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Briefly Navigational aid A RESOLUTION requesting the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) secretary, through the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to fast track the installation of navigational aid and other facilities at the Laguindingan Airport was endorsed to the City Council committee on laws and rules chaired by Councilor Ramon G. Tabor.

This is an offshoot of discussions during the joint meeting yesterday of the City Council committees on trade, commerce and cooperatives, on public utilities and on public works chaired by Councilors Edna Dahino, Roger Abaday and Alden Bacal, respectively.

The meeting was called in response to the special report made by Councilor Dahino regarding the plight of passengers due to cancellation of flights in the supposed to be “all weather” airport.

Relief assistance MARAWI City -- Around 1,000 residents in the province received relief goods from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) government.

Spearheaded by Office of Regional Vice-Governor, the distribution of relief goods was held in Ganassi town and in Brgy. Tuca, this city.

Each of the beneficiaries received three kilos of rice, two cans of sardines, two cans of corned beef and packs of noodles.

ARMM Vice-Governor Haroun Alrashid Lucman Jr. said the distribution of relief goods is one of their strategies to alleviate poverty in the region.

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Surigao folks anxious over new nickel plant

By ROEL N. CATOTO, MindaNews

CLAVER, Surigao del Norte – Residents of this mining town have greeted with mixed reactions the September 4 inauguration of the Taganito High Pressured Acid Leach (THPAL).

T H PA L , l o c a t e d i n Barangay Taganito, is a joint venture between Nickel Asia Corporation (NAC) and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (SMMC). It is currently

the largest mining investment in the country’s mining sector at US$1.6 billion.

While most locals welcome the jobs and other economic opportunities the

processing plant will bring, they also fear its potential health and environmental hazards.

These concerns heightened on July 4, when the facility emitted foul odor that last almost 24 hours. It was learned that the company had conducted a test-run at the facility, but the management said the odor was nontoxic. plant/PAGE 15

Govt workers against faking their eligibility

BIG MINING INVESTMENT. The construction phase of Taganito High Pressured Acid Leach (THPAL) in Surigao del Norte. The $1.6 billion nickel facility is the country’s biggest mining investment thus far. (www.nickelasia.com)

By BUTCH ENERIO, Correspondent

THE Civil Service C ommission (CSC) has warned government employees and those who are applying in government service not to commit the mistake of faking their documents or suffer the consequence.

Lourdes Clavite-Vidal, CSC regional director for northern Mindanao said that the bulk of cases the commission is handling pertain to reports of

government employees with questionable personal data, particularly their eligibility.

The CSC which is celebrating its 113th anniversary with the theme: “ Tatak Lingkod Bayani: Isabuhay, Ipagmalaki at Ip agbuny i”, dur ing t he Talakayan sa PIA, said that good governance is founded on the sincerity, integrity and credibility of the civil servants. workers/PAGE 15

‘BILLIONAIRE CITY’. High-rise buildings crowd Cagayan de Oro City’s skyline. With its enormous economic gains achieved through the years, the city has already gained a moniker as among the country’s few “billionaire” cities. www.skyscrapercity.com

CdeO is a ‘billionaire city,’ says report

By CRIS DIAZ of Mindanao Daily News

Bishops of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente express their outrage on the pork barrel issue as they pledge to spearhead anti-pork rallies in Cagayan de Oro on Sept. 11. mindanews photo by froilan gallardo

WITH a budget allocation of over P 1.1 billion for fiscal year 2013, this port capital of Nor t her n Mindanao aptly earned the moniker as a “billionaire” city, a city treasurer’s report on Wednesday said.

The documents were contained in a report to the Bureau of Local Government Finance in Nor thern Mindanao transmitted by the outgoing City Treasurer-

designate Marilyn Legaspi on Aug. 20, 2013.

Legaspi transmitted the report on instruction of BGLF Regional Director Susan Ganancial to turn over the money and accountability to the incoming City Treasurer Designate Glenn Bañez.

Bañez was designated Incharge of the Office of the City Treasurer here effective August 19, 2013 until Feb.

18, 2014 by virtue of BLGF Special Personnel Order No. 035-2013.

Based on the endorsement signed by Legaspi dated Aug 20, 2013, out of the P 1. 1 billion amount, the total cash in banks for the General Fund was P 832,376,940.19, the Special Education Fund, P 191,283,913.43 and P 100,568,452.67 for the Trust Fund, or a grand total of P1,124,229,306.29. report/PAGE 15

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Poverty survey slated nationwide National Household GENERAL Santos City -- The Department of Targeting System for Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Poverty Reduction Region 12 is set to assess the socio-economic (NHTS-PR). status of 775,335 households in the region as Ashraf Dirampatan, DSWD part of the second nationwide assessment of the Region 12’s NHTS-PR regional

By ALLEN V. ESTABILLO, MindaNews

field coordinator, said Thursday the survey is scheduled to begin later this month and will cover households within the region’s 50 local government units (LGUs).

Region 12, which is also known as the Soccsksargen R eg ion, compr is es t he provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and North Cotabato and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato. survey/PAGE 12

A family of six eats their lunch in a street corner. The social work department will soon start assessing the socio-economic status of Filipino households nationwide.

Steag launches Garbage firm asks power students award CdeO mayor to pay bills

VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental -- Energy company STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI) launched anew the Power Students Award recognizing 86 academic achievers in six public schools in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental.

According to SPI Power Plant Manager Dr. Carsten Evers, the project aims to inspire students to excel in their studies at the same time help them cope with their school needs.

SPI provides financial and material support to project beneficiaries including college scholarship assistance for high school class valedictorians.

Now on its 5th year of implementation, Steag has conferred a total of 377 awards so far.

Steag/PAGE 12

THE owner of the “Basura at Iba Pa” (garbage and all others), a private garbage collection firm, contracted by the administration of former City Mayor Vicente Emano has ceased collecting garbage due to non-payment of the incumbent administration here.

Roland Ramos, owner of the garbage collecting agency, said the city government paid only the month of January

until April this year. “ Un t i l n o w, t h e administration of Mayor Oscar Moreno has refused to pay the billings for the months of May, June, and July forcing us to stop garbage collection on August 22, 2013,” Ramos said.

He said that their firm already sent a letter to the City Administrator on Aug 2 and Aug 16 reminding the bills/PAGE 12

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Three firms in Asia’s Fab 50 list

MORE PHILIPPINE FIRMS have made it to Forbes’ Asia’s Fab 50 list.

The ninth instalment had which had 12 firms and Hong homegrown fastfood giant Kong with four.

Jollibee Foods Corp. and “We started with a pool of conglomerates Ayala Corp. 1,220 companies that had at and Alliance Global Group, least $3 billion in revenue or market capitalization,” Forbes Inc. joining 47 others.

Gokongwei-led JG Summit noted.

Holdings, Inc. was the sole “We look at revenue, Philippine representative in earnings, return on capital, the 2012 and 2011 lists while share-price movements and Philippine Long Distance the outlook,” it said.

Telephone Co. figured in 2006 “These 50 companies have solid financial track and 2008.

C h i n a on c e a g ai n records coupled with dominated with 20 companies great management and this year, followed by India entrepreneurial skill.”

Ay a l a C or p. , w h i ch has an estimated market capitalization of $8.2 billion, has interests in property development (via Ayala Land, Inc.), banking (Bank of the Philippine Islands), telecommunications (Globe Telecom, Inc.) and water distribution (Manila Water Co. Inc.), among others.

Wi t h a n e s t i m a t e d market capitalization of $6.5 billion, meanwhile, Alliance Global’s ventures span real estate (Megaworld Corp.), gaming and hotels (Travellers International Hotel Group,

Inc.) and liquor (Emperador Distillers, Inc.). The company, through Golden Arches Development Corp., also holds the local franchise of McDonald’s.

Jollibee Foods, with an estimated market capitalization of $4.2 billion, controls the country’s largest fastfood group, which includes the Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Red Ribbon and Mang Inasal brands.

Officials from the three companies were not immediately available for comment.

plans to fly to Amsterdam, London, Paris and Rome starting next quarter.

In an analysis dated July 18, Aviation think tank Center for Asia-Pacific Aviation (CAPA) had said that PAL faces challenges in trying to carve out a sustainable niche in the Southeast Asia-Europe route due to stiff competition from Southeast Asian peers as well as European and Gulf counterparts. CAPA noted further that “[w]hile the Philippines has one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies, the market has a relatively high portion of low-yielding leisure and migrant worker traffic compared to higheryielding business passengers.”

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines -- currently the only European carrier serving Manila via Taipei -- last month filed a petition with CAB for renewal of its Foreign Air Carrier’s Permit.

At the same time, Cebu Pacific has asked for a $4 hike in its fuel surcharge to $58 from $54 for its Manila-

Incheon, Manila-Busan, Cebu-Incheon and CebuBusan routes.

Data from the International Air Transport Association showed jet fuel cost $303.20 per gallon as of Aug. 23, up 3.2% from the preceding month but still 6.7% less than the year-ago price.

BlackBerry sale seen

by November: WSJ Carriers file fuel charge applications BLACKBERRY Ltd’s board hopes to run a “fast” auction process that could result in a sale of the company

by November, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter on Wednesday.

A special committee of board members has narrowed its list of potential bidders since the company put itself up for sale in August, and is now pushing for quick resolution, the newspaper said.

Mi c ro s of t’s d e a l to take over Nokia’s devices business revived optimism that the smartphone m a k e r, w h i c h i s bleeding market share to Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics C o Ltd, can also unearth a willing b u y e r. I t s s h a r e s closed up 5.3 percent on the Nasdaq and 5 percent in Toronto on Wednesday.

BlackBerry declined to comment on rumor and speculation.

FLAG CARRIER Philippine Airlines (PAL) is seeking regulatory approval to impose a fuel surcharge on its planned Manila-Europe flights, while budget airline Cebu Pacific has sought an increase in such charge for flights to South Korea, according to separate petitions submitted to the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB).

