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

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

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

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LOCAL farmers in Mindanao will soon get free training on financial literacy from banking institutions.

The foundations of two financial institutions — the Landbank Countryside Development Foundation, Inc, (LCDFI) and UCPC-CIIF Foundation Inc., (Cocofoundation) on Thursday signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) for the financial literacy programs to farmers in far-flung communities under the “poorest of the poor” category.

The program, dubbed "Sulong Ang Pag-unlad ng mga Magsasaka/ Magniniyog" (SAPM), aims to improve the farmers' financial management skills and assist them in agricultural businesses, specifically coconut farming.

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HE Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) led on Thursday an "information validation session" on the strategic framework plan that aims to harmonize and complement various initiatives to achieve peace and prosperity in Mindanao.

Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (4th from left, front row) with other officials in the ribbon cutting ceremonies during the launch of the PUV Modernization Program for Misamis Oriental as dozens of modernized PUVs will operate within the province. With Rodriguez are (from left): Jessie Boy Lentorio, RTMI-Yacapin branch manager; LTFRB-10 RD Alan Guro, and Prov. Gov. Bambi Emano. photo by gerry lee gorit

Covid-19 delays shipment of trash to South Korea THE coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak in China and the spread of the virus in other countries have been factors in the delay of the shipment of the remaining 2,000 metric tons of trash back to South Korea, a Bureau of Customs (BOC) official in Cagayan de Oro City said on Wednesday.

John Simon, BOC-Region 10 district collector, said the container vans that will be used for the imported

wastes did not arrive on time as operations in Chinese ports have temporarily been suspended in the past weeks due to the threat of Covid-19.

“The coronavirus has disrupted the international trade supply chain in China.

Even the ports of entry there have set up quarantine for the ships, so there was a delay. The containers were also delayed in arriving in the country,” Simon said.

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MinDA Undersecretary Janet Lopoz said the updating of the "Mindanao 2030 Framework Plan (M2030)" focuses on the issues surrounding peace, productivity, and poverty reduction, including the overall development approach for the PEACE/PAGE 11

Groundbreaking slated for Comms Academy in Bukidnon

By DIVINA SUSON, Correspondent

P R E S I D E N T IA L Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Jose Ruperto Martin Andanar said the groundbreaking of the Communication Academy in Manolo Fortich town, Bukidnon is set within the year as soon as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) awards the twostory building project.

Andanar, who visited Cagayan de Oro City on T hu r s d ay, s a i d P C O O envisions the academy to serve as a training ground for information officers in the government.

He acknowledged the need to strengthen communication strategies among government agencies, including local government units, to convey

stories of development to the greater public.

"We will wait for DPWH to recommend bidding contractors this year, so that construction may begin.

When this academy will be built, we can offer training on communication strategies, and maybe offer a master's degree in communication," he said.

Andanar, who also heads ACADEMY/PAGE 11

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Davao City to host coffee expo, quality tilt DAVAO City – This city will host for the first time the Philippine Coffee Expo 2020 and the Philippine Coffee Quality Competition (PCQC) on April 2-3.

Emmanuel Quisol, business development service coordinator of the PhilCAFE Project, said the expo will be joined by coffee stakeholders all over the Philippines while a hundreds will participate in the competition.

In a press briefing on Wednesday, Quisol said PCQC contestants are allowed to submit two entries of their green beans. The competition will have four international judges with one each from Indonesia and Vietnam and two from the United States.

"Considering that 70 percent of the competitors come from Mindanao, we decided that the contest be held here in Davao City," he said.

Quisol said they are expecting better scores this time as more coffee farmers have begun introducing new techniques in production as well as adopting good agricultural practices.

"We hope that they get higher than that 85 percent cupping mark," he said.

PCQC said it aims to have the Philippine coffee recognized globally by performing evaluations aligned with internationally-accepted grading and profiling protocols as well as applying the standards COFFEE/PAGE 11

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520-M aid released to Caraga farmers

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UTUAN City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) handed over on Thursday a total of PHP26.5 million worth of various farm machinery and equipment to eligible farmers’ associations in the Caraga Region.

The distributed farm implements were part of the range of assistance mandated under Republic Act 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), said DA 13 (Caraga) Executive Director Abel James Monteagudo, who led the distribution at the regional agriculture office.

"You are now receiving the fruit of the implementation of (the) RTL. The rice tariff revenues are allocated to programs that will make Caraga rice farmers globally competitive," Monteagudo said. "Rest assured that more interventions are coming and sooner will be realized. We just need your support and your cooperation."

He said the release of the farm equipment and machinery was part of the PHP350-million budget, specifically allocated for farm implements, that has already benefited some 280 farmers’ associations and cooperatives in Caraga.

Among the distributed equipment, Monteagudo said, are mechanical rice transplanters, four-wheeldrive tractors, rice combine

harvesters, hand tractors, rice threshers, rice reapers, seed spreader, and pump and engine set.

He noted that under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) mandated under the RTL, PHP520 million in aid, consisting of machinery, seeds, credit and training, and extension services, has been released to the region’s rice farmers since last year.

The credit assistance to the rice farmers was implemented under the Agricultural Credit Policy Council and in coordination with the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines through the Expanded Survival and Recovery Assistance (SURE-Aid) Program.

DA records show that 6,596 rice farmers from the

provinces of Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Agusan del Sur, and Agusan del Norte, including Butuan City, have already benefited from the SURE-Aid program since last year.

Monteagudo said the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Agusan also distributed a separate PHP65.5 million worth or an equivalent of 86,243 bags of inbred rice seeds to 34,258 farmers in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, and Surigao del Sur during the planting season in November to December last year.

Among the recipients of the farm machinery were the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) from Agusan del Sur. Robert "Datu Bantiles" Tagalogon, tribal leader of the Manobo Farmers Sectoral Tribal Council, Inc. in La Paz, Agusan del Sur, hanked the government as he received the five pumps and engine sets.

The equipment, Tagalogon said, will benefit about 3,000 Manobo rice farmers who will now have easier access to the water supply.

