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Briefly Reliefs ready THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and t h e l o c a l g ove r n m e nt u n i t s (LGUs) along the path of Tropical Storm Haiyan are undertaking preparedness measures to caution the possible impact of the storm which is expected to become as supertyphoon once it enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) today.

DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman emphasized that Municipal Social Welfare and Development Offices (MSWDOs) “should be well prepared to deal with its effects.”

Secretary Soliman has instructed all DSWD offices in Regions IV-B, V, VI, VII and VIII to intensify their coordination with the MSWDOs.

Exemplary kids DAVAO City -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 11 will award winners in the regional search for Exemplary Children of Pantawid Pamilya on Friday at the Apo View Hotel, this city.

DSWD-11 Regional Director Priscilla N. Ra zon said five exemplary children earlier named provincial winners from Davao City and the four provinces in Davao Region will attend the awarding ceremony.

Provincial winners are Caroline Indangan of Paquibato, D avao C i t y; Q u e n n i e Pe ar l Dumasig of Kiblawan, Davao del Sur; Ar tero Escropolo of Montevista, Compostela Valley; Florife Malacas of Tagum City, Davao del Norte; and Kenneth Bonalos of Banaybanay, Davao Oriental.

She said that DSWD Field Offices are ready to assist the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Monitoring Councils (MDRRMCs) i n u n d e r t a k i n g p r e - e m pt i ve evacuation of families in hazardous areas.

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Coast Guard bars sea travel in MisOr COAST Guard authorities in Cagayan de Oro City has ordered the suspension of operations of all commercial vessels docked in the Macabalan Port area here starting Thursday.

Lt. Cmdr. Eleazar Dalnai said on T hu r s d a y m o r n i n g t hat t he suspension of travel of all kinds of commercial vessels came as the government’s weathermen raised signal no. 1 in Misamis Oriental Thursday morning.

He s a id t hat t he suspension order also includes all kinds of vessels (big and small) including fishing boats in the coastal areas of Misamis Oriental.

Dalnai said the Coast Guard automatica lly suspends all sea travel once storm signal no. 1 is raised since it would be dangerous for vessels to wade through the seas anymore.

He said they a lso conducted patrols along the prov ince coasta l areas on Wednesday advising fishing boats to stay ashore as typhoon Yolanda approaches.

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Visayas, Mindanao ready for ‘Yolanda’ Page 13

With lessons learned from Sendong and Pablo, Mindanao prepares for Yolanda

By NELSON V. CONSTANTINO

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ENS of thousands of people in v u l ner able a re a s across Visayas and Northeastern Mindanao have been relocated since ye sterd ay a s t he strongest storm on the planet so far this year spins toward the region and expected to ma ke la ndfa l l before no ont i me today.

As of 6 p.m. yesterday, super t y phoon Yola nda (international name Haiyan) is packing sustained winds of 280 kilometers per hour (174 mph) and gusts as strong as 335 kilometers per hour (208 mph) and was churning across the Western Pacific on yolanda/PAGE 23

Mindanao’s One Network Bank expands in Western Visayas DAVAO C I T Y - - O n e Network Bank, a Consunjiled rural bank based here, is preparing to build its presence in Western Visayas by establishing three new branches and renovating six more in Panay Island.

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

These are outside of the six branches it acquired through a merger with an Iloilo City-based rural bank early this year.

The new branches, the bank said in a statement, expands/PAGE 23

RESCUE READY. Philippine Coast Gua rd pe rsonnel stand beside rubber boats to p repa re fo r t yphoon Yolanda which is expected t o l a n d f a l l i n Ce n t ra l Visayas this morning. www . accuweather . com

Mindanao energy market set for commercial start

MINDANAO’S perennial power woes are expected to soon be alleviated with an electricity trading platform set to star t commercia l operations before the end of the month.

A final regulatory hurdle involving an offer cap for the Interim Mindanao Electricity

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Market (IMEM) has been resolved, regulators noted in resolution published yesterday. “[A]n offer cap... is hereby set at P32,000 per megawatt hour (equivalent to P32/ kW h) and sha l l remain effective unless otherwise amended or revoked...,”

the Department of Energy (DoE), Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) said in the resolution, which was signed last Oct. 7.

Mylene C. Capongcol, director of the DoE’s Electric energy/PAGE 23

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NGCP readies for DTI alerts regional offices typhoon ‘Yolanda’ to monitor supply of basic goods The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has put in place measures to protect its facilities and ensure

immediate restoration works once ty phoon “Yolanda” damage any power lines.

In a statement, the grid ngcp/PAGE 21

MANILA – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Consumer Welfare and Business Regulation Group (CWBRG) has alerted its regional offices to make necessary preparations for super typhoon Yolanda particularly in areas under storm warning signals.

DTI-CWBRG Officer-InCharge Victorio Dimagiba issued DTI National Disaster Command Center Bulletin No. 1 to Regions IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and the National C apit a l Re g ion ( NC R)

to coordinate with local ma nufacturers on t heir monthly supply of basic goods.

He also asked the offices to monitor prices of basic products in preparation for

the expected onslaught of the super typhoon. ”Prevailing prices inputted in the WPMRS (Web-based Price Monitoring Repor t System) ac ts as basis for price freeze of basic necessities in areas under state of calamity as mandated by the Price Act,” DTI-CWBRG explained.

The DTI also directed its regional offices to coordinate with local Disaster Risk

Reduction and Management Councils and determine prone areas such as critical roads or bridges that may affect the flow of goods.

Even before super typhoon Yolanda entered t he Ph i l ippi ne a re a of responsibi lit y, dif ferent government agencies already prepared for the expected onslaug ht of t he super typhoon.

DTI/PAGE 21

Mining firm donates P500-T to lumad group in ComVal

PANNING GOLD. After government operatives raided an illegal minesite beside the Taligaman River in the hinterlands of Butuan City before dawn on Tuesday (5 Nov 2013), residents quickly take their chance in finding gold from the sands by doing it the old way. mindanews photo by erwin mascarinas

DAVAO CITY -– The United States-based St. Augustine Gold-Copper Limited has donated P500,000 check to the Mansaka Tribal Council of B a r a n g ay K i n g k i n g i n P a nt u k a n t o w n i n Compostela Valley as part of its community and livelihood assistance in the area.

SAGCL partnered with loc a l m i n i ng compa ny, Nationwide Development Corporation (Nadecor), in developing the Kingking Copper-Gold Project, which Mining/PAGE 21

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Banking, retail businesses lift SM Investments’ 9-mos profit

Coca-Cola PH, 7-Eleven tie up for ‘Slurpee’ COCA-COLA Philippines is set to launch more flavors of Slurpee, the iconic frozen beverage of 7-Eleven, after the beverage giant and convenience store chain forged a partnership.

With the partnership, Slurpee will now be offered i n C ola a nd R aspber r y flavors. More flavors will be introduced soon, according to Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines chief executive

Juan Ramon Felix.