PAL has filed a petition to impose a fuel surcharge of $170 on its Manila-Europe routes. The move comes in the wake of the carrier’s removal last July from the European Union’s blacklist.

Ramon S. Ang, PAL president and chief operating officer, had said then that the carrier

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THE Supreme Court has ordered the lifting of the fivestrike rule in taking the bar examinations based on the recommendation of a study committee tapped by the tribunal.

Court spokesman Theodore Te said the resolution was reached during the Court’s regular en banc session based on the administrative matter that sought to relax the rule, which gives barristers five chances at passing the bar exams, pursuant to Bar Matter No. 1161, which was first implemented in 2005.

The Bar Matter states that candidates will be disqualified to take the exams after failing three examinations, provided, that he may take a fourth and fifth examination if he successfully completes a one-year refresher course for each examination.

After five takes and the examinee still fails to pass, then he or she will no longer be allowed to take the exam to become a lawyer.

“The five-strike rule says if you fail it three times, before you can take it for the fourth time, you have to comply with certain conditions. And if you fail it for the fourth time, to take it for the fifth time, you have to comply with certain conditions. Beyond that, hindi ka na pwedeng kumuha.

Now, that is lifted,” he said. rule/PAGE 12

SEVERAL congressmen on Tuesday thumbed down a bill seeking a licensure exam for media practitioners in a bid to regulate the profession.

Four of them were one in saying that the proposal was unnecessary while a newsman’s group said the move would amount to state control or media or censorship.

The lawmkers were Ben Evardone of Eastern Samar, Rodolfo Albano III of Isabela, Sol Aragones of Laguna, and House Deputy Majority Leader Sherwin Tugna of Citizens Battle Against Corruption.

A former journalist,

Evardone said that a flair for writing is a talent. “It cannot be acquired through examinations,” he said.

Unlike other professions, he said a journalist covers the whole gamut of society and events.

“I am against the proposal to require journalists to take exams. It is not only unnecessary but impractical,” he said.

Senator Jinggoy Estrada earlier filed his Senate Bill 380 reject/PAGE 12

Reforms precede info bill — Palace PRESIDENT Aquino has supported the passage of the Freedom of Information b i l l , a Pa l a c e o f f i c i a l said, stressing that the government has been carrying out reforms even before Congress is able to pass the proposed law.

P r e s i d e n t i a l Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. stressed that the objectives of FoI has been achieved already ahead of the approval of pro-transparency measure.

In the past Congress, the Senate was able to pass the FOI bill on third and final reading, while the House

failed to do so as some lawmakers had pushed for a right of reply provision in the measure.

Coloma said that unlike his predecessors, on ly Pre si d e nt Aqui no who required government agencies to have their own website open to public for sake of transparency and accountability.

In previous budget hearing, Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez led lawmakers in welcoming Coloma’s move ‘to transmit the message of President Aquino across the nation,’ with the Chief Executive’s support for the proposed

transparency measure.

“My congratulations to the PCOO for its successful performance in making an all-time high approval and trust ratings of the President for the past three years, they disseminate what the President has been doing for our country.

Congratulations Secretary Coloma for a job welldone,” Rodriguez told the panel.

Rodriguez also led lawmakers in demanding t h at P C O O b u d g e t b e increased after its proposed P1.181-billion budget next year is P131-million smaller than this year’s P1.312billion.

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Manual’s launch paves way for solar rooftops in PHL MANIL A -- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has launched the ‘Manual for Interconnection,’ the guide for connecting solar rooftops to the distribution grid under the recently implemented scheme of net-metering.

T h e f i r s t c opy w a s presented to Dept. of Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla in a ceremonial handover at the Photovoltaic Summit.

GIZ, through the re ne wable s – Made i n Germany, an initiative of the Federal Ministr y of Economics and Technology, has supported development of the interconnection standards with workshops, seminars and expert advice.

Launched as part of GIZ’s support, the recently released ‘Manual for Interconnection – Report for Supporting the Interconnection of RooftopPV Systems in the Philippines’ summarizes the learnings and encompasses an analysis of the low- and medium-voltage distribution grids in the country, net-metering rules, interconnection standards and sizing of solar rooftops.

In his speech at the PV Summit, Petilla said that

he is “looking forward to the full implementation of net-metering” and described the net-metering market as the one that has the highest potential in the country.

In contrast to the feed-in tariff regime, which currently targets only 50 MW, there is no limiting target for the net-metering market.

According to the rules, there will be no subsidy involved.

The customer receives a credit based on the kilowatt/ hour of electricity exported after own consumption and the average cost of generation to the distribution utility of that month.

The rules will therefore

shape the size of the rooftops to b e in line wit h t he maximum consumption of the residential or commercial customer as the credit for exporting electricity to the distribution utility is far lower than the savings through own consumption.

The distribution utilities have also been instrumental in developing the rules and standards to assure the safety and stability of the distribution grid.

It is now their task to operationalize the rules and process the applications as ever y customer of good standing now has an opportunity to be solar/PAGE 12

Marine resources protection tops Tagum City priority list TAGUM CITY — The Local Government of Tagum under City Mayor Allan L. Rellon safeguards the conservation and protection of coastal and marine resources in the city by strengthening the operations of its Bantay Dagat forces.

Mayor Rellon personally visited the sub-office of the City Agriculture Office ( C AG RO ) i n B ar ang ay Liboganon to personally see the operations of the body tasked to guard and preserve the coastal areas of the city.

The local chief executive saw the need to intensify the program on artificial coral reefs, which are being fabricated by CAGRO and are being planted in the seabed in Liboganon area of the priority/PAGE12

Tagum City Mayor Allan L. Rellon meets the members of the Bantay Dagat who are in-charge of the protection of coastal and marine resources in the city. photo by leo timogan of cio tagum

Pacific Island Forum: ‘Unite on climate or sink together’

Int’l organizations announce improved coordination for DRD

MAJURO, Marshall Islands -- Gathering in the Marshall Islands for a key Pacific island forum, Pacific state leaders and climate change experts have called for a united global approach to combat the doomsday futures already apparent in many low-lying pacific nations.

Speaking on the sidelines of the 44th Pacific Island Forum, Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, told Xinhua that the climate change crisis was no longer simply an environmental issue.

The Marshall Islands, a cluster of some 34 atolls with a population of 65,000, has now hosted the forum twice, the last time in 1996, when the now sandbagged airport was free from tidal surges.

“Don’t think that climate change is an environmental forum/PAGE 13

THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the two international nongovernment organizations Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Plan International (Plan) today unveiled plans to link their programmes for improved diasaster risk reduction capacity in typhoon-affected provinces in the Philippines.

The three organisations will work together to enhance the disaster management abilities of local government units, schools and communities in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley, the provinces that were most badly affected by Typhoon Pablo (also known as Typhoon Bopha) in 2012.

With funding from the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), the organisations aim to build on each other’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) programmes in order to make a bigger impact on the ability of communities to withstand natural hazards and the effects of climate change.

USAID/OFDA has given a total of about US$2 million to CRS, Plan and WFP to implement DRRM programmes in areas that were affected by Typhoon Pablo.

The three agencies will share information and assessments, conduct joint monitoring, and share technical expertise and resources, and will map out programme areas together in order to avoid duplications. Each organisation will take on disaster risk reduction activities at different levels: WFP will focus on working with local government at the provincial and municipal level; CRS will work directly with communities at municipal and village levels, while Plan will focus on youth outreach activities at the municipal and village levels.

“Disasters affect the poorest of the poor, and have a very real and direct impact on food insecurity and undernutrition. WFP has established a very close relationship with local governments, non-government and civil society organizations in the provinces to help disaster-prone communities. Our Disaster Preparedness and Response work will strengthen their capacities, and seeks to build their resilience,” said Praveen Agrawal, Representative and Country Director of WFP Philippines.

“CRS will concentrate on the municipal and barangay (village) levels in Compostela Valley to help communities plan and implement DRD/PAGE 12

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Damaged amusement-park rides in Pripyat, near Chernobyl as photographed on March 29, 2011.

A world court for the environment?

By Amado S. Tolentino Jr.

CHERNOBYL nuclear plant accident … Bhopal chemical plant accident … Exxon oil spill off Alaska … BP oil pipeline leakage in the Gulf of Mexico … Burning of oil wells in Kuwait by retreating Iraqui forces … The list is only a few of the major environmental disasters that have occurred in recent years.

Out of those incidents arose conflicts and disputes relating to numerous physical, economic, social and political factors: transborder pollution, climate change, ozone layer’s reduction, waste disposal in bodies of water and on land, transport of hazardous wastes, serious threats to biodiversity, genetically modified organisms, desertification, deforestation and drought, nuclear accidents or accidents at sea, to name a few.

Where do victims bring suits to claim environmental justice?

Unknown to many is the existence for over twenty years now of an International Court of the Environment Foundation based in Rome (Italy) which works actively and untiringly for support to create one such world court to fill a significant gap in environmental governance through law.

The latest affirmation for such a need came via a call for action from lawyers and environmental law organizations around the world which recently met in Limoges (France). They appeal to world leaders to “create judicial mechanisms for environmental conflict resolution including an International Court of the Environment.”

At present, international organizations, environmental associations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and potentially affected individuals are not granted direct access to the International Court of Justice at The Hague (The Netherlands). Only States have direct access and not the individuals who are the direct victims of environmental destruction. And, how can the World Bank (WB), for example, be held legally accountable for its participation in an oil and pipeline project if that project were to result in environmental harm?

In that connection, take note that in recent times, international financing institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and regional development banks have become the object of ire of NGOs and even some government agencies due to development projects perceived as destructive of the environment.