"We are now ready for the next cropping season through the help of the pump and engine. We are looking forward to an abundant harvest," he said.

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Last Wednesday, my daughter Frannie and I watched a stage musical adaptation of “The Lion King” at the Carlos P. Romulo auditorium at the RCBC Plaza. The musical ran for more than three hours but we thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. What truly amazed us was that all the student participants – coming from pre-school to Grade 12 – are deaf. By ordinary norms, none of the stage players should have been able to sing and deliver their lines. But deliver they did. And they should not have been able to dance in sync to the beat which they

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Results with regrets Think a minute ... This is a true story about a boy named Walter who lived with his family on a farm. One day when Walter was sevenyears-old he went exploring.

He was surprised to see an owl sleeping on a low branch of a tree. He remembered his father telling him that owls rest in the daytime and hunt at night. Walter thought: “What a great pet this funny bird will make—if I can just get close enough to catch it before it wakes up.”

Quietly, Walter moved closer until finally he was standing right under the owl. Slowly he reached up and grabbed the bird by its legs. The owl suddenly woke up and began beating its wings, screeching loudly as it fought for its life! But as afraid as this young boy was, Walter did not let go of it. In fact, he threw the bird to the ground and stomped on it!

When the owl stopped moving, Walter looked down at this bird and realized he had killed it. He felt horribly sad and guilty as he ran home crying. In fact, later that day when he returned

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JHAN TIAFAU HURST to bury the bird, he was still crying. Furthermore, he regretted it throughout his entire lifetime and was so ashamed that he did not tell anyone what he had done until many years later.

That painful experience t a u g h t Wa l t e r s u c h a powerful lesson on the value of life that he never again killed another living creature. Walter could not bring that one bird back to life, but he used his regret to motivate him to bring a whole world of animals to life—by drawing pictures of them. Walter is now dead and gone, but his drawings and pictures live on in the art of Walter . . . Disney.

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could not hear. But they did.

This year’s presentation is a continuation of an annual recital program initiated by the Philippine Institute for the Deaf (PID) where the students are encouraged to participate, as part of their special curriculum, to showcase their speaking skills progress.

Headed by Executive Director Julie G. Esguerra, the PID is the first oral school for the deaf recognized by the Department of Education. AT PID, the emphasis is learning to speak and learning to lip read as preparation for mainstream school.

“Yes, these children are deaf, but they don’t have to be mute,” Ms. Esguerra said. “Whenever a deaf child comes to us, we’re challenged, because he shouldn’t be mute.

He has a voice, and all we need is…. to look for that voice…..and listen!”

At the Philippine Institute for the Deaf, a deaf child enrollee first undergoes hearing and aptitude evaluation. Then there is the regular 3 times a week one-on-one speech therapy.

This is supplemented by the K-12 curricular programs and activities designed to encourage the students to

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IGNACIO BUNYE express themselves such as basic computer skills, home economics, P.E. and sports, dance and theater arts, painting, gardening, DEAF/PAGE 11

Stop behaving like a father

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The deaf don't have to be mute

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PROF. ENRIQUE SORIANO Knowledge is power and ignorance breeds conflict so allow me to share a powerful quote from Prof Kim Eddelston related to a “Fredo” child or better known as a black sheep family member, “As Fredo demonstrates, these bad apples can disrupt both family relationships and the firm. Continuing to reward Fredos while ignoring their damaging behavior leads to more problems: the child’s sense of entitlement increases, higher levels of relationship conflict in the family firm result, and more problems with productivity and

teamwork emerge.”

Unmasking Fredo A “Fre d o” b e h av i o r rears its ugly head when the business leader, usually the patriarch, behaves more like a father than a business owner and his actions are manifested in many ways: Bias in choosing family over the business Is motivated in hiring family members regardless of their qualifications and competence Failure to enforce discipline against the erring or underperforming family members With the next generation family members getting “kid glove” treatment, a “Fredo” will naturally surface and is emboldened to flaunt his or her entitled behavior.

P a r a d o x i c a l l y, a s the parents continue to ignore the telltale signs of misbehavior, they remain hopeful that their “Fredo” will change and become mot ivate d. D espite t he “Fredo” child’s inadequacies, they reward him or her with promotions and bigger

compensation.

Creating this environment will naturally make the child demonstrate poor business decisions, commit abuses, initiate tension against his or her siblings and ine v it ably create conflict after conflict with whoever crosses his or her path. This phase is characterized with constant clashes during meetings, poor performance, high employee attrition rate and professional managers leaving their jobs as a result of the heightened conflict.

When the “Fredo” child is left to do things on his or her own, the disruptive behavior will worsen over time and the acrimony spilling over to the rest of the siblings.

When the parents are no longer around, the conflict escalates to an ownership tussle among heirs.

In " T h e G o d f at h e r " n ov e l s , Vi t o C o r l e o n e realizes his son Fredo’s shortcomings, but he insists that Fredo, like his siblings must also be given the same opportunity in the family

business.

Parental Action Spells Danger I have witnessed many family businesses led by patriarchs, where the dysfunctional behavior of their “Fredos” are generously rewarded by way of higher pay and new positions in the hopes that the change will motivate them to perform better.

The actions are d angerous, unw is e and counterproductive. In the absence of any deliberate effort to contain an aberrant family member, any form of appeasement that parents do to win their “Fredo” to their side will likely fail.

And to rub salt into the wound, business owners may unknowingly foment a conflict if they are currently doing the following: Rewarding an underperforming family member - Tolerating the family member’s bad and disruptive behavior in the workplace - Continually providing FATHER/PAGE 11

Repentance, renewal, conversion We are now in the season of Lent, an ideal time for us to go through repentance, renewal, and conversion.

Given the temper of the times, we should feel this need deeply.

We cannot deny that a s Pop e Fr an c i s n ote d recently, the prevalent world culture today appears to have a weak sense of sin, if not the loss of it. In fact, what are clearly sins, like abortion, sterilization, premarital and extra-marital sex, corruption, etc. are now legalized or at least considered as standard operating procedure or as the new normal.

