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Medical tie-up OZAMIZ City -- The tie-up between St. Luke’s Medical Center (MC) based in Manila and Misamis University Medical Center (MUMC), here, is seen to benefit not only the Misamisnons, but the nearby areas, as well.

This means that patients from Misamis Occidental and the neighboring provinces need not go to Manila or Cebu for professional medical consultations/help, thereby, saving their time and effort and reducing their expenses for their health care.

This advantage was pointed out by Dr. Karen Belina FelicianoDe Leon, MUMC medical director, who signed the memorandum of agreement for MUMC to put up a Corporate Office for St. Luke’s MC, a leading Health Care Provider in Manila.

Child protection MEMBERS of the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (RLECC) in region 10 have unanimously approved a resolution on the protection of children or minors in northern Mindanao.

The resolution adopted on October 15, 2014 stipulates that all business establishments, more particularly but not necessarily limited to those engaged in the accommodation such as hotels, resorts, inns, motels, pension houses, apartelles, lodging houses, homestay, or other similar establishments such as restaurants, shopping malls, transport (air, land, and sea), travel and tours, health and wellness (spa/sauna/massage parlors), and entertainment facilities shall be required to monitor, record, and report to a monitoring body and/or law enforcement agency, which shall be created and/or tasked for such purpose, the movement of foreign or domestic (local) national within their areas of business located within the region who shall bring with them as companion children or minor/s not related within the 4th degree of consanguinity or affinity.

Following the provisions of Republic Act 7610 otherwise known as the “Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act,” the resolution seeks to foster the welfare of the youth and ensures the prevention of the youngster’s exploitation and abuse.

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Bimp-Eaga seeks funds for agri-business plan

By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO, Correspondent

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HE agribusiness cluster of the BruneiIndonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Growth Area (Bimp-Eaga) is now seeking funding from various financial institutions for the feasibility study and implementation of a food and agribusiness corridor in the sub-region.

Oscar O. Parawan, cluster head for the Philippines, said the plan is to make the sub-region a major food producing area for local trading and export.

He ad d e d, howe ve r, that enhanced cargo transportation links will first have to be established within the area for this plan funds/PAGE 7

CONCERN ON BBL. South Cotabato Gov. Daisy AvanceFuentes airs her concern on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law during the consultation and public hearing in Koronadal City. MindaNews Photo

Rufus to IPs in Bangsamoro:

‘Do not worry, IPRA will be applicable’ (First of a Series)

By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews

U P I , Ma g u i n d a n a o — The chair of the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (AHCBBL) has assured residents of this predominantly Lumad town that what the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) has given them will not be diminished but will instead be enhanced in the future Bangsamoro.

“It will be IPRA plus plus plus,” Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, chair of the 75-member AHCBBL told a crowd of about 400 at the Upi School Gym during the public hearing on October 22, the

first out of town hearing on what is now House Bill 4994.

“Do not worry. IPRA will be applicable (in the Bangsamoro). It is applicable now, it is applicable in the future, Rodriguez said, to the delight of IP groups pushing for the specific mention of RA 8371 or IPRA in the BBL. HB 4994 does not specifically mention IPRA but both government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) claim it provides for all the rights guaranteed under IPRA, a national law passed on October 29, 1997 but not implemented in the IP ipra/PAGE 7

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Council conducts IEC drive on cooperative movement

By Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

OROQUIETA City – An intensified information, education and communication (IEC) drive on the cooperative movement has been waged in the city, relative to the celebration of the Cooperative Month, this October.

“The IEC drive actually included various activities lined-up for the whole month, among which was the Coop Educational Contests: Oratorical, Quiz Show, Oration, Extemporaneous Speech, and On-the-Spot

Poster-Making for high school students,” Mark Anthony Artigas, OCDC Officer, said.

Sponsored by the Oroquieta City Development Cooperative Council (CD CC), the monthlong activities focused on the theme: “Kooperatiba: Maaasahan sa Pagsulong ng Kabuhayan at Kapayapaan ng Bayan (Cooperatives: D e p e n d a b l e i n Ma rc h Towards Livelihood and Peace

in the Community).”

Meanwhile, Artigas said the Cooperative Month in the city begun with the Coop Fun Walk, Hataw and Cooplympics at the Boys Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) Ground in Mobod, this city, on October 1 and the educational contests, on October 2.

The other activities also included the following: skills training on Meat Processing,

Types of Learning Styles

By CARMENCITA GARCIA Teacher III Maramag Central Elementary School

The Three Main Types There are three main types of learning styles: auditor y, v isu a l, and kinesthetic. Most people le ar n b est t hroug h a combination of the three types of learning styles, but everybody is different.

Auditor y Learners: Hear Auditory learners would rather listen to things being explained than read about them.

Reciting information out loud and having music in the background may be a common study method.

Other noises may become a distraction resulting in a need for a relatively quiet place.

Visual Learners: See Visual learners learn best by looking at graphics, watching a demonstration, or reading. For them, it’s easy to look at charts and graphs, but they may have difficulty focusing while listening to an explanation.

Kinesthetic Learners: Touch Kinesthetic learners process information best through a “hands-on” e x p e r i e n c e . Ac t u a l l y doing an activity can be the easiest way for them to learn. Sitting still while studying may be difficult, but writing things down makes it easier to understand.

October 8, and Coop Advocacy Forum, October 9.

Diskwento Caravan with the Public Employment Services Office (PESO), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), as well, as Coop Products Display and participation in the Inug-og Trade Fair, October 11-16.

Free massage at the City Plaza conducted by the Oro Golden Hands, 6:30 p.m.9:00 p.m., October 16 and Coop Handog Tsinelas, at sitio Kanowanan, Toliyok, Oroquieta City, October 24.

Mass, motorcade/parade, Search for Miss Coop 2014, “Ko-op” Got Talent, parlor games and indoor raffle draw, October 28 and jobs and livelihood fair, October 30-31.

MisOr grants ‘pilit bonus’ for Halloween MISAMIS Oriental -- The employees of the Provincial Government of Misamis Oriental will receive P1,500.00 as ‘pilit bonus’ for the celebration of All Saints Day and All Souls Day. T h is af te r gove r nor Yevegeny Vincente B. Emano announces today before the employees during the flagraising ceremony.

