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Briefly Caraga’s 4.3% growth BUTUAN City -- Recent results of the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) survey revealed that Caraga’s economy grew by 4.3 percent in 2017 higher than the 2.0 percent growth recorded in 2016.

PSA Caraga regional director Dr. Rosalinda Apura revealed that the services sector has contributed the largest share of the region’s economic growth in 2017.

“Services remained to account for the largest share in the region’s economy with 49.7 percent,” said Dr. Apura.

Services continued to expand in 2017 with 7.2 percent growth and Other Services also contributed the most to growth as it grew by 10.9 percent, she added.

Wage hike GENERAL Santos City -- The newly-approved P16 to18 wage increase for private workers in Region 12 or Soccsksargen will take effect starting May 11.

Sisinio Cano, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Region 12 director, said Wednesday the new daily wage rates in the region set under Wage Order No. RB XII-20 is deemed effective after its 15-day publication period.

He said they first published the wage order on April 26, two days after getting final approval from the National Wages and Productivity Commission.

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By LESLIE GATPOLINTAN, PNA

HE Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced Thursday that it will finance more proje cts in Mindanao in support of a sustainable peace and to spur its economic development.

RO-RO. A roll-on-roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel Super Shuttle Ferry starts an early morning travel from Balingoan port in Misamis Oriental towards Benoni in Camiguin carrying local passengers and tourists. photo by gerry lee gorit

PhilHealth employees question reshuffling of regional heads

By GERRY L. GORIT, Reporter

EMPLOYEES of the government-owned Philippine Health Insurance

Corporation (PhilHealth) nationwide are standing by their regional vice presidents

“We want to invest more in Mindanao.

To sustain peace in Mindanao, we need to develop Mindanao in a broader sense. We had a very big road project in Mindanao last year, and we are considering support to transport (projects) in Davao,” said ADB President Takehiko Nakao in a press conference, as the Philippines hosts the Bank’s 51st annual meeting.

The Philippine government has obtained from ADB a USD380-million loan intended projects/PAGE 11

who were set for reshuffling by the order of the company’s interim president issued two weeks ago. question/PAGE 11

PH halal industry seen to rebound in 4 years

By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews

DAVAO City -- The share of halal products to the country’s total exports is expected

to return to its 11-percent level by 2022 after suffering constant decreases since 2013

due to “little support in the policy side,” Trade secretary Ramon Lopez said.

Speaking on the first day industry/PAGE 11

HOT BIBINGKA. Ernesto Gamos prepares bibingka (rice cakes) which he sells at 20 pesos per five pieces in Barangay Poblacion, Manticao town in Misamis Oriental. Photo taken on 28 March 2018. mindanews photo by h. marcos c. mordeno

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Australian delegation visits Duterte promises to raise teachers’ salary ARMM gov’t seat in Cotabato

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OTABATO City -- Australian officials visited Wednesday the seat of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) here and discussed the regional government’s initiatives in countering extremism following the Marawi siege last year.

Leading the visiting delegation was Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, who was accompanied by Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Amanda Gorely.

ARMM Governor Mujiv

Hataman and Regional Executive Secretary Laisa Alamia briefed the visitors on the programs initiated by the regional government to address the problem of violent extremism.

Hataman said the ARMM’s Program Against Violent Extremism provides opportunities to members of terrorist groups who have surrendered and returned to the fold of law for reintegration in society.

The governor said the program has been gaining good results since its introduction last year and has drawn support from Malacañang for inclusion in its Comprehensive

Local Integration Program (CLIP), the national government’s reintegration program.

Lawyer Rasol Mitmig, ARMM education secretary, also presented the efforts being undertaken by his office in addressing violent extremism in schools across the region.

The battle to retake Marawi from May to October last year caused widespread destruction to the city and displacement of some 11,000 families as government troops fought the combined forces of the Abu Sayyaf and Maute terror groups.

A multi-billion

government rehabilitation program is underway to bring back life to the city.

Task Force Bangon Marawi, a government inter-agency group organized to facilitate the rehabilitation and recovery efforts in the city, said initial post-conflict assessment indicated that some PHP50 billion is needed to restore the locality’s affected areas.

Last February, the Australian government rolled out a PHP3.6billion Education Pathways to Peace in Mindanao (Pathways) for the autonomous region.

Pathways is a nineyear program designed to improve the delivery of basic education and contribute to peacebuilding initiatives in the ARMM. (PNA)

DAVAO City -- After soldiers and policemen, public school teachers will also get a salary increase once the economy improves, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said Friday evening.

"Remember, when the economy improves, you are next to get a salary increase -- but in increments since there are so many of you. You are five or seven times more than our soldiers," Duterte told more than 6,000 elementary school principals during the 37th Principals Training and Development Program and National Board Conference at the SMX Convention Center here.

The President’s announcement elicited applause from the audience.

Duterte said he

understands the life of teachers since his mother, Soledad Duterte, was a public school teacher.

He noted that teachers face a difficult life because of their low salary that many resort to pawning their ATM cards.

Even his mother, he said, also loaned money when she was a teacher just to provide for the family.

Duterte, however, explained the need to increase first the salary of men in uniform due to the dangers they face in fulfilling his campaign promise to wage a war on illegal drugs, criminality and terrorism.

But teachers will be next to get a raise, he said.

It may be recalled that Education Secretary Leonor Briones last salary/PAGE 11

MES feeds malnourished children By: Werlyn Pontillas Estenzo, Teacher -111 Manuto Elementary School Manuto Quezon, Bukidnon

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Health is a combination of physical, mental, and social well being. Good health means physically, mentally, and emotionally fit. These play a vital role to individual’s success especially the academic performance of the schoolchildren. Some failed to perform well in the school because of the factors that hinders them to do so.

One of them is for being malnourished.

The Depar tment of Education implemented

S cho ol - B as e d Fe e d i ng Program (SBFP) to address malnutrition problem among public school children. This aims to enhance health and education status of the children. It also targeted the beneficiaries to have normal nutritional status.

Manuto Elementar y S c h o o l i s on e of t h e schools nationwide that feeds malnourished schoolchildren. The said feeding started last November 3, 2015, .There are twenty-

four malnourished children from Pre- School to grades III receive feeding in the Home Economics building .

Mrs. Werlyn Pontillas Estenzo,111 together with the parents operated the program for 120 days. Delicious and nutritious foods will serve daily because it is mandated by the DepEd to provide and give such foods to the recipients. We implement this program for the betterment of the schoolchildren.

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Manufacturing sector on the rise

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HE country’s manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI), which measures

the crucial sector’s performance, further rose at the start of the current year’s second quarter, IHS Markit

Aboitiz Power first quarter consolidated income down 9% ABOITIZ Power on Thursday announced that its consolidated net income for the first quarter of 2018 is 9 percent lower from the same period last year.

First quarter’s consolidated net income slipped to only P4 billion from P4.4 billion last year.

The firm pointed out the non-recurring foreign exchange losses on dollar denominated liabilities of P1.2 billion, against the non-recurring loss of P57 million in the same period in 2017.

Despite this, the firm noted that it still aboitiz/PAGE 11

DBM, AirAsia ink deal to give discounts to gov’t employees THE Department of Budget and Management (DMB) and Philippines AirAsia, Inc. on Wednesday signed a deal which would provide discounted fares to government personnel taking official trips.

AirAsia Philippines is the third airline that has inked the government fares agreement (GFA), after Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific.

Aside from cheaper fares, other benefits of the GFA include waived rebooking fees, additional baggage allowance and free web admin fee.

“As government officials, it is our duty to get the most out of the limited public resources entrusted to us. The GFA is a step towards getting the highest value for the hard-earned money of our airasia/PAGE 11

DepEd Advocates SchoolBased Immunization Program By: Werlyn Pontillas Estenzo, Teacher -3 Manuto Elementary School Manuto Quezon, Bukidnon

The department of education (DepEd) supp or ts the School-Based Immunization Program of the Department of Health (DOH) as the government’s response to ensure prevention of morbidity and morbidity and mortality of school age children due to vaccineprevention diseases.

The vaccination shall prioritize ALL grade one and grade seven students in all public elementary and secondar y schools nationwide. The pupils and students will receive Measles Rubella (MR) and tetanusdiphtheria (Td) vaccine.

T h i s pro g r a m w i l l provide booster doses of routine vaccines to older children and it shall be FREE to be administered by the Department of Health representatives with the cooperation of teachers.

Only students with parental/ guardian consent shall be vaccinated, in case of zero or 1 dose or vaccination refusal, or no immunization card presented, the students shall not be suspended, grounded, nor reprimanded as reflected in the DepEd Memo No. 0238,s 2015.

