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Rice sufficient AGRICULTURE Secretary William D. Dar said the rice inventory is sufficient until the end of the year despite widespread crop damage caused by consecutive typhoons.

In a television interview Thursday, Mr. Dar said at the end of the year, the rice inventory will be good for 82 days’ demand despite the damage sustained by the agriculture sector.

“The current supply will bring us another 82 days’ worth of rice (starting) January 2021. After that, we will have new production that can be harvested by late March and April,” Mr. Dar said in an interview on ANC.

Non-tarrif measures THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), which the Philippines is part of, has signed a new document that will address non-tariff measures in trading coronavirus-related products within the region.

In a statement Thursday, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said economic ministers of Asean signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the Implementation of non-tariff measures (NTM) on essential goods at the sidelines of the 19th Asean Economic Community Council Meeting last Nov. 10.

Under the MOU, Asean member states were urged to refrain from “introducing or maintaining trade restrictive measures on essential goods”.

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INDANAO Daily News, Veterans Bank, and Ayala Corporation present the 2nd Mindanao Governance & Leadership Awards today at Ayala Malls Centrio in Cagayan de Oro City.

Aw a r d s e x e c u t i v e director Allan Mediante, also Mindanao Daily News editor-in-chief, said that although the awards rite is held at Ayala Malls Centrio, the ceremony is streamed live over the Facebook page of Mindanao Daily News and will premiere on its YouTube page after the show.

Guest speaker for the show is presidential spokesperson Sec. Harr y Roque while

Cagayan de Oro Press Club president Manuel Jaudian presents the awardees.

The cr iter ia for t he nominees are the following: consistency of best practices in governance (regulatory change, good management, utilization of technology and human resources management practices), principled leadership style (responsiveness to people AWARDEES/PAGE 11

Executives from MDN Group of Companies deliberate on the entries of the 2nd Mindanao Governance & Leadership Award last November 17. They are (from left) Cagayan de Oro Press Club Dr. Manny Jaudian, MDN Group of Companies CEO Dante Sudaria, vice president for business development Ruffy Magbanua, Mindanao Daily News Editor-in-Chief and awards executive director Allan Mediante, MDN TeleRadyo anchor Kaye Rillera and vice president for events and promotions and MDN TeleRadyo Station Manager/program director John del Bando.

CDO Filipino-Chinese community CIIS-BOC donates generators, donates living quarters for Red Cross goods typhoon-ravaged areas

By MARK FRANCISCO

Leaders of the CDO Filipino-Chinese community with the twostorey building that they donated to the Philippine Red Cross to be used as the living quarters of medical technologists employed there. photo supplied

THE Filipino-Chinese community in Cagayan de Oro City donated a two-storey living quarters for medical technologists of the Philippine Red Cross who are manning their molecular laboratory here at the provincial capitol compound, this city.

During the turnover November 28, the CDO Filipino-Chinese community also donated 300 personal protective equipment (PPE) and 1,500 pieces of KN95 face masks.

In his acceptance speech, Philippine Red Cross local QUARTERS/PAGE 11

BY GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY— The Customs Intelligence

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) chief Oliver A. Valiente of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Region 10 during an interview with reporters. photo by gerry lee gorit

Investigation Service (CIIS) of te Bureau of Customs in Region 10 (BOC-10) has donated recently a number of generators and goods to areas in Luzon being struck by super typhoons.

Oliver A. Valiente, chief of CIIS-BOC in Northern Mindanao, said the CIIS-BOC has donated six generator units to Albay in Luzon which was recently adversely affected by super typhoons.

Valiente said the generator units will be used to help affected local residents charged their respective DONATES/PAGE 11

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THE last leg of the 14th Brightleaf Agriculture Journalism Awards virtual caravan comes to northern Mindanao to enlist journalists and story enthusiasts in espousing narratives that display the strength and beauty of the country’s local and national agricultural sector in various mediums amid the coronavirus disease (COVID)–19 pandemic.

“The agriculture industry has been vastly affected this year, Brightleaf wants to bring hope and champion stories that showcase our most strongest Filipino trait, resiliency,” Shayla Sanchez of Hackbang Media said.

Now on its 14th year, the annual Brightleaf Agriculture Journalism Awards strives to build a community of media practitioners and audiences celebrating

DTI turns over rice trading kits to Bukidnon beneficiaries

Now on its 14th year, the annual Brightleaf Agriculture Journalism Awards strives to build a community of media practitioners and audiences celebrating the work of agricultural journalists. (VPSB/PIA10)

the work of agricultural journalists through incentivizing works from different mediums of media published from September 1, 2019 to January 30, 2021.

Prizes range from Ipads, Macbooks, cash, travel packages, and more.

In adherence to health safety protocols and to avoid mass gatherings, their usual nationwide caravan was done virtually since day one.

“We really tried to transition to the online stage, we didn’t want to hinder in celebrating and

honoring agricultural journalists, we had to go digital,” Owen Jaen of Hackbang said.

Their 12 categories overall offers a diverse range of specializations, namely: Agriculture Story of the Year, Tobacco Story of the Year, Agriculture Photo of the Year, Tobacco Photo of the Year, Best Agriculture TV program or Segment, Best Agriculture News Story – CARAVAN/PAGE 11

Thirty-one people’s organizations with 320 members from Impasugong and Malaybalay City in Bukidnon received rice trading starter kits worth more than P300,000 from the Pangkabuhayan sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa (PPG) Program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

DTI-PPG is a

livelihood seeding and entrepreneurship development program that aims to aid micro enterprises affected by fire incidents or other calamities and health disasters like pandemics to restart their businesses.

