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Japan’s aid JAPANESE Ambassador Kazuhide Ishikawa signed grant contracts with five Mindanaobased organizations for socio-economic development projects to be implemented in conflict-affected areas through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security projects (GGP).

The grant assistance is under the Japan-Bangsamoro Initiatives for Reconstruction and Development (J-BIRD) program.

The package assistance amounting to approximately to P23 million, is part of Japan’s commitment to peace and development efforts in Mindanao.

Energy fund THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced the release of P1 billion to the Department of Energy (DOE) to cover the implementation of various projects on energy resource development and exploitation.

These projects include, among others, the Nationwide Intensification of Household Electrification (NIHE) and Household Electrification Program in Off-Grid Areas Using Renewable Energy Systems (HEP).

“This release will support the goal of 90 percent household electrification by 2017 and energization of millions of households not connected to the grid through solar power,” said DBM Secretary Florencio B. Abad.

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More families starve as El Niño persists: DSWD www.businessweekmindanao.com

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DSWD allocates P770-M for food for work, cash for work assistance

By URIEL C. QUILINGUING, Contributing Editor

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OME 134,674 families in Northern Mindanao’s farming communities urgently need assistance for their day-to-day subsistence, social welfare and development secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman said in a news conference on Friday.

This despite last week’s light rains in some areas in the region after an El Niñospawned dry spell which

started more than two months ago. The country’s weather agency however forecasted starve/PAGE 11

Kirahon solar farm unveiled NEW ORORAMA. Shoppers flock to the newly opened Ororama Carmen branch along Vamenta Blvd. during its opening Saturday. (Photo by Mike Baños, NPN)

Ororama Carmen reopens with new entrance

By MIKE BAÑOS, Editor-at-Large

ORORAMA Superstores has opened its new branch in Cagayan de Oro City with a new entrance along Vamenta Boulevard, Carmen.

In a glam-filled opening last March 18, the new two storey edifice which used

to house its parking lot was introduced to the public with Mayor Oscar S. Moreno as the guest of honor.

Besides boasting of new basement parking along the Vamenta Boulevard entrance, it also features an escalator

to the 2nd story where its Department Store is located.

In an earlier interview, Erwin Bryan O. See, vice president, disclosed the basement parking will be expanded to accommodate 80 cars once the former store facing Carmen Market is reopens/PAGE 11

‘Palaspas’ heralds Holy Week observance WITH the annual observation of “Linggo ng Palapas” (Palm Sunday), Holy Week in the predominantly Catholic Philippines has formally began this Sunday.

“Palaspas” is derived from the Biblical tradition which states that Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Messiah, entered Jerusalem amidst the waving of palm fronds and great revelry among his followers.

Ordinarily, “palaspas” is made from coconut fronds or banana trunks which are palaspas/PAGE 11

KIRAHON Solar Energy Corp., a joint venture of Solar Pacific Energy Corp. an d Mi n d an a o E n e rg y Systems Inc., started the

commercial operations of its 12.5-megawatt (MW) solar farm in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental. solar/PAGE 11

FAST CRAFT. A tugboat at the port of Lipata in Surigao City, maneuvers to dock a RoRo type fast craft that sailed from Liloan, Southern Leyte. This catamaran-type fast craft effectively cuts short travel time to only take 2 1/2 hours between the two ports of call. (Photo by JUN AYENSA)

Relief aids sent to Lumads in Bukidnon hit by drought

By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews

FOOD relief bags had been sent to 840 Lumad families in San Fernando town in Bukidnon affected by the prolonged dry spell or El Nino phenomenon, an official

said Friday.

Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman said relief workers who went relief/PAGE 11

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U P P O RT I N G t h e Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Cagayan de Oro, the 17th City Council during its regular session adopted Resolution No.

12318-2016.

The resolution interposes no objection and endorses the application of Monte Carlo Realty and Development Corporation to the Philippine Economic Zone Authority

Oro lawmakers to review ‘disaster’ report prior to release of funds THE Cagayan de Oro City Council was reviewing a “disaster” report as a requisite for the release of P3.2-million financial assistance, an official said Saturday.

Vice Mayor Ian Acenas said that more than 2,500 individuals involving about 300 families were rendered homeless when a fire struck two urban villages here early this year.

He said that the City Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) had requested for financial assistance for the victims in the village of Gusa

in the amount of P458,750 and another P2,763,000 for the village of Camaman-an.

Acenas said that the CSWD has submitted the request for the release of funds after the welfare department submitted a report that detailed the expenditures of the proposed amount.

The CSWD reported that fire incident in Gusa destroyed 44 houses, affecting 76 families or about 150 individuals.

The same report cited that the fire in Pinikitan, report/PAGE 11

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(PEZA) for the declaration of its eight-storey building located at Corrales, this city, as an Information Technology (IT) Center and BPO building.

The application of the firm was submitted to and thoroughly studied by the committees on commerce and trade, on finance and ways and means and on laws and rules chaired by Councilors Edna Dahino, President Elipe and Ramon Tabor, respectively.

DETAILS In a letter to Councilor D a h i n o, Mo n t e C a r l o General Manager Jude C. Uy cited that the project is anchored on the company’s

corporate philosophy that, among others, gives priority to Northern Mindanao development in terms of use of resources.

He said this is in tandem with the project team’s ambition to bring back efficient and highly qualified BPO agents who now work and serve the needs of other cities.

According to Uy, at bare minimum, the building will have eight-storeys, 9,076 square meters more or less of BPO and BPO-supportrelated and common area spaces. The company is said to considering a two-level expansion for a basement and a roof deck-cum-function

area.

The general manager of the BPO firm said the building project is estimated to cost P80 million.

SUPPORT According to councilor Dahino, the application of Monte Carlo was discussed thoroughly in her committee and everything was found to be in order.

For his part, councilor Elipe said the company has opted to be accredited with PEZA rather than avail of the incentives offered by the city.

“It is actually their call where they want to be registered,” he stressed, citing that he sees no reason why

the city should hold on to them considering that the move will be beneficial to their business.

Councilor Tabor attested that every member of the legislative body was furnished with a copy of the perspective and concept of the proposed IT building.

“I went through it and I feel proud that investment of this nature has risen in this city. Our city is blooming and it will really be beneficial to our city in so far as the business community is concerned,” Tabor stressed.

Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas said he was informed that the BPO will have 4,500 call center agents.

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Monster Kitchen Academy:

Teens & Kids Baking Summer Camp kicks of April 18 The winningest culinary and baking school in Cagayan de Oro will be running a fiveday summer camp in baking for teens and kids starting April 18.

The camp will have a daily 9:00AM-12NN session for kids aged 5-12 years, and a 1:00-5:00PM session for teens aged 13-19 years.

Aevan Torralba, MKA Marketing Officer, said the PhP 5,000 workshop fee covers the provision of an apron, recipes, all ingredients and certificate.

Both sessions will be conducted at MKA’s Cathedral Branch fronting Gaston Park.

Monster Kitchen Academy has an impeccable pedigree, winning the Professional Category of Kumbira, the biggest culinary show outside Metro Manila, for three straight years (20122014).

In 2015, it focused on participating on the Student Category and again won the overall championship, winning golds in Creative Cake Decorating, Salads & Sandwiches, silvers in the

Artistic Bread Showpiece and Chef Wars (where students and professionals competed on the same playing field for the first time), and bronzes in PicaPica Platter, Plated Dessert, and a diploma in Sugba de Oro Platter with Condiments, It was a worthy follow-up to the MKA Silver Medal finish in the overall championship in the 17th Kumbira with 2 golds, 2 silvers, 1 bronze and 1 diploma in the hotly contested Student Division.

On top of its triumph in Kumbira 2015, the MKA faculty proved where the heart, guts and inspiration for those wins came from that came from by holding the MKA banner high with a silver and bronze finish at the Philippine Culinary Cup 2015 held August 5-8, 2015 at SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.

For more information, please check MKA’s Facebook Page at https://www. facebook.com/ monsterkitchenacademy ?ref=hl or call mobile (+63) 917-7071245. (MKA)

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Passion brings Prosperity Think a minute…There’s a best-selling book entitled, Do What You Love And The Money Will Follow. It explains that if you’re passionate and good at your job, then you will be happy and successful at your job. Passion is loving and believing something no matter how hard it is to get there. It’s like a powerful river that will make its way through no matter what.

But first, you and I must choose work that we enjoy and are good at. And that’s not always easy. In fact, sometimes it takes a lot of courage to change jobs!

