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Permanent records THE proposed measure seeking permanent validity of the certificates of live birth, death, and marriage, will ease the burden of “ordinary Filipinos,” an official of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Thursday.

CHR executive director, lawyer Jacqueline Ann de Guia, in a statement, welcomed the approval of Senate Bill No. 245 also known as the Permanent Validity of the Certificates of Live Birth, Death, and Marriage Act, in its third and final reading.

“The Commission fully supports this bill as it will vastly ease the burden on ordinary citizens, especially those that hail from far-flung areas, from exerting their time, money, and effort on civil registry documents that should be as immutable and legitimate as their right to recognition,” de Guia said.

Red zone ZAMBOANGA City – The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has placed Zamboanga City under red zone status due to the proliferation of Asian Swine Fever (ASF) cases in at least five barangays.

The areas affected include Canucutan, Pasonanca; Sitio Udjung, Bunguiao; Sitio Lower and Upper Mangusu; Sitio Presa in Curuan; and Sitio Corote in Manicahan.

The Office of the City Veterinarian (OCVET) tried to contain the infection by implementing depopulation in affected areas.

Pinoys 77% vaccinated THE Philippines has already fully vaccinated almost 77 percent of its target population against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic as of Thursday.

The latest data from the National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) showed that 69,037,072 Filipinos, representing 76.70 percent of the country’s total population, have already received two primary series of coronavirus vaccines, with around 14 million administered with the first booster dose.

Secretary Vince Dizon, presidential adviser on Covid-19 response, earlier cited the massive vaccination program has contributed to the decline of active cases, even during the events such as Lenten season, observance of Ramadan, and elections—that entailed crowding of people.

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TFBM: Marawi rehab at 89% completion by Q3

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HE government-led Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) will likely complete at least 89 percent of public infrastructures and other rehabilitation projects by the third quarter of this year.

The latest data from TFBM as of Friday showed that about 72 percent of the rehabilitation projects and recovery efforts have been accomplished.

Housing S ecretar y Eduardo del Rosario, also the TFBM chief, reported that the 56 agencies have finished 164 projects worth

P17 billion, among them key public infrastructure facilities in Marawi City’s most affected area (MAA) destroyed during the 2017 siege between government forces and terrorists.

Del Rosario said 35 other rehabilitation and recovery projects worth 3.92 billion REHAB/PAGE 9

Flag carrier to start first-ever Bangsamoro route in June Duterte signs law establishing cultural center, museum in CDO

GRAND MOSQUE AT NIGHT. The Grand Mosque in Marawi City photographed on Monday, May 23, 2022. The mosque was rehabilitated after it was severely damaged during the five-month fighting between government troops and Maute militants. mindanews photo by froilan gallardo

FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced on Thursday that it will start regular fights between Cotabato City and Tawi-Tawi in June.

The airline is “inaugurating the first-ever air links within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM),” PAL said in an e-mailed statement.

“Commencing on June 9, 2022, the new Cotabato –

Tawi-Tawi – Cotabato PAL service will operate twice weekly, with convenient morning departures every Monday and Thursday,” it added.

According to the airline, the pre vious option of traveling via Manila or other domestic gateways outside of BARMM necessitated a connection flight or even an overnight stop.

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By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte signed this week Republic Act 11771 or An Act Establishing A Cultural C enter and Museum in Cagayan de Oro City.

Cagayan de Oro Representative and Hous e D eputy Sp e a ker

Ru f u s R o d r i g u e z s a i d these would ser ve as “institutional medium for the collection, preservation and enhancement” of Cagayan de Oro’s heritage and history.

“I am very thankful to President Duterte for acting upon this measure that I

authored and filed in 2021,” Rodriguez, the principal author of the law, said.

Duterte also signed Republic Act 11770 creating the Kalinga Cultural Center and Museum in Kalinga province, and Republic Act 11772 creating the Biliran Cultural Center and Museum SIGNS/PAGE 9

PLDT brings fiber to Siargao, Mindanao AS part of its domestic fiber optic network (DFON) expansion, PLDT Inc. recently started laying submarine cables in the islands of Socorro and Siargao, Mindanao.

At the same time, the telco is a ls o inst a l ling complementary inland fiber cables in the towns of Santa Monica and Del Carmen in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte.

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SAND QUARRY. A laborer carries a sack of sand quarried from the Tubod River in Iligan City up a flight of stairs on Thursday (26 May 2022). mindanews photo by bobby timonera

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Marawi permanent shelters a safe haven to IDPs, says mayor

By CLAIRE GIGJE

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur--Following the completion of the permanent housing project of the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) which was funded by the people of Japan, Mayor Majul Gandamra conveyed optimism that the permanent houses in the city will exceed in living out its basic purpose of being a mere shelter for internally displaced persons (IDPs).

“This house will not only serve as a roof for our displaced brothers and sisters but this will also

Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra underscores that the new homes of the displaced families built by the UN-Habitat were funded by the Japan government and will serve as a safe haven for the dwellers. (PIA-10/Lanao del Sur)

serve as a safe haven to fix what has been broken caused by the darkest days of our city’s history,” he said.

Gandamra stressed that the city government had been eyeing the housing projects for impacted residents with the support of the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM), and its implementing agencies and non-government organizations.

Lawyer Arnolfo Ricardo Cabling, president of the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC), one of the land developers of the housing project, expressed his happiness that children

would already have safe spaces to play and study who he hoped to grow to be good citizens who can contribute their skills to building a just, prosperous and peaceful society.

He stated that with the houses turned into homes, they were not rebuilding the city physically but also socially.

“I always believe that the best way to help Filipino families in the long term is to provide them homes in safe communities. This is particularly true for communities recovering from devastation like Marawi. There is physical SHELTERS/PAGE 11

and the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC).

Internally displaced person (IDP) Ashari Macaraya Bani who received a unit in the UN-Habitat’s share at Pamayandeg sa Ranao Residences at Dansalan (PRRD) at Brgy. Kilala shared that during the dawning of the firefight in the city, he and his family evacuated and failed to anticipate the end of the conflict as they initially expected that after the shortest time, they would be able to return to their home.

He stated that little did they know that the siege would last for five months and they were in

agony as they were put in the situation of being uncomfortable staying in a place that was far from what they call home.

Bani cited that during their suffering, they were favored enough to have the UN-Habitat which did not only provide them well-built shelter but also assistance for their sustenance.

“Satisfied kami kasi ang UN-Habitat ay nagbigay naman sa amin ng livelihood kapalit ng mga nasirang kabuhayan sa Marawi. Nagagalak kami kasi iyong mga nasirang bahay namin sa Marawi ay napalitan naman ng kaaya-aya naman…

Kahit mumunti siya pero malaking kayamanan na rin sa amin ito kasi malaki napalitan ang mga nasirang tahanan namin,” he said.

[We are satisfied because the UN-Habitat gave us livelihood to replace our destroyed livelihood in Marawi.

We are happy because our destructed house in Marawi was replaced with one that is nice…

Although it is quite small, it is already a wealth to us because it replaced our destroyed house.]

Another IDP Palawan Macaayan who now lives in the same community recalled that alongside their urgent leave from their old house at ground zero was the devastation of their properties.

He said they had nothing when they moved out but with the helping hand of the government and non-government organizations such as the UN-Habitat, their struggles were at least eased.

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Displaced locals hail new homes from UN-Habitat, Japan gov’t

By CLAIRE GIGJE

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur (PIA)--Displaced residents here celebrated and delivered their gratefulness as they were handed over new homes where their families can already dwell for good.

