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Briefly Reduced brownouts DAVAO City -- Customers of Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) heaved a feeling of relief after the power utility announced it is now back to a maximum of one hour blackout during peak hours and none throughout the off-peak hours within its franchise area.

The power utility attributed the reduction to a much improved power supply situation from the National Power Corporation (NPC) through the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

In a press statement, DLPC said that since last week the duration of the rotating brownouts has significantly reduced from a maximum of 2.5 hours and 1 hour during peak and off peak, respectively.

Price monitoring TANDAG City – As the school opening for school year 2014-2015 gets closer, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has intensified the conduct of price monitoring of school supplies in Surigao del Sur, according to DTI Provincial Director Romel Oribe.

He said that such move, which is an annual undertaking, is part of their routine to protect consumers against unscrupulous businessmen, especially this time around.

Oribe bared that the Consumer Welfare Division headed by its chief, Manny Disca, is now in the central towns of the province.

So far, Oribe stressed that there are no reported cases of alarming increase in prices of said goods.

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Power providers seek lower IMEM price cap D

By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO Correspondent

AVAO CITY — Mindanao’s power distributors want to lower the Interim Mindanao Electricity Market’s (IMEM) offer cap, a figure that would influence power price trading, to P22 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) from the P32 previously approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission.

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Government’s re-entry to power-generation won’t solve brownout woes DAVAO C it y - - If t he government will return to p ower generation it won’t solve the brownouts happening particularly in Mindanao.

This according to Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla during the inauguration of the 14-megawatt Tudaya Hydropower Plant in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur last week.

Petilla said that building a power generating plant takes about four years or longer. If ever government decides to go back to building

power plants it won’t solve the ongoing problem.

He said that additional power plants will go online by 2015, this will include the 300-megawatt Aboitiz Coal Plant in Davao.

Petilla admitted that there is a great pressure for the government to return to power generation.

Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) signed into law in 2001, prohibited the government from engaging in power generation.

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But, Romeo M. Montenegro, public affairs he ad of t he Mind anao Development Authority, said the cap would not matter anymore if the regulatory agency approves the proposed demand-side bidding system.

“Under the system, the distributing utility will have the upper hand in proposing the pricing for the amount

of power that it is willing to buy,” Mr. Montenegro told BusinessWorld. If both distributor and power supplier agree on the pricing, they may immediately sign the supply contract.

Mr. Montenegro said the initial volume of power for the temporary market will be at 100 megawatts but noted lower/PAGE 11

BRIGADA ESKWELA. AboitizPower subsidiary Therma South, Inc. team members join community leaders, teachers and pupils of Inawayan Elem. School and Binugao Central Elementary School at the start of the annual Brigada Eskwela. The employees cleaned classrooms, repainted walls and cleaned the school grounds in anticipation of the more than 2,500 pupils expected to enrol in the two schools this June. (Photo Provided)

DTI-10 tops agencies fighting corruption

By CHENG ORDONEZ, Associate Editor

THE Department of Trade and Industr y in Region 10 (DTI-10) garnered the highest rating among the 24 government agencies rated for sincerity in fighting

corruption in the Social Weather Stations (SWS) 2013 Survey of Enterprises on Corruption.

The survey excepted the Office of the President (OP).

Dr. Mahar K. Mangahas, SWS president, cited DTI10’s Excellent Rating during his presentation of the 2014 SWS Survey Review held in Cagayan de Oro City, earlier. “ The OP maintained corruption/PAGE 11

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ARMM hires over a thousand new teachers MARAWI City -- O ver a thousand new teachers have been hired by the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) t h i s mont h to a d d re ss teaching gaps in the region.

Nine hundre d t hre e

teachers took oath en masse Friday, May 16, and will be assigned to permanent teaching slots in at least 1,364 different schools in ARMM’s mainland provinces of Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur and city of Marawi.

Of the 903 new appointments, 505 will be deployed in Maguindanao, 325 in Lanao del Sur and 78 in Marawi City.

Eighty nine percent or 797 of the sworn-in teachers are women.

ARMM Education Secretary Jamar Kulayan said 450 others will take oath on May 30 in Zamboanga City and will be assigned to schools in the island provinces of Sulu, Basilan and Tawi-Tawi.

All 1,353 newly-hired teachers have passed the L icensure E xaminat ion for Teachers (LET) and under went screening process used by ARMM’s Department of Education (DepEd) in considering applicants for teaching post.

Kulayan said they opted to hold a mass oath taking ceremony to b o ost t he morale of the teachers and solemnize their commitment to the profession.

The newly-hired teachers

will join the 23,000 educators in ARMM. Meanwhile, Mubarak Pandi, D epE d reg iona l information officer, said there are still around 2,645 teaching posts for the region to be filled this 2014. “ We a r e o p t i m i s t i c these vacancies will soon be filled before the year ends, with the massive turn-out of new teaching aspirants undergoing Teachers Assessment and Competency Exam (TACE),”

Pandi said.

TACE, an innovation on screening process ensures competency and aptitude of new recruits. It involves set of paper examination, panel interview and teaching demo to rank qualified applicants as to hiring priorities.

The pre s e nt A R MM leadership puts premium on improving the quality of education in the region starting with the hiring of qualified and competent educators.

15-year old HIV-AIDS patient stirs CDO execs, church leaders ANXIETY gripped local and church officials in Cagayan de Oro on Tuesday as the report of a 15-year-old boy who contracted the incurable HIV-AIDS disease here spread like wild fire.

HIV-AIDS stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a

disease contracted through unprotected sexual practice that remains incurable.

City Councilor Dante Pajo, Chair of the City C ouncil C ommittee on Health and Sanitation, stirred the City Council regular session Monday when the furious local august body demanded the identity of

the patient.

Pajo explained to the members of the City Council that there is a law that protects the disclosure of the identity of HIV patient.

“Unless the patient and the immediate members of the family would accede to disclosing the HIV patient’s identity, we have to abide by

the law,” Pajo said.

In his report to the City Council, Pajo urged the city government to adopt measures that would contain or resolve the rapid growth of the HIV-AIDS cases here.

“The 15-year-old boy is the youngest among the 53 patients in Cagayan De Stirs/PAGE 11

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Aboitiz Group eyes power, food ventures abroad THE Aboitiz Group plans to bring its power generation and food businesses outside the Philippines.

In a press briefing today, Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (AEV) president Erramon Aboitiz said unit Aboitiz Power Corp is looking at Papua New Guinea and Indonesia for expansion.

“We’re looking at different sources. We are looking at geothermal, hydro,” Aboitiz said.

The conglomerate is looking at buying into or rehabilitating an operating asset instead of building a power plant from scratch,

Del Monte Pacific braces for loss D UA L LY L I S T E D D e l Monte Pacific Ltd. (DMPL) expects to report a net loss in its “transition quarter” spanning Jan. 1-April 30 due to expenses for acquisition of Del Monte Foods, Inc. (DMFI), the food consumer business of US-based Del Monte Corp., DMPL, which is listed both in Singapore and the Philippines, said in a brief disclosure on Monday.

Following the DMFI acquisition, DMPL has changed the end of its financial year to April 30 from Dec. 31, making April 30, 2015 the end of its current financial year.

“The group now expects to report a net loss for the transition quarter ended April 30, due primarily to non-recurring DMFI acquisition-related expenses” and “acquisition-related del monte/PAGE 11

he said.

“PNG, they have a plant that they are bidding out. I don’t know what’s happening there right now. We’re looking at Indonesia. We are talking to some partners. But so far, we don’t have anything firm,” Aboitiz said.

AboitizPower is among the three biggest players in the local power generation space along with the Lopezes and San Miguel Corp.

For its part, Pilmico Fo o d s C or p pre s i d e nt

Sabin Aboitiz said the food unit of AEV is also eyeing acquisitions as a template for expansion, capitalizing on the opportunities presented by the Asean economic integration.