We have to be ready to counter this trend. And the secret is for us to get closer to God. It’s only with God that we would know what is objectively good and evil, right and wrong, moral and immoral. We cannot rely simply on our subjective estimations of these things— personal, academic, social, and cultural, political and legal, etc.—no matter how

indispensable they also are.

We can deduce that this weakening if not loss of the sense of sin is due to us ignoring or distancing ourselves from God. Before we can feel the need for renewal, repentance, and conversion, we first have to strengthen our belief, relationship, and love for God. Otherwise, we will not get the whole picture of things.

We need to do a lot of basic catechesis of our faith, bringing to the fore the reality of God, how he loves us and always offers us mercy. It should also teach us how we are necessarily related to him and how that relationship should be. This should be done with the gift of tongue so the truths of our faith can find a home in our intelligence and will in the way each one of us is.

This is no easy job. It’s a tall order. But it simply has to be done. We just have to importune for God’s grace, for what we cannot do, God

can always do. Nothing is impossible for him.

So, the spiritual and sup e r n atu r a l me ans of p r a y e r, s a c r i f i c e , a n d recourse to the sacraments, especially confession and communion, should b e resorted to first of all. These means have an effectivity that goes beyond our human perception. We should just do them even if we feel there are no visible effects.

Aside from catechesis, we should promote the different practices of piety and devotion if only to engage our heart with God. These are important because we need to be engaged with God in the wholeness of our humanity.

We really cannot deny that we need continuing repentance, renewal, and conversion because even if we feel we are doing well spiritually and morally, we have feet of clay, we are always prone to sin, and we can commit sin and moral errors without realizing it.

If our first parents who

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ROY CIMAGALA enjoyed some kind perfect life managed to fall into sin, we can just imagine how we would fare in the drama of our life when we are born already with original sin and surrounded by all kinds of sin.

And as St. John said in his first letter, “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” (1,8) We have to be most careful when we tend to think that we are good or holy enough.

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Launching sa PUV modernization program sa MisOr, nagmalampuson

LAUNCHING. Makita ning hulagway sila si Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Cong. Rufus Rodriguez, Misamis Oriental Gov. Bambi Emano, LTFRB-10 Dir. Aminoden Guro, LTO-10 Dir. Nelson Manaloto, ug MisOr SP Board Member Nancy Madjos, nagmaya human sa ilang ribbon cutting atol sa formal launching activity sa public utility vehicles modernization program (PUVMP) sa kapitolyo sa Misamis Oriental, Marso 6, 2020.

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MANDATORY ROTC: BOON AND BANE

By JAYSON S. DIGAMON

Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) is one of the three components of the R.A. 9163, otherwise known as the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001, under the presidency of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It is a civic education and defense preparedness program for Filipino college students. It aims to provide military training to motivate, train, organize and mobilize students for national defense preparedness. Furthermore, the program is expected to imprint moral values and patriotism among the youth.

Nonetheless, the program that was hoped to achieve the goals it was born to fulfill met astounding challenges during its first year of implementation.

In 2002, just a year after the enactment of the law, Mark Chua, a student from the University of Sto. Tomas was killed as he allegedly decried some corruption that plagued ROTC in the university, including

hazing, abuses by trainers, bribery, and so on. After his death, the program became optional.

Malacanang's recent approval of the plan to make ROTC program mandatory and its strong support of the Senate Bill 2232 for all senior high school students certainly comes a good news to those yearnings for a more disciplined and patriotic citizenry.

There are two different perceptions about the implementation of the ROTC. On the one hand, those who advocate in favor of the mandatory implementation of the program say that it helps the young people's character. Aside from strengthening their physical bodies through exercises, the program would bring back the glory of the citizens' military training. Also, amidst the global tension among countries on highly contested territories, the program would enable the Filipinos to be more capable in asserting our international

rights and in defending our country from any acts of terrorism intended to wreak havoc, fear and panic among the populace in order to coerce the government to give in to their unlawful demands. Others stress that the program develops leadership skills, teamwork, unity, humility, and obedience to authority.

On the other hand, some people say that the program is not right and that students march on the field under the heat of the sun. Also, the plan was labeled as something that promotes 'blind obedience' which means that people do what they are told to do regardless of whether they believe what they are doing is morally, ethically or logically right. Moreover, some say that mandatory as a term for the new prospective law is coercive and that it may undermine the students' rights; thus, it should only be voluntary if ever enacted.

Now that the legislative branch of the government advocates for the re-

implementation of the mandatory ROTC in all senior high schools in the Philippines, some opine about the real purported intent of the government in reviving the said program. Some alleged that the move supports the idea of militarizing the Philippines with the new breed of ROTC cadets in training.

Any program has its fair share of limitations, just as it has its strengths. The ROTC is something that needs to be explored more for the possibility of a re-implementation. Though many have doubts and reservations about it, it is worthy of being looked into. There were weaknesses in the program, and the decision to make it optional in 2002 was the result.

The temper of those times in its early implementation provides the necessary consequence that will guide the government in crafting necessary provisions that ensure that the failures committed before will no longer be done when the program becomes once again mandatory.

Misamis Oriental ug Cagayan de Oro, Marso 6, 2020, nga gipahigayon sa hawanan sa kapitolyo.

Unang nagpahigayon sa press conference si Gobernador Bambi Emano, Cong.

Rufus Rodriguez, LTO-10 Dir. Nelson Manaloto, LTFRB-10 Dir. Aminoden Guro, LTFRB-Central Office Technical Division chief Dir. Joel Bolano, ug LTFRB-Central Office Franchise Planning Divison chief Dir. Mario Tuzcan Naz, kauban ang mga miyembro sa prensa gikan sa Misamis Oriental ug Cagayan de Oro. Human niini, ang ribbon cutting ceremony sa 15 ka public utility bus sa Rural Transit Mindanao, Inc; 15 ka mini-bus sa Donsal's Express, Inc; ug 75 ka taxi units sa New

Mindanao Transport Service Cooperative (NEMINTSCO) nga andam nang moserbisyo sa publiko sugod sa maong adlaw.