“This is only t he beginning…Aside from Cola and Raspberry, Coca-Cola shall be introducing new f lavors to give customers Tie/PAGE 21

Samsung aims to topple Apple as No. 1 in tablets SAMSUNG Electronics Co. has a new goal after overtaking Apple in smartphones: it wants to be world No. 1 in tablet computers.

A top executive, Shin Jong-kyun, told analysts on

Wednesday that Samsung’s tablet business is growing rapidly and the company will become the biggest maker of tablet computers. He didn’t give a timeframe.

Samsung/PAGE 21

THE holding company of the Philippines’ richest man grew its earnings by double digits in the first nine months of the year on the strength of his banking and shopping mall businesses.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Hen r y Sy- ow ned SM Investments Corp posted a net income of P18.5 billion in the January to September period, or 14 percent higher than the P16.2 billion in the same period last year.

The elder Sy was the lone Filipino who made it on Bloomberg magazine’s list of the world’s top billionaires.

He earlier topped Forbes m a ga z i ne ’s l i s t of t he Philippines’ richest people.

SM Investments’ revenues increased by 15 percent to P183.1 billion from P158.7 billion in the previous year.

“With these nine-month results, we are on course to meeting our full- year target.

We are confident of ending the year on a high note, with our retail and mall businesses benefiting from increased consumer spending during the Christmas season,” said SM Investments president Harley T. Sy, one of the sons of the country’s richest man. “ We re m a i n h i g h l y

positive on the country’s economic fundamentals and will push ahead with plans to expand our core businesses, especially now that we have obtained the SEC’s approval for us to merge our property businesses under SM Prime Holdings Inc,” the younger Sy said.

The SM group is in the final phase of consolidating the property companies and assets of the Sy family under one publicly listed entity, SM Prime, thereby creating the country’s biggest real estate firm.

Banks accounted for bulk of the nine-month earnings, with a contribution of 48.6 percent, followed by retail with 18.8 percent. The share of the property group stood at 32.7 percent, 20.4 percent of which came from the mall business and 12.3 percent from property development, mainly residential projects.

BDO Unibank registered a 73 percent increase in net income to P18.2 billion in the January to September period from P10.5 billion in the same period last year on the back of the growth in trading gains as well as loans and deposits.

China Bank Corp has yet to release its financial

statement for the nine-month period. Last September, the lender’s board approved a plan to acquire at least two-thirds of the outstanding stock of Planters Development Bank, chaired by former ambassador Jesus Tambunting, boosting the Sy-controlled lender’s presence in the small and medium enterprise (SME) market.

SM’s ret a i l busi ness pocketed P4 billion in the nine-month period, or 1.3 percent lower t ha n t he P4.1 billion a year ago after margins fell to 3.2 percent from 3.7 percent in 2012.

Sales jumped 13 percent year-on-year to P125 billion.

At end-September, SM Retail had a total of 233 stores, consisting of 47 SM Depa r t ment stores, and 186 stores consisting of 38 supermarkets, 38 hypermarkets, 89 SaveMore stores, and 21 Walter Mart supermarkets.

SM Department stores were rebranded this year to “The SM Store,” as the group strives to be the “fashion store for all” amid rapidly changing fashion trends, influx of highly competitive local and global labels and increased purchasing power.

New mall openings lifted

SM Prime’s net income by 14 percent to P8.43 billion in the first nine months from P7.40 billion in the same period last year.

SM Development Corp’s (SMDC) consolidated net income amounted to P3.27 billion at end-September, flat from the same period last year, dragged by the 5.7 percent drop in revenues from real estate sales to P15.2 billion from P16.1 billion.

The decline in sales reflects the “timing of new project and expansion launches this year, as well as a high base effect, with comparable revenues last year including the sales of two ‘blockbuster’ projects, namely Shell Residences and Green Residences,” SM said.

As of end-September, SMDC has launched expansion towers at Grass Residences in Quezon City, Wind Residences in Tagaytay, and Grace Residences in Taguig City, adding a total of 3,717 units of new inventory.

New project launches set for the fourth quarter are Trees Residences in Quezon City and Shore Residences at the Mall of Asia Complex.

Also to be launched in the final quarter of 2013 is an expansion tower at Field Residences in Paranaque.

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Rice prices down, corn prices rise in October THE AVERAGE prices of rice decreased while those of corn increased during the month of October, based on a report by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) released on Nov. 4.

The average retail price of regular milled rice last month slid 1.14% to P35.66 per kilogram from September’s P36.07/kg but was 11.09% more than the P32.10/kg of October 2012.

The average wholesale price of regular milled rice was P33.45/kg in October, 1.62% less than the preceding month’s P34/kg but 11.83% more than October 2012’s P29.91/kg.

F r o m P 3 9.19 / k g i n September, the average retail price of well-milled rice slipped by 1.27% to P38.69/ kg in October but was 9.57% more than the P35.19/kg of the same month last year.

Its average wholesale price, meanwhile, was P36.24/kg, 2.06% down from P37/kg in September yet 10.65% more than the P32.75 recorded in October last year.

The average farmgate price of palay was P17.32/kg, 4.11% down from September’s P18.06/kg but 7.63% up from P16.09/kg in October 2012.

As for yellow corngrain, the average retail price rose 0.73% to P21.63/kg in October from P21.47/kg in September.

Last month’s average price

was just 0.68% less than the P21.48/kg recorded in October 2012.

F r o m P15 . 9 0 / k g i n September, t he average wholesale price of yellow corngrain inched up 0.82% to P16.03/kg in October and was 0.57% more than the P15.94/kg of the same month last year.

The average farmgate price of yellow corngrain was P11.80/kg, 0.48% up from September’s P11.74/kg but 3.94% down from P16.09/ kg in October 2012.

Meanwhile, the average

retail price of white corngrain increased 1.85% to P18.74/kg in October from P18.40/kg in September but was 4.38% less than the P19.60/kg of the same month last year.

White corngrain’s average wholesale price in October was P15/kg, 2.18% more than September’s P14.68/kg but 4.64% less than the P15.73/ kg recorded in October 2012.

F r o m P14 . 3 0 / k g i n September, t he average farmgate price for white corngrain rose 0.54% to P14.38/kg in October, which was 1.67% more than the

P14.14/kg of the same month last year.

Ermina V. Tepora, chief of the Agricultural Analysis Division (AMSAD) under the Department of Agriculture, explained: “The decline in the price of rice is because the palay harvest is starting to come in. The third quarter marks the harvest season.

Usually, from the third to fourth quarter, rice prices will continue to go down.”

As for corn, she said that the price increases are due to sustained demand from feeds producers.

environment because the it is only the specified ‘target’ (insect) that will die,” she said.

Tay l o s a i d t h e “ B T Talong” is the same with the conventional eggplant being grown by farmers.

“It has t he sa me nutritional composition with the conventional eggplant except that it is pesticide free,” she noted.

T he f a r mer s g roups pledged full support for the “BT Talong” as they believe this will yield them better income.

“About 50 to 70 percent are being lost from our income because of the pests that attack our eggplant crops. If the Supreme Court will favor the planting of ‘BT Talong’, we will be given chance to generate higher income because we do not need to depend anymore on pesticides,” said Roberto L. Apelado, a farmer from Pangasinan.