The teacher should identify what are the vaccines that his/her student received for the past years. Screened

Measles Vaccination history at the same time of the school entry and vaccinated if evidences show either zero or only 1 dose to ensure that these students received at least 2 MCC by school entry.

If student with recorded 2 doses of MCV, student should not be vaccinated.

The schools shall identify a medical team responsible for management a n d r e s p o n s e o f a ny adverse events following immunization (AEFI). First aid should be administered to the pupils if they will experience untoward i n c i d e n c e an d i f any symptoms persist teachers were advice to bring the patients to nearby hospital for proper medical care and attention.

The team should undergo an orientation and the team should coordinate with the focal person from the school and they were tasked to orient the teachers and pupils, identify the immunization sites. The School-Based Immunization Team already visits and administered the said vaccine to the different schools starting this month of August until the said program will have its full or hundred percent implementation to full fill its aim and purpose.

reported.

IHS Markit data showed that manufacturing PMI in April grew to 52.7 from 51.5 in March, reflecting the “robust improvement in the health of the sector”.

“The Philippines manufacturing sector started the second quarter on a robust note with growth in both output and new orders strengthening,” IHS Markit principal economist Bernard Aw said. April’s figure was also the country’s highest

manufacturing score this year, the report noted.

“First-quarter manufacturing expansion was affected by the January rollout of the new excise taxes, but April data suggests that demand has since adjusted to these higher levies,” Aw added.

The IHS Markit survey said the positive developments in output, as well as new orders translated to an increase in hiring in the manufacturing sector last month, after a two-month

drop in employment.

Moreover, the report read that inflationary pressures remain elevated, but companies were able to pass on certain costs to customers.

Firms’ outlook in the sector remains optimistic for the next 12 months, even as expectations dropped to a historic low in April.

“Overall, it’s clear that underlying demand has improved, partly supported by stronger export sales. With

companies’ optimism remaining high, despite the dip in April, it looks likely that growth may well accelerate further in coming months,” Aw said.

The PMI gauges the health of a country’s manufacturing sector based on new orders, inventory, production, suppliers, deliveries, and employment environment.

Indices above 50 show improvement in the sector, while readings below 50 reflect deterioration.

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ignacio bunye During the annual stockholders meeting of Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) held recently, Chair Jaime Zobel de Ayala (JAZA) recounted the bank’s many success stories in 2017.

BPI President and CEO Cezar P. Consing followed JAZA’s narrative with what the shareholders and other

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Is there still any person in whom the Spirit of God Member: dwells?...” (Genesis 41:38, the Holy Bible).

Philippine Press Institute -ooo PASIG CITY RESIDENTS Oro Chamber NEED MORE CARING FROM CITY HALL: I am earnestly urging high officials of Pasig City in Metro Manila to roam around the premises of their own City Hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. everyday. is that you never know when think a minute This is to enable them to you’re finished!”

However, when it comes see the suffering that their to our weekends, not many people say: “Too bad! I have to take the weekend off from work.” You see, it’s all in our attitude and the way we look at hints and traces something. So if we’ll approach our work with a positive attitude, being grateful that we even have a job to provide jhan tiafau hurst for our family, then we’ll start to appreciate and enjoy our Think a minute…Have you job more. We’ll also take more heard many people say: “Oh, pride in our work and do it good! I’m going to work better. Then we just might today!”? I sure haven’t. Usually get a promotion or better job what we say is, “I have to go to somewhere else! roy cimagala work today!” Why? Probably As adults we must work like because many people do not we did as children when our enjoy their work. We feel it’s father was watching. Because We don’t have to die first just something we’re forced to our Maker IS watching us all before we can already have do. Our job is like a necessary day! He sees our attitude and a feel of heaven, if not evil that we must endure so how well we do our job. Since prac tically touch it. By we can feed and care for our He gave us our life, health and doing our ordinary daily family—which, of course, is abilities, He expects us to do work, whether big or small, very important. our best at every small job we i n pu b l i c or h i d d e n at No wonder studies show do no matter how unimportant home, and doing it with that most people do not do we think it is. So if you’ve not real love for God and for their best at their work or had a good attitude about ot h e rs , we c an a l re a d y job. It’s also why many people your work and not done your achieve this ideal that is throw away their hard-earned very best, you can ask Jesus proper to us. money on foolish gambling to forgive you today. But He For this to take place, like lotteries. They think they also wants to change you and we have to work with faith have a chance to hit the big help you start doing your and piety, since without jackpot and never have to work best at everything you do. It’s them we will be unaware again! Then they’ll be free to then you can finally start fully t hat work ing w it h l ove do nothing the rest of their enjoying all the blessings that for God and others can life. But someone said, “The God wants to give you. already connect us with problem with doing nothing Just Think a Minute… our final home in heaven.

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– Bizlink, BPI Expressonline, BPI Express Mobile – all designed to deliver superior customer experience while reducing cost. Active users of these channels grew double digit in 2017.

Consing also announced that BPI would be expanding in key provincial cities where economic growth is expected to outpace that of the Manila commercial business district.

F u r t h e r, B P I will endeavor to convert most outlets to one-stop shops that provide a whole range of services including cash management, bancassurance, asset management, securities management, credit facilities, payments and remittances and forex products and services.

Cognizant of the

important role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in driving economic growth, Consing reported that BPI recently created the Business Banking Group to focus more on this client segment.

Presently, SME loans account for less than 10 per cent of total bank lendings.

“The Business Banking Group will cater to over 100,000 SME clients that maintain deposits with us, but for the most part, do not avail of our other financial services, including business loans,” Consing explained.

BPI also recently overhauled its auto and housing loan processes, not only by reducing processing turn-around time but also by partnering with developers story/PAGE 11

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stakeholders can expect from BPI in 2018.

BPI’s strategic initiatives this year, according to Consing, would be four-fold: -Increasing the bank’s level of digitalization -prioritizing CASA growth by enhancing deposit f ranchis e and deliver y infrastructure -accelerating the growth of SME and retail loans -continuing to build on BPI’s microfinance business.

“While we are already a leader in the area of d i g i t a l i z at i o n a m o n g P h i l ippi n e b a n k s , ou r objective is to double the percentage of clients that access us digitally in the next five years,” Consing said.

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constituents, especially the youth, are undergoing, just so clerks and other lowly personnel of the city can attend to their needs.

I was there at Pasig City Hall on April 30, 2018, on account of a mediation hearing involving a parcel of land in the city, and was I thoroughly shocked and surprised that hundreds of city residents, many of whom were young teens, noisily joined others who were queuing for one service or another at the back of the City Hall. The sun was mercilessly hot and punishing that Monday morning, and I am sure many of the residents felt the scorching heat, too.

The problem was, service was painfully slow, and so the residents had to be in line for long hours. And because the roof of the alley above their heads appeared to be of mere iron sheet, the burning heat of the sun made it feel like

the place was right inside a fully-heated oven. I am sure many of them got fever after their ordeal. Which prompted me to ask myself: why was service snail-paced, and why was an appropriate shade not made available in the place?

-ooo EXTORTION, PART OF MANY POLICE OPERATIONS: Omigosh, Gen. Camilo Cascolan, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office of the Philippine National Police, I am sure that not only 10 policemen from Quezon City Station 11 Special Drug Enforcement Unit are enmeshed in “kotong” or extortion, particularly victimizing those who are being arrested in connection with illegal drugs.

Without contradiction, I can say that almost all Filipinos know that when t he p ol i c e c ondu c t an operation and effect arrests,

especially on drug related cases, extortion almost always becomes a part of the operation---so that no cases would be filed against the arrested individuals, or even if cases are filed, they are nevertheless scaled down to bailable cases. I have also been informed that even if some suspects had already coughed up substantial money, cases are still filed against them. This is an open secret, Gen. Camilo Cascolan, and I believe this is known to the police force.

There is but one remedy against this malady, General.

Under your leadership, please try to bring your policemen to true fear and love of God (whatever they maybe calling Him). The reason why many policemen can afford to be so devilish is that they do not have any fear and love of God in their hearts. I hope that my point is fully understood, leader/PAGE 11

Touching heaven through our work It’s love that is fueled by faith and piety that does the trick.

Wo r k i n g w i t h l o v e for God and others lends s acre dness to w hate ver task we are doing, no matter how mundane it is. That is because as image and likeness of God, as God’s children whose creation is still a work in progress in our ear thly l i fe, any k i nd of work , aslong as it is honest and part of our responsibility, enters into the dynamics of God’s providence over us.