Ilang rota, gikan sa Misamis Oriental padulong sa dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro. Misaksi sa okasyon sila si Board Members Dexter Yasay, Saysay Emano, Nancy Madjos, Leonard Winstanley, Erik Khu; mga ulo sa departamento sa Kapitolyo Probinsyal; representante sa transport cooperatives; ug mga kawani sa kapitolyo.

Hilabihan ka sadya ang nasangpit nga okasyon, kung diin nahimong landmark ang kapitolyo sa pagsugod sa operasyon sa nasangpit nga mga modernized public utility units dinhi sa Misamis Oriental ug Cagayan de Oro.

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Suzuki Breaks Ground for Butuan Dealership

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UZUKI Philippines, the pioneer in compact car distribution remains bullish in its nationwide expansion as it breaks ground for the new and improved Suzuki Auto Butuan, now complete with offerings such as sales, service, and spare parts. Capping last 2019 with 21.17% sales increase, Suzuki Philippines is set to end the month of February with 77 dealerships in total.

Suzuki Auto Butuan is located in Kilometer 3, Baan, Butuan City.

Rising in its new location, the Auto house is poised to be a 3s dealership, now with the capability to display and accommodate seven units, an upgrade from its former threeunit display capacity.

The new site allows for Suzuki cars and services to be within reach to existing and potential patrons in the

area and neighboring towns with a higher quality of integrated service. Suzuki Auto Butuan is owned and managed by Grand Canyon Multi Holdings Inc., which currently manages 11 Suzuki dealerships strategically positioned in progressive cities nationwide.

“The relocation of Suzuki Auto Butuan is testament that we are unyielding to our promise of innovation as we offer the Filipino people the experience of the Suzuki Way of Life through our award-winning products and services nationwide,” says Mr. Keiichi Suzuki,

Vice President and General Manager for Automobile Division of Suzuki Philippines.

The Suzuki Auto Butuan will be completed, ready, and fully operational by March 2021.

Targeting to ink a total of 77 dealerships nationwide by the end of February, Suzuki

Philippines is set to add more milestones in the company’s roster of achievements.

These wins continue to prompt the brand to find more avenues to serve its existing and potential customers. SPH is driven to amplify its market on a national scale by consistently

championing excellence in the automobile industry rooted from the Suzuki Way of Life.

For more information about Suzuki Philippines and its automobiles, please visit www.suzuki.com. ph and like them on www.facebook.com/ SuzukiAutoPH.

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region BRANCH 24 Cagayan de Oro City REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the R-CDO-20-00636-SC Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), FOR: Expropriation (FRIMP Project) Plaintiff, FOR: EXPROPRIATION

-versus- (FRIMP Project) HEIR OF BALDOMERO AGAWIN, namely: VALENTINA AGAWIN and PERSONS INTERESTED IN LOT NO. 1466-D, Defendants.

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WHEREAS, quoted hereunder verbatim, is the plaintiffs Complaint to wit;

PLAINTIFF Republic of the Philippines, represented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), through the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG), to this Honorable Court, respectfully states: 1. Plaintiff is a sovereign political entity vested with the power and authority to condemn and expropriate private property for public use upon payment of just compensation pursuant to Section 6 of Republic Act (RA) No. 10752 otherwise known as the “Right of Way Act” March 7, 2016. It is represented in this action by the office of the Solicitor General (OSG) with address at 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City, where it may be served with pleadings, motions and other papers, and court processes of this Honorable Court.

2. Defendant Valentina Agawin is the declared owner of the property to be expropriated as per Tax Declaration No. G-087482. Considering that her exact address in the barangay is unknown, service of summons by publication is in order.

(1) One hundred percent (100%) of the value of the land based on the current relevant zonal valuation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued not more than three (3) years prior to the filing of the expropriation compalint subject to subparagraph (c) of this section; Upon compliance with the guidelines above-mentioned, the court shall immediately issue to the implementing agency an order to take possession of the property and star the implementation of the project.

If within seven (7) working days after the deposit to the court of the amount equivalent to the sum under subparagraphs (a) (1) to (a) (3) of this section, the court has not issued to the implementing agency a writ of possession for the affected property, the counsel of the implementing agency shall immediately seek from the court the issuance of the writ of possession. The court shall issue the writ of possession ex parte; no hearing shall be required.

The court shall release the amount to the owner upon presentation of sufficient profTs of ownership.

TO: HEIR OF BALDOMERO AGAWIN - namely - VALENTINA AGAWIN -Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City.

WHEREAS, the plaintifF prays for the summons to be published in general circulation in Misamis Oriental on defendant HEIR OF BALDOMERO AGAWIN-namely-VALENTINA AGAWIN, by publication, once a week for three consecutive weeks, pursuant to Section 14, Rule 14 of the Revised Rules of Court;

(a) Upon the filing of the complaint or at anyimmediately deposit to the court in favor of the owner the amount equivalent to the sum of:

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

GREETINGS:

agency, through the Office of the Solicitor General, the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, or their deputized government or private legal counsel, shall immediately initiate the expropriation proceedings before the proper court under the following guidelines:

12. Pusuant to the above-quoted Section 6 (a) (1), upon the filing of the complaint, due notice and deposit of the required initial payment, the Honorable Court shall immediately issue to plaintiff an order to take possession and enter into the property involved.

13. The one hundred percent (100) zonal valuation of defendants 381 sq.m. Property based on the current Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Zonal Valuation of Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Pesos (Php 2,450.00) per square meter for residential lots, is Nine Hundred Thirty Three Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Pesos (Php 933,450.00). A copy of the BIR Certification on the zonal values of real property in Misamis Oriental, Cagayan de Oro City is hereto attached as Annex “H”.