He said part of their earnings goes to pesticides which added to t heir expenses. benefits/PAGE 21

Farmers’ groups cite benefits of ‘BT Talong’

By Leilani S. Junio

MANILA -- Farmers groups, researchers, and Bio Tech students of the University of the Philippines in Los Ba nos , L a g u na (U PL B) underscored benef its of “Baci l lus Thuring iensis (BT) Ta long (egg plant)” and urge other groups to help them bring their voice to the Supreme Court to push for its planting in the country.

In a press conference held Wednesday at Sulu Riviera Hotel i n Q ue z on Cit y, Silvestre B. Bonto, president of Angat Ahon Magsasaka, said that allowing the crop growing of “BT Talong” will give farmers the chance to uplift their living condition.

He said he believes that “BT Talong” is harmless and have no negative effects towa rds t he hea lt h a nd environment aside from increasing the productivity and contributing to foodsu f f ic ienc y a i m of t he country.

“While there are some groups agreeing for t he beneficial effects of organic vegetable, which is quite higher in price, there should be more groups that should support ‘BT Talong,’ which is also ‘pesticide free’ and

therefore not poses danger to the farmers and consumers,” he explained.

Dr. Lourdes Taylo, an entomologist from UPLB, noted that “BT Talong” is a product of their studies t h at b e ga n si nc e 2 0 0 4 which identified the major problems of farmers planting and har vesting eggplant -- eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSP).

Wit h t he de velop e d tech nolog y, Taylo sa id, the EFSP (scientific name Leucinodes Orbona lis Gu i nee) t hat feeds a nd destroys egg plants were addressed by killing the pest once it eats any part of the plant.

She stressed that other non-target insects would not be affected by the developed tech nolog y a nd ha s no negative effect on human.

Taylo also noted that based on t heir st ud ies, prolonged use of pesticides creates negative effects on the farmers, while planting “BT Talong” which does not require the use of pesticide will be good for their health.

“Therefore, it is very safe not only to those who will eat but also to farmers, and other good insects in the

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Metrobank partners with Japan banks THE Ty family-controlled Metropolita n Ba n k a nd Trust Co. (Metrobank) has partnered with 35 Japanese banks to offer more banking ser v ices to its Japanese bu si ness cl ient s i n t he country.

Metrobank’s senior vice president for cor porate banking group Anthony O c a mp o s a id t he y a re confident of meeting the banking requirements of their Japanese clients to allow them to “conduct their local operations and expansions with ease.”

The partnership deals, forged du r i ng a recent roadshow in Japan, are part of the business a lliance agreement between Metrobank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

The 35 Japanese banks will work with Metrobank under the JBIC program in the Philippines. JBIC, like other multilateral funding agencies

such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, has been extending official development assistance to the country for decades.

Under the JBIC program Met roba n k is t he loca l counterpart for the Japanese ba nk s to of fer ba nk ing services to Japanese small and medium enterprises operating in the country, particularly for their expansion plans.

Metrobank will provide

financial advice and “local insight” for the Japanese enterprises and assist them in their requirements such as access to financing and open accounts in the local currency t h r o u g h M e t r o b a n k ’s network base.

Metrobank, the country’s second largest bank in assets size, operates 830 branches nationwide.

It also has 33 foreign branches and subsidiaries.

NEW YORK -- The new head of Malaysia’s largest lender, Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), poured cold water on speculation he was readying a bid to buy assets in Thailand.

Since being na med president and chief executive of f ic er of May ba n k i n August, Abdul Farid Alias, has faced questions on how the bank intends to meet its goal of increasing the share of earnings from outside Malaysia to 40%.

Maybank, with operations across Southeast Asia except Thailand, was thought to be readying a bid for a stake in Bangkok-based TMB Bank Pcl that Dutch financial services company ING Groep

NV wants to sell. TMB is Thailand’s seventh-largest lender. “ Pe o p l e a s s u m e w e w i l l acquire somet hing in Thailand to make up the 40%,” Mr. Abdul Farid told Reuters on Tuesday, although not mentioning TMB specifically.

“It is not a situation that we will do a deal at any cost,” he said, adding that he believed Thailand’s banking sector, as a whole, is currently overvalued.

Any deal would have to add to earnings either immediately or within one year, he said.

The ea rnings f rom operat ions outside of Malaysia accounted for 31.5%

of overall results in the first half of 2013, Mr. Abdul Farid said. The bank reported a 9% increase in second quarter net profit.

A five-year business plan, created in 2010, based growth projections on the probable need to buy assets in order to achieve targets. That is no longer the case, he said.

“The idea that we have right now is we probably don’t have to resort to M&A (mergers and acquisitions) to achieve that 40% objective,” Mr. Abdul Farid said.

Instead, for the same kind of money that might be spent on banking assets in Thailand, he said Maybank could probably get similar, maybank/PAGE 21

Maybank douses M&A talk in Asia

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Mothers’ woes solved through convergence of efforts First of Two Parts

Motherhood is a challenging enough experience, and more so if you have limited resources.

That is exactly the situation that Alice Temulajasay, 53, and Fely Paglinawan, 44, found themselves in, being residents of Barangay Denuyan in Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte.

Despite their condition, Alice and Fely upheld the adage about mothers’ resourcefulness. They were able to come up with means to support their families, with support coming from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the local government unit, and other stakeholders.

The plight of Siayan “We are the poorest municipality in the Philippines”, said Siayan Mayor Flora Villarosa baldly, a claim that is consistent with the data of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), which ranked the municipality as the poorest in the country in 2003 and 2009 Small Area Estimates (SAE), at 97.5% and 79.9%, respectively. This means that about 8 out of 10 of its residents are poor.

Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte is located about 100 kilometers from Dipolog City. While farming remains as the main source of livelihood in the municipality, the lack of good access roads makes it difficult for farmers to bring their products to the markets. This, coupled with the difficult terrain of the area, given its hilly and mountainous topography, contributes to the poverty situation of the residents, most of whom belong to the Subanen tribe.

Lack of access to basic social services such as water and electricity, as well as their nutrition and sanitation problems, make the residents’ lives even more difficult.

To make matters even more challenging for those who live in Barangay Denuyan, the village is frequently affected by flooding, as it is situated along the river. The waters reach the roads and even the houses of the residents, endangering the safety of the villagers.

Fely shared, “There have been accidents. A lot of times, our livelihood, as well as the lives of the people and their livestock, is endangered… They get swept away by the waters. Their things are carried away by the flood.”

The challenge of motherhood This was the situation that Siayan mothers, like Alice and Fely, faced on a daily basis. Although farming, fishing, and animal raising serve as primary sources of income of the residents, most of the time, the money they earn is almost always insufficient to support the families.

Fely stressed, “Our source of livelihood is through rubber production, which gives us little income. We sell it for P10 per kilo, which is cheap.

We only earn P150 for each sale, which is not enough to support us.”

Fely’s husband, Pedrito, 46, went back to school, hoping that he would be able to earn more for his family after his schooling. They agreed that Pedrito would support himself to finish his schooling, while Fely will be the one to earn a livingto provide support for their three children, ages 9, 14, and 18.

