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Briefly Lower taxes BUTUAN City -- Rep. Lawrence Lemuel ‘Law’ H. Fortun of the first district of Agusan del Norte has co-authored a house bill to lower income tax burdened by Filipinos.

The bill takes cognizance of the long overdue reforms of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) adopted in 1997, or 18 years passed. As income of salaried individuals is increased to keep it at par with the rising inflation, “they are pushed into higher income brackets, and, thus, are compelled to pay more taxes that they should,” the explanatory note of the bill reads.

The said legislative measure to cut income tax stemmed from House Bill 4829 authored in the lower house by Rep. Miro Quimbo and was co-authored

by Reps. Fortun, Villar, Abayon, Del Rosario (A.G.), Zamora (M.), Javier, Belmonte (J.), Chipeco, Primicias- Agabas, and Lanete.

Reflection session DAVAO del Norte -- Some 800 chosen indigenous peoples (IP) participants from various communities in Mindanao will gather in Tagum City on Nov. 1819 for the Mindanao-wide CADT (Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title) Holders Forum and IP Leaders Coalition Reflection Session.

Aside from IP leaders, invited to join the gathering are IP traditional leaders, Baylan, elderly, women, youth and the IP Mandatory Representatives in local legislative councils (IPMRs). They will also be joined by national and Mindanao regional officials of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).

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ECHNOLOGICAL advancements that have made access to information easier are giving micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) the chance to compete in global trade, according to Philippine head of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM).

Luisito D. Pineda, IBM Philippines president and country general manager, said MSMEs must use technology not just to get data related to their operations but to learn how to evolve to suit

DUGONG BOMBO. Many individual heeded the call of local station Bombo RadyoCagayan de Oro City to share blood for their yearly Dugong Bombo campaign held Saturday, Nov. 14, at The Atrium, Limketkai Mall. photo by mark francisco

Being ‘RICEponsible’ highlights national rice awareness month

By IRENE DAYO, Staff Writer

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their market and respective niches.

For MSMEs to survive, Mr. Pineda said in an interview here last week: “they need to be agile, which will allow equalizer/PAGE 11

DILG recognizes two city mayors in CDO

By CRIS DIAZ, Contributing Editor

UNTIL the Office of the Ombudsman issues an official reply to the resolution of the Court of Appeals (CA), there are two recognizable city mayors here, an Interior official said Monday.

Nilo Castanares, regional director of the Department o f Int e r i o r a n d L o c a l

Government (DILG) here, said that the CA has issued the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) sought by “dismissed” City Mayor Oscar Moreno following the execution of the dismissal order last Nov. 12, 2015 here.

Moreno petitioned for the issuance of the TRO with the CA, arguing that the “dismissal order” was not final and executory since the Ombudsman has yet to decide on his Motion for Reconsideration.

“I believe that under the ‘Rule of Law’, I am entitled due process to protect my rights,” Moreno said.

Castanares said that the DILG has already installed Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas mayors/PAGE 11

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DOLE conducts workers org dev’t orientation in Mambajao

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AMBAJAO, Camiguin -- The Department of Labor and Employment, Regional Office No. 10 (DOLE-10), through its Camiguin Provincial Field Office (Cam PFO), conducted an orientation on Workers Organization Development

(WODP) to the officers and members of the four associations, recently in the Local Government Unit of this Municipality.

DOLE-X Cam PFO OIC Head Arlyn Z. Bael reported to Regional Director Raymundo G. Agravante, that the meeting was attended by some 71

members of the following associations, namely: 1) Kapunongang Mananagat sa Tagdo; 2) Association of Bakeshop Workers of Cakestop ATPB.; 3) Lagundi Samahang Pangkabuhayan Association; and 4) Paradise Is l an d Pang k abu h ay an Association.

Bael explained, “WODP ser ves as a mechanism

the support of Mambajao Municipal Mayor Maria Luisa D. Romualdo for the livelihood project proposals submitted by the said associations with LGU Barangay Poblacion as the Accredited Co-Partner (ACP).

“Most importantly, the association or group must be accredited first in the municipality as a protocol

in strengthening trade unions and other workers’ organizations by providing an opportunity for systemic learning and growth for productivity, prosperity and welfare to the employer, workers’ organization and its members and their dependents.”

Me a n w h i l e , d u r i n g the meeting, Bael lobbied

and in the observance of procedures of the LGU,” Mr. Atanacio Lusdoc Jr., Public Employment Service Office Manager and representative of Mayor Romualdo said.

The groups were responsive of the directives of Mayor Romualdo and pledged to abide with the rules. (Jovelyn V. Perez/DOLE-X Camiguin PFO)

Labor dept to address jobs mismatch in Bukidnon

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MALAYBALAY City -- The Department of Labor and Employment, Regional Office No. X (DOLE-X), through its Bukidnon Provincial Field Office (BPFO), conducted the 3rd Bukidnon-wide Seminar-Workshop to some 83 Guidance Counselors on 17-18 September 2015 at DepEd Division Training Center in Malaybalay City

career advocates on career guidance as an effective tool in addressing jobs-skills mismatch. “Further this is also to equip our Career Guidance Advocates towards more efficient and effective guidance and counseling services to their students and parents,” he stated.

The workshop had very informative, interesting, and

Bukidnon.

DOLE-10 Regional Director R aymundo G. Agravante fully supports the capacity building and skills enhancement of the Guidance Counselors and Career Coaches.

BPFO Head R aul L. Valmores reported that this event equipped the teachers, guidance counselors, and

helpful topics. Discussed were employability, career success and strategies, as well as training them on the techniques in handling and counseling students in difficult situations.

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Safe Passage

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hink a minute…Have you noticed the different kinds of gravestones in cemeteries? In certain Pacific Island countries, they even have the gravestones of their family members right in front of their house. There are all styles and sizes of gravestones: from simple, small piles of stone to huge, majestic tombs with ornate headstones and decorations.

Do you know what the largest gravestones in the world are? They are the pyramids of Egypt, built over 4,000 years ago. The gravestone and pyramid of one King is almost 500 feet tall and has over 2 million huge stones. Each stone weighs 4,000 pounds or more. The kings of Egypt spent most of their life using thousands of men to build their gravestones! They were so afraid and desperate to do everything they could to prepare and make sure they lived a safe and happy life after death. They had most of their money and treasures buried with them. They even had their wives and servants killed and buried with them so they wouldn’t be alone in their life after death.

But we can work all our life like those Egyptian kings to get as much money as

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n the 1930’s in America, times were tough and people were feeling low.

It was the period of the “Great Depression” and, with businesses failing left and right and a drought eating away the American bread basket in the Midwest, people had very, very little hope.

A lot of heroes came out of that era but one business man—who is little known to many Americans—changed

his company’s culture with four questions and then, went on to change businesses all over the United States with those same four questions.