14. Upon the filing of the instant complaint, plaintiff is depositing with this Honorable Court in favor of defendant-owners the abovementioned amount of Php 933,450.00 pursuant to Secton 6(a) of RA No. 10752 and Supreme Court Circular No. 1132019 dated July 16, 2019 stating that it is ministerial on the part of the Clerk of Court to accept the check deposit without awaiting court order. The details of the subject property and the amounts required to be paid in order for plaintiff to be issued an order of possession are hereunder tabulated for easy reference:

3. Persons interested in Lot No. 1466-D are impleaded as defendants considering the uncertainty of ownership over the subject property as it is hereby declared under the name of Valentina Agawin, an apparent heir of Baldomero Agawin.

4. The DPWH is implementing the Construction of New Road and Raising of Existing Road for Evacuation in Bonbon-Kauswagan Stretch under the Flood Risk Management Project for Cagayan de Oro River (FRIMP_CDOR) in the City of Cagayan de Oro, a public purpose authorized by law. It aims to strengthen the resilience of the communities along the Cagayan de Oro River strecth from the Macajar Bay to Pelaez Bridge to climate change and other hydrometeorological hazards by mitigating flood risk in the area. Copies of the Approved Revised Parcellary Plan, Certification of Availability of Fund covering the amount needed for the acquisition of lots and improvements, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Environment Compliance Certificate (ECC), and Project Briefer are hereto attached as Annexes “A”, “B”, “C”, and “D” respectively.

5. The implementation of the FRIMP-CDOOR Project for Cagayan de Oro River, necessitates the immediate acquisition of a property located at Barangay Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental consisting of Three Hundred Eighty One square meters (381 sq.m.) and designated as Lot No. 1466-D, in plaintiffs subdivision plan.

6. The said lot is classified under Tax Declaration No. G-087482 declared in the name of Valentina Agawin, as residential. Copies of the plaintiffs Subdivision Plan and Technical Description for lot No. 1466-D, its corresponding Tax Declaration for Lot No. 1466-D, its corresponding Tax Declaration, are hereto attached as Annexes “E” and “F”, respectively.

7. Plaintiff failed to acquire the above-mentioned property by negotiated sale pursuant to Section 5 of R.A. 10752 and Section 6.7 of its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), because ownership is uncertain, for which reason expropriation is sought herein.

8. Expropriation of Lot No. 1466-D is sought herein pursuant to Section 6 of R. A. 10752. A copy of the DPWH Letter dated November 26, 2019 endorsing the filing of expropriation complaint against the defendants property is hereto attached as Annex “G” 9. Lot No. 1466-D has not been previously applied to or expropriated for public use and is indispensable in implementing the FRIMP-CDOR Project. It was selected by plaintiff in a manner compatible with the greatest public good and with the least injury to private property.

10. Pursuant ot Sec. 22, Rule 141 of the Rules of Court, plaintiff is exempt from payment of legal fees relative to this complaint for expropriation.

ALLEGATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE URGENT PRAYER FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT OF POSSESSION 11. Section 6 of R. A. 10752 lays down the guidelines in expropriation proceedings affecting land, as follows:

SECTION 6. Guidelines for Expropriation Proceedings. Whenever if it is necessary to acquire real property for the right of way site or location for any national government infrastructure through expropriation, the appropriate implementing

15. After the filing of this complaint, deposit of the foregoing amount and service of summons, plaintiff is entitled to the ministerial and immediate issuance of the writ of possession (WOP) as a matter of right without hearing, which is urgently needed in order for plaintiff to implement the Construction of new Road and Raising of Existing Road for Evacuation in Bonbon-Kauswagan Stretch under the FRIMP-CDOR Project.

16. After trial, the just compensation determined by the Honorable Court shall be subject to the payment of capital gain tax, any unpaid real property tax, and all applicable taxes under the law within thirty (30) days after a final and executory judgment in the instant case, in accordance with Section 7 (g) of the IRR of R.A. No. 10752.

17. For the protection of the interest of the government vis-a-vis its real rights over the subject property, it is imperative that the corresponding WOP issued in this case be entered in the Primary Entry Book of the Register of Deeds of the place having territorial jurisdiction over the subject property and, thereafter, annotated in the space provided in its Registration Book pursuant to Section 69 of Presidential Decree No. 1529, otherwise known as the "Property Registration Decree”:

Section 69. - Attachments. An attachment, or a copy of any writ, order or process issued by a court of record, intended to create or preserve any lien, status, right, or attachment upon registered land, shall be filed and registered in the Registry of Deeds for the province or city in which the land lies, and, in addition to the particulars required in such papers for registration, shall contain a reference to the number of the certificate of title to be effected and the registered owner or owners thereof, and also if the attachment, order, process or lien is not claimed on all land in any certificate of title a description sufficiently accurate for identification of thye land or interest to be affected. A restraining order, injunction, or mandamus issued by the court shall be entered and registered on the certificate of title affected, free of charge.

PRAYER WHEREFORE, premises considered it is respectfully prayed of this Honorable Court that: (1) Summons to defendant Valentina Agawin whose whereabouts is unknown and to all interested persons be served by way of publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Misamis Oriental pursuant to Section 14, Rule 14 of the Rules of Court.