What they did not anticipate was the difficulty that Fely would encounter in supporting their children.

“It was very hard, because I was the only one who attended to the needs of our children. I was the only one who worked. I was the one responsible for our survival, for our food”, she lamented.

To try to earn more money, she raised pigs, but the income she earned from this, as well as from the rubber production, was still not adequate to support her family.

Alice did not fare any better, despite her husband being a tribal leader. Although some of their 10 children have already left home, she and her spouse

Alice beams as she shares her experiences as a beneficiary of DSWD programs.

still had to raise those who are left in their care, which included one of their grandchildren.

“It is difficult to support the family, especially when it comes to food,” Alice said.

Even though she and her husband work together to earn, him with his buy-and-sell business and her with her crops, which she planted in her backyard, they still struggle to make both ends meet. Most of the time, they found themselves borrowing money just to help the education of their two children and a grandchild.

DSWD’s support The entry of DSWD’s programs in Siayan proved to be the needed support that families in the municipality were looking for. The Department has three main poverty reduction programs-the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya), the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), and the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa KahirapanComprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). These three make up the convergence of poverty reduction-related programs that were developed to generate greater impact on poverty reduction.

Alice shared that they no longer have to borrow money for the schooling of their children and their grandchild, as they now use the financial support they get from Pantawid Pamilya, the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of the DSWD. This enabled them to use the money to pay off their debts, buy food, and purchase pigs for their small business. The money they saved also allowed them to buy medicines in case anyone in their family gets sick.

She noted that through Pantawid Pamilya, she was able to observe that households in the barangay are now taking better care of their children. Parents now appreciate the value of education by sending their children regularly to school.

Like Alice, Fely shared that the money she gets from Pantawid Pamilya has greatly helped in

supporting her children. She uses the cash grants to pay for tuition, school uniforms, school supplies, and medicine.

Another thing that Fely is thankful for the DSWD is the loan she got through the SelfEmployment Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K), the predecessor of SLP. She used the loan she gets from the program as capital to buy livestock and crops.

“I make our livelihood by raising chickens and goats, and I now also have crops,” Fely said.

SLP now has 863 partner beneficiaries in Siayan.

To date, a total of PhP 8,610,000.00 was allocated to them for capital assistance. Pantawid Pamilya, on the other hand, has 4,139 beneficiary households in Siayan. Of this number, 195 are from Barangay Denuyan.

The arrival of Kalahi-CIDSS, the communitydriven development (CDD) program of the DSWD, has also significantly helped the villagers. Through the program, they were finally able to put up a flood control sub-project, which gave them protection during the rainy season.

Fely, who served as one of the Kalahi-CIDSS volunteers, said she felt happy when the flood control infrastructure was completed. Alice, whose husband also volunteered in Kalahi-CIDSS, was also ecstatic because of the flood control subproject.

“The water used to rise. Our crops die because of the floods. The water no longer rises today,” she said with a smile.

The flood control community project, that was completed on August 31, 2012, has a total cost of PhP 2,826,348.00. A total of seven community projects amounting to PhP 13.13 million were built in Siayan through Kalahi-CIDSS in 2012, which benefited 2,062 households. Siayan has implemented 43 Kalahi-CIDSS community projects since 2005, including but not limited to the construction of roads, hanging bridges, water systems, school buildings, day care centers, and health stations.

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Trueproperty.ph is 1st local startup co-founded by Kickstart and Pollenizer

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ut of 120 applicants from all over the country, three outstanding technopreneurs were selected to be cofounders of Trueproperty. ph, the first collaborative startup company owned

by Philippine incubator Kickstart Ventures, Inc. and its Australian partner Pollenizer.

Chosen to lead Trueproperty.ph were real estate sales expert William Pattison, technical guy Ashier de Leon, and web design and social marketing professional Karla Cachola.

Phil Morle, co-founder of Pollenizer said: “Each of the 120 applicants was required to answer questions that explored comfort with risk, an excitement for opportunity and a just

do it attitude. From the number, 25 people were invited to a workshop where Kickstart and Pollenizer explored how innovative the teams were, how well they collaborated, and most importantly, their capacity to adapt and change as they learned. From the 25, three were picked.”

“Real estate is a genuine opportunity in many markets in the world: and as people everywhere have become more mobile and nomadic, as well as more conscious of the quality of their lives, then the requirement for a better system of finding the absolutely-right homebase becomes a more deeply felt need,” said Minette Navarrete, President of Kickstart.

She added: “There are, of course, real estate

listings in most markets, including the Philippines — for the most part, they do alright. However, there are customer segments that have more requirements, or needs that are defined differently. We believe that Trueproperty.ph meets this need and can create great value for all market participants including brokers, buyers and renters. Phil and I are thrilled to have found Karla, Ashier and Will — Trueproperty.ph’s three gutsy co-founders — and we are excited to see them building a fast-growing business for the global market!”

Unlike the typical real estate websites, Trueproperty.ph does not only highlight the lifestyle details and features that really matter to buyers but also

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provides Google Map integration to show establishments, parks, transportation, and other landmarks that are available within a two-mile radius from the listed property.

“In the Philippines, there is a lack of community information which makes it hard to choose a suitable property. We make it simple to find a property that matches the lifestyle requirements of the client.

We aim to be the best and the biggest real estate website in the Philippines,” the team said.

Trueproperty.ph also uses the latest web technologies which allow property listings to be integrated with SMS notifications for the brokers so that they could easily get in touch with interested parties who

complete the inquiry form in the Trueproperty website.

Earlier, Kickstart Ventures, Inc., an incubatoraccelerator firm whollyowned by Globe Telecom, has entered into a partnership with its Australian counterpart Pollenizer to increase the chances of success of local technopreneurs by combining top talent, great ideas, and startup best practices.

Pollenizer@Kickstart encouraged interested individuals to join a team that Kickstart and Pollenizer cofounded in order to address a well-researched problem with the Pollenizer@Kickstart program providing a built-in funding runway, and a structured incubation process.

Each team member is

considered a co-founder and receives an equity stake in the business that they form as well as a salary to meet month expenses. Team members are expected to own the vision and execution for the business, with intense support, mentorship and guidance from Kickstart and Pollenizer.

The business will be given funding to sustain operations for at least one year. Subsequent funding rounds, however, will be driven by the team, with ample support from Kickstart and Pollenizer including access to the two companies’ extensive investor networks.

Facebook users on mobile grow by 45% - report

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roving its popularity as well as the increased proliferation of smartphones worldwide, Facebook has grown its user base accessing the social networking site on mobile devices by 45% from previous year, a report from the Mobile World Live, an online communications hub for the global mobile industry, said.

According to Facebook’s September 2013 disclosures, users who access the site on mobile on a monthly basis stood at 874 million. Facebook reached 1.19 billion users globally, making it one of the largest social networking sites around the world.

In the Philippines, there are over 30 million users according to social media analytics platform Socialbakers.com, making it one of the top 10 countries around the world with the most number of Facebook users.