T h at ord i n a r y d a i l y work we have is where we usually encounter God. It is where we correspond to God’s continuing creation of us, until we conform to His will to make us His image and likeness, and His children.

Our work is not simply ours, but a work with God, before it is also our work.

It’s important that we be keenly aware of this truth so that we can consciously

and freely work in sync as much as possible with God’s will and ways.

We must spend time to make this truth sink into ou r c ons c i ou s n e s s an d become an abiding guide in our daily life. If our work does not make us feel at least the presence of God, then we are not working the way we should work.

Our work becomes prayer, even if it involves dirt and the so-called “blood, sweat and tears.”

O u r w or k i s w h e re w e engage ourselves with God and enter into the dynamics of love that characterizes our relationship with God and with others.

Our work can be considered sacred,because i n s p i t e of i t s w or l d l y character, it is still a work with God and a work of God. This is a truth that we have to appreciate more and act accordingly.

We s h ou l d d i s a bu s e ourselves from the thought that to besacred would involve us only in

activities inside churches or things should be done in silence and in solemnity.

Sacredness can be had also in the middle of the world, in the hustle and bustle of mundane concer ns and business es. The cr ucial thing to remember is that irrespective of where we are, we should always be with God and do things with Him. We should train ourselves to feel ver y much at home with God in heaven even while working here on ear th. Tr uth is God is actually leading us to Him and is bringing heaven also to us through our earthly activities.

We need to feel this truth of our faith, overcoming whatever awkwardness we may feel at the beginning.

We have to process this important task, teaching our mind and heart, our senses and our instincts to conform to this sublime reality that we often take for granted. roycimagala@gmail.com

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lanning a trip anytime soon that requires air travel? Whether you’re thinking of jetting off to your dream destination on the other side of the world or somewhere just as amazing within the country, it’s your lucky week as the highly anticipated 2nd edition of the Travel and Leisure Expo or simply TLEX

Davao 2018 returns to serve as a one-stop shop for all things travel!

As one of the Philippines’ most lucrative economic hub, it is the goal of this year’s TLEX Davao to elevate the travel standards of the region. And one way in which TLEX Davao seeks to achieve this goal is by offering travelers an extensive selection of

premium airlines. The best part is, a handful of these exhibiting airlines are specifically those that will be providing service links directly to and from Davao.

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Reading- A tool to improve One’s knowledge By: Werlyn Pontillas Estenzo, Teacher -111 Manuto Elementary School Manuto Quezon, Bukidnon

Reading not only has tremendous power when it comes to fueling the development of all aspects of language ability, its importance to the entirety of a human life in this day and age really can’t be overstated. To help underscore this point, we initiate something to showcase on the power and importance of literacy. Cut yourself a big piece of cake and read along with me…

Reading is so important to motivate child interest in learning and to make studies more meaningful to him.

Reading means a lot of things and it has purposes. Maybe it’s for learning or it just for fun, but there’s a hindrance for the child to learn the socalled those who belonged to illiteracy sector.

In the School where I was previously assigned, the illiteracy of the pupils is identified as the main problem when I came in said school, because school facilities were not yet really provided. No enough reading materials, like books, internet or something that could improve reading ability, so in order to help us as well as our stakeholders tugging an idea to have 10 minutes a day and it is called “KAPWA KO TURUAN KO”.

We Teachers established a group consisting of good readers and higher grade pupils or in other words little teachers.

The aim of this program is to improve the reading ability of our school learners and to help reducing the number of illiterate pupils. This also promotes good relationship among pupils by instilling the values of friendship and using spare time wisely. So that they’ll know that time is very important and not ought to waste in this age.

Pupils listens well every advice you’re giving to them. In other words this is the molding point of an individual. And to correct their behavior the reason why the pupils cannot cope up easily with the topics being discussed by teacher it’s not because they are stupid it’s because of their behavior that makes them dull.

To solve those problems we followed some steps in imitating the program: Ø First we group all the frustration of every reader Ø Second each group we assigned Ate and Kuya Teachers Ø Third inform the stakeholders so that parents will personally teach his/her child because what the parents does, the child is influenced.

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Computing Grades using E-Class Record By: Werlyn Pontillas Estenzo, Teacher -111 Manuto Elementary School Manuto Quezon, Bukidnon

For almost 10 years in teaching every grading period would be busier for me finalizing the individual results of pupils. It took times using traditional way of computing grades, lot of individual competencies were considered to rate an individual pupil.

Using Rubric in rating pupils’ composed the following: Unit test, home works/assignments, project, themes, etc. Other outputs contents different activities in music, sports, literary, math and the character traits.

I find it time consuming to finish it. I’ve even tried techniques to make it less burden on my part, but it takes time doing it and sometimes sacrifices a class to finish the computation.

Nowadays, we’ve so called E-Class record where I find it easier to compute grades. A Dep Ed personnel conducts an individual hands-on tutorial in every grade level to introduce and discuss on how to use the E-Class record.

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Only 3 components are considered in rating pupils: writing (30%), task performance (50%) pupil’s periodical exam result is (20%) in MTB-MLEESP and Araling Panlipunan.

(40%) task performance, (20%) periodical exam in mathematics ,(20%) writing task, (60%) in performance task and (20%) periodical exam in Mapeh. The idea of e-class record is of great for its friendly and hassle-free Educator striving to reach good quality education and child-centered learning approach, it’s really of help for we could now spend more time supervising learners, develop and improve instructional materials as well. No need of worrying grades computation using calculator anymore! It’s really a great idea.

In view of that my salute to Chief Operation and Governance, Division of Bukidnon for this amazing innovation. You’ve lessen our burden of grade computation.

Thanks’ and more power.

HE Department of Economic Research of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has adjusted its inflation rate forecast this month, placing it at the 3.9 percent to 4.7 percent range and calling the move a ”slight upward revision.”

In a statement Monday, the BSP attributed the higher inflation projection to geopolitical issues in the Middle East, causing a sharp increase in international oil prices that translates to higher petroleum prices in the domestic market this month.

Based on the oil monitoring of the Department of Energy last week, prices of Dubai crude from April 16 to 20 increased by almost USD2 per barrel relative to the previous week.

“In addition, higher electricity rates in Meralco-serviced areas as well as an increase in the prices of rice due to supply and demand conditions could contribute to additional price pressures,” the central bank added.

“The BSP will continue to monitor closely evolving inflation dynamics over the policy horizon against any signs of incipient

price pressures that may warrant a policy response,” it noted.

Inflation rate in March settled at 4.3 percent, higher than February’s rate of 3.8 percent.

In an interview last week, Union Bank of the Philippines President Edwin Bautista said the inflation rates that the country has registered in the past months due to the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law is not yet worrying.

“When you look at the effect of TRAIN on some of those items, it has a one-time impact year-on-

year. When you adjust, after a while, it’s built-in to the base. So by next year, when you no longer have new factors, the increase will naturally go down,” Bautista explained in Filipino.

He added that despite expectations that the BSP will raise policy rates due to inflationary pressure, it is somehow hesitant to do so considering with the economy’s robust growth and tolerable level of inflation.

The Monetary Board is set to meet next week to plot the appropriate action on the inflation situation.

(PNA)

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12TH Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte In re: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF Spl. Proc. No. 336-07-2018 ENTRY IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF ALBERT V. TORRES UNDER THE DATE OF BIRTH FROM JUNE 20, 1962 to June 20, 1958.

For: CORRECTION OF ENTRY ALBERT V. TORRES Rep. by JAMES TORRES, Petitioner.

-versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TUBOD, LANAO DEL NORTE.

Respondent.

X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -/ ORDER This is a petition for Correction of Entry in the Birth Certificate filed by the herein petitioner, ALBERT V. TORRES, represented by his brother, JAMES V. TORRES. The petition alleges that petitioner is of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte/Pago-Pago American Samoa, US Territory. He is represented in this case by his brother JAMES V. TORRES, likewise of legal age, married and resident of Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte by virtue of a Special Power of Attorney. Respondent is sued in her official capacity. Petitioner was born to spouses Filomeno Ralph Mc. F. Torres and Fructuasa R. VISCARA at Tubod, Lanao del Norte. He had been using June 20, 1958 as his date of birth in his personal, official and business transactions. In support of his petition, he has his Certificate of Registration as a voter issued by the Commission of Elections and his date birth in his Tax Identification issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, his Philippine Passport, all bearing his birth date as June 20, 1958. He filed the petition in good faith and prosecution of the same but with the sole intention to straighten his birth record. He is also desirous to correct the entry in his birth record so as to avoid confusion and future inconveniences.