This, as a total of 1,000 permanent housing units were completely constructed by the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) under the Rebuilding Marawi through Community-driven Shelter and Livelihood Project funded by the Japan government, and the land development made possible by the National Housing Authority (NHA)

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Legal framework needed for gov’t to invest in nuclear power plant

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EPARTMENT of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza Jr. said there is a need to amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) to enable the government to invest in nuclear power plants.

This, as the incoming administration has expressed its support in considering a nuclear power plant to be part of the country’s energy mix.

“As of now, the government does not have the ability to put up conventional nuclear power plant because the National Power Corp. does not have mandate on this,” Erguiza said in Filipino during the Laging Handa public briefing Wednesday.

With the privatization of the power sector under the EPIRA, the government could not enter into power generation.

“But we can align

together, with the drafting or putting up of the regulatory framework, we can amend our laws to include the government among those that can fund a nuclear power plant,” he added.

Erguiza said that based on studies of the Korean Hydro Nuclear Power Company of South Korea and ROSATOM of Russia, they have found out that the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) can still be

rehabilitated.

According to ROSATOM, an investment of around $3 billion to $4 billion is needed to revive the BNPP. Presumptive President Ferdinand “Bongbong”

Marcos Jr. earlier mentioned that part of his energy agenda is to revive the BNPP to become an additional source of clean and cheap power.

On the other hand, Erguiza said the

government can invest in power generation using small modular reactors, the latest nuclear energy technology, in missionary areas that are not connected to the grid.

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THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday announced that it approved the initial public offering (IPO) of Balai ni Fruitas, Inc. for up to P309.38 million.

In its May 24 meeting, the commission en banc resolved to render effective the registration statement of Balai ni Fruitas covering up to 1.495 billion common shares, subject to

the company’s compliance with remaining requirements.

The company will offer to the public up to 325 million primary common shares priced at up to 75 centavos each and up to 50 million secondary common shares currently held by selling shareholder Fruitas Holdings, Inc. There will also be an overallotment option of up to 37.5 million common

shares.

Net proceeds from the sale of the primary shares are expected to amount to about P220.4 million. Assuming the oversubscription option is fully exercised, the selling shareholder can net up to P65.6 million from the sale of the secondary shares.

The company said it will use the proceeds for store network expansion, APPROVES/PAGE 11

SEC approves Balai ni Fruitas’ P309M IPO

China’s largest hot pot chain to open 1st store in PH HAIDILAO, the largest hot pot restaurant chain in China, will open its first store in the Philippines next month, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said Friday.

The DTI said Haidilao International Holding Ltd. would continue to open

more restaurants within the year, creating at least 400 jobs.

The DTI has yet to divulge further details, such as the number of stores and locations of Haidilao.

According to the agency, the expansion

plans of Haidilao in the Philippines took two years.

The Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Hong Kong (PTIC-HK) and the restaurant chain owner started discussions on the latter’s plan in the first half of 2020.

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Growing up too fast Think a minute… This is the true story of a teenage girl named Vicky who felt she was old enough to have her own room. It did not seem fair that she still had to sleep in the same room with her mother, especially now that she was 18-yearsold. Then to Vicky’s shock, just 3 ½ weeks after her 18th bir thday her wish came true, but not in the way she ever expected or wanted. Her uncle died, and because of this she finally got a room of her own.

So Vicky’s happiness was mixed with sadness since she knew the price of her privacy had been the death of her uncle. In fact, she not only got her own room, but a throne, when Vicky the teen became Victoria the Queen…of England. say, “Be careful what you wish for.” Vicky wanted so much for people to stop treating her like a little g irl. Then sudden ly in one day she was forced to start carr ying the heavy responsibilities of being the Queen of England as a teenager!

Sometimes children are

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IGNACIO BUNYE Muntinlupa City is not letting up on its vaccination program despite having fully vaccinated 112 per cent of its target 442,517 individuals.

The latter figure comprises 80 percent of the city’s total population. According to City Health Officer Juancho Bunyi, of this number, 31 percent have received at least one booster shot.

Of the target 56,499 pediatric vaccinees, 71 percent have been fully vaccinated.

To date, Muntinlupa City has had 40,010 confirmed COVID cases. 39,385 have recovered while 614 died of Covid. As of May 25, there

are only 11 active cases.

Dr. Bunyi has organized a Rolling Bakuna Team to reach out to residents who, for medical or other reasons, could not go to the vaccination centers. When I learned of this, I contacted Dr. Bunyi to see if the team could pay my bed-ridden wife a visit for her second booster shot. We were, at that time, visiting our ancestral home in Barangay Alabang. The team, headed by Dr. German Estrella and health worker Josephine Hernandez, arrived punctually the following day and gave my wife a Moderna booster. Dr. Estrella also offered to have others in the household vaccinated.

As a result, I also received my second booster shot.

Others who were around at the time, including two car p enters doing s ome repairs, received their first boosters. Big thanks to the Muntinlupa Rolling Bakuna Team which also included Van Aelar Mañaco, Ma. Concepcion Catungal, Ericka Borbor, Carmina Apellanes,

Bernadette Bustamante, Cielo Bautista, Mary Jane Acosta, Joyce Arciaga, and Proceso Tabora.

Kudos SEA Games athletes BPI Unibanker Alexis Sy won silver in the women’s singles bowling tournament w h i l e Ay a l a - sp ons ore d athletes also shone in the recent S outheast Asian Games. Sisters Pia and Abby Bidaure won the gold in the archery team recurve event.

Swimmer Jasmine Alkaldi won the bronze in the 100 m butterfly and silver in the 4x100m relay. Fencer Nathaniel Perez won silver in foil while fencer Noelito Jose won silver in epee. Together with archer Andrea Robles, the medalists are members of the inaugural class of Atletang Ayala of the Ayala Center for Excellence in Sports (ACES).

Un d e r t h e At l e t ang Ay a l a p r o g r a m , Ay a l a companies offer full-salaried employment opportunities at part-time hours to select national athletes while they train for the 2022 Asian Games

Life is not fair

Plenty of people work hard but never get what they feel they deserve. Plenty of people are incredibly decent but always seem to get the short end of the stick. Plenty of people are smart but never seem to apply their academic excellence to entrepreneurial or professional achievement.

Plenty of people fall in love only to see their love squandered on someone who doesn’t reciprocate.

The conclusion most of us reach . . . life isn’t fair.

Or, is it that many of us just don’t understand the "protocol" and have a bad relationship with “fairness”?

Ma ny t i m e s I h av e observed that children at a young age like to cry out: "It isn't fair", whenever they feel they are wronged. Just a couple of days ago, I heard

one father, whose patient was already very thin, responding grimly: "The whole life is not fair!"

Even we adults often have problems with the idea of fairness. the laborers in the vineyard certainly did. They received exactly what they had bargained for, yet they complained when others got the same pay for less work.

If this parable was a story about earned wages, the grumblers would have been quite right to complain.

But this story is about the way God deals with us, and how can we say that God is not fair?

Fairness means clearness and being free from fault or stain. Fairness is the lightcolored, hopeful and plausible part of our life - the span between life and death. Life

is and cannot always be fair - of course not! But we could make it a little bit fairer, though many times our world is ruled by falseness.

Fairness requires people to be put into categories.

Anyone who fulfills certain requirements will receive a certain reward, regardless of differences in the situation.

But only God knows that categories only outline the sort of people we are. He knows that each one of us is unique and with individual needs.

In our everyday life, do we really practice the idea of fairness at our workplace and in our dealings with others?