(2) plaintiff be authorized, by proper orderand writ to take immediate possession, control, and disposition of the subject real property sought to be expropriated, upon its deposit with the office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, of check payment in its name equivalent to 100% of the BIR current relevant zonal valuation for the affected property and for the office of said Clerk of Court to issue check in the name of defendant-owners and release the same upon presentation

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of sufficient proof of ownership in accordance with Section 6 (a) (1), such as but not limited to those outlined in Section 13.1 (registered land) of the Revised Documentary Requirements for Common Government Transactions as prescribed in the herein attached COA Circular No. 2012-001 dated June 14, 2012; (3) together with the issuance of a WOP, an Order be issued directing the Register of Deeds of the Province of Misamis Oriental having jurisdiction over the subject property to enter the WOP in the Primary Entry Book and annotate the same in the Registration Book pursuant to Section 69 of P. D. 1529;

VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION ON NON-FORLM SHOPPING I, ENGR. GIL I. ITURRALDE, of legal age, Filipino and with office address at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Unified Project Management OfficeFlood Control Management Cluster (UPMO-FCMC), 2nd Street, Port Area Manila, after having been duly sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and state that: 1. I am the Project Manager of the Flood Risk Management Project for Cagayan de Oro River (FRIMP-CDOR) being implemented by UPMO-FCMC;

(4) judgment be rendered condemning the property free from all liens and encumbrances, for public use and for the public purpose herein set forth, stating definitely, bay an adequate description, the particular property or interest expropriated, and the number of the certificate of title;

2. I have read and understood all the allegations thereof; 3. The said allegations are true and correct of my own personal knowledge and based on authentic records and documents; and

(5) after decreeing plaintiffs right of condemnation therefor, this Honorable Court directs plaintiff to pay to defendant owner, her hiers and assigns, the difference of the amount already deposited and received by the defendant owners and the final amount of just compensation as determined by the Court, in accordance with Section 6 (f) ofR. A. No. 10752; (6) this Honorable Court directs the defendant to pay the Capital Gains Tax, any unpaid real property tax, and all other applicable taxs under the law, within thirty (30) days from finality of the judgment as per Section 6 (g) of R. A. No. 10752; (7) this Honorable Court directs the Registry of Deeds of the Province of Misamis Oriental, upon plaintiffs presentation of a certified copy of the final judgment, to register the same and annotate a memorandum of the right or interest taken on each existing certificate of title, in accordance with Section 85 of P. D. 1529.

Plaintiff also prays for other relief which this Honorable Court may deem just and equitable under the premises.

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Makati City for Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, January 27, 2020.

JOSE C. CALIDA Solicitor General Roll No. 24852 IBP Lifetime No. 015360, 08/08/16 MCLE Exemption No. Vl-000016, 9/28/16

ELLAINE ROSEA. SANCHEZ-CORRO Assistan Solicitor General Roll No. 36514 IBP Lifetime No. 02444 MCLE Exemption No. VI1 OSG000216 11/05/2019

4. I further certify that no action or proceedings has been filed involving the same issue before the Honorable Court, the Honorable Supreme Court, the Honorable Court of Appeals or other tribunal or agency, and to the best of my knowledge, no such action or proceeding is pending before the Honorable Court, the Honorable Supreme Court, the Honorable Court of Appeals or any Tribunal courts or agency, I undertake to promptly inform the aforesaid courts and such other tribunal or agency of that fact within five (5) days therefrom.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed my signature this 27th day of January 2020, in Makati City, Philippines.

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 27th day of January 2020, in Makati City, by affiant who is personally known to me and who exhibited to me his government issued ID No. CRN- 006-0073-3910-5, a photocopy is attached hereto.

NOTICE OF EXTRA – JUDICIAL SALE (EJF No. 225-07-2020) Upon the Extra Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the 1st VALLEY BANK, A DEVELOPMENT BANK, Baroy Branch, Baroy, Lanao del Norte against ELIZABETH ROULLO-CATIGBE, of legal age, widow and a resident of 217, Purok 8, Maslog St., Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, to satisfy the indebtedness which as of September 22, 1998, amounting to ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND (P130,000.00) PESOS ONLY excluding penalties, charges, attorney’s fee and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at Public Auction on 4th day of May, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. 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: LIST OF MORTGAGED PROPERTY T.C.T. No. T-17,925 Lot No. A-3, Psd-12-011155 “A parcel of commercial lot situated in Barangay Poblacion, Municipality of Baroy, Province of Lanao del Norte, Island of Mindanao containing an area of ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY (1,380) SQUARE METERS, more and less, including all the improvements found thereon, more particularly described and bounded as follows; Bounded on the SW., along line 1-2 by Lot A-4 of subdivision plan; on the NW along line 2-3 by Lot D (LRC) Psd-106923; on the NE., along line 3-4 by Lot A-14 and on the SE., along line 4-1 by Lot A-14 of subdivision plan.”

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

In the event that the Public Auction cannot take place on the said date, it shall be held on June 1, 2020 without further notice.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, this February 21, 2020.

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ATTY. AISA B. MUSA-BARRAT Clerk of Court VI and Ex-Officio Sheriff By: ROY B. MADRONA Sheriff IV

ERIC C. GABATINO State Solicitor

NOW THEREFORE, you are hereby required to answer the Complaint within sixty (60) days from date of publication. If you fail to do so, Judgment by default will be rendered against you for the reliefs demanded in the complaint.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE HENRY B. DAMASING, Judge of this Court, this 14th day of February 2020, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

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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

GIL I. ITURRALDE Project Manager 11, UPMO-FCMC

TOMAS T. DINGAL Acting Clerk of Court

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PH Cities Aim for Zero Waste

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HE local governments of Taguig and Quezon City have recently launched their environmental initiatives that aim to reduce plastic waste and improve solid waste management in their localities.

In Taguig, the city government intends to achieve an 80-percent solid waste diversion by 2023 through joint efforts of LGUs and the public and private sectors.

Mayor Lino Cayetano unveiled Taguig's Zero Waste Plan during his recent quarterly meeting with at least 150 barangay and city leaders.

Under the plan, the city government will establish a Sustainable Livelihood Office, require all future infrastructure projects to have a materials recovery facility, support a "no single-use plastic" drive, and implement an information dissemination campaign focusing on proper waste segregation.

“We are pledging our full support to the Zero Waste Plan. We will make sure all the barangays implement everything in it. We will also onboard experts and build all the required hardware

Quezon City opens the Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) Store — the first LGU to actively commit in reducing the use of plastics. The BYOB Store for basic condiments such as vinegar, soy sauce, and cooking oil is located at the Quezon City Hall Compound. This is made possible through the city government’s partnership with NutriAsia. The store is accessible to both employees and citizens from Monday to Friday, 8AM to 5PM. photo supplied

NutriAsia’s Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) refilling station was built with eco-bricks that use plastic discards as components. These came from the Arca South Eco Hub, a project of Arca South, Green Antz, and Ayala Land Inc. The store also serves as a drop-off point for donated plastic materials to be used for repurposing. BYOB was launched last July 30 and runs until September 12, Mondays through Sundays, 12NN to 8PM at The Mind Museum in BGC. (photo courtesy of orangemagazine.ph)

to make our beloved city truly green," Cayetano said.

