i t h t h e efforts of local farmers in the foothills of Bukidnon, Hi n e l e b a n Fo u n d at i on

Inc. has pioneered t he first Philippine Consumer Supp or t e d Ag r i c u ltu re program.

Under the flag name of “My Personal Farmer,’ these farmers have successfully produced and marketed naturally and organically grown produce with the goal of having sustainable livelihood through natural and organic methodology that heals the earth, the farmers and its consumers.

Hineleban Foundation is also gearing towards greening the mountains.

Launched in April 2013, they have their Sip and Reforest Campaign where they plant a tree for every (500gms) bag you buy. In 2014, there had been 30,000 forest tree planted.

To s e e and monitor growth of the tree, simply register the bag’s tree code on their website’s map at hineleban.org.

Its future and market Its link with the market has taken Hineleban’s coffee at high demand making its coffee project a viable endeavour for the IP, its beneficiaries.

According to DTI regional hineleban/PAGE 11

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Xavier University sets safety measures for 2015 convocation AS has been the practice for major campus events, Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan is closely working with the local security forces of Cagayan de Oro City to ensure a safe and secure academic convocation at the university gymnasium.

On March 26, XU will confer an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humanities to Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles and the Fr William F Masterson SJ Award for contributions to social development to Professor Miriam CoronelFerrer, Chair of the Philippine government peace panel in talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and to Mohagher Iqbal, Chair of the MILF peace panel and Chair of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission.

The invitation to the three peace negotiators forms part of XU’s “pursuit to broaden the education and perspective on the peace process and d e m o c r a c y am ong h e r graduates and constituents.”

Leaders of Cagayan de Oro including mayor Oscar S Moreno and Archbishop Antonio J Ledesma SJ DD, among others, will also grace the convocation.

‘Zone of discipline’ XU clarifies that this year’s honorees will come and only be provided with minimal security details.

Moreover, Chair Iqbal has stated categorically that “No MILF armed escorts will accompany me.”

As part of the routine security measures for annual events such as graduation

ceremonies, security forces will be tapped to safeguard the campus and its vicinity.

As of this press time, initial safety and security arrangements have already been proposed with the assistance of the office of CDO mayor Moreno, the Philippine National Police, the 4th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, and XU’s graduation executive committee and security office.

XU is set to send letters detailing safety protocols to the parents of the graduating class shortly. This letter will also be posted at the XU website.

Tentative security plans include opening Tirso Neri and Abejuela streets for parking, and declaring the area around XU as a “zone of discipline,” so that the streets of Corrales, Hayes and Justiniano R Borja will be closed to all traffic from 5:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. These traffic arrangements, however, are still subject to change as plans are still being finalized.

Rebuilding of trust XU President Fr Roberto C Yap SJ said in a statement, “Our three leaders are partners in peace who eschew the ways of extremism and terrorism. They are for a negotiated political solution.

They continue to work hard to build mutual confidence and trust, coupled with mutually agreed upon processes and mechanisms. They endeavor to keep alive the hope that dialogues, negotiations, and kept agreements replace guns, violence, and war.”

The XU board of trustees approved the conferral of commencement awards to the three negotiators on November 29, 2014, almost two months before the Mamasapano tragedy in Maguindanao, where 70 Filipinos died including 44 PNP-Sp ecial Action Force (PNP-SAF) troopers, Mamasapano combatants and civilians.

By conferring these awards during the 2015 convocation, Yap said, “Xavier hopes to inspire her graduates to be brave and bold, and not be safety/PAGE 11

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Puregold boosts Cosco’s earnings in 2014 Holcim board rejects Lafarge merger terms PROFITABILITY at the retail holding firm of Puregold’s owner increased by a fifth last year.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Lucio Co-led Cosco Capital Inc said its consolidated net

income rose by 16 percent to P6.24 billion in 2014 from P5.36 billion the previous year.

The growth stemmed from a 27 percent increase in revenue to P98.75 billion last year from P77.79 billion

in 2013.

Fueling the increase in Cosco’s top line was the retail business, which contributed 85.8 percent of total revenue in 2014. Flagship retail unit Puregold Price Club Inc’s net sales increase by

16 percent year-on-year to P84.70 billion.

Puregold closed 2014 with 233 stores while S&R Membership had 9.

Cosco’s specialty retail business – Liquigaz and Office Warehouse – contributed 8.8 percent to the holding firm’s total revenue, while liquor distribution and real estate leasing chipped in 3.8 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively.

“I believe that 2015 will be another record year of profits for Cosco as all our operating business units have shown double digit profit growth in 2014 and we are excited for more expansions and acquisitions across all businesses to cater to the growing demands of consumers,” said Cosco president Leonardo Dayao.

Cosco closed 2014 with P15 billion in cash and with debt equivalent to half of its capital.

Ayala Land to spend P25B on Cloverleaf face-lift PROPERT Y giant Ayala Land, Inc. is investing P15 billion in the next five years -- and another P10 billion after -- to transform an idle 11-hectare industrial estate located near one of Metro Manila’s busiest loop roads into a mixed-use complex.

The P25-billion project will be called Cloverleaf,

faithful to the name of the interchange in Balintawak in Quezon City that, when viewed from above, resembles a four-leaf clover.

Half of Metro Manila’s 12-million population pass through that loop road, and Ayala Land is targeting “the large Chinese population in the area,” Anna Ma.

Margarita B. Dy, company vice-president and head of St r ate g i c L an d b an k Management Group, told a media briefing at the UP Town Center.

Ay a l a L a n d , t h e country’s second largest prop e r t y d e vel op e r by m a r k e t c ap i t a l i z at i o n , had been expanding its

land bank beyond upscale neighborhoods and business districts. It bought the Balintawak property, which abuts on A. Bonifacio Avenue and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, in 2003.

That lot, formerly home to Central Textile Mills, Inc. -- one of the largest textile ayala/PAGE 11

THE board of directors at Swiss-based Holcim Ltd. has rejected the terms of a proposed EUR42 billion ($44.27 billion) tie-up with rival cement giant Lafarge SA, Lafarge said Monday.

France-based Lafarge said it received a letter on Sunday from the chairman of Holcim’s board saying the company doesn’t want to pursue their previous agreement that was approved last July and is “challenging the financial terms and governance structure of the proposed merger of equals.”

Lafarge said its board o f d i r e c t o r s “r e m a i n s committed” to the merger and is “willing to explore the possibility of a revision of the parity.”

The original deal, which would create the world’s largest cement maker, was dubbed “a merger of equals” and would involve a capital increase on Holcim’s part to meet a one-to-one share e xc h ange . T h at s h are e xchange r at i o is now rejected, though Lafarge has said it is willing to renegotiate.

PLDT aims to double SME clients in VisMin TELECOMMUNICATIONS g i ant P h i l ippi n e L on g Distance Telephone Co., Inc. (PLDT) aims to double this year its small and medium enterprise (SME) client base in the Visayas and Mindanao this year.