How? Let's analyze ourselves.

May we learn what it means to be fair to another person...

I learned a lot from Steve Wohlenhaus, CEO of

and the 2024 Olympics. The Atletang Ayala are also given free access to the worldclass training facilities of the Ayala Vermosa Sports Hub in Cavite, and free enrollment at De La Salle University in a selection of courses.

Meanwhile, Muntinlupa City Mayor Jaime Fresnedi and incoming Mayor Ruffy Biazon praised the performance of the following Muntinlupa City athletes with their respective medal hauls: Carlo Biado – gold (men’s 10-ball pool singles event) and silver (men’s 9-ball pool singles event). Annie Ramirez - gold jujitsu women’s 62KG. Shugen Nakano - gold in judo men's 66KG. Keisei Nakano – silver (judo men's 73KG).

Daryl John Mercado – silver (judo men's 55KG) • Rose Ann Marie Robles, Grindsky Esports - gold (LOL: Wild Rift - Women Team Event).

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KLAUS DORING Weatherology, the leading company in the world at disseminating audio weather information. Wohlenhaus said, "We need to spend more time focused on the present and less time ruminating about the past. We need to accept the unpleasant aspects of our past and do our best to move on. Concentrate on the present and create a LIFE/PAGE 11

Christ reveals how Trinitarian mystery works JHAN TIAFAU HURST forced to grow up too fast, either through the death of a parent, or because of their parents’ own immaturity a n d i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y.

Consequently, the child has to become his own parent.

Tragically, shor tcuts to adulthood usually leave you shortchanged in emotional maturity—like picking a fruit too soon before it is fully ripe and mature.

The world-famous King of Pop, Michael Jackson, said the most autobiographical song he ever wrote that best described his life was entitled Childhood. This is what Jackson said in his song: “People say I’m not okay, cause I love such GROWING/PAGE 11

Somehow the gospel of Wednesday of the 6th Week of Easter, taken from the Gospel of St. John 16,12-15, shows us how Christ talks about the Trinitarian mystery that has the most important relevance in our lives.

And that’s because Christ is made alive and present in us through the Holy Spirit and that what Christ does to us is entirely what the Father wants for us. In other words, it is the whole Blessed Trinity, the three persons in one God, who is intervening in our lives.

This is how the gospel goes: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears and will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify me because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.

Everything that the Father has

is mine; for this reason, I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.”

As we can easily glean from this gospel, we are given how the Trinitarian God works in relation to us and how there is complete unity and harmony among the three persons.

We should never doubt a b o u t G o d’s c o n s t a n t interventions in our lives.

We should never doubt that Christ continues to be with us through the Holy Spirit and what he does is to bring to us the will of the Father, which is that of making us to be God’s “image and likeness.”

On our part, we just have to learn how to deal with the three persons. The unity among the three persons is due to the eternal knowing and loving that drives the very being of God. The Father cannot be without the Son and the Holy Spirit. The same with the Son and the Holy Spirit --they cannot be without the other

persons.

Trying to fathom this mystery will obviously be overwhelming, but let’s hope that the unfathomability of this mystery draws us closer to it rather than drives us away from it. We should try to move on with our life, always being in awe of this mystery.

Let’s make this mystery the abiding impetus to our endless knowing and loving in this world that involves our relation with God and with everybody else. It’s the mystery of the Blessed Trinity that shows us how to know and love.

Like the Father, we should be full of goodness, doing things with total gratuity. Like the Son, we should try to do good perfectly in the truth, since he provides us with the best pattern of the things we do, including the way of restoring them in case they get damaged.

Like the Holy Spirit, we should persevere in doing good all the

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ROY CIMAGALA way to the end, sanctifying everything that we touch.

There can be many other considerations we can derive from considering the mystery of the Blessed Trinity. We have to spend time meditating on it, always asking for God’s grace so we can be enlightened and enabled to pursue what we can realize.

We need to realize more deeply that by dealing with each person of the Blessed Trinity, we would have a more complete understanding of how our life ought to be.

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Globe signs in AcadArena as first gaming partner to support the Hapag Movement Globe is tapping the local gaming community to help alleviate hunger. As gaming continues to thrive in the country, Globe saw an opportunity to give customers an avenue to contribute to something meaningful through The Hapag Movement, a fundraising initiative that aims to encourage support for vulnerable families and communities.

To jumpstart the gaming industry's involvement in The Hapag Movement, AcadArena, a leading organization for campus gaming and esports education in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, was the first to signify its support. They have a long-standing partnership with Globe that focuses on building skills development

The importance of technology in the new normal education

By JALCEMAE P. BAQUILID Consolacion Elementary School

EDUCATION is returning to its pre-pandemic state.

But how much of online learning must remain?

Thank goodness for t e c h n o l o g y. W h e t h e r you’re a tech skeptic or a technophile, most people can agree that technology plays an enormous role in ensuring that education must continue during the pandemic.

When Covid-19 hit, e-learning tools helped s tu d e nt s t o e nj oy an unbroken educational experience even at a time when they can’t physically visit the classroom or mingle with other students.

But while tech helped schools to successfully pivot to deal with pandemic learning, what does the future now hold for online learning? Given

the choice of returning to learning as normal, must e-learning stick around p ost-p andemic to aid teaching and learning or is face to face teaching the most effective method?

That question is one that educators and stakeholders around the world are now pondering. Get ready for the future of teaching as we know it.

One piece of unequivocally good news about e-learning during the pandemic is simply put, that the technology worked.

Whether it was online portals for distributing materials and collecting assignments or Zoom calls for conducting lessons by video, the technological infrastructure put in palce worked as well as anyone could hope.

Learning Strategies: Acquiring Knowledge and Skills By: JOSELITO L. LEGASPI Teacher III Barra Elementary School

Learning is a complicated process. It's simple because it can happen at anytime, anyplace, and in any way. It is, nevertheless, complicated since effective learning requires the learners to intentionally make some e f f or t s a n d d o s om e actions to complement the teacher's efforts. Learning is ingrained in the living organism to a significant extent. A live thing cannot survive or develop without learning. Learning is, of course, an important part of development. Growth, maturation, and learning are all aspects of human development.

The challenge of learning new skills and building a knowledge system is manageable once an approach known as an appropriate learning strategy is deployed. Knowledge integration is a process through which learners put together different sorts of information and experiences, identifying and establishing relationships and expanding the

framework for connecting them.

L e ar ners const r uc t increasingly complicated structures for using and categorizing what they have learned by identifying and establishing links between pieces of information.

Throughout one's life, accumulating bodies of knowledge, organizing that knowledge, and developing t he abi l it y to re a s on about that knowledge are all important cognitive advantages.

Learning strategies include those that focus on knowledge retention and retrieval as well as those that encourage the development of a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of what has been learned. Learners can construct the mental m o d e l s t h e y n e e d to retain knowledge so they can utilize it adaptively and flexibly in forming inferences and solving new issues using the tactics that have shown promise for improving learning.

programs, hosting gaming leagues and tournaments, and providing scholarship support.

“The world is bigger and there's so much we can do together in gaming and esports. You just need to meet the right people to change the world,” said Ariane Lim, Co-CEO of AcadArena.

“Like Globe, we, too, advocate that gaming is not just play, but a way to help build a better future.

We believe in developing gamers to be exemplary people of our society, so we are happy to be part of Globe’s purpose to create a Globe of Good,” she said.

The Hapag Movement was introduced to the Filipino public at a hybrid event with the media held last April 27 at Versus

Barcade in Taguig. In line with Globe’s priority to promote Gaming for Good, the Hapag Movement also highlights the use of technology in the company’s unified fight against hunger.