Set the initial hearing of the petition to June 29, 2018 at 8:30 O’clock in the morning before the sala of his Court. The petitioner is hereby directed to publish copy of this Order to a newspaper of general circulation for three (3) consecutive weeks, at his expense. Any person/s interested to the petition should not be granted.

Furnish copy of his Order to the Office of the Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, to the Office of the Public Prosecutor in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, to the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Tubod, lano del Norte, to Atty. Maryflor L. Opay-Armas, counsel for the petitioner and to the petitioner through his brother, James V Torres of Poblacion. Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

SO ORDERED. April 23, 2018.

Tubod , Lanao del Norte.

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BOC exceeds April revenue target THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) made another revenue feat for April as it hit above its collection target by 2 percent.

Based on the preliminary data released by BOCFinancial Service, a total of P47.394 billion has been collected in April with P930 million in revenue surplus against the collection target of P46.464 billion.

This is 50.4 percent higher than the P31.503 billion collection for the same period in 2017.

The BOC said that 14 collections districts have significantly contributed to this positive collection performance. These ports are: • Port of Batangas collected P11.905 billion, up by 10.7 percent against the P10.758 billion target; • Port of Manila collected P7.418 billion, up by 6.2 percent against the P6.985 billion target; • Port of Limay collected P2.920 billion, up by 3.3 percent against the P2.827 billion target;

• Port of Cebu collected P2.177 billion, up by 4 percent against the P2.094 billion target; • Port of Davao collected P1.807 billion, up by 21.2 percent against the P1.491 billion target; • Port of Subic collected P1.683 billion, up by 0.6 percent against the P1.672 billion target; • Port of Cagayan de Oro collected P1.619 billion, up by 23.4 percent against the P1.312 billion target; • Port of Iloilo collected P308 million, up by 22.3 percent against the P252 million target; • Port of San Fernando collected P261 million, up by 3 percent against the P254 million target; • Port of Clark collected P166 million, up by 35.7 percent against the P122 million target; • Port of Tacloban collected P27 million, up by 28 percent against the P21 million target; • Port of Zamboanga collected P24 million, up by

7.9 percent against the P22 million target; • Port of Aparri collected P8 million, up by 91.2 percent against the P4 million target; and • Port of Surigao collected P3 million, up by 227.5 percent against the P1 million target.

Customs chief Isidro Lapeña said that the enhanced revenue collection performance is attributed to the improved and correct valuation and tariff classification being implemented on the ground.

Lapeña added that the Bureau generated higher excise tax this month due to the effective implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.

BOC-Financial Service also reported that volume and value of imports are comparably higher than last year of the same period.

The increase in oil price and the peso-dollar exchange ratio also contributed to the increased April revenue of the BOC.

Meanwhile, these are the ports which were unable to hit their respective monthly targets: Manila International Container Port collected P13.450 billion, 6.1 percent lower than the P14.328 billion target; Ninoy Aquino International Airport collected P3.482 billion, 19 percent lower than the P4.299 billion target; and Port of Legazpi collected P15 million, 33 percent lower than the P22 million target.

The Bureau has consistently improved its performance for three consecutive months from February to April amounting to more than P3-billion revenue surplus.

“I always tell the Bureau officials and employees, we can hit the target every month. We only just have to apply the correct valuation and collect what is due the government. I think we can continue this trend until December,"Lapeña said.

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8 Globe volunteers lend a hand to Julyan’s Farm to help people with special needs Advertising and Editorial E-mail : businessweekmindanao@gmail.com Contact nos. : 0917-7121424 • 0947-8935776

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Julyan’s Farm in the sprawling ranch estate of Zambawood in Zambales started with a dream to create a place for Julyan, the second child of the owners, who was diagnosed with autism. Away from the fast-paced city life, Julyan found a sense of security and routine at his farm where he plants flowers, fruit trees, and vegetables and tends to fowl and livestock.

The farm now not only serves as a haven for Julyan but also for the community and other people with special needs.

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Globe employees carried the company’s advocacy to bring a Globe of Good by giving the farm a helping hand. The employees happily planted sunflower seeds, not minding the scorching heat of the summer sun. Sunflowers are not only beautiful ornamental plants but its oil and seeds are extensively used in the food industry as highlynutritious energy food.

“As part of its employee engagement, Globe encourages its employees to do volunteer work so they can collectively share their time and effort to do a Globe of Good,” said Yoly Crisanto, Globe Senior Vice

President for Corporate Communications.

“Julyan’s Farm was an ideal place to do our annual volunteer time off (VTO) as not only did it provide the opportunity to volunteer but also a place to relax and reinvigorate ourselves amid the busy grind of everyday work life,” she added.

Zambawood is open to everyone who wants to visit a place of tranquility.

It boasts of a breathtaking view of the Zambales mountain ranges, the scent of pine trees and the calming sound of the sea.

The farm meanwhile is only a short walk from the lovely Beach House where visitors can rest and spend

the night in comfort.

One can also enjoy the simple pleasures of the countryside as well as the fresh and healthy food cooked by the in-house chefs, with ingredients coming from Julyan’s farm.

“As much as we value our customers and clients, we also value the well-being of our employees. The Globe VTO is a chance for everyone to care for others especially those who are less privileged than our employees,” said Crisanto.

Globe nurtures its employees desire to help by giving them the opportunity to volunteer for a day. This includes activity-based and skill-

based volunteering to support work with a partner group or community, organizing people who want to join various advocacies and provide pro bono services, capacity building, or skills transfer.

In 2017, volunteerism in Globe reached an alltime high of 52.8 percent of total employee base, with 3,803 employees

volunteering for various social development causes.

The employee volunteerism activity at Julyan’s Farm is in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No. 15 which aims to conserve and restore the use of terrestrial ecosystems given that agriculture is an important economic resource and means of development.

Classroom management and discipline

By GEMMA N. CABARON, Teacher 1 Sto. Niño Elementary School

Classroom management and discipline are two very closely related issues.

Classroom management is concerned with structuring classroom life – including all the elements in te classroom (human,physical,time) – in such a way that teaching and learning can be possible. If there is no sense of order in a classroom, if the elements or components are not organized in such a way that learning experiences can be provided, then it is not possible for any teaching or learning to go on.

D is c ipl i ne i nvolve s setting and defining clear expectations

about student behavior setting limits (e.g. rules, guidelines, instructions) that enable them to behave appropriately. If children behave appropriately, they can function effectively and more about the classroom independently.

Ef fective classro om management helps children achieve discipline or develop self-discipline. In turn children who have achieved a sense of discipline make classroom management a very simple part of the teacher job but the does not happen magically. It require investment on the part of the teacher.

Parental Role for Child’s Misbehavior By: Werlyn Pontillas Estenzo, Teacher -111 Manuto Elementary School Manuto Quezon, Bukidnon

Teacher’s Innovations as to mobilize and empower the folks of the Village

By: LEONARD F. ENLAWAN Teacher III/ School In-charge DON GREGORIO PELAEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

There is a small village in Barangay Don Gregorio Pelaez of Claveria, Misamis Oriental where there were groups of people who happen to be the inhabitants of the place living with much enthusiasm working with unity in the community.

Different respective cultures, customs and traditions were nurtured to which the folks made to practiced and passed them from generation to generation. Furthermore, their characters and attitudes were so amazing and incomparable to the extent that they were able to share and show them off to all the people in the society and most to the strangers. The spirit of hospitability can be found and manifested to these types of villagers living in the village.

Being the teacher assigned to this place as

my station, I witnessed who they really are indulging and enjoying the bounty of nature showered upon them

by God. The green fields in the farm served as their source of living to which they treasure and care the most. With that, I enjoyed teaching the little children in school and extend more time to them as a labor of love.

During Saturdays and free time in the afternoon, I made a home visitation to every household not only to update the parents regarding the children’s progress in school but in some other way, reaching them to impart essential knowledge and skills for better living so as to acquaint them the walks of technology as what the world is going through nowadays.

Through the grace of the local volunteers of

the municipality with the collaboration of TESDA and the Department of Education, Misamis Oriental Division, Claveria II District, we established hand in hand strategy attributed to the fulfillment of our common goals.

The folks were categorized according to their interests and level of learning. For the out of school youth, they were imparted with the basic types of skills in reading, writing and counting. For the parents, they were trained with different skills such as dressmaking and weaving. There were also seminars and workshops on responsible parenthood, raising livestocks and tips on how to build a small entrepreneurship to gain enough resources to sustain the needs of the family.

Lectures and hands on program on the basic skills in operating and manipulating the computer was one of the

highlights of the trainings conducted. All of these activities lasted for about three (3) months in action with active cooperation among the villagers.