DTI Northern Mindanao Regional Director Linda Boniao, as quoted KITS/PAGE 9

DTI Asec. Reveree Niño Contreras, RD Linda Boniao, and DTI Bukidnon led by OD Eriberto Taban-ud Jr. distributed rice trading starter kits to beneficiaries in Impasugong and Malaybalay in Bukidnon.

Life of Teachers in the New Normal

By NYRA A. LOQUIAS Teacher I Baliwagan Central School

IN LESS than two months, the coronavirus crisis will turn a year old. It continues to ravage the entire world.

The education sector is one of the sectors most affected by the crisis because of the lockdowns it caused. As a result, the online learning platform began to operate as the best way to pursue one’s education. This has been a trending topic of discussion

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among educators, parents and government agencies, such as the Department of Education and Commission on Higher Education, while the media has been pointing to the nation’s unreadiness in the so-called new normal.

In today’s technological world, there are a lot of benefits in using blended learning tools that leverage the internet to o f f e r s t u d e nt s a m o r e personalized learning experience. They learn, in one part, through online learning and, in another, in a sup er v is e d, br ickand-mortar classroom setting. Blended learning works based on how it is implemented, and provided it is designed to address the subject’s special concerns.

But the current reality imposes a full online l e ar n i ng pl at for m , and there lies the problem — it came as a surprise. Online learning requires planning,

preparation, diligence and a degree of expertise not just for the teacher, but especially for enabling and support systems. How many institutions would invest in a technology backbone that assists both teachers and students g rappling with the problem? Are the resources readily available?

Would there be adequate preparatory training?

Because online learning is now being forced, the tendency is for educators to t ransl ate or mig rate their face-to-face learning te6chniques to the online e nv i r o n m e nt . B u t t h i s new system will require a transformation mindset.

What normally works in the classroom would not necessarily be so in distance le ar ning. This pres ents quite a challenge to the instructor making the first shifts online. Instructors must adapt intelligently with a keen sense of sensitivity to the online format. The challenge is to build rich activities that keep students engaged.

I miss the chatter of the physical classroom, lo oking at my students all at once, hearing their reactions to an important insig ht or e ven a j oke, engaging in discussions and in friendly banter, sensing their reaction to lessons through body movements, and obser ving both the wide-eyed and the bored.

And this is not a solitary or unique experience.

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The will to win Think a minute . . . A father was trying to get his little boy to drink a glass of milk but the son kept refusing; so the battle of wills was on. The father then poured himself a glass of milk and challenged his son to a race to see who could drink their milk the fastest. When the son had finished drinking his entire glass of milk, he said: “Let’s race again!”

The will to win is built into all of us, some more than others. In fact, massive armies led by ambitious men like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napolean Bonaparte, marched off to foreign lands simply to conquer them. The military general Robert E. Lee said: “It’s a good thing war is so terrible, otherwise we would like it too much.”

However, the good side of man’s drive to conquer has given us tremendous discoveries that have advanced mankind. Like the team that Captain Earnest Shackleton led to boldly explore the bottom of the world: Antarctica. Amazingly, this is the advertisement he put in the local newspaper to

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India enters recession, worst among major economies

India's economy contracted 7.5 percent between July and September, performing the poorest among major advanced and emerging economies and entering a technical recession for the first time since independence, official data showed on Friday.

Although the figures were an improvement on the record 23.9-percent contraction recorded last quarter, they indicate that Asia's third-largest economy is in for a tough fight as it attempts to revive demand and create jobs even as c oron av i r u s i n fe c t i on s climb.

The two successive quarters of contraction mean that the country has now entered a "technical recession" for the first time since 1947.

After virus-led lockdowns

r av age d t he g l ob e, t he growth recorded by major economies including the United States, Japan and Germany during the quarter ending on September 30 raised expectations that India would also enjoy a revival.

But, while consumer businesses saw a boost due to increased spending in the run-up to the OctoberNovember festive season, hopes of a broader recovery we re d a s h e d , w it h t h e construction and hospitality sectors taking a hit.

Farming continued to be a relatively bright spot, while manufacturing activity also increased during the July-September period after plunging nearly 40 percent during the previous quarter due to the lockdown.

New Delhi has struggled to kick-start an economy

that is expected to shrink 9 . 5 p e r c e nt t h i s y e a r, a c c ord i ng to e st i mate s released by India's central bank governor Shaktikanta Das last month.

The International Monetar y Fund has meanwhile predicted that India's economy would contract by 10.3 percent this year, the biggest slump for any major emerging economy and the worst since independence.

A re p or t by Ox ford Economics released earlier this month said that India would be the worst-affected economy even after the pandemic eases, stating that annual output would be 12 percent below pre-virus levels through 2025.

India's economy had struggled to gain traction even before the pandemic, and the hit to global activity

NUTS & BOLTS

JEROME DE LA FUENTE

from the virus and one of t he world's str ic test lockdowns combined to deal the country a severe blow.