Especially for those of us who were taught we should choose work that’s secure and pays well even if you hate it!

After all, it’s only a job, right?

The problem is you spend so much of your life at work, so if you hate your job you’re going to hate much of your life!

Most successful people have had to face this same fear of changing jobs. They just did it anyway. So ask yourself: “Do I want to spend the rest of my life at a job I’m not that good at? Or a job I don’t enjoy?” If you don’t, do you have the courage to change jobs so you can start doing something you are good at and enjoy? Think…if you

The Legacy of Andrew L. Gotianun, Sr. The business community lost one of its pillars with the recent passing of Andrew L. Gotianun, Sr. On a personal note, this writer feels the loss and shares the grief of his family, relatives and friends whom he left behind. He was not just a personal friend and mentor. He was also a benefactor of the Municipality, later City of Muntinlupa which I was privilege to head some years back.

Our association began when Filinvest started to develop a part of Alabang, which is now known as Filinvest Corporate City.

Filinvest had just entered into a joint venture agreement with the national government for such purpose.

In the early 90s, the area was still largely grassland.

Parts of the area were then occupied by the Serum and Vaccine Laboratory (SVL) of the Department of Health.

SVL produced, among others, the very rare anti-venom vaccine. An adjunct of the laboratory was a cobra farm – which housed giant cobras collected from all over the Philippines. Before delighted on-lookers , the cobras were “milked” regularly for their venom which were processed into vaccines.

Another portion was occupied by the Alabang Stock Farm operated by the Department of Agriculture.

The DA bred cattle, goats and other livestock. A favorite destination of Alabang residents was the milk station, where fresh milk was sold every morning.

Our very first meeting

Jhan Tiafau Hurst improve your skill and go all the way in training for that new job or career, could you become successful? Of course, if you have a family to take care of and provide for, then you must be very careful and responsible before you make this kind of big change. You should probably start slowly and carefully by first trying your new work a little on the side or just part-time. Then if it goes well, you’ll have more experience and confidence to know you can support your family with this new kind of work.

However, there’s one person who can help you know what you yourself are good at, and that’s the One Who made you. No one knows you better than your own Creator. He knows hurst/PAGE 11

took place over breakfast.

“Meet our ‘Boss”, Mayor Bunye,” he told his wife, Mercedes. I immediately corrected him. “Not Boss.

Partner.”

To further break the ice, I narrated how my elder brother, Alfredo Jr., funded the acquisition of his first car (a Volkswagen beetle) through a finance company which the Gotianuns owned.

Andrew and his wife Mercedes then presented in broad strokes Filinvest’s plan to convert this track of land into mixed-use green community. Its centerpiece would be a giant mall.

Name business houses and establishments would invited to come in. And yes, space would be allocated for a world-class hospital.

As a town executive, I immediately realized the tremendous benefits such development would bring to Muntinlupa both in terms of additional revenue and new employment opportunities.

A sentimental part of me, however, felt a tinge of sadness at the prospect of losing the idyllic Alabang Stock Farm. My paternal grandfather (and my namesake) was for a long time an animal caretaker at the farm. Also, there would be no more dairy where I regularly brought my children to buy our supply of farm-fresh milk every Saturday.

As we ended our first meeting, I assured Andrew that as the town’s chief executive my team and I will always endeavor to provide an enabling environment that will be mutually beneficial

for business and for the city’s residents.

There were many more meetings after that. Mostly in the golf course. Each session turned into an impromptu tutorial on leadership and management. I have read a lot of books and attended several sessions by so-called management ‘gurus’.

But the lessons I learned from Andrew were somehow different.

The messages may have sounded similar but I got the feeling that the lessons came from the “Real Deal” – from someone who has lived and experienced the lessons he was imparting.

The lessons did not come in one session. They came in bits , while moving in a golf cart from one green to another, between sips of coffee at the fair way refreshment stop.

O n c e I h o o k e d my ball into a row of houses.

During his turn, he drove the ball right in the middle of the fair way. When I complimente d him, he said: “The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.” (Forerunner of “Daang Matuwid”?)

I noticed, that he was always on time. His tip: “I value my time. I also value the time of others.”

Ab out a golfer w ho cheated: “There’s one thing very important to me in business and for the longterm: always be honest with people. “ About an ideal business partner, who else other than his wife Mercedes: “I dream and envision what to do, then my wife

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Ignacio Bunye will help me realize those dreams.”

Ab o u t t h e n e e d t o cont inue le ar ning: (He never completed any formal schooling.)

“Whenever I go out, I always ask about new business trends. I look for business models which can be done at home. I bring home lots and lots materials to read. Right now, I am looking into energy.”

Among the big guns of business, I find him a rarity.

Not that he can’t afford it.

But I learned that he and his family always travelled tourist class! Maybe, it was his way to remind his family of their humble origins and to remain grounded.

The last t ime I s aw him alive was during his birthday party sometime in November. His family – three generations all were there to pay homage.

Associates and friends were also there to witness a tribute to a man who was about to leave a legacy of leadership, integrity, excellence and humility.

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Holy Week should be Joyful

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… “God said to Moses, `I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you’. ..” (Exodus 3:14, the Holy Bible).

-ooo HOLY WEEK SHOULD BE JOYFUL: Let’s try to figure out this one: Jesus, our God and Savior, came to earth in human form to save sinners from being penalized with fire and worms for eternity, right? So, okay, His coming, and His death on the cross, should be a cause for overflowing joy for those who believe and accept and have faith in Him as God and Savior, isn’t it?

Why then are Christians on mourning mode every time that we commemorate the death of Jesus on the cross during Holy Week? If we really believe that Jesus saved us from eternal hell, destroying the work of sin in us, Holy Week should be celebrated with much, if not greater, jubilation than our celebrations for Christmas.

Amazingly, Jesus, our God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, loved the world

very much that He Himself came down from heaven in human form, braved the serious manhandling and verbal insults that were hurled against him by His very own creations, and accepted death on the cross, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but will have eternal life.

-ooo FAKE AND SPURIOUS BELIEVERS: Now, what really did the Bible mean when it said that “whoever believes in Him will not perish but will have eternal life”? This clarification of what this phrase really means is important because it is indubitable that while many are saying they already believed (or are believing) in Him, they are not even aware of who or what they should believe in.

This makes these supposed “believers” fake or spurious believers, who are as unsaved as those who do not believe at all. There is in fact no difference between the unbelievers and those who say they believe but do not really know who or what they should believe in, because they are both

destined to die a fiery and slimy death in hell.

Towards this end, my challenge has always been this: ask any self-professing Christian about how they became Christians in the first place, and you would be met with blank stares and incoherent babbling about being born again, with 100 % of them unable to say what being born again really meant, and who or what they must believe in to become true Christian believers.

-ooo JESUS IS GOD AND SAVIOR: So, let us clarify, for purposes of Holy Week 2016, to make this season more relevant to all. The Bible in its John 3:16 (The Only Way translation) says that “For God so loved the world He Himself came down from heaven in human likeness and form, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but will have eternal life.”

Indeed, what this commands us to do is to believe in God, and accept Him as God and Savior. This entails knowing that God has a Name, and it is Jesus.

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Atty. Batas Mauricio According to the Bible, Jesus Himself says that He is “I Am” (John 8:24). “I Am”, of course, is the Name of God in the Old Testament, the Name He identified Himself with when He was sending Moses to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

In sum, therefore, what we are being commanded to do is to accept and have faith in Jesus as God and Savior, and it is this acceptance and having faith in Jesus that does wonders to our lives, both here on earth and in eternity. When we accept and have faith on Jesus as God and Savior, we will receive power from God Himself, which will set us up above all others!

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OBILEleaderSmart Communications ( S m a r t ) h a s t a k e n i t s ro l e i n disaster risk reduction m a n a g e m e n t ( DR R M ) to heart, prepositioning communications support for the use of local government units for emergency response

efforts, days before Typhoon Nona and Typhoon Lando hit the country last year.

Smart also prepositioned emergency communications for affected populations so they can reconnect with their loved ones.

Over the years, Smart has gone beyond providing

Delegates from the Region 10 disaster communications summit affix their signature on the commitment wall to indicate acceptance of their responsibilities as members of Rapid Emergency Telecommunications Team in the region.

emergency communications to disaster-stricken communities. It has been actively working with local g ov e r n m e nt u n it s a n d various partners to build the capacities of high-risk communities to prepare for, manage, and bounce back from disasters.