With a mission to make the world more open and connected, especially in a country with almost 100% mobile penetration, Facebook recently forged a partnership with leading telecommunications company Globe Telecom to offer the telco’s over 36 million subscribers free access to the social networking site on mobile for an initial period of three (3) months.

Available to all Globe subscribers using feature phones and smartphones* and accessing either through the mobile site of Facebook or the Facebook app, Globe Free Facebook allows users to post, like, comment, chat, add friends, upload photos, share posts, and more on Facebook without the need for Wi-Fi. Aside from offering Facebook at zero data charges, the collaboration between the two global companies has also paved the way

for subscribers to enjoy first-inthe-world customer experience innovations.

With Globe Free Facebook, subscribers get ease of access via availability of the service in all Facebook mobile platforms. Users can also enjoy proactive advice of charge notifications to avoid billshock or untraced load consumption once they are about to access content outside Facebook.

For a seamless, worry-free experience, users can also avail of the easy, one-click purchase of data plans without having to leave the site, as well as data access lending for those who don’t have enough prepaid load to access content outside Facebook, where they can ‘loan’ a 10MB data plan for only P10 which will be deducted on their succeeding topup.

“For over six months, Globe worked tirelessly with Silicon Valley-based Facebook engineers not only to offer a breakthrough service for 36 million Filipinos but to provide the best and most innovative Free Facebook experience to date. This service testifies how Globe is transforming itself beyond just an access carrier.

Globe is striving to be a leading digital brand catering to the needs of digital Filipinos who need to be connected to their social circles around the world,” said Peter Bithos, Senior Advisor for Consumer Business at Globe.

To use Free Facebook, subscribers can dial *143# and select FREE FB or text FREEFB to 8888 to download more information or access Free Facebook. Subscribers may also go to m.facebook.com/ free on the phone’s web browser or open the Facebook mobile app while on the Globe network to access Free Facebook.

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Get Ready, Be Safe, Make an e-Balde The plastic pail or “balde” is a constant fixture in every Filipino household. But apart from its usual use as a container of liquids, the balde can also be handy during disasters, particularly during floods.

You can put in the pail a collection of basic items that you and your household may need in the event of a calamity. Use one that has cover to prevent the contents from getting wet. These basic items will help you and your family members survive in cases of disasters and help or rescue is not immediately available. It would be best if each able-bodied member of the family has his or her own emergency kit.

Since the Philippines is most vulnerable to disasters, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is making it an advocacy to promote the culture of preparedness in each individual. Through its value brand, Talk ‘N Text, Smart has been mak ing the rounds in high-risk communities for its disaster preparedness caravan dubbed Pamilyang Ready, Pamilyang Panalo.The caravan, which is targeted to the households features, among ot hers, practical tips on how to survive during calamities like having your own e-balde.

So what can you put in an emergency balde or e-balde?

We have assembled one to guide you.

1. Water. You don’t know how long you’ll be stranded on the roof so bring along a liter of drinking water in PET bottle, make sure it fits on your e-balde

just fine.

2. Food. Bring with you crackers or trail mix, which are lightweight and easy to store. Do not bring food that needs cooking or those that are easily perishable.

3. M e d i c i n e s a n d first aid kit. Prepare an emergency first aid kit that has two or three of medicines for normal ailments such as LBM, stomachache or headache, muscle pains or cough and colds; alcohol, cotton, antiseptic, band-aid, gauze and bandages. For those taking maintenance drugs, it is wise to have a week’s worth of supply in your kit. Check for dates of expiry.

4. Cellphone k it. It never hurts to have an extra mobile phone for use during emergencies esp. when your cellphone is already low-batt.

Make sure the battery is fully charged, has a spare battery and has load. Put the phone and batteries in a waterproof pouch.

5. Transistor radio. We know that listening to the radio seems from a bygone era. But when you’re stranded on the roof and there’s no I nter net con nec t ion, a battery-operated or crank radio would really be helpful in monitoring the latest weather updates or even announcement of rescue operations in your area.

6. F l a s h l i g h t a n d lighter. It would help to have a lightweight flashlight or lighter with you to signal rescuers particularly at night.

7. Spare batteries. Make sure your flashlight and radio uses the same size of batteries so you only need one set of spares.

8. I m p o r t a n t documents. Place important documents in a waterproof pouch. It w i l l save you t he t rou ble of ge t t i ng replacements afterwards.

9. E m e r g e n c y Information Card. It should contain the numbers of all fa mi ly members a nd of government agencies and other institutions that can help during disasters. It must also include the blood type, allergies and illnesses of each family member.

This information would be helpful in cases when medical intervention is needed.

10. Compact mirror. It’s not for the usual grooming reasons but more like to signal and alert choppers or others who are a distance from where you are of your presence.

11. Extra shirt. When you’re all wet and cold and it stops raining, hav ing something dry to change into would be very nice. Choose one that is bright-colored.

This will make you easy to spot for rescues.

12. L i f e s a v e r o r salbabida. This will be very useful if you’re submerged in flood waters and need to go someplace safer. Inflate the salbabida, put the e-balde inside and then hold on to the flotation device.

13. Money. You never know when some extra cash would come in handy.

You can put other things you think is necessary but remember to keep it to the basics. Do try to assemble your kit well in advance.

You may have to evacuate at a moment’s notice and can only take essentials with you. You will probably not have time to search for the supplies you need or shop for them.

T he sa fet y of each community begins at home.

So be prepared dahil ang Pamilyang Ready, Pamilyang Panalo!

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Bangon SugBohol raises P2.1M for quake victims CEBU CIT Y -- Ba ngon SugBohol, the civic movement aimed at helping Cebu and Bohol rise from the rubble of the October 15 7.2 magnitude earthquake, raised P2.1 million cash over two weeks after the aid initiative was launched online and mounted two benefit concerts in Cebu City.

The civic movement has sent relief goods to survivors in Bohol.

But efforts will now shift to rehabilitating areas heavily damaged by the temblor and rebuilding lives of families affected, the movement’s convenors said.

The amount was pooled f rom c or p or ate , g roup and individual donations that were entrusted to the movement, led by the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI).

Gawad Kalinga Foundation nationa l execut ive d i rec tor Lu is Oquinena said GK will start building 30 to 50 “transition houses” for survivors by next week.

He said GK can fund 100 houses and targets building 1,000 houses.

From the P2.1 million fund of #Bangon SugBohol, a donor specified that P55,000 was for GK Foundation.

Oquinena said they still have to decide where to build the houses.

E ac h u n it w i l l c o s t P60,000 and will be made of concrete and indigenous materials.

“It will be a 20 square meters to 25 square meters house with concrete flooring and concrete walls up to the waist. From the waist up, we could use amacan or bamboo.

Roofing can be a nipa or corrugated G.I. (galvanized iron) sheets,” he said.

But he said they will start building once given a safety clearance from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

He said GK is open to accept ing help in cash, materials or volunteer labor.