As proposed, the following parties may appear before the International Court of the Environment: (a) Individuals; (b) Non-governmental organizations and environmental associations; (c) States; (d) Supranational organizations such as the European Union and the ASEAN; and (e) International organizations under the UN and the individual organs of the UN. Through the last twenty years, a number of fora, symposia, meetings and conferences were held to debate on the pros and cons of creating a world court on the environment. The debates focused on issues about which, somehow, some conclusions, more or less, were drawn. Among them: *The principle of universality vs. territorial sovereignty – Territorial sovereignty should be relaxed and adapt to new demands as environmental threats respect no State borders. The air we breathe, the flow of rivers and groundwater aquifers as well as species of plants, animals and micro-organisms know no boundaries. *The individual as subject of international law – This position will have to change too under the influence of numerous interdependent factors, e.g., enormous increase in world population, explosive and spontaneous migratory movements everywhere including the lot of environmental refugees, the limited resources in terms of energy and the phenomenon of planetary pollution.

How can international law remain oblivious to the individual this 21st century? *The place of the human right to the environment in international law—Judicial decisions in many court/PAGE 13

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Jatico’s Adventures

by Joseph Galdo Jatico

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” ~a famous Saint’s quote.

Travel 1. Brunei CHECKLIST

Adventure Timeframe: 3 days and 2 nights Allowable Budget: Php 25,000.00 Travel Style: Backpacking, 1 bag only.

The talk of the town. The Canopy Walk.

Wilderness in Brunei Darussalam.

T L ravelling is the best education that life can give, as well as a reward for having such life. If you have a reasonable amount of control over your circumstances, you should do travel, because life won’t always be just about you… it’s about Travel.

Travel to meet new faces and step into new places.

Travel to gain great experiences.

Travel to bank-in unforgettable memories.

Travel!

Welcome to my wanderlust!

My travel, Your guide.

Jatico’s Adventure.

Notable Landmarks

Jame’ ‘Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque, Kampong Ayer or Water Village, Royal Regalia Museum and Istana Nurul Iman- King’s Palace.

ess than a 2-hour plane ride from Manila, you will reach a not so modern place named Brunei International Airport at Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei’s Capital. Their airport is comparable to our old NAIA Airport.

A place so rich in oil that a liter of gas would shoot down from 18 to 16 Philippine peso per liter.

Amazing! A place where cars are so cheap that almost all people own at least one. Even our Kababayans own one or two cars.

I call this place a ONEBRUNEI-DOLLAR ALL YOU CAN COUNTRY. You can buy food at 1$, ride a bus with 1$, pasalubong at 1$, water at 1$, tip of 1$ and 1$ on and on bill.

Adrenaline Rating (1-10): 5

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laid back quiet capital city. Not much for an adventure inside the city but an hour adrenaline pump boat ride to its outskirts in the district of Temburong via an Amazon-snake-like river rich in mangroves and proboscis monkeys swimming across the narrow channels on a wingless wooden casket boat with a minimum speed of 60km/hr.… then a sense of excitement starts to flow seeing their unspoiled wilderness rainforest.

The goal is to reach the well-advertised Batu Apoi Forest Reserve “Canopy Walk” located at the heart of the rainforest of the Ulu Temburong National Park.

A 30-minute feet crunching Trek up through the rainforest before you can reach the canopy is well deserving. A 10-minute Climb up the 50meters/164 feet swaying aluminum scaffoldings rewards you with a great view of the entire Rainforest!

Beat that!

Coming up... Kathmandu Nepal, India, China and Harbin, U.S., South East Asian Countries & Philippines Islands.

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5-Star TOYOTA Dealership opens in Butuan City

oyota's 5-star car dealership formally opens its doors today in Butuan City to serve the motoring needs of the city as well as the entire Caraga Region.

Toyota Butuan City is located at Km5, Barangay Libertad and boasts of a huge and modern vehicle showroom.

Its workshop has stateof-the-art equipment for regular car maintenance, general job repairs as well as body and paint repairs.

For customer comfort, lounges as well as a kiddie corner are nestled in strategic places within the dealership.

With its 2.3 hectare area, Toyota Butuan City is the largest car dealership in Northern

Mindanao and Caraga Region.

Toyota Butuan City is owned and operated by multi-awarded Toyota Cagayan de Oro, Inc. Both dealerships are under the leadership of Ms. Betty Lu, chairperson & President and Mr. Peter Lim Lo Suy, executive vice president, who commit to provide the Best Customer Service to all clients in both areas.

Slated for opening next year is Toyota Zamboanga City.

As Toyota Butuan City makes its home in Balangay Country, the facilities as well as its customer-centered people is something that every Butuanon can be proud of.

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Parrots and Eagles

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hink a minute…Did you ever dream as a kid about A Minute f lying like a bird?

By Jhan Tiafau Hurst Which would you be more like: a parrot or an eagle?

The two are very different kinds of birds. Even though it can f ly, a parrot prefers to stay in the same comfortable cage, eat the same dry seeds, and listen to the same words over and over again until it can say them easily.

A parrot’s satisfied just to do the same thing everyday.

In fact, you almost never see a parrot actually f ly.

Not eagles. Eagles have an inner drive to explore and experience everything out there.

They have the courage to change and take risks.

A nd t hey’re not a f ra id to leave t heir fa mi lia r, comfortable nest of tradition to search for more.

An eagle’s passion for life pushes it to soar high and explore new territory, looking for fresh, satisfying food instead of the same boring, dry seeds.

So which bird are you most like?

If you like being a parrot kind of person, then you’ll probably just stay the same.

But you’ll never have or experience anything more in life.

And you’ll never know if what you believe is really true.

Remember, “If you agree with someone on everything, then one of you is doing all the thinking.” The smart, successful person is not only open to new ideas, he goes looking for them.

So if you want a full, exciting life like an eagle as God created you to live, then what are you waiting for?

Do you realize how out of place you are living in that cage of the same thinking and routine every day of your life?

Imagine how silly an eagle would look sitting in a cage, picking over a tasteless pile of dried seeds.

So why don’t you ask Jesus Christ to take full charge of your life every day? hurst/PAGE 13

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Supplements: Friend or Foe (First of Two Parts)

ust recently, a patient was referred to me for a fine needle aspiration biopsy: 67 year old female, single, admitted for breast mass.

As I gathered the history of the patient, she related to me that the mass has been there since February of this year.

When I asked how come she never sought consultation at that time, and why wait for the mass to have reached its present size, with the mass occupying now the entire breast , affecting the skin and the axillary area, she admitted that she applied herbal products and took supplements thinking that the mass would heal by itself.

This isn’t the only patient that I have come across who does self medication and who believes in the healing power of supplements.

About a month ago, a young lady came into my clinic bringing with her the CT Scan , X Ray and other laboratory results.

She noticed pain at the hip area, and result showed a mass on the hip bone.

She was advised surgery but she wanted my opinion on the procedure.

But, first, she told me, that, after taking in so called “ supplements “ she felt better and thinks that there is no need for the surgery.

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In both instances, I felt that something could have I n Focus been done, and the diseases By Dr. Mary Jean Loreche treated, should they have not stopped seeing their doctors and following the needed treatment modalities.

Supplements a re in abundance these days.

Advertising and marketing strategies include test imonia ls of success stories.

There is nothing wrong really if one were to take these supplements , provided that, one can balance between traditional medicine and that of supplements.

Supplements are defined as something added to complete, or make up for a deficiency, or strengthen to make whole, with the ultimate goal of improving the human body attain a healthy form.

A classic example of supplements are vitamins.

These are prescribed or recommended when the patient lacks certain nutrients in his/her dietary intake.

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Anti-Greed Campaign

es, why not? Why not launch an anti-greed campaign and keep it going like some lifelong maintenance mechanism in a world that has become rickety with all sorts of moral sicknesses, with greed among the prominent ones?

We just have to look around, and see greed and avarice and their many faces proliferating like anything, from the individual level to the farthest global ends.

Many people are trapped in an almost invincible grip of selfishness, pursuing nothing other than their own self-interest and throwing any consideration for the common good to the wind.

This is not to mention that many have forgotten to relate their earthly business to God, to consider it as a prayer and even an act of worship that is not only pleasing to God but also most beneficial to everybody else.

We have been reminded in the gospel about this aspect of our life. “Take care to guard against all greed,” Christ said, “for though one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possession.” (Lk 12,14) We have been warned against storing up treasure for oneself but not being rich in what matters to God. Nowadays, many, in fact, do not even know the idea of common good. And if there is anything they do that would contribute one way or another to the common good, it’s by sheer coincidence that it happens. Any deliberate effort to do things for the common good is practically absent, if not openly avoided.

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The world is drowning in a sea of materialism and and Traces consu merism, w it h t he

By Fr. Roy Cimagala spi r it u a l va lue s a nd t he supernatural destination of human life all but forgotten.

It ’s s t i l l work i ng u nd er an increasing infusion of deceptive economic tricks, but the illusion is also getting so increasingly untenable that things now are approaching breaking point.

It seems that we are being set up higher and higher in our materialistic and consumeristic ways for a deeper and more painful crash sooner or later. The signs are already there, and many of our leaders in politics, business, media and even in the church are hesitant to give the bad news. The predicament is practically left unattended.

Productivity is dropping, even in an accelerated rate in some places, mainly because without the support of the spiritual and supernatural elements of our life, people have no way but to tend to become lazy, and simply wanting to be comfortable, rich and continually entertained, and with narrow and shallow understanding of things. cimagala/PAGE 13

“Cripple RP for One Day”, OFWs Urged

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IFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice…” (Proverbs 17:23, the Holy Bible).

-ooo “M I L L ION M A RCH TO LU N ETA” I NSPI R E S OTHERS: The highly successful “Million March to Luneta” on August 26, 2013 is inspiring other groups to act against graft and corruption, particularly against pork barrel abuse, in the country today. In a spate of Facebook posts, there are groups which are calling for suspension of any tax payment unless the pork barrel allocations of lawmakers are abolished.

Our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), on the other hand, are now calling, likewise through the Internet, for a one-day suspension of dollar remittances to the country on September 19, 2013, while the Philippine Council for Evangelical Churches (PCEC), the nationwide organization of Born Again Christians in the Philippines, is calling for the immediate abolition of pork barrel.