The man was, Herbert J. Taylor, and his four questions were eventually adopted

by Rotar y International and went on to influence businesses and individuals the world over. Taylor’s four questions are simple and straightforward and should be a part of every entrepreneur’s business processes. They are: 1. Is it the truth? 2. Is it fair to all concerned? 3. Will it build good will and better friendships? 4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

How can you use these four questions in your company? Well, when Taylor created them, he was thinking of the individual. He wanted individual employees to be able to “think right” and

therefore “do right.” [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Herbert_J._Taylor].

He figured that he could improve his company overall by improving his employees.

And he was right. In only a few short years, his failing c o mp a ny ’s d e b t s w e r e paid off and its net worth reached millions. [Source: http://www.rotaryfirst100. org/presidents/1954taylor/ taylor/stor ybehind.htm] Hopefully, your company or small business isn’t failing.

Hopefully it never will.

But you can improve your company culture through the 4-way test. In one example of the application of this test, Taylor’s company chose to remove all negative statements about other companies from its ads, replacing those statements w it h f a c t s ab out t he i r products. Is there a way

you could add more truth and remove negativity from your ads? In another example, his company turned down a big sale because the people on the other end of the deal were going to sell the products unfairly. Are there ways you can increase fairness in your sales process, thereby increasing loyalty? [Source: http://www.rotaryfirst100. org/presidents/1954taylor/ taylor/storybehind.htm].

Who you are and what your company stands for are just as important as the quality of your products and services. In fact, the two are intrinsically related.

Try adopting the 4-Way Test and see where it leads you and your business. Odds are,you’ll end up in a happier, more successful place. Have you ever used the 4-Way Test? What do you think of the question?

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APEC is a useless organization

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IFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Teach me, LORD, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end. Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart…” (Psalm 119:33-34, the Holy Bible).

-ooo ONE MORE PRAYER FOR APEC 2015: The other day, I wrote in this column that all of us should pray for a safe Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) 2015, so threats of violence aired in social networking sites will not happen. Today, I will ask again for prayers for APEC 2015, for another, but more important, reason.

I believe that we should all pray that the heads of countries who will come and participate in the conference will be guided by God

Jhan Tiafau Hurst possible, or positions of power and respect, education, even becoming religious and good; yet in the end, all these things just crumble like gravestones and pyramids.

The moment we die, all of our works and achievements are totally useless to us. Just like our gravestone cannot help us in our life after death.

Jesus Christ said that’s why He came: to become our only safe passage and way through death. Then He proved it to us by being the only one in history who could die and be buried for 3 days and still bring Himself back to life. The Creator of life Himself is the only one who can get you and me safely through death to enjoy life with Him forever. And Jesus promised if we will love Him hurst/PAGE 11

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towards pushing not only their own economic, social, and political agendas, but more towards turning around their respective constituents so everybody could become more God-fearing and Godloving.

Undeniably, APEC had been here for as long as many will care to remember. The reality, however, is that, it has proven itself to be nothing more than a mere social organization, unable to truly and concretely advance the causes of world peace, unity, and prosperity. Until now, in fact, many APEC members are plagued by poor constituents, and by senseless violence and discord.

-ooo APEC IS A USELESS ORGANIZ ATION: Indeed, APEC is a useless

organization, if we talk about its inability to promote a better life at least for the citizens of its membercountries. The money and resources that have been devoted through the years in staging it, in one membercountry after another, could have been put to better use among ordinary men and women and children who have no food to eat and water to drink.

APEC has even become one big joke among many perceptive journalists, who have started defining APEC, using its own initials, as “A Perfect Excuse to Chat”.

Undeniably, that is all that APEC member-countries appear capable of doing--to chat and chat, tirelessly it seems, without being able to do anything of substance.

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Atty. Batas Mauricio So, what can APEC try to do to make it more relevant at this point in time that poverty, wars, and strife are afflicting many parts of the world?

Perhaps, it can try something different for its 2015 event: regardless of religion or spiritual affiliation, its member-countries can start batas/PAGE 11

The source of empathy

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his is no one other than Christ himself, who being God “emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.” (Phil 2,7-8) I suppose there can be no one who can surpass this supreme act of empathy. That is why we have to look closely at Christ, nay, become Christ ourselves, which is made possible by Christ giving himself totally to us through his word, the sacraments, his Church, his living presence and abiding interventions in our life.

This supreme act of empathy is not something

that remains in the theoretical or generic levels, detached from the concrete situations of people in their daily lives.

From the beginning of their life with Christ, the disciples saw and felt the empathy of their Master.

T h e y w it n e s s e d h i s capacity to put himself in the place of the others, his delicate understanding of what was taking place in the interior of the human heart, his refinement in perceiving the pains of the others, etc.

Christ continues to show this empathy to us now till the end of time. That’s simply because, he will always be a contemporary to every age and generation with its distinctive culture and ways.

He adapts himself completely

to our human condition without compromising his identity and mission which is to save all men.

That is the standard we have to use in building up our empathy. Nowadays, when empathy seems to be in very short supply, we need to make great effort to develop it by striving to be another Christ. There is no other way empathy can be an integral part of our life.

Our initial problem is that many of us understand empathy more as an instinctive and emotional reaction, and nothing much else.

When you see someone stumble and in pain, you immediately mirror his condition by vicariously

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Fr. Roy Cimagala feeling the fellow´s predicament yourself.

We are in need of mirroring one another´s conditions, since this is how we learn, grow and develop. Thus, the importance of physical, faceto-face encounters, and of Cimagala/PAGE 10

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RICEponsible Forum in Lanao Norte held. In its annual observance of the National Rice Awareness Month (NRAM), which is celebrated every month of November, the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) continued the conduct of its series of ‘RICEponsible Forum’, in Tubod, Lanao del Norte. About 150 farmers from the different municipalities of the province attended the event, where they were encouraged to contribute in the attainment of rice self-sufficiency throughout the country. By and large, they were asked to promote responsible rice consumption by adopting to recommended farming technologies, reducing rice wastage, eating alternative food staples and persuading policymakers to create resolutions to serve healthier rice options (Brown Rice and Rice Mix) and to create ordinances requiring food establishments the serving of half cup of rice and making it the default serving for plated meals, at the same time. Further, the department’s El Niño mitigation and adaptation plans for the region was also presented to inform farmers that they can seek assistance from the DA amid challenges on climate change. # (JLOlson, DA-RFO 10)

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Oro Chamber won the country’s

MOST OUTSTANDING CHAMBER AWARD

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he Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce & Industry Foundation, Inc. or widely known as ORO CHAMBER recently won the country’s Most Outstanding C h a m b e r Aw a r d l a s t October 26, 2015 during the 41ST PHILIPPINE BUSINESS CONFERENCE held at Marriot Hotel, Pasay City.