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DOST holds public consultation on PHL Standard Time in Pagadian PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Tuesday conducted a public consultation to finalize the implementing rules and regulation (IRR) of Republic Act 10535 otherwise known as the Philippine Standard Time (PhST) Act. The public consultation, done in partnership with the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), is the third and last public assembly required to finalize the IRR of R.A. 10535.

R.A. 105356 was signed into law by President Benigno Simeon Aquino III on May 15, 2013.

It mandates all national and local government offices to display PhST on their official time devices, including but not limited to their respective bundy clocks, displayed clocks, chronometer, quartz clocks DOST/PAGE 23

Cebu officials brace for superstorm Yolanda

Super Typhoon Yolanda’s monitored track.

CEBU CITY -- Government officials in Cebu ordered their respective Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (LDRR MC) on Wednesday to prepare for superstorm “Yolanda” which weather forecasters project could be as strong as typhoon “Ruping” that hit Cebu in 1990.

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he has instructed the city’s LDRRMC to stand by a nd prepa re for t he typhoon.

He also instructed the Department of Engineering and Public Works to prepare all the heavy equipment, so these can be fielded right away in case of landslides.

Rama asked the public to be vigilant and immediately evacuate to higher and safer ground once it starts to flood.

T he O f f ic e of Civ i l Defense (OCD) 7 also called on everyone to prepare for t y phoon “Yolanda” and

advised people living in areas at high risk of landslides or flooding to evacuate.

“We encourage village chiefs and rescue officers to aim for zero casualty. We should be proactive rather than rescue,” Flor Gaviola of OCD 7 said.

T he OCD u rged t he local disaster management councils to activate their operation centers and ensure their services can be sustained in evacuation centers.

“They also have to identify alternate evacuation centers in case their first plan would not push through,” Gaviola said.

The ty phoon, k nown internationally as “Haiyan,” is on track to make landfall in Eastern or Central Visayas late Thursday night or early Friday.

Eng r. Osc a r Tabad a of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services

Administration (Pagasa)Mactan station said “Yolanda” could bring 20 to 50 millimeters of rain per hour.

Tabada said the typhoon could bring rain from as far north as Baguio City in Northern Luzon to Cagayan de Oro City in Mindanao.

He said there was a slight chance it might weaken upon landfall, but that it would be best to prepare.

Its winds were estimated at 158 kilometers per hour (kph), although the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center said the typhoon could bring up to 222-kph winds.

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged the faithful to offer prayers and contribute in preventing further damage.

Palma said cleaning canals and streams can help prevent flooding.

“We can do a lot of things in the context of being good citizens,” he added. (PNA)

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NGCP... from page 14

operator said it has also made sure the reliability o f i t s c o m mu n i c a t i o n equipment, the availability of hardware materials and supplies needed for repair of damaged facilities and the strategic positioning of line crews.

“NG C P ’s I nt e g r at e d Disaster Ac t ion Pla n (IDAP) prescribes these and other procedures to ensure the readiness of all power transmission facilities expected to be affected by the passage of the weather disturbance,” it said.

“NGCP’s Overall Disaster Command Center monitors a l l power restorat ion ac t iv it ies , repor ts, a nd updates from the Regional Command Centers in North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, whichever is directly affected by the weather disturbance,” it added.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) earlier reported that the cyclone entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) within the f irst hour of Thursday through East of Hinatuan, Surigao Del Sur. It forecasts the cyclone to move West Northwest at 30kph with a maximum sustained wind of 215kph and gustiness of 250kph.

As of 8 a.m., the weather bureau said the eye of the typhoon was located at 712 km East of Hinatuan.

In its advisory issued as of 10 a.m., PAGASA said moderate to heav y with occasional intense rains is expected to continue for the next three hours in Misamis Oriental, Surigao Del Norte, Surigao Del Sur, Agusan Del Norte, Agusan Del Sur, Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley, Davao Del Norte, Bukidnon, North Cotabato, and Camiguin.

On the other hand, light to moderate with occasional heavy rains are expected for the next three hours in Lanao Del Norte, Lanao Del Sur, Zamboanga Peninsula, Sulu, Maguindanao, Davao Del Sur, and Misamis Occidental.

(PNA)

DTI...

from page 14

PAGASA, the country’s weather bureau, said wind strength of Yolanda has exceeded 185 kilometers per hour and the agency may be expected to raise its warning up to Signal No. 4.

As of 5:00 a.m. Thursday, PAGASA declared Signal No. 2 in the areas of Eastern Samar, Samar, Southern Leyte, Surigao Del Norte, Siargao Isla nd, Dinagat Island, and the northern part of Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Norte.

Signal No. 1 was also raised in Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Ticao Island, Burias Island, Masbate, Romblon, Ma r i nduque, Southern Quezon, Aklan,

C api z , I loi lo, A nt ique , Guimaras, Negros Occidental and Oriental, Cebu, Camotes Island, Bohol, Siquijor, Leyte, Biliran Island, Northern Samar, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, the rest of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur. (PNA)

Mining... from page 14

is set to have a forma l com mercia l produc t ion by 2 017 fol low i n g t he compl ia nc e of it s prerequisite a nd necessa r y permits.

The turn-over of the check was held at the Marco Polo Hotel Wednesday night led by Jim Moore, SAGCL vice president for technical operations; a nd SAGCL cou nt r y d i rec tor Clyde Gillespie and was received

by Danilo Sugpatan, the council tribal chieftain.

Gi l le s pie s a id more than properly obser ving responsible mining, they are also looking into the welfare of the indigenous peoples living in the mining area.

For his part, Sugpatan was very happy of the donation and that it will give a big impact on their community and livelihood. (PNA)

Tie...

from page 15

a more exciting variety of experiences. Our consumers can definitely look forward to many new innovations from Coca-Cola and Slurpee,” he said.

The pa r t nership is ex pected to bring in additional revenues to the two firms as it expands the Coca-Cola brand to include frozen drinks.

“The Slurpee partnership with 7-Eleven has expanded the portfolio of Coca-Cola to include frozen beverages.

This enables Coca-Cola to share happiness with even more Filipinos through this new channel,” said CocaCola Philippines president Guillermo Aponte.

T he t wo f i r m s a l s o launched Slurpee Bring Your Own Cup Day on Thursday, which allows customers to purchase a Slurpee for P29 using “the craziest cups they can get their hands on.”

Samsung... from page 15

Shin said Samsung’s tablet sales will exceed 40 million units this year, more than double sales in 2012.

Resea rch g roup IDC estimates that Samsung sold 16.6 million tablets in 2012, lagging far behind Apple Inc. which sold 65.7 million iPads.

Apple had more than half of the global tablet market but its dominance has eroded as Samsung boosted sales with cheaper Galaxy Tab computers that offer many different screen sizes.

Benefits... from page 16

Even the Biotech students of UPLB expressed support and are willing to conduct campus forums and other

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information-dissemination campaign to help spread the benefits of “BT Talong”.

“Good and benef icial projects like this that will be good for our farmers must be pushed and defended and we therefore seek the understanding of the Court of Appeals to reconsider their decision to take a look on this and heed our call,” said Jayvee Rosal, Bio Tech student from UPLB. Proponents of “BT Ta long ” s a id t he y w i l l exhaust all possible options to reverse the earlier Court of Appeals (CA) decision stopping its field trial in any parts of the country.