Here is a Facebook posting from a group which ca lls itself “OFW Family” (translated in English): “Our country’s economy remains strong because of the remittances which we, as OFWs, are regularly sending.

The GDP (gross domestic product) of the Philippines soared to 20%, only because of OFW remittances. They are so thick-faced!!!

-ooo “CRIPPLE RP FOR ONE DAY TO STOP GRAFT”: “This

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is a call for all OFWs. Let us akampi remember the day, September Mo A ng Batas 19 (2013). According to some,

By Atty. Batas Mauricio OFWs are not involved in the pork barrel issue, allegedly because we are not paying ta xes (t hat’s according to them). On September 19, let us make the Philippines feel the value and importance of OFWs, with our `September 19 Zero Remittances Day for Zero Pork ’.

“Let us not remit anything for one day, and surely, that would cripple the country for one day. This is not compulsory, but only for those who are against pork barrel. It is time for OFWs to make their perceptions known. Even for just one day. We can remit on September 18 or 20.”

For the PCEC, it published a long letter to President Aquino in its Facebook group called “Pinoy Pastors Theological Forum”, expressing its disgust over the pork barrel issue. Read on: “AN APPEAL TO ABOLISH THE PORK BARREL SYSTEM. We appeal to our President to take the lead in abolishing the lump sum appropriation of more than P25 billion for PDAF or any semblance batas/PAGE 13

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Hospitality, tourism sectors to remain bullish in next 12 months HO CHI MINH CITY -- Globally, businesses in the hospitality and tourism industries are the most bullish about both revenues and profits in the next 12 months, a study by auditing and consulting firm Grant Thornton has found.

The Q2 International Business Report released on Tuesday says around 63 percent of business leaders in the industry globally expect revenues to climb over the next 12 months.

It is as high as 72 percent in the Asia-Pacific region.

The global average (for

all industries) is 48 percent.

More than half of business leaders in hospitality and tourism expect to see profits rise, and, again, Asia-Pacific is even more bullish (63 percent).

This is well above the g lob al average (for a ll industries) of 36 percent.

But in Vietnam, not all sectors in the industry will perform to the same level because of the reduced growth in visitor arrivals and the change in the structure of visitors.

In the first five months of this year, visitor arrivals actually declined by 1.4 percent, and it was only due to improved performances in June and July that there was a 5.9 percent increase in the first seven months. tourism/PAGE 14

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‘Juan for Fun Backpacker Challenge’ in Dipolog City

‘Juan for Fun Backpackers’ doing the Special Fun Challenge.

DIPOLO G CIT Y – The Department of Tourism 9 (DOT 9), in partnership w it h C ebu Pa c i f i c Ai r, conduc te d t he “Ju an for Fun Backpacker Challenge 2013’s Special Fun Challenge,” a sardines bottling competition, last August 30 in the Livelihood Skills Development and Enhancement Center in Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte.

T h e “ Ju a n f o r F u n Backpacker Challenge 2013” is the only backpacking adventure that takes college students around the Philippines for free.

It is a seven-day challenge in six destinations with five teams (Team Crimson,

Team Lemixian, Team Sun Broadband, Team Seven and Team Awesome) from various universities from all over the Philippines.

Dipolog City was its fourth destination.

The special fun challenge featured Dipolog City’s tourism product, the bottled sardines.

E a c h t e am r a c e d i n filling empty bottles with sardines and other ingredients with their bare hands.

Team Sun Broadband won the special fun challenge and their prizes, care of DOT 9, were awarded by Dipolog City Mayor Evelyn Uy. All backpacker teams

also had a chance to wear P’gsalabuk costumes and had a photo op with the mayor. After the challenge, the backpackers were left to explore the city on their own, thus, tourist spots in both Dipolog and Dapitan cities were visited by the backpackers.

The event was made possible by DOT 9, D i p o l o g C i t y To u r i s m Office, Zamboanga d e l N o r t e G o v e r n o r ’s Office and Livelihood Skills Development and Enhancement Center.

T h r o u g h t h e e v e nt , DOT 9 was able to promote Dipolog City as the “Bottled Sardines Capital of the Philippines.”

ship to bring in Park to give away 400 free trips Cruise 1,500 passengers to P. Princesa Underground River in Boracay on October PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – The Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) park management is giving away 400 free trips to local residents of the city who have not gone to the see the wonder of nature in gratitude to blessings received and in celebration of September as tourism month.

In an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA), PPUR spokesperson Jan Elmer Badilla said the free trips will be divided

and distributed to 100 every Friday for the whole month of September.

Priorities will be students and barangay officials, who have not gone to the PPUR since it became a favorite tourism destination in Puerto Princesa.

Those who will qualify will not pay permit fees and transportation cost to get to the subterranean river as the project is supported by the city government in partnership with the Palawan Chamber

of Commerce (PCC) and the Sabang Seaferry Cooperative (SSC).

“This is to show gratitude to the many blessings that have been bestowed the underground river, and in celebration of the tourism month,” he said, adding that it is also based on findings that many in the city, including their own staff at the management office, have not visited the park personally.

Badilla said if the offer

proves to be a success, they will consider doing it every year during the lean months.

Students and barangay officials, who wish to avail, will have to write to the PPUR management stating the purpose of their visit.

He said the management prioritizes those who wish to go on educational and familiarization tours so they can help spread the word about the protection, preservation and conservation of the park free/PAGE 15

DAVAO C I T Y - - T h e SilkAir, the regional wing of S i n g ap ore A i r l i n e s , is adding more DavaoSingapore flights within this year.

This was according to Art Boncato, regional director of the Department of Tourism here, after his meeting with SilkAir chief exec utive officer Leslie Thng.

Boncato said Thng was

here in the city for the first time as part of SilkAir’s 15th year of operations in Davao City.

He said the Singaporean official was received by executives in the travel trade, tourism media, D OT and City Tourism Operations Office, Bureau of Immigration and Bureau of Customs.

B oncato said Thng

underscored the importance of Davao in their operations with respect to the country’s encouraging GDP growth year on year.

“Encouraging, too, was his news that Silkair flights to and via Davao will now become six times a week and soon thereafter have daily flights,” he said.

A s i t s c o u nt e r p a r t , B on c at o s ai d t h e y are

committed to support the move by working on airport incentives, enhanced packages for leisure markets focused on golf, island and eco-adventure activities as well as market activation via a Davao Cultural Festival in Singapore in 2014 in cooperation with the Philippine Embassy and DOT overseas marketing office. (PNA)

Davao-Singapore SilkAir flights seen

ILOILO CITY -- A cruise ship will bring in 1,500 tourists passengers to the premier tourism destination Boracay island this October 17, Department of Tourism (DOT) Regional Dir. Helen Catalbas said on Wednesday.

Dir. Catalbas said the cruise ship Superstar Gemini of the Star Cruises will come from Singapore and Manila before proceeding to Boracay island.

The high-end tourists will visit Boracay to enjoy the white sand and swim in the blue waters of the island and shop for about a day before they head off for Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in Malaysia.

The tourism official added that on November 4, there

would be another cruise ship Superstar Aquarius of the Star Cruises that is bound for Boracay carrying another 1,500 passengers.

The arrival of the cruise ships is already the result of the marketing of the DOT for Boracay as a cruise ship destination during the Cruise Shipping Asia exhibition in Singapore a year ago.

Earlier this year, there was the MS Columbus that visited the island and the Legend of the Seas of the Royal Caribbean that visited the island with their high end tourists passengers.

Dir. Catalbas said that by next year starting January, six cruise ships are also slated to arrive in Boracay. (PNA)

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By BUTCH D. ENERIO, Correspondent

PNP-10 Regional Director P C/Supt. Catalino B. Rodriguez, Jr., underscored during the 19th Crime Prevention Week Celebration held on Monday, September 2 at Camp Alagar, Cagayan de Oro City that while law enforcement agencies conduct pro-active measures to suppress and control lawless activities, crime prevention is always everybody’s concern. (P/Supt. Ronnie Francis Cariaga, RPIO)

UNITED States Ambassador Harry K. Thomas, Jr. visited t he Prov ince of B ohol yesterday to celebrate the US government’s strong partnership with the “Heart of the Philippines.”

Ambassador Thomas, together with Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto and U.S. Embassy Manila’s United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Gloria D. Steele, opened an exhibit that highlighted USAID initiatives in Bohol in the past two decades.

“We consider Bohol as one of the success stories of

our development assistance.

We are proud to be part of Bohol’s achievements as an emerging growth center and we look forward to further advancing this productive partnership as we work towards our shared goal of achieving broad-based and i nclusive g rowt h ,” Ambassador Thomas said in a statement.

The exhibit highlighted past and current projects implemented in the province, including those supporting good governance, economic g rowt h, env ironment a l sustainability, health, and other social services.

The role of USAID in the transformation of Bohol dates back to 1991 with projects such as the Local Development Assistance Program that helped establish the Bohol Alliance of NonGovernment Organizations.

The program supported the Philippine Government’s decentralization reform t h rou g h l o c a l re v e nu e enhancement, environmental protection, and strengthening of local government u n it s ( LG U ) and non governmental organization capabilities to accelerate local development and investment. ties/PAGE 14

MisOr, Oro solons get P173 M PCA notes more exhibitors in CONGRESSMEN in Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City received a total of P173 million under their Priority Development Assistance Funds in 2013, the Department of Budget said on Friday.

T he DBM relea sed the PDAF allocation that included the breakdown of the project, their recipient, place of implementation, the implementing unit, its date and the total amount of the project.

Mostly the P173 million of the legislator’s PDAF that were given to them as part

of their 2013 a llocation went into development, education, basic services, poverty alleviation programs, health services and farm-tomarket road projects in the countryside.

C agaya n de Oro 1st Dist ric t Rep. Benja mi n Benaldo got the highest PDAF with P36,600,000

followed by Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Representatives Rufuz Rodriguez, Abante Mindanao Partylist Maximo Rodriguez Jr., and Misamis O r i e nt a l 2 n d D i s t r i c t Rep. Pedro Unabia with P35,000,000 each.