Hence, Gov. Emano has ordered Wilma Polley-Rugay, CPA, Provincial Accountant; Marilou Rivera, CPA, OIC-

Treasurer’s Office; Claudita P. Baliton, Budget Officer; and Engr. Bernardino Balo, MISHead that the amount must be released to the employees before the celebration.

The employees we re su r pr i s e d by t he announcement and the capitol ground was field with claps and cheers.

Expressing gratitude to the governor, one of the employees said, “Actually na awestruck ko. Kay gamay grants/PAGE 7

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Going Through Hot Water

hink a minute…“A tea bag isn’t worth much until it’s been through some hot water.” There’s a saying in boxing: “Ever ybody’s got a plan—until they’ve been hit!” Sooner or later, life is going to hit and knock you down. Whether you get back up or not is your choice. Almost all people’s successes are built on their former failures.

A ve r y s u c c e s s f u l m an was asked if he had ever failed. He answered: “Only in life.” The fact is, even after we’ve been knocked down we can still use our past mistakes and failures to build a bridge to our success.

You know that you’re the only one who can kill your dream by quitting.

Remember that just falling in the water is not what drowns you; it’s staying down there that does. Just like kites fly high because the wind pushes against them, so problems that oppose you can actually help you succeed, if you choose to believe and use them that way.

There was a man who was the only survivor from a shipwreck. He drifted to an uninhabited island where he built a hut for his shelter. One evening after he returned from searching

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for food, he found his little hut on fire. Early the next morning he awoke to find a ship that had come in during the night. When the captain came on shore he told the man: “We saw your smoke signal so we came to rescue you.” Everything this man owned and valued in his hut had to be destroyed before he could be saved.

Sometimes our Maker even uses our pain to get our attention, so we can learn our most important lessons for living well and wisely. So why not ask Jesus Christ to take charge and lead you through the hot water you’re in now? He’s the only one who can help you change your pain and problems into peace and pro sp e r it y for you and your family. The choice is yours.

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Interim Succession, In Case of Election Failure

n case of a general failure of national elections, some groups propose that the incumbent Chief Justice of the Supreme Court should act as interim President.

The provisions of the Constitution do not contemplate a situation where there is a general failure of the national elections,” Reps.

Neri Colmenares and Carlos Isagani Zarate of Bayan Muna, noted.

It is true that just like nature, power hates a vacuum, and, as in a natural vacuum, once a power vacuum exists, a host of power-seeking forces will rush in to fill the void.

A proposed legislation “providing for a system of interim succession for the position of President in the event that there is failure of elections for the position of President and Vice-President and the Senate and the House of Representatives have yet to elect their President and Speaker, respectively, and for other purposes,’’ is in order.

The 1987 Constitution provides that when no President or Vice President shall have been chosen or shall have qualified or

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editorial when both shall have died or become permanently disabled, the President of the Senate or, in case of his inability, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall act as President until a President or a Vice President shall have been chosen and qualified.

The lawmakers, however, noted that the said provision does not contemplate a situation where there is a general failure of the national elections, citing possible conditions of massive and national brownouts, or a debilitating and fatal virus attack on or widespread hacking of the automated election system, or a complete breakdown of the automated national elections, there is that realistic possibility that no President, Vice President or member of Congress is elected in the upcoming automated elections.

Even if the Senate is a continuing body, the twelve remaining senators cannot

elect the President of the Senate as they no longer constitute the majority of the members of the Senate thereby creating a vacuum that could lead the country into a major political crisis and disorder is very likely to follow suit.

T h e Ad m i n i s t r at i v e Code cannot be the source of guidance since it does not contemplate a grant of authority to the incumbent President to rule the country in a holdover capacity.

Do you agree to the measure that the Chief Justice, as Interim President, should call for a special election not later than three (3) months for the position of President, Vice President, Senators, and Congressmen after assuming the interim position? The proposal argues that the Incumbent President mayl not qualify to run for re-election in the said special elections.

Likewise, the bill mandates that “Upon election and

qualification of the President, the chief Justice, as Interim President, shall relinquish the Presidency immediately after the President and VicePresident shall have been sworn into office and revert to his former position as chief Justice unless his term have lapsed due to retirement.”

Furthermore, the bill provides: “In the event that the term of the Chief Justice lapsed during his incumbency as Interim President, he shall continue to serve as such until a President and VicePresident shall have been sworn into office.” These could be reasonable.

Under HB 3841, notwithstanding the date of his or her assumption into office, the term of office of the President elected in the special elections “shall be deemed to have started from the end of the term of the preceding President and shall end at noon on the thirtieth day of June, six years thereafter, as provided under Section 4, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution.

Thereafter, he or she shall no longer be eligible to run for re-election.

Warnings to the Corrupt & Abusive Rich

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IFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away…” (Psalm 37:1-2, the Holy Bible).

-ooo SCRIPTURES FOR BUSINESS OWNERS: Perhaps, those who are running businesses and companies, big and small, can learn a thing or two from an Internet posting coming from Melcor Virata of the e-group of the UP D i l i m a n , Q u e z on C it y College of Law Sigma Rho Fraternity, which is aptly entitled: “Scriptures for Business Owners”.

Here are some of them, with the Biblical verses highlighted for emphasis: “Leviticus 19:13: You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.

“Deuteronomy 25:13-15: You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. You shall have a full and just weight; you

shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

“Job 31:13-14: If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves when t he y f i l e d a c ompl ai nt ag ai nst me, w hat t he n could I do when God arises?

And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him? -ooo WEALTH OBTAINED

BY FRAUD DWINDLES: “Psalm 112:5: It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice; Proverbs 10:4: Poor is he who works with a negligent hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich; Proverbs 11:1: A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.

“Proverbs 13:4: The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the soul of the diligent is made fat; Proverbs 13:11: Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, but the one who gathers by labor increases it; Proverbs 16:8: Better is a little with righteousness than great i nc ome w it h i nju st i c e ; Proverbs 22:16: He who

oppresses the poor to make more for himself or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

“Jeremiah 22:13: Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, who uses his neighbor’s services without pay and does not give him his wages.

“Malachi 3:5: Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swif t witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me, says the Lord of hosts….”

-ooo WARNING TO THE ABUSIVE RICH: And here is a warning from the Bible about rich people who use their wealth to commit abuses: James 5: 1-3: “Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like

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PAL mounting more Japan flights from Cebu

PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) is set to fly to Osaka and Nagoya from Cebu

by December.