Globe is activating its ecosystem of partners to help inspire collective action. To do this, Globe is utilizing digital platforms such as GCash and Globe Rewards to enable its customers to donate, and is tapping the gaming community to contribute to the cause.

“Hunger is faced by millions of Filipinos who cannot sustain their daily needs. We encourage gamers to be part of the advocacy and help our kababayans cope with the hunger crisis,” said Ralph

P21 skills in teaching

By ANAMARY L. DELA PIÑA Teacher III West City Central School

T H E conce pt of 21st century skills isn’t new.

Skills like critical thinking, collaboration and problem solving have been taught in classrooms for decades.

Yet, as demands of our changing economy rise, many school districts are now including 21st century skills in strategic plans to better prepare students for college, career and life.

What are 21st century skills, why do they matter and how can your district implement 21st century learning strategies into curriculum, assessment and instruction?

Twenty-first century skills refer to the knowledge, life skills, career skills, habits and traits that are critically important to student success in the world today, particularly as students move on to

college, the work force and adult life.

Districts, schools and organizations prioritize different 21st century skills depending on what is most important to their respective communities. Generally however, educators agree that schools must weave these skills into learning experiences and common core instruction.

Critical thinking, communication skills, c r e a t i v i t y, p r o b l e m solving, perseverance, collaboration, information literacy, technology skills and digital literacy, media literacy, global awareness, self-direction, social skills, literacy skills, civic literacy, s o c i a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y, innovation skills, thinking skills, civic literacy and social responsibility are some of the skills.

Aligada, Globe Head of Games and Esports.

The increasing hunger incidence in the country is brought about by rising unemployment, with 3.13 million individuals jobless based on the February 2022 report of the Philippine Statistics Authority. The fourth quarter 2021 report of the Social Weather Stations, meanwhile, showed that 15 million Filipinos said they had experienced involuntary hunger.

The Hapag Movement is part of the Globe of Good program, an initiative of the Globe Group which focuses on hunger alleviation, capacity-building, and providing livelihood opportunities for longterm results.

“At Globe, we create ways and form partnerships that enable our customers to participate in social development. We hope to create more impact to help address hunger in the Philippines through The Hapag Movement program.” said Yoly Crisanto, Globe Chief Sustainability and Corporate Communications Officer.

Partners for the Globe of Good include the Ayala Foundation’s #BrigadangAyalaKaakay Program, Tzu Chi Foundation Philippines, and Caritas Philippines.

Globe employees have also taken part in the initiative and have so far raised P900,000.

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Learning in the new normal times

By LIZL LISBO BACOLOD Camp Evangelista Elementary School

STUDENTS get distracted from studying, difficulty in answering modules and more time playing. On the other hand, parents can easily follow up on the child’s progress since they are the ones who are assisting their children. But they have a hard time recalling lessons.

And you need more patience in dealing your child. A teacher’s tasks are never easy. And they need big adjustment on technology.

Thus, their patience and understanding are very important. And they need to exhort selflessness in terms of time, effort and resources towards learners.

Traditional education systems around the world became one of the early casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. With the risk of transmission

high among students, schools were immediately shut down as it became apparent that the illness was quickly spreading in different countries.

Subsequent suspensions were announced in different parts of the country, with many elementar y and high schools cancelling final examinations and commencement ceremonies.

At the college level, most higher education institutions in the country decided to end the semester early because of the pandemic.

Several universities and colleges also adopted a “no fail” policy in consideration of the situation. But the early end to the school year was just the beginning of a major overhaul in the entire education system in the country.

Different Approach to Education: Interactive Radio-Based Instruction (I-RBI) JAME M. HERNANE JR Cagayan de Oro National High School

With the current challenges we face in the new normal, teachers still strive to adapt to certain changes in the society and continues to provide quality education through new approaches like the Interactive Radio-Based Instruction.

Radio is an accessible communication media that you can usually find in most, if not all, typical Filipino household. It is the primary source of information for most Filipinos in urban areas and now it serves as a good alternative learning modality in delivering lessons in line with the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs).

Although radio devices are often labeled as a one-way communication, the interactive RBI approach has a two-way communication process

between the presenters and audiences that helps to link the gap between the teachers and learners especially in our current situation.

In interactive RBI, teachers require the students to react verbally and physically to the questions and activities posed by the radio characters and participate in various group work and other activities suggested by the radio program. It is interactive in a way because it encourages the learners to do the different activities such as singing songs, doing exercises, and even answering question-and-answer activities. Students will be guided accordingly in every activity and will still feel the presence of their teachers despite not seeing them physically.

Aside from being interactive, radio

lesson still proves to be effective in terms of students’ engagement and interest as it presents different teaching styles and approaches such as the story-centered radio learning.

In this format, lessons are embedded which is also part of a story line.

Each radio episode will then focus on one or two learning objectives with corresponding activities at the end of the lesson. With this approach, it helps expand the imagination and creative minds of the learners through their own visualizations.

With the help of interactive radio programs in the new normal set-up, knowledge sharing process is already evolving from an emphasis on teachercentered to learner-centered and from lecture-based education to a more collaborative real-life interaction.

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Globe’s Ernest Cu hailed as Best Telco CEO by The Global Economics

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LOBE President and Chief Executive Officer Ernest Cu was hailed the Best CEO in Telecom in the Philippines by London-based The Global Economics Limited, recognizing his ability to turn a business around and grow it exponentially.

Cu, who joined Globe in 2008 and led its transformation into a formidable and industry

leading digital solutions platform, was recognized as among top CEOs from around the world in their respective fields.

“This award inspires me to work even harder for the digital enablement of Filipinos and to steer Globe towards carving new paths as a digital solutions group. I thank The Global Economics for this recognition that serves as an affirmation

of our efforts to innovate and deliver best-in-class service to our customers,” said Cu. Through the 2022 Leadership Awards, The Global Economics, an online and print news magazine based in the UK, identifies business enterprises that put their hard work into nurturing the best work culture for the regional and global economies.

“The Global Economics Awards program serves as the epitome of the perseverance and credibility of its recipients.

We recognize the best market players in the realm of their business,” the publication said of the program, which aims to motivate and bolster the confidence of business enterprises.

Despite a challenging 2021 due to the lingering

pandemic, Globe pulled through amid an adverse economic environment, registering sustained topline growth in the first quarter of this year.

It saw a 4% consolidated revenue growth by the end of March at P39.2 billion, an increase from P37.8 billion year-on-year with gains from data-related products and services.

Globe has also continued aggressive investments to boost its network, spending a record P92.8 billion in CAPEX last year, sustaining this with P89 billion this year.

“Our prudent financial

management in these turbulent times allowed us to maintain strong cash flows, giving us the flexibility to continue to invest back into our network. We are proud of what we have achieved this year, particularly the significant gains in the network front,” Cu said.

Under Cu’s visionary leadership, Globe embarked on a purposeled transformation in 2016 to create a more sustainable organization and is now serving as a catalyst in driving the nation forward.

“As an enabler of the digital economy, we CEO/PAGE 9

Working mom

By CHARISSE ANN G. JARIOLNE Teacher I Iponan Elementary School

Effectiveness of Modular Distance Learning During Pandemic JENNY PARTOSA OMANDAC Teacher 1 Opol Central School

L e a r n i n g l o s s i s at a n all-time high due to the lockdowns in the pandemic, forcing unfamiliar, inaccessible w ay s o f l e a r n i n g o nt o students, especially i n t h e P h i l i p p i n e s . To m it i g at e t h i s , d i s t a n c e learning modalities must be improved, according to officials from DepEd and Unicef.