“We want to expand our markets and not only rely on the Philippines. The flour in Asean is tax-free. They are coming to the country and we need to be able to go to their markets to be able to balance it,” he said.

Pilmico completed its first flour shipment to Vietnam last December. It is also opening an office in Indonesia by endMay or early June, after which it will also make its foray to

Thailand.

AEV suffered a 29 percent year-on-year decline in earnings to P4.9 billion in the first quarter of the year, dragged by the weakness of its power and banking units.

For this year, AEV is allocating P88 billion for its capital expenditures, higher than the budgeted capex of P59 billion in 2013.

AboitizPower will account for P80 billion of the total spending. It will be earmarked for greenfield and brownfield projects that will increase its power generation capacity by 2,000 megawatts over the next five years.

Mitsubishi mulls export of locally built units MITSUBISHI Motors Philippines Corp. (MMPC) is studying the possibility of exporting locally assembled vehicles from its newly acquired plant in Laguna, senior officials of the Japanese automaker told reporters during a visit at its plant in Cainta, Rizal on Friday last week.

“We’re also looking at export… There is a possibility.

We’re not limiting it only to the domestic market,” said Froilan G. Dytianquin, MMPC marketing vicepresident, when asked about plans for the new plant.

Asked which vehicles could be exported, Mr. Dytianquin replied: “We’re still studying the models.”

CAPACITY INCREASED MMPC currently assembles the L300 van, the Adventure AUV, and

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Sarangani pushes expansion of dairy industry

GENERAL Santos City -The provincial government of Sarangani is pushing for the expansion in the next two years of the area’s dairy stock as it moves to build up the area as major producer of dairy products.

Sarangani Gov. Steve C hiongbi an S olon s aid on Friday they have tied up with the Department of Ag r ic u lture and t he National Dairy Authority (NDA) for the provision of additional dairy cattle and the implementation of complementary initiatives in support of the area’s fledgling dairy industry.

He said the province has a current inventory of 160 heads of dairy cattle that are all under the care of a cooperative in Malungon town.

The dair y or milk produced out of the dairy stock are processed by a dairy plant operated by the Malungon Dairy Farmers’ Association (Madafa) based in Barangay Malalag Cogon in Malungon, he said.

Data released by the Sarangani veterinary office showed that the cooperative c u r re nt l y pro du c e s a n average of 900 liters of milk per day.

The dair y plant was est ablishe d in 2011 by the cooperative through a

funding support from Land O’ Lakes Cooperative based in the United States.

“The cooperative [Madafa] is presently expanding its operations and is targeting to increase its production to around 1,200 to 1,500 liters per day

by October this year,” Solon said.

The governor said the local government has been assisting the cooperative in terms of linkages with the NDA and other dairy industry stakeholders.

The provincial government served as co-host of the 17th Dairy Congress and Expo (DairyConEx) that was held in this city earlier this month.

The DairyConEx, which gathered around 500 dairy stakeholders from various p a r t s o f t h e c o u n t r y, also showcased various technologies available to the industry.

Solon said the conference was a good venue to develop some strategies to improve the quality and c omp et it iveness of t he Philippines’s dairy products in the markets.

In 2013 data released by the NDA showed that the country’s dairy production reached 19.45 million liters, increasing by a million liters dairy/PAGE 7

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Agri players urged to support peace process C O TA B AT O C i t y - Agriculture officials in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have called on major agri stakeholders to support the Mindanao peace process.

The appeal was made by ARMM Agriculture Regional secretary Makmod Mending ahead of the culminating activity of the Department of Agriculture’s nationwide observance of May 2014

Nat i on a l Fa r m e r s a n d Fisherfolk’ Month.

Representatives from fishing and farming sectors across the ARMM will converge here for the three-day event, as part of t h e R e g i on a l Far m Family Achievement and Recognition Week of the ARMM’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF).

Mending will lead the

activities, meant to cap off the nearing culmination of the national farmers and fisher folk’ month.

He explained that the annual observance of the farmers and fisherfolk’ month is based on Malacañang’s Proclamation 33, signed by former President Corazon Aquino.

Me nd i ng s ai d he is thankful to Gov. Mujiv Hataman, chief executive

of the autonomous region, for supporting the regional activities related to the farmers and fisherfolk’ month.

He said they will encourage participants to the May 20-23 gathering of farmers and fishermen here to maximize their support to Mindanao peace process and the upcoming new political entity that will replace the support/PAGE 10

Normin eyed for tobacco production DRIVEN by the need for area expansion and increased yields of 4.46 percent from 2012 to 2013, tob acco production has been growing over the past two years, according to the National Tobacco Administration (NTA). “ T hou g h t he Il o cos region has a vibrant tobacco industry, private-tobacco firms continue to search for areas to plant tobacco, particularly the Virginia type,” the NTA, an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA), said in a tobacco/PAGE 10

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A fifth of PH banks’ loans tied up in real estate A FIFTH of Philippine banks’ loans are tied up in the real estate market.

In a report, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday said universal, commercial and thrift banks had a combined real estate exposure of P1.006 trillion in the fourth quarter of last year.

This was 7.1 percent more than the P939.8 billion in exposure to the property sector in the third quarter of 2013.

At least 83 percent of the banking industry’s real estate exposure in the fourth quarter was in the form of loans worth P842 billion,

up seven percent from the P788 billion in the previous three-month period . Viewed against the P4.084 trillion in outstanding loans of the country’s biggest lenders alone, the banking industry’s real estate exposure at end2013 amounted to 20 percent.

Sixty percent of the loans is owed by land developers, while the remaining 40 percent represents money borrowed by residential property buyers.

Besides loans, banks also had P163.6 billion in investments in securities of real estate firm, up eight percent from $151.8 billion previously.

Despite the uptick in

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More foreigners seen investing in PH firms

PNB’s profits halve

term improvement in some of these companies,” Sicat said on the sidelines of the Financial Times-First Metro Investment Conference on Monday.

However, political uncertainty and fiscal problems hounding other emerging markets have weighed on the Philippines as well, he said.

“Remember at the beginning of the year, with the rotation out of emerging markets back to developed economies, that contributed to lower volumes.

Now, you have the rotation back to emerging markets. We’ll see what the second quarter brings,” Sicat said.

As of last Friday, net foreign buying had more than doubled to P41.0 billion from P15.6 billion at end-2013.

As to increasing the 10 percent minimum public float requirement of listed firms to provide more liquidity for investors, Sicat said: “Eventually that will happen but it’s not on the table in the short term.”

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MORE local companies will draw foreign investors amid the continued strength of the country’s macroeconomic fundamentals, according to the local bourse chief.

Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) president Hans B. Sicat told reporters that firms in the consumer, power, tourism and services sectors are in the best position to attract more offshore investors.

Malaysia’s state investor Khazanah Nasional Berhad and private equity firm TPG Capital (S) Pte Ltd participated in 8990 Holdings Inc’s recently concluded P9-billion followon offering for their maiden investment in the Philippines.

GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, also invested in Metro Pacific Investments Corp’s hospital business.

“That’s part of the foreign direct investments that we’ve all been wanting to see. To me, that means there is a belief in the medium to long-

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The PSE chief sees a “robust pipeline” of fundraising activities in the stock market, putting the bourse on track to hit its P200billion capital-raising goal for the entire 2014. Year-to-date, capital raised in the equities market reached P74.7 billion.

“There’s a lot of interest. It helps that you have continued visibility of the Philippines and the fact that we have WEF here,” Sicat said, referring to the country’s hosting of the World Economic Forum on East Asia this week.

The PSE is targeting to bring in 10 new names to the local stock market, either through initial public offerings (IPOs), listing by way of introduction or backdoor listing.