Last May 24, the Court of Appeals issued a ruling granting favor to the Writ of Kalikasan (nature) call in stopping the field trials of “BT Talong.”

In its decision, the CA ordered t he respondent to “p e r m a ne nt l y c e a s e and decease from further conducting BT Talong field trials.

According to the o p p o n e n t o r Wr i t o f Ka likasan groups, t here are f laws and lapses in the current regulatory process for genetically modif ied organisms (GMOs) such as “BT Talong” which they claim exposes the country’s environment and health to u n k now n long-ter m consequences.

Eggplant is one of the top five important vegetables being grown in the country that generates income for the farmers like onion, garlic, cabbage and tomato.

To p 1 0 e g g p l a n t producing prov inces include Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Cebu, Isabela, Iloilo, Quezon, Tarlac, Batangas, Cagayan and Camarines Sur. (PNA)

Maybank... from page 17

if not better, returns by investing in operations in Singapore, Indonesia or the Philippines.

“We may or may not meet the target of 40% by 2015.

That will be the scorecard at the time according to our shareholders... if there is nothing that makes sense, we are not going to do it,” he said referring to the purchase of assets.

Instead of buy ing a c om merc ia l ba n k i ng operat ion i n T ha i la nd , Maybank could just open up a branch to add to its already established brokerage business, Mr. Abdul Farid said.

I n I ndonesia , where Maybank is being told by regulators to sell down its stake in Jakarta-listed Bank Internasional Indonesia to 80%, Mr. Abdul Farid said the stake has been reduced to 90% from 97%.

Depending on t he market we will try to meet the regulatory authorities’ requirement as soon as possible,” he said.

Separately, the outlook for the initial public offering market in Malaysia next year looks healthy with a solid pipeline, but overall volumes are unlikely to change from 2013.

FOCUSING ON GAPS Mr. Abdul Farid was previously Maybank’s head of global wholesale banking, as well as being deput y president.

Since the last strategic plan was drawn up in 2010, Mr. Abdul Farid admitted the bank, Southeast Asia’s fourth largest in terms of assets, left too many product areas uncovered.

“We do fixed-income sales and trading. We do investment in some of the government paper and corporate paper.

But historically, we have not done a lot of derivatives investments for clients,” he said.

“Simple interest rate swaps, simple cross-currency swaps, these were left on the table.”

Other gaps in service he is looking to close include better serving investment banking clients in Singapore and Indonesia as well as ensuring consumer banking units in each country Maybank operates share experiences to see what can work regionally.

“So there are a lot of things over the last two to two-anda-half years that we could have done better,” Mr. Abdul Farid said before highlighting the growth of derivatives products in Singapore.

“These are the product capabi lit ies we need to make sure we don’t leave too much on the table anymore.”

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Kathryn Bernardo gears up for MMFF ‘Pagpag’ K a t h r y n B e r n a rd o i s gearing up for her Metro Manila Film Festival entry with Daniel Padilla titled Pagpag. In an exclusive interview with Push.com. ph, Kathryn relayed that a lot of exciting things a re i n s tore for t hei r fans since it’s the f irst time that their love team w i l l head line a horror film. “First time naming magsama ni DJ (Daniel) sa isang horror film and of course sa MMFF at ano siya eh hindi lang po siya horror, marami din siyang love stories, so all in one

na siya. It’s very exciting at ‘yun ‘yung aabangan nila,” she said.

Though she feels pressured knowing that they are going to compete against other major films in the festival, Kath said that she feels more honored to be part of it. “Oo naman po [may pressure], since yearly siya at before sa Sisterakas kami for Vice (Ganda) and Ms. Ai-Ai (de la s A la s) a nd Ms .

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Yolanda... from page 13

Thursday toward the central Philippines, the AccuWeather bureau said.

Its wind strength makes it equivalent to a category 5 hurricane.

Authorities in the region had moved more than 2,500 people to evacuation centers by early yesterday, the official Philippines News Agency reported.

Most of those relocated live in Tacloban City, which sits on the coast of the island of Leyte and has a population of more than 200,000.

In Mindanao, obviously learning lessons from the disasters wrought by typhoon Sendong in 2011 and super t y phoon Pablo in 2012, local government units in Mindanao, particularly in Northern Mindanao, the Caraga and Davao regions, are quicker now in preparing for typhoons such as Yolanda.

When super ty phoon Pablo made la nd fa l l i n Baganga, Davao Oriental at 4 a.m. December 4, 2012, it packed maximum sustained winds of 175 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 210 kph, moving at 26 kph, according to PAGASA records.

As of late a f ternoon yesterday, public storm warning signa ls have been raised over seven of Mindanao’s 26 provinces – Signal 1 over Dinagat Islands province and Siargao Isla nd (pa r t of Surigao del Norte); Signal 2 over Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte and Camiguin; and Signal 1 over Misamis Oriental and Agusan del Sur. Classes have been suspended in Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental towns, in the Agusan and Surigao provinces and in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. The last two were t he worst hit prov inces when Pablo made landfall in Baganga, Davao Oriental, early morning of December 4, 2012.

In Compostela Valley, Governor Ar turo Uy told MindaNews that the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRR MC) and the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (MDRRMCs) have been activated, rescuers as well as heav y equipment and dump trucks are on standby, and a stockpile of food prepared.

Uy s a id sm a l l-s c a le mining operations have been ordered suspended.

He urged residents to remain vigilant as heav y rains are expected and may lead to floods or landslides.

Preemptive evacuation In New Bataan, which posted the highest death toll of about 400 out of 1,000 dead nationwide from Pablo’s w rat h last year, Marlon Esperanza, the municipal information officer, told MindaNews they convened on Wednesday afternoon the Municipal Disaster Risk

Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) which then urged all barangay DRRMCSs to “activate and initiate preparedness in their respective barangays” such as enforcing preemptive evacuation of families in high-risk areas especially near the river bank.

“Rescue tea ms a nd volunteers are now on stand by at the command post,” said Esperanza.

I n D a v a o O r i e nt a l , Governor Corazon Malanyaon said meetings have been conducted in preparation for Yolanda.

Super typhoon Pablo made landfall in Baganga town early morning of December 4, 2012.

In Misamis Oriental, as of 9 a.m. Thursday, 772 families or 4,305 persons from the towns of Medina, Libertad, Opol, Alubjid, Claveria, Jasaan, Villanueva, Tagoloan, Lagonglong and Binuangan, have been moved to safer grounds as officials implemented preemptive evacuation in f lood-prone and landslide-prone areas.

In Iligan City, the disaster response teams are also ready for any eventuality. Iligan and Cagayan de Oro cities were the worst hit when typhoon Sendong hit these areas on December 16-17, 2011.

In Surigao City, travel by sea has been prohibited since Wednesday and the bancas docked along the boulevard have been moved to a safer place.

I n But u a n, cit y a nd prov i ncia l of f icia ls a re preparing for worst-case scenarios as the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) a nd t he Of f ice of Civ i l Defense (OCD) there said the possibility that Yolanda may hit landfall in the region comprising the two Agusans and two Surigaos, should not be ruled out (see other story).