Re cent ly, t he telco’s contribution to DRRM was acknowledged by the Office of Civil Defense-Cordillera Ad m i n i st r at ive R e g i on (OCD-CAR) and presented Smart the “Advocate for DRRM” award under the Private Category.

Smart Infocast O CD-CAR has b een getting support from Smart for years now via the Smart In f o c a s t , a w e b - b a s e d emergency communications solution that allows OCDCAR to s end war ning ,

Smart officials, headed by Public Affairs Group Head Ramon Isberto (4th from right), together with partners from the media, PAGASA, PHIVOLCS, and DENR-MGB during the Maging Laging Handa disaster-readiness video launch last year.

advisories, preparedness and safety tips via SMS to 3,000 DRRM officers and residents in the region for free.

“Smart Infocast is a big help in spreading vital information to the public in the fastest way possible.

This increases their level of awareness and urges them to smartly prepare for incoming

disasters. If you look at our data on the casualties, there’s a huge decrease in the number,” said OCD-CAR Regional Director Andrew Alex Uy. All six provinces in CAR are connected via Smart Infocast, which was launched in the region last 2012.

At present, Infocast has more than 800 users and 2

million subscribers. Other provinces and cities that use Smart Infocast include Aurora, Batangas, Quezon, Albay, Southern Leyte, Bohol, Cebu, Iloilo, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro and General Santos.

Apart from OCD, the other government agencies that are connec ted via Smart Infocast include the smart/PAGE 10

Globe launches Media Excellence Award

Partners in the Assist WELL program of the DOLE firm up plans for the OFWs during the MOU signing last March 10.

AboitizPower partners with DOLE’s Assist WELL program for OFWs LOCAL JOB opportunities in the Philippine power industry await Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as AboitizPower signed up for the Assist WELL (Welfare, Employment, Legal and Livelihood) program of

the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

AboitizPower and DOLE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during the PHILJOBNET media launch, at the Hive Hotel and Convention Place

in Quezon City, last March 10.

DOLE’s Assist WELL prog ram aims to help address the welfare, employment, legal and livelihood needs of Filipino aboitiz/PAGE 10

GLOBE Telecom is pleased to local media practitioners here that 2016 marks the 5th milestone year of the Globe Media Excellence Awards (GMEA), thus, a bigger, better and grander GMEA. It was first launched in 2012 in Cebu and Davao and has been an annual media awards in these areas since.

Last year, GMEA expanded its coverage to Iloilo and Bacolod in the Visayas, and General Santos, Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga in Mindanao.

GMEA seeks to recognize journalists, broadcasters, bloggers and social media advocates in Visayas and Mindanao who have shown excellence in their craft, commitment to their profession, and have created positive impact to the society. awards/PAGE 10

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Hog raisers to hold five-day national pork holiday in April THE much anticipated fiveday pork holiday set to be launched by the country’s hog raisers, backyard or commercial, will take place on still to be determined days next month.

This was bared by Rosendo So, chairman of the Abono Partylist and the Samahan ng Industriya at Agrikultura, who said his group will sit down with the other groups sometime next week for a final meeting to fix the pork holiday schedule in April.

Speaking during the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkasters sa Pilipinas (KBP) forum in Dagupan City, So said several groups of farmers and producers have already expressed their willingness to support the coming mass action intended to deliver a message to the government that it ought to stop smuggling of pork and other agricultural commodities.

Aside from pork, other commodities being smuggled in large volume in the country are rice, onions, garlic, sugar and carrots, all of which are

now competing with local production and are sold at lesser costs aside from depriving tariffs that are due the government.

So said the pork holiday will stop the flow of pork to the markets estimated at 12 million kilos per day or 60 million kilos for five days.

He said his group and other proponents of the pork holiday are also asking pork/PAGE 11

Five-day national pork holiday in April.

P2M BUB projects to help farmers, senior citizens MISAMIS Occidental - - T he D e p ar t me nt of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office No. 10, through its Misamis Occidental Provincial Field Office (Mis. Occ. PFO) released a total of P2.2 million from its 2016 Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB) Fund to the local government unit of Calamba, Misamis Occidental in its Cacao Production and Rice Trading Livelihood Projects.

DOLE 10 Mis. Occ. PFO Head Leonardo Rodrigo

led the turnover of checks to Municipal Mayor Ezel Villanueva with Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Manager Maria Corazon Descallar.

The total funds released amounted to P2,225,000, intended for the Cacao Production and Rice Trading Livelihood Projects aimed to further boost these industries in the municipality.

“The Bottom-up Budgeting approach seeks to alleviate poverty through allocation of funds

while intensifying citizen engagement in the budget planning process as well as strengthening government and basic sector partnership,” said D OLE-X Regional Director R aymundo G. Agravante.

“These funds shall be utilized for projects specific to the needs of the community, as identified in their respective local poverty reduction action plans”, Agravante said.

The Cacao Production will be implemented by the Farmer’s Association of Calamba as the lead proponent group, composed of 173 members organized help/PAGE 11

Don G. Pelaez Elementary School Benefited “Days for Girls Kit” By: SOFIA A. BAHAN T-I/Don G. Pelaez Elem. School Claveria, Misamis Oriental

A The Rotary Club of Burnwood, Australia through Mindanaw Poverty Relief Action (MinPRA) in coordination with DepEd Misamis Oriental go hand in hand to help young female adolescents to minimize menstrual problems. According to the research of this group, they found out that most women in our country suffer problems during monthly period. This will create hassle especially to the young girls who are still studying. This is also one reason why some female students won’t able to attend their respective classes during their period. In line with this program, this private group based from Gingoog city luckily selected Claveria District as one of their beneficiary in giving free Washable Sanitary Napkin kit.

They oriented several teachers from this district on how to use this kit and also task these teachers to echo information to the target beneficiary schools.

Don Gregorio Pelaez Elementary School is one of the lucky public elementary who become beneficiary of this program. Last February 12, 2016, a well-trained elementary teacher from Parmbugas in person of ma’am MJ of this district came to orient and give information to the grade five and grade six pupils including their parents and teachers. The speaker emphasizes the benefits brought

by this Washable Sanitary Kit. According to the speaker, this will solve some dysmenorrheal problem during the menstrual period or also called as the “Days for Girls”. This also prevent from some reproductive deadly diseases of women. The kit showed during the orientation to parents and female pupils of this school. It includes sets of well-made Washable Sanitary Napkins (pasador), one face towel, small size feminine soap, one sealable plastic, and two under wear.

Last February 18, 2016 the MinPRA personnels came to distribute the said kit to the target beneficiaries. The turn-over was headed by the district supervisor of Claveria II, Mr. Joylito O. Villastique, school in-charge of Don G. Pelaez Elementary school and a representative from the Division of Misamis Oriental.

The parents who witness the distribution of the kit were also given a homemade blanket, toothbrush and toothpaste as gift.

Parents and teachers were impressed of the benefits brought out in using the said item. Aside from personal hygience and reproductive health, this will also minimize waste and pollution in the environment. They were so thankful that the children of this school luckily benefited this program.

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UP president is new PIDS Board Member Alfredo E. Pascual, president of the University of the Philippines (UP), h a s j o i n e d s t at e t h i n k tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) as the newest member of its Board o f Tr u s t e e s . H e w a s sworn in on March 15, 2016, by Socioeconomic Planning Secretar y and NEDA Director-General Emmanuel Esguerra, who is also the chairman of the PIDS B oard of Trustees.

Serving as UP president since 2011, Pascual’s administration is distinguished by

his commitment to reforms, programs, and projects that steered the premier state university to becoming more research-intensive and internationally competitive. Prior to his UP presidenc y, Pascual worked for the Asian D e vel opme nt B an k for 19 years, during which he is credited with various projects and initiatives in aid of the bank’s objectives in development financing and investment in Asia’s d e vel opi ng e c onom i e s .

Pascual was also an educator at the Asian

Institute of Management.

C u r r e n t l y, P a s c u a l divides his time as president of the UP system, professorial lecturer at the College of Economics and Management of UP Los Baños, chairman of the UP Foundation, Inc., a n d t h e U P P r o v i d e nt Fund, Inc., and trustee of the International Rice Research Institute.

His enormous list of sterling accomplishments in academic research and management, and institutional development makes him a valuable addition to PIDS.

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HE country’s current account p osition remained in surplus in 2015 amounting to $8.4 billion, however this is lower compared to 2014’s $10.8 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported Friday. The amount is also lower than official BSP forecast of $8.9 billion for the year.

The current account surplus is equivalent to 2.9 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) compared t o 2 0 1 4 ’s 3 . 8 p e rc e nt .