Through its enterprise arm, PLDT SME Nation, the company currently serves about 20,000 SMEs in southern Philippines, said Niño B. Nanquil, business development executive for VisMin area.

The target clients are rural banks and other financial institutions, he said.

“We’re looking at the

financial sector, mainly the rural banks. They’re aggressively expanding and they need connectivity, especially in the rural areas.

As they grow, their branches can be interconnected with each other,” he said.

“Plus, they (banks) are mandated to have an offsite ser ver to back up their data and ensure business continuity in case something happens to the primary site.

With the facility that we offer under ePLDT, they can have offsite servers,” he added.

Mr. Nanquil said he is bullish about hitting the pldt/PAGE 11

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Older and Better

h i n k a m i nute… A n older man I know was walking back to his office after eating lunch.

On the way back he met a f riend, so he stopped and they talked a few m i nu t e s . As t h e y w e r e saying goodbye to each other the old guy said to his friend: “When we met just now, which way was I walking? To my office or to the restaurant? ” His f r i e n d a n s w e r e d , “ Yo u were walking to your o f f i c e .” T h e o l d m a n smi le d and s aid: “OK, I guess that means I’ve already had my lunch, so I better get back to work now.” That poor old guy’s memor y was so short, he really didn’t know if he was coming or going!

It seems no matter how hard we try, none of us can stop from getting older.

Aging is a natural law and process we simply can’t stop or change. We can exercise, eat only healthy food, take vitamins, use all the best lotions and oils on our skin, but we’re still getting older ever y day. And if it’s tr ue that our memor y is the first to go, t hen I k now I’m well on my way!

I t ’s s a d t h a t m a n y people become grouchy, mean, or impatient as they grow older. But in fact, it should be just

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Jhan Tiafau Hurst the opposite. As we grow o l d e r, w e s h o u l d g r o w s w e e t e r, k i n d e r, m o r e gentle and accepting o f o t h e r s ’ f a u l t s . We should become more compassionate and underst anding of ot her p e o p l e ’s n e e d s a n d p r o b l e m s , s i n c e w e’v e learned how easy it is for us to make mistakes. We should just become more caring and forgiving.

Friend, if you want to get better with age, then today you can ask Jesus Christ to forgive you and take full charge of your heart and character every d ay. He’s t h e on ly O n e Who can help you star t changing daily into the p ers on you re a l ly want t o b e . T h a t ’s h o w y o u can enjoy even more the second half of your life, as you grow older—and better.

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Investigate illegal fishing in the country

he rampant illegal fishing in the countr y has f inally caught the attention of lawmakers. They have urged the Congressional Committee on Aquaculture and Fisheries to conduct an inquir y into the practice which have been taking place since time immemorial.

It is laudable that Rep. Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. (Partylist, Ab a nt e M i n d a n a o ) have urged the panel to summon the officials of the Department of A g r i c u l t u r e ( DA ) , Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Alliance of Tuna Handliners to shed on the problem of illegal fishing, which allegedly resulted from the failure of concerned government agencies to implement the laws.

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editorial Indeed, we agree with C ong. Maxie Rodriguez that there is a need to look into the illegal fishing to determine why the law and regulations are not being implemented to the detriment of the Filipino fishermen.

The objective of the measure is to increase the penalties under the present law to discourage the illegal fishing activities in many parts of the country. Congress already ratified recently a bill amending the Fisheries Code of the Philippines by increasing the penalties for the illegal act. But these need to be publicized substantially so that t he genera l public,

particularly those in the fishing industry, would be educated.

“Despite the passage of the bill, tuna fishermen from General Santos City are still denouncing t h e g o v e r n m e n t ’s fai lure to c urb t he illegal fishing which continues to threaten the sustainability of the local tuna fishing industry,” Rodriguez said. Again, a widespread dissemination should be undertaken.

Rodriguez said t h e D e p ar t m e nt of Agriculture’s Executive Order 154 (Adopting a Nat i ona l Pl an of Ac t i on t o Pre ve nt , Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing)

failed to carry out the order’s key mandate to adopt a national plan of action and create a multi-agency against the environmentally destructive practice.

As a consequence, EO 154 remains to be an order and there are many fishermen who are still unlicensed with BFAR and there is lack of rules and regulations to address the problem.

The Fisheries Administrative Order 226, which disallows t rading of juveni le tuna weighing below 500 g rams remains largely ignored due to its poor enforcement at the local level. Handline Fishing Law of 2007 remains toothless due to the absence of implementing rules and regulations. These are the task of lawmakers.

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If gov’t refuses to obey court orders...

IFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… L e t e v e r y o n e b e subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established.

The authorities that exist have been established

by G o d. C ons e qu e nt ly, w ho e ve r reb els ag ainst the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves…” (Romans 13:1-2, the Holy Bible).

-ooo IF GOV’T REFUSES TO OBEY COURT ORDERS, WHERE CAN WE GO FOR REDRESS? If officials of government can refuse to obey the orders of the courts, like the Court o f Ap p e a l s , w h e re c a n Filipinos go for redress--to the rebels, joining cause with them to oust the disobedient government?

This is t he quest ion that the case of Makati City Mayor Jejomar E r w i n Ju nj u n B i n ay i s presenting to all rightthinking citizens of this country, especially in the light of public statements

by Secretar y Mar Roxas of the Department of t h e Int e r i or a n d L o c a l Government that he and h is d e p ar t me nt c an no longer obey a temporar y restraining order from the Court of Appeals stopping the suspension of Junjun.

Can Mar override a C ou r t of App e a l s’ decision? Is Mar ab ove

the judicial department of government? The answers are clear. Yet, Mar and his cohor ts s eem oblivious to the rule of law in this countr y which says that, when the courts have already spoken and issued their orders, ever ybody, from the President to the janitor, must obey!

-ooo FEARS ABOUT A MAR R OX A S P R E S I D E N C Y: This is ver y tragic, and raises a lot of fears if Mar succeeds to become the next president of this countr y. He is going to be the next president alright, notwithstanding his perennially-poor s h ow i n g i n s u r v e y s o f presidentiables, if we are to take into account the insistence of the Aquino gove r n m e nt to u s e t h e discredited precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines in the 2016 elections.

Imagine, another president who refuses to obey court orders, just like what President Aquino has done during h i s t e r m ? I f A q u i n o’s disregard of the cour ts brought the countr y and our people to the lowest depths of disrespect for authority, where would a Roxas presidency which also defies the courts lead us to?

To more problems, of course, which could only mean more poverty, more hardship, more failures,

more t roubles. We wi ll not e s c ap e a l l of t he s e punishments, as the Bible in its Romans 13:1-2 is saying. The admonition is for all of us to subject ourselves to authorities, for there is no authority which was not established

by God, and anyone who fights authorities will be meted punishments.