Former Congressman and now provincial Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano of Misamis Oriental got the lowest release of P31,600,000 million.

Congressmen were normally allotted from P30 misor/PAGE 14

2013 Philconstruct Mindanao expo DAVAO C i t y - - Mo r e participants and exhibitors have been noted in the PHILCONSTRUCT MINDANAO 2013.

This is the 4th Mindanao International Construction Equipment, Building Materials, Interior & Exterior Products, Exhibition and Technolog y expo which opened on Thursday at the SMX Convention Center here.

Organized by the Philippine Constructors Association Inc., this year’s construction show that runs from Sept 5 to 7 is bigger and better series with 82 participating companies mostly international from t h e 7 2 c omp an i e s l a s t year and expected visitors of 8,000 from the 6,000 actual visitors last year, E n g r. R a m o n A l l a d o , past president Davao

Constructors Association Center, Inc. said.

Conservatively the expo will generate P10 million in sales but this has the potential to reach five times fold with the growth of exhibitors and growing demand for construction materials in the light of a construction boom in Mindanao and the country as a whole, Allado said. pca/PAGE 14

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is a luxury five star hotel and a trade mark in Davao City that offers the traveler or business person the comforts and service that can be considered one of the best in the region. But one has to experience the brand of hospitality and service that the hotel is known for. It is managed by GLOBAL HOTEL ALLIANCE. Global Hotel Alliance - founded in 2004 is the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands. Global Hotel Alliance currently comprises of 17 luxury brands who are key player in their respective regions of operation: Anantara, Art Series, Doyle, First, Individual Collection, Kempinski, Leela, Lungarno Collection, Marco Polo, Mokara Hotels & Spas, Omni, Pan Pacific, Parkroyal, QT, Rydges, Shaza, Tangram and Tivoli, encompassing 320 upscale and luxury hotels with 75,000 rooms across 57 different countries and each with the promise to deliver great value and a memorable experience across the world.

Choosing a Global Hotel Alliance hotel means travellers can be sure that they will have a unique, local experience in an excellent four- or five-star hotel, while receiving consistent levels of service and recognition, regardless of their choice of hotel or destination. Moreover, the member hotels are committed to recognise each other’s guest recognition programmes by delivering special benefits and VIP treatments to those members.

Del Monte Philippines, Inc. (DMPI) is a leading producer of pineapple and other food

products.

The company markets over 100 processed food and beverage variants, including pineapple solids (slices, tidbits, chunks), tropical mixes, pineapple juice and mixed drinks, tomato-based products (tomato sauce, catsup, spaghetti sauce), condiments, and pasta (spaghetti, macaroni).

Today, Del Monte Philippines operates the largest integrated pineapple operation in the world.

The company grows pineapple across 20,000 hectares in Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental. Two distinct pineapple varieties are grown, for processing and for fresh fruit export.

Some 700,000 tons of pineapple and papaya are processed each year at its manufacturing plant. This accounts for about a tenth of the world's annual production of processed pineapple products. On this 23-hectare manufacturing complex are fruit receiving stations (the world's largest), fruit processing plants (single and multi-fruit products), juice plants (single-strength and blended products), can manufacturing plants, labeling and packaging lines (carton, plastic cup, glass jar, stand-up pouch), warehouses, container yards and a deep-dredged international seaport.

Around 4,000 regular employees work with Del Monte to bring high-quality products to customers around the globe. Over 90 percent of these employees work in Mindanao.

Key teams managing sales, marketing, finance, logistics, product development and other support operations are based in Metro Manila.

For more than forty five years now, Rebisco has been bringing the Filipinos great tasting snack food for everyone's delight.

From its humble beginning as England Biscuit Factory in August 1963 in San Juan, Metro Manila, to what is now known as Republic Biscuit Corporation; generations of Filipinos have been enjoying Rebisco’s basic portfolio of biscuits and now its wide range of snack foods.

In 1972, it acquired a new image and name, becoming the Republic Biscuit Corporation (Rebisco) that we know today. With its growing extensive distribution network, market research, and technology and product development, Rebisco soon positioned itself as one of the major players in the snack food industry.From a basic portfolio of biscuits such as the famous and pioneering Rebisco Cracker Sandwiches that generations of Filipinos have loved, Rebisco now carries a wide variety of snack food ranging from nuts and seeds, cakes, wafers, breads, chips and curls, candies and gums, and chocolates.This growth transpired though the creation of new partners over time such as JBC Food Corp.

(1989), Suncrest Foods Inc. (1995),Multirich Food Corp. and Pinnacle Foods Inc. (both in 1999), and SPI Corp.(2003).

Until now, Rebisco is still true to its claim of providing "Best-Value Products" by maintaining quality at par with the best in the country. All products that leave the Rebisco plant, put under strict quality control, are now reaching delighted consumers in many corners of the country.

It established a processing plant in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon.

PEPSI Cola Products Philippines Inc. (PCPPI) gives additional muscle to its Cagayan de Oro City plant with the latest investment of P500 million for expansion and improvements of its operations in the city, to reach out to the Northern Mindanao consumers and dealers and other provinces in the far south.

The multi-million-peso investment in what is known as the “City of Golden Friendship,” demonstrates the company’s confidence in the region’s potential as a good product market.

The Oro plant began operations in 1967 and has expanded since, servicing more than 25,000 outlets across Mindanao. It covers the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Camiguin, Bukidnon, the two Lanaos, Zamboanga del Sur, the Agusan provinces, the two Surigaos on the eastern seaboard and Dinagat.

Under the Lorenzos, PCPPI introduced the plastic bottle-the first of its kind in the industryand produced its first in -house brand, Premier bottled water.

In April 1997, the Lorenzo group invited Guoco Holdings (Philippines) Inc., a Hongkong-based holdings firm, to infuse much-needed capital into PCPPI. As PCPPI's majority owners, Cuoco has not only brought in fresh capital into PCPPI but also installed a seasoned management team. Under this new leadership, PCPPI's sales volume has been on the rise.

Pepsi-Cola came to the Philippines through John Clarkin, a native of Minnesota, USA, who came with the American forces at the close of World War II. On October 16, 1946, Clarkin acquired a franchise to bottle Pepsi in the Philippines. He consequently founded the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of the Philippine Islands Ltd. and became its president and general manager.

The company imported Pepsi beverages from the U.S. for a year until its first bottling plant was established in Quezon City in 1947.

In 1957, Clarkin returned to the U.S. and PepsiCo International took over Pepsi’s operations in the country. The company became a branch of PepsiCo’s New York office in 1983 and was renamed as PepsiCo Inc. (Philippine Branch.)

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Dirampatan said in a statement that all provinces, municipalities and cities in the region will be covered by the assessment.

He said they are specifically targeting to “visit and interview” a total of 245,055 households in North Cotabato; 212,590 in South Cotabato; 146,777 in Sultan Kudarat; 93,178 in Sarangani; and, 77,736 in Cotabato City.

It will cover a total of 1,194 barangays, 168 of which are classified as urban and 1,026 rural barangays.

NHTS-PR is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor households are, a program briefer said.

It said its system guarantees t he e st abl ish me nt and management of a national socio-economic database of poor households using a globally-accepted methodology.

The NHTS-PR database was the sole basis for the selection of beneficiaries of the national government’s anti-poverty programs, among them the continuing Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or the conditional cash transfer initiative and the social pension for poor senior citizens as well as other marginalized and vulnerable sectors.

During the launching of the NHTS-PR in 2009, DSWD-12 assessed a total of 581,853 households in the entire region.

The assessment results showed that some 296,043 households in the area were considered as poor and eventually targeted for various social services of the national government.

For the second NHTS-PR survey, Dirampatan said they are targeting to assess a total of 193,482 poor households in the region.

He said the DSWD central office aims to assess around 15 million households in the country through the initiative.

The agency’s National Household Targeting Office, in coordination with the National Statistics Office and the National Statistical Coordination Board, has generated a list of all urban and rural barangays as well as residents that will be covered by the assessment based on the 2010 census of population.

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city government of the unpaid bill for garbage collection for the months of May, June, July, and August this year.

“In spite of those letters, we never get a reply from City Hall on the status of the firm’s contract as the authorized garbage collection agency of the city,” Ramos said.

He said he was also frustrated to see new garbage trucks reportedly owned by a Manila-based contractor at the city’s landfill.

“I hope that the coming in of a Manila-based garbage collection agency has nothing to do with politics,” Ramos added.

Ramos admitted that he

was a friend of the former City Mayor Vicente Emano but denied it was politics that won the contract for his firm to become an authorized garbage collector in the city.

He said that his firm collects about 20-ton of garbage around Cagayan de Oro City daily.

“We employed our own garbage trucks and pay garbage collectors, and personnel to see to it that these garbage are collected every day,” Ramos said.

When the city government failed to pay the garbage bill for the months of May, June, July, and August, we decided to stop operation since we could no longer pay our personnel and maintain our garbage trucks, he said.

“I hope Mayor Moreno would understand that our bill for those months would be to pay the salaries of our personnel and settle some of the firm’s obligations,” Ramos added. (PNA)

Steag... from page 2

Further, the project is one of the components of Steag’s Social Empowerment through Education (SEED) Program which is part of the company’s comprehensive and continuing commitment to support several community development efforts in their host communities in Misamis Oriental.

Reject... from page 4

or Magna Carta for Journalists which proposes a Philippine Council for Journalists (PCJ) that will conduct the test, make a directory of accredited journalists and conduct trainings and seminars.

Estrada’s bill provides that only accredited journalists shall be entitled to all benefits and privileges accorded them by the law, their employers and the PCJ while nonaccredited peers or those who failed the examination will only get benefits from their employers. Non-accredited journalists, however, can still practice the profession.

On t he ot her hand, C a g ay a n d e O r o R e p.

Rufus Rodriguez filed his counterpart measure of Estrada’s measure in the Lower House, stressing that those who will fail the test of PCJ will not be allowed to have identification card and be prevented from “exercising their duties and rights as journalists.”