The Lucio Tan-owned flag carrier said its four weekly flights (Mondays/ Thursdays/ Fridays/ Sundays) between Cebu and Osaka will start on December 19.

The next day, PAL will begin operating three weekly flights (Tuesdays/ Wednesdays/ Sundays) between Cebu and Nagoya on PR 480.

The new routes to be launched in December will bring to 67 the total number of PAL flights to Japan per week.

At present, PAL operates 11 weekly flights from Manila to Haneda (Tokyo), 14 weekly flights to Narita (Tokyo), seven weekly flights each to Nagoya,

Osaka (Kansai), and Fukuoka. From Cebu, there are 14 weekly flights to Narita (Tokyo).

“The launch of the new air service is the flag carrier’s response to strong public clamor for new routes to Japan, considered the third biggest source of visitor arrivals to the country,” PAL said.

Data from the Department of Tourism show that at end-August, arrivals from Japan reached 310,901, an increase of 5.95 percent from the 293,445 tallied during the same period the year before.

The new routes will commence nine months after the carrier launched flights to Haneda, PAL’s fifth gateway to Japan after Narita, Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya.

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Jollibee eyes top 10 spot as world’s best fast-food chain NOT only that Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), the country’s largest fast-food chain in the Philippines, is planning to secure the spot of the Asia’s largest quick service restaurant (QSR), but it is also eyeing a rank in the 10 best QSRs in the world.

JFC chief financial officer Ysmael Baysa said the company is hoping to be included in the top 10 best QSR in the world.

“To be able to do this, we must first start generating 50 percent of our sales outside the Philippines and be a world-class organization,” Baysa said during the JETRO International Symposium on Service Industry held in Makati on Friday.

To date, the international operations of JFC only accounts for more than 20 percent of its overall financial performance.

According to QSR Magazine, McDonald’s remained to be the top fast-food chain globally with more than 37 thousand stores in the world, followed by KFC, Pizza Hut, Subway, Sbarro, and Wendy’s.

However, the company must be the largest in Asia first before it can finally pursue its dream plan.

“We also want to become Number 1 in Asian quick service restaurant,” Baysa said.

It was already reported before

that JFC wants to claim the spot of Japanese firm Zensho Holdings Co. Ltd. in being the largest restaurant and fast-food company in the region.

Baysa, citing an information gathered by Euromonitor International, said earlier that Zensho has 4,700 restaurants in different parts of the world, mainly through the Sukiya chain. This is higher that JFC’s store network of 2,833. “[We are also] looking to bring Jollibee brand in Japan but we are still studying,” Baysa said.

In an earlier interview, Baysa said the company could either enter a new market or make another acquisition to back up its plan to cement its position in the global market.

In 2015, JFC is planning to expand at a faster rate because it realized that even its 300 store rollout for the Philippines and overseas this year is still not enough to meet strong demand from franchisees.

Aside from expanding its operations in China and the US next year, Baysa said JFC will also open stores in countries in the Middle east.

JFC has yet to set its 2015 capital expenditure but Baysa said this could be higher than the P9.3 billion it allotted for 2014 because of the higher store rollouts. (MBM)

Implications of Learning Styles

By CARMENCITA GARCIA Teacher lll Maramag Central Elementary School

Most people use a combination of the three learning styles, they usually have a clear preference for one. Knowing and understanding the types of learning styles is important for students of any age. It is advantageous for students to understand their type of learning style early on so that homework and learning may b ecome easier and less stressful in the future. Although it may be tempting to stick with what works, it’s important to practice and train the other types of learning styles early on so that, as he grows, the child can utilize the other types just as effectively.

A Renaissance Child ,a well-balanced and an

intelligent child is able to develop all three types of learning styles. Just because a child has a dominant learning style doesn’t mean that the other types can’t be improved.

Having just one dominant learning style, and relying on that style only, can debilitate a child’s true potential. There are many different ways to train the different types of learning styles, but it ultimately comes down to training the cognitive skills. Cognitive skills are the foundational building blocks of each learning style. Without properly trained cognitive skills, a child isn’t able to use or take advantage of the other learning styles effectively.

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to successfully take off.

“There has to be a transportation corridor so that aqua and agricultural products can be easily transported,” Mr. Parawan said on the sidelines of the Bimp-Eaga Trade Fair and Business Leaders’ Conference held in the city on Oct. 22-26.

Based on the concept paper on the proposal, Bimp-Eaga intends to create a “major impact in achieving long-term food security in the sub-region and the promotion of exportable agro-based and fisheries products” through the corridor plan.

Mr. Parawan also pointed out that among the four member countries, the Philippines needs the most improvement in terms of transportation links.

MINDANAO AND PALAWAN The same concern over transportation links was aired by tourism leaders of the sub-grouping during a parallel meeting, which happened in Zamboanga City last week.

Datu Ik Pahon Anak Joyik, head of the Ministry of Tourism Sarawak and chair of the Bimp-Eaga Joint Tourism Development Cluster, said transportation connectivity within the sub-region remains weak.

This is especially so in the case of routes to Mindanao and Palawan, the two focus areas for the Philippines.

“One of the concerns discussed during the meeting was how to facilitate and provide a more conducive environment for crossborder travel within the region to promote tourism,” Mr. Joyik said.

The potential of Bimp-Eaga, formally launched in 1994, “can be optimized only if the necessary enabling conditions are created,” said the cluster head for the Philippines Mr. Parawan.

For the Philippines, among the commodities that the country is prioritizing under the proposed food and agribusiness corridor plan within the area include crops like coconut, rubber, tropical fruits like pineapple, banana, mango, papaya, the main staple rice and its derivatives, and fish and fishery products, including sardines, tuna, high-value aquaculture, and seaweeds.

PAST ATTEMPTS The concept of a common initiative for product development

in the sub-region is not new, but such efforts to establish these links in the past failed to take off due to uncoordinated policies among countries, logistical hurdles, and other external factors.

In the early 2000s, business leaders of the four countries proposed the establishment of a common poultry industry, with the Philippines as the growth center, Indonesia the provider of feeds, Malaysia as the processing area, and Brunei for the certification of products under the halal standards of the Islamic market.

The proposal eventually fizzled out after Philippine agriculture officials contended that feeds and other farm inputs from other countries affected by the then prevailing bird-flu virus could endanger the industry in the Philippines, which managed to remain bird flu-free Philippine industry.

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areas under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the core territory of the proposed Bangsamoro government.