So far, three companies have joined the bourse. Top Frontier Investment Holdings Inc entered the PSE through listing by way of introduction, while Double Dragon Properties Corp and Century Pacific Food Inc conducted IPOs.

PHILIPPINE National Bank (PNB) said its quarterly profit was halved from a year ago, joining other lenders whose bottom line was hit by weaker trading gains.

The Lucio Tan-led bank reported a net income of P1.3 billion in the three months ending March, a 50% decline from P2.62 billion during the same period last year, it said in a statement submitted to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Monday.

The bank said that its first quarter income in 2013 was “53% higher... mainly brought about by substantial gains in trading and investment securities.”

The decline in earnings came even as it saw a 70% rise in net interest income to P4.5 billion in the first three months of the year.

PNB’s net interest income accounted for 68% of the profit/PAGE 10

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hink a minute…A cemetery in Indiana, America has a gravestone with these words on it: “Stop stranger, when you pass me by. As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you will be. So prepare to die, and follow me!” A person walking by added these words underneath: “ To fol low you I’m not content, until I know which way you went!” Do you sometimes wonder where your family and friends who’ve died are now? Do t he y want you to come where they are? Don’t you wish they could talk to you? Where are all those people now who suddenly died in the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001?

Jesus Christ made it very clear that we already know where we’re going after we die, since it’s only now that we can choose where we’ll live after we die. He warns us that it will be too late after we die to choose or change our mind. Jesus said there are only two choices: to completely believe Him and live His way everyday, or, to keep living our own way. Heaven or hell. Jesus said there’s no in-between place for nice, good people who won’t ask for His gift

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Why Not A Fiesta

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love the month of May since the first time I stepped on Philippine soil. May is, indeed, a very merry one.

Although other important festivities are held throughout the year, still, May has a monopoly on many of these socio-religious-cultural tradition in the Philippines and in its communities abroad.

When we reflect on the whys and the wherefores of the “fiesta”, we, expatriates living in the Philippines, may even arrive a better understanding of the Filipino character. The best of their intentions, the generousity

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IFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…However, if you no longer listen to the Lord your God, and no longer obey His commands… all these curses will come on you and overtake you…”

(Deuteronomy 28:15, the Holy Bible).

-ooo N EWS H E A DL I N E S CONFIRM BIBLICAL WARNINGS: More and more, news headlines around the world confirm Biblical prophecies against man’s turning away from God, by his refusal to read His Bible and obey His commands. Yet, many continue to deny the growingly evident connection between these occurrences, particularly those dealing with calamities brought about by global warming and climate change, and the prophecies in the Bible.

In fact, even supposedly “practicing and devout Christians” seem to be

of themselves, the lavish outpouring of goodwill, the inherent desire to follow traditions, the love for “palabas” and pageantry, as well the mindless extravagance evident during the festivities, all surface together on this muchawaited time of the year.

The “fiesta” is not only a heady concentration on food, drinking, ritual practices and merrymaking. It is not just a purely religious affair - in pre-colonial history a time for imploring the spirits of rain and good harvest or for bountiful fish in the sea - to honor the town’s patron

saint, or to commemorate a religious event.

And neither is it just an annual occasion for the more priviliged to throw a lavish party for the entire community, in the form of sponsoring “the fiesta”, or for the less fortunate to pause from the drudgery of their burdens and have an excuse to splurge with their year-long savings to celebrate as well.

It is all these and more.

The religious, social and cultural traditions we observe duri8ng “fiestas” has one significant function: they draw the entire community together. And rightfully so.

H ave M y Say

By Klaus Doring

I love the month of May in the Philippines. It also helped me being more involved as an expatriate in my surroundings and in “my village”.

News Headlines Confim Bible Warnings missing this point, as they continue to insist that the prophecies concern only the believers of the Old Testament of the Bible, and not present-day believers. But this is deadly wrong, as it is unfortunately preventing us from pursuing the appropriate Biblical remedies against global warming and climate change.

-ooo PROPHECY ON GLOBAL WARMING: Let us start off with the warning by the weather bureau, or PA G A S A ( P h i l i p p i n e Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n ) , t h a t temperatures in the Philippines will continue to rise, even as Metro Manila already sizzled with 36.6 degrees Celsius last Monday, 19 May 2014, a record breaker for this year.

The warning is that, the “ Lord will strike you with…

scorching heat and drought… the sky over your head will be bronze, and the ground beneath you stand iron”, under Deuteronomy 28:15, 22 and 23 of the Bible. These calamities will be sent by God to a people who longer listen to, and who no longer obey, Him, says the Bible. Please read these verses carefully.

-ooo RAINS, FLOODS, WINDS: Then, at the same time, warnings are also being issued for possible deadly floods in the Mindanao area in view of an incoming weather disturbance, even as heavy floods, the first in almost one hundred years, submerged many areas in Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia, causing the forced evacuation of hundreds of thousands.

T h e w ar n i ng , m a d e

by Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, is contained in Matthew 7:24-27. Jesus said the rains, floods and winds

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will come, and those who listen to Him but do not obey Him will certainly die. On the other hand, Jesus said that those who listen to Him and obey Him will live, and be spared from death and destruction.

-ooo O F W SU F F E R I N G S PREDICTED, TOO: What is more, the sufferings being experienced by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) batas/PAGE 7

Avoiding Scandal

T of forgiveness and live for Him every day. None of us is perfect. We’ve all done some things wrong that we need Jesus to forgive us for and start changing in our character and way of living.

So we don’t need to talk to the dead to f ind out about life after death. Jesus Christ has already told us the truth and everything we need to know to go where we want to live after we die—together with Him an d Hi s t r u e f am i ly i n heaven. So for your own peace of mind and safety, w on’t y ou a s k Je s u s t o forgive you for living your own way before it’s too late?

Then ask Him to take full charge of your heart and help you start living His way every day, for the rest of your life.

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his should be an ongoing concern of ours, considering that scandal, as Christ himself said, is unavoidable. “It is necessary that scandals come.” (Mt 18,7) But he continued, “Nevertheless, woe to that man by whom the scandal comes.”

Whether we like it or not, we cannot help but give scandal to others or be scandalized ourselves. Just the same, with God’s grace, with a good dose of hope and generosity, with our effort, we just have to try to avoid scandal, that is, to cause it or to be scandalized.

Scandal is when we lead others to sin. This can start with our attitude itself and can worsen with our behavior.

We have to see to it that even in our internal forum, in the way we think, judge, assess, reason, conclude, etc., the good things like charity, compassion, understanding shou l d b e d el ib e r ately pursued.

Then we can expect good actions to follow, for our thoughts, desires and intentions are the mother of our actions. How important therefore it is to keep our thoughts clean, our desires pure, and our intentions full of love and compassion toward others! Our actions are just expressions of our thoughts, desires and intentions.

Let’s not wait for some good inspiration to come to us. We have to be proactive in pursuing the good and the demands of love, starting with the small things, since the big things in life always start with the small ones.

It’s very timely now to be reminded about the need to avoid scandals, since the world, even in our own relatively small corner, is filling up with scandals, and one scandal can lead to another.

Scandals have a very notorious multiplier effect especially when played out in the media or in the social

networks. It quickly generates a snowball effect that can create a monster of a lynch mob in no time at all.

We have to be most wary of what we say, whether directly to a person or to the public, especially when it has something to do with a negative thing. Not everything negative that we see around ought to be expressed.

Many of them do not deserve to be brought out in the open, especially when we think that by doing so, we produce more harm than good. We have to learn prudence and discretion.

And if we have to say something negative, let’s make sure that we do it in such a way that we minimize or better eliminate scandals and that we don’t lead others even to think badly of another.

Thus, in the current controversy of the pork barrel, let’s make sure that our comments are driven with good intentions and are expressed with the

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appropriate language, tone and timing. They just cannot be explosions of our anger and frustration, or idle speculations incited by blind or fanatical partisan politics.