Rodriguez’s proposal also proposes that journalists with at least 10 years of experience in the profession shall be exempted from taking the licensure exam.

The bill is to “motivate and encourage journalists to perform their duties as truthful and responsible informers of the people,” said Rodriguez.

But Tugna and Albano said the measure was ‘ridiculous.’

For her part, Aragones, a former broadcast journalist, doubted the measure will pass in Congress, stressing that a ‘nose for news’ is needed for every journalist, and not a

licensure examination.

“The bill is a restraint on the freedom of expression.

Any person, whether licenses of not, is free to express, to report the facts to the public; especially the media practitioners,” Tugna said.

Albano shared a similar view: “Anybody can express what he or wants to say or write.”

Earlier, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines opposed the bill, urging the authors of the measure to withdraw their proposals.

“We cannot subscribe to the notion of subjecting journalists to accreditation for purposes of regulating the profession. Obviously not by any state agency and no, not even through peer accreditation,” the NUJP said in a statement.

Rule... from page 4

Te said the rule shall take effect in the 2014 bar exam.

He said the lifting of the rule cannot be applied to this year’s examination as the list of probable bar candidates has already been published.

He also said the Court would issue guidelines on the reforms.

In 2010, Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez called for the suspension of the five-strike rule for the next two years, in the wake of the adoption of the multiplechoice questions in the bar exams, which traditionally consist of essay questions on eight bar subjects.

Earlier, the SC announced that the exam will revert to its previous format, which is predominantly essay-type.

It will consist of 80 percent essay-type questions and 20 percent multiple-choice questions.

Solar... from page 5

interconnected, that is, can install and connect a solar rooftop.

In expectation of the release of the net-metering rules, one could already observe a marked increase in activities in the industry.

It is expected that this d e vel opme nt w i l l on ly accelerate as more and more customers take advantage of the rules and install a solar rooftop.

The net-metering rules and interconnection st andards are t he f irst mechanism prescribed in the Renewable Energy Law of 2008, which is now fully implemented.

It legalizes and thereby opens up the whole market of solar rooftops below 100 KW in on-grid areas for the country.

To spur development of s olar market in the Philippines, GIZ with the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry organizes the 2nd German Solar Training Week which will run from Sept 23 to 27, 2013.

Based on success of the first edition in 2012, this year eight German companies will

provide professional training to their partners.

The German companies will also exhibit at the ‘PowerTrends’ exhibition at SMX convention centre on S e pt 2 5 to 2 7 and conduct a ‘German Day’ at the renewables – Made in Germany booth on September 26, 2013.

Priority...

from page 5 Davao Gulf as to flourish the marine resources in the area.

Under his watch, the mangrove reforestation program will also be strengthened after the mayor has cruised the Tancuan Creek leading to the Davao Gulf, where he saw for himself the benefits of the program to the fisherfolks earning their livelihood in the area.

It is highly resolved that food security on fisheries and agriculture are among the priority thrusts of the Rellon Administration as stipulated under the EAGLE WINGS Program.

During the visit, Mayor Rellon also had an informal talk with residents living in the vicinity of the CAGRO sub-office who are affected by the construction of a soft-shelled crabs hatchery funded by the Department of Agriculture.

Such meeting was done for the local chief executive to personally express to the affected residents the plan of the local government for their families and their whole community as a whole without compromising their lives in the future. (Louie Lapat of CIO Tagum)

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from page 5 implement activities to reduce vulnerability to natural disasters,” explained Jos eph Curr y, C ountr y Representative of CRS. Local government units and community leaders will improve early warning systems to ensure that families know where to evacuate and seek assistance.

Plan will be working at the municipal and barangay levels – particularly with schools and youth – in vulnerable municipalities in Davao Oriental to improve the capacity of local governments, schools and communities to respond to disaster events.

“Plan International works a lot on preparedness with communities. Preparation can make all the difference when the worst happens and we work with children, communities and government agencies to identify disaster risks and strengthen their resilience,” said Carin van der Hor, Country Director of Plan.

Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental reportedly suffered the highest number of casualties and greatest damage to livelihoods and properties from Typhoon. The storm hit Eastern Mindanao in December 2012, leaving more than 1,000 people dead and as much as P34 billion (US$850 million) in damages.

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issue, it’ s an issue about how we create the future wealth and growth. And if we don’t start acting accordingly then it will harm the future growth of the planet,” said Hedegaard.

Referring to China and Australia’s recent decision to follow the European Union’s price on carbon, the former Danish minister said global consensus was crystallizing around the need for concrete action.

“We have arrived at the same conclusion as China -- If you want to be serious about climate change, you have to get the economic conditions right.”

Europe is the global leading provider of climate finance and by 2014, several EU member states and the European Commission have pledged to provide some 7 billion euro, with much of that effort apparent in the pacific.

However access to climate funds and the patience that goes with their delivery has been fraying nerves here, as the seas continue to rise.

C o ok Isl ands Pr ime Minister Henry Puna told Xinhua that Pacific Island Forum leaders were driven by the urgency of the global challenge.

“The fact is that for most of us it is now simply a matter of life and death, so you can understand the passion driven by desperation.”

Puna told Xinhua that partnerships remain at the heart of the challenge.

According to the Islands B u s i n e s s Int e r n at i on a l magaz ine, C hi na, Ne w Zealand and the Cook Islands have agreed to cooperate on managing the troubled water systems in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands ‘ main island.

“China, for example, is one that is coming out and taking a lead and one that is giving us a lot of comfort,” he said.

He degaard was a ls o enc ou r age d by C hina’s determination to cap carbon emissions and lead the fight on climate change.

“I believe the Chinese leadership is serious about what they want to do with climate change.”

Speaking during a break in Pacific Island Forum discussions, Hedegaard lauded China for very clearly establishing that the most efficient process to use the cap and trade market based mechanism.

“That’s exactly what we’ve been doing in Europe and we’re very keen to work with the Chinese on their schemes,” She added.

“In the European Commission we’ve been working with the Chinese in constructing their emissions trading scheme and I think it is extremely positive that in Shenzhen now you have a pilot scheme coming up and others will follow.”

In this June, Shenzhen, the city in south China’s Guangdong Province,

launched a carbon trading scheme, China’s first market for compulsor y carbon trading.

The scheme covers 635 industrial companies and some public buildings that account for about 40 percent of the city’s carbon emissions, the Shenzhen carbon trade exchange said in a statement.

China’s pilot schemes a l on e are e x p e c t e d t o represent the second largest emissions trading market in the world larger than those in California, Australia and New Zealand combined.

A united global stance against global warming remains the focus of this year’s forum, with the theme Marshaling the Pacific’s Response to Climate Change.

In his opening address this week, Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak reiterated the disasters facing pacific nations and pledged to work with global partners in and outside the forum to combat global warming.

“The world is indeed taking action,” he said, “but together we are all falling well short.”

The Pacific Island Forum runs until Friday. (PNA/ Xinhua)

Court... from page 5

States already recognize the individual’s right to the environment and provides indirect evidence of comunis opinio. Nevertheless, the best interpretation is the one which regards the environmental right as a traditional human right to be guaranteed by the State. This is the interpretation used by the Philippine Supreme Court in the landmark case of Oposa et al vs. DENR Secretary. *Access to environmental justice – While it is commonly known that States themselves may commit or tolerate environmental crimes, it is advisable and realistic to work towards strengthening judicial guarantees for effectively protecting the rights of the individual to a healthy and undisturbed environment.

Likewise, the evolution of the concept of environmental crime, the widening liability law for environmental damages and the application of the pollution-pays-principle could make a new court necessary.

The proposal for an International Court of the Environment is not merely a slogan or, much less, the creation of a duplicate of the International Court of Justice (substantially, a body for arbitrating between States) but a new institution, one that is missing today, directed mainly at protecting individuals in environmental cases. (MT)

Hurst... from page 6

Jesus clearly proved He is the true and only way to a fully satisfying life—by H is teach i ng , m i racles, death and resurrection.

And He wants to lead you into all the truth, success, and full living He’s planned for you to enjoy.

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Problem arises when, in the manufacture of these supplement s, t hat , it is marketed as a replacement or as a curative agent.

Thus, it is not uncommon to hear stories of patients who refuse medical interventions because they are lulled into a false belief that the supplements that t hey a re ta k ing in, w i l l bring healing.

In the Philippines, BFAD ( Bureau of Food and Drugs ) is the agency responsible for monitoring, licensing , regulation and making sure that the health of the general public is protected.

It makes sure that quality assurance is complied with.

It is the BFAD also that approves if the supplement can be marketed and registered as food, drug or cosmetic.

Ideally, anything related to these should register and get a BFAD approval before it is even brought out into the market.

But t hen aga in, even with the seal of approval, the public should be well informed on what t hese products can do to their bodies.

To be continued.....

Cimagala... from page 6

In the corridors of power and inf luence, graft and corruption have practically become the SOP. Just read the papers, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The b a n k i n g a nd f i n a nc i a l sector continues to blow bubble s i n t he hope of s t i mu l at i ng pro duc t ive economic activity. But they now seem to pop out soon after being launched.

We need to go back to God and seriously relate our earthly business affairs to h i m a nd to h is pla n and providence. We have to reassure ourselves that this is the proper way to do business, taking us away from the tendency to be swallowed up by the logic of the f lesh and the world that cannot help but lead us to greed and its ilk.

God and economics are not two mutually exclusive realities. God’s eternal law includes the economic laws proper to us as image and likeness of his, and children of his.

At t h e m om e nt , we seem to do economics by practically ignoring God, or even openly opposing h i s l aw s . T he s upreme law of cha r it y i s of ten considered as impractical and impracticable. In short, that it is inhuman, antibusiness and all that.

We need to change that mindset. God and charity should be the be-all and end-all of our economic affairs. We just cannot stop at the level of profitability or prac t ic a l it y, ma k i ng them the supreme goal of our businesses.