Meanwhile, Quezon City started its ban on single-use plastics in hotels, restaurants and other establishments last month.

QC Mayor Joy Belmonte said she has been pushing for the plastic ban since she was vice mayor.

Belmonte saw the urgent need to implement such ban after the Philippines ranked high in the list of the world's biggest plastic polluters.

In support of LGUs' sustainability efforts, condiments

producer NutriAsia Inc. set up its "Bring Your Own Bottle" stores in Taguig and Quezon City.

NutriAsia incentivizes consumers who reuse their plastic bottles by giving them big discounts on its condiment and sauce products.

Belmonte said that their partnership with NutriAsia shows the city's strong commitment to environmental sustainability.

“We are glad that NutriAsia chose us to be the first local government unit to engage with in this ecofriendly initiative,” Belmonte added.

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Regrets... from page 4

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We all have regrets of wrong, painful things we have done to others. Yet we can choose to use those regrets to bring positive, permanent changes in our life and others around us.

Won’t you ask forgiveness from your Maker whom you have hurt the most by not living life His way He created you to enjoy?

With His love and power, Jesus will help you use your regrets to make your muchneeded changes that last.

Only then can you become the truly successful, godly person He created you to be. Just think a minute.

Conversion... from page 4

from the fact that we need to be more and more like G o d as he wants us to be. We cannot progress in that direction without repentance, renewal, and conversion.

Deaf... from page 4

crafts, cooking and baking.

PID believes in a holistic approach so it also conducts workshops for parents, brothers, sisters, yayas and neighbor peers so everyone will know how to teach and motivate the deaf child even at home and in their social activities.

“With hard work and full cooperation from the communities, these children leave PID ready to enter regular schools. This is probably what we could call our contribution to the country,” Ms. Esguerra said.

PID commenced operations in 1986 and, in 1988, was placed under the umbrella of a non-stock, nonprofit organization named Sergia Esguerra Memorial Foundation. The foundation was named to honor the memory of Ms. Esguerra’s mother who pioneered in the oral method of teaching in the Philippines.

In 1992, former President Fidel V. Ramos provided PID wit h a two-store y school building located at the AFP-PSG Compound beside Nagtahan Bridge near Malacañan via a 25-year lease at P1/year. The compound is now a fenced secured campus furnished with 16 classrooms, 5 speech one-onone cubicles, an occupational room, a library and seminar room, a home economics room, a science laboratory, a computer laboratory, a technical-vocational room, a guidance area, a multipurpose gym with stage, and a small campus for sports activities. PAGCOR recently approved a sizeable grant for the purchase of computers for the use of the students.

PID is home to a hundred deaf students, and other special learners and their special education teachers.

Most of the students belong to very poor families and d e p e n d ve r y mu ch on generous sponsors to be able to stay in school.

Ms. Esguerra, who has been described by associates as a “miracle worker”, can look back with justifiable pride at how PID has transformed lives.

Ramizza Reyeg suffered bullying by her former classmates. Some of her former teachers were lessthan-patient and even openly expressed their frustration at her communication skills and slow pace. But later, in a much different nurturing e nv i ron m e nt , R a m i z z a was able to catch up. She eventually finished regular elementary and high school.

Recently, she completed a 2-year Associate Degree in Computer Secretarial at St. Jude Institute of Technology.

She became a teacher aide in PID but is now on leave to pursue a degree in Special Education.

Josh Raymundo, the first and only deaf student accepted at the University of Santo Tomas, finished B.S. Library Science. Immediately after passing the Librarian’s Board Licensure, he was hired as a librarian at Letran University in Calamba. He now attends the meetings of the board of Sergia V. Esguerra Memorial Foundation as the alumni representative.

Steven Josh Quinao, formerly an introvert, shone as one of the stars in Lion King, portraying the role of young Simba.

R e c e n t l y, C o n r a d Hotel opened its doors to apprentices from PID, who will eventually be gainfully employed in the Sy-owned luxury hotel.

The following attend the board of Sergia Esguerra Me m or i a l Fou n d at i on : Ofelia M. Caraque, honorary c h a i r m a n ; C y nt h i a R .

Mamon, chairman; Cesar V. Campos, past chairman; Julie G. Esguerra, executive director; Evelyn S. Catagas, assistant director; Cynthia E. De La Cruz, Baby Luat, Maria Fe N. Ferriols, Manette M. Inocencio, Ramon E. Rodrigo, Manny Castañeda, Maricor Akol, and this writer, directors; Melissa Quinao, PTA representative, and Josh Raymundo, alumni representative.

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wanting to retire but refuses to relinquish control - Letting the next generation family members decide for themselves on the issue of succession and direction of the business but retains the patriarchal shadow.

Peace... from page 1

island region.

Lopoz underscored the importance of the framework plan, noting that "conflict and war for the past thirty years affected the investment p ot e nt i a l s a n d ov e r a l l development of the island."

D u r i ng t he s e ss i on , Mi n DA Inte r n at i on a l Relations chief Jonathan M i r a l h i g h l i g ht e d t h e critical role of Mindanao's participation as a focus area in the Brunei DarussalamIndonesia-MalaysiaPhilippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) sub-regional cooperation.

In a presentation delving on the BIMP-EAGA Vision 2025, Miral noted that BIMPEAGA priority projects should be part of the local land national plans of each member-country for them to be effectively implemented.

Meanwhile, Secretary Emmanuel Piñol also proposed heightened engagement with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao through its InterGovernmental Relations Body (IGRB), which currently links the autonomous region with the national government.

"This is specifically on matters that relate to the development of the overall Mindanao,” Piñol said.