The shutdown in the vast country of 1.3 billion people left huge numbers of people jobless almost overnight, including tens of millions of migrant workers in the shadow economy.

The government has since INDIA/PAGE 11

Andres Bonifacio read a lot I find it providential that the last day of National Book Week (November 24-30) falls on the birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, whose 153rd birthday we are observing today.

Relatively recent evidence effectively debunks the myth of the “unlettered” Katipunan Supremo – obviously a demolition job perpetrated by political detractors.

(Remember the fake news about syphilis being the cause of Apolinario Mabini’s paralysis?)

La Salle history professor Mi ch a el “X i a o” C hu a c o n c e d e s t h at A n d r e s B onifacio attended the private school of Guillermo Osmena and attained the present day equivalent of Second Year High School or Grade 8 under the K-12 curriculum. But Bonifacio made up for his incomplete formal education by reading

a lot. Yes, Bonifacio (like Ninoy Aquino and the late Blas Ople) was a voracious reader.

Historian Chua cites Doña Elvira Prysler, proprietor of a mosaic tile factory where Bonifacio used to work as a warehouse keeper. Prysler, Chua said, recalled her impression of Bonifacio whom she often saw with open book in hand during lunch time.

What types of books app ealed to B onifacio?

When hostilities broke out between the Katipuneros and the Spaniards, the authorities raided the offices where Bonifacio worked or used to work. In the German firm Carlos Fressel and Co, where Bonifacio worked a s w a re h o u s e m a n a n d later as sales agent, the raiding authorities seized the following books among Bonifacio’s personal effects:

Top of the list were the two novels of Jose Rizal, “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo”. During that time, mere possession of these two books was enough to land anybody in jail.

Also among the “subversive books” were “History of the French Revolution” and “The Ruins of Palmyra: Meditations of the Revolution of the Empire”.

Also probably considered “subversive” was “Lives of the Presidents of the United States” because of the role of George Washington in the American Revolution.

A member of the Free Masons (then considered an enemy of the Catholic Church), Bonifacio also read The Holy Bible and “Religion Within the Reach of All”.

He also read books on law (international law, civil code, penal code) and medicine.

For light reading, Bonfacio

SPEAKING OUT

IGNACIO BUNYE turned to Alexander Dumas, Victor Hugo (Les Mesirables) a n d Eu g e n e S u e ( T h e Wandering Jew).

Who among his political detractors could have claimed that they read even half as many of the books which Bonifacio read?

Bonifacio also wrote poetry. He wrote “Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa” a 28- stanza piece which National Artist Virgilio Almario describes as “excellent”. A shortened BONIFACIO/PAGE 11

‘Tis the season to go local and small JHAN TIAFAU HURST attract men to join his team: “Men wanted for dangerous duty. Small wages. Bitter cold.

Constant danger. Safe return doubtful.”

Not a smart and appealing advertisement, right? Wrong!

More than 5,000 men applied in response to that ad. But why would so many men want to risk everything to be part of such a miserable, dangerous journey? The answer is man’s will to win and conquer. It’s that powerful.

T h at’s w hy it i s s o important that we control and use our will to win in a mature, constructive, and right way. It also means learning to lose gracefully, while keeping our good WILL/PAGE 11

DURING this uncertain time, it is just expected that most people will spend more on the basics and eliminate most luxuries. People are more cautious when it comes to spending and budgeting every centavo is a must.

It is also during this uncertain time that our small local businesses are most fragile, are most vulnerable.

They need our support to stay afloat. They need us to patronize them. Every sale is precious so they can continue their business operations and continue providing employment.

So next time you plan on spending your hard-earned money, seriously consider buying from those locally owned stores or eating in those cozy mom and pop restos in your neighborhood.

Am happy to note that my own daughter Abbie is doing more of this, especially

during the pandemic.

Instead of the imported shampoo and conditioner brand she was using before, she now uses Babe Formula which is locally made. Instead of buying footwear from those imported chain stores, she buys from Marikinabased online stores. From buying her fave imported d onut br and, she now orders homemade donuts.

She used to fancy imported and branded cosmetics. But now she’s a big supporter of Colourette Cosmetics, a growing local cosmetic brand.

As I cannot stop her from joining the 11/11 online shopping madness, I was just happy that 100% of what she ordered online are all made by small local entrepreneurs.

I asked her, why did you shift to buying from these big and known brand names to such unknown local brands?

And her reply was on

point! “Am buying from them because they need my support, they need the sale they will get from me more than the bigger brands”.

I couldn’t agree more.

Since most of the local small businesses are solely and independently owned, they lack the financial strength to stay afloat when a crisis happens. It’s only when they get the support of their “kababayans”, can they survive!

On top of this, when we buy Philippine-made products, we are directly helping protect local employment. We know that unemployment is one of the negative effects of the pandemic.

B y g oi n g l o c a l an d small, you are helping keep a business open and giving people jobs within it. That is helping the local economy rebound.

So next time you shop

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JAY LEDESMA at a local store, feel proud!

Think about the people that you help employ.

Now that we have started to reopen and restart our economy, we need more economic stimulus fused into the local market.

Wh e n we p at ron i z e locally owned businesses, more money is kept in the countr y because locally owned businesses, especially our MSMEs, often buy from SEASON/PAGE 11

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A reflection on the article: VALUES FORMATION: A Must in Nation Building

By CHARMAINE AMOR YABO

It sounds normal nowadays to hear news on television and radio about the involvement of teenagers in various conflicts and crimes in the society. We also hear adults with college degrees involved in corruption, estafa cases, and immortality.