Engr. Cerael C. Donggay, President of Oro Chamber, happily shared the good news after the Chamber received

the same award for two (2) consecutive years now. Last 1995, it can be recalled that Oro Chamber received the Country’s 1st Hall of Fame Most Outstanding Chamber after being awarded for 3 cons ecutive years. The 2-day Philippine Business Conference was attended by the all the Chambers of Commerce in the country and di f ferent bus i ness organizations locally and internationally.

Recently, Oro Chamber just celebrated its 30th years

in service of the Cagayan de Oro business community & its influence areas last October 23, 2015. Among the organization’s advocacies are the following: More effective taxation in the City and Region, bridging the gap of power supply & demand deficiency in the island of Mindanao, development trainings and forums for its member businesses, ease of doing business in the city, solid waste management, settlement of disputes between the City

Executive and its Councils, Inclusive Business Model to promote Inclusive Growth, etc. Oro Chamber also sits in the different committees in the Local & Regional Government maintaining the slot of the private sector in the area’s governing bodies.

The Chamber is heading as the Chairman of the City’s Integrity Circle to promote integrity and stop corruption in the different sectors of the community, may it be government, private or civil society.

During the same event, Pa st Pre s i d e nt of O ro Chamber MR. ANTONIO D. UY won for the MINDANAO AREA VICE PRESIDENT in a land slide vote over Mr. Pocholo N. Soliven, current Regional Governor of Western Mindanao. At the same time, Oro Chamber current VP for Trade & Commerce and

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12TH Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte

On the first day of APEC, Cayetano pushes for living wage

On the first day of APEC, Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano Cayetano pushes for living wage among Filipino workers and expressed reservations over the administration's recent decision merely increasing the salary of government employees, stressing that instead of a meager salary hike, providing Filipino workers with a living wage is more necessary to create genuine change "Ang ibig sabihin

ng inclusive growth ay kayang sustentuhan ng bawat Pilipino ang sarili niya at ang kanyang pamilya. It’s not enough that we raise people’s pay by a small fraction.

If we want real change, give people a more reasonable standard of living,” Cayetano noted.

“Kailangan ngayon ng matapang na solusyon at mabilis na aksyon para sa bawat manggagawang Pilipino,” he added.

The senator issued this statement during the

start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit and in light of the proposed "Salary Standardization Law of 2015" (SSL 2015), which was endorsed

by President Benigno Aquino III in Congress.

He said any discussion about economic development should ultimately benefit the people, especially sectors that have not felt the effects of the country’s growing economy.

Citing data from the National Wages and Productivity Commission ( NW P C ) , C a y e t a n o lamented that NCR’s daily minimum wage at around P9,620 per month, while government employees on the lowest salary grade (SG1) receive only P9,000 per month. Public teachers’ and police officers’ entry level salaries are P18,549

and P14,834 per month, respectively.

E v e n w i t h t h e proposed 27-percent hike in salaries, the estimated family living wage in NCR is still much higher at P27, 510 per month, Cayetano noted.

“Our Constitution mandates that a worker should be given a living wage. But right now, the compensation package that we give to our minimum wage earners is not even enough to provide for their families’ basic expenses," he said.

“The context of the APEC discussions is about promoting economic development among participating countries.

So it's only fitting that we talk about providing better benefits for the Filipino people, since they are the ones who should benefit the most from these discussions," the senator concluded.

FULL SUPPORT TO THE K to 12 BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM – VICE GOVERNOR JOEY G. PELAEZ speaks before the participants of the K – 12 Caravan at the Limketkai Atrium, Cagayan de Oro City. The caravan is part of the continuous pursuit for increased awareness to gain support for the implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program, specifically the Senior High School. During the event, Vice Governor Pelaez presented his findings on the unfinished school buildings in the Province under the Public-Private Partnership. In his message, he said his purpose for showing the unfinished school buildings is not to dampen the enthusiasm for K to 12 but to encourage everyone, as stakeholders, to do better for the education of the youth – better classrooms, better books, better facilities and better teachers, among others. photo supplied

also Past President, MR. EFREN T. UY, won for the REGIONAL GOVERNOR OF NORTHERN MINDANAO. The Oro Chamber Board and Staff are extending its deepest gratitude for all the active and full support given by its members and the whole business community of Cagayan de Oro City.

SPL. PROC. NO. 308-07-2015 Correction of Entries in the Certificate of Live Birth IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF RONNIE ELEO ANDO - for – RONNIE ELEO ANDO,

Petitioner,

- versus – THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF KOLAMBUGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE, THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL,

Public Respondents. x------------------------------------------/ ORDER Filed before this Court is a petition for Correction of Entries in the Certificate of Live Birth of RONNIE ELEO ANDO praying among others that after notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Respondents to effect the correction sought for.

Petitioner alleges that she is of legal age, married, Filipino, and resident of Luyang, Siquijor, Siquijor. Respondent are sued in their official capacities. Petitioner was born ON BOARD a vessel while in transit bound for Mindanao on January 26, 1964. Her facts of birth was registered at the respondent’s office with the name “RONNIE MAGSAYO ELEU” and under the entry of “sex”, it was reflected in her birth records as “Male”, may be because her name sounds masculine or it may be through inadvertence that such male gender appears in her birth records. The truth is, she was born “FEMALE”. Two (2) disinterested persons executed theirs affidavits to attest as to the fact of her gender being FEMALE. She believes that her surname is “ELEO” not “ELEU”, in fact in all her school records and documents of importance, she was using “ELEO” as her surname. She honestly believed that she was born in Cang-agong, Siquijor, Siquijor. Never in her wildest dreams she believes that she had been born somewhere other than Cang-agong, Siquijor. That is why in all her transaction, entries written therein as her place of birth were all “Cang-agong, Siquijor, Siquijor”. She got married to JOSE ANDO. When she took the Civil Service Eligibility Examination, she used the name RONNIE ELEO ANDO. However, when she applied for a regular employment in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, she cannot used her Certificate of Eligibility because what is reflected therein is “RONNIE ELEO ANDO, Place of Birth – Cang-agong, Siquijor, Siquijor and Gender is “FEMALE” contrary to her Birth Certificate. That she filed the instant petition inorder to straighten her records of birth to conform to the true facts of her birth.

Set the initial hearing of the case to January 11, 2016 at 8:30 in the morning for the reception of evidence to establish jurisdictional requirements.

The Petitioner is hereby directed to publish copy of this Order to a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Lanao del Norte for three (3) consecutive weeks at her expense. Furnish copy of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte, the Civil Registrar General, Atty. Rex A. Perewperew of Olo, Siquijor, Siquijor, and to the petitioner herself at her known address, at Luyang, Siquijor, Siquijor.

Let copy of this Order be posted at the Bulletin of this Court and at the Bulletin of the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte.

So Ordered.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

October 26, 2015.