F l ig ht s to a nd f rom Butuan and Surigao have been cancelled.

In Bu k idnon, classes have also been suspended in the first district, even as no storm warning signal has been raised over Bukidnon.

Governor Jose Ma. Zubiri ordered t he suspension of classes as of 10 a.m. in anticipation of heavy rains, said Hansel Echavez, chief of the Provincial Public Affairs, Information and Assistance (PAIA) office.

Lessons from Sendong, Pablo Cagayan de Oro posted “zero casualty” when typhoon Pablo struck last year as preemptive measures were carried out. In 2011, of the 1,268 killed in Visayas and Mindanao, Cagayan de Oro posted the highest at 734.

C ompostela Va l le y ’s Governor Uy admitted in a media forum in Tagum City on Januar y 17 that Pablo taught them so many lessons so they allocated P2 million “to capacitate (our people) through trainings, equipment” to improve their disaster preparedness. Raul

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Villocino of the PDRRMC said last year’s budget for trainings was only P950,000.

“We learned so many lessons,” Uy told the Kapihan sa ComVa l, as he noted that it was the first time the province experienced a typhoon.

He sa id t hey “ d id prepare” for the typhoon, put in place an evacuation program, but “we came up short admittedly.”

The governor acknowledged the need to assess and evaluate their d isaster prepa red ness “dahil napakarami palang kakulangan. Medyo ka lat tayo” (because we a r e i n a d e q u a t e . We ’r e disorganized). (Carolyn O. Arguillas, Froilan Gallardo, Erwin Mascarinas, Walter Balane and Violeta M. Gloria / MindaNews)

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will be located in Pototan and Barotac Nuevo, both in Iloilo, and in San Jose de Buenavista in Antique.

One Network Bank is also renovating the six branches it acquired through its merger with Rural Bank of San Enrique, based in Iloilo.

In an earlier interview, One Network Bank President Alex V. Buenaventura said the three new branches comprise the first batch out of the 10 the bank plans to set up over the next two years. Two more will be located in Panay while the rest of the new branches will be in Mindanao.

He said about P7 million would be invested with every new branch and that the bank generally owns the land where the buildings are located.

The entry of One Network Bank into the Panay market, Mr. Buenaventura said, will allow customers to experience the services only commercial banks provide, like checkclearing and remittance operations. The bank’s 142 automated teller machines are linked under Bancnet, which has about 40 bank members.

This developed as One Network Bank -- the country’s largest rural bank -- announced it recorded a net income after tax of P575 million as of the third quarter, breaching its fullyear profits of P478 million in 2012.

The bank attributed its performance to aggressive ex pa nsion, “ma k i ng its affordable deposit and loan products available to more unserved and underserved sectors,” it said on Monday.

One Network Bank has about 680,000 depositors in its 97 branches nationwide.

Its deposits ballooned to P17 billion as of September, 22% higher than the year-ago level.

Energy...

from page 13 Power Industry Management Bureau, said that with the matter settled, “commercial operations of the IMEM will push through on Nov. 26.”

The object ive, she

explained, is to allow all available capacities to be offered in the market at a certain price.

“We ex pec t t hat t he distribution utilities (DUs) in Mindanao will utilize the IMEM so that we can address the power supply problems.

These DUs will source the shortfa ll of t heir power needs from the market,” Ms. Capongcol said.

“So once the DUs already have enough supply for their customers, there will no longer be rotating brownouts in Mindanao.”

Ms. Capongcol stressed that “the cost of electricity that will be offered will not go beyond the price cap. We hope it will even be lower.”

The joint resolution said the DoE, ERC and PEMC would review the cap “three months from the start of the full commercial operations of the IMEM and as may be often as necessary to determine whether an adjustment is necessary under prevailing circumstances.”

PEMC President Melinda L . O c a mp o s e p a r a t e l y confirmed that the offer cap’s approval “paves the way for the full commercial op e r at ion s of I M E M .”

Commercial operations, she noted yesterday, “will mark the start of the trading of electricity in the market.”

Initial IMEM operations la st S ept . 26 a i med to familiarize participants with the daily trading operations.

The plat form, seen luring power generators t hat prev iously ref used to s el l e xc e s s c apac it y because payments were not guaranteed, is expected to provide for an additional 200 megawatts of power.

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About 67,400 houses were destroyed or heavily damaged by the earthquake.

“We want to build one house per family,” he said.

CCCI president Lito Maderazo said the movement will partner with GK in t his second phase of rehabilitation.

He said convenors will meet soon to decide on where to prioritize the rest of the cash aid.

He said the expertise of business chambers is to assist in livelihood and restoring economic activity.

The movement has over 30 organizations as members.

(PNA)

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Globe Telecom and HERO Foundation: Using ICT to reach out to families of fallen soldiers

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lobe Telecom was chosen by HERO Foundation to be its official telecommunications partner in reaching out to dependents of Filipino soldiers killed or permanently incapacitated due to enemy action or during their participation in disaster and relief programs.

Through Globe Corporate Social Responsibility and G-Xchange, Inc., the company supports HERO Foundation by providing two mobile postpaid plans to the organization and a Text Connect Facility that allows the sending of text blasts for HERO events.

SIM cards with discounted call and text rates, mobile phones, and Globe GCash Powerpay ATM subsidy will also be given to all the 721 HERO scholars for cheaper disbursement of funds, more cash out options, and easier monitoring and evaluation.

In addition, Globe has opened a GCash Wallet for HERO Foundation. Globe subscribers interested in providing educational assistance to HERO scholars can simply use the text messaging feature of their mobile phones and type DONATE<space><AMOUNT><space><4-DIGIT MPIN><space>HERO and send to 2882. Moving forward, Globe subscribers may also send donations to HERO Foundation via *143#, GCash Mobile App and GCash Online.

“Globe has been a corporate donor of HERO Foundation for three years now and has already donated a total of P3M in cash. But we want to do more. We want to help them achieve equitable and responsive delivery of services to those in disadvantaged communities through sustainable and relevant technology solutions,” said Fernando

Globe Telecom President and CEO Ernest Cu (center) together with the scholars of HERO Foundation during the 25th anniversary of the organization. Together with him are HERO Foundation officials, namely (from L-R): Tony Aquino, President; Michelle Chan, Director for Marketing and Resource Mobilization; and Retired Major Gen. Renato Garcia, Executive Director for Operations

Esguerra, OIC, Globe CSR. At present, HERO Foundation provides stipends amounting from P5,000 to P25,000 for elementary, high school, college, and technical-vocational courses per scholar per year divided into two payments to cover miscellaneous expenses of the students such as books, uniforms, school supplies, among others.

Currently, the scholars receive the stipends either

through money remittance companies or bank deposits.

With the GCash Powerpay+ card, withdrawing the amount becomes easier and convenient since they can do it at any of the thousands of ATM machines scattered nationwide.

GXI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globe which operates GCASH, will subsidize the P50 enrolment fee per card.