The proposed BBL “recognizes, promotes and protects the rights” of the IPS to: their native titles and/or fusaka inged, indigenous customs and traditions, justice systems and indigenous political structures; an equitable share in revenues from the utilization of resources in their ancestral lands; free and prior informed consent; political participation in the Bangsamoro Government including reserved seats for the Indigenous Peoples in the Bangsamoro Parliament; basic services; freedom of choice as to their identity.

Representation It also provides that non-Moro IPs within the Bangsamoro territory are guaranteed representation in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the new autonomous political entity that will adopt a parliamentary system of government.

In the executive branch, the IPs will have a seat in the Cabinet representing the Office or Ministry for Indigenous Peoples and a seat in the Bangsamoro Council of Elders that would advise the Chief Minister on matters of governance; in the legislative, the IPs are

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF File No. 2014-232

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended

by Act No. 4118 filed by PAG-IBIG FUND with branch Office at Pagibig Fund Bldg., J.R. Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City against TESSIE B. ADAJAR married to SEGUNDO B. ADAJAR, with postal address at 190 Gumamela St., Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 14, 2014 amounts to THREE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY FOUR & 43/100 PESOS (P 329,5 94.43), inclusive of interest, and penalty charges, the undersigned will sell at public auction on November 26, 2014,at 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. at the Regional Trial Court, Office of the Clerk of Court, Hall of Justice, Hayes-Mortola Streets, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for cash or manager check and in Philippine Currency, the following property described below including all existing improvements found thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO.T- 162855 A PARCEL OF LAND Lot 29, Block 8, Pcs-10-002718 being a portion of Lots 29-FF, 29-GG,29-HH, 29-II, 29-JJ, 29-KK, 29-LL, 29-MM, 29-NN, 29-00, 29-PP, 29-QQ, 29-RR, 29-SS, 29-TT, 29UU, 29-VV, 29-WW & 29-XX all of (LRC) Psd-270920 and Lot 2832-A (LRC) Psd 45561,including all improvements existing thereon situated in the Barrio of Macasandig, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of EIGHTY (80) SQUARE METERS more or less x x x.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above time and place.

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

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

Cagayan de Oro City, October 7, 2014.

(Sgd.) ANTONIO A. CAGULANG, JR.

Sheriff IV BWM: October 15, 22 & 29,2014

guaranteed two reserved seats in the 60-member Parliament, and possible additional seats as district representatives; and in the judiciary, the BBL provides the application of tribal justice for the IPs as well as an Office for Tribal Justice System.

During the transition period that will start upon the ratification of the BBL, the IPs, according to the proposed law, are also guaranteed representation in the 50-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), and the membership in the Council of Elders.

The President will appoint members to the 50-member BTA from nominations sent to his office.

IPs will also be represented in the interim Cabinet, which will be composed of 10 offices including one for “Indigenous Peoples Affairs.”

The proposed BBL was initially drafted by a 15-member Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) composed of eight members nominated by the MILF and seven members nominated by the GPH, including two IP commissioners, both of them Teduray – GPH nominee Froilyn Mendoza, and MILF nominee Timuay Melanio

Ulama.

Mendoza signed the draft BBL submitted to Malacanang on April 22, “with reservations” as some of the issues she fought for, among them the recognition of IPRA within the BBL and “ancestral domains” instead of just “ancestral domain,” were not included in the draft.

“Proposed alternative provisions” Timuay Santos Magay Unsad of the Timuay Justice and Governance offered at least 16 “proposed alternative provisions” to the BBL which he said was “a product of a series of consultations and discussion conducted by a study group composed of IP leaders and civil society representatives.

Timuay Santos Unsad of the Timuay Justice and Governance.

MindaNews photo by Toto Lozano Timuay Santos Unsad of the Timuay Justice and Governance.

MindaNews photo by Toto Lozano Among these are the insertion of the definition of IPs under Article Section on Bangsamoro Identity, to mean “all indigenous cultural communities/indigenous peoples under Indigenous Peoples Rights Act;” an addition in Article on the Bangsamoro territory that would specifically state that “ancestral

domains of Indigenous Peoples shall be recognized and respected in accordance with the provisions of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act, UNDRIP and other international instruments” and that the law should provide that “Nothing in this basic law shall diminish or undermine any and all rights and benefits already possessed and enjoyed

by Indigenous Peoples under the Constitution, statutes, customary laws, and international law.”

BTC Commissioner Mendoza, co- founder of the Teduray Lambangian Women’s Organization, told the Committee that their identity as IP is “a birthright” and “hindi ito simpleng usapin lamang ng ‘freedom of choice’ that has been agreed and defined by both MILF and government.”

Mendoza also stressed that “ancestral domain” in the BBL should be changed to “ancestral domains” to “recognize that there are ancestral domains in the Bangsamoro belonging to the

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IPs consistent with the context of ancestral domain in the IPRA.” (To be continued)

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nalang ang gakabilin sa akong sweldo, may nalang ning kantidad nga among magamit sa akong pamilya sa pag-palit ug pilit, kandila ug pamasahi padulong sa minteryo.

Salamat gayud Gov.” (Actually I was awestruck. I am receiving a meager net salary. My family can use this to buy glutinous rice and candles. The amount will be used also to defray transport cost in visiting the cemetery) Accordingly, this has been the practice of Gov. Emano since his political career. Aside from the perks that the employees receive every Christmas Season, he sees to it that his employees would have something to spend during Valentine’s Day, Holy Week and All Souls and Saints Days.

EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late Spouses JOSE H. ALOPE and PETRA S. ALOPE, who died on July 4, 1994 and May 13, 1977, respectively; That said deceased left no debts and no will but left a parcel more particularly described as follows; “A PARCEL OF LAND, Lot No. 1220, Cad-529 located at Maputi, Naawan, Misamis Oriental.

With an area of THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY NINE (36,149) square meters, more or less, and covered under Tax Declaration No. 22-0006-00237 registered in the name of the late Petra S. Alope.” is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE under the notary public of Atty.

IKE L. ROA, As per Doc. No. 84;Page No.17;Book No. 04 series of 2014.