Let’s remember that even in the worst scenario, we are never excused from practicing charity with one another. Rather, precisely in the worst scenario are we most obliged to live charity, which never means we just gloss over the demands of justice. cimagala/PAGE 8

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Barangay forest program launching set CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A joint cabinet working visit is set on May 21 here in the city to launch the Mindanao Barangay StraTREEgic Forest Program (BSFP).

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon JP Paje, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II, and Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Chairman Secretary Luwalhati R. Antonino are

expected to attend and witness the ceremonial MOA signing and turn-over of check.

The BSFP is a tripartite partnership which seeks to facilitate the implementation and att ainment of t he objectives of the National Greening Program (NGP) in Mindanao.

It initially targets to cover some 200 barangays for reforestation activities and generate at least two million seedlings of forest trees planted in typhoon

prone and p e re n n i a l ly flooded areas in Mindanao.

Alongside with the BSFP launching is the Payment for Ecosystem S er vices (PES) for Miarayon-LapokTinaytayan Tribal Association (MILALIT TRA) of Mt. Kalatungan Range Natural Park cum Cagayan de Oro River Basin Management Council (CDORBMC) special meeting.

The PES for Kalatungan is supported by CDORBMC for pilot testing within the basin and is envisioned to scale up

the efforts of other indigenous peoples communities within the basin, including those in Mt. Kalatungan and Mt. Kitangalad Natural Parks.

MinDA, MASS-SPECC and the four cooperatives: Bukidnon Pharmaceutical Multipurpose Cooperative (BUPHARC O), First Community Cooperative (FICCO), and National Federation of Cooperative (NAFE) are the initial “buyers” of the PES scheme for MILALITTRA. (JCV/ PIA)

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and higher, while we go down lower and lower. The reason?

We no longer listen to God, and no longer obey Him. Just look around our country and the evidence is all too clear. Foreigners own the Philippines now!

-ooo PROPHECY ON ABUSE AND PLUNDER: There are more dire Biblical prophecies happening right here in the Philippines, of course, but we will talk about them later.

To close this column today, however, I wish to reiterate the prophecy in Deuteronomy 28:29, about the people being abused, robbed and plundered, with no one among our political leaders, from the administration and opposition, being able to help them. May God have mercy

on us for our refusal to listen to His Word!

-ooo REMINDERS: Please tune in: “Tambalang Batas at Somintac sa DZEC”, at 1062 kHz on the AM band, Mondays to Fridays, at 6 a.m., simulcast, real time, over www.eaglenews.ph; “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas sa Radyo Trabungko FM”, at 103.7 mHz in Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Mondays to Fridays, at 7 a.m.; and “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas sa DYKA” at 801 kHz on the AM band (Panay Island), Mondays to Fridays, at 10 a.m.

coming from imports, stood at 321.64 million kilograms (kg) last year, which is 5 percent higher than the previous year’s net supply of 305.80 million kg.

Imports of milk and dairy products increased by 1 percent, or from 305.45 million kg to 309.06 million kg.

T h e N DA s a i d t h e country’s sufficiency level in terms of local dair y production was only listed at a dismal 1 percent, but it still exported some 6.88 million kg of dairy products last year.

About 76 percent of the dairy exports comprised whole milk powder while the remaining 24 percent were condensed milk and cheese. (PNA)

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in the hands of their foreign employers, the latest of which was that inflicted on a Filipino maid in Riyadh whose employer doused her with boiling water, can also be read in Deuteronomy 28:15 and 32. This Biblical verse talks about our children being sent abroad, and us being unable to do anything to help them in times of trouble.

-ooo FOREIGNERS GETTING RICHER, PINOYS GETTING POORER: Foreigners lording it over Filipinos in our own country is prophecy found in Deuteronomy 28:15, and 4243. This particular prophecy says that the foreigners who live among us will rise higher

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when compared to 2012.

The net supply, mostly

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MisOr CPI at 145.7 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) posted for Misamis Oriental in March 2014 was observed at 145.7.

This is 0.7 percent higher than the CPI observed in the previous month.

Among the provinces within Northern Mindanao, Misamis Oriental ranked fourth f rom t he l arge st C PI recorded for the said month, only 4.9 index points higher to Lanao del Norte which ranked last. The largest CPI was recorded in the province of Camiguin with a CPI of approximately 168.7.

The fastest price index increase in Food and Non – Alcoholic B everages am ong t h e prov i n c e s within the region is observed in the province of Misamis Occidental at 171.5. This indicates that since year 2006 (base year), prices on the said commodity group had increased by as much as 71.5 percent. The least price index hike was in the province of Lanao del Norte.

On Non – Food items, Misamis Oriental recorded the least CPI at 131.0. This is 0.1 index point lower than Lanao del Norte which ranked fourth among the

provinces. C amiguin posted the largest CPI for Non – Food items at approximately167.6.

Misamis Oriental posted the highest CPI on Health commodities at 148.0 on Non – Food items. The Health group consists of Medical Products, Appliances and Equipment (126.1), Out – Patient Services (168.5) and Hospital S er vices (166.1).

The least CPI in the province was observed in the Communication group (104.3).

The significance of price statistics in the economy of any nation cannot be overemphasized. They constitute a very useful tool for policy making, economic planning, analysis and monitoring because price signals help to understand the degree of economic stability or otherwise in the system.

More ove r, O f f i c e r In Charge Janith C. Aves of the Philippine Statistics Au t h o r i t y - N a t i o n a l Statistics Office (PSANSO) also said that price statistics are also used as bases to adjust contracts, wage rates, pensions, taxes, and a variety of other transaction flows.

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THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released a total of P836.8 million to different regions nationwide as part of the 40 percent share of local government units (LGUs) from national wealth c ol l e c te d f rom m i n i ng t a x e s a n d g ov e r n m e nt collections for the use of the country’s energy resources, a statement said.

Of the P836.8-millionrelease, LGU shares from the utilization of the country’s energy resources—namely, petroleum, coal, geothermal, hydrothermal, and wind op erat ions—amount to P720.2 million. Another P116.6 million was derived from the collection of excise taxes in mining.

The releases were charged under the Allocations for LGU-Special Shares of LGUs in the Proceeds of National Taxes, in the 2014 General

Appropriations Act. “Primarily, the fund release will augment the i n c o m e o f o u r L G Us , complementing their lo cal tax re venues and t heir Internal Re venue Allotment (IRA) shares from the national government.

Besides that, the LGU share from mining taxes and collections from energy resources will boost our local governments’ capacity to f u nd pro g r ams and projects that will benefit their constituents. This is especially true in terms of health, education, and infrastructure services,” Sec. Florencio “Butch” Abad said.

Of the 12 regions, the province of Antique in Region VI (Western Visayas) will receive the largest energy resource shares at P580.9 million, covering the municipality of Caluya and barangay Semirara. This

is followed by the province of Leyte in Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) which will receive P55.5 million, covering the city of Ormoc and the municipality of Kanang and, effectively, the barangays respectively under them: Hiluctugan, Lim-ao, Rizal, Tongonan (Ormoc City), Lake Danao, and Tongonan (Kananga).

Region V (Bicol Region) will receive P37.8 million, covering the provinces of Alb ay and Masb ate, and benefiting two municipalities and nine barangays: Pagcolbon (Albay), Amoroy, Balawing, Bangon, Capsay, Lanang, Panique, Puro, and Syndicate (Masbate). This is closely followed by Region VII (Western Visayas), which will receive P30.3 million for the provinces of Bohol and Cebu, benefiting two cities, three municipalities,

and five barangays in total.

“It b e ars n ot i ng that through the Open Government Partnership (OGP), we have embarked on the Philippine Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (PH-EITI) so we can become even more transparent about how public funds move in and across the countr y’s extractive industries. For example, we now disclose the revenues received by the government from extractive industries and the contribution of these industries to local economies. “ Through EITI, we intend to reinforce trust and openness between firms and host communities and, ultimately, empower our LGUs to fully own and take part in the process of inclusive growth and development,” the budget chief added.