NEDA Undersecretary Adoracion Navarro, who presented the "Ambisyon Natin 2040 and Philippine Development Plan 2017 – 2020" also highlighted the importance of tackling the gender employment gap in all development discussions on Mindanao.

"Labor force participation (among women) in Mindanao is low. Women take half of the population, so women are half of the potential of any geographic area. Why not maximize the potential of women since women are half of the potential?” Navarro said.

MinDA said the validation activity aims to consolidate and finalize the development indicators for the M2030 prior to the framework's regional roll-out. (PNA)

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financial support to nonworking family members - Appointing unqualified family members in managerial positions and worse, elevating them to the Board of Directors - Giving equal compensation to active family members - Giving higher compensation to family members over professionals - Not subjecting a c t ive f am i ly me mb e rs to performance and Accountability Rules - Flip flops on the issue of

Delays... from page 1

He said the outbreak has also affected the revenue collection of the Customs as raw materials from China have not arrived as expected.

“Our target for collection for February was P2 billion to P3 billion, but our actual revenue was only P1 billion,” he said, adding that if the coronavirus threat drags on for months, they could expect a lower tax collection this year.

“The coronavirus has a domino effect on the shipping line. But we have to wait for the containers to be available again,” Simon said.

He added that the Customs needs at least 200 or more container vans in transporting the imported trash.

Simon said the Philippine Sinter Corp., a company based in Villanueva town, Misamis Oriental, has offered assistance to fast-track the re-bagging by donating some equipment designed to make the work faster.

Simon said they are hoping to finish the re-bagging of the remaining trash so it can be ready to be transported anytime this month.

In 2018, some 6,500 metric tons of garbage arrived in Misamis Oriental. In February last year, 1,500 metric tons of the 6,500, composed of unsegregated plastic materials that arrived in October 2018, were returned to South Korea.

A total of 150 container vans, containing ab out 3,000 metric tons, were also shipped back to South Korea in January and February this year. (PNA)

Academy... from page 1

the Cabinet Officers for Regional Development and Security (CORDS) in Region 10 (Northern Mindanao), has also opened a regional office for CORDS, which will have a strategic communications faci lity to supp or t t he intensified information drive in implementing Executive Order 70.

Executive Order 70, which created the Task Force on the End Local Communist Armed Conflict in the local levels, mandates a "whole-ofnation" approach to address the insurgency problem in the countryside.

During his visit in the region on March 4, Andanar also discussed with Lanao del Norte Gov. Imelda Dimaporo the government's initiatives

R.A. Form No. 10172 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Misamis Oriental Municipality: Gitagum NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048 and notice is hereby served to the public that RODEL P. MONTON has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error in the certificate of Live Birth of her daughter KYLLE CAMELLE BACADON MONTON from MALE to FEMALE and from August 28, 2002 to May 11, 2002 and who was born on May 11, 2002 at Cogon, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are RODEL PADING MONTON and LIEZEL BACADON. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than _____________.

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(SGD) FRANCIS Y. MIGALBIO Municipal Civil Registrar

to intensif y g rassro ots information dissemination on government projects and programs.

Andanar said PCOO will be documenting the start of the construction of the Panguil Bay Bridge.

"Let the Filipino know i t s i mp or t a n c e t o t h e Zamboanga Peninsula and respective municipalities.

This is the longest bridge being constructed by this administration, longer than San Juanico Bridge. We are documenting Panguil Bay construction so that the people would know about it," Andanar said.

Andanar also cited the media hub to be opened in Davao City on June this year, which he said will showcase state-of-the-art equipment for communications. (PNA)

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of the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI).

The coffee expo, on the other hand, is a combined effort of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture ( DA ) , B a r i s t a C o f f e e Academy of Asia, Davao Region C of fee C ouncil along with the Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDIVOCA).

Quisol said the gathering is a special avenue for the entire coffee industry to tackle key challenges and opportunities through technical discussions, learning about new technologies to increase productivity and quality, and build networks within the sector.

He said there will also be international luminaries and key speakers presenting during various breakaway sessions. (PNA) EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG THE HEIRS OF RONALDO M. ACTUB KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That spouses RONALDO M. ACTUB and CARINA LACANGLACANG ACTUB who died intestate on January 31, 2009 and October 28, 2017 respectively at Opol, Misamis Oriental, is the absolute and registered owner of residential lot at Luyongbonbon, Opol, Misamis Oriental, covered

by Transfer of Certificate of Title No. T-T36640, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) square meters, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG THE HEIRS OF RONALDO M. ACTUB filed by the heirs per Document No. 435, Page No. 87, Book No. LVIII, Series of 2020 of the Notarial registry of Atty. Lynn Amor L. Paclar-Panulaya.

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THE CHAIRMAN'S AWARD:

A CELEBRATION OF PARTNERSHIP & SUCCESSES TOP SELLERS OF 2019:

TOP REALTIES OF 2019:

Leuterio Realty & Brokerage (Top Realty 2019)

Land Asia Realty & Dev’t Corp. (2nd Top Realty 2019)

CLM Realty (3rd Top of 2019)

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ast February 28, 2020, Italpinas Development Corporation industry’s partners were gathered during its Chairman’s Award held at D’ Dynasty Court Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. Italpinas Development Corporation (IDC) awarded its top performer.

“From the time we started our breakthrough project, Primavera Residences, our salesforce have been there sharing their skills to us in making our green projects become a commercial success. On behalf of IDC, we thank our brokers and sellers for being loyal to our company.

As a way of showing our utmost gratitude, we held this event to give back to each and every one of you.” said Ms. Gladys Ivy M. Echano, IDC Director for Sales.

“2019 was indeed the best year for Italpinas Dev’t Corp. we reached an incredible amount of reservations and we hope that our sales force will continue to give their full support for the upcoming years for Italpinas Dev’t Corp.here in Cagayan de Oro,” continued Ms. Echano. She also added that IDC’s success in the real estate industry would never be achieved without its active sellers.