(Sgd) DENNIS P. VICOY Acting Presiding Judge

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Ayala Land awarded P4-B integrated terminal system The FTI vicinity map, where an integrated transport terminal in a 4.7-hectare lot is to be built by Ayala Land Inc., which won the award from DOTC. About 4,000 buses and 160,000 passengers are expected to feed into the ITS South from the South Luzon Expressway every day.

IMAGE FROM FTI.GOV.PH AFTER two months of delays, property developer Ayala Land Inc., has been awarded the P4-billion second integrated terminal system in south Metro Manila, at a site inside the Food Terminal Inc. complex in Taguig City.

A November 13 letter from the Pre-qualification, Bids and Awards Committed (PBAC) of the The Department of Tr ans p or t at i on an d Communications (DOTC) said the bid of Ayala Land Inc. for the South Integrated Transport System Project was the “best bid.”

The DOTC subsequently approved the recommendation of the PBAC and issued a notice of award to ALI as winning bidder, giving it 20 days to sign the notice of award and provide proof that the entity meets the financial capability qualification requirements; and letters from reputable financial i nst itut i ons e x pre ss i ng their wilingness to provide

sufficient credit facilities.

It was also told to submit P150 million as construction performance security and $775,100.79 as reimbursement for the transaction advisory services fees for the project.

In August 2015, Ayala Land topped the auction for the P4-billion South Integrated Terminal System, one of the big-ticket projects under the public-private partnership program (PPP).

Ayala Land offered a lower annual grantor payment for the project - a fee that the government pays to the concessionaire - of P277.88 million, compared with what Filinvest Land Inc. offered, P1 billion or thrice ALI’s.

The ITS South Project is located right next to Arca South, where Ayala Land is developing an integrated mixed-use estate. About 4,000 buses and 160,000 passengers are expected to feed into the ITS South from the South Luzon Expressway every day.

Construction begins by May 2016 and is expected to be completed and ready for operation by October 2017.

The winning bidder will take care of the design, construction and operations and maintenance of the terminal for a concession period of 35 years. ayala/PAGE 9

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Phinma transfers 5 universities to education holding company

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HINMA Corp. said it has moved to transfer its P4.15 billion stake in the group’s education businesses to the holding firm controlling its investments in schools.

In a disclosure to the stock exchange yesterday, the company said Phinma Education Holdings, Inc. is buying the parent’s shares in Southwestern University (SWU) for P2.54 billion, University of Pangasinan, In c . for P 5 7 9 m i l l i on , University of Iloilo for P468 million, Araullo University, Inc. for P300 million and Cagayan de Oro College, Inc. for P265 million.

At the same time, Phinma Education will avail of a P2.5-billion term loan, but the disclosure did not specify if the debt will be used to fund the purchases.

Phinma Education has said that the stakes involved are 78.6% in Araullo University, 74.2% in Cagayan de Oro College, 69.8% in University of Pangasinan, 69.8% in University of Iloilo and 63.5% in SWU. The conglomerate set up the holding firm for its investments in education ahead of a plan to go public, but its maiden share sale

Phinma’s Cagayan de Oro College in Cagayan de Oro City.

c ou l d b e pu s h e d b a c k to 2019 -- later than the original target of 2017 -- as the listed firm weighs the impact of the changes in the country’s educational system, Phinma Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ramon R. del Rosario, Jr. said in September.

“We want to go back to our regular normal operations where we have incoming freshmen again. We want revenues to stabilize first so we can maximize the

benefits of going public,” Mr. del Rosario had said.

Under the Kinder to Grade 12 reform program, the Department of Education added two more years to the existing 10-year basic e du c at i on c u r r i c u lu m , putting the country on a par with international practice.

With kindergarten as base, K-12 will have six years of elementary (Grades 1 to 6), four years of junior high school (Grades 7 to 10), and two years of senior

high school (Grades 11 and 12).

By 2016, Grade 11 will be implemented with fourth year high school students moving on to senior high school instead of going to college, leaving many colleges and universities without freshmen enrollees.

The Phinma group also has interests in energ y, housing, hotels, steel manufacturing and business process outsourcing for animation services.

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EastWest Bank net income down at end-September GOTIANUN-LED East West Banking Corp. (EastWest) saw its net income decline in the first nine months ended S eptember amid depressed trading gains and higher provisions, despite the expansion of its core businesses.

The bank, a subsidiary of Filinvest Development Corp., booked a P1.3 billion net income in the January to September period, lower by 21% from the year-ago level due to lesser trading income and higher provisions.

The listed lender’s net interest income increased by 23% to P9.068 billion compared to the P7.348 billion it posted during the same period last year, driven mainly by higher yielding consumer loans, which expanded by 34% year on year.

Its net interest margin of 8.1% was also above the industry’s, it added.

Combined with corporate loans -- which rose 12% year on year and 5% from yearend 2014 -- EastWest Bank’s total customer loans went up 24% to P140.8 billion from last year’s level.

Despite the lower income, EastWest Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Antonio C. Moncupa said the bank’s core deposits and consumer businesses “are growing quite handsomely.”

“We believe that the worst cost impact of our massive branch store expansion is now behind us and we are hopeful to still end the year with a higher income than last year’s P2.1 billion,” Mr. Moncupa was quoted as saying.

“While the financial CAGAYAN DE ORO MAIN BRANCH markets are P & J Lim Bldg.,difficult Tiano Brothers and Kalambagohan Sts., the consumer loans are Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * # (088) 856-1947 alwaysTelefax costly in terms of CAMIGUIN BRANCH firstB. two provisioning, Aranas year St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491 we believe we are at a good CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de now Oro City has place ... EastWest DIVISORIA BRANCH branch one of the biggest Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631

Republic of the Philippines LAPASAN BRANCH Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF Lapasan MISAMIS Tel. # (088)ORIENTAL 231-6739 10th Judicial RegionCARMEN BRANCH Cagayan de Oro City Branch 37VamentaTel.Blvd., # (088) 231-2011 Cagayan de Oro City FC CASE NO. SPF-FMY-2015-058 IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF MINOR JACOB ISAIAH CALIXTON ALVAREZ WITH AN APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO JACOB ISAIAH CALIXTON DIESER, DAVID ALAN DIESER and HAIDE CALIXTON DIESER

Petitioners. x----------------------------------------------x ORDER A verified petition for adoption has been filed by the above-named petitioners alleging, among others, that they are husband and wife; they reside at 8th -21st Sts., Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City; that Jacob Isaiah has been living with them since birth and they treated him as their own son; that the biological parents of the child and the children of the petitioner-husband have given their consent to the adoption.

Petitioners pray that judgment be rendered declaring the minor to be, to all legal intents and purposes, the child of petitioners.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that the same shall be heard on December 16, 2015 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Any interested person may file a written opposition or appear at the hearing to oppose the said petition.