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Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region BRANCH 43 Gingoog City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF File No. 2014-265

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. 198

Upon Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135 amended, filed by JEE FINANCE CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under Philippine Laws with principal place of business at M.L. Quezon, National Highway, Pusok, Lapu-lapu City, Cebu, against JAYNIFER R. DEMECILLO, of legal age, widow, Filipino and a resident of Lot 17, Block 30, No. 128 Gemini Street, Villa Ernesto Subdivision, Phase 1, Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 20, 2013 amounts to TWO MILLION THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN PESOS & 62/100 (P 2,003,337.62) Philippine Currency , as mortgagor’s principal indebtedness, inclusive of interest and penalty charges, attorney’s fee equivalent to 15% of the total indebtedness, plus other necessary fees and expenses of Extra-Judicial Foreclosure and Sale, the undersigned Sheriff-in-charge will SELL at Public Auction on November 17, 2014 from 10:00 o’clock in the morning until 4:00 ‘clock in the afternoon, at the Court Room of Regional Trial Court, Branch 39, 2nd Floor, Hall of Justice Bldg., Arch. S. Hayes Street, Cagayan de Oro City, to the Highest Bidder , for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the real property mortgaged together with all existing and future improvements thereon, to wit:

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118. filed by CAPITAL and LEVERAGE LENDING COMPANY, INC (C and L) Gingoog City Branch. against SPS. MARIO SUAZO and FALCONERI SUAZO of kibungsod. Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental. to satisfy the Mortgage indebtedness which as of August 28, 2014 have amounted to SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TEN (P673,510.00) PESOS including of interest and overdue penalties, and excluding Incidental expenses and Attorneys Fee, and expenses for foreclosure. And other fees incurred in the foreclosure proceedings, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for CASH on December 12, 2014, at 8:00 o clock in the morning to 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Dugenio St., Gingoog City, the following properties with all the improvements existing thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T- 207644 Registered in the name of JAYNIFER R. DEMECILLO “ A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 17, Block 30, of the subdivision plan, (LRC), Psd-82838, being a portion of Lot 2388,Cagayan Cadastre, L.R.C . Cad. Rec. No. 1569). Situated in the Barrio of Gusa, City of Cagayan de Oro , Island of Mindanao. Bounded on x x x. Beginning at x x x, containing an area of Two Hundred Ninety Four (294) Square Meters, more or less.”

Prospective buyers/bidders may investigate for themselves the title herein above-described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

In case November 17, 2014 will be declared holiday or non working day, the public Auction Sale shall automatically be held on the next working day without further notice, publication and posting.

Cagayan de Oro City, October 10, 2014.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

By:

(Sgd.) JOSEPH C. MAAGAD

Sheriff IV BWM: Oct. 22, 29 & Nov. 5, 2014

“TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T - 14515” A parcel of land covered under TCT No. T-33505 and all the improvements thereon. (Lot 1480-B-1 Psd-10-038443. Being a portion of Lot 1480 B. psd-10-4317-019014) situated in barrio of Kibungsod. Municipality of Magsaysay. Province of Misamis Oriental . Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the E.S. and W along lines 3-4-1-2 by Lot 1480-B-2, of the subdivision Plan psd-10-038443, on the N. along lines 2-3 by National Highway beginning at the point marked “1” on the Plan being S. 66 deg., 13 E. 3419.84 m. from BLMM No. 1. CAD. 556. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED FIFTY (350) square Meters more or less. is registered in accordance with the provisions of section 103 of the property registration decree in the name of MARIO SUAZO. Of legal age. Filipino. Married to FALCONERI CULTURA with residence at Kibungsod .Magsaysay. Mis. Or. in the registry of Deeds for the Province of Misamis Oriental.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date.it shall be held on the next working day without further notice, posting and republication.

The prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title of the herein described property properties and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Gingoog City, October 13, 2014.

BWM: Oct 22, 29 & Nov 5,2014

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: BY: (Sgd.) FLORA C. PEREZ Sheriff IV RTC-Branch 43 Gingoog City

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Bryan Quiamco (Race Bib # 4072) of Iligan City is all smiles as he approaches the finish line of the ROX Mapawa Trail Run 2014.

Clocking-in at 4:24:32 hours for the 42K run, earning him the 1st place podium finish. Photo by Shaun alejandRae yap uy

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Runners of the 42K category of the ROX Mapawa Trail Run 2014 burst out from the starting line upon hearing the gun signal to kick-off the race at 4:00 in the morning, October 26, at the Mapawa Nature Park, Cagayan de Oro City. Photo by GLENN PALACIO

ROX Mapawa Trail Run - ‘breathtaking’ Story by Shaun alejandrae Yap uY Lifestyle Editor

“Let the trail take your breath away”

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he coined tagline of the recently concluded ROX Mapawa Trail Run 2014 (ROXMTR2014), both figuratively and literally, absolutely hits the spot as hundreds of runners endured the tough trail Mapawa Nature Park has to offer, Sunday, October 26.

The ROXMTR2014 is hosted inside the protected 2,500-hectare Mapawa Nature Park. The park used to be a private property of the late VicePresident Emmanuel Pelaez and his family. The park is also open

to the public to enjoy different activities like rappelling, trekking, camping, horseback riding, wildlife observation, among many others.

Dax Ang, Technical Race Mapawa Nature Park Managing Director Bong Pelaez gun-starts the 22K category Director, of Everest Outdoor of the ROX Mapawa Trail Run 2014, 4:30 in the morning, October 26, at the Events said that this is the Mapawa Nature Park, Cagayan de Oro City. Photo by Shaun uy “toughest 42k trail the country has to offer”.

ROXMTR2014 paved the way for elite, professional, and amateur runners as well as running enthusiasts to experience nature at its finest.

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Dutchman Cornelis Sandy Rijskamp of Cagayan de Oro City finishes “in style” as he approaches the finish line of the ROX Mapawa Trail Run 2014 22K category. Photo by GLENN PALACIO

Team ROX | Primer Group pose for posterity during the ROX Mapawa Trail Run 2014, in the early morning of October 26, at the Mapawa Nature Park, Cagayan de Oro City. Photo by Shaun uy

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Benefits of Using Computers in the Classroom

By CaRMEnCITa GaRCIa Teacher III Maramag Central Elementary School

The use of computers in the classroom has the following benefits:

ROX | Primer Group marketing staff and BWM Group media staff pose with Pastour Emata, ROX Mapawa Trail Run 2014 race director, October 26, Mapawa Nature Park, Cagayan de Oro City. Photo by Shaun uy

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The 42K male category saw Iligan City’s (Race Bib# 4072) Bryan Quiamco who clocked in at 4 hours, 24 minutes and 32 seconds for the top spot at the podium.