-ooo P N O Y & B E AU T Y CONTESTS: I am not n or m a l l y i nt e re s t e d i n beauty pageants, except p e r h ap s t o o g l e at t h e beautiful bodies of contest ants aspir ing to become beauty queens, but there is something in the 2015 Bb. Pilipinas beauty pageant that is bothering me no end. How, really, are beauty queens chosen?

This is a question that must be explained by pageant organizers now because, in our program “ Ta m b a l a n g B a t a s a t S o m i nt a c” ( w h i c h a i r s Mondays to Fridays, at 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. at DZEC 1062 kHz) last Tuesday, March 17, 2015, our listeners asked if the results of the contest had any relation at all to the reported dinner date between President Aquino and one of the winners in the pageant.

M y c o - a n c h o r, Vi c Somintac, added fuel to the fire when he disclosed, citing news reports, that many of the judges in the beauty pageant were either

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Atty. Batas Mauricio of f ici a ls of t he Aquino government or close friends of the President or of his family. The question of our listeners: was there a connection between the results of the pageant participated in by the President’s men, and the President’s dinner date?

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Art for communities Where do

broken phones go?

By JESSE PIZARRO BOGA of MindaNews

The Davao chapter of the Guild for Upholding and Harnessing Indispensable Talents (GUHIT) Pinas spread the art love last weekend as they held their first major exhibition for the benefit of the Badjao community in the city.

The exhibit, called Unang Badlis, held at the Got Heart Gallery of The Peak in GMall Davao, showcased the art pieces of the young artists of the group who skillfully made use of graphite pens, charcoal, acrylic, oil, watercolor, color pencil, soft pastel, and even simple ballpoint pens to create vivid images on canvas.

Rey Sugarol, president of GUHIT Pinas Davao, said that their group promotes the discovery, enhancement, and use of artistic talents as an act of involvement in common campaigns toward economic, political, social, environmental, moral, and spiritual development.

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The group, which specializes on the visual arts, encourages young visual artists from all over the country to play their significant roles in the development of communities through art. GUHIT Pinas in Davao thrives in a Facebook group where they connect and share their experiences and ideas in making art; the group currently has over 2,000 members.

Sugarol said that most of their members are young professionals and university students who came to love art as their passion.

In the coming days, Sugarol said that the group is eyeing on holding live painting sessions in public spaces and exploring various themes relevant to the society.

“Art is our lives, and through it, the guild lives with a purpose,” the group said.

A skate boarder tries to keep his balance as he glides down a slope during a long boarding competition in Malaybalay City on Sunday, March 15. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO

A skate boarder tries to keep his balance after making a 360-degree twist as he glides down a slope during a long boarding competition in Malaybalay City on Sunday, March 15.

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It’s time to rethink our mobile phone choices. Again.

This time, it’s not going to be about which brand or model to buy. It’s going to be about how to deal with the old phones that we have forgotten after we got a brand new one.

Where do old mobile phones go, really? And where are we headed in terms of dealing with the growing amount of e-waste largely driven by the fast-paced production of mobile technology?

Planned what?

There is a term used to refer to product design that doesn’t sit well with the idea of sustainability. It’s planned obsolescence.

Wikipedia defines this as a “policy of planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life, so it will become obsolete, that is, unfashionable or no longer functional after a certain period of time.”

In Dictionary.com, it’s “a method of stimulating consumer demand by designing products that wear out or become outmoded after limited use.”

According to The Economist, it’s “a business strategy in which the obsolescence (the process of becoming obsolete) of a product is planned and built into it from its conception. This is done so that in future the consumer feels a need to purchase new products and services that the manufacturer brings out as replacements for the old ones.”

However seemingly wordy these definitions may be, they all point to one thing: nothing we purchase lasts that long anymore. Companies release into the market products with relatively short shelf lives, and consumers are left with little control over these things that they purchase in the long run.

Products that are designed to fail in the long run include ink cartridges, lightbulbs, and even clothes! But let’s stick to our use of smartphones as a simple example.

With brands and manufacturers coming up with new models annually (wasn’t it just yesterday when Apple announced the iPhone 5?), it’s hard not to consider getting a new one—especially when the ones that we currently own are not as durable anymore compared to the feature phones we had during the early 2000s (remember Nokia 3310 and its successors?).

We often pay the price (often literally) for extravagant, computer-like features in smartphones. We exchange the convenience of having a smartphone with “super fast processor, super amazing camera, super lots of apps, and super everything” features for batteries that don’t last more than a day with 3G and WiFi turned on; the same batteries, even with rechargeable capacities become disposable when their charge cycles drop to unusable states. Worse, having them replaced may burn a hole in our pockets (especially if you use an iPhone that has a battery sealed and locked in the unit; only technicians can replace it for you for an exorbitant fee).

We also deal with broken displays. We put on and throw away phone casings like underwear. We use plastic accessories that come and go.

And before we know it, the current phone that we have is now obsolete, has limited tech support from the company that produced it, and is now in the dumps.

Cough, cough. BlackBerry. Cough, cough. iFrail The business model behind our frail mobile phones persuades us to get brand new ones from time to time.

Companies appear to deliberately limit the lifespan of devices to get consumers to get new ones every so often.

This fast smartphone cycle ripples and creates a problem with electronic waste (e-waste).

According to Greenpeace, extremely large volumes of e-waste in the world end up in some places in Africa, India, and China. But this doesn’t mean that our community is excluded in the list.

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wednesday|march 18, 2015 Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10TH JUDICIAL REGION Branch 44 Initao, Misamis Oriental

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Represented by the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (DOTC), Plaintiff,

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

12. In the present case, although private defendant did obtain a decree in his favor, his failure to obtain a certificate of title after the lapse of more than 65 years is tantamount to an abandonment of such right. For which reason, the principle of laches operates against him.

13. Laches has been defined as the failure or neglect, for an unreasonable length of time to do that which by exercising due diligence could or should have been done earlier. It is negligence or omission to assert a right within a reasonable time, warranting a presumption that the party entitled to assert it has either abandoned it or decline to assert it.

14. Private defendant who had been issued a decree to the property in question had already died.

He is survived by his heirs who inherited the property, and subsequently sold the same to plaintiff.

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

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

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

To :

worthy purposes of the Torrens system, should be the first to accept the validity of titles issued thereunder once the conditions laid down by the law are satisfied.

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

GREETINGS!

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

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF, by counsel, respectfully states: 1. Plaintiff Republic of the Philippines is a sovereign political entity vested with the power and capacity to sue. For purposes of this action, all pleadings, notices, and other court processes may be served on its statutory counsel, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) at 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City.

2.

Private defendant Venancio Magtrayo is of legal age, with capacity to sue and be sued, and a resident of Alubijid, Misamis Oriental, where he may be served with summons and other court processes.