We have to acknowledge t h at d i s t a n c e l e a r n i n g modalities are not perfect.

International development

organizations must continue working together and supporting DepEd to cont inue st rengt hening distance learning modalities for the present and for the future.

The Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan, which DepEd first implemented in 2020, has been subject to i mprove me nt s t he p ast few months. DepEd has streamlined the K-12 curriculum, reduced the competencies to almost

Online teaching

By AMPARO G. SANCHEZ Teacher I Cugman Elementary School

AS a result of national l o ckd ow n du e to t h e Covid-19 outbreak, teachers were forced to susp e nd t he i r cl ass e s and replace them with online teaching and home schooling. Teaching is a considered a highly stressful profession. Additional stressors such as competing family responsibility have increased their worries and mental health problems.

The results indicated that emotional symptoms were associated with prepandemic physical and mental health problems, higher levels of worries and negative effect as well as lower levels of life satisfaction and resilience.

These findings highlight he importance of addressing the risk and protective

factors for teachers’ mental health during exceptional situations such as the ongoing pandemic.

The outbreak of SarsCov 2 in Wuhan by the end of 2019 and its rapid global spread eventually led to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Due to the lack of effective treatments and wit the purpose of reducing the nu mb e r of i n fe c t i ons and deaths, governments around the world decreed more or less restrictive isolation measures. In this exceptional situation, schools remained closed and millions of schoolchildren were partially or completely depr ive d of access to education, further aggravating socioeconomic differences.

50 percent and adopted different learning modalities based on the choices of parents. The choices include modular ( pr i nt e d or d i g it i z e d ) , online learning, radio and television-based instruction or a combination of these i.e. blended learning.

During enrollment last ye ar, D epE d conduc te d

a sur vey among parents w hich re ve a le d t hat 87 chose the printed modular learning modality for their children. It reflects most Filipinos’ lack of access to other modalities. The uncertainties will be the new environment and the ne w ways of deliver ing education must be responsive to these realities.

WORKING mothers as a label refers to women who are mothers and who work outside the home for income in addition to the work they perform at home in raising their children.

Working motherhood isn’t a choice, it’s a reality for many women.

Motherhood is a strength at work. Studies suggest that women are great for a school’s performance. But if those women are mothers, it’s safe to say they’re probably more productive at work too. Working makes you a go o d mom. A 2015 Harvard research found t hat t he d aug hters of mothers who work outside the home grew up to be

higher achieving and that their sons were more likely to share in household chores.

Build equality at home to o. If you are fortunate enough to have a co-parent in this whole endeavor, realize that that person is your number one resource and you theirs. Unfortunately in heterosexual relationships, women still tend to take on the majority of household chores even when they’re breadwinners and moms tend to keep the to-do lists and take on the so-called emotional labor i.e. the unseen work that goes into things like making sure your kid’s teacher feels appreciated.

FACE TO FACE 2022 By: MARICHU R. REYES Teacher I- Cugman Elementary School

We are now facing a ne w-nor mal af ter t he p a n d e m i c c r i s i s t h at started last 2019. At first, we were bewildered on how to combat COVID-19 widespread and implement education through distance learning. Innovative minds of Filipinos crafted ways to pursue education despite of this pandemic. It was a very nice learning experience on how to make things happened with limited time and resources just to carry out the programs and projects in DepEd. After a long period of time, educators and parents wanted to have a face-to-face classes. With the immunity of the people through massive vaccination, DepEd designed a face to face mode of learning using a pilot classes in every school for the opening of classes.

Learners are very excited while parents were worried about the said classes. But we should be pessimistic

that we can get through to this phenomenon.

The basic health protocols like the washing of hands, social distancing, wearing of mask are still implemented to prevent the spread of virus and for the safety of our children inside the school premises.

Learners are divided into two (2) groups, first group will report to school every Monday and Tuesday, the other group will report ever y Wednesday and Thursday to ensure social distancing and proper ventilation inside the classroom. Schools and teachers are now getting ready for the opening of the face-to-face classes.

Lets be mindful that the immunity will last only a for few months, and for this, school personnel encourage the public to take a booster shot and follow the safety protocols in order for the face to face classes to be successful.

School canteen

By LIGIE MAE CORTES-POLINAR Canteen-in-charge Cagayan de Oro National High School-Junior High

THE canteen incharge has a responsibility for authorising purchases / ordering necessary products and produce to deliver a menu in line with the Nutrition in Schools Policy.

The Canteen Incharge has resp onsibility for the management of the Canteen including financial management, record keeping, stock management and ensuring canteen security with policies regarding the share about consignment and standard in terms of consistency for the implementation of the school managed canteen policies.

The School managed

canteen of Cagayan de Oro National High School Junior High was re-open and approve d by our Secondary School principal Doc. Norma Delima, last October 19,2021.

It was started almost in year end due to pandemic and Don't have face to face classes. And that was the day when I started.

I was assigned because of Revised implementing Guidelines on the operation and management of School canteen in public elementary and secondary schools in. Do S, 8, 2007 stated that school canteen incharge must be a TLE or HE teacher.

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CEO... from page 7

are f u l ly c om m itte d to providing digital solutions to help more F i l ipi no s adjust and adapt to a new lifestyle brought upon us by

the pandemic. We remain optimistic that our strategy to focus on fulfilling the needs of our customers, backed by our resilient and improved network, will drive our performance moving forward,” Cu added.

Cu has received multiple awards for his leadership. He was named Telecom CEO of the Year for the Philippines at the International Finance Awards in 2021, As i a’s B e st C E O at t he C or p or at e G ov e r n a n c e

Models don the creations of Cagayan de Oro-based designer Jie-jie Aisa during the summer 2022 kickoff party at Apple Tree Resort & Hotel in Opol, Misamis Oriental recently. ALVIN CURAY PHOTOGRAPHY/THE EXPLORER'S CHANNEL

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The Globe leader was also a Lasallian Achievement Awardee in 2019 and on the Top 3 Best CEO list by Finance Asia in 2010, 2015, and 2016. He is the only Filipino executive who has landed in the 100 most influential telecom leaders worldwide for five straight years by Londonb as e d Gl ob a l Tel e coms Business Magazine Power 100.

To learn more about Globe, visit www.globe. com.ph.

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“By taking PAL’s nonstop flights, travelers will save several hours,” it noted.

PAL President and Chief Operating Officer Captain Stanley K. Ng said: “We look forward to contributing, in our own way, to the development of tourism and commerce in Bangsamoro through regular flights that help promote unity and economic activity in this dynamic region as well for the rest of Mindanao.”

The airline aims to get back to the number of domestic flights it had before the pandemic. Hence, it is currently adding more domestic and international flights.

PAL, operated by PAL Holdings, Inc., generated P24 billion in revenues from a 201% growth in passenger revenues and a 72% growth in cargo revenues for the first quarter of 2022, as compared to the same period a

9 year earlier.

It reported a net comprehensive income of P1.2 billion for the first quarter, “a significant development that marks PAL’s return to profitability.”

“The last time that PAL registered positive first quarter results was in 2016,” it said in a statement.

Last year, the airline recorded a net income of P60.6 billion, turning around from a loss of P73.1 billion in 2020, primarily due to an increase in “other income” attributable to gain from debt settlement and condonation.

Its revenues for 2021 reached P58.7 billion, 6.2% higher than the P55.3 billion in 2020.