Those whom we believe as highly educated are the ones featured and broadcasted to be involved in stealing, cheating, and other scandalous acts.

These sad situations make me ask one question as an educator, “What happened to the people now?” “Where are the values learned in school?”

Everyone agrees that values are first learned by a child at home, but it is most reasonable to believe that teachers also have great roles in enriching these values. Schools have not failed to share in every child stock of knowledge from preschool years to their tertiary education, because we don’t stop producing brilliant and highly-intellectual individuals who could even compete in the international arena of

the academe, yet why do we encounter unending problems in our society today? Despite of the degrees and honors received by the highlyschooled individuals, why are they involved in crimes, conflicts, and worse, lawbreaking acts?

Ref lec ting on t hes e thoughts, I have come to think of this: The root cause of the problem is not lack of knowledge but lack of values.

Therefore, teachers, as great contributors to the building of the nation, must always keep in mind that education isn’t only about mind exercises, but more importantly it’s about exercising of the heart. As Winston Churchill said, the first duty of a university is to teach wisdom not trade; character not technicalities.

From this view, teachers are hence, encouraged to hone the students holistically, making our future leaders (the youth) mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually healthy.

Public school teachers get specialized training from Globe GLOBE further enhances its support to the Department of Education (DepEd) by helping public school educators keep up with the demands of the new normal through free professional development training designed to provide teachers with essential knowledge and skills on digital literacy, blended learning and 21st century learning methods.

The program is part of Globe’s Global Filipino Teachers (GFT) initiative and is being implemented through a combination of webinars and downloadable self-paced materials for teachers to apply their learnings. GFT was launched in 2009 to deliver information and technologybased training to public

school teachers across the country.

With the nation’s shift to remote learning, Globe found it essential to partner with Habi Education Labs and Teach for the Philippines, as both are well known for their exceptional work in forwarding 21st century learning in public schools nationwide.

Habi Education Lab is a non-profit organization known for developing progressive approaches to teaching that helps foster creativity in the classroom.

Their scope of programs include teacher development, learning experience design, and school innovation. Teach for the Philippines focuses its efforts on improving

Brigada Pagbasa 2020 By: LIZA J. MAGSAYO MT-1

Brigada Pagbasa is an afterschool reading program that envisions bringing together DepEd partners, experts, change makers, policymakers, and other stakeholders across all sectors from local agencies and organizations in the public and private sectors to help all learners read and become functionally literate.

The program provides platform to synergize efforts and resources to address current educationrelated challenges. It also creates opportunities for all stakeholders to contribute possible solutions to the current gaps in the country’s educational system, especially in equipping the learners with 21st-century skills. To support the project as one components of the program, Initao Central School launched Brigada Pagbasa 2020 virtually dated June 15, 2020 to ensure that every Filipino could read and become literate.

“No Filipino should be left behind in terms of reading and comprehension ”,as DepEd Under Secretary To n i s i t o Um a l i s a i d especially at this time. In view of this, it encouraged all learners and stakeholders to attend and register online through ICS facebook page.

Learners’ assessment was done based on Phil-IRI 2019-2020 Post Test Results to help evaluate and look for trends on what we will do and what they will do virtually. It followed an activities of virtual

reading class by Grade Level according to learners’ reading level in all learning areas. In Grade 5 level, Mrs. Rosie B. Obut taught Getting The Main Idea and Giving Inferences using the stories “The Dutch” and “The Lost Jewelry”.

Mrs. Cherelyn B. Balingit taught about Noting Details using the selection “The Crow”. Yours’ truly taught Jazz Chant in Mathematics.

Mrs .Olga D. Generalao taught about Identification of Colors. Mrs. Maricar U. Labis taught reading using the selection “Ang Bagyo”.

Mrs. Melissa L. Cagalawan taught reading a story “Si Emang Engkantada at ang Tatlong Haragan” and Mr. Windler E.Sandoval taught “Alamin Ang Mga Bahagi ng Computer based on MELCMost Essential Learning Competencies.The said virtual Brigada Pagbasa 2020 was fun and learning . It was not difficult as you think. It contributed a great help to explore the world of embracing the new normal in relation to our everyday life as we still facing these challenging times. Indeed the said activity was done successfully and meaningful through the unusual effort and collaboration of Grade 5 teachers, Master Teachers, ICT Coordinators and with the guidance of our Principal Mrs. Aura O. Villastique and of course our stakeholders who are still behind our back and always on the go in all our ways.

MOGCHS G-10 Load-A-Learner Project: Addressing internet access concern in the new normal education

By MARIA CLEOFE B. PALMA Teacher III-Math Department

I D O believe that c om mu n i c at i on pl ay s an important role in the distance learning process.

It enables the sharing of information, thoughts and ideas which contribute to learning process. It is a vital factor in implementing our learning activities to compensate the lack of faceto-face interaction.

Most of us teachers are using the internet to supplement lessons, communicate with our students and hold online lectures and consultation.

We also use the internet t o g i v e ou r s tu d e nt s supplemental resources like video links, study materials, and online researches.