Last March 31, 2018 was the unforgettable moment when forty (40) of the folks marched and paved their way during the commencement exercises and received their diplomas as a proof of their success.

With much grace and humbleness, I am ver y grateful to the Lord Almighty for the opportunity given to me as an instrument and catalyst to produce change and mobilize every individual in the society to where I belong. I may not be wealthy enough financially, but the experienced that went through was my return of investment that no amount of wealth could ever replace being fulfilled with what God made a purpose for calling me in this noble profession.

“I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control”, says Tim Ferris.

Misbehavior of a child is the most common problem of the parents nowadays, some might say that they that disciplined is the best way to correct the behavior of a child but discipline means a lot of things. Let’s have the dictionary defines discipline as punishment inflicted by way of correction and training. But nowadays punishing a child is prohibited by the law you can be imprison for punishing a child.

W h at ' s t h e p a r e nt supposed to do if the kid is going crazy and won't listen?

A small smack or a spanking seems only appropriate. If you slap them across the face, or punch them it's a different story.

Hitting your children can cause them to misbehave and eventually start hitting other kids, thinking it’s just okay. As a child i was hit for my misbehavior and it caused my mother abusing me. Hitting your children can easily get carried away.

Ab u s e i s d i f f e re nt from discipline. There are abusive parents out there that strongly believe they’re doing the right thing by beating up their child, but other parents are very good at disciplining their children without having flared up.

Some kids nowadays don’t respect their elders and misbehave. A slap on the hand or small spanking can always straighten any children who misbehave.

"Action speaks louder than words", as long you do not go too far as to beat the kids because punishment should be a small spanking or slap on the hand. It is the reason why people are against physical punishment, because they tend to get carried away.

A slap on the hand or small spanking is not considered (in my opinion) a beating, but more of a lesson that the child learns doing what right than wrong.

Parents out there like as I am, let’s not be weary in well doing for in due season we’ll reap all those good seed we’ve sown if we never faint we could reap the fruit of our labor as promised by the heavenly father- the parent of us all!

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TLEX... from page 6

that its regional airline, Cathay Dragon will begin operating a four-times-weekly service from Hong Kong to Davao City starting October 28. The new route, the only non-stop flight between Hong Kong and Davao City, will be operated by an Airbus A1320 aircraft.

As remarked by Cathay Pacific Country Manager Philippines Rob Bradshaw, “We have a rich and robust histor y of s er ving the Philippines and we are thrilled today to grow our presence to Davao, our fourth destination in the country. With our

renowned signature service and convenient schedule, customers will be assured of a premium experience when they travel with us. Through the efficient and passenger friendly Hong Kong hub, the world is now one step closer to our customers in Mindanao.”

Aside from the Davao-HKG service route, Cathay Pacific already launched service links to Nanning, Jinan and Brussels.

Other routes to take off this 2018 include Dublin (June), Washington (September), Copenhagen (May) and Cape Town (November).

Apart from showcasing the widest array of companies and associations providing

Dengvaxia Vaccine: The Roll-out of Its Psychological Effects and Educational Implication By: LEONARD F. ENLAWAN Teacher III/ School In-charge DON GREGORIO PELAEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

To lessen the viral case of dengue fever in the country, our government thru the collaboration & partnership of the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Education (DepEd), made to established a vaccination activity to the elementary pupils specifically Grade Five pupils through Dengvaxia Vaccine. It was conducted for a purpose of building a strong immunity against the disease carrying mosquito which is the Aedes aegypti.

The vaccination agreement was approved during the last term of office as President of Benigno Simeon Aquino III and it was executed during the earlier days of assuming the office of our current President- Rodrigo Roa Duterte in the year 2016.

Through the aid of Sanofi Pasteur as the proponent and manufacturer of the Dengvaxia Vaccine, the vaccination activity was successfully executed to the said recipients with enough and proper dissemination and consent among the parents.

Suddenly, few months passed after the vaccination, there were incidental reports as featured in the news, that there were various symptoms and diseases that attributed to the Dengvaxia Vaccine suffered by the school children who were

the recipients of the said vaccine. The reported cases were allegedly the effect that resulted to death of some of the recipients. Just recently, as reported in the news, there were about forty-two (42) individuals/ children who ended in death because of the same cause and reasons.

The scenario was turned into an outbreak bought about by the said vaccine. It leads to anxiety and fear to the part of the parents much more to the children who were the recipients of the country. The psychological impact became worst to the extent that many of the parents and children were now afraid to response to any form of assistance from the government in terms of health just like deworming, distributing vitamins to the children and all other attributes because of the unexpected possible ill result and outcome towards the recipients.

As an educator, all I can do is to encourage the parents who are our respective stakeholders to just conform to the g o v e r n m e n t ’s o u t l a y believing that with fervent prayer to the Almighty Fat he r, not e ve n one constituent will be harmed nor diminished for our government is pouring their ways and means to secure everybody’s welfare.

premium travel, tourism, and hospitality services, also not to be missed are the exclusive seat sales and travel promos that will also be offered by the country’s first and only 4-Star global airline Philippine Airlines only at TLEX Davao 2018 – truly making it a haven for travelers of all kinds as they experience a heart warming and world-class journey.

To be co-located with PHILBEX Davao 2018, TLEX Davao 2018 is happening on May 10 to 13 from 11am to 7pm at the SMX Convention Center Davao, 3/F, SM Lanang Premier. The back-to-back trade shows are set to invade Davao with its limitless B2B as well as travel and leisure opportunities! Admission to TLEX and PHILBEX Davao 2018 is free. For more information, follow @tlex.ph on Facebook and Instagram.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-01, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2013 (IRR of R.A 10172), Notice is hereby served to the PUBLIC that MICHELLE J. MONEVA has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of clerical error in the entry sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MICHELLE J. MONEVA who was born on May 25, 1988 at Linangkayan, Naawan, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are VERGIE P. JAUDIAN and CIDOMEL L. MONEVA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than MAY,2018.

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(SGD) MARLON S. DACOCO Municipal Civil Registrar

Filipino Wattpadders Lead Southeast Asia in Mobile Reading and Writing as Wattpad’s Second Largest Market Globally

Wattpad, the global multiplatform entertainment company for original stories, has announced a new milestone in the Philippines, now reaching seven million people in the country every month.

Wattpad has seen continued growth in the Philippines, the company’s second largest market. The company now has more than 65 million users globally,

with 17 million located in Southeast Asia.

Wattpadders in the Philippines read more than 400 million minutes each month, and Filipino writers have shared more than 24 million story uploads on Wattpad.

Filipino writers are some of the most successful on Wattpad, with millions of passionate followers.

Local writers like @ jonaxx, @maxinejiji, and others have built massive communities of fans, as

readers spend hundreds of millions of hours with their stories.

Wattpad has established a number of high-profile partnerships with some of the Philippines most innovative technology and media companies.

In January 2018, Wattpad announced $51 million in new funding from Globe Telecom’s Kickstart Ventures, China’s Tencent, and wattpad/PAGE 11

The Four Learning Styles

By GEMMA N. CABARON, Teacher 1 Sto. Niño Elementary School

Each person has his own ‘’LEARNING STYLE’’ their preferred way of dealing with ideas and day to day situation. Professional have divided these into four basic learning style Innovative Learners, Analytic Learners, Common Sense Learners, Dynamic Learners.

I N N O VAT I V E L E A R N E R S , L e ar n by listening and observing.

Want re as on to le ar n, Strengths: Have imaginative ability. Understand people.

Recognize problems.

Brainstorm. These people are often the conscience of the group- prophets.

They are usually concerned with relationships between people. They will not walk out of a class or meeting for fear of hurting someone’s feelings. Likes: Small group interaction, mimes, role-playing, team sports,

simulation. Use in arts and crafts, creative writing, role plays. Dislikes: Timed tests, debates, computer-intensive education, lack of artistic expression.

ANALYTIC LEARNERS, Learn by abstract conceptualization. They are usually thinker. Want to learn content. Strength: Good at planning, creating models, defining problems and developing theories. They like to reason inductively.

Likes: Programmed instruction, well-organized lectures/stories, competition, demonstrations, objective tests. Used in quizzed, discussions, abstract Bible studies, personal inventories, coded scriptures puzzles.

Dislike : Role – playing, group project, teacher who don’t stay on the task, true/ false questions. Weakness: Can be so involved in

abstract thinking that they don’t make good practical application. When learning to do something, they may read books and study up on it, but never get around to doing it.

COMMON SENSE LEARNERS , Learner though direct hands-on experiences.

Want to process the content and apply it to new situations.