In April, PAL and the Singapore Tourism Board announced a partnership to encourage more Filipinos to visit Singapore.

The airline previously said it saw “revenge travel” kick in by March, the start of the summer season.

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DIRECTORY

vaccines, and invest in health and social services.

“We remain confident that the bold policies we have instituted over the past six years will further drive our economy forward and help improve the lives of the people,” he said. (PNA)

New... from page 8

Analysts say the new administration will have to deal with huge amount of debt from the current government’s pandemic borrowing, which could limit his room to take on more debt to finance government projects or support growth.

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least pay for the increased government expenditures/ budget deficits/debts incurred since the pandemic started in 2020.”

Ricafort said the decision to keep the excise taxes on petroleum products “would help sustain the government's recurring revenue collections and prevent (the) unnecessary widening of the country's budget deficit.”

This, he said, would help “limit/temper the increase in government borrowings and overall debt/debt-to-GDP ratio, at the very least, partly to help sustain the country's relatively favorable credit ratings and relatively lower borrowing costs at better terms from a bigger roster of international creditors/ lenders.”

He also noted that all measures aimed at further increasing economic activities in the country “would help narrow EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH UNILATERAL DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late ALFREDO UPONTE who died intestate _______________ at _______________ the deceased at the time of his death left a conjugal share and registered under his name with Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-8279 situated in the Barrio of Palabucan, Municipality of Libona, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of FIFTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY FOUR (15,494) SQUARE METERS, and has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH UNILATERAL DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, filed by the heirs of ALFREDO UPONTE, per DOC #82; PAGE #17; BOOK #XLIX; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. FARRAH L. YONGCO-INIHAO. BWM: May 30, June 6 & 13, 2022

the country’s budget deficit and help also temper the growth in the government’s debt stock.”

These factors are, however, seen to be countered by the possible continuation or increase in fuel subsidies for the transport and agricultural sectors, as well as a lower tariff on imported food, such as fish, rice, and meat.

“The new Philippine president/administration needs to sustain the country’s economic and fiscal reform measures, in terms of tax reform measures, intensified tax collections, structurally improve further the government’s recurring tax revenue collections, as well as good governance/ anti-corruption/anti-wastage measures to further improve government expenditures,” Ricafort said.

These factors, he said, would “help better manage (the) country’s budget deficit, fiscal performance, and overall debt management, by helping ease the country’s debt-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio from the 60 percent international threshold recently through faster economic/GDP growth as seen in recent years/decades, to support the country’s longterm economic growth and development, especially for the coming generations.”

“These would also help sustain the country’s relatively favorable credit ratings of 1-three notches above the minimum investment grade,” Ricafort added. (PNA)

Rehab... from page 1

are ongoing, including the sports complex, convention center, and the mall-like Grand Padian market.

The TFBM is also working on the procurement of 32 projects worth P2.4 billion.

“Different stages of procurement because our budget that is being given by the national government is by tranches. In fact, for this year, EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late ARTEMIO SENO, who died intestate on 12-10-1998 in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, at the time of his death left a parcel of land with Tax Dec. No. 08-14-0006-04367 situated at Natumolan, tagoloan, Mis. Or. Containing an area of 622 sq. meters, and has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF SALE, filed by the heirs of ARTEMIO SENO, in favor of RUDY EMAN SAPICO, per DOC #452; PAGE #99; BOOK #123; Series of 2020 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. BUENAVENTURA E. SAGRADO. BWM: May 30, June 6 & 13, 2022

Publication Notice R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registrar Office Province of Misamis Oriental Municipality of Laguindingan Date: March 7, 2022

A PUBLIC SERVICE BY:

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administration Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that PHILIP ROXAS EDMILAO has filed with this Office, a petition for Correction of Entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the certificate of live birth of PHILIP ROXAS EDMILAO at Laguindingan Misamis Oriental and whose parents are ANDRES PACULBA EDMILAO and FRANCISCA R. ROXAS. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than March 22, 2022.

BWM: May 30 & June 6, 2022

(SGD) IRIS J. RAGMAC Municipality Civil Registrar Des.

we are given P1 billion and not a single project has started yet because of the local and national elections,” del Rosario said in a statement.

The rehabilitation efforts in Marawi City went full blast in July 2020 amid the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic, following the completion of the first phase of rehabilitation from November 2017 to October 2018.

The first phase included emergency assistance such as the provision of water, food, clothing, and other basic necessities to displaced families in different evacuation centers, as well as the construction of temporary shelters for displaced families in the MAA. The second phase includes debris management efforts and detonation of unexploded bombs within ground zero. (PNA)

Fiber... from page 1

Fiber cable deployments in other Siargao towns and the Dinagat Islands will soon follow.

Its fiber presence in Siargao Island will eventually enable PLDT to offer fiber-to-the-home services in the island, supporting the internet needs of homes, resorts, and businesses.

This will also enhance PLDT’s wireless arm, Smart Communications, Inc.’s mobile network services in the island, particularly for Long Term Evolution (LTE ) and 5G. Fiber connectivity will boost Siargao’s bid to support other industries, such as IT and business process outsourcing (BPOs), as the island continues to recover from the effects of Super Typhoon Odette late last year.

“The deployment of fiber in Siargao is part of our longstanding commitment to connect our country’s islands and provide quality connectivity to more Filipinos,” remarked Mario G. Tamayo, PLDT Head of Technology.

Aside from enabling hybrid workplaces, remote learning and e-commerce, the project will enhance the resiliency of PLDT’s network by providing alternate routes for data traffic, making sure customers are always connected, he added.

It is part of the PLDT Group’s network-related initiatives, which made up the bulk of the telco’s P89 billion spend for 2021.

This brings total capex spent over the last 10 years to P518.5 EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH CONDITIONAL CONTRACT TO SELL KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

billion. Capex guidance for 2022 is P85 billion.

As of end-March 2022, PLDT’s fiber infrastructure was at 803,000 kilometers.

This also supports Smart’s mobile network, which has 76,600 total base stations nationwide, supporting its 3G, 4G/LTE and 5G customers from Batanes to Tawi-Tawi, including around 7,300 5G base stations.

Signs...

from page 1 in Biliran province.

The president signed the three laws last May 24.

Rodriguez said the budget for the construction of the cultural center and museum would come from the current annual budget of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

He said the succeeding budget would be included in the General Appropriations Act. “The local government of Cagayan de Oro is also mandated to provide the land for the construction of the cultural center, museum and offices,” he added.

Presently, the city’s main repository for its heritage and historical artifacts is the 100-year old water tower located beside the Archbishop’s House, in front of Gaston Park.

Constructed in 1921 during the American occupation of the Philippines, the water tower is the oldest public structure in the city.

Jesus Christopher Salon of the City Museum said the water tower was used as a reservoir for water coming from the mountains to Cagayan de Oro then known as Cagayan de Misamis.

He said old photographs of Cagayan de Oro as well as some archeological finds are stored in the structure’s three floors.

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT/PARTITION WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

That the late EVANGELINE M. AMOLATA who died intestate on December 17, 2011 at Cagayan de Oro City, died intestate without any Last Will and Testament and without any outstanding debts; during her lifetime left a parcel of land with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-128728 situated in the Barrio of Balulang, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) Square Meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH CONDITIONAL CONTRACT TO SELL, filed by the heirs of EVANGELINE M. AMOLATA, in favor of JOHN MICHAEL A. GUERZON and DIVINE GRACE L. GUERZON, per DOC #220; PAGE #44; BOOK #15;Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. EFREN N. PELARADA

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

BWM: May 23, 30 & June 6, 2022

BWM: May 16, 23 & 30, 2022

That the late CARLITO Y. LA VICTORIA who died intestate and without leaving a Will on March 15, 2018 at Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City; at the time of death of the above decedent, he left a parcel of land with Transfer Certificate of Title No. _______ situated at Villa Trinitas Subd., Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX (156) Square Meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT/PARTITION WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS, filed by the heirs of CARLITO Y. LA VICTORIA, per DOC #09; PAGE #02; BOOK #31; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JOHANNE EMMANUEL G. AGUSTIN.