3. Public defendant Land Registration Authority (LRA) is impleaded being the agency mandated to issue decrees of registration and certificates of title and register documents, patents and other land transactions. It may be served with summons and other court processes at the LRA, East Avenue cor. NIA Road, Quezon City.

4. Private defendant appears to be owner of a parcel of land located in Alubijid, Municipality of Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental designed as Lot No. 12573, Cadastral No. 237 with an area of forty four thousand one hundred sixty nine (44,169) square meters.

5. Based on the record of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Land management Services ( DENR-LMS) in Cagayan de Oro City, the Bureau of Lands conducted a cadastral survey of the subject lot sometime in 1933 (Annex “A”).

6. Thereafter, the said land was among those subject of the operation of cadastral proceedings and was issued on August 26, 1941 Decree No. 756565 in Cadastral Case No. 27 (Annex “B”). After its issuance, Decree No. 756565 was then recorded by defendant LRA in its book.

7.

The record of the Registry of Deeds of Cagayan de Oro City would reveal however that no title to Lot 12573 was issued in favour of defendant (Annex “C”).

8. Considering that the decree was issued in 1941, it has been more than sixty-five (65) years that the property remained untitled.

9. In Republic vs. Hon. Alon, citing Republic vs. Heirs of Villa Abrille, the Supreme Court held that in land Registration proceedings the following procedure must be complied with : xxx

(10) Issuance of the decree by the Court declaring the decision final and instructing the Land Registration Commission to issue a decree of confirmation and registration;

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

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

(13) Transcription of the decree of registration in the registration book and the issuance of the owner’s duplicate original certificate of title to the applicant by the Register of deeds, upon payment of the prescribed fees.

10. Indeed, a property becomes registered land only upon transcription of the decree in the original registration book of the Register Deeds. It follows that until the original certificate of the title is issued by the Register of Deeds, the property subject as a cadastral proceedings is not yet a registered land.

11. A Torrens Certificate of Title is the best evidence of ownership issued by the Register of Deeds to the owner of a particular land which is registered under the Torrens system of registration. The significance of registration under the Torrens system cannot be undetermined. In Traders Royal Bank vs. Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court reiterated the importance of registration.

The main purpose of the Torrens system is to avoid possible conflicts of title to real estate and to facilitate transactions relative thereto by giving the public the right to rely upon the face of a Torrens certificate of title and to dispense with the need of inquiring further, except when the party concerned has actual knowledge of facts and circumstances that should impel a reasonably cautious man to make such further inquiry. Where innocent third persons, relying on the correctness of the certificate of title thus issued, acquire rights over the property, the court cannot disregard such rights and other the total cancellation of the certificate. The effect of such an outright cancellation would be to impair public confidence in the certificate of title, for everyone dealing with property registered under the Torrens system would have to inquire in every instance as to whether the title has been regularly or irregularly issued by the court. Every person dealing with registered land may safely rely on the correctness of the certificate of title issued therefor and the law will in no way oblige him to go beyond the certificate to determine the condition of the property.

The Torrens system was adopted in this country because it was believed to be the most effective measure to guarantee the integrity of land titles and to protect their indefeasibility once the claim of ownership is established and recognized. If a person purchases a piece of land on the assurance that the seller’s title thereto is valid, he should not run the risk of being told later that his acquisition was ineffectual after all. This would not only be unfair to him. What is worse is that if this were permitted, public confidence in the system would be eroded and land transactions would have to be attended by complicated and not necessarily conclusive investigations and proof of ownership. The further consequence would be that land conflicts could be even more numerous and complex that they are now and possibly also more abrasive, if not even violet. The Government, recognizing the

FRANCIS H. JARDELEZA Solicitor General

Roll No. 25719

IBP Lifetime No. 00037, 1-18-93

MCLE Compliance No. III-8523

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

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

JENNIFER P. HERNANDEZ-LA TORRE State Solicitor

Roll No. 53611

IBP Lifetime No. 08992, 3-29-10

MCLE Compliance No. III-0004182

OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City Tel. Nos: 818-63-01 to 09 Email : docket@osg.gov.ph VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF NONFORUM-SHOPPING

I, JENNIFER P. HERNANDEZ – LA TORRE, a State Solicitor in the Office of the Solicitor General, after having between sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and state: 1. I have caused the preparation of the foregoing Amended Complaint.

2. I have read and understood the contents thereof.

3. The allegations therein are true and correct of my personal knowledge or based on authentic records.

4. I/Plaintiff have/has not commenced any action or filed any claim involving the same issued in this Honorable Court, the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, or different divisions thereof, or in any other tributal or agency; and if I/plaintiff should thereafter learn that a similar action or proceeding has filed or is pending before this Honorable Court, the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, or different divisions thereof, or in any other tribunal or agency, I/plaintiff shall undertake/s to promptly inform the aforesaid courts and other tribunal or agency of that fact within five (5) days therefrom.

5. The forgoing verification and Certification of Non-Form Shopping is being made by the OSG, through the undersigned affiant, pursuant to Section 35 (5), Chapter 12, Title III, Book IV of the Administrative Code of 1987 which provides that the OSG “ shall represent the Government in all land registration and related proceedings. “ Thus, it was ruled in COMELEC v. Quijano-Padilla, 389 SCRA 535 (2002) that the OSG is an independent office and that its real client is “no less than the Republic of the Philippines in whom the plenum of sovereignty resides.”

JENNIFER P. HERNANDEZ-LA TORRE State Solicitor SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 10th day of May 2013, in Makati City by State Solicitor JENNIFER O. HERNANDEZ-LA TORRE, personally known to me, who is the same person who personally signed before me the foregoing Verification and Certification and acknowledged that she executed the same.

CARMINDA O. PUNZALAN-GAITE Senior State Solicitor NOW THEREFORE, through this Summons by Publication, VENANCIO MAGTRAYO of Alubijid, Misamis Oriental is hereby required to answer the Amnended Complaint within sixty (60) days from the last issue of publication.

WITNESS the HON. MARISSA P. ESTABAYA, Presiding Judge of this Court, this 6th of February 2014 at Initao, Misamis Oriental , Philippines.

(Sgd) ATTY. IAN C. TAJONERA-BERNARDO

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By HAZEL BITAÑA

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A group of advocates for children’s rights from Alabel, Sarangani called for stronger child protection at home, in schools, and in barangays by practicing positive and non-violent methods of child discipline.

C ommunity leaders, parents, teachers and children spoke to the media on Mar. 10 during the media briefing titled “Disciplining Children without Harm” to discuss the rights-based alternative to corporal punishment and to present the government and community efforts to promote the non-violent ways of guiding children.

“The positive and non-

violent discipline approach teaches children their duties and responsibilities, while respecting their rights to development, protection, and participation. We are advocating for this parenting st y le b e c aus e cor p ora l punishment still persists due to the prevailing social acceptance that ‘punishment’ and ‘discipline’ are the same thing,” said Hazel Bitaña, Plan International’s Media Relations and Campaign Officer.