Let this Order be published in an accredited newspaper of general circulation once a week for three consecutive weeks at the expense of herein petitioners, the date of the last publication should be at least fifteen days before the date set for hearing of the petition.

The Court Social Worker assigned to this Court is hereby ordered to conduct child and home study, and counseling to the biological parents and make reports thereon to be submitted before the scheduled date of hearing.

Also, at the expense of petitioners, let copies of this Order together with the petition be furnished to the RTC Social Worker assigned to this Branch, the biological parents of the minor sought to be adopted, the City Prosecutor’s Office, the Office of the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City.

SO ORDERED. Done this 2nd day of November 2015 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(SGD.) JOSE L. ESCOBIDO, MNSA Presiding Judge

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being wary of our tendency to just keep to ourselves, limiting our relations with others in the level of intentions.

Of course, we should be careful to avoid extremesstore networks, we have the consumer sector, the bank empathy either as only a physical capital we need, and most has positioned itself to grow and emotional thing or only as important -- the momentum its middle market corporate an intentional and disembodied of growth. We are looking segment, it added. affair. forward to inch our way to The bank is also poised to Empathy is certainly part double digit ROE (return on enter new market segments of our nature that indicates equity) by 2017 at the latest,” by introducing new products that not only are we individual a n d s e r v i c e s s u c h a s persons, we are also social he added.

The bank’s consumer bancassurance, investment beings; not only are we spiritual loans’ proportion to its total banking, brokerage, leasing, and intellectual persons. We customer loans stands at and digital banking. are also beings of flesh with 58%, reinforcing further the The listed lender posted a feelings and emotions. bank’s position as the most net income of P2.073 billion In other words, empathy “consumer loan focused” in 2014, which is almost should not just be an instinctive universal bank, it said in its flat compared to the P2.056 and automatic reaction; it has regulatory filing on Friday. billion it posted in 2013 as to be a deliberately cultivated While EastWest Bank lower trading gains dragged trait. It should not just remain will continue to focus on the on its profit. in the emotional level; it also has to be properly directed and driven by our conscious reason, then by our faith and charity.

It´s this wholistic grasp of empathy that would truly help us build the society that we deserve as persons and as children of God. We need CDO MAIN BRANCH DIVISORIA BRANCH to do everything to attain that P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., Kalambagohan Sts., #61 Don A. Velez St., understanding and the skill to Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Cagayan de Oro City live it.

Telefax # (088) 856-1947 Tel. # (088) 857-3631 Thus, we have to study it not CAMIGUIN BRANCH LAPASAN BRANCH only in the physical, biological B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Lapasan Hi-way, Mambajao, Camiguin Cagayan de Oro City and social sciences. It has to Tel. # (088) 387-0491 Tel. # (088) 231-6739 be studied also under the light CORRALES BRANCH CARMEN BRANCH of our faith and religion. The Corrales Ave., Vamenta Blvd.,Cagayan de Oro City Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011 Christian faith, for example, links empathy to the whole range of Christian charity that includes Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL not only loving those who love 10th Judicial Region us but also those who don´t.

Branch 18 It´s this faith where empathy Cagayan de Oro City breaks free from its usual confinement in the emotional R.B. VILLAROSA AND PARTNER CO., LTD., level to enter into the world of Mortgagee, the supernatural to which we EJF FILE NO. 2015-220 are called due to our spiritual

-versus- nature also.

FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL As to the practical implications

FORECLOSURE OF REAL of this concern about empathy ESTATE MORTGAGE building, I can mention a few YOLANDO G. DOLLOSO married to ideas-to be thoroughly familiar JOSIE P. DOLLOSO with our Christian faith, to be Mortgagors. vitally identified with Christ by X---------------------------------------------------------/

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed by R. B. VILLAROSA and PARTNER CO., LTD., Mortgagee, against YOLANDO G. DOLLOSO married to JOSIE P. DOLLOSO, Mortgagors, with postal address at Lot 22 Block 17, Villa Trinitas Subd., Ph 1-B, Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of September 9, 2015 amounted to ONE HUNDRED NINETY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO PESOS and 53/100 (Php199,972.53), Philippine Currency, exclusive of interest and attorney’s fees, the undersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on December 11, 2015 at 9:00 A.M. to 4:00P.M., at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 18, Hall of Justice (City Tourism Hall), Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the following property described below including all existing improvements found thereon, to wit: TCT No. 66663 A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 22, Block 17, Psd-10-015679, being a portion of Lot 1-B-2-E-9, (LRC) Psd-96900) situated in the Barrio of Bugo, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX (126) square meters, more or less.

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

In the event auction sale cannot take place for whatever legal reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein above described and encumbrance thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, October 27, 2015.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

(SGD.) NIZA P. TACANDONG Sheriff IV

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always praying and developing the virtues.

We need to cultivate the desire to flood our surroundings with an atmosphere of goodness, kindness, understanding and compassion, complete with smiles, gestures of courtesy and gratitude.

We have to be judicious in our use of the Internet and other modern technologies such that they don´t take us away from direct contact with others, basic in developing empathy. Family and other social get-togethers should be fostered and made an integral part of our daily activities.

Every little act of reaching out to the others, even if only internally, will go a long way in building up empathy. We need to reverse the current disturbing trend where we seem to alienate one another.

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Covered by the project is the construction of a terminal within a 4.7-hectare lot along the FTI Compound in Taguig City. The ITS will connect passengers coming from the south, specifically Batangas and Laguna provinces, to other public utility vehicles that are serving inner Metro Manila.

Likewise, the project entails the construction of arrival and departure bays, public information systems, ticketing and baggage facilities and park-ride facilities.

The Megawide Group offered the lowest annual grantor payment of P100 million for the ITS Project southwest terminal, which has a 35-year cooperation period.

The terminal, set to be built along the Manila-Cavite Expressway in Parañaque City, is designed to provide seamless transfers between different modes of transportation.

The government is expected to bid out the ITS North Project, to be located near the Veterans Memorial Hospital in Quezon City.

Education is Hope

By Jennifer C. Garrido Teacher – II Bugo Central School

Education is hope.

It is a fact in most cases that Education has been seen as a tool to improve life of a Filipino family.

This is the reason why poor families go high and low and invest to send their child to school.

The Philippine Government under the leadership of President B e n i g no Aqu i no a l s o believea in the power of education and its ability in creating efficient and high quality human resources and in enhancing life-long learning skills among these individuals. Education is set as a central strategy for the improvement of the people, of their performance and contribution in nationbuilding and of the rise of Economy, at large.

Department of Education also invested in programs that bridge

poor Filipino children to the access of education. Some of these programs include A l t e r n at i v e L e a r n i n g System, 'Abot Alam' project, PRIME, Open High School Program and several others.