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elementary things...It’s been my fate to compensate for the childhood I’ve never known...the painful youth I’ve had…Before you judge me, try hard to love me.

Look within your heart, then ask, Have you seen my childhood?”

If you you r s e l f fe e l somewhat empty or wounded emotionally from not receiving the love and parenting you needed as a child, it can start changing today. If you ask Jesus to take charge of your heart and daily life—with His divine power, wisdom, and love He can help you complete your own parenting. He will start filling your emptiness, and help you become the secure, happy and successful man or woman He created you to be. Just think a minute.

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beautiful and better future.

That’s energy well spent.

When we get trapped believing our past defines our future, life seems unfair.

When we spend too much time contemplating the future and believe our destiny is outside our control, we feel helpless and life seems "unfair". Allocating our emotional energy wisely helps us dedicate our time to what truly matters and gain control over the belief that life is unfair".

Proverbs, probably the most down-to-earth book in the bible, prepares us for our daily life. In its prologue (Purpose and Theme) it says in 1:3: "...for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just fair". The Colossians added in the "Rules for Christian Householders" in 4:1, "Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair... .". +++ Suggestions, comments?

Email me: doringklaus@ gmail.com or follow me on Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter or visit one of websites www.germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com or www. klausdoringsclassicalmusic. blogspot.com.

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Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa (PLMun), I had the pleasant task of awarding last week the First Magisterial Lecture winners – together with Dr. Raymond Arcega, President; Dr. Ellen Presnedi, President Emeritus; Dr. Choi Mesina and Dr. Remy Cunanan (Mancom members). The top three awards went, respectively, to Anna Beatriz Dablo (CAS); Glorynor Navarro (CTE) and Ruby Lacro (CTE).

I founded PLMun in 1991 as a community college then known as Muntinlupa Polyte chnic C ol lege, starting with 3 courses and 309 students. It has since metamorphosed to a fullfledged university, offering 10 courses and serving the learning and training needs

of almost 12,000 students. Dr. Arcega is now preparing the groundwork for the future offering of medical and law degree courses in the university.

Globe... from page 6

Globe invites not only the gaming community but also its customers and partners to contribute in enabling vulnerable communities and helping alleviate hunger through technology as part of its commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG No. 9, which highlights the roles of infrastructure and innovation as crucial drivers of economic growth.

To know more about the Globe of Good - Hapag Movement and to donate, visit www.globe.com.ph/ globeofgood.

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“Maraming naiwan namin na kagamitan. Sabi ko, sige nalang. Ang importante makalaya tayo dito… Satisfied na kami [ngayon] dahil may lugar na matutulugan nang mabuti. Satisfied na satisfied kami,” he said.

[We left a lot of things. I said, that is just okay. What is important is that we would be free from this… [Now,] we are already satisfied because we already have a place where we can sleep well. We are very satisfied.]

Oling Manalo, on the other hand, an IDP residing currently at one of the UN-Habitat’s founded communities called Norsalam Village, conveyed her deepest gratitude to the people of Japan for their generosity, and for giving them the means to start anew and rebuild their lives and dignity.

She stressed that it was not just houses that the UN-Habitat built but the organization likewise aided them to regain our confidence even as they became known as IDPs. Manalo assured the donors that while they enjoy the bestowed blessings, they will nurture it properly in consideration of the great effort extended to them. “ To e v e r y o n e w h o contributed to our rebuilding journey, Alhamdullilah, maraming s alamat. We a r e f o r t u n at e t o h av e people like you who did not hesitate to help us…

In return, Inshaallah, we will take good care of this immeasurable gift and we

will continue to maintain what the Rebuilding Marawi Project had started. We will work together in promoting peacebuilding, safeguarding the environment, managing our new communities, finding sufficient income for our families, and supporting one another to heal the scars in our hearts,” she said.

Wit h t he su cce ss f u l i mpl e me nt at i on of t he housing project of the UNHabitat, residents who once resided within the six-meter easement along Lake Lanao and Agus River in the city benefited. (CRG/PIA-Lanao del Sur)

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and psychological security to begin from having a new home, especially after having a traumatic episode. It can also be the foundation for mending broken dreams and aspirations. I hope that the families will treasure their homes,” said Cabling.

TFBM Chairperson S e cret ar y E duardo D el Rosario remarked that the housing project was relevant to the major objectives of the rehabilitation program which are acting as a catalyst for growth and sustainable development, triggering good governance, and attaining a peaceful environment.

He emphasized that with the building of the new housing units, recipients will be charged with no cost as directed by the administration.

“There are no more gains [for houses built] because all these housing projects will be given to you for free as a total grant because that is the instruction of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Libre lahat ng facilities [All facilities will be free] so that you will have a very sustainable community,” said Del Rosario.

Seeing the newly formed homes for his constituents, Gandamra looked forward to the full recovery of his city.

“A project such as the comprehensive rehabilitation and reconstruction of a great part of the Islamic City of Marawi is not something that we could do overnight. While we think of it as very simple to achieve, it is actually very complicated. We may not be able to rebuild what Marawi was before the infamous siege but it is our joint commitment with our partners that we will rebuild a better Marawi,” he said. (CRG/PIA-10/Lanao del Sur)

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Oro Committee Chair Chief Hospital Corpsman Harry Acuña, US Navy (Ret), with Senior Chief Machinist Mate Angelo Acuña, Jr., US Navy (Ret), and Mr. Angelo Acuña, Sr. And not the least, the heirs and relatives of the veterans honored with this 80th anniversary memento who helped crowd-fund the completion of the scale model and its accessories: Mrs. Alice Limena Lacson and Family, Dolly and Raul Ilogon and Family, Leonardo Jr., Eduardo and Adrian Fidel Hernando and Family; Fr Antonio Moreno, SJ; Dr Ramon Moreno and Family; Gerlou and Rosie Docdocil and Family; Joy & Gil Blas Velez & Family; Lito, Olet & Bobby Cabrera and Family; Brig. Gen. Johnny Macanas & Family; Annie Gorra Rago and Family; William, Faye Bacal & Family; Rosauro Dongallo, Jr. & Family; Penny Dharamdas, Debra Fortich, Rowena Laplap & Family, Dorothy Jean Buhay Pabayo & family, and Franciso B. Sarraga & Family.

This project was initiated and sustained by the Volunteer Project Committee with Engr. Elpidio M. Paras, Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez, Mr. Miguel Angelo C. Villareal, Miniature and Scale model builder Desi R. Reyes, Photographer and Modeler Albert Labrador, Mr. Albert Parker Ross II (who provided the drawings and advised Mr. Reyes during the entirety of the PT-41 build); Artist Nicolas Aca, Jr., Graphic Artist and Designer Christopher Gomez, Donna C. Ocampo and Asst. Prof.

Philip Molina Garcia of the University of Utah Asia Campus, Inchon, South Korea, without whom this project would not have been made possible.

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commissar y setup, introduction of new concepts, and potential acquisitions.