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contribute to the correction of the guilty party. (cfr Catechism 468) Penalties just cannot be a function of revenge and vindictiveness. They have to be meted out in proportion to the offense committed and to the status of the person involved. The same offense committed by an adult and by a child would not have the same penalty.

Another source of scandal

that we should try to dominate are the gossip shows on TV. They are cleverly planned and scripted to arouse the idle curiosity of the people, with no intention to resolve issues properly. Private lives of celebrities are pried into, often with the cooperation of these celebrities who also have their ulterior motives in washing their dirty linen in public.

These shows practically

are feeding the public with what we may call as sweet p oi s on . T h e y prom ote nothing less than sheer nosiness into the affairs of others. Sad to say, big networks are involved here.

This is not anymore at the level of fishwives. This is now big-time gossiping. And the stars and celebrities involved like it because they want to sell their shows and projects, if not feed their vanity.

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We have to make sure that our quest for justice is always inspired by charity. True justice can never be without charity. If ever penalties have to meted out, it must be because we have to redress the disorder and damage caused by a wrongdoing, and also to defend public order and people’s safety, and

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livery of the second of three Airbus A330 aircraft it will receive this year. CEB’s brand-new

Airbus-A330 arrived at the NAIA Airport last May 18, 2014. CEB is due to take delivery

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“MANAGING STRESS THROUGH NUTRITION AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE” May 22, 2014 at 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm Oro Chamber Conference Room, Pueblo de Oro Township Your chamber- the Oro Chamber has tapped Dr. Dorwin Z. Lajot to conduct the seminar. He is a Doctor of Ministry in Nutritional, Lifestyle and Herbal Medicine Development and is a member of the American Society for Nutrition and author of a forthcoming book Inside the W.O.M.B. The half-day seminar workshop will cover the following topics: n n n n

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12th Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte DANTE M. COLANZE, Petitioner,

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MARYZZA CERBO PADERNAL- COLANZE, Respondent. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /

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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: MARYZZA CERBO PADERNAL-COLANZE

G R E E T I N G S! WHEREAS, on April 21, 2014, the Court issued an order granting the petitioner’s Motion for Leave of Court to Serve Summons by Publication, the dispositive portion of which reads as follows: “WHEREFORE, the Motion is hereby granted, and that the petitioner is hereby ordered to serve the summons by publication at his own expense.”

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WHEREAS, Petition reads: PETITION

PETITIONER by undersigned counsel unto this Honorable Court most respectfully alleges: 1.

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That Petitioner is a Filipino, of legal age, married, resident of Austin Heights, Poblacion, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte; That Respondent is a Filipino, of legal age, married to Petitioner but whose whereabout is unknown and cannot be ascertain by Petitioner; STATEMENT OF FACTS

3. That sometime in year 1994, Petitioner met Respondent in Iloilo City while the cargo ship where he was a crew was on port for 30 days waiting for the cargoes of cement to be unloaded. Respondent and her parents used to live in a makeshift house at Zone 1, Calumpang, Molo, Iloilo City, built on a rented lot; 4. That Petitioner had no intention of courting Respondent as he found her younger sister more attractive than her and of his age however it was Respondent who entertained him when he visited their place and would even follow him to Manila thus they developed some kind of mutual understanding that after 3 months of acquaintance they got married in a civil ceremony in Iloilo City on April 26,1994, attached hereto is a copy of the Certificate of Marriage marked as Annex “A”; After the wedding respondent boarded the vessel together with Petitioner. It was then that Petitioner was confronted with the true character and behavior of Respondent; in any misunderstanding and conflict of opinion they had or when she was agitated, she would slash her wrist with any pointed or sharp object or bit Petitioner on his arms, or shouted expletives and cussing out Petitioner for not doing things she wanted it to be thereby causing great embarrassment to Petitioner since they can be heard of the other crew occupying the adjacent cabins. Petitioner came to realize that her kind of behavior is not only recent but this was with her even before the marriage as she was fond of wearing 3/4 sleeves tops and saw her many scars on her arms to; Then more than a month after their wedding, Petitioner decided to take his newlywed wife to his hometown in Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte since his contract of employment was finished; 6. That at the prodding of his father, he built a house on his father’s lot however he renewed his contract for six (6) months after he ran out of money leaving Respondent behind but after he finished his contract he decided not to renew the contract with the inter-island cargo vessel as he wanted his wife to get pregnant; 7. That his parents wanted them to have a church wedding; during their application for religious ratification of their marriage, when it was required of Respondent to submit her Birth Certificate, she admitted to Petitioner that her name was not MARIZZA as what she made him to believe but NENITA and that she was not born in the year 1963 but in the year 1958.

Although aware of her misrepresentation, Petitioner decided to push through with their church wedding at the Holy Cross Parish, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte on January 28, 1995, attached hereto is a photocopy of the Certificate of Marriage issued by the Parish Priest, marked as Annex “B”; 8. That Respondent’s behavior worsen. Petitioner felt more humiliated since respondent exhibited her temper tantums without qualms or reservation even if his family or neighbors could witness her making a scene; in almost all of this kind of situation Petitioner chose to keep quiet and maintain a distance until Respondent’s anger died down.

9. That after almost year of staying in Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte, Petitioner decided to relocate at Iligan City, renting a house at Tominobo, Tomas Cabili. His main occupation was as driver operator of his passenger jeepney with Respondent being tagged along acting as his conductor. Respondent’s behavior did not only remain the same but this time she would throw his daily collection when she got mad over minor or nonsense issue like when

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she wanted to eat and was told to wait for a while.

Twice at the height of her anger Respondent tore her clothes rendering her almost naked and at one instance threw a knife at him but missed.

Petitioner decided to work as a seaman abroad and went to Manila to apply for deployment in September 1995; Respondent followed after a month and stayed in rented a room. After a week, they started fighting again as Petitioner could not adjust to her behavior like when she wanted him to buy fruits and when he arrived and explained to her why he was a late, she would bit him.

That on the last week of October 1995 he embarked on a vessel; After selling the jeep for P120,000 minus the price of the TV set they bought and his expenses in processing and applying for an overseas job, he left her the amount of P50,000.

Respondent went back to Iligan City together with her younger sister whom he requested to keep company of Petitioner while he was on board the vessel. Petitioner later learned that she and her sister were engaged in an ambulant store selling drinks and liquor displaying their goods during night time in Iligan City; That while on board the vessel, he received a letter from her sister Cherrie C. Seneriches who was working at the then PCIBank and now BDO; she informed her that she saw his wife together with a man every time she withdrew her allotment from the bank; He had no way of confronting Respondent as the means and mode of communication at that time was not as sophisticated as nowadays.

That he disembarked after finishing his one (1) year contract and returned to Iligan City in October 1996 but only to find out that Respondent was no longer living at their rented house and all their personal belongings were gone. He looked for her in the city but their friends could not give a definite answer; that at one time when he entered an eatery, a woman approached him and told him that she knew him to be the husband of Respondent and told him that Respondent went with another man who wooed her with flowers and gift and who fetched her regularly at the place where she displayed their goods and that she drove out her sister, the latter went back to Iloilo City; some told him that she went with a Muslim guy in Marawi City. He simply had no idea of the whereabout of Respondent from then on. Even his brother Amancio Jr. when they saw each other aboard a vessel of Negros Navigation taking the Cagayan-Manila route where the former was working as a security guard of the vessel, he thought all the while that Respondent was still in Iligan City but Petitioner told him of what happened; her brother could not offer any categorical answer as to the whereabout of Respondent. Petitioner gave up his search and went back to work as a crew of international cargo vessel.