The Unite d Nat ions Committee on the Rights of the Child defines corporal punishment as any punishment that is used and intended to cause some

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as serve as a foundation for the establishment of Safe Cities in the country,” said Dr. Park.

“Its objectives include cooperating to guide a comprehensive regional development plan; analyzing major disasters brought by climate change; developing a disaster risk reduction and management plan; push urban renewal initiatives which can be integrated into Northern Mindanao, which now lies in the path of typhoons, through a pilot model that can be easily adapted and replicated by other regions.”

The project aims to conduct disaster mitigation research, per request of MinDA, on three levels: Macro Study for efficient regional development study, Micro Study for Climate Change Disaster Risk Reduction and Management of Mindanao, and Pilot Study of regional plan that can be adapted by other regions.

The expected outputs of the study include: A practical road map leading to the attainment of the Vision for Mindanao; integration of climate change projections in disaster risk reduction and management plans; extensive application of d e v e l o p m e nt p l a n n i n g research; capacity building for research and planning of partner institutions; and strengthened diplomatic ties between Korea and the Philippines.

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SEOULTECH, a Koreanbased university renowned for its engineering, science and technology programs, reciprocally pledged support for MinDA’s initiatives in line with the goals and strategies laid down in the Mindanao 2020 Peace and Development Framework Plan for 2010 to 2030, specifically on the program known as “MindaNOW: Nurturing Our Waters Program.”

S E O U LT E C H a l s o committed to become M i n D A’s a c t i v e a n d dynamic partner especially for activities aimed for the peace and development of Mindanao and is expected to take part in other related activities and projects.

Dr. Park signed the agreement to also take the lead in the implementation o f t h e KO I C A- f u n d e d project dubbed “Minimizing Natural Disaster Method to Climate Change: Search for Sustainable Development.”

The project intends to develop a water-management plan for Misamis Oriental province, Cagayan de Oro City and other neighboring cities in Northern Mindanao.

It will also assist cities to generate power through dam construction, and develop a long-term strategic/urban plan for the target city/area beneficiaries.

The MOU signing coincided with the launching Tuesday of SEOULTECH and University of the PhilippinesDiliman (U.P. Diliman) of a project dubbed “Urban Renewal Planning for Natural Disaster Prevention Responding to Climate Change.”

The project is an academic partnership pro g r am supp or te d by the Korea International Cooperation Agency(KOICA) in partnership with SE OU LT E C H an d U. P. Diliman.

“The project aims to strengthen the Philippine’s capacity for research in Disaster Risk Mitigation and Management, as well

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and exempt establishments from the DOLE’s annual assessment.

“This also means that the 3,177 workers in the Industrial Estate have been provided with, and are enjoying their rights and benefits in accordance with our labor laws. And being a labor laws compliant eco-zone, Phividec will continually be provided

by DOLE with technical assistance to maintain its status through the DOLE’s toolbox of programs and services,” Baldoz added.

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degree of pain or discomfort, however light. These include hitting children with the hand, spanking children using implements such as belts and hangers, pinching, forcing the children to stay in uncomfortable positions, humiliating, and threatening, among other cruel and degrading methods.

Based on the baseline res e arch conduc te d by The Positive Discipline Project, more than 30% of 283 surveyed parents, guardians, and teachers from Alabel admitted that they use physical means of disciplining children. The sur vey also reveals that spanking or pinching are the most common physical means used by the adults to has consistently demonstrated its commitment to proactively promote the welfare of it s wor k forc e . B e yon d compliance, SPI ensures that it sustains a work environment that is safe, secured and conducive to the employees’ professional and personal growth. Since start of its power generation business in 2006, SPI has sustained more than four million safe man hours with zero lost time due to accident and zero occupational-related illnesses.

SPI has been a recipient of the DOLE’s Gawad Kaligtasan at Kalusugan (GKK) Award and the DENR’s Official Seal of Approval for superior environmental performance.

SPI’s 210 MW (net) coal-fired power plant is located at the PIE-MO in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental and considered as one of the most modern in the island.

It has produced more than 11.5 billion kWh of electric power representing about a 5th of Mindanao’s total electric power supply.

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than the Php10.48 Billion posted in 2013. This was driven by strong demand for its wide spectrum of residential product offerings: its Futura Homes affordable housing projects, mediumrise buildings that carry the “Oasis” and “Spatial” brands, and its Studio Series high-rise buildings.

Revenues from rental assets, on the other hand, rose to P2.26 billion, an 11% increase from the P2.03 billion generated in 2013, as the firm booked increased revenues from its new office buildings “Filinvest One” and “Plaz@ E” at Northgate Cyberzone located in Filinvest City in Alabang. Filinvest Land currently operates 14 buildings and is completing construction of three more office buildings, “Filinvest Two” and “Filinvest Three” at Northgate Cyberzone and Filinvest Cebu Cyberzone Tower 1, which will increase its office portfolio to 274,971 sq.m.

discipline the children in Alabel.

The positive and nonviolent discipline approach opposes the use of corporal punishment to avoid creating fear, generating anger, lowering the child’s self-esteem, and training the child to use violence.

Instead, this approach aims to nurture life-long skills such as critical thinking, healthy management of emotions,

effective communication, non-violent conflict resolution, and empathy.

Communication plays a very important role in the Positive and Non-Violent Discipline Approach. Parents and teachers need to practice proper explanation and active listening. They also need to put themselves in the child’s situation in order to properly communicate with the child.

The Positive Discipline

Project is a three-year init i at ive t hat aims to encourage families, teachers, barangay officials, and other members of the community to practice non-violent means of guiding children’s behavior. It is supported by the European Union and implemented

by Pl an Inte r nat i ona l, Ph i l ippi ne L e g isl ators’ Committee on Population and Development, and Lihok Pilipina Foundation.

Push for eco-tourism projects, MinDA urges MisOcc LCE’s The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has urged the local chief executives (LCE’s) of Misamis Occidental to push for eco-tourism projects as a component of the “Mindanao Development Corridors.”

Aimed to spur economic growth in the island, these corridors are expected to improve the transport and logistics to support tourism, industry and agricultural developments, which abound in the island, Secretary Lualhati R. Antonino of MinDA said.

Thus, she called on the MisOcc LCE’s, led by governor Herminia M. Ramiro, who attended

the recent MinDA briefing, here, to make sure that the projects they ask are somehow related to tourism, which could attract the tourists, both domestic and foreign.

She also advised the Governor to make haste a five-year ecotourism plan which would loop all the tourism sites of the province, which MinDA can help facilitate for implementation.

Antonino said the economic growth of the island can be optimized based on its potentials and strategic roles built on trade between and among regions, through improved infrastructure, connectivity, industry development

and investment facilitation.

She said Mindanao can be divided into three development corridors: Northern Mindanao Development Corridor, SouthCentral Mindanao Development Corridor and Western Mindanao Development Corridors.