I found out from my class survey that 86% of my students relied only to prepaid mobile data to be able to access the internet.

Some are expressing anxiety that they want to join our synchronous sessions yet they cannot because of they do not have load. A lot of them were financially affected due to the

economic disruptions that the pandemic has brought about.

To be able to address this problem, I launched the MOGCHS GRADE 10 LOAD-A-LEARNER project after the approval of my prop osal letter to our principal, Pedro R. Estano Jr., Ph.D. on November 3, 2020. Initial list of stakeholders include PO3 Richard Alcover of PNP-Puerto, Mr. Dennis Bunayog of Minergy, Mr. and Mrs. Kim Chio of SAMGYUP-TA-BAI, Mr. and Mrs. Joey Cacacho of SSS and CEPALCO and Ms. Paz Alcover of MEEKY AND MEENY KIKS. A total 3,500 worth of load donations were initially collected and 35 students were the initial recipients of 50-pesos-load via GCASH and COINS.PH. This is still an ongoing campaign and I am hoping to tap some more stakeholders to support my advocacy of helping financially challenged students in this trying times.

teacher quality and addressing education challenges at the system-level. Since 2012, TFP has grown into a nationwide movement that has engaged hundreds of new and existing public school teachers committed to work towards meaningful and positive change.

The upcoming GFT sessions to be led by both organizations have been recognized by the National Educators Academy of the Philippines which ensures all attendees obtain the knowledge and skills that are vital in these unusual and challenging times.

“We want to create new learning opportunities from the crisis and help our teachers see themselves as agents of change as they transition into remote and blended learning modalities.

Through this professional development program, we hope to equip and empower them with the knowledge they need to become more effective in their role as educators,” said Yoly Crisanto, Globe Chief Sustainability Officer and SVP for Corporate Communications.

The webinars cover topics such as parental engagement

where teachers and parents can work together for homeschool partnership (October 27); teaching reading in the context of distance learning as part of early language literacy (October 28), and new approaches in instruction using digital learning (October 29). The first webinar on Cybersecurity and Wellness was held last August.

The Global Filipino Teacher Series is open to all teaching and non-teaching staff of DepEd in the National Office, Regional Offices, and Division Offices, and to all public schools nationwide.

The webinars will be streamed via the Globe Bridging Communities Facebook Page, and will be shared by DepEd on the main DepEd Philippines Facebook Page.

As a long-time advocate of quality education and sustainable development, Globe is committed to supporting the United Nations Development Goal No. 4 which promotes inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all. For more information about Globe’s sustainability efforts, visit https://www.globe.com.ph/ about-us/sustainability.html

DepEd property custodianship and inventory

By JACKELOU CORONEL FACTURA Administrative Assistant III Kauswagan Central School

Property Custodians are the individuals responsible for the physical custody, care, and safekeeping over property in their possession or under their supervision.

Custodians often have other job responsibilities aside from the management of prop e r t y. Phy s i c a l inventories are an important a s p e c t of a prop e r t y custodian’s responsibilities.

The designated Property Custodians perform, among others, important workloads that include the receipt, issuance, and maintenance, safekeeping of supplies, materials and equipment and other properties and facilities of the school. They also conduct and maintain the inventory of properties and prepare the required reports.

For schools with a student population of 2,000 and more, teachers may be designated as Property

Custodian if all teacher ne e ds have b e en met and there is no need for additional teachers in the near future. Since designated Property Custodians perform solely nonteaching functions and are required to render services during the Christmas and summer vacations, they are considered on the vacationsick leave basis and are no longer entitled to the grant of Proportional Vacation Pay (PVP).

The designation of a teacher to perform as Property Custodian whether on part-time or full-time basis shall be recommended by the School Head to t h e S c h o ol s D iv i s i on Sup er intendent (SDS) provided that a certification is issued by the School Head that all teacher needs have been met and no additional teachers are needed in the near future.

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by the Philippine Information Agency ( P IA ) , e n c o u r a g e d t h e beneficiaries to challenge themselves in believing that they can succeed.

“Since running a bu s i ne ss t a ke s a l ot of time and great ideas, you need to take action because those famous successful entrepreneurs also took time in finding w ay s t h rou g h d i f fe re nt obstacles.” Boniao said. “No one succeeds immediately.

They were once a beginner too.”

Meanwhile, DTI Assistant Secretary Reveree Niño Contreras said that the turnover of PPG rice trading starter kits was one of the government’s ways to ensure that nobody will be left behind.

“A l l of you w h o are here today…all the way from the farthest Sitios of Impasugong and M a l a y b a l a y… w i l l b e assisted by the government by coaching you how to start small business to anyhow i nc re a s e you r f am i l i e s’ income.” Contreras said, as also quoted by PIA. The turnover ceremony h e l d on Nov e m b e r 2 6 , 2020 was als o attended

by DT I Bu k i d non st af f led by Provincial Director Eriberto Taban-ud Jr and other local government units.

ONE CLASSROOM BUILDING Turnover to GIS By: GRIMILEN P. AGUSAN

Gumaod Integrated School for ma l ly a c c e pte d on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 one classroom building from Local Government Unit of Claveria, Misamis Oriental.