Most of these programs are made to fit in the schedule and lifestyle of each student, just to deliver education to them, and in a purpose of empowering them, believing in their capabilities and as the same, to ignite hope, encouraging them that through education, they can have something to look forward to: brighter future, opportunities and productive selves.

T h e att ai n m e nt of education is key to achieving dreams. As a teacher, this is the deepest lesson I give to them daily. Because trusting on the fruit of Education means believing in the beauty of their dreams.

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them to maximize their potential through the use of technology like cognitive intelligence.”

Cognitive intelligence refers to computers and software that permit “learning” in order for them “to understand the 80% (data) that is unstructured,” he explained.

These advances that allow MSMEs to organize information and make sense of the market “have equalized the playing field... momand-pop businesses have become dangerous to the large companies,” said the Davao City-born Mr. Pineda.

In the Philippines, where 99% of businesses are classified as MSMEs, this is particularly crucial as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations integrates its economies beginning December and as trade ties are strengthened across the region.

In September, senior officials of the Asia-Pacific E conomic C o op erat ion (APEC) endorsed the Iloilo Initiative, which lays down the groundwork for utilizing the Internet as the means for bringing in MSMEs into the global market.

Based on APEC data, MSMEs comprise 97% of business enterprises and generate more than 70% of all jobs in the region. However, MSMEs account for less than 35% of annual global exports.

The online portal is i nt e n d e d f o r b u s i n e s s facilitation and networking, enhancing MSME awareness and trade relations, and knowledge sharing on trade and capacity building.

Mr. Pineda pointed out that getting connected and using technology is no longer as expensive as it used to be and available platforms are now more varied.

“Spending for this kind of technology is not expensive as these (MSMEs) might think since there is no need for additional hardware and the technology can be accessed using even mobile devices as the solutions are stored in the cloud, a network of servers where one just has only to pay a small amount to access it,” he said.

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celebrated every November, pursuant to Proclamation No. 524 issued on January 5, 2004.

The RICEponsible campaign focused on the theme, “Be RICEponsible in your own way now (BROWN) 4 Good.”

In p ar t nership wit h other line agencies, private organization and through this campaign, the agriculture department urges Filipinos, most especially consumers, producers and policymakers, to practice “RICEponsibility” and take part in achieving rice sufficiency, productive farming and promote better health.

In a presentation, DA-10 Regional Director Lealyn A. Ramos encouraged consumers to minimize rice wastage, reporting that every Filipino wastes about 2 tablespoon of cooked rice or 9 grams of uncooked rice daily.

C onsumers are a ls o asked to consume Brown rice, for aside from it has a higher milling recovery, Brown rice or unpolished rice is nutritionally superior and rich in protein, dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants. It also helps reduce incidence in a number of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. It as well helps lower blood pressure and because it is rich in fiber, Brown rice reduces chance of over-eating.

Moreover, DA promoted the eating of rice mix and other staples or substitutes, such as banana, potato, cassava, sweet potato, white corn and taro root crops.

The agri department also called out to consumers to show gratefulness to farmers through thanking them in order to boost their confidence in their farming job.

For policymakers, DA is hoping for creation of ordinances and resolutions especially in requiring food businesses to serve healthier rice options and also on serving half cup of rice, making it as an option in every default serving order made to them. It is to reduce rice wastage such as dumping cooked grains of rice from an unfinished plate.

DA conducted series of RICEponsible forum in different parts of the region to aware the public about this ‘Be RICEponsible’ campaign. The series of forum kicked off at Camiguin island province last November 5. Other provinces followed as DA gave them emphasis on government’s intervention on the campaign which is to encourage the public to eat equally healthy rice substitutes.

Aside from this, other initiatives were also undertaken to heighten awareness and widen dissemination of this campaign to the public.

Further, part of NRAM celebration and campaign dissemination are the Brown Rice Day held on the middle of the month and the conduct of annual Rice Mix Day on November 20. In the latter, there would be a rice congress that will give out activities such as exhibit, free tasting, and feeding programs.

The Run for Rice, a simultaneous nationwide event, on November 28 will conclude the monthlong activity. In Region 10, participants coming from different government agencies are expected to come. It will kick off 5:30am at Capitol Grounds, Cagayan de Oro. This physical activity is aimed at inspiring the public to live a healthy lifestyle towards contributing in the attainment of rice sufficiency in the region and even nationwide.

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as the City Mayor after Acenas has taken his Oath of Office, which was presided by the City Prosecutor on the evening of Nov. 12, 2015.

He said that the CA has given notice to the Office of the Ombudsman and the DILG to comment about the 60-day restraining order granted by the appellate court within five days upon receipt of the resolution.

“Until the Office of the Ombudsman issues a reply of the CA’s resolution, the DILG has to recognize two sitting mayors in Cagayan De Oro City,” Castanares said.

He said that the DILG hopes that the Ombudsman would issue a final decision in reply to Moreno’s motion for reconsideration Monday in order that the operation of the city government would return to normalcy.

Castanares said that the reply of the Ombudsman is urgent because the city’s depository banks are inquiring on whose signatures shall be recognized by banks considering that the salaries and bonuses of about 3,000 city hall workers are at stake.

He said that the resolutions passed by the City Council during an emergency session and on Monday’s regular session that would be approved by the new City Mayor are legal and binding.

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has approved the dismissal of Moreno on October 6, 2015 for Grave Misconduct for entering into a settlement agreement with Ajinomoto Philippines without prior authorization from the Sangguniang Panlungsod in violation of Republic Act No. 7160 (The Local Government Code).

Under the Ajinomoto agreement, the firm paid only PHP300,000 business tax out of the PHP2.9 million business tax that the firm was supposed to pay to the city government.

The order of dismissal also penalized Moreno and City Treasurer Glenn Banez with perpetual disqualification to hold public office and forfeiture of all retirement benefits.

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and live His way, He will lead us safely not only through this life, but also into our eternal life with Him after we die. The good news is He promised it is never too late to become His child. So we would be safe and smart to ask Him today to take full control of our life—for the rest of our life. Just Think a Minute…

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them positive discipline.

DOLE-X also shared the current Labor Market trends, the available TechnicalVocational courses and scholarships, and various job opportunities.

In addition, the teachers were also prepared on the basic counseling course for the sons and daughters of Migrant Workers, and their roles in the K-12 Program of our country.

The DOLE is continuously upgrading the skills and professionalizing the Career Advocates as the “shapers” of our next generation of Professionals and workers of our nation. (Reyna L. Tagailo, LEO III/DOLE-X/Bukidnon Provincial Field Office)

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mobilizing their resources towards making their citizens more God-fearing and Godloving or, at least, more spiritually-grounded.

-ooo APEC MUST DIRECT ITS CITIZENS TOWARDS SPIRITUALITY: For countries which adhere to the Christian faith, I propose that there must be a serious effort to teach their citizens the value of reading, studying, and then obeying, the Christian Bible, irrespective of their religion.