On the other hand, these corridors have at least five industrial clusters that have complementary roles and competitive advantage: Biodiversity and Eco-Tourism Cluster, Business and Industrial Trade Cluster. Mariculture and Trade Cluster, Food Basket Cluster and Food Agri-Business Industry and Logistic Cluster.

(RCA/PIA10-Misamis Occidental)

The firm launched P12.5 billion worth of residential projects in 2014. Among the projects launched during the year was “100 West”, an iconic mixed-use development comprising of a high-rise residential tower, 15,637 sq.

m. of BPO office space and three floors of convenient shopping space, strategically located at the corner of Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue and Washington Street in Makati.

Filinvest Land also beefed up its core business of affordable

housing by launching new horizontal development projects in Tarlac, Rizal, L a g u n a , B at ang a s an d Palawan. For 2015, the company is targeting to launch an additional P16 billion worth of projects.

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PIA awards top 10 entries in Kaligkasan Band Search

By RUTCHIE CABAHUG-AGUHOB PIA-10 The Philippine Information Agency (PIA), region 10, will be presenting the top 10 winning entries of the KaligKasan Band Search on March 19, 2015.

One of the highlights of the Climate Change Advocacy Campaign of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and PIA launched in July 2014, in the different schools of the region, the search was aimed to create awareness and understanding on Climate Change, Solid Waste, Geohazards and the National Greening Program of the Government.

It was also aimed to provide opportunities for the young and undiscovered talents in the music industry and encourage them to compose original, environmentally-motivated music, Thelma B. Oliver, regional director of PIA-10, said.

Meanwhile, Oliver said a total of 22 amateur bands who have not signed up with any recording studio joined the search by submitting one original full song composition on the theme: “Nagbabago na ang Panahon, Panahon na Para Magbago (Times have changed. It’s time to change).”

Written in Filipino, English or a combination of both, the entries were judged on the following criteria: Creativity and originality, 30 percent, lyrics, 30 percent, melody, 30 percent and overall appeal, 10 percent or a total of 100 percent.

Winners will receive the following cash prizes plus plaques, each: Grand winner, P50,000, Second Place, P30,000, Third Place, P20,000, and seven consolation prizes, at P5,000, each.

Oliver said the top 10 entries were forwarded to the DENR for the final selection, after which, the selected songs maybe repackaged for radio and TV infomercials.

(RCA/PIA10-Misamis Occidental) Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 41 Cagayan de Oro City PETITION FOR EXTRA JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER4 ACT 3135 AS AMENDED BY ACT 4118

EJF NO. 2015-AF-023

FOR:

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

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE

REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

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

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

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

LOT :

PORTION OF LOT :

AS SURVEYED FOR :

LAND USE :

LOCATION :

AREA :

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

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 166544

LOT :

PORTION OF LOT :

AS SURVEYED FOR :

LAND USE :

LOCATION :

AREA :

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

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the property herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

DAREDEVIL . Adventurer Arniel Balignot scales Lumbatin Falls in Barangay Pugaan, Iligan City without the aid of a rope on Sunday (18 Jan 2015). Lumbatin is the first, and the only one documented so far by the City Tourism Office, of a series of 20 or so waterfalls in this river system.

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

EJF NO. 2014-317

FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

BWM: March 11, 18 & 25, 2015

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

EJF NO. 2014-325

FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

AMENDED NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

AMENDED NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

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

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

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-178151 A PARCEL OF LAND LOT 13, BLK 18, Psd-104305-017450 being a portion of Lot 3017-B, Psd-10-000818) Situated in Brgy. Carmen and Pagatpat City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120). Sq.m. more or less. And all improvements existing and to be constructed/erected thereon.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the property herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, February 25, 2015..

Cagayan de Oro City, March 5, 2015.

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

(Sgd) ALDEN V. SAMBAAN Sheriff IV

(Sgd) ALDEN V. SAMBAAN

Sheriff IV BWM: March 4, 11 & 18, 2015

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-209358 A PARCEL OF LAND LOT 23, BLK 4, Psd-10-003488, cons. Subd., Of Lot25, Blk1; Lots1-26, all of Blk3; Lots1-24 all of Blk4; Lots 1-38 all of Blk5; Lots1-36 all of Blk6; Road Lots 4, 5 & 6 all of Psd-10-048674 , Situated in Brgy. IPONAN, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY (220). Sq.m. more or less. And all improvements existing and to be constructed/ erected thereon.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the property herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, February 25, 2015..

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

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Hineleban... from page 2

director Linda O. Boniao, the foundation has been producing roasted and ground coffee for a while now and is in the process of tapping the export market. The provision of the equipment will not only make its processing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) compliant but will enable them to meet the required volume and quality required in the export market as well.

Right now, their coffee can be checked at all Healthy Options stores nationwide. (JMOR/PIA10)

Safety... from page 2

afraid to walk the demanding but necessary path of peace in our troubled island of Mindanao.”

He continued: “More than ever, especially after the Mamasapano tragedy, Xavier University signifies its support for staying the course in pursuing peace by honoring three leaders: Teresita Quintos-Deles, Miriam Coronel-Ferrer and Mohagher Iqbal, for their commitment to peace based on truth and justice.” (XU Media Affairs)

Ayala... from page 3

manufacturers in the country -has been vacant since the 1980s, according to Ms. Dy. The company official said the first phase of the mixed-use development would entail a P15-billion investment over the next five years.

That will house eight buildings, including a two-hectare mall with 40,000 square meters (sq.m.) of gross leasable space that will open in 2018, as well as a P1.8-billion QualiMed Hospital with 250 beds, in partnership with Mercado General Hospital, Inc. The first phase will also have two residential towers under the Alveo brand that will be launched next month, as well as three towers under the Avida brand to be sold in the third quarter. Residents can move in by 2019.

Avida units will be sold at P110,000 per sq.m., varying from studio to up to three-bedroom units, Avida President Christopher B. Maglanoc said yesterday. Details for the Alveo towers have yet to be finalized.

Meanwhile, the remaining P10

billion in the total budget will go to the second phase, with construction to commence after five years. That phase will be composed of a total of seven buildings with retail, residential and office components.

“Balintawak is the gateway to the north, and right in this spot is where Ayala Land will plant its flag once again,” Ms. Dy said.

PLDT... from page 3

40,000 mark in terms of SME clients this year.

“We’re looking for schools, hospitals, BPOs (business process outsourcing providers), retailers, services and manufacturing companies. Even tourism companies will find our solutions useful,” he said, referring to the new product the company is offering together with Microsoft and Samsung.

Phones... from page 9

Aside from the piling waste, poisonous substances from these e-waste pose a threat to our health.

Causes International lists hazardous substances that come from computers and smartphones: lead (in the solder), mercury (in switches and relays), and brominated flame-retardants. These can build up in our bodies and in the environment.