According to a report by the BSP, the decline in current account surplus “was due primarily to the widening of the trade-in-goods deficit and contraction in net services receipts.”

Tr a d e - i n - g o o d s – explained as the net of goods for processing and other consigned items which were reclassified to services – had a deficit of $21.7 billion in 2015, up 25.2 percent yearon-year. There was a 13.1 percent decline in exports of goods last year which was higher than shortfall in the import of goods of

3.2 percent.

Ne t re c e ip t s i n t h e trade-in-services, in the meantime, amounted to $4.2 billion in 2015, 7.3 percent lower year-on-year. The decline, said the BSP, was due to higher net payments for travel, charges for use of intellectual property, insurance and pension, gover nment go o ds and

BSP chief favors easing of anti-money laundering law ‘under certain conditions’ THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) favors the easing of the anti-money laundering law to make it more effective but stressed that this should only be made “under certain conditions.”

BSP Governor Amando Tetangco Jr., at the sidelines of the annual convention of the Chamber of Thrift Banks (CTB) in Makati City Friday, told reporters that next to having an adequate legal framework is to ensure that the prevention aspect is present.

He explained that, to date, prevention of money laundering “is being hampered by the very strict bank deposit secrecy law.

“For us to be able to track the flow of funds, we need

that extra authority because once the funds go into a bank deposit, that’s it. The trail turns cold and we cannot look into that from an examination point of view,” he said.

Thus, the central bank chief said “easing or lifting” of the anti-money laundering law should be done but pointed out that this should only be adopted “under certain conditions.”

A major universal bank is now in the middle of controversy after it was learned that four accounts opened in the Jupiter, Makati branch of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) in 2015 were inactive until multimillion amount of remittances were sent to these in February this year.

A total of $81 million, allegedly stolen from the account of the Bangladesh Bank, the said country’s central bank, with the Federal Reserve of New York, were sent to accounts of certain individuals namely Michael Francisco Cruz, Jessie Christopher Lagrosas, Alfred Santos Vergara, and Enrico Teodoro Vasquez.

These four, along with R C B C Ju p i t e r b r a n c h manager Maia Santos Deguito, have been charged with money laundering before the Department of Justice (DOJ) by the AntiMoney Laundering Council (AMLC).

Tetangco said this latest issue was the first crossborder money laundering

case in the countr y but declined to give updates citing that AMLC continued to investigate the case.

Asked for any negative impact of this case on the country’s financial markets, credit rating and outlook v is-à-v is t he Financi a l Action Task Force (FATF), the central bank chief said he had observed that it had not affected the domestic financial markets.

“In fact the peso has been appreciating over the last few days, bond market is steady, (and) the PSEi (Philippine Stock Exchange index) has been holding steady, at times even going up,” he said.

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services, among others.

The BSP had originally projected a current account surplus for 2015 of $14.1 billion before lowering it to $8.9 billion. The slower exports growth was the culprit for the forecast downgrade.

For 2016, the central bank estimates current account will remain in surplus of

$5.7 billion because of an expected “large increase” in the imports of goods a n d “n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g improvements in the ser vices and secondar y income accounts.” The current account is part of the balance of payments composition, as is capital a c c o u nt a n d f i n a n c i a l account.

PHL, Malaysia ink accord on banks’ entry under ABIF THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) have agreed on the guidelines regarding t he ent r y of Qualified ASEAN Banks (QABs) between the two countries. This is in line with strengthening intra-regional t r a d e and i nve st me nt s under the ASEAN Banking Integ rat ion Frame work (ABIF).

The guidelines are contained in the Heads of Agreement (HoA) signed by BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz in Kuala Lumpur on March 14.

The BSP-BNM HoA is one of the first bilateral agreements to be signed under ABIF and marks a milestone

within the broader ASEAN community, according to the BSP. While the HoA outlines market access and operational flexibilities that may be accorded to QABs from each jurisdiction into the other, these QABs shall operate under the prevailing laws and regulations in the Philippines and Malaysia, respectively.

G o v e r n o r Te t a n g c o said that “By signing this agreement, the BSP manifests its commitment to support greater regional financial integration and economic development through the ABIF.” Governor Tetangco added that “…being among the first ASEAN economies to do so only further highlights abif/PAGE 11

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communications as an important form of relief, Smart has been consistent in immediately providing free calls and charging services to communities affected by disasters. During Yolanda, Smart’s satellite ser vices connected Tacloban and other affected areas to the rest of the world.

Apart from tapping its local sales team and the Alagang Kapatid Foundation of TV5, Smart partnered with the Department of Social Welfare and Development to be able to instantly offer the “Libreng Tawag” and “Libreng Charging” services to more communities affected by disasters.

Pamilyang Ready, Pamilyang Panalo Disaster Preparedness Caravan In addition to providing emergency communications support, Smart is also running nationwide disaster preparedness caravan called Pamilyang Ready, Pamilyang Panalo to help build the capacities of families in handling emergencies and disasters in their own homes.

The preparedness caravan, attende d by 300 to 700 participants, is held in highrisk communities to help them prepare for emergencies and disasters through gamified learning sessions.

“To become a nation that is more capable and ready for any type of disasters, each of us should do our part and

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P h i l i p p i n e In f o r m at i o n Age n c y, D e p ar t m e nt of Science and Technolog y, Department of Education DRRM office, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration, Department of Health, and Philippine National Police Maritime Group.

OCD partnership Smart has also given its full support to the OCD national office in its effort to institutionalize disaster communication protocols.

Early last year, OCD held the first-ever regional disaster communications conferences, dubbed as ICT Bayanihan, and Smart is the first telco partner of OCD in co-organizing these regional meetings, which aim to institutionalize rapid emergency telecommunication teams to lead immediate response and support when there are disasters.

Apart from co-organizing the regional communication summits, Smart also developed the Batingaw app for OCD last year. The app, which can be downloaded for free at Google Play Store and Apple App Store, is a handy resource and reporting tool for nationwide disaster management.

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Republic of the Philippine AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO Province of Lanao del Sur MUNICIPALITY OF TUBARAN OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Publication Notice R.A. No. 9048 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CFN-0001-2016 (RA 9048)

03 MARCH 2016

In compliance with the publication requirement under Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, notice is hereby served to the public that NEKKA SHANDRA PANGARUNGAN GURO has filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name from “NEKKA FARHANNA” to “NEKKA SHANDRA” in the Certificate of Live Birth of NEKKA FARHANNA PANGARUNGAN GURO who was born on 05 July 1991 at Tubaran, Lanao del Sur and whose parents are ABOSAID BALT GURO and NOROLAIN DITANTO PANGARUNGAN. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 17 MARCH 2016.

(Sgd.) ALHASAN A. OBIYA Municipal Civil Registrar

BWM: Mar. 14 & 21, 2016 Republic of the Philippine AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO Province of Lanao del Sur MUNICIPALITY OF MAGUING OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Publication Notice NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-0001-2016 (RA 10172)

Date: 03 March 2016

In compliance with the publication requirement under Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, notice is hereby served to the public that OLINGAN MAGORAON CAMPONG has filed with this Office, a petition for Correction of clerical error in the month of birth of the petitioner from “JANUARY” to “FEBRUARY” in her Certificate of Live Birth of who was born on 17 January 1983 at Maguing, Lanao del Sur and whose parents are ASARABAE M. CAMPONG and MOCADO M. CAMPONG.

help the government. Through our disaster preparedness caravans, we hope to help Filipino families embrace preparedness as a lifestyle,” said Smart Public Affairs Group Head Ramon R. Isberto.

Since it launched the project in 2013, Smart was able to bring the preparedness caravan to 20 locations, reaching around 8,000 families nationwide.

Maging Laging Handa video series Designed for children who are most vulnerable during disasters, Smart also developed the Maging Laging Handa disaster-readiness educational videos that are now integrated in the Disaster Risk Reduction curriculum of elementary students.

The localized video materials are verified by PAGASA, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Smart as an organization has embraced preparedness, and has been aggressively promoting the culture of preparedness to its partner org an i z at i ons u n d e r it s # S a f e P H p r o g r a m . To know more about Smart’s preparedness initiatives, visit www.smart.com.ph/SafePH.