W i t h o u t d i s c a rd i n g

them, we need to go beyond them and aim at what really is the goal for us-God and charity, which is the very essence of God and also the essence meant for us precisely because we are God’s image and likeness, and God’s children.

Doi ng busi ness w it h G od a s t he or ig i n, way and end in no way harms our economic activities.

On t he contrar y, it w i l l broaden our perspective, sha r pen ou r c re at iv it y, foster ou r product iv it y, and increase our capacity to tackle whatever challenges, burden or trials we may meet along the way.

Doi ng busi ness w it h God in mind a nd hea r t melts away the fears and doubts that often lead us to be greedy and to pursue only our self-interests at the expense of the common good.

Batas... from page 6

pork barrel in our national budget.

-ooo PNOY MUST GIVE UP HIS PORK, TOO: “We also appeal to our senators and the congress representatives to focus on their intended job —wh ich is to create laws. Hence, • we appeal to His Excellency for the abolition of P200 million annual allocation for each senator; • we appea l to H i s E xc el lenc y for t he abolition of the P70 million annual allocation for each cong ress represent at ive that are supposedly used for various projects, but have been abused…

“And we appeal to His Excellency for the ‘special purpose f unds’ (SPF) of ne a rly P4 5 0 bi l l ion b e abol ished as wel l… A N A PPE A L TO L E A D US IN DISMANTLING PATRONAGE POLITICS. We appeal to our President to lead in t he abolit ion of a n u nju st s y stem of pat ron a ge p ol it ic s . We strongly say,`Enough with a few families controlling not just t he politics but t he ver y sou l of tow ns, cit ies, prov inces a nd to some degree our country!’

“A N A P P E A L T O LEAD IN THE PASSING OF THE FR EEDOM OF I N F OR M AT ION BI L L .

Finally, we appeal to our dear President to lead in passi ng t he Freedom of Information Bi l l a nd to certify to the necessity of its immediate enactment…

We are convinced that this bill is crucial in our fight against corruption…”

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Republic of the Philippines Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental 10th Judicial Region Branch 38 Cagayan de Oro City TERESA BUSILAC, REPRESENTED BY ATTY. ALEJANDRO JOSE PALLUGNA,

Petitioner,

-versus-

SPEC. PROC. NO. 2013-067 FOR PETITION FOR DECLARATION OF DEATH

NORMA S. DIPUTADO, LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY,

Defendant.

X--------------------------------------/ ORDER

Before this Court is the petition of Teresa Busilac for the declaration of death of her husband, Aquilio B. Busilac in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that said Petition be set for hearing on October 2, 2013 at 8:30 in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court, on which date, time and place, all persons who may have any opposition to the petition herein sought, may appear to show cause why said petition should not be granted.

Let this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing.

Likewise, let copies of this Order, with Petition attached, be posted by the petitioner on the bulletin boards of the Court, the City Hall of Cagayan de Oro City and the Provincial Capitol of Misamis Oriental for at least ten (10) days prior to date of hearing.

Furnish copies of this Order and the Petition to the Offices of the Solicitor General, City Prosecutor of Cagayan de Oro City and the Local Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City.

SO ORDERED.

August 19, 2013, Cagayan de Oro City.

(SGD.) EMMANUEL P. PASAL Judge BWM: Sept. 6, 13 & 20, 2013

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“Viet nam is lag g ing behind the growth seen in neighboring countries and urgent action needs to be taken by the government to ensure that this important sector, which contributes significantly to the country’s GDP, does not get left behind,” Grant Thornton Vietnam general director Ken Atkinson said.

“Urgent action needs to be taken in reviewing the visa on arrival and visa exemption policies, i nve st me nt i n tou r i s m marketing campaigns, and urgent action to stop bad practices and services which damage not only the industry but the country and all Vietnamese people,” he said. (PNA/VNS)

MisOr... from page 10

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million to P70 million a year for projects earmarked for implementation on their respect ive dist ricts, t he DBM said.

The DBM records showed that P173 million PDA F f o r C a g ay a n d e O ro Cit y a nd M i s a m i s Oriental congressmen went for soft projects, hard or i nf rast r uc t u re projec ts, and for financial assistance to local government units (LGUs).

Based on DBM record, except Benaldo of having used of P16 mi l lion for financial assistance, four others have used P15 million each.

The remaining allocations from the said five congressmen went to infrastructure projects.

Releases of Unabia and Benaldo to LGUs with higher allocation for soft projects (f i n a n c i a l a s s i s t a n c e / livelihood) of P 8 million went to Sugbongcogon, while Bena ldo a llocated P7, 500,00 million and P5 million to Barangays Bulua and Bayanga respectively.

Former cong ressma n Emano a lso gave an allocation of P 5, 270,000 to the Office of the Secretary o f t h e D e p a r t m e nt o f Agriculture for financial assistance for the implementation of small and medium enterprise as part of livelihood program i n t he 2 nd D i s t r ic t of Misamis Oriental.

Among the five c o n g r e s s m e n , Un a b i a , Benaldo and Emano were found to have used their pork barrel for projects outside t heir leg islat ive districts.

Unabia, Bena ldo a nd Emano found to have put some of their pork barrel a t t h e D S W D C e nt r a l Off ice in the amount of P500, 000 (Unabia), P250, 000 (Benaldo) P200, 000 (Emano).

The three congressmen identified their fund to be used as “financial assistance for the implementation of t he Comprehensive a nd I nt e g r at e d D e l i ve r y of

Social Services program.

According to the C om m i s sion on Aud it , congressmen should have used their pork barrel for projects not outside their legislative districts. The DBM shows the releases and utilization of PDAF through its home page link at: http:// pd a f.dbm.gov.ph /i ndex . php?r=Site%2FListing_per_ legislator%2Ff y%2F2013. riority.

“The DBM’s link through its website is commendable,” said Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro priest Monsignor Rey Monsanto adding that the people may now know where the lawmakers’ PDAF goes particularly congressmen from Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental. (PNA)

Ties...

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The Governance and Local Democracy (GOLD) project in 1996 played a catalytic and pivotal role in Bohol’s development and environmental management resources. Under the GOLD project, Bohol crafted the Bohol Environment Code (BEC) of 1998, the first environment code by any local government in the country.

Among current projects implemented by USAID in B ohol is the Advancing Philippine Competitiveness Project (C OMPETE), a proj e c t under the Partnership for Growth (PFG). The PFG, a White House initiative, is a collaboration between the United States and the Philippines Government focused on accelerating and sustaining broad-based and inclusive economic growth.

USAID also provides assistance to Bohol through the Private Sector Mobilization for Family Health Phas e 2 Project which aims to increase private sector participation in the delivery of family planning, maternal and child health services. USAID’s c u r re nt e nv i ron m e nt a l project, the Coastal Climate Change Adaption Project to strengthen the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) which is implemented in partnership with Rare, builds community, ecological, and social resilience against climate change.

Mission Director Steele s a i d , “t h e s t r o n g a n d pro duc t ive p ar t nership that we have built with t he p e ople of B ohol is instrumental as we move towards meeting our vision of putting the Philippines on an accelerated growth trajectory to achieve broadbased growth that benefits a l l F i l ipi n o s .” M i s s i on Director Steele said.

During the event, Ambassador Thomas also h i g h l i g hte d t h e s t rong p ar t nership t hat B ohol has developed with the U.S. Peace Corps, whose volunteers have been working to build a brighter future for the young people of Tagbilaran.

CINE EUROPA returns to CdeO For the past six years, Rodelsa Hall has been the home of the premiere European Film Festival in Cagayan de Oro and this year, the fourday cinema fest is set to return this coming October 10-13.

Get ready for another season of 21 qua lit y films from 18 member countries of the European Union as they showcase their unique brand of cinematic storytelling in the 16th edition of Cine Europa.

This cultural affair is spearheaded by the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines in partnership with the EU Cultural Institutes, Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and Rodelsa Hall of Liceo de Cagayan University.

For the Cagayan de Oro leg of the nationwide film fest, Germany’s entry “Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland” opens t he fou r d ay event. As reviewed by ukgermanconnection. org, “the film is a new thought-provoking yet h ig h ly enter t a i n i ng German comedy portraying three generations of Turkish immigrants and their lives in Germany. This small production, which was released in early spring 2011, has become a surprise box-office hit.”

Furthermore, the website cited, “The film makes it clear that the issue of a split cultural identity is most problemat ic for t hird generation immigrants.

They are aware of t hei r Tu rk i sh root s

PCA... from page 10

Also, this year’s expo is happening in a bigger space of 2,576 s qu are meters compared to last year’s 2,412 square meters.

Allado also noted it is only this year that a local manufacturing company has joined the expo with the presence of Nakayama Manufacturing Company based in Digos City, Davao del Sur. T he c omp any w h i ch manufactures kitchen modular, tiles, floorings, and the like has indicated its capability to manufacture world-class products, he said.

Some other new entrants to the expo include Solar Flow Solutionz, manufacturer of energ y conser ving LED bulbs and Hilty, manufacturer of heavy equipment cutters.

and are accustomed to Turkish family traditions at home but these young people are also growing up with German friends and immersed in the German culture and its traditions.

Hence, their most c h a l le n g i n g t a s k i s finding a balance between these different cultures as well as discovering their own personal identity.”

The German feature film will be shown on October 10, 7PM at the Rodelsa Hall. All films in the festival are free to the public. This year’s participating countries include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, G e r m a n y, G r e e c e , Hungary, Italy, Norway, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and United Kingdom.

Cine Europa 16 will also happen in other key cities in the Philippines such as Mandaluyong, Bag uio, Cebu and culminates in Davao City.

To get to know more about Cine Europa 16 in Cagayan de Oro and the film schedule, log on to w w w.facebook. com/rodelsahall or www. liceo.edu.ph or you may call (088) 8584093 to 95 local 109.

As early as of Thursaay, Augusto Manalo, president of PCA expressed c o n f i d e n c e t h i s y e a r ’s exhibition will surpass last year specially in relation to sales.