I am sure that if Christian countries will do this, there is going to be a spiritual renewal among their people which will make them more Godfearing and God-loving, and more loving and concerned about their fellowmen, which actually are the two most basic Christian doctrines.

On the other hand, for countries which belong to other religious or spiritual affiliations, they could likewise mobilize their adherents towards being more truthfully guided by their own norms of spirituality, or by some other doctrinal teachings which, I am sure, likewise center on a high regard for a Superior Being who created them (whatever the Being maybe called by them), and by a healthy respect for the rights of others.

OH GLORIOUS ST. THERESE, WHOM ALMIGHTY GOD HAS RAISED UP TO AID AND COUNSEL MANKIND, I INVITE YOUR MIRACULOUS INTERCESSION. SO POWERFUL ARE YOU OBTAINING EVERY NEED OF BODY AND SOUL, OUR HOLY MOTHER CHURCH PROCLAIMS YOU A “PRODIGY OF MIRACLES,’’ NOW ERVENTLY BESEECH YOU TO ANSWER MY PETITION (MENTION HERE) AND CARRY OUT YOUR PROMISE OF DOING GOOD UPON EARTH OF LETTING FALL FROM HEAVEN A SHOWER OF ROSES .

HENCEFORTH DEAR LITTLE FLOWER, I WILL FULFILL YOUR PLEA TO BE MADE KNOWN EVERYWHERE AND I WILL NEVER CEASE TO LEAD OTHERS TO JESUS THROUGH YOU AMEN. SAY THIS PRAYER EVERYDAY FOR 9 DAYS BY 4TH DAY. ASK FOR A SIGN IF PRAYER IS TO BE ANSWERED BETWEEN 4TH & 9TH DAY, YOU WILL SEE A ROSE IN A MAGAZINE, TV, PICTURE OR RECEIVE ROSES. YOU CAN ALSO GET A STRONG SCENT OF ROSES AT HOME EVEN IF NO ROSES PRESENT. MUST PROMISE PUBLICATION. THANK YOU

-ooo PLEASE LISTEN: “Ang Tanging Daan” (The Sole Way): a Bible study and prayer session online could now be heard, 24 HOURS a day, in the Philippines and the world at www.facebook.com/

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12TH Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte SPL. PROC. NO. 306-07-2015 FOR: CHANGE OF NAME, CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN RE: PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF MARIA PERPETUA C. CASTRO. FROM MARIA PERPETUA CASTILLANO CASTRO TO MERLYN CASTILLANO CASTRO. LIKEWISE IN THE SAME CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY OF THE DATE OF BIRTH FROM NOVEMBER 11, 1958 TO NOVEMBER 12, 1958.

MERLYN CASTILLANO CASTRO-KERNS represented by SUSAN S. TION her Attorney-In-Fact,

Petitioners,

- versus – LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF KOLAMBUGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE,

Respondent. x------------------------------------------/ ORDER A verified petition for Change of Name and Correction of Entry was filed before this Court on October 13, 2015 by the herein petitioner represented by Susan S. Tion, her attorney-in-fact praying among others that after notice and hearing, the petition sought for be granted.

Petitioner alleges that she is of legal age, an American citizen and a former natural born Filipino citizen, married and a resident of 649 Greenwood St., Allentown, Pennsylvania, represented by SUSAN S. TION, of legal age, Filipino, widow and a resident of Poblacion, Baroy, Lanao del Norte. Respondent is sued in her capacity as such.

Petitioner was born to spouses Romeo Castro and Severina Castillano of Baybay, Kolambugan, formerly Lanao province now Lanao del Norte. That from elementary school days until she graduated from college and in all official transaction, she has been known as MERLYN CASTILLANO CASTRO as shown in all her documents of importance. That in all official transactions when required to submit her Certificate of Live Birth, she presented the Certification issued by the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte attesting to the fact of loss of the records of births, marriages and deaths of said office due to the fire that completely burned the Municipal Building on August 31, 1966. When she applied for a record of her birth at the National Statistics Office, she was issued a Certification of a Negative Result from the Office of the Registrar General Manila dated March 18, 1999. That in lieu of her Certificate of Live Birth, she submitted a JOINT AFFIDAVIT of two (2) disinterested persons attesting to the fact that she is MERLYN CASTILLANO CASTRO, thus enable her to acquire/secure PASSPORT for her travel to the United States after she married to PAUL J. KERNS and lived there and officially registered her married name as MERLYN CASTILLANO KERNS, as practiced in the US, it was her last name –CASTRO- that was dropped and changed to her husband’s family name – KERNS, thus officially, she is MERLYN CASTILLANO KERNS as reflected in her Certificate of Naturalization, Passport and US Driver’s License. That she desired to petition for retention of her Filipino citizenship under RA 9225 and as a requirement thereof, she secured a copy of her Certificate of Live Birth from the NSO and to her surprise, it yielded a result but to her dismay, her FIRST name is registered as MARIA PERPETUA not MERLYN as she had always been known. Likewise in the said Certificate of Live Birth her date of birth is erroneously indicated as November 11, 1958. Thus, the instant petition to change her name from MARIA PERPETUA to MERLYN, and to correct her date of birth from November 11, 1958 to November 12, 1958 inorder to avoid confusion, future inconveniences and to straighten her record of birth.

Set the initial hearing of the petition to March 7, 2016 at 8:30 in the morning before the sala of this Court. The petitioner is hereby directed to publish copy of this Order to a newspaper of general circulation for three (3) consecutive weeks, at her expense. The Civil Case-in-charge is also directed to post copy of this Order at the Bulletin Board of this Court and in the Bulletin Board of the Municipal Hall of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte.

Furnish copy of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City, Office of the Public Prosecutor in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte, Atty. Dorothea Basalo, petitioner’s counsel and to the Petitioner, Merlyn Castillano Castro-Kerns care off Susan S. Tion of Baroy Poblacion, Baroy, Lanao del Norte.

So ORDERED Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

October 19, 2015.

(Sgd) DENNIS P. VICOY Acting Presiding Judge

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‘Higalang Pulis’ Mascots launched DUST MITE ALLERGENS CAN RUIN PLAYTIME.

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AGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Police Regional Office 10 (PRO-10) has launched the ‘Higalang Pulis’ Mascots and Project PRO-10 T.R.A.V.E.L.. meaning -- Trustworthy, Respectable, Approachable, Visible Enforcers of the Law -- during the traditional Monday flag-raising ceremony, at Camp Alagar, Lapasan, here.

The Mascots were presented by provincial/ city directors and b a t t a l i o n c o m m a n d e r, RPSB 10, with Dir. Ramon Rañeses, regional director, NAPOLCOM 10, as guest of honor and speaker.