Mounting invisibly In an Interaksyon.com report, Lira Dalangin-Fernandez wrote that the government, the LGU responsible for e-waste (the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Environmental Management Bureau, DENR-EMB), and NGOs have no record of the volume of e-waste in the country. Worse, these e-waste are “generated locally or dumped here from other countries through trade agreements.”

In the same article, Richard Gutierrez, executive director of BAN Toxics said that “the difficulty is always getting the hard data on the volume of how much is getting into the Philippines. The best indicator is to get the data on electronics — for example, TVs possessed by households. In Cebu, Davao and Marikina, for example, it’s two TVs per household. But you can expect that in five years, they will change their units, and what makes the turnover fast is the presence of second-hand goods from Korea (and) Japan, thus most buyers gravitate to the cheapest product as long as it’s working.”

What we can do But the good news is that there are some ways we can deal with the tech world’s growing concern on e-waste.

For example, Envirocycle Inc., a full service e-waste recycling company, has recycling program driven by the goal to “assure that no potentially polluting electronic equipment is deposited into landfill in the country.”

They believe that these sorts of waste should be re-used or recycled through fully licensed and accredited channels, and Envirocycle claims to be the “only full-service environmental processor of electronic waste in the Philippines being equipped to handle virtually all types of electronic waste streams.”

This firm is accredited by the DENR as a Treatment, Storage and Disposal (TSD) Facility capable of handling not just e-waste but a variety of other hazardous waste: cathode ray tubes (of TVs and computer screens), busted fluorescent lamps (BFLs), used lead-acid batteries (ULABs), ink toners and cartridges, used oil, contaminated containers, solder dross, solder paste, and more.

E-waste recycle is also alive in small communities in the country.

The E-waste Project (Facebook. com/TheEwasteProject) is a trash collection drive of old, defective and obsolete electronic devices.

The proceeds of this project will be used to build a computer laboratory of an educational institution. aThen there’s also IRI Philippines, Inc. (www.iri.com.ph), said to be the first company in the Philippines that specializes in solid waste recycling and reclamation services. According to their website, the company has been in service since 2001; it matches the waste disposal requirements of the country’s semiconductor and electronics industries. In 2004, IRI has become a fully-integrated waste recycling company.

Another e-waste recycling program is spearheaded by companies who deploy electronic devices into the market.

Globe Telecom has what the call a Project 1 Phone to “combat the dumping of e-waste and promote stronger social and environmental practices.”

“Globally, we dispose almost 50 million metric tons of e-waste every year; that’s more than 2 million truck containers,” Globe’s campaign video showed. In a press release, the telco said that by donating old, non-working, or damaged electronic devices

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

(phones, tablets, and batteries) we will be able to minimize the environmental and health impacts of e-waste. Anyone can donate their phones in e-waste bins located in every Globe nationwide.

Globe partnered with TES-AMM, an e-waste recycler, to responsibly manage dead electronics. TES-AMM, with their knowledge on environment and waste management, will reuse and recover metals from these old devices. The money generated out of this partnership will proceed to constructing school buildings in Aklan.

Aside from actively engaging with community projects like this, we can also be in the know of the upcoming projects by smartphone manufacturers and voice our concerns on e-waste and sustainability.

Google’s modular smartphone, currently being developed as Project Ara, also poses a potential solution to smartphone sustainability. This kind of smartphone will allow users to customize their phone and minimizing e-waste. Google is closely working with Dave Hakkens, a designer in the Netherlands who is behind the Phonebloks community, an independent organization with the purpose of encouraging the development and production of products that produce less electronic waste.

And as for right now, here’s a tip: dispose of your e-waste responsibly and reconsider your smartphone choice and hold up your next purchase.

(Thoughts? Shoot them on Twitter @jesiramoun)

Confab... from page 12

“Business and commerce improve daily as the culture of integrity and accountability replace the corruption once entrenched in our bureaucracy,” Aquino said.

Aquino added that the task of the IBP is “to promote fidelity to the institutions that provide us with structure and balance, inspire people into believing that compassionate service can prevail over greed and self-interest, and help make the law relevant to a society that is continuously evolving.”

Vice President Jejomar Binay, himself a member of the IBP, will talk on “the Philippine Bar after 2016.”

In his convention message, Binay declared that it is “faith and hope in the law” that can “build not simply an outstanding society of lawyers but

IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF MINOR JACOB ISAIAH CALIXTON ALVAREZ WITH AN APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO JACOB ISAIAH CALIXTON DIESER,

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135/4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND ( Pag-Ibig ) , against JOSE FAUSTINO S. EPON, married to NENETTE G. EPON, both of legal age, Filipino citizens with postal address at LOWER TAMBO, MACASANDIG, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of January 26, 2015 amounts to EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY TWO PESOS & 60/100 (P 826,652.60), Philippine Currency , inclusive of interest , penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on May 5, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at the main entrance of this court , Regional Trial Court, Branch 41, Capitol Compound, A. Luna St., Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidders, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following personal properties, to wit; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-74076

A PARCEL OF LAND LOT 2043-E-5, Pcs-10-0011221, being a portion of LOT 2043-E, Psd-10-010249). Situated in the Barrio of Macasandig, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN (287). Sq.m. more or less. And all improvements existing and to be constructed/erected thereon.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the property herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Upon extra - judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended

by Act 4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (PAGIBIG) as mortgagee against ARTURO D. AGUEL, as mortgagor, to which as of January 26, 2015 amount of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY SIX PESOS AND 71/100 (P 173,436.71), inclusive of interest and penalty charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned will SELL TO PUBLIC Auction on March 31, 2015 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning at the entrance door Regional Trial Court Branch - 23 , City Tourism Hall, Cagayan de Oro City to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s checks and in Philippine Currency, the following described properties , to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE TITLE NO. 137-2011001202 A PARCEL OF LAND, (Lot 19, Block 8, PSD-10-053352, Portion of Lo: 3891-P-2, PSD-10-050786. Situated in Canitoan, Now Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of fifty (50) Sq. More or Less.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the abovestated date, time and place.

In the event auction sale cannot take place for whatever legal reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers/bidders may investigate for themselves the title herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

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

Cagayan de Oro City, March 5, 2015..

ORDER

This petition seeks for the adoption of minor child JACOB ISAIAH CALIXTON ALVAREZ by the petitioner Spouses DAVID ALAN DIESER and HAIDE CALIXTON-DIESER and for the change of the name of the child to be adopted to JACOB ISAIAH CALIXTON DIESER.

Finding the petition sufficient in form and substance the same is hereby given due course.

Let the hearing be set on MAY 29, 2015 at 8:30 in the morning at Regional Trial Court Branch 41 courtroom at Capitol Compound, Cagayan de Oro City.

All the expense of the petitioners, let this order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Cagayan de Oro City and in Misamis Oriental,

The RTC Social Welfare Officer assigned to this Court is hereby directed to conduct a home and child study on the adopting parent, the national parents and the child to be adopted.