Strengths : Good at problemsolving, decision-making, deductive reasoning and applying new ideas to new situations. Likes to help plan a program and carry out instruction with a minimum of a du lt s h e lp. L i ke s : Problem-solving, debates, logic problems independent s t u d y, e x p e r i m e n t s , something to make drama/ writing/planning, problem to solve, role-playing involving application of the lesson to everyday life.

DYNAMIC LEARNERS, Learn by starting right in

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CCE-0027-2018 R.A. 10172

CCE-0026-2018 R.A. 10172 In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A.10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that EDLENN V. MACANA has filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name from ‘’ ‘’ to ‘’ ‘’ and correction of entry in sex from ‘’FEMALE’’ to ‘’MALE’’ or correction of entry in the date of birth from ‘’ ‘’ to ‘’ ‘’ in the certificate of live birth of EDLENN V. MACANA at Initao, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are EDOR R. MACANA and LENY M. VEDRA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than May 25, 2018.

(SGD.) ISAIAS A. JARALES Municipal Civil Registrar

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In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IIR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the to the public that MARJORIE P. BAGARES has filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name from ‘’ ‘’ to ‘’ ‘’ and correction of entry in sex from ‘’MALE’’ to ‘’FEMALE’’ or correction of entry in the date of birth from ‘’ ‘’ to ‘’ ‘’ in the certificate of live birth of MARJORIE T. PAMISA at Initao, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are TRIFON M. PAMISA and MARGIE W. TACBOBO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than May 25, 2018.

(SGD.) ISAIAS A. JARALES Municipal Civil Registrar

BWM: May 7 & 14, 2018

Republic of the Philippines Region X Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Kapatagan R.A 9048(CFN)

and doing it. Like to see, hear, touch and feel. Want to use content. Wan to produce results. Strengths : Are results-oriented. Like getting things done. They take leadership, are good at explaining policies, make great sales people. They take risks. May have to redo the job because they didn’t plan sufficiently before starting. Likes: Case studies, reflective thinking, dramatics, producing creative product, assignment, producing creative product, assignment requiring originality, multiple choice and true/false questions, hands-on activies, real-life simulation, carrying out/ producing a drama, planning of real-life events, listing and organizing material ‘’ There is no right or wrong learning style. It’s a matter of which style comes most naturally to you.’’ Adopted from : Barbara manspeaker

Republic of the Philippines Province of Misamis Oriental Municipality of Initao

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Republic of the Philippines Province of Misamis Oriental Municipality of Naawan Publication Notice RA 10172

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Republic of the Philippines Region X Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Kapatagan R.A 10172(Gender)

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In Compliance with section 7 of R.A 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that MARIA MAGDALINA FLORES VIOS has filed with this Office, a petition for Change of First Name from “MAGDALENA” to “MARIA MAGDALINA” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MAGDALENA BACUS FLORES who was born on JULY 22, 1978 at Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are ALBERTO FLORES and JULIET BACUS. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 15 days.

In Compliance with section 7 of R.A 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that NIMBERT A. HERMOSA has filed with this Office, a petition for Correction Error-Change of Gender from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of NIMBERT A. HERMOSA who was born on JANUARY 22, 1991 at BUTANON,KAPATAGAN LANAO DEL NORTE and whose parents are ALBERTO S. HERMOSA and NIMFA M. AGABON. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 15 days.

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(SGD) IVY REYES TONGCO Municipal Civil Registrar

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(SGD) IVY REYES TONGCO Municipal Civil Registrar

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT of MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 44 Initao, Misamis Oriental

12. In the year 2016, in her effort to be fully reunited with her family in Canada, Petitioner processed her Immigrant Visa which included the Respondent and their only son as her dependents and she would then send extra money to the Respondent to process the documents that were required for this application such as their passport;

DOLCE JARALES GONZALES, Petitioner,

-versus- Civil Case No. 2017-1455 For: DECLARATION NULLITY OF MARRIAGE AGRIFINO T. GONZALES, JR.,

13. During this year, Dolorito Jarales, the Petitioner’s elder brother had observed however that the letter’s church tithes and offerings had dwindled and even the monthly allowance for their mother went the same. Dolorito then verified from the Petitioner if she was still sending her tithes and offerings and the monthly allowance for their mother. They found out then that the Respondent was not fully remitting the money sent to him by the Petitioner. Petitioner being a peace-loving person, simply downplayed this dishonest actuation of the Respondent;

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14. In the year 2017, the Petitioner got the shock of her life when her younger brother, Prudente Jarales, the associate pastor, narrated to her that a man who introduced himself as the husband of one Flor Paterno approached to inform him because Flor Paterno is having an affair with the Respondent. This narrative finally made the Petitioner believed, that indeed Respondent had wronged her in their marriage;

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION To: AGRIFINO T. GONZALES Purok 11-A, Brgy. Tibanga, 9200 Iligan City GREETINGS!

15. While Petitioner was stretching her patience and was still hoping that her marriage with the Respondent would still work as they were already processing their immigration papers for Canada, this hope turned out not anymore viable when their only son, John Mark informed her that he caught his father in the act of having sexual contract, with the same Flor Paterno that her brother Prudente had previously mentioned,inside their family abode. As this unfolded, John Mark was very much shocked since he thought that this same Flor Paterno was his father’s cousin as this was how the Respondent introduced her to him whenever John Mark saw this woman in the company of his father;

This Court issued an Order dated January 12, 2018 allowing Summons be served upon AGRIFINO T. GONZALES, JR., in a newspaper of general circulation, pursuant to Section 15, Rule 14 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure. It is pursuant that this Summons by Publication is issued.

WHEREAS, quoted hereunder is the PETITION, to wit:

Petitioner, DOLCE JARALES GONZALES, through her undersigned attorney, unto this Honorable Court, most respectfully states that:

16. On March 16, 2017, Respondent left for the Manila together with Flor Paterno and he told their son, John mark that he would look for a job in there. This unfortunate event did not stop Petitioner from hoping that one day, Respondent will come to his senses and come back, but to date Respondent would refuse to communicate with her and even with their only son;

1. Petitioner is of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Aluna, Initao, Misamis Oriental and is currently working in Toronto, Canada. Legal papers and processes intended for or emanating from this Honorable Court may be served at the address of the undersigned counsel atrm. 140, Veramont Residences, 2712 Juan Luna Avenue, Mabolo, 6000 Cebu City;

17. The act of the Respondent in abandoning his family had jeopardized the existing Immigration Visa application of the Petitioner’s as he was part of this application,being one of the Petitioner’s dependent. Worst Petitioner has just found out that Respondent after all, did not process the passport application of their son, which is an essential requirement in his Dependent Immigrant Visa Application.

All the while, Respondent used the money that was sent to him to process their immigration application in some other things and this aggravated the unspeakable turmoil that the Petitioner had suffered;

2. Respondent is also of legal age,Filipino, married and with last known address at Purok 11-A, Brgy. Tibanga, 9200 Iligan City; 3. Petitioners was working as a teacher in the Bible Baptist Church Fundamental school ministry in Lugait, Misamis Oriental, where her brother is an associate pastor, when she met the Respondent through common friendssometime I the year 2001.

There was no formal courtship between them Petitioner found the Respondent to be friendly, caring, helpful and generous but Petitioner considered it as a turn-off when Respondent manifested being impatient, hot-tempered, impulsive, and a nagger who would always speak cuss words even on minor things. Petitioner’s eventual pregnancy by the Respondent however, after almost eight (8) months of being sweethearts through mutual understanding ( M.U.), led them to immediately get married in a civil wedding rite on July 26, 2002 officiated by Hon. Enerito J. Acain V, Municipal Mayor of Initao, Misamis Oriental;

18. Distraught of these unfortunate turn of events, having lost her husband and her hope of reuniting her family in a greener pasture in Canada, Petitioner sought the help of a psychological counselor to ease her pain; 19. At this point, Petitioner decided to wholeheartedly let go of the Respondent upon her realization that that their marriage was utterly hopeless. Respondent having abandoned the Petitioner and their only son in favor of his paramour;

4. At the time of the celebration of there marriage however, Respondent was already suffering from a psychological incapacity to comply with his essential marital obligations . Although this incapacity already existed before they got married, this was made more apparent only during their marriage;

20. The herein parties did not acquire any property of significant value during their marriage; 21. Petitioner respectfully invokes Article 36 of the Family Code for this Honorable Court to declare her marriage as VOID ab initio on the ground of Respondent’s psychological incapacity to comply with his essential marital obligations.