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There are also additional categories for both traditional and digital media. All in all, the categories for this year are the following: PRINT - Reporter of the Year for Print - Columnist of the Year - Photojournalist of the Year - Explanatory/Investigative Story of the Year for Print BROADCAST - Reporter of the Year for Radio - Public Affairs Story of the Year for Radio - Reporter of the Year for Television - Explanatory/Investigative Story of the Year for Television DIGITAL - Blogger of the Year - Social Media Advocate of the Year - Social Media Campaign of the Year - Reporter of the Year for

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workers. It advocates ample local employment opportunities for Filipinos so that they do not have to work overseas.

“We believe in the Filipino talents and in nation-building.

We are excited to partner with the Assist WELL program, to provide our OFWs an opportunity to go back to our country to work and live with their families,” said AboitizPower vice president for Human Resources Cindy Rivera.

AboitizPower, through its subsidiaries and affiliates in power generation, distribution, and retail electricity services across the country, seeks to provide opportunities, mostly in technical and engineering positions, to overseas Filipino workers to help them build a rewarding career in the country.

At present, the AboitizPower group employs more than 3,000 Filipinos, helping create A Better Future for their families.

With its business expansion, AboitizPower continuously scouts for more talents to

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 21 Cagayan de Oro City IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES SPEC.PROC.CASE NO. SP-ORD WITH RESPECT TO PETITIONER’S CERTIFICATE 2016-010 OF LIVE BIRTH [WITH REGISTRY NO.2007-587 ETC.,

NEMUEL P. GABITO,

Petitioner, -VERSUSTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TAGOLOAN, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, LEONILA B. PERALES AND FELIX P. GABITO, Respondents x------------------------------------------------------------------/ ORDER

This treats the Amended Petition which is admitted by the Court.

Notice is hereby given that filed before this court is a verified Petition for Correction of the following entries in the certificate of Live Birth of Nemuel P. Gabito issued by the Local Civil Registrar of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental under Registry No. 2007-587, to wit: 1. Change the Date of Birth : from November 24, 1988 to November 25, 1988; 2. Change Date and Place of Marriage of parents : from “Not Married” to October 16,1961, Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur; 3. Change the Middle Name of Petitioner’s father: from Para to PARAN; 4. Delete the annotation that the petitioner was “Legitimated due to subsequent marriage of parents on July 12, 2002 at Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City to”; 5. To declare petitioner a legitimate child of respondents Leonila B. Perales and Felix P. Gabito; 6. Direct the Local civil Registrar of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental to issue a corrected Certificate of Live Birth of the petitioner.

Finding the Amended Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, let this case be heard on APRIL 13, 2016 [Wednesday] at 8:30 in the morning at the PLEB Session Hall, City Hall, Cagayan de Oro City.

At the expense of the petitioner, let a copy of this Order be published before the hearing at least once a week for three [3] consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Misamis Oriental and City of Cagayan de Oro. Let also a copy of this Order be posted at the Bulletin board of the Municipal Hall of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, at the Bulletin Board of the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, and at the Bulletin board of the Philippine Statistics Authority [formerly the National Statistics Authority] Regional Office in Cagayan de Oro City. It is further ordered that Petitioner, at its own expense shall furnish copy of this order and the Petition together with its annexes to the Office of the Solicitor General.

Any person having or claiming any interest on the entry of which cancellation or correction is sought is hereby directed to file their written oppositions and appear on the said date of hearing.

Let Summons be issued.

SO ORDERED.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office.

Done this 7th day of March 2016 in Cagayan de Oro City.

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(Sgd.) GIL G. BOLLOZOS Presiding Judge

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AboitizPower is committed to fulfill its goal to create sustainable impacts on its stakeholders and on the environment while providing reliable and reasonably priced power to the nation.

E X T R A - J U DI C IA L SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late DEMETRIA J. GAYRAMON who died on March 3, 2012, left several properties particularly described as follows: a. Lot no. 13953-B, Csd-10-021218 containing an area of FORTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY NINE (45,669) Square meters located at Barrio Lingangao, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental and identified and covered under Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo no: CARP 2014000228 b. Lot 3043 Cad. 507, located at Barrio Lingangao, Municipality of Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY SIX (2,636) Square meters covered under Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo no.

P-32543, in the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Misamis Oriental. c. Lot 3046, cad.507, located at Lingangao Municipality of Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, covered under Katibayan ng O r i h i n a l n a Ti t u l o n o .

P-32543, containing an area of THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE (3,339) Square meters more or less are the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS Under Notary Public of ATTY. KARREN MARICRIS CACABELOS-SUR per Doc, No.171; Page No. 35; Book No.II; Series of 2016.

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DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE WE, ALICIA REYNALDA, of legal age, Filipino, single, with residence at Poblacion, Talisayan, Misamis Oriental, VICENTA REYNALDA VDA. DE PAUMAR, of legal age, widow, and a resident of P o b l a c i o n , Ta l i s a y a n , Misamis Oriental and RICKY REYNALDA SANCHEZ and VERGILIO SANCHEZ heirs of MARINA REYNALDA S AN C H E Z , r e s i d e n t o f Talisayan, Misamis Oriental; for and in consideration of the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND PE S O S ( P 5 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 ), Philippine Currency, to them in hand paid by RUTH I. SALVAÑA, of legal age, Filipino, single, resident o f Ta l i s a y a n , M i s a m i s Oriental, DO HEREBY SEEL, TRANSFER and CONVEY unto the said RUTH I. SALVAÑA, her heirs and assigns, that certain parcel of land, situated in Poblacion Talisayan, Misamis Oriental and more particularly described as follows, to wit: A parcel of Land Under Tax Declaration No. 08-03-000100909, containing an area of 0.6828 SQ.M more or less is the subject of the DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE Under Notary Public of MICHELE N. ANAYRON per Doc, No.178; Page No. 36; Book No.I; Series of 2016 BWM: Mar. 14, 21 & 28, 2016

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that lack or absence of rainfall may last until the month of May this year.

Soliman said they have started the food-for-work and cash-for-work intervention schemes out of the agency’s estimated P770,058,286 budgetar y requirement, of which P482,806, 290 is allotted for FFW and P287,251,996 for CFF. DSWD 10 records indicate Bukidnon, including the cities of Malaybalay and Valencia, has the most number of drought-affected among the region’s provinces with 52,817 households.

Misamis Oriental with the cities of Cagayan de Oro, El Salvador and Gingoog listed 38,168 families, Lanao del Norte which include Iligan City has 29,134, and Misamis Occidental with 14,555.

Soliman said her office has prioritized the deliveries of assistance and the 840 families of San Fernando, Bukidnon were the first beneficiaries of 3,360 food packs and Claveria, Misamis Oriental with 2,127 families had their 4,254 food packs.

She said those in Priority B include the municipalities of Kibawe, Impasugong, Cabanglasan, Kadingilan, Malitbog and Quezon of Bukidnon and Gingoog City of Misamis Oriental.

Lantapan and Talakag towns and the cities of Malaybalay and Valencia are under Priority C. The social welfare agency head also disclosed that aside from DSWD direct assistance they have also augmented the resources of local government units of the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Gingoog, Iligan and Malaybalay as well as Misamis Oriental’s Jasaan, Opol and Tagoloan towns and Bukidnon’s Don Carlos due to various natural and man-made disasters with a combined amount of P6.898 million which benefitted 11,444 families.

DSWD 10 regional director Nestor B. Ramos said residents in dry spellravaged agricultural areas have resorted to eating root crops such as cassava, sweet potato and even bananas.

Ramos said each foodpack is valued at 239 pesos and consists of six kilos of rice and assorted canned goods, thus their office will be disposing off more than 12 million kilos of rice.

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The company said in a statement Thursday the solar farm will source its capacity to Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co. for 25 years under its power supply agreement.

Kirahon also noted it is the first solar project to be backed by the Energy Regulatory Commission of its bilateral PSA contract.

The solar farm started testing and commissioning in October 2015.

The project, which cost

P1.1 billion, is the first to be financed by non-recourse local debt.

Kirahon Solar chairman Vince Perez said the milestone signifies grid parity with conventional power sources.

“Due to the commitment and visionary leadership of our customer CEPALCO, these communities can now benefit from localized, clean, affordable power generation.

We are also honored to partner with MINERGY and to be part of the first ERC-approved bilateral solar contract, which signals the new competitiveness of solar power with fossil fuel energy,” he said.

The s olar far m wi l l power 23,500 households p er year and of fs et 14 million kilograms of carbon monoxide emissions each year.

Pe r e z a l s o s t r e s s e d the local communities of Northern Mindanao will benefit from the new solar farms, as the area still suffers from energy shortage.

The chairman also recognized CEPALCO as the pioneer for solar energy in the country, after developing the first on-grid solar farm with a capacity of 1 MW in September 2004. (PNA)

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renovated.