In a simple turnover ceremony held at the grounds of Gumaod Integrated S c h o o l , t h e s y mb o l i c key accepted by Schools Division Superintendent of Misamis Oriental, Dr. Jonathan S. Dela Peňa, CESO V, Deped Claveria One District-in-Charge, Mr. Edwin V. Amparo, Barangay Captain Melanie Porras, and the School Principal, Mrs. Grimilen P. Agusan, in the presence of Hon Mayor of Claveria Meraluna S. Abrogar, Local Government Unit of Brgy.

Gumaod, GPTA Officers and Teachers.

In h e r a c c e p t a n c e speech, Ms. Grimilen P. Agusan, School Principal, in behalf of GIS community,

expressed her gratitude to Honorable Mayor Meraluna S. Abrogar, for their great support and make their dream of having a new school building a reality.

The GIS community extended as well their great appreciation to the LGUClaveria for its generosity.

The building is evidence of a solid dream that became a reality through determined actions, the dream that the children need a good environment to learn many things in the world for their future. It can lead to improve attendance and interest of learners in learning as well as motivated to come to school and improve selfesteem - factors which can improve performance to the learners.

The school Principal also thanked everyone who have come and celebrate the special occasion for the turnover ceremony of the new school building.

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Suzuki Philippines Celebrates First Virtual Dealership Grand Opening

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UZUKI Philippines Inc. (SPH), the pioneer compact car distributor in the country welcomes another dealership in the roster of their successful automobile shops in the country.

With the grand opening of Suzuki Auto Marikina (SA Marikina), a member of the ANC+ Group of Companies, Suzuki is now more reachable and accessible to residents within the vicinity of Marikina City and its neighboring communities.

With the new normal we now experience in our country, celebrations and events that require gathering and face to face interaction are the last options to commemorate milestones and achievements

especially for companies with a significant number of loyal and hardworking employees.

As a direct response to this change, Suzuki Philippines took on the challenge of taking to available digital resources to honor the grand opening of Suzuki Auto Marikina through a Virtual Ceremony led by its Dealer Principal, Mr. Anthony Cheng , and its Executive Vice President and Treasurer, Dr. Mike Tan. This is the first time a Suzuki Dealership grand opening was done online, the most efficient and safe route to take in a time of social distancing. “The opening of Suzuki Auto Marikina is yet another reason to remain committed and relentless in servicing our

customers. These trying times may have presented countless deterrents in our society, but we in Suzuki took on the challenge of helping the community bounce back and stay reliable to those who consider Suzuki automobiles as their dependable partner in rising above the situation.

We are optimistic that more Filipinos, especially those in close proximity to SA Marikina, will welcome us with warmth and excitement as we continue to champion the Suzuki way of life!� says Mr. Keiichi Suzuki, Vice President and General Manager for the Automobile Division of Suzuki

Philippines.

SA Marikina is the 12th dealership under ANC+ Group of Companies, offering sales, service, and spare parts to its customers. Standing in a 1,000 sqm lot area at Brgy. Sto. Nino, Gil Fernando Avenue Ext. Marikina City, SA Marikina will be able to display in optimum presentation

the three newest Suzuki car units in its showroom. The dealership is also capable of receiving vehicles for repair and other services with six bays made available.

The vast experience of the group is an assurance that quality and reliable customer service will be provided to the city of Marikina.

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character and relationships as our life’s greatest ambition and goal. We can conquer others in sports competitions, career or business, but lose the real competition of life: our honest character and right relationship with our Maker EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late MORENO DACER DABA who died intestate on May 10, 1998 in Cagayan de Oro City, leaving the following properties with 1) OCT NO. O-236/TD NO. 063289, situated in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX (456) SQUARE METERS more or less, 2) OCT NO. O-889/TD NO. 063293 situated in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THREE (653) SQUARE METERS more or less, 2.1) TD NO. 066594 (BLDG. ONLY), 3) TCT NO. T-23778/TD NO. 12-06-2224 situated in Kinawe, Libona, Bukidnon, containing an area of THIRTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY (30,460), and 4) ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED (1,600) shares of stocks with accrued interest from the Cagayan de Oro CollegePhinma Education Network, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS, filed by the heirs of MORENO DACER DABA, per DOC #174; PAGE #35; BOOK #X; Series of 2006 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JAMES KIUNISALA JUDITH-II.

and others around us. Only God can help us conquer our own wrong heart and character traits that cause us to lose at life.

Won’t you ask Jesus to forgive you for not controlling and using your will to win in His right way? Then ask Him to daily help you start becoming the person of honest character with close, caring relationships He created you to be and have.

Just think a minute . . .

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been easing restrictions to revive activity, announcing two stimulus packages to offer farmers easier access to credit and dole out benefits to small-scale businesses.