Bryan Quiamco,28, said in an interview that he prepped-up for a week prior to the trail run, “one week, pero sige nako praktis og long run, nagpraktis ko sa trail sa among bukid diri sa Iligan kai kabalo ko lisod ang trail sa MTR” (one week, but I always practice long runs, I practiced on our mountain trails here in Iligan because I know that the MTR trail is difficult).

“Ako lang gihunahuna nga training lang, kay naa man gud pud ko gitarget na dula” (I just thought of it as training, because I also have a target race to participate in), Bryan says of mentally preparing for the race.

In 2012, Bryan also finished 1st in the Dahilayan Trail Ultra Marathon 80K Solo category. “ang Dahilayan, dili sya lisud daganon pero layo, ang MTR lisud gyud kay kapila gyud ko namomo og natakilo, og pang-pang pa gyud” (Dahilayan was not difficult to run but it was far, the MTR is very difficult because I stumbled, tripped several times and there are cliffs) Bryan says.

Bryan recalls his most memorable experience during the ROXMTR2014 is “akong dili malimtan, katong namomo ko og nag lukso og suba” (I will not forget, the time when I stumbled and I jumped in the river).

As Bryan sights were now set on the finish line just a few meters ahead he said, “ako nahunahunaan na naka-abot ko og nakahuman sa finish line, nalipay ko ug maayo sa akong pag-dagan sa MTR” (I thought I’ve reached it, and finished, I was very happy with my MTR run).

Another notable finisher is from the 22K category, Dutchman Cornelis Sandy Rijskamp, who turns 70 by next year. Cornelis is married to a Filipina - Zeny Lapitan Docor Rijskamp. “I'm a Dutch, born in 1945 in Groningen city, living in CDO since 2004 and married since 2008, have 2 sons with my Filipina wife (9 & 5 years old) and a big family in law here in Mindanao” Cornelis says of his family.

Cornelis has had uncountable runs, here and in the Netherlands.

“I'm not winning in running because my endurance is the strongest part of my sports life. I'm in fact more a swimmer starting to run and bike when stopping in swimming contests”.

Asked what his prep-work was, “It's not that much special

in preparing. The big difference in preparing in my older age is now to train as much as you're able to recover from it. My endurance is still from swimming 2 to 3 times a week around the fish-pans at the beach of Villa Ernesto. I run 3 times a week in different settings being careful with more sensitive knee joints while going uphill.

The art of running a Mapawa trail is an experience in making a slow (warming-up) start, keeping 'a certain page'. But mainly, my biggest problem is always the high temperatures together with humidity; it is a very limiting factor and always slows me down, not to 'kill myself”.

“The MTR was very much tough for me, the second hardest event I experienced here in the Philippines after climbing Mount Kitanglad for 21 km. in 2012” says Cornelis.

“When I approached the finish line I saw some people (with cameras) waiting for finishers and in a flash I decided to make 'a show'! (laughs). That’s always number one important for me, running well is meaning to be able to make a finish strong and 'in style', when an athlete is able to make a good finish, then he made good use of his powers!” Cornelis concludes.

Truly one for the books, runners came to the finish line, some gasping for air – but they are all one in saying that indeed, ROXMTR2014 is just “breathtaking”.

The Mapawa Trail Run was copresented by Salomon, technical team is Everest Outdoors, hydration partners Summit Mineral Water and Gatorade, official outfitter 8a. Other sponsors include, the Municipality of Cagayan De Oro, Black Diamond, Nalgene, Real X Gear, Sea to Summit, Jollibee, Uni Fruitti, Pineapple Crumble, 3Trav, Duka Bay Resort, Jollibee, VitWater, Rural Bank of Medina, and Ayala Centrio, Ayala Malls. BusinessWeek Mindanao, Mindanao Daily News, The Cagayan de Oro TIMES also supported the event as official print media partners.

Recreational Outdoor eXchange or R.O.X. continues to create waves in the outdoor industry through its unique programs concerning people and the environment. It is also the largest outdoor sports and recreation superstore in Southeast Asia. Deriving satisfaction in providing the best tools for outdoor enthusiasts as well as subsequently providing outdoor experiences to further promote its various causes, what R.O.X. wants is to simply get everyone outside and experience the outdoors first hand.

1.Encourages peer to peer learning: Teachers can tell students to create study groups using computers and share or ask academic information. It is very easy to connect students using computers. Naturally, their some students who are too shy to connect with others in the real world, such students keep to themselves, so they even find it difficult to join real classroom group discussions.

2.Improve students writing skills: Many students have issues in their grammar and using a computer in the class will partly help in correcting their grammar. Though this will not make them the best writers, but it will help them write easily and learn faster.

3.Visual illustrations on computers make learning easier: If the classroom is computerized and every student has their own monitor on their desks, the teacher can illustrate lessons in a visual format and each student will

get the lesson on their monitors. Since computers have graphics software, students can also draw illustrations which can help them during peer to peer interactions.

4.They personalize learning: This can be archieved when each student has their own computer in the classroom.

The teacher can easily receive and reply students’ comments from students while in class. Teachers can assign work to their students directly on their computers using electronic mail .

5.They reduce on the amount of text books students carry to school: It is true students can store most of their notes and text books on their computer devices. Now days many online book stores a student can easily download them and save them on their computers.

A soft copy of a text book is always cheaper than a hard copy, because soft copies require no shipping. However, the only obstacle is that most publishers have not created soft copies for most of their books which I think will be sorted out in the near future.

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Meanwhile, in 2009, both Time Magazine and renowned celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain gave the Philippines’ lechon their seal of approval. With succulent meat and crunchy, golden brown skin, this traditional favorite is a celebrated treat in every Filipino festival, party and get-together. Among the establishments that have perfected the spit-roasted pig is Elar’s in Quezon City, which was founded in 1970. Infused with lemongrass, salt pepper, spring onions and secret spices and herbs, Elar’s lechon is perfectly complemented by their signature gravy.

For seafood lovers, Dampa at the Seaside Macapagal Boulevard in Pasay City is a must-visit. They can visit the market to get the freshest catch of the day and head to the nearby restaurants to have their purchases cooked. From lobsters, scallops and shrimp, to oysters, mussels and clams, each seafood favorite is turned into savory soups and stews, baked or grilled to perfection, or served kinilaw-style or ceviche to highlight their natural flavors.