She is also directed to conduct counselling sessions with the biological parents of the child to be adopted. The reports thereof shall be submitted to this Court SIXTY (60) DAYS from the receipt of this order. In compliance with the rules, let trial custody be made for a period of at least six (6) months under the supervision of the Court Social Worker. Result of the Trial Custody must be reported separately.

Petitioner is directed to make arrangements with the Court Social Worker for the Scheduling and incidental expenses in conducting the case study.

Let copy of this order and the petition be furnished upon the Local Civil Registrar of Zamboanga City, the Solicitor General and the City Prosecutor of Cagayan de Oro City for their appearance in behalf of the state.

SO ORDERED.

Given this 23rd day of February, 2015 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(Sgd) RICHARD D. MORDENO Presiding Judge

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 17 Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA- JUDICIAL SALE FILE NO. 2015-AF-028

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

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the public auction will proceed on the next working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

(Sgd) RICO A. REMALIG Sheriff IV

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

FOR : ADOPTION

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF FILE NO. 2015-AF-002

EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

FC SPEC. PROC. NO. 2015-AF-004

DAVID ALAN DIESER AND HAIDE CALIXTON-DIESER Petitioners.

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

FOR:

themselves how they have fulfilled their role as catalysts of change.

“Have we propelled our organization to participate in the discussion of timely issues and concerns of our country and our fellow countrymen?

Did we provide the necessary vision that will inspire our members to be active in the organization and in the organization’s collective efforts to effect change?”

The convention includes lectures on various issues and concerns affecting the legal profession.

Members who have earned the units required for the 5th Compliance of MCLE (Mandatory Continuing Legal Education) will have the units earned in the Cebu convention credited to the 6th Compliance. The convention will also see the release of two volumes of the IBP Journal.

The IBP currently has 54,000 members in its roll of attorneys.

Membership in the IBP is a requisite for the practice of law in the Philippines.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 22 Cagayan de Oro City

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

EJF NO. 2015-AF-008

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

BWM: March 11, 18 & 25, 2015

above all a great Filipino society.”

IBP president calls for self-reflection At the conclusion of his two-year term as IBP President and Chairman of the Board of Governors, Atty.

Joyas has called on IBP leaders to do self-reflection on a set of questions “to determine if we have done what we are called upon to do.” Joyas’s questions touch on the recurring issue of professional ethics. “Have we united the members in the call to respond to the challenges of the constantly evolving times and carry out their part as agents of truth and justice? Have we inspired them to maintain a high sense of morality, integrity and honesty?” Joyas also wanted to ascertain how responsive the IBP has been to the needs of its members. “Have we exerted sufficient effort to discover, and then address, what the members and the organization need? Have we been an example for our members to emulate?”

Joyas exhorted his colleagues to ask

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BWM: March 4, 11 & 18, 2015

(Sgd) FE O. BONTUYAN-BULARON Sheriff IV

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CEBU hosts 15th IBP Nat’l Confab An estimated 2,500 lawyers from all over the Philippines will come together at the Waterfront CebuCity Hotel & Casino from March 20-22 when the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) holds its 15th National Convention of Lawyers. This was announced by IBP National President Vicente M. Joyas.

Convention delegates include the new officers of the IBP’s 85 chapters nationwide who were elected in synchronized elections in February.

This year’s convention theme is “A Renewal and Revival of National Relevance.”

The biennial event is an occasion for the 42 year-old national organization of lawyers to take stock of the legal profession since the last national convention held in Davao City in 2013.

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama will welcome the delegates and guests on opening day, Friday March 20. Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno will keynote the convention with her speech on Judicial Reforms. In her message to the IBP, Sereno commended the organization for making “significant strides in increasing the availability of legal services to the poor” but noted

that the IBP can “do more, and better,” citing the commitment of the IBP to set up a public website that shall make its membership “more transparent.”

Message from PNoy Meanwhile, In wishing the IBP an “insightful convention,” President Benigno S. Aquino III pointed to the gains of the government’s good governance initiatives in “in transforming the Philippines into a dynamic marketplace and a model of reform.”

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Winners, judges and organizers of Hack Osaka 2015

mClinica wins 2015 Hack Osaka Award, accelerates int’l growth

mClinica, a mobile health technology startup backed

by Kickstart Ventures, 500 Startups, and IMJ-Investment Partners, bagged the top prize in a pitch competition at the 2015 Hack Osaka Conference last month.

The company, which found initial traction in the Philippines and maintains a software research and development center in Manila, will use the prize money to fuel expansion to other Asian countries, including Vietnam and Indonesia. mClinica specializes in mobile tech solutions for pharmacies in emerging markets, where fragmented pharmaceutical supply chains reduce access, affordability and quality for many essential medicines.

The company builds digital networks of pharmacies that allow drug companies to reach pharmacies at scale.

It creates programs that reduce medicine costs, boost health education, improve adherence, and overall create better health outcomes for the patient. mClinica CEO Farouk Meralli, a Harvard-educated, Canadian entrepreneur who held senior positions at leading pharmaceutical companies including Roche and Pfizer, chose the Philippines for his pilot because the country’s healthcare system faces many challenges. He was also impressed by the quality of local tech talent and the openness of the Filipino people to new technologies.

“The win was a validation

of our business model both in terms of its commercial value as well as its social impact,” said Meralli.

“It encourages us to go even farther in changing healthcare. Following our success in the Philippines, we have entered Vietnam and Indonesia and are actively evaluating opportunities in other countries.” mClinica currently has a growing network of over 1400 pharmacies in the Philippines which provides access to over 20 million patients. One in every two independent pharmacies in the Philippines is on the mClinica platform.

Due to its innovative business model and proven track record, mClinica bested nine other contestants at the Hack Osaka pitch

competition, which included contestants from the UK, Germany, Thailand, and Japan. The silver award went to Blaze, a UK company that produces special safety lights for urban cyclists. The bronze award went to Up Performa, a Japanese company doing wearable devices for sports.

Kickstart Ventures, a wholly-owned investment and incubator firm of Globe Telecom, led the initial funding round for mClinica to provide it with growth capital and to open doors to corporations and overseas markets in support of mClinica’s aggressive expansion plan.

“It’s great to see mClinica recognized for the value it creates for all members of the healthcare system,” said Kickstart President

Minette Navarrete. “By combining their proprietary software solutions with a deep understanding of patient needs and the pharma industry, mClinica is improving healthcare by making it both more intelligent and more human.”

As a member of Innov8 Sparks, the network of technology startup support and funding initiatives founded by members of the SingTel Group such as SingTel Innov8 (Singapore), AIS The Startup (Thailand), Optus-Innov8 Seed (Australia), and Telkomsel Teman Dev (Indonesia), Kickstart would be able to give mClinica access to a combined mobile customer base of over 550 million in 25 markets across Asia and Africa.