Director Rañeses expressed his gratitude and appreciation for the realization and i n s t i t u t i o n a l i z at i o n o f OPLAN 06/2015 ‘Higalang

Pulis,’ which concept of operation is focused on T. R . A . V. E . L . w i t h t h e objectives aligned with PRO 10 Scorecard.

A “ H i g a l a n g P u l i s” mascot was created in every Provincial and City Police Office of PRO 10 to serve as core approach in gaining the trust and confidence of the communities, and will likely serve as support in the maintenance of peace and

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Proj e c t T. R . A . V. E . L . signifies adjectives for the conduct of activities on Police Community relations (PCR), Training/ Seminar, Skills enhancement through drills and Internal Discipline.

PCR activities will be enhanced by the presence of “Higalang Pulis,” a mascot in police uniform, symbolizing a TRAVEL-police lives and works in PRO 10, under the direction of PCSupt.

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1st Mindanao Daily Magic Challenge a success

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LLEN Edorot emerged as champ during the very first Mindanao Daily News Magic Challenge held last Sunday at Gaisano food court activity center.

The 1st Mindanao Daily News Magic Challenge was organized by Mindanao Daily News led by publisher and CEO Dante Sudaria in coordination with Gaisano, Cagayan de Oro Talent Center, Mindanao Talent Center and famed local magician Reuben Lardizabal.

Edorot got the unanimous nod of the three judges who are magicians in their own right, garnering a trophy and besting five other competitors.

Emerging as first runner-up was Kevin

Michael and second runner-up Ace Maigue who also got trophies, albeit smaller.

Because of the success of the 1st Mindanao Daily News Magic Challenge, Sudaria joyously announced a sequel competition next year and encouraged other would-be magicians in Cagayan de Oro and neighboring areas to prepare and practice this early.

The judges were Corpus Christi School teacher Rody James Awiten, accountant/ magician Jose Carlo Singson and civil engineer/ magician Syne Algene Bayagna.

The magicians performed a total of five to eight minutes each with the following criteria –

appearance (five percent), stage presence (25 percent), ability and technique (20 percent), presentation (25 percent) and entertainment value (25 percent).

In between the contest proper, Lardizabal performed two intermissions to the delight of the hundreds of kids who filled the activity center’s capacity to the brim. And prior to the show, there was a mini-fashion show by the models from Cagayan de Oro Talent Center and Mindanao Talent Center.

The event was also used to simultaneously light up the Christmas lights in 12 branches of Gaisano in northern Mindanao – the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Malaybalay, Valencia, Iligan and Butuan.

The whole affair was hosted by John D Pro Voice.

BATTLE OF THE MAGICIANS. The top three winners of the 1st Mindanao Daily News Magic Challenge (A stage magic competition)– –Allen Edorot (fourth from left), champion; first runner-up Kevin Michael (second from right); and second runner-up Ace Maigue (second from left)– –strike a pose with Sudaria Group of Publications President and CEO Mr. Dante Sudaria (third from left), Mr. John del Bando (left), aka John D Pro Voice, a professional emcee and voice over talent; and Mr. Reuben Lardizabal, the president of the Inner Society of Magic in Cagayan de Oro City, on Sunday (November 15. 2015) hosted by Gaisano City Mall through Marketing Manager Gabby Bacarro. photo by mark francisco

Philippines–Germany renew climate change partnership

The Philippines and Germany have renewed their respective commitments toward a climate resilient Philippines with the project “Support to the Philippines in Shaping and Implementing the International Climate Regime” (SupportCCC II).”

The project was launched by the Climate Change Commission (CCC) and the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH) or GIZ November 13, 2015 at the Novotel Hotels and Resorts, Cubao, Quezon City.

The Philippine government has continued to pursue its initiatives for climate resiliency and sustainable development. Since the passing of the Climate Change Act of 2009 and the development

of the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) 2011-2028, the country continues to be proactive in fulfilling the mandates of the law and in implementing the NCCAP. “The project links to, and contributes to the accomplishment of the 7 thematic priorities of the NCCAP, and the German government has shown its support to the achievement of this and allocated EUR 4.7 million for SupportCCC II. In addition, Germany has allocated EUR 17.1 million for new climate change projects in the country starting in 2016,” CCC Assistant Secretary Joyceline Goco said.

“Indeed, the German Government has been a long-time partner in our country’s sustainable development pursuits,” noted CCC Commissioner Emmanuel De Guzman “And we expressed our appreciation for the

continuous support and cooperation as exemplified by the five new projects that ought to strengthen our country’s climate risk governance.”

“The growing prevalence of climate and disaster risks throughout the country is a problem that the PhilippineGerman cooperation on climate change could address effectively as we endeavor to preserve our development gains and pursue sustainable development,” he added.

In the international arena, the Philippines has maintained a strong representation as it assumed presidency of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), which hosted and concluded its Sherpa Senior Officers Meeting last November 9–11, 2015 in Manila.

The CVF is also supported by Germany’s International Climate Initiative through the SupportCCC II Project.

The country has also responded to the global call for climate mitigation with its submission of intended nationally determined contributions (INDC) in 2015. Among its initiatives is the promotion of increased access to renewable energy as a means to mitigation efforts of the country.

“Germany stands firm with the Philippines with its commitment to support an ambitious climate agreement that will include global action on mitigation and adaptation to climate change and avoiding climate induced disasters,” said H.E. Thomas Ossowski, German Ambassador to the Philippines, during the launching of the Project, stressing that the Philippines is a focal country for Germany’s bilateral cooperation on climate change.

It is against this backdrop that the SupportCCC II Project, follows on gains made by the Support to the CCC in the Implementation of the National Framework Strategy on Climate Change and NCCAP (SupportCCC I) Project, will continue to strengthen the Philippines’ efforts in adapting and mitigating the effects of climate change.

The new partnership between the Philippines and Germany involves a wider range of partners,

including the Department of Energy, Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board, National Economic and Development Authority, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Finance, and other partners from the academe, civil society organizations, media, and government units at the national and local levels.

SupportCCC II will continue to facilitate the coordination of key agencies toward the effective implementation of the NCCAP and ensure the complementation of efforts of the Philippine government on climate change initiatives and its alignment with existing development goals and plans.

The project also puts emphasis on creating an enabling environment and programmatic approach to involving the private sector in climate action and investments. With the recent developments in the Peoples Survival Fund (PSF), SupportCCC II will

explore channels where the private and financial sectors can contribute to the success of the PSF and other financing facilities, both locally and internationally.

In recognizing the active participation of the Philippines in the international climate discourse, the project aims to significantly contribute in this platform. With the Philippines having identified as one of Germany’s focal partners in climate change, SupportCCC II will serve as the coordinating body for other climate changerelated initiatives agreed under this cooperation on sustainable development.

The SupportCCC II Project is part of the International Climate Initiative. The German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag.

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