Alongside the Philconstruct Mindanao 2013 expo is the Packprint Pl a s D av a o an d D av a o International Trade Expo brought by Global Link MP Events International, Inc. G L M P C E O Pat r i c k Lawrence Tan said the three trade shows pave the way for companies to maximize their business potential and allow buyers to get the most out of trade opportunities.

Packprint Plas Davao showc as e s pl ast i c s and packaging, printing, food and beverage and office automation while Davao International Trade Expo focuses on the best packages and deals in the industry of tourism. (PNA)

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Residents said the odor was unbearable it caused coughing. Some described the effect as worse than being tear gassed. They said the odor was inhaled from the plant site in Barangay Taganito and neihbogring Hayanggabon, Cabugo and Urbiztondo villages.

“That incident caused people to panic and the smell truly sucks, it’s like the [smell of] septic tank,” said Taganito Barangay Chair Ruben D. Parpan.

“Good thing no one was complaining or landed in the hospital during that incident,” he said.

He said THPAL officials explained to him and some councilors the company was at fault for using a wrong mixture of chemicals at the time. He said the firm promptly apologized and promised similar incidents would not happen again.

Parpan said Takanori Fujimora, president of Tag an ito H PA L Ni ckel Corporation had called from Japan to ask for an apology.

“He was really asking for apology and assured that incidents like that would never happen again,” he said.

Parpan added Fujimora told him the smell was not dangerous. “ The foul odor hurt my nose, I felt dizzy. I’d rather have tear gas than that one because it prolongs your suffering,” said Andy Elemanco of Taganito.

Bebe Tesado, a mother of eight, said they could not sleep that night because of the obnoxious odor. She said she felt worried listening to her children cry.

“Since I was young I have never smelled something like that one and I fear that it would happen again or

something worse would happen,” she added.

Claver Mayor Eddie P. Gokiangkee also said the incident has caused panic among the locals.

But he said no one was contemplating to file charges against the mining firm for the incident.

In his letter to Parpan, Fujimora said THPAL US$1.6 billion for the project in Claver which is expected to produce 30,000 metric tons of nickel sulfide and 2600 MT cobalt sulfide each year.

The two chemicals will be refined in Japan.

Fujimora said their “stateof-the-art equipment” is expected to generate US$378 million (about P15 billion) annually and employ at least 2000 workers.

“It is expected to raise taxes for the national government and local government, provide social development expenses under the government’s Social Management Program to the host and surrounding communities at estimated P144 million pesos annually and stimulate local businesses,” Fujimora’s letter said.

Fujimora said THPAL has a lifespan of 30 years.

The joint venture also owns the Philippines’ first hydrometallurgical nickel processing plant in Palawan.

Workers... from page 1

CSC said that the most common report it received questions the authenticity of employee’s eligibility.

That after investigation, t h e c om m i s s i on fou n d out that the concerned employee was not the one who took the eligibility exam, but somebody in his behalf as shown in the mismatched photographs of the employee and the one who actually took the

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region BRANCH 24 Cagayan de Oro City HDMF (PAG-IBIG), FILE NO. 2013-228 Mortgagee,

FOR: EJF OF REAL -versus- ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 MA. LUISA Y. REYNALDO married to GALO P. REYNALDO,

Mortgagors. x-----------------------------------------------/ SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under ACT 3135 as amended filed by HDMF (PAG-IBIG) mortgagee, against MA. LUISA Y. REYNALDO, married to GALO P. REYNALDO mortgagor, resident of Block 24, Lot 28 PN Roa LCHP P- II, Barra Opol , Misamis Oriental, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 19, 2013, amounts to ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED EIGTHY TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE and 71/100 (P 1,182,921.71) excluding penalties, charges , attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at Public Auction on September 30, 2013 at 9:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Hayes Street, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the properties with all its improvements to wit : TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-30221

A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 28, Block 24, Psd-10-020903, being a portion of Lot 5237, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre) situated in the Barrio of Barra, Municipality of Opol, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 6236; Cad-237; on the NE., along line 2-3 by Lot 29; on the SE, along line 3-4 by Road Lot 24 (8.00 m. wide) on the SW., along line 4-1 by Lot 27, all of the subdivision plan. Psd-020903 Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FORTY TWO (142) square meters more or less.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves , in the event of Auction Sale can not take place for whatever legal reason the sale will proceed on the following day, without further notice , posting and publication, the title here in above describe and encumbrance thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, August 13, 2013.

(Sgd.)TERESITO C. ESTENZO Sheriff IV BWM: Sept. 2, 9 & 16, 2013

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The s ame is t r ue of public school teachers who misrepresented themselves as board passers and was later dismissed from service after their eligibility was questioned. “ We a r e e n j o i n i n g concerned individuals to report this kind of fakery, even in anonymous letter, for as long as the information is correct.” Vidal said.

Me d a r d a G a l a r r i t a , public information officer of the Department of Education, said that cases of fake eligibility of teachers have resulted to dismissal.

She said that some of the discovery came when the teachers were about to retire.

“It is really sad that you suffer the consequence of your action at the twilight of your career.” Galarrita said.

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The do c uments a ls o i n c l u d e d t h e I nv o i c e Receipt for Transfer of Funds Inventory of Cash as of August 19, 2013, which indicates the city’s accounts with the Land Bank of the Philippines, Postal Bank, Development Bank of the Phi lippines, Phi lippine National Bank, Philippine Veterans Bank and PPSB with their corresponding account numbers and amounts.

Also submitted were the Inventory of Unused Checks as of Aug 19 for the three accounts, the Consolidated Report of Accountability for Accountable Forms, and office supplies.

A copy of these documents was also furnished to the City Council committee on finance and ways and means, the City Administrator, City Budget

Officer, City Accountant, and the Commissions on Audit.

Mayor Oscar Moreno and City Administrator Roy Raagas already received a copy of the Treasurer’s report dated June 28, 2013 including a report of the P 33 million deposited in a bank on the day Moreno assumed the mayoral post on July 1, 2013.

T h e c it y t re a s u re r’s transmittal report to the BLG F w a s rel e a s e d on Tuesday to media outlets in Cagayan de Oro City to bewail reports issued

by Mayor Moreno t hat Cagayan de Oro City is cash trapped and that it is adopting austerity measures because the P 1. 1 billion left

by Emano was gone. (PNA)

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and the subterranean river.

On Friday this week, the first batch of 100 visitors composed of g u e s t s f r o m We s t e r n P h i l i p p i n e s Un i v e r s i t y (WPU) and World Vision, is set to go to the park for an educational trip.

“All they need to bring are their snacks,” Badilla said. He said the PPUR office is open to receive those who wish to able f rom 8 : 0 0 a . m . t o 5 : 0 0 p.m.

In related news, as part of its participation t o t h e t o u r i s m m o nt h , the employees of the management office, including booking attendants, park rangers, and other frontliners, will be undergoing a personality development training on orientation for front office ser vice and G P S m appi n g w it h t h e City Tourism Department (CTD) this month. (PNA)

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 17 Cagayan de Oro City OFFIC OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE FILE NO. 2013-220

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 filed by HOME DEV’T. MUTUAL FUND (PAG-IBIG FUND), mortgagee, with office at J.R. Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City, against ROSELLE C. CORVERA, mortgagor, residing at c/o Dennis Corvera Block 18 Lot 27, 2A, La Buena Vida Subd., Canitoan, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 6, 2013, amounts to FOUR HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THREE PESOS & 27/100 (P414,303.27), excluding penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or her duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on October 3, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Hall of Justice, Cagayan de Oro City to the highest bidder , for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency the following property with all improvement’s to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. P-120460 “A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 27, Block 18, of the cons. Subd. Plan, PCS-10001589, being a portion of All Resultant Lots within Blocks 1 to 16 & Road Lots 1 to 14 of Psd-10-020813 ). Situated in the Barangay of Lumbia, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the NE., along line 1-2 by Lot 25 of Block 18 of the cons. Subd. Plan : xxxx …. Containing an area of Forty Five (45) square meters, more or less.’’’

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-120461 ‘’A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 29, Block 18, of the cons. Subd. Plan, PCS-10001589, being a portion of All Resultant Lots within Blocks 1 to 16 & Road Lots 1 to 14 of Psd-10-020813). Situated in the barangay of Lumbia, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by lot 30; xxx … Containing an area of Forty Five (45) square meters, more or less.’’

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on October 3, 2013, for whatever reason, the public auction will proceed on the next working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

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

Cagayan de Oro City, August 23, 2013.

(SGD)FE O. BONTUYAN-BULARON Sheriff IV BWM: Sept. 6, 13 & 20, 2013

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF 2ND NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF File No. 2010-607 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No 3135 as amended

by Act No. 4118 by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (PAG-IBIG), against ALAN BERONIO DAIGDIGAN married to MELODY SIVILLA DAIGDIGAN, with residence and postal address at Lot 19 Blk. 14 KISANLU/ PAG-IBIG CITY BRGY. IPONAN, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of September 10, 2010 amounts to THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE and 83/100 PESOS (P365,133.83), including of interest, penalties and other charges , the undersigned or her duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on September 26, 2013 at 10:00A.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-196730 A parcel of land (Lot 19, Block 14, Pcs-10-002661, being a portion of Lots 3594, 3596, 3597, 3598, 35600, Cad-237 & Lot 3591-I, (LRC) Psd128619), situated in the Barrio of Iponan, City of Cagayan de Oro , Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE (121) SQUARE METERS, more or less, registered in the name of ALAN B. DAIGDIGAN married to MELODY S. DAIGDIGAN. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

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

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

Cagayan de Oro City, August 5, 2013.

(Sgd.) ANTONIO A. CAGULANG, JR.

Sheriff IV Aug. 23, 30 & Sept. 6, 2013

CAGAYAN DE ORO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947 CAMIGUIN BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491 CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City DIVISORIA BRANCH Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631 LAPASAN BRANCH Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739 CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011

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