Delicious comfort Bad days can instantly turn for the better when one enjoys delightful dishes that satisfy not just the tummy, but also the soul.

Among the popular foodie destinations in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City is the Early Bird Breakfast Club. It makes sure that every day starts off on a high note with their all-day breakfast offerings. Their Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich has cheddar, mozzarella and gruyere flanked between toasted yet still soft bread, and dressed with sweet and spicy onion relish.

Another food hub known for comfort food is Barangay Kapitolyo in Pasig City. At RUB Ribs & BBQ, food lovers can choose from an array of no-frills American comfort food at affordable price points. Big appetites can go for the Family Brunch, which comes with two racks of fall-off-the-bone-tender ribs perfectly paired with scrumptious sides such as Garlic Spinach and Mushroom, Roasted

Garlic Mashed Potato, and Spice Fried Rice.

Around the world in Manila plates Metro Manila also has a lot to offer to foodies who have a taste for international cuisine. The hottest street tacos hang-out place in Makati City, El Chupacabra is renowned for its laidback, friendly vibe and scrumptious street tacos, best downed with a bottle of beer. The taco fillings range from healthy grilled vegetables and fried fish, to grilled steak, roast pork, lean pork sisig, and spicy chipotle shrimp.

Those with a hankering for Japanese feel-good favorites should make Little Tokyo along Pasong Tamo, Makati City, a part their itinerary. One of the locale’s hotspots, Seryna is popular for their selection of fresh sashimi and sushi, with seafood flown in straight from Japan. Yuppies, families and even Japanese expatriates also frequent the restaurant for their sizzling saikoro steak, or tender diced beef steak cooked in garlicinfused olive oil, value-for-money bento meals, and yakitori.

Cravings for authentic Cantonese cuisine can be satisfied easily at Jade Garden, located at the New Glorietta 2 in Makati. The Prawn & Dried Scallop with Beancurd Soup serves as a fresh and flavorful start, while the Mini Fortune Poon Choi, with layers of steamed shrimp and sea cucumbers, soy chicken, barbecue pork and vegetables, is a feast worthy of celebration.

Food lovers eager to experience fantastic Filipino and international flavors can easily go on an exciting food trip in the Metro Manila with Cebu Pacific. The country’s leading low-cost carrier offers the widest network of flights to the Philippine capital from 28 international destinations and 33 domestic destinations, with fares as low as P588.

Book now through www.cebupacificair. com or call (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888.

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Sta. Cruz Island residents worried over eco-tourism project ZAMBOANGA CITY – A tribal leader here said they fear for their homes in Little Sta. Cruz Island, home of the famous beach with pink sands, as an eco-tourism project is being introduced while they still don’t have a title of a parcel of land care of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).

T h e D e p a r t m e nt of To u r i s m h a s r e c e n t l y identified the area as a priority for a communitybased eco-tourism project (CBEP), supp os edly to benefit 82 Sama-Bangingi families living one lagoon away from a beachfront with pink sands.

According to Salasain Olay Julhani, who leads a tribe of around 300 Sama Bangingi in the community, tourism is not new to the residents of the 1,877-hectare island five nautical miles from mainland Zamboanga City.

Julhani said, however, that without a title that legitimizes their residency in the area, the project could go to waste since the government could remove them from the area any time.

“We have been asking the [NCIP] for a title for a small property,” the tribal community leader said. “It’s not just for one individual or one family. The entire community will benefit,” he pointed out.

Julhani said the claim amounted to nine hectares, for a property he claims their

families have lived in since 1945.

Ac c o r d i n g t o D O T assistant secretary Arturo Boncato Jr., the project aims to firm up Sta. Cruz Island as a tourism destination in the country and hopes to improve the lives of the Sama-Bangingi community through livelihood projects.

B on c at o s ai d i n an interview with Davao City journalists during a visit to the site that the project would encompass several parts, including trainings on tourist reception, as well as identifying areas where the community can earn from visiting tourists.

Among the ideas for tourism in the area include a tour of the Sta. Cruz beach, as well as opportunities for tourists to make and buy their own souvenirs and net weaving.

“We want to push this, especially if the community wants it,” Boncato said.

Julhani said the site has been visited by local and foreign tourists, among them birdwatchers and visitors to the pink beach at Sta. Cruz.

The tourists were mostly European tourists coming from Italy, Germany, and France, as well as Japan.

“We don’t have too many American visitors,” he noted.

Members of the community are used to foreigners, he said, with some of them even teaching them words from foreign languages like Italian and Japanese.

a group of Sama-Bangingi folks, living near the famous pink sand beach in Sta. Cruz Island off Zamboanga City, are worried that the community-based eco-tourism project being pushed by the Department of Tourism may go to waste if residents will be ejected because they still don’t have land title issued by the national Commission on Indigenous peoples.

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The community’s tourismbased income comes from boat tours to visitors, as well as the selling of souvenirs.

Otherwise, the community relies on fishing on peak seasons.

“If there is no moon, we don’t fish, and there is little to earn from since we are not allowed to gather wood,” he said.

Mar y June Bugante,

Disadvantages of using Computers in the Classroom

By CaRMEnCITa GaRCIa Teacher III Maramag Central Elementary School

Though it is beneficial to use computers in the classroom, it has also some disadvantages. Using computers : Create distraction in the classroom: The use of computers in the classroom can create distraction especially when students use them for personal reasons while the teaching is teaching. The only way teachers can control this bad behavior, is by setting rules on when and what to use computers for while in the classroom, failure to comply with the terms, students will stand a great risk of losing their computers.

Poor writing skills: the computer cannot teach students how to write a correct essay or sentence. Computers do not teach punctuations, paragraphs, and

verbs or nouns. A computer can auto correct a wrong word and it can also do some essential basics in writing, but the best job must be done with the paper and pen.

Teachers can easily read through students notes and correct them.

Expensive: Computers are expensive, so not every school or student will get a chance to have a computer of their own in the classroom. In most schools, students will have to share one computer . Unless when governments change their policies towards education and use tax payers money to buy equipment needed in the classroom, our students will still share these tools.

It is only children from wealthy families who can go to private schools which can provide these facilities to each student.

regional director for DOT IX, told reporters in an interview Monday night that part of the CBEP application includes training for the community to promote their dances and other aspects of their culture. “ Their culture and practices are slowly being forgotten, even the dances and songs,” Bugante said.