The for mer C ar men branch with entrance facing the Carmen Market which was opened during the early 1980s will be renovated and modernized.

Opened as a small grocery store in Cogon Market along Osmeña St in 1969, the 47year brand is still going strong despite some setbacks and now has its main branch along Mortola-JR Borja St. and other affiliate firms like Megafarms and Market City in Agora East Bound Bus Terminal in Lapasan.

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we ave d to shap e into a palm branch.

During “Linggo ng Palaspas” commemoration, the devout will try to get the attention of the parish priest so that their fronds will be sprinkled with Holy Waters.

Devotees believed t hat onc e t h is is d one, the “palaspas” can ward of the attacks of “aswang” ( g hou l s ) and e ve n e v i l spirits.

A short procession, with the parish priest riding a small horse or donkey, i s d one b e fore Ma ss i s held, symbolizing Jesus Christ’s processional entry in Jerusalem.

The same crowd, who joyously sang “hosannas” to the Messiah, will also witness the crucificition of the Messiah, three days later at the Mountain of Golgotha. (PNA) In northern Mindanao, security preparations for the Holy Week in Northern

Mindanao in full swing.

Police Regional Office 10 Spokesperson Superintendent Surki S e re ñas on Fr i d ay s ai d that the full complement of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is already laid out all over the region.

Police Regional D i r e c t o r Po l i c e C h i e f Sup e r i nt e n d e nt Ly n d e l Desquitado, Sereñas said, has ordered the deployment of more p olice of f icers i n t e r m i n a l s , a i r p or t s , seaports, highways, malls, resorts, churches and other holiday convergence areas to beef up police presence and ensure the tranquil observance of lent.

“Although the command has not monitored serious threat, the police regional command still continue to undertake preemptive measures against terrorist attack and other criminalities” Sereñas said.

The assumption is always on denying these unscrupulous individuals the opportunity to disrupt the peace and order of our region” he added.

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Camaman-an destroyed 260 houses involving 470 families or about 2,000 individuals, Acenas said.

He said that based on the report, the CSWD requested a total of P3.21 million financial assistance to the calamity victims in the two villages.

Acenas said that the local august body has already approved the release of the financial assistance from the city’s calamity funds pending the submission of the CSWD report. (PNA)

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to the affected communities reported growing signs of malnutrition among Lumad families.

“The lumads survived by eating root crops which still can be found but the protein and other nutrition is lacking already. Malnutrition has set in especially among the Lumad children,” Soliman said in a press conference here.

Sh e s ai d t h e y h i re d porters to carry the bags weighing 35 kilos each to make the eight-hour trek to the villages.

“We saw the necessity of hiring porters for the relief supplies to reach the communities as soon as possible. Our field officers have reported already seeing several serious cases of malnutrition among Lumad children,” she said.

Aside from the direct food aid, the DSWD in Northern Mindanao was implementing the Cash for Work and Food for Work programs to ease the impact of El Nino among the Lumads in Bukidnon and in the provinces of Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental and Misamis Occidental.

Ke y p r i o r i t y t o w n s where the programs were b eing implemente d are San Fer nando, Kib awe, Impasugong, Cabanglasan, Kading i l an, Kit aot ao, Malitbog, Quezon, Lantapan, and Talakag in Bukidnon.

Also considered as priority areas in Misamis Oriental are Claveria town and Gingoog City.

Soliman said the programs were being implemented through Lumad leaders and not the local government units to prevent fund misuse during the campaign season.

President Benigno Aquino III to now sign into law House Bill No. 63830 now approved by both the House and the Senate which is a proposed act that seeks t o d e c l are a g r i c u ltu r a l smuggling as an economic sabotage.

The proposed law imposes harsh punishment to anyone who is involved in agricultural smuggling of products worth P1 million or more with imprisonment and violators of the same will not be allowed to post bail. “ T h e b ottom l i n e i s because of this rampant smuggling of agricultural products, about 70 percent of our population is affected. The farmers cannot earn and so with the businessmen,” So said.

He lamented that while the Port of Manila is not yet congested with container vans containing imported meat, another 75 containers containing imported meat from Brazil estimated at 1.8 million kilos had arrived at the Port of Subic recently.

He said the shipment that were made to appear as loaded with opal but are actually pork, was valued at P 2 8 1 m i l l i on and is reportedly consigned for Vietnam.

He maintained that the hog raisers or producers will not mind if they will not sell pork as they had already been continually losing in their businesses e ver since t he ramp ant meat smuggling went unabated.

S o appealed to the meat consuming public for understanding as the coming pork holiday will also be for their own interest and to the majority of the people in this country.

within seven Civil Society Organizations (CSO).

They are set to receive P1,100,000 which will be used to procure cacao seedlings from Davao and Bukidnon, two of the major cacao nurseries in the country.

“The 1-million assistance will not only increase the cacao production in the municipality but will also empower the farmers for competitive production and exportation of the commodities to high-end markets,” mayor Villanueva said.

Through the project, farmers receive training in agricultural methods, acquire high-quality seedlings, and receive assistance in product trading and marketing.

On the other hand, the P1,125,000 is allocated to jumpstart the Rice Trading Livelihood Project of the 214 members of the nine different associations in Calamba.

Women organizations and Federation of Senior Citizens encompass a great bulk of these beneficiaries.

Calamba is considered the commercial and business center among the five municipalities in the Northern part of Misamis Occidental and one of the fastest developing business areas in the province.

T hat s ai d, C a l amb a presents the best location for many successful businesses—restaurants and food and catering services, in particular-- which makes a great market for the proposed livelihood project.

For the most part, the project involves buying and selling of rice grains and its by-products.

Although the municipality has vast rice fields, the volume of rice produced within the area cannot suffice the consumption of the whole municipality. This means that there is a need to purchase rice in bulk from nearby municipalities or provinces for retailing just to make the supply available year-round.

“Dako kaayo among pasalamat sa D OLE sa pagtabang sa atong grupo sa mga senior citizen. Sa paghatag sa ila ug ginagmay nga negosyo nga mapuslanon gihapon sila bisan sa ila katigulangon (We thank the DOLE for helping our group of senior citizens and providing them with small income generating businesses to keep them productive despite their age),” said Norman Neri, liaison officer for the Office for Senior Citizens Affair (OSCA).

While the beneficiaries under this project can expect to improve their livelihoods, they can also acquire knowledge and skills in the long term—to the benefit of themselves, their

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families, the municipality, and the wider economy.

The turn over was held on February 4, 2016 at the SB Session Hall, in Calamba, Misamis Occidental. (Lei Garrett I. Miraflor/DOLE-X Mis. Occ. PFO)

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recognizing risks associated with this issue and were ready to address these. “ We h a v e t o s h o w that there is action that’s being taken with respect to this particular case and with respect to further strengthening the legal framework or anti-money laundering and financial terrorism,” he said.

Tetangco said this was the reason why the AMLC, which he chairs, continued to work with Congress “to expand the coverage of the law and include other covered institutions like casinos, (and) real estate dealers.”

“I think this is really, again, an opportune time to take a look at this and really make a decision consistent with our desire as a sovereign nation to strengthen the money laundering framework in the country so we don’t become a center for money laundering,” he said.

“We will be working with the government and Congress again to further enhance and cover any possible loopholes,” he added.

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the importance we place upon the ABIF as a regional initiative and as the future of our region.”

A key provision of the HoA allows up to three QABs from each jurisdiction to operate in the other country. These QABs will enter the host jurisdiction only in the form of a subsidiary of the parent bank in the home jurisdiction in line with the principle of reciprocity. As these QABs from Malaysia enter the Philippines, they will then be regulated under applicable BSP regulations and within the legal framework defined under Republic Act 10641.

QABs are strong and well-managed banks, headquartered in ASEAN and majority owned by ASEAN nationals. Banks that apply for QAB status must be endorsed by the home country regulator to and may be accepted by the host country regulator based on their bilateral agreement.

ABIF is designed to realize the vision of “One ASEAN Community”, using these QABs as the vehicle for maximizing the vast trade and investment potential of ASEAN, the BSP explained.

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Rep. Rufus Rodriguez graces a meeting of the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro as a guest speaker which was held earlier this month. Rotarians also interacted with the congressman after his speech.

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HE Rotary International District 3870 will hold a District Training Assembly on April 23 at Grand Caprice Restaurant, this city to be hosted by the Rotary Club of Carmen Valley.