According to the latest timetable, the IPO will run from June 17 to 21, with listing at the stock exchange scheduled for June 29.

The shares will be listed on the small, medium,

and emerging board of the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. The company tapped First Metro Investment Corp. as issue manager, bookrunner, and underwriter for the offer.

Balai Ni Fruitas is a food and beverage company that offers coconut-based b e verages and dess er ts through brands such as Buko Ni Fruitas, Fruitas House of Desserts, and Balai Pandesal.

It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fruitas Holdings.

Fruitas Holdings serves as the holding company of food and beverage kiosk operators.

It has more than 25 active brands in its portfolio.

As of e nd - 2 0 2 1 , it s established store count reached 720 across the Philippines. The group serves fresh fruit shakes and juices, lemonade, coolers, milk tea, desserts, meat-filled pastries, soya-based products, baked goods, and roasted pig, among other products.

Fruitas Holdings marked 2021 as its entry in the baked goods industry through the acquisition of Balai Pandesal assets in June by one of its unit, Balai Ni Fruitas.

details of their operations here.

“The intention of Haidilao is to present a superior dining experience and offer quality food for Filipinos at a reasonable price. In addition, Haidilao intends to fuse the Filipino taste into its menu and integrate Filipino core values in its service,” the DTI said in a statement.

Haidilao was founded in 1994 in Sichuan, which is known for its extremely spicy food, particularly hot pot.

The company now has over 1,000 restaurants in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan among others. (PNA)

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PTIC in Hong Kong and Guangzhou both assisted Haidilao to open its first branch in the country.

In a virtual meeting with the Board of Investments (BOI) last month, Haidilao executives discussed the EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE W/ DEED OF SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late BERTOLDO CABACTULAN who died intestate on _____________ respectively and CATALINA A. CABACTULAN who died intestate on _________ respectively without leaving any last Will and Testament, at Cagayan de Oro City; at the time of his demise, left behind personal properties and real properties with TCT No. T-94248 situated in the Barrio of Kauswagan, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY NINE (229) square meters, more or less and has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE W/ DEED OF SALE, filed by the heirs of BERTOLDO CABACTULAN and CATALINA A. CABACTULAN, in favor of RONIE C. JAURIGUE and ALYN S. JAURIGUE, per DOC #12; PAGE #3; BOOK #69; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ODILON A. APOLINARIO. BWM: May 16, 23 & 30, 2022

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City MA. ZOJOURIE C. LEDESMA

CASE NO. R10-NC-PA-TH 2022-05-1091

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT(s)/PETITIONER(s) request/s authority for the Issuance of Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TH FREIGHT SERVICE on the route: WITHIN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY AND FROM SAID PLACE TO ANY POINT IN THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO ACCESSIBLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC and vice versa with the use of ONE (1) unit/s.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on June 8, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/its evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least TEN (10) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao.

Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ its oral testimony(s).

WITHNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 24th day of May 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER BWM: May 30, 2022

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Guerrillas who liberated Cagayan during World War II honored Veterans kin crowd-fund PT-41 scale model for MacArthur Memorial

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By MIKE BAÑOS

ILIPINO guerrillas who liberated Cagayan de Oro from the Japanese Imperial Army were honored in a simple ceremony held on its 77th Anniversary at the Activity Center of Ayala Centrio Mall on May 12, 2020.

In memory of the valor and sacrifice of our guerrillas and soldiers, a 1/24 scale model of PT41, the PT Boat which brought MacArthur and his family from Corregidor to Cagayan was crowd-funded by a group of private citizens and institutions led by the Philippine Veterans Bank and the heirs and families of the following patriots: Col. Leonardo V. Hernando O-2462 (Ret.); Col. Fidencio M. Laplap O-37530 (Ret.); Lt. Col. Angeles L. Limena O-2141 (Ret.) ; Commander Albert

Parker Ross 2015690 (Ret) USN; Major Blas Chaves Velez O-37540 (Res); Maj. Rosauro P. Dongallo, Sr., O-37833 (Inact); Capt.

Andres D. Bacal O-37523 (Inact); Capt. Ramon R. Buhay ASN Unk (Inact); Capt. Luciano S. Firmacion ASN Unk (Inact); 1st Lt. Jose D. Docdocil O-37829 (Inact); 2nd Lt. Baltazar A. Cabrera O-33265 (Inact); 2nd Lt. Rodolfo A. Moreno O-37659 (Inact); Master Sgt. Mauricio E. Malabed 0-738461 (Inact); Cpl. Jesus B. Ilogon 0-33105 (Inact); Cpl. Jose G. Gorra 0-136215 (Inact); and, Pvt. Emiliano A. Macanas 0-179700 (Inact).

The PT-41 scale model will serve as a memento of the two significant historical events, General Douglas MacArthur’s breakout from Corregidor and the liberation of Cagayan de Oro. It was dedicated and presented to

the public as the highlight of the 77th Anniversary of the Liberation of Cagayan on May 12, 1945, which also marked the first ever public commemoration of this milestone in history.

The scale model of the PT-41 boat built by noted Miniature and Scale Model Builder Desi Reyes will be installed at the MacArthur Memorial at Barangay Macabalan at a later date as soon as the Deed of Donation is drawn up by the City Legal Office to

formally accept the scale model.

“Cagayan de Misamis (Cagayan de Oro’s former name) was liberated from the Japanese by all Filipino guerrillas with some help from the American Air Force and US Navy after a four-day battle from May 9-12,” said Jose C. Paler, regional president of the Philippine Veterans Federation Region 10 in his message for the occasion.

“It was not General MacArthur’s main mission to liberate Cagayan de Oro but rather to recapture the important Del Monte Airfield at Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon,” he added.

“We always want to honor the World War II veterans, many of whom have passed on, they were ordinary people, just like you and me, except that when the time came that they had to answer the call of the country, they did so and they’ve shone the brightest. Their testimonies, their lives shown before us provided examples to many of us today, especially us – the descendants,” said Miguel Angelo C. VillaReal, First Vice President for Marketing and

Communications Division of the Philippine Veterans Bank, also the National Executive Vice President of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines-Sons & Daughters Association Inc. (VFP-SDAI).

He added that the stories of war veterans must be passed on to the next generation as these are stories worth telling.

Cagayan de Oro Liberation Day In his message, Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Representative Rufus Rodriguez informed the audience that he has filed House Bill 8677 (An Act Declaring May 12 of every year as a special non-working public holiday in Cagayan de Oro City to be known as Cagayan de Oro Liberation Day) last February 11, 2021.

“Today, we dedicate and unveil the PT-41 is what General Douglas MacArthur rode from Corregidor to Cagayan de Oro, Del Monte and Australia. The other part of our celebration today is the celebration of the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Cagayan de Oro from the Japanese that is May 12, exactly today,”

Rodriguez, who is also a Deputy House Speaker, said.

According to his book, “Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental Politics and History” (A Compilation of Sources), American forces landed in Tin-ao, Agusan, in May 10, 1945, which started the liberation of Cagayan de Oro. Crowd-funders The organizers acknowledged with grateful thanks and appreciation the financial assistance of the following persons and entities who assisted in the successful conclusion of this joint 80th & 77th anniversary project: The Philippine Veterans Bank through First Vice President Miguel Angelo C. VillaReal; Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez, 2nd Congressional District of Cagayan de Oro City; Engineer Elpidio M. Paras, UC-1 Corporation; Philippines World War II Memorial Foundation through Vice President for Research and Education Desiree Ann Cua Benipayo; and former Norfolk Sister City Association- Cagayan de HONORED/PAGE 11