5. This psychological incapacity manifested itself in many ways, more particularly in Respondent’s refusal to live together, give mutual love, respect, help and support and with his evident infidelity; 6. After their marriage, the herein parties stayed for a while in the house of the Respondent’s uncle, Benjamin Gonzales, Jr., in Iligan City, whom he considered as his own father as he was merely a drifter from San Carlos City, Negros Occidental with no real family to call his own. Respondent was jeepney driver and since his income was not enough, the Petitioner would help in earning their daily bread by having variety of small business as she already stopped teaching. They then transferred residence to Barangay Santiago in Iligan City and on November 27, 2002, Petitioner gave birth to a baby boy, named: JOHN MARK J. GONZALES2; 7. On October 8, 2018, Petitioner grabbed the opportunity to work abroad. She flew to Hongkong to work as a caregiver. Being away from her family was utterly difficult but Respondent promised her that he would be loyal and would take good care of their only son while she was away Because Respondent was almost a perfectionist in every thing and had no family of his own, Petitioner trusted that Respondent would value their own family, he being merely a drifter in the past; 8. With Respondent’s promise of being a responsible husband and a good administrator, Petitioner, aside from the family support that she would send to the Respondent, would also send her church tithes and offering through him and the monthly allowance that she gave to her mother, Dolores E. Jarales who is residing in Aluna, Initao, Misamis Oriental; 9. In the year 2011, Petitioner had heard some rumors that Respondent had nurtured an extra marital affair but she fully trusted the Respondent that he be a good husband and a good father, so she refused to believe said story.

10. Petitioner did well in her job abroad and was earning good. Respondent, aware of these earning, would then ask the petitioner to buy a second-hand vehicle for him to drive. Petitioner would ask if this second-hand vehicle was still viable for hire and Respondent would immediately assure her that this was in running condition but after a short period of time, Respondent would decide to sell it as it turned out to be unserviceable. Petitioner would get disappointed by this seeming waste of money but she loved him, so she would just keep this disappointment within herself; 11. In the year 2014, Petitioner was able to land job in Toronto, Canada as a caregiver.

Respondent would again ask the Petitioner to buy another second-hand vehicle, and as if Respondent did not value Petitioner’s hard-labor abroad, after some few weeks from its purchase, he would again decide to resell it. Respondent made these impulsive buying three times and three times, did the Petitioner was highly disappointed of these wastages;

ATTY. PEME JARALES CAVLES Counsel for the Petitioner Rm. 140, Veramont Residences 6000 Cebu City VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF NON-FORUM- SHOPPING I, DOLCE JARALES GONZALES, of legal age, a resident of Aluna, Initao, Misamis Oriental, Philippines and currently working in Toronto, Canada, on oath, state THAT:

I am the Petitioner in the above-entitled case;

I have caused the preparation of the foregoing Petition;

I have read and understood the contents and allegations therein are true and correct of my personal knowledge or based on authentic records and documents’ There is NO other action or proceeding pending before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency to the foregoing and should I there after learn that a similar action or proceeding has been filed or is pending before any of these court,tribunal or agency of that fact within five (5) days there from to his Honorable Court.

IN WITNESS WHERE OF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this 23 of August 2017 at the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto, Canada.

Signed in the presence of: DOLCEJARALESGONZALES 802-10 San Romanoway Laurel B. Dela cruz North York, Ontario MSN 2Y2 Now THEREFORE, through this Summons by Publication AGRIFINO T. GONZALES of Purok 11- A, Brgy. Tibanga, 9200 Iligan City is hereby required to answer the Petition within sixty (60) days from the last issue of publication.

WITNESS the HON. MARISSA P. ESTABAYA, Presiding Judge of this Court, this 9th day of April 2018 at Initao, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.

BWM: April 30 & May 7, 2018

ATTY. IAN C. TAJONERA-BERNARDO Clerk of Court VI

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Projects... from page 1

to expand Mindanao’s road network as well as other key infrastructure projects under its “Build, Build, Build” program.

“By our studies, (under) the Build, Build, Build, we need to support the Philippines metro areas, how to mitigate these traffic difficulties, and how to support the railway projects, and the LRT (Light Rail Transit) or MRT (Mass Rail Transit),” said Nakao.

“We should renew those things, there are so many areas which we must support very seriously,” he added.

Of t he count r y’s 75 i n f r ast r u c tu re f l ag sh ip projects, 45 projects are located in Luzon, 10 in Visayas and 17 in Mindanao.

Two other projects aimed to enhance inter-island connectivity in the country, while one other has nationwide in scope.

The ADB chief further noted that the Duterte government has several agenda points which are in line with the Bank’s thrust a re a s , i n c lu d i n g r u r a l development, education, and some gender issues to empower women.

In the area of education, Nakao particularly cited school-to-job initiative, including technical and vocational education training; and its support to the country’s extension of high school education to 12 years.

“We are also supporting the conditional cash transfer and this has been here for sometime from the previous government. We support families to make their kids to attend school and get the regular health check up by visiting clinics on the condition that we transfer the cash to the families,” he added. (PNA)

Question... from page 1

Merlyn Ybanez, PhilHealth-10 information officer, said that their regional vice president Masiding Alonto, Jr. is among the 20 regional heads who are set to be reshuffled to other regions.

The order, dated April 23, 2018, was signed by PhilHealth interim president Celestina Ma. Jude dela Serna.

Only the regional vice president for Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) was spared from the order because all government positions In the autonomous region were frozen due to the existing rehabilitation of the war-ravaged Marawi City.

Ybanez said that the order was met with opposition

by PhilHealth employees nationwide by wearing black as a sign of protestation.

Dela Cerna herself is in hot water after the Commission on Audit (COA) findings that she incurred excessive travel expenses despite the reported P20-billion loses by the government health insurance provider.

“Instead of addressing Ph i l He a lt h’s P 9 - bi l l i on

loss, dela Serna focused on reshuffling the regional vice presidents, firing casual employees and filing cases baseless against employees,” Ybanez said.

Dela Serna reportedly retracted in implementing the order following the protest.

In a press statement, Ybanez has alleged that the interim president was remiss in focusing on collection efficiency, penalizing on erring health care providers and adhering to austerity measures.

Industry...

from page 1 of the two-day 1st Philippine National Halal Conference themed “Towards Making the Philippines a Significant Player in the Global Halal Ecosystem,” at the Marco Polo Hotel Davao, Lopez said Philippine halal products and services last year were only pegged at P5.52 billion or 8.73% of the country’s total exports valued at P63.23 billion.

Lopez said the government is determined to develop the country as a significant player in the global halal trade by “informing the world that Philippines is ready to take on a bigger role in the halal industry.”

He said the global halal food and lifestyle industry is expected to reach $3 trillion in three years.

He noted that the country can seize halal opportunities in media, recreation, fashion, pharmaceuticals, personal care and cosmetics and tourism.

Congress is looking at legislating a bill on Islamic finance as this sector is expected to reach $3.5 trillion by 2021 from $2 trillion in 2015, he said.

“Note that there is more than 2 billion global Muslim population in 2014, growing by 1.8% per year, and the bulk is located in Asian countries. This means halal opportunities for Philippines are in our backyard,” he added.

He said the top importers of Philippine halal products in the ASEAN market are Malaysia and Indonesia while the United Arab Emirates is the biggest importer in the Middle East.

Citing data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, Lopez said the top exports are coconut oil, processed food and beverages, fresh banana, pineapple and pineapple products and tuna.

The Philippines joined last year the 27-member International Halal Accreditation Forum, an independent, nongovernment network of accreditation entities mandated to enforce halal standards in their countries and territories.

Congress passed Republic Act 10817 or the Philippine Halal Export Development and Promotion Act of 2016, which created the Philippine Halal Export Development and Promot i on B o ard, consisting of the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, Health, S cience and Technology and Agriculture,

and other agencies.

The board is tasked, among others, to develop and apply halal agricultural and manufacturing standards and practices.

Lopez said halal will become a major industry because of increasing demand for halal products even in nonMuslim markets; increased awareness of the availability, quality, and integrity of halal products; increase in number of certifiers to ensure quality, integrity of halal products in the market; emerging new categories of halal-certified products and services; globalization and integration of markets; and growth in e-commerce and internet platform.

He called on exporters to expand the coverage and category of halal ecosystem, urged local government units to strengthen ordinances for the industry’s development, encouraged the academe to look into incorporating h a l a l i n re s e a rc h a n d development or make it part of the curriculum, and pushed for the private sector to increase its interest in the industry. (Antonio L. Colina IV/MindaNews)

Salary... from page 2

year signed Department Order 55 (2017) or the “Revised Guidelines on the Implementation of P4,000 Net Take Home Pay for Department of Education Personnel”.