This training seminar is aimed at giving the incoming club officers for RY 2016-17 the knowledge and guidance needed for them to effectively discharge their duties and responsibilities of their respective positions.

A quality program and interesting plenary sessions with topnotch speakers have been lined up for the participants by district trainer-designate IPDG Manuel Along.

This training seminar is a must-attend event for all incoming officers for RY 2016-17 as follows: president, presidentelect, president-nominee, immediate past president, vice-president, secretary,

assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, auditor, communication officer, club trainer, protocol officer, club membership chair, club admin chair, service projects chair, The Rotary Foundation chair, public relations chair and youth service chair.

Fill out the preregistration form and sent it together with your payment to Joyce Libot, Pryce Plans Inc., Door 2, 2/L, LCC Bldg., Tiano corner Chavez, Cagayan de Oro City.

For those coming from Zones 2, 3 and 4, there is an online registration at dta.rid3870carmenvalley. assembly/PAGE B3

O ​ ne Oasis Cagayan de Oro turns over units Story and Photo by MARK FRANCISCO

CAGAYAN de Oro’s first mid-rise resort-inspired condominium with its showcase Asian-Balinese motif became the first downtown condominium in the city to turn over

60 completed units to Building 1 home owners in a brief but memorable ceremony last Saturday.

During the turnover ceremony, no less than BusinessWeek Mindanao

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“The establishment of One Oasis is a turning point for the development of Cagayan de Oro. It will pave the way for more investors to come,” Sudaria said. “To the new home owners in one oasis/PAGE B3

Filinvest officials led by Northern Mindanao Area General Manager Ara Solidum (2nd from right) turn over the symbolic key of ownership to One Oasis Cagayan de Oro Building 1 home owners last Saturday, March 19, 2016 at the One Oasis CDO site in Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro city. Also in photo are BWM Corp. Pres. Dante M. Sudaria (left) who was guest of honor, CDO Branch Manager Franz Enriquez and ProExcel CDO Manager Gay.

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Cagayan de Oro celebrates Earth Hour 2016 Story and photos by MARK FRANCISCO

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OVERNMENT and private sector alike in Cagayan de Oro City joined Malacañang’s call for a wider Earth Hour celebration last Saturday. The move, which would enjoin the public to turn off unnecessary electrical lights and appliances for one hour starting at 8:30 p.m., was aimed to symbolize our country’s commitment to lower our carbon footprint and to lower our use of energies.

At the provincial capitol grounds, a short program was held before all the tree lights at De Lara Park were shut off.

In Centrio, the yearly Earth Hour Night Ride took effect and close to a thousand bikers participated in the activity. With its advocacy to promote a cleaner, sustainable environment, Habagat Outdoor Equipment responded to this call for climate action by hosting the annual ride since 2009.

The Earth Hour Night Ride 2016 was simultaneously staged also in Cebu, Manila,

Davao, Dumaguete, Ormoc, Tarlac, Palompon, Leyte and Zamboanga. During the event, Dodu Abrio and the Viajeros also

played earthen songs and a representative from Apoy CdeO performed a fire dance. Candles were likewise lighted at Centrio Garden forming the words 60+. Outside the Vicente Roa entrance, the Bantula photo exhibit was mounted.

This exhibit, courtesy of Ridge to Reef, aimed to promote the Talaandig culture. Ridge to Reef, an outreach project of Xavier University, was the one who hosted the performers.

At SM City Cagayan de Oro, artist Nic Aca did an impromptu painting

on his impressions about Earth Hour at the Las Ramblas Parking Lot while the whole mall was in darkness. Beside him, various performances were made to entertain the crowd. They were done by local acts Teatro Uno, Gerikha Amper, Kristoffer, Nobela, Ian Nuer and Muriel Lomadilla.

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Bikers prepare for Earth Hour Night Ride 2016 at the Vicente Roa entrance of Centrio.

Kheem Jhocelle Fritz Tahanlangit shines in an attire made of recycled materials at the Cagayan de Oro Talent Center fashion show in Puregold.

V Day Monologues dinner-play held at Seda Story and Photos by MARK FRANCISCO

SEDA Centrio hosted a rerun of V Day Monologues that was held earlier this year at the venue. This time, the local production of Eve Ensler’s

works was done with a complete dinner buffet for the patrons at Sinamay function room.

The special benefit performance, which saw

Seda Centrio manager Noel Barrameda himself in an enviable role, was presented in two days – March 19 and 20 – as part of V Day’s campaign and global call for women survivors of violence.

V Day Monologues excerpts were culled from two plays – The Vagina Monologues and A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer.

Sometimes humorous and sometimes melancholic, V

Day Monologues tackles as diverse topics as coming of age to rape and bullying.

According to organizer Maia Fortich-Poblete, the performers are “all dedicated and have the passion to share what

they know and how they feel about violence against women, girls and the LGBT community members. Some of them are survivors which makes our advocacy this year a little different.”

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Building 1, you can count yourselves as very lucky.”

The turnover ceremony for the seven-story Building I, situated along Macajalar Road, barangay Lapasan, was preceded by an open house

unit viewing that started at 9:00 a.m. During the actual ceremony at 4:00 p.m., the opening remarks was done by Arabelle Solidum, AGM-Filinvest Northmin, followed by a message from Proexcel building manager Engr. Gay Damasing. Then the ceremonial turnover was done as represented by the Macobsky couple. Before the distribution of turnover kit to unit owners, the closing remarks was done by branch manager Franz Josef Enriquez. An investors night followed.

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to partake of the al fresco feast in SM’s regular weekend café mounted at the same venue. Reigning Miss Cagayan de Oro 2015 Charinna Barro also graced the occasion there.

A day later at Puregold Cagayan de Oro, dozens of models from Cagayan de Oro Talent Center took part in a fashion show featuring attire entirely made up of recycled materials.

Earth Hour is a worldwide movement for the planet organized by the WWF.

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

Revitalizing Energy Efficiency and Conservation Efforts The Department of Energ y (DOE) steps up initiatives towards energ y eff iciency and conser vation through f inalizing the Philippine Energ y Standards and Labeling Program (PESLP), which will be a key contribution to the attainment of the country’s aspirational target to reduce energ y intensity by 45% by 2035.

"We’re almost done in updating the Philippine Energ y Standards and Labeling Program, which would cover a wider range of appliances and lighting systems, and to include even light duty motor vehicles,” said OICAssistant Secretar y Patrick T. Aquino. He

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. EJF-2016-015 Upon Extra Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act No. 4118. Filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-IBIG Fund), a government financial institution duly organized and existing under and by virtue of Republic Act No. 9679, with principal office at Petron Mega Plaza,358 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati, and with branch office at Pag-IBIG Fund Bldg., J.R. Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City, against LUIS A. JAINGA, married to CLEOPATRA B. JAINGA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, with postal address at Blk. 1 Lot 28, Villa Nena II Subd., Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of October 3, 2015 amounts to FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWENTY FIVE PESOS and 85/100 (₱ 557,025.85) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges, exclusive of attorney’s fees and other necessary fees and expenses of Extra-Judicial Foreclosure and Sale, the undersigned Sheriff will SELL at Public Auction on April 8, 2016 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of RTC Branch 40, A. Luna St., Capitol Compound, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest Bidder, for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the real property mortgaged together with all improvements thereon, to wit; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-137-2010000597 Registered in the name of LUIS A. JAINGA married to CLEOPATRA B. JAINGA

added that comments and suggestions raised during the public consultations held in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao last February were given substantial weight in the finalization of the PESLP to make the policy more responsive to the needs of all stakeholders.

The PESLP initially covers room airconditioners, split-ty pe aircons, refrigerators with 5-8 cubic feet storage capacity, and three ty pes of f luorescent lamp (CFL, linear and circular) and electronic ballasts.

This initiative is in line with the DOE’s “energ y eff iciency and conser vation (EE&C)”

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF No.: 201-07-2016

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF File No. 2016-048 Upon Extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND or PAG-IBIG FUND, mortgagee, with office address at Pag-ibig Building, J.R. Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City, against EDGAR L. DELIBO, married to Magdalena E. Delibo, mortgagor/s, of legal age/s, Filipino/s with postal address at Lot 12, Block 18, PAG-IBIG CITI HOMES, Malanang, Opol, Misamis Oriental, to satisfy the mortgaged indebtedness which was of January 13, 2016 amounts to TWO HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTEEN PESOS and 30/100 (P 297,617.30) Philippine Currency including interest & penalty charges, excluding attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on April 18, 2016 at 2:00 a.m. or soon thereafter at the City Tourism Hall, City Hall, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the herein described property and all improvements thereon to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-136-2012000277

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

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

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

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

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.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be on the next working day without further notice.

hugot lines which are drawn from experiences, song lyrics and movie scripts in which electric appliances and lighting systems were personif ied comically implying judicious and eff icient use of energ y.