The relaxation measures have been deployed even as EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the late RICARTE M. VILLANUEVA, at the time of his death left a certain parcel with TCT No. T-29860 situated at Imbatug, Baungon Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao containing an area of FORTY FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE (44,359) SQUARE METERS, more or less, WHEREAS, It is to the best interest of the parties hereto to divide and partition and adjudicate among themselves the entire estate extra-judicially, in the form and manner hereinafter set fourth: LUISA B. VILLANUEVA – Lot 91-F under PSd-10-048489 with an area of 4,359 Square meters, LIXYL V. CUAL married to JONI CUAL- Lot 91-A under Psd-10-048489 with an area of 8,000 Square meters , JERIEL B. VILLANUEVA married to GLAIZA GAY O. VILLANUEVA- Lot 91-B under Psd-10-048489 with an area of 8,000 Square meters, JERAMEEL B. VILLANUEVA- Lot 91-C under Psd-10-048489 with an area of 8,000 Square meters, RICKY LOU B. VILLANUEVALot 91-D under the Psd-10048489 with an area of 8,000 Square Meters and MALCHIEL V. DAANOY married to MARIO DAANOY JR. –Lot 91-E under Psd-10-048489 with an area of 8,000 Square meters, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT (With WAIVER OF RIGHTS), filed by the heirs of RICARTE M. VILLANUEVA, per DOC #157; PAGE #034; BOOK #IV; Series No. 2020 under the Notarial Registry ATTY. ERNIE PALANAN.

That the late CUSTODIO T. DAMASING AND FELIZA B. DAMASING, who died on May 28, 1978 and October 30, 1999 that the said deceased parents, at the time of their respective deaths, left certain real properties, I. REAL PROPERTIES IN THE NAME OF CUSTODIO T. DAMASING, with Parcel 1- Tax Declaration No. 11577 situated at Mauswagon, Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 1.4938 hectares, Parcel 2- Tax Declaration No. 9972 situated at Poblacion, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 0.8438 hectare, Parcel 3- Tax Declaration No. 9973 situated at G. Pelaez, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 3 hectares, Parcel 4- Tax Declaration No. 12306 situated at Sitio Boholano, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of .0484 hectare, Parcel 5- Tax Declaration No. 11857 situated at G. Pelaez, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 1.5000 hectares, Parcel 6- Tax Declaration No. 9974 situated at Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 1.6503 hectares, Parcel 7- Tax Declaration No. 9971 situated at G. Pelaez, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 2.1031 hectares, II. REAL PROPERTIES IN THE NAME OF FELIZA B. DAMASING, Parcel 8 Tax Declaration No. 943148 situated at Cogon, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 1.3122 hectares, Parcel 9- Tax Declaration No. 941613 situated at G. Pelaez, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 19.0484 hectares, Parcel 10- Tax Declaration No. 942555 situated at Poblacion, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 300 square meters, Parcel 11- Tax Declaration No. 942556 situated at Poblacion, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 156.33 square meters, Parcel 12- Tax declaration No. 942553 situated at Poblacion, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 25.00 square meters, III. REAL PROPERTIES IN THE NAME OF LUIS BALACUIT OF WHICH FELIZA B. DAMASING WAS ONE OF THE LEGAL HEIRS AND WHICH WERE ORALLY PARTITIONED AND AWARDED IN HER FAVOR, Parcel 13- Tax Declaration No. 2071 situated at Poblacion, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 2.0124 hectares, Parcel 14- Tax Declaration No. 3677 situated at Poblacion, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of .0862 hectare, IV. REAL PROPERTY ORIGINALLY IN THE NAME OF LUIS BALACUIT OF WHICH FELIZA B. DAMASING WAS ONE OF THE LEGAL HEIRS AND A PORTION OF WHICH WAS ORALLY PARTITIONED AND AWARDED IN HER FAVOR AND LATER ON TRANSFERRED IN THE NAME OF CLARITA DAMASING/CLARITA MELITA DAMASING DACER, WITH THE PRIOR CONSENT OF ALL HER HEIRS, Parcel 15- Tax Declaration No. 3921 situated at Pobalcion, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 2.6934, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION, filed by the heirs of CUSTODIO T. DAMASING AND FELIZA B. DAMASING, per DOC #205; PAGE #42; BOOK #III; Series of 2010 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. WENCESLAO V. JARIN.

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EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT (With WAIVER OF RIGHTS) KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

the coronavirus continues to ravage the country, which has registered more than 9.3 million infections – second only to the United States – and over 135,000 deaths.

In a speech on Thursday, central bank governor Das warned that the recent surge in virus cases and the imminent threat of new lockdowns posed further risks to the economy.

"We need to be watchful about the sustainability of demand after the festivals and a possible reassessment of market exp e c t at ions surrounding the vaccine," Das said.

Bonifacio...

from page 4 version of the poem became the lyrics of a song (melody composed by ex-political detainee Luis Jorque) which became very popular during the martial law period.

Bonifacio also wrote essays like “Ang Dapat Mabatid ng Mga Tagalog (What the Filipinos Should Know)” and “Tapunan ng Lingap (Care a Little)."

In a previous article, we recalled that Dr. Jose Rizal read a lot. Rizal got hooked into the reading habit after his mother, Teodora Alonzo, read to him the story about the moth and the flame.

Bonifacio and Rizal – two great Filipinos with a common passion: reading!

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other local suppliers and service providers. Not only are they keeping their own operations afloat, but they are also helping grow other businesses.

We can think of more valid reasons and advantages for going to local and small businesses. So when you do your Christmas shopping and have the chance to make a choice between imported brands and local brands, between buying in chain stores or in the boutique shops around the corner, remember the reasons why going local and small is a better option ‘tis Season.

The suggestion to go local and small does not mean a total and permanent NO to the big and international brands. With globalization, it is impossible to ignore these big imported brands. Not to mention, that we Filipinos

have a special penchant for imported goods.