Since October 1996, until at present Petitioner had not heard of any news about Respondent and her family; Respondent did not even try to contact his parents in Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte as Petitioner had been most of the time working on board a vessel. She simply was not interested in honoring and fulfilling her marital obligation to Petitioner.

That for almost 18 years after Respondent left with no trace, Petitioner now comes to this Honorable Court seeking the nullity of their marriage.

CAUSES OF ACTION

16. Plaintiff hereby incorporates the foregoing allegations by way of reference; 17. That Respondents attitude and behavior are constitutive of Psychological Incapacity under Article 36 of the Family Code of the Philippines as it prevents the Respondent to comply with her bounden-duty to observe mutual love, respect and fidelity and render mutual help and support.

18. That the root cause of respondent’s psychological incapacity could be traced to her upbringing in life.

Hence this petition.

PRAYER

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WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is respectfully prayed of this Honorable Court that after due notice and hearing, the instant petition be granted thereby declaring the marriage of Petitioner and Respondent an absolute nullity on the ground of Respondent’s psychologically incapacity to perform her marital obligations with Petitioner. Such other reliefs just and equitable under the premises are likewise being prayed for

April 14, 2014, Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

Atty. DOROTHEA SALIGAN-BASALO

Counsel for the Petitioner

Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte”

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

Tubod, Lanao del Norte, May 5, 2014.

(Sgd.) ATTY. MARIA PTV ZALSOS-UYCHIAT, CPA

Clerk of Court VI BWM May 14, 21 & 28 2014

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current ARMM. Mending said the absence of skirmishes involving government troops and Moro rebels paved the way for a more productive farming sector in Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur. “Farmers now can concentrate on farming, making them productive since they no longer have to flee when government forces clash with Moro rebels,” he said.

Since Hataman assumed office, reforms have been very visible in the agriculture sector, making the region as the fourth leading corn producing region in the country.

“We also thank Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala for all of those development packages and many other support initiatives he has continuously been extending to the ARMM government to improve the lives of farmers and fishermen in the autonomous region,” Mending told reporters.

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statement over the weekend.

Misamis Oriental in Northern Mindanao is being eyed as a suitable area.

To b a c c o f ar m e r s i n Misamis Oriental, particularly in the municipalities of Opol, El Salvador, Alubijid, Laguindingan, Gitagum, Libertad and Initao, have been growing the Batek or native variety, the NTA said.

NTA data showed a total

of 559.65 hectares were planted to Batek tobacco with a total production of 431,771 kilograms during the crop years 2011 to 2012.

With the area expansion, NTA Administrator Edgardo D. Zaragoza expects “the c o nt i nu i n g p r o c e s s o f improving the quality of tobacco leaves,” adding that “enhancing the quality would make Philippine tobacco very competitive in the world market.”

The Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp. (PMFTC) has established its first Virginiatobacco experimental farm, covering 10 hectares in Barangay Ane-i, Claveria, an interior municipality in the eastern part of Misamis Oriental, in January 2012.

Initial result of the trial has encouraged the cigarette company to proceed to the precommercialization phase, according to the NTA. Wit h 1 1 3 f ar m e rs representing a total area of 58.27 hectares involved in the second phase, the PMFTC extended production assistance, such as cash, inputs, technical help and tobacco seedlings to the farmers, the tobacco agency said in its statement.

The NTA said the second phase ended in October last year.

The regulator said the first batch of transplanting for the commercialization phase was conducted in November last year until April this year, covering a total area of 200 hectares.

“Most farmers in Claveria are willing to shift to tobacco farming as they can avail themselves of production assistance from the cigarette

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region BRANCH 38 Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File Number 2014-071 UPON EXTRA-JUDICIAL PETITION FOR SALE under Act 3135, as amended by Act No.4118, filed by BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC., with principal place of business at BPI Family Bank Center, Paseo de Roxas, corner De la Rosa Sts., Makati City, and branch office at BPI Bldg., C.M. Recto Ave, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City, against SPS. DONATO T. ESPARRAGO AND JINKY M. TAN, with residence and postal address at Sampaguita Street, Camamanan, Adela Subd., Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of February 21, 2014, amounts to Two Hundred Forty Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Two Pesos & 91/100 ( Php 249,892.91), Philippine Currency, as principal , interest ,charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, undersigned Sheriff or his deputies will sell at public auction on May 28, 2014, at 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. or soon thereafter at the Office of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 38, 2nd Floor, Hall of Justice, Hayes Street, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for cash and in Philippine Currency, the following real property, with all the improvements found thereon, to wit: “TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T- 138092 (Registered in the name of Sps. Donato T. Esparrago II and Jinky M. Tan) A PARCEL OF LAND ( Lot 1, Pcs-10-002204, being a portion of Lot 2076- B-5-E-20 and 2076-B-5-E-27 (LRC) Psd- 15455), situated in the Barrio of Camaman-an, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Xxx, containing an area of One Hundred Twelve (112) square meters, more or less”.

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

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

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

Cagayan de Oro City, April 28, 2014.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF:

(Sgd.) REYNALDO L. SALCEDA

Sheriff IV BWM: May 7, 14 & 21, 2014

compnay,” the NTA also said.

Aside from the promise of a bigger income in tobacco farming, the farmers were also optimistic for the employment opportunities provided by the tobacco firm with its expansion program, the NTA said.

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bank’s total operating income for the period, the statement read.

The bank said that the rise in net interest income came with a 31% increase in interest income and the 38% decline in interest expense.

“During the quarter, the Bank’s loan portfolio increased by P4.3 billion across all customer segments despite the squeeze in margins amidst a low interest rate environment,” PNB said.

“With the redemption of the Bank’s P4.5 billion unsecured subordinated debt with an interest rate of 7.13%, the Bank’s interest expense was substantially reduced,” it added.

T h e b an k s ai d t h at bad loans decreased to P10.3 billion as of March, accounting for 1.3% of its total loan portfolio.

PNB’s consolidated equity stands at P87.9 billion, up 4.8% year on year, after raising P11.6 billion in fresh capital from a stock rights offering last February.

PNB’s capital adequacy ratio -- a measure of financial health -- was 19.5% as of end-March, way above the 10% regulatory minimum. Its common equity Tier 1 ratio was at 16.1%, also above the minimum threshold of 8.5%.

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that it could go to as much as 300 MW. “There is a need for the market to start soon for Mindanao to be relieved [of the power outages],” Mr. Montenegro said.

The Energy department announced early this month that IMEM would resume soon. According to the Web site of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines, Mindanao had a deficiency yesterday of 149 MW, or less than 10% of the demand, an improvement from the previous week’s daily shortage that ran as high 400 MW. Mr. Montenegro said IMEM provides a mechanism for transparency of power dispatch and real-time supply-demand scenario.

“We get to see the actual and available capacity per plant and which is drawing power, when and how much,” he said.

In the currently operating IMEM mechanism, the cap is at P32/kWh, and only the power suppliers are allowed to dictate the price. Another issue raised was that the price to be adopted would be that of the last bidder, a policy which electric cooperatives claimed could lead to collusion among the generators.

The Association of the Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperatives, whose members are electricity buyers, has sought for more transparency and reduction of IMEM pricing. This prompted the Energy department to suspend the market, which was initially implemented in December.

The interim market was proposed to help Mindanao cope with the current need for power.

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Pe t i l l a s aid t he y are moving heaven and earth t o e x t r a c t p ow e r f r o m different sources but the pro b l e m i s t h e l a c k of power generation facilities.

Meanwhile Rene Ronquillo, president and chief operations officer of He d C or w h i ch bu i lt and operates the Tudaya Hydropower Plant, said that the plant although will not solve the Mindanao p ow e r c r i s i s , w i l l go a long way in helping local communities, aside from giving power, it also has provided revenue and employment to host communities.