Some of the #DOEhugot posts at the DOE’s social media account –Facebook (w w w.facebook.com/ doe.gov.ph) and Twitter (@doe_ph) are the following: The DOE assures the public of its continued resolve to involve energ y consumers in various discourses to ensure that ever y kilowatt of electricity and ever y drop of oil are used effectively.

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12TH Judicial Region OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF Tubod, Lanao del Norte

Lot : Lot 10, Blk. 11 PSD-10-053352 Portion of : Lot: 3891-P-2, PSD-10-050786 As Surveyed : CORELCO, INC., (SILVER CREEK SUBD.) Land Use : Residential Location : Brgy. Canitoan now Carmen,

Cagayan de Oro City Area : Eighty (80) Sq. Meters more or less

Cagayan de Oro City, March 1, 2016

program, as a major aspect in cutting down the countr y’s carbon emissions.

Meanwhile, as a staunch advocate of EE&C, the DOE encourages the consuming public to participate in the obser vance of #EarthHour spearheaded by the World Wildlife FundPhilippines by turning off lights as well as electrical appliances for an hour on March 19 at 8:30 p.m.

Relatedly, the DOE revives its #DOEhugot online campaign to create greater awareness about EE&C. This online campaign basically throws emotionally appealing

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

Lot : Lot 12, Block 18, PSD-10-059077 Portion of : Lot 2, PCS-10-003972 As Surveyed for : Johndorf Ventures Corporation

Pag-ibig Citi Homes Phase 2 Land Use : Residential Location : Malanang. Opol, Misamis Oriental Area : ONE HUNDRED TEN (110) SQ.M.

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Upon the Extra Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135/1508, as amended, filed by the RADIO WEALTH FINANCE COMPANY INC., Pador Building Villanueva St. Maranding Branch Office Lanao del Norte against CLAIRE A. PIMENTEL married to ELMER A. PIMENTEL Purok 3, Santo Niño Baroy, Lanao del Norte to satisfy the indebtedness which as of February 29, 2016 amounting to FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN 15/100 (Php 512,537.15) excluding penalties, changes, attorney’s fee and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned of his duly authorized deputy will sell at Public Auction on 12th day of May 2016 at 10:00 AM or soon thereafter at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 07, Provincial Capitol of Lanao del Norte, Pigcarangan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit: TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. T-26,765 Lot O-2-A, Psd 10-062090 A parcel of land Lot O-2-A, of the subdivision plan Psd-1-062090, being a portion of Lot O-2, Psd-12-022660, situated in the Barrio of Poblacion, Municipality of Tubod, Province of Lanao del Norte, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the SW., along line 1-2 by lot N, Psd-12-005184; on the NW., along line 2-3 by Lot O-2B, Psd-10-062090; along line 3-4 by Road Lot O-2-C, Psd-10-062090; on the NE and SE., along lines 4-5-6 by Lot E, Psd-12-005184; and on the SE., along line 6-1 by Lot F. Psd-12-005184.

Area: One Thousand SQ.M. (1,000.00) more or less “All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event that the Public Auction cannot take place on the said date, it shall be held on May 19, 2016, without further notice.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, this March 14, 2016

Cagayan de Oro City, March 7, 2016

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

BY:

(Sgd.) ALAN M. BANAAG

Sheriff IV

FOR THE PROVINCIAL EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

(Sgd.) JOEL LYDVEL G. PAKINO

Sheriff IV

BWM: Mar. 21, 28 & Apr. 4, 2016

BWM: Mar. 21, 28 & Apr. 4, 2016

For the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Sheriff (Sgd.) CONRADO V. HINGCO JR. Sheriff

BWM: Mar. 21, 28 & Apr. 4, 2016

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Honda offers Honda Summer Check 2016 to their valued customers this summer season Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) reaches out to its valued customers this summer season through the Honda Summer Check 2016.

It is a free 25-point check up designed to ensure the safety and road worthiness of Honda vehicles.

To avail of the f ree 25-point check up, customers may call their

chosen Honda dealership to set an appointment.

In addition to the free 25-point check up, customers will also receive one (1) Cheers to 25 Years R affle Promo coupon upon ser vice check up on appointment date, a Microtex Cleaning Kit for a minimum purchase worth Php 1,000 of parts and

bank angle sensor which cuts-off the engine when it detects a lean angle lower than 45 degrees.

The intention is to immediately shut-off the engine in case of a spill.

One of the benefits of Honda’s PGM-FI system is having an electronic nanny.

At a price tag of 93,900, you get a full

digital instrument panel and an LED headlight as standard. It is by no means a cheap commuter and it offers little in terms of comfort and functionality. What you get, though, is nearorgasmic riding pleasure minus the guilt.

To know more about the Honda RS150, visit www.hondaph.com.

services, and additional Cheers to 25 Years Raffle Promo coupons for every Php 5,000 purchase of parts and services.

The free 25-point che ck up is of fered at a l l au t h o r i z e d Ho n d a dealerships nationwide, and only takes about 30 to 40 minutes to be completed.

Any additional services,

such as part replacement or vehicle repair will be subject to the customer’s approval prior to execution.

This exclusive service is only offered until March 31, 2016.

Find out more about Honda Summer Check 2016 by visiting any authorized Honda dealership nationwide.

The Better Alternative – Honda RS150

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or most of us, the Lent season is a time for atonement and sacrifice. Some will even abstain from the consumption of flesh, edible and otherwise.

To the pious bunch, I recommend the Honda RS150 as the experience of riding it might serve as the next best thing.

In fact, it may even be better.

At the heart of the RS150 is a revhappy single cylinder DOHC liquid cooled engine which achieves maximum output of 11.5 kw @ 9000 rpm. Yet, you can still squeeze a little bit more power even past the 9500 rpm red line, until the limiter kicksin at 11,000 rpm. The maximum torque of 13.5 nm @ 6500 rpm propels the 111-kilogram pocket rocket to three-digit speeds with very little effort. However, the RS150 also offers very little in terms of wind protection when running at say, 120 kilometers per hour. Let’s be clear on one thing, this bike is a corner carver and not a long-distance cruiser.

Known in other parts of the world as the Sonic, the RS150 does accelerate like it wants to break the sound barrier.

Open the throttle while in any of its six gears and it will surge forward to overtake slow moving vehicles. Shift down on lower gear and hear a mighty roar that will put bigger displacement bikes to shame. As expected from a Honda, the gearbox is precise and clutch pull is light.

However, engagement felt a bit grabby. Though

classified as an under bone, the RS150 has a twin perimeter frame (as opposed to having a single pipe frame) for higher tensile strength and rigidity.

In the absence of a fuel tank between the legs, your thighs have nowhere to latch on to.

Grab the front brake a little harder than needed and the 296 mm disc with Nissin caliper will send you flying over the handle bar. Yet, when used moderately with the 190 mm rear disc, you’d be sure to put the bike to a halt even when coming out of warp speed. The 70/90 (front) and 80/90 (rear) 17-inch tires look skinny, but they have excellent traction during emergency braking or when aggressively taking corners. Just try not to tip the bike too low. The RS150 is equipped with a

Honda introduces the All-New Mobilio 1.5 V Navi CVT Limited Edition Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. brings out seventyseven (77) units of All-New Mobilio 1.5 V Navi CVT Limited Edition, which will only be available from March 10 to March 31, 2016.

With just a month of limited availability in the market, customers can already reserve at their chosen Honda dealership to be one of the few to own a limited edition of Honda’s first sevenseater Multi-purpose Utility Vehicle (MUV).

The All-New Mobilio 1.5 V Navi CVT Limited Edition is equipped with a 7-inch touch screen

audio with navigation powered by Garmin.

The audio system also consists of Bluetooth

audio and hands-free telephone emergency hotline button, CD/ DVD, and USB/AUX

ports. The All-New Mobilio 1.5 V Navi CVT Limited Edition is readily available in Honda

dealerships nationwide with a suggested retail price of Php 920,000. The Garmin audio system also comes with free map updates once a year for the first three (3) years upon purchase.

Find out more about the All-New Mobilio 1.5 V Navi CVT Limited Edition and other AllNew Mobilio variants by visiting any authorized Honda dealership nationwide or www. hondaphil.com.