This is just to remind u s t h at we l ive i n an extraordinary and interesting time when all of us are being called to put in our own share to help restart and rebound our local economy. A special time for Filipinos to support fellow Filipinos. A special time to show to the world that it is more FUN to shop and to eat everything that’s Philippine-made and it is more WOW to travel in the Philippines!

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mobile phones free.

He said the CIIS-BOC has also donated goods to the local government of Marikina.

He said the BOC will check if it could still donate those used clothings confiscated by the agency. “The marching order is for us to curtail the proliferation of smuggling,” said Valiente Meanwhile, BOC port collector John Simon will also check if the BOC can still donate some of those confiscated by the BOC to typhoon-ravaged areas in Luzon.

Despite the pandemic brought about by Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Simon said the BOC collection continues to surge.

This year, he said he top exporters remain China, followed by Asian countries.

Some of the exported products are petroleum, goods, and textiles.

“Malaki ang epekto ng pandemic,” said Simon, adding “Hindi mo pwede ikumpara ang 2019 sa 2020, but we are trying our best efforts.”

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needs through participatory s e r v i c e d e l i v e r y, c i v i c engagement, partnerships and resource mobilization for poverty reduction and local level development, recognition and awards (from reputable awarding bodies – local, national or international) and ingenuity and originality in programs and projects c o n c e p t u a l i z at i o n a n d implementation (building cohesive local communities for a secure and peaceful environment, developing institutional and structural arrangements, management systems and tools that work.)

There are most

outstanding and outstanding awardees in the following categories: national level – executive (vice president/ senatorial posts), national l e v e l – a d m i n i s t r at i v e (Cabinet ranks/ undersecretaries/GCs/GCOs/ administrators/direc tor generals), regional level – executive (congressional representatives), regional level – directors (government departments/line offices), LGUs – city (chartered/ component city mayors), LGUs – province (governors), LGUs – municipality (mayors, vice mayors, councilors), LGUs barangay – chairmen/ k ag aw a d, yout h s e c tor (private and public), educators/academe (private and public) and civic/social organizational leaders.

All in all, there are 27 awardees. “ Thes e le aders have shown good governance and leadership traits and best practices in steering their communities and organizations into winning various achievement awards.

Thus the need to trumpet their achievements through media platforms such as the presentor – Mindanao Daily News,” MDN Group chief executive officer Dante Sudaria said.

For his part, Mediante opined that government and private sector leaders are facing completely new pressures both from within their own institutions and in their own communities, thus the need for transformational change.

“Those changes are only possible when leaders gain the support of stakeholders by embodying their institution’s values and demonstrating that their decisions are made for a greater cause and not for a personal agenda,” he said.

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chapter chairman Atty.

Antonio Soriano thanked the CDO Filipino-Chinese community, saying this is a morale boost for their medical technologists who have been working every day since the COVID-19 crisis began.

Ac c o r d i n g t o C D O Filipino-Chinese community representative Jeffrey Ang, they have already donated more than P4 million in medical supplies at two public hospitals in the city which are catering coronavirus cases in this part of Mindanao - NMMC and JR Borja General Hospital.

The Filipino-Chinese

Community of Cagayan de Oro includes 21 community organizations, including family associations, chambers of commerce, schools, martial arts, civic and religious fraternities.

These include the following: Misamis Oriental Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc.; Mindanao Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China in the Philippines; Cagayan de Oro Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc.; Cagayan de Oro You We Tong Civic & Religious Fraternity, Inc.; Oro Christian Grace School; Misamis Oriental Liong Tek Fraternity Association, Inc.; Sejo-Lim Family AssociationNorthern Mindanao Chapter; Cagayan de Oro Bell Church Foundation, Inc.; Kong Hua School; Cagayan de Oro Volunteer Fire Brigade, Inc.; Phil. Wushu FederationCagayan de Oro Chapter; Phil. Kim Mun AssociationMisamis Oriental Chapter ; Cagayan Gospel Church ; Cagayan de Oro FilipinoChinese Amity Club; Cagayan de Oro San Lorenzo FilipinoChinese Catholic Community; Philippine Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc.-Misamis Oriental Chapter; Philippine Chinese High School Alumni AssociationCagayan de Oro Chapter; Misamis Oriental Progressive Mason Temple, Inc.; Kong Hua School, Inc.; and the Chee Kung Tong Chinese Free Mason Misamis Oriental Branch.

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National; Best Agriculture News Stor y – Regional, B est Agriculture Feature Story – National, Best Agriculture Feature Story- Regional, B est Agriculture R adio Program or Segment, Best Agriculture Online Story, and Best Story in Tobacco Product Alternatives.

“We are an agricultural countr y so we need to appreciate agriculture in all aspects, especially with the pandemic, we would like to see stories that are relevant to our situation now,” Sanchez said.

For further information about the 2020 Bright Leaf Awards, participants can go to www.brightleafawards.com or follow them on Facebook at w w w. f a c e b o o k . c om / brightleafawards. (VPSB/ PIA10)

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Municipality of Tagoloan NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with SECTION 2 of R.A 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that JASPHER SAJOL ROJAS has filed with this office a PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF GENDER from “MALE” to “FEMALE” who was born on 28 JANUARY 1988 at POBLACION, TAGOLOAN, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, PHILIPPINES from parents JOVELYN SAJOL and ROMEO T. ROJAS. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file written opposition within this office not later than last day of publication.

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