She added that part of the tourism setup is a multiagency involvement, with the Department of Education tasked to teach the children the Sama dances.

Mildred Bayona, principal of Silsilah Elementary School, said the 80 students from kindergarten to Grade 6 can easily become the next wave of tourism manpower in the area, with interest peaking

from students in the island secluded from the mainland.

The oldest elementary student, she said, is 26 years old.

Bayona said the students were competitive enough to speak English, even with Chavacano being taught as a mother tongue medium of instruction since 2011.

Aside from being a leisure destination, Sta. Cruz is also rich in biodiversity, with several endemic bird and marine species found in the island.

Bugante said the first major event that was held in the mainland after last year’s siege by Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels was the 9th Philippine Bird Festival, a gathering in

February by bird watchers and conservationists that was attended by 80 participants from all over the world.

The tourism official said the arrival of the foreign nationals was the first signal that the city was ready to rise from the siege again.

“We saw them walking around the city,” she said.

“They felt safe in the city already.”

The birds, in effect, helped put Zamboanga back on the map of destinations tainted by the conflict in last year’s siege, Bugante said.

Thousands were displaced from their homes in October 2013 when MNLF rebels loyal to Nur Misuari attacked the city and fought it out with government forces.

S. Cotabato adopts unified security, disaster communication system GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The provincial government of South Cotabato has allocated around P4 million for the development of a unified security and disaster communication system in the area.

South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes said Friday the local government is currently working on the details and requirements of the project, which will mainly strengthen the communication systems within the province’s 10 towns and lone city.

She said they are targeting to roll out the initiative, which is dubbed Unified Telecommunication Project (UTP), early next year.

The governor said the allotment for the project was endorsed recently by the Provincial Peace and Order Council.

The project was earlier proposed by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) to help enhance disaster response and other related activities in the province.

Ramon Ponce de Leon, PDRRMO head, said the UTP will serve as a secure and effective comprehensive communication platform for the province.

He said the system will be interlinked with local government units, Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines and Bureau of Fire Protection.

“It will improve and expand further the existing telecommunication system in the province,” he said.

Ponce de Leon said the UTP will complement and upgrade the existing radio systems of the province through wireless technology.

He said it will address the province’s problem on the lack of reliable and efficient means of communication in disaster situations.

The official said the system features video and telephone conferencing; reliable and secure telephone system using voice-overInternet protocol; intranet emails and instant messaging service; intranet

and inter-municipality fax system; seamless interconnection with the communication system of the military, police and other government agencies; and, enlarged radio communication coverage to solve “dead spot” areas or those without communication signals.

Ponce de Leon said the networks for the telecommunication project will be installed in all municipalities and component city of the province as soon as the purchase request for the materials is approved.

He said user and technical trainings will be scheduled by the PDRRMO for all personnel of concerned agencies once the system is installed.

Ponce de Leon said the system will eventually be rolled out down to the province’s 199 barangays.

“With the UTP, barangays that have established radio bases could easily join or interlink with the system.

This way, we can easily tap them in times of disasters and when their services are necessary,” he added.

(MindaNews)

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editor: ShaUn alEjanDRaE Yap UY

Take your taste buds on a trip around Metro Manila’s finest food hubs

T

o say that Filipinos love to eat would be an understatement.

Apart from a full meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner, merienda—or mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks—is a requisite part of their every day. It is also customary to greet guests with “kumain ka na ba?” (have you eaten?), offering the food they have to friends and acquaintances who visit them at home.

With 7,107 islands across the archipelago, the Philippines offers a dizzying array of delightful treats that tantalize the taste buds and seduce the senses. Metro Manila alone has a range of establishments running the gamut from classy restaurants to hole-in-the-wall food haunts, each promising an adventure of flavors, textures and taste.

Flavorfully Filipino Filipino cuisine is as rich and colorful as its

history, with influences from neighboring Asian countries, Europe and the US. Wellloved dishes can also get a modern twist by innovative chefs at contemporary restaurants. One such dish is the Balut Surprise from the 100 Revolving Restaurant on Eastwood Drive, Quezon City.

The humble balut or boiled duck egg, is given a delicious twist, with the traditional street food and its soup nestled in a soufflé crust.

Set on the 33rd floor of the MDC 100 Building, the 100 Revolving Restaurant completes the dining experience with a 360-degree view of Metro Manila, even stretching as far as Laguna de Bay, Manila Bay, Sierra Madre, and Mt. Banahaw.

Currently the only revolving restaurant in the country, the establishment takes one hour and 40 minutes to make a full revolution.

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RWM Execs,staff Run for Charity R esorts World Manila’s (RWM) head honchos and personnel assembled bright and early at the Emperador Stadium in Taguig recently to participate in the Give Me 5K Fun Run—a charity event they themselves organized with the aim of raising at least PHP1 million for its beneficiaries; namely the Pasay City Pasay Social Welfare Department and Buddhist organization Tzu Chi Foundation.

Led by RWM President Kingson Sian and RWM Chief Operating Officer Stephen Reilly, senior executives, managers, and rank and file members of the integrated resort pledged to make a donation and run five kilometers around the stadium, along with friends from the industry who also made donations and

joined the activity for a good cause.

“To end our fifth anniversary celebrations, we thought it would be a good idea to do something we’ve never done before,” explained RWM Chief Operating Officer Stephen Reilly. “On the 5th of October at exactly 5AM, we ran five kilometers and raised PHP1 million for our chosen beneficiaries as our way of giving back to the community.”

Among those in attendance were sports personality Chino Trinidad, who also served as emcee during the event, as well as reigning Miss Resorts World Manila Nikita McElroy and Pinoy Big Brother’s Robi Domingo.

Proceeds generated by the fun run, which exceeded PHP1 million, will be divided among the said beneficiaries.

RWM President Kingson Sian (Far left) and RWM Chief Operating Officer Stephen Reilly (3rd from right) are flanked by RWM employees as they present proceeds of the Give Me 5K Fun Run to representatives of Tzu Chi Foundation

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Discover what makes Elar’s lechon stand out and head over to Quezon City on your next visit to Metro Manila.

Jade Garden’s Mini Fortune Poon Choi is a feast on its own as it balances various textures and flavors in one bowl with ingredients like steamed shrimps, asado, soy sauce-marinated chicken, sea cucumbers, mushrooms and vegetables.