Davao Light and Power Company has contracted 6.6 megawatts of the Tudaya Hydro Power Plant 1 while D av a o d e l Su r E l e c t r i c Cooperative (DASURECO) has contracted 7 megawatt f r o m t h e p l a n t . Wi t h a d d it i on a l p ow e r, DASURECO is among the few electric cooperative i n M i n d a n a o e nj o y i n g adequate power.

Petilla cited DASURECO for having the

initiative to contract out power from other sources, which has shielded them from crippling brownouts.

The energy secretary also cited the local government o f St a . C r u z f o r b e i n g v e r y s upp or t i v e of t h e project. Petilla cited cases where many power projects are d e l aye d b e c au s e of opposition or non-support from LGUs.

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its Excellent net sincerity rating in fighting cor r upt ion obt aine d in 2012 (+80) with its (+77) performance in 2013. Of the four agencies with a Very Good (i.e., +50 to 69) net sincerity rating, the DTI garnered the highest rating in 2013 with +58, followed by the Department of Health (+53), S o cial Security System (+52) and Department of Social Welfare and Development ( + 5 2 ) ,” D r. M a n g a h a s reported.

The DTI ranked second in the two previous study periods, with a +38 Good Rating in 2009, improving to +59 Very Good in 2012 before climbing to the top spot with +58 Very Good in 2013.

The DTI in the CDO-I (R eg i on 1 0 ) study are a did even better compared to the agency’s national ratings for all three study periods: +57 Ver y Good in 2009 (vs. the +38 Good national rating when it ranked No. 1 among all seven study areas).

It further improved to +64 Ver y Good in 2012 (vs. +59 for national) b efore f i na l ly bre a k i ng the threshold for Excellent Rating with +70 for 2013 (vs. +58 for national and +63 for the next highest ranked survey area (Iloilo).

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Oro City alone who were diagnosed with HIV-AIDS infections,” Pajo said.

He said that of the 53 HIV-AIDS patients here, three already died while the remaining 50 – 49 male and 1 female - are still undergoing treatment.

A re p or t s u bm itt e d by the City Health Office disclosed that the patients (including the 15-year-old boy) contracted the disease through “men having sex with men” (MSM).

The dreadful HIV-AIDS disease is creeping into the heart of Cagayan De Oro with 14 new cases recorded from January to March this year, Pajo told the city council.

“The city government cannot simply allow the HIVAIDS disease to grow rapidly here. The city government should start a relentless campaign against the disease to prevent it (HIV-AIDS) from spreading,” Pajo added.

Pajo said it is now time that the lawmakers in Congress should approve a bill allowing the Department of Education (DepEd) to include the HIVAIDS and other dreadful and incurable diseases be part of the curriculum.

There are a number of incurable diseases around the world today. These diseases could be contained if pre vent ive me asures effectively inculcate in the minds of the young people, Pajo said.

Aside from HIV-AIDS disease, there are now viruses that caused the MERS-COV, the Birds Flu, and the SARS which could be checked through proper sanitation methods.

The local church authorities have also expressed the apprehension about the spread of the HIVAIDS virus among the young

people in Cagayan De Oro City.

Monsignor Rey Monsanto, of the Archdiocese of Misamis Oriental, has also endorsed the notion that Congress should now pass a law to include sex education in schools. “ The RH Bill should be strengthened to include the effective information and education of the young children in school about the morality of safe sex,” Monsanto said in a radio interview here.

He said that the spread of HIV-AIDS could also be traced to the breakdown of the teachings of moral values that should start at home as part of responsible parenthood.

“It is unfortunate that people, including the young generation of today, consider “sex” as one of the pass time hobbies. The sexual permissiveness of the young generations have contributed in the spread of HIV-AIDS disease,” Monsanto added.

The society and its people have abused “sex” as a Godgiven gift that should be sanctified in the context of Divine creation, he said.

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purchase accounting e x p e ns e s p e r t ai n i ng to inventory step-up and onetime write down of fixed manufacturing costs,” the

disclosure read.

The DMFI acquisition, completed in February, cost DMPL some $1.675 billion.

DMPL said it will announce financial results for the “transition quarter”

by June 14.

DMPL last Febr uar y reported record 2013 sales, though profit was halved due to the DMFI acquisition. Full-year sales hit $492.2 mi l lion, t he company had said without providing comparative 2012 data.

Factoring in costs from the $1.675-billion transaction, however, drove profit down to $16.1 million f rom $33.9 mi llion. Its Philippine business saw 4% growth, driven by processed fruits and canned juice products.

DMPL -- which is not affiliated with other D e l Mo n t e c o m p a n i e s worldwide -- holds the rights to the Del Monte brand in the Philippines, the Indian subcontinent and Myanmar. It is controlled by the Campos family’s NutriAsia Pacific Ltd. It i s a n i nv e s t m e nt holding firm with subsidiaries that are engaged in growing, processing and selling canned and fresh pineapples, pineapple juice concentrate, tropical mixed fruit, tomato-based pro ducts, and b everage products, among others, under brand names Del Monte, S&W and Today’s.

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worth more than $1 billion since 2002.

It had shipped the Ford Escape SUV and the Ford Focus compact sedan to other Southeast Asian countries.

MOVING IN Mr. D ytianquin said F M C P I’s f or m e r p l a nt currently has a capacity of 50,000 units, which can be doubled to 100,000 units by 2020.

“We will move next January to the new factory in Sta. Rosa,” MMPC President and Chief Executive Officer Hikosaburo Shibata said Mitsubishi’s Cainta plant, meanwhile, will be sold, Mr. Dytianquin said but declined to elaborate.

As for sales, MMPC targets to sell 50,000 units this year, 11% more than last year’s goal of 45,000 units. Last year, the company sold 43,176 units, 24% more than the 34,915 vehicles recorded in 2012.

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 10TH Judicial Region 1ST MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT BALINGOAN-TALISAYAN Misamis Oriental -oOoFIRST COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE CIVIL CASE NO. 06-226 (FICCO) BALINGOAN BRANCH as Rep. by it’s Branch Manager, Plaintiff,

-versus- FOR: SPS. JOSE/REBECCA ABCEDE, MARITES COLLECTION OF SUM OF RONDINA & ELVIRA PADLA MONEY AND DAMAGES

AND ATTORNEY’S FEE Defendants.

X-------------------------------------------------/ NOTICE OF SALE ON EXECUTION OF REAL PROPERTY WHEREAS, by virtue of an Order dated April 11, 2012 and Writ of Execution dated April 24, 2012 issued by the Honorable Emmanuel W. Paderanga , Presiding Judge , Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Talisayan-Balingoan, Misamis Oriental, in Civil Case No. 06-216 wherein FIRST COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE ( FICCO) Balingoan Branch as represented by it’s Manager is the plaintiff and SPS. JOSE/REBECCA ABCEDE, MARITES RONDINA & ELVIRA PADLA are the defendants for the Collection of sum of Money in the amount of SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY ONE AND 32/100 PESOS (P 76,361.32) computed in accordance with promissory notes included therein the attorney’s fee, related litigation expenses and excluding the expenses in connection with this Writ and Auction Sale, levy was made on February 19, 2014, by the Sheriff of Regional Trial Court-Office of the Clerk of Court, Medina ,Misamis Oriental which are more particularly described as follows: TAX DECLARATION NO. 08-06-0008-04562 Property Identification No. 052.06.0008.008.05 A PARCEL OF AGRICULTURAL LOT, situated at Mimbuahan, Sugbongcogon, Misamis Oriental, island of Mindanao. Boundaries are as follows:

North : East :

Lot 01 ( 1774C) Lot 06 & Lot 24 of SEC. 007 ( 1772P)

South : Lot 04 ( 1775 PART ) West : Lot 01 ( 01 ( 1774C)

Containing an area of EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTEEN ( 8,813) square meters Agricultural Lot with the total assessed value of Thirty Five Thousand One Hundred Ten Pesos ( P 35,110.00) in the name of JOSE ABCEDE residing Calubo, Kinoguitan, Misamis Oriental.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of said Order of Execution and in accordance with Rule 39 Section 18, of the Rules of Court, the Sheriff of Regional Trial Court – Office of the Clerk of Court, Medina, Misamis Oriental will or by deputy sell at public auction to the highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, on June 18, 2014 at 10 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter , at Regional Trial Court- Office of the Clerk of Court Building, Medina, Medina, Misamis Oriental the above-described properties in order to satisfy said Order of execution, together with the interests, costs, sheriff’s fees and expenses of Sale.