The order prioritizes loan deductions due the Government Ser vice Insurance System and the Home Development Mutual Fund, and ensures that teachers would have no less than PHP4,000 net in their monthly take-home pay.

Those holding Teacher 1 to Teacher 3 positions reportedly receive a gross pay of P20,000 to P25,000, which decreases to only P15,000 to P18,000 after deducting taxes, PhilHealth and PagIBIG contributions. (PNA)

AirAsia... from page 3

Filipino taxpayers,” Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said during the signing event, noting that airline services are one of the most requested in government procurement activities.

AirAsia President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dexter M. Comendador said this was its first partnership with the government.

The government has a lump-sum budget of P4 billion for official travels in 2018, covering trips by air, land and sea.

“As of end of December 2017, a total amount of P202.8 million has been generated as sales for the GFA. Considering that these airline tickets were purchased at a discount of 8% to 9% less than the regular price, a savings of P19.5 million was achieved for the government as of 2017. We expect this to be much higher this year,” Mr. Diokno said.

At present, a total of 138 government agencies,

including state universities and colleges and governmentow n e d a n d c ont ro l l e d corporations, can avail of the GFA’s benefits.

Aboitiz... from page 3

sees “modest growth” in both its generation and distribution businesses.

Antonio Moraza, Aboitiz Power president, said the firm is optimistic to see improvements in plant reliability and availability, which, according to him, had significant financial contributions to the firm. “We will continue improving our power plants, and invest in technologies to also improve services of our distribution utilities,” he said.

At pre s e nt , Ab oit i z Power has distribution utilities operating across the country. Moraza added that the company will complete several other power plant projects this year to add to those already in operation.

Meanwhile, for the first quarter, the firm’s capacity sold have increased by 22 percent, from 2,630 megawatts in the same period in 2017, to 3,215 megawatts.

The increased number of contracts have contributed to this increase, Aboitiz Power said.

The firm’s “attributable sales” in the distribution group for the first quarter was 1,298 gigawatt-hours.

This is 7 percent higher from the first quarter of 2017.

Higher electricity sales across all customer segments contributed to the increase i n t h e f i r m’s E B I T DA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). Consolidated EBITDA for distribution business was P1.8 billion, 4 percent higher compared to same period in 2017. (PNA)

Story... from page 4

and auto dealers to achieve better distribution balance.

BPI intends to expand its microfinance footprint by growing BPI Direct Banko’s branches and microbanking offices from 9 to 103. Consing predicted that microfinance loans will grow close to P2 billion in 2018, compared to P450 million in 2017.

B P I D i r e c t B a n k o’s target clientele consists of self-employed microentrepreneurs (SEMEs), many of whom do not have access to the formal banking system for their financing needs.

BPI Foundation, meanwhile, will continue to be active in improving the social and economic well-being of Filipinos through education, environmental sustainability and a committed advocacy on social entrepreneurship.

Consing expressed confidence that this time next year, BPI will continue t o r e p o r t “e x e m p l a r y financial performance” and a “growth built on enriching relationships, growth that is inclusive and relevant to our clients and our nation.”

Consing promised BPI’s shareholders and stakeholders “a cont inuing stor y of

professionalism and care that stretches over 166 years – which makes BPI special.”

(Disclosure: The writer is currently an independent director of Bank of the Philippine Islands and BPI Asset Management and Trust Co.)

Leader... from page 4

Gen. Cascolan!

-ooo A LEADER HAS TO HAVE GOD’S GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION: So okay, Secretary Harry Roque, President Duterte is not a “strongman”, as what Time Magazine boldly accused him with in its May 14, 2018 international edition. And, so okay, too, that the President is merely a leader who is “strong and decisive”, especially in his campaign against illegal drugs. The only question is this: is this the kind of leadership that is required so true and beneficial change will come to Filipinos?

I hope I am not misunderstood here, Sec. Roque. I voted for the President during the elections of 2016, and I led the church which I am leading right now (even if I am an unworthy leader of a church), the Children of God Blood Kin of the Christ Church (or the AND KNK, Simbahang Anak ng Diyos Kadugo Ni Kristo).

Too, my support for him up to now can be proved by my columns in newspapers abroad, and in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

But someone has to tell the President that being “strong and decisive” are not the only qualities that would enable a country to achieve truly beneficial change. A leader also needs the guidance, blessings, and protection of God, which that leader can achieve only if he is a true believer, and if the qualities required by the Bible for good leaders are found in him.

Is that not true, Secretary Roque?

-ooo FOR QUESTIONS, REACTIONS: If anyone would like to ask me any question about what the burning issues of the day mean, or what we have discussed here, or to consult on any problem, whatever it maybe, please call 0917 984 24 68, or email me at batasmauricio@yahoo. com, or post your concerns at www.facebook.com/attybatas.

Promise, I will answer right away. Thank God in the Name of Jesus, Amen!

Wattpad...

from page 9 other international partners. The funds will support new investments

in machine learning and interactive stor ytelling, expanding the company’s entertainment footprint in Southeast Asia and around the world. The company recently hired Dexter Ong as Head of Asia for Wattpad Studios, where he’ll focus on de veloping Wattp ad stories for TV, film, digital m e d i a , a n d pu b l i s h i n g across the region.

I n 2 0 1 4 , Wa t t p a d an d T V 5 e s t abl i s h e d a groundbreaking deal to adapt hit Wattpad stories for TV. The Wattpad Presents T V series produced 250 episodes, reaching millions of Filipinos and establishing Wattpad as a household name in entertainment.

Wattpad has worked with publishers, and T V and film producers across the Philippines to adapt Wattpad stories for the millions of passionate fans in the country. To date, the Philippines has adapted more Wattpad stories for print, TV, and film than any other country in the world.

“Wattp ad d e rs i n t he Philippines have embraced the future of entertainment, where technolog y and storytelling come together to empower new voices,” said Allen Lau, CEO and cofounder, Wattpad. “Filipino readers, writers, and entertainment executives were first to understand the true scope of our vision to entertain and connect the world through stories. As a result, hundreds of Filipino Wattpad stories have been tu r ne d i nto b o ok s , T V shows, and films, changing how entertainment gets made in the country.” “ Wa t t p a d has transformed entertainment i n t h e Ph i l ippi n e s an d around the world,” said Minette Navarrete, President, Kickstart Ventures. “They’ve built a community and technology that taps into our shared desire for stories, the most intimate and powerful form of human expression. Now t he y’re bui lding a ne w, data-based framework for e nte r t ai n me nt , shar i ng Filipino stories and voices with a global audience.”

Wattp a d work s w it h publishers, and T V and film studios around the world, building a data-driven approach to decision-making in enter t ainment. O utside the Philippines, some of Wattpad’s current partners include Universal Cable Productions, eOne, CW Seed, Hachette Romans, HarperCollins Children’s Books, to name a few.

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Located in the heart of Uptown Cagayan De Oro, near IDC’s multi awarded Primavera Residences, Primavera City is a mixed-use living environment inspired by nature

rimavera City will offer distinctive Italian

design and world-class construction standards.

Contemporary

architectural aesthetic, attention to detail, and elegant ambience will

make Primavera City a highlight in Philippine high-rise architecture.

Envisioned as a partially self-sustaining power, it uses a massive, builtin array of photovoltaic panels. The project was awarded as the best Mixed-Use development in the Philippines by the Asia Pacific Property Awards last May 2017.

Primavera City will feature the most sought amenities found in first-class hotels: 24 hours reception, multifunction room, gym centre, outdoor infinity swimming pool, sky garden, sauna jogging path and sky playground. This matches the lofty demands of modern customers who seeks condominium living and a privacy of an apartment with the features of a hotel.

Improving the quality of life for its buyers and being a sustainable model for future property developments.

Primavera City aims to be one of the most unique identities in Green Buildings in the Philippines and Asia pacific. The six (6) identical towers as well as the high-rise tower have an asymmetric design

that maintains an overall unitary form.

From start to finish, Primavera City features the best principles of passive building technology: shadow and sunlight control, wind cooling and shape performance.

Photovoltaic panels are installed vertically, parallel to the building walls facing east, and horizontally to cover the building amenities. It is designed to produce renewable energy that will supply electricity to common areas and will partly power the amenities’ illuminations.

The building volumes’ shape and profiles, let in the prevailing winds from north-west at the lower levels, block their direct way out on the opposite side and convey their flow into vertical voids.

As of April 2018, Primavera City is at its completion rate of 75% for both Towers.

Completing its interior structure, and set to complete on the last quarter of 2018.

To know more about the project, visit at www. primaveracity.com