Medina, Misamis Oriental, Philippines, February 19, 2014.

BWM: May 14, 21 & 28, 2014

(Sgd.) MICHAEL I. MONTEJO RTC-OCC, SHERIFF IV

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Children beat the summer heat Sunday morning, May 18 at the floating cottage in the coastal village of Magoong in Linamon, Lanao del Norte . mindanews photo by richel v . umel

Romualdez: ‘No more 40-meter no build zone; only danger zone’ TACLOBAN CITY -- Mayor Alfred Romualdez said that Taclobanons shall now forget about the ‘40-meter no build zone’.

The mayor said that the office of the Presidential Assistant on Rehabilitation a n d R e c o v e r y ( PA R R ) has already issued a memorandum that it is now the local government and not the national government

that will determine which areas are safe for structures to be built.

Romualdez said that the city masterplan will identify areas of the city that are within the danger zone.

Once covered, it means

that structures intended for dwelling will not be allowed except for other purposes.

However, the law on the 20-meter easement from the shorelines stands.

He stressed that the city government is trying to reduce the population along the shoreline areas so that it won’t be difficult

to conduct evacuations in case of emergency.

“There really has to be a mechanism wherein we can measure the population of the city when we want to respond to a disaster and have that mechanism right away in place so we can address the situation immediately,” he added.

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Feature:

Importance of smile, laughter after disaster and difficult situations

By Leilani S. Junio

S M I L E o r l au g ht e r i s something that is not sold or both. It comes naturally from a person that indicates his/her happy feeling has a part in developing one’s resilient attitude.

According to Thelma Barrera, program officer of the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) for Mental Health Psychosocial Support, it is perhaps only in the Philippines where you can see people smiling even in the wake of disasters.

Speaking at a forum held at the Department of Social Welfare and Development Auditorium in Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City recently, psychologist Barrera recalled a global survey that shows Filipinos are the happiest people in the world and that this was proven when super typhoon “Yolanda” devastated a number of towns, cities and provinces in six regions of the country last November.

Barrera noted that such smile was not seen among the Americans when deadly Hurricane “Katrina” hit the United States in 2005. “ T h a t i s w hy s t a f f members of humanitarian organizations that helped

in the relief and recovery efforts of the government in ‘Yolanda’-affected areas were amazed by the resilient attitude of Filipinos,” she said.

She explained that such ability of the Filipinos to smile and be resilient even amid difficulties was best reflected by the typhoon survivors who managed to smile and even dance while clearing the debris left by the strong cyclone. ”As i d e f ro m s t ro n g support system like family and reliable friends who have given them assurance that they could stand up and rise again from the failure they had, their ability to laugh and smile was one of the best coping styles,” Barrera said.

According to her, smile or laughter releases stress, worries and other negative feelings like anger and hopelessness and makes a person see the other bright side of life.

“When a person smiles or laughs, his/her brain releases a neuro-transmitter or an ‘endorphin’ hormone. This is a ‘feel-good’ or happy hormone. The more you laugh and smile, the more e n d or p h i n i s re l e a s e d

which helps in the release of stress and sadness due to misfortunes suffered,” the NCMH psychologist explained.

She noted that in contrast, there is no endorphin or happy hormone released if a person is not smiling or in a serious mood.

She also pointed out that out that because of happy attitude, individuals can begin thinking about everything they have in their life, or count the blessings they have received and not the ones they have lost.

“When a person is in a happy state of mind, he/ she clearly thinks about the positive side of life, like for example, his family and friends and other caring people or volunteers and the government willing to help him/her to surpass a difficult stage of life,” she said.

“During psychosocial sessions with survivors (of the disaster), we let them realize everything they still have or possess, resources, ability and plans to help them cope, aside from the laughter yoga wherein they could release their fears and trauma,” she stressed.

She further said that strong faith in God, in whatever forms of religion, is

one of the underlying factors that also make Filipinos “di natitinag” (resilient) amid tragedies.

Barrera noted how the survivors drew strength from the Divine Power that they believed to be guiding and protecting them in the face of strong challenges.

“As most of them said, at the height of the destructive typhoon, they cried and prayed ‘we will not lose hope, God is with us, we entrust our life to Him’ and other sort of prayers was an indication that they derived their strength to face challenges from God’s mighty power, that faith in God is also a source of courage and resilient attitude among Filipinos,” she said.

Moreover, she noted that the resiliency of the Filipino people could also be traced through the mixture of, or diverse, cultures they have.

“Filipinos have passed through a lot of conquerors— Spaniards, Japanese, Americans that invaded us.

The strength or resilient attitude of our people can be attributed also to the courage shown by our heroes in winning the freedom we now have, which perhaps shows how resilient we are as a nation,” Barrera said.

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China tests bioregenerative life support module BEIJING -- Three Chinese volunteers on Tuesday ended an experiment that saw them live for 105 days in an enclosed capsule, eating only laboratorygrown plants and insects.

This was China’s first manned test of the “Moon Palace 1,” a 500-cubic meter module that is China’s first and the world’s third bioregenerative life support base.

The closed lab set on the campus of Beihang University is a virtual biosphere, where people can provide fo o d for themselves by cultivating grain, vegetable, fruit and insects. The system can also produce water and fertilizers, process waste and revitalize air.

Liu Hong, chief designer of the system, which features a cabin and two plant cultivation labs, said it is a miniature version of the Earth’s

biosphere. It can help m a ke it p o s s i b l e for astronauts to live safely in space stations without any deliveries of supplies for long periods.

Liu said the research team selected five grains, 15 varieties of vegetable, one kind of fruit as well as a yellow mealworm, which provided protein for the volunteers during the experiment.

It is hoped that the life support system can further facilitate China’s manned space mission.

L ast June, t hre e Chinese astronauts spent 12 days in Tiangong-1 (Heavenly Palace 1) in the country’s longest manned space mission.

China’s manned space mission has entered its second decade with ambitious plans of building a permanent space station and manned lunar probe.

(PNA/Xinhua)

DOST conducts info drive on disaster preparedness MANILA -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is conducting its latest leg of its information campaign on disaster preparedness in Camarines Sur on May 20-21.

The information drive aims to strengthen the capability of the Bicol region on disaster preparedness by providing local government officials, disaster response leaders and planning officers scientific-based tools such as high resolution hazard maps, flood models, Project NOAH and other modern applications that can be utilized for early warning system of natural hazards.

Project NOAH means Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards.

Though the region boasts of scenic spots and tourist attractions, it is still prone to natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions. Thus, the Bicol region is prioritizing disaster response programs to mitigate their impact

on human lives and property.

The “Iba Na ang Panahon: Science for Safer Communities” (INAP) is a nationwide initiative that seeks to boost the capability of local government units in implementing disaster preparedness measures through the use of science and technology.

It seeks to adapt to changes in climate and weather patterns and assess their impact on communities.

“Early warning leads to early action. If our local leaders are able to act early, then they will be able to minimize their loss and lead their communities into early recovery,” Science Secretary Mario Montejo said.

The INAP campaign began in March and will conclude in the National Capital Region by the last week of May. It is a collaboration between the DOST, the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Office of Civil Defense. (PNA)