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By Roel Catoto

‘TF Mark 44’ to probe Killing of opposition bet in Gingoog

URIGAO C ity – – T h e mayor of Pilar town in Surigao del Norte has been out of office since March 6, following a suspension order issued by the antigraft court.

By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor and MARK FRANCISCO Life Style Editor

MISAMIS Oriental––“Task Force 44” would investigate the killing of a promising political leader in Gingoog City last week, provincial Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano said Monday.

See FULL STORY, page A5

Solon wants paternity leave extended up to 30 days from 7 days

By Rowena B. Bundang

See probed, page A11

GRATITUDE. Children express gratitude to Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez (center) for providing houses to their parents at the Berjaya Resettlement Site in Barangay Camaman-an, Cagayan De Oro City. The residents are all victims of typhoon Sendong and are now living in their own houses in the resettlement site. Rodriguez secured P15 million for the road concreting from Bolonsiri Cemetery to the resettlement area on top of the P11 million for the drainage and road concreting of the resettlement site. KD

A LAWMAKER is seeking to amend the “Paternity Leave Act of 1996” to extend the allowed paid leave benefits of all married male employees from seven days to 15 days, and grant them additional 15 days of unpaid leave to lengthen the time spent of every man with his wife and newborn after delivery.

Rep. Edcel “Grex” B. Lagman (1st District, Albay) raised the proposal, saying the physical presence of the husband during the first month after childbirth is paramount in the swift recovery of her wife, and is medically proven to reduce her postpartum depression. TRASH LINE. Villagers along the coastal village of Lagman said that when Brgy 76A, Davao City take a dip in the sea amid the trash a mother gives birth to lining the beach on Easter Sunday.

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400 studes join forum on ASEAN integration

MISAMIS Oriental––More than 400 students from Bukidnon joined a forum designed to upbeat the students in the ASEAN integration, Vice Governor Joey Pelaez said Monday.

Pelaez said that the forum was held in Gingoog City last week with the participation of 403 students in the Bukidnon State University (BSU) External See forum, page A9

Regencia gets TRO

By SONNY V. SUDARIA Armm News Bureau

ILIGAN City--Mayor Celso G. Regencia managed to secure a 60-day Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) from the Court of Appeals (CA).

Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa issued a six months suspension order against Regencia.

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Energy official finds lead in an Easter Sunday blackout

By CNN PHILIPPINES with a report from MINDANEWS

ENERGY officials have yet to identify the cause of a massive blackout in Mindanao on the early hours MindaNews photo by Keith Bacongco of Easter Sunday (April 5).

It took up to seven hours to completely restore power in the Mindanao grid, Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla told CNN Philippines in a

phone interview. However, Petilla noted that some areas near power plants had their electricity See blackout, page A11

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New IP rep should talk to NPA fighters says Duterte

By ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO, DavaoToday.com

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AVAO CITY – Mayor Rodrigo Duterte expects the new representative for the indigenous people in the city to talk with the New People’s Army whose members in the countrysides are mostly IPs.

Halila Sudagar, who was the former Sangguniang Kabataan federation president, was swore in by Duterte as the new IP rep afternoon on March 30 (Monday) at the People’s Park.

Duterte said it would

be good if Sudagar would talk to the NPAs “about two-thirds of whom are IPs.” “Adto ka sa bukid. Pila na ko ka beses adto bukid.

Almost two-thirds sa mga sundalo nila lumad (Go to the mountains, I have

gone there for a couple of times, almost two thirds of their fighters are indigenous peoples),” Duterte said during his weeklly program Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa on Sunday.

“Ambot unsa pod isulti niya nga g wapo. Magamigo ta? Mangitag away?

O unsay mahimo nato para nila? (I don’t know what good she would say.

That we’re going to be friends? Or we are looking for war? Or what we could for them?),” Duterte said adding that he would want to resume talks with the Communist Party of the

Philippines.

“An g a k o n g i nt e re s maundang tag pinusilay. If we can agree on a ceasefire, gwapo unta (My interest is that we stop fighting.

If we can agree on a ceasefire, that would be good),” Duterte said.

During last Monday’s program, Duterte also challenged Sudagar to support the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).

Sudagar who hails from the Kagan tribe will be representing the six major tribes in the city including Ata, Kagan, Klata, Matigsalug, Tagabawa,

and Uvo Manobo.

Sudagar is the second IP representaive following Datu Berino Mamboo who was selected in 2012.

Duterte previously opposed Sudagar’s selection as IP representative saying she has had her term as SK federataion president.

He explained on Sunday, how Sudagar’s selection came about saying most of the crowds who chose Sudagar were members of Duterte’s political party, Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod.

“Out of delicadeza, I wanted a more representa-

tive crowd. They did not know I got the opinions of Kagans who live from afar,” he said.

Duterte said Sudagar should “come up with a justification” for her programs.

“She has to come up with a justification sa iyang program, come up with a rationale. Di ko mohatag basta og lump sum, for what? (she has to come up with a justification for her programs, come up with a rationale. I will not easily give a lump sum, for what?),” Duterte said. (davaotoday.com)

Davao business sector throws support to 2015 Palarong Pambansa

By Charlie V. Monforte

TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte -- The top corporations in Davao del Norte and in the entire Davao Region have thrown their support to help the successful staging of the 2015 edition of the Palarong Pambansa which kicks off in May. The Tagum Agricultural Development Company, Inc. or TADECO, Damosa Land, Davao Packaging Corporation or DPC, Davao International Container Terminal, Inc. or DICT and Pearl Farm Beach Resort are supporting the May 3 to 9 games that organizers have touted the “Best Palaro Ever.”

“We are not only thankful but also very proud of their generous support for

the Palaro,” Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario said. “With their help, we are on track to stage the best Palaro ever.”

Some 15,000 athletes, coaches, sports officials, tourists and supporters are expected to flock for the Palaro that will feature competitions in 17 regular and five demonstration sports in the primary and secondary levels.

“Hosting the Palarong Pambansa is a privilege and it gives us—in Davao del Norte—the opportunity not only to showcase our capability to stage multi-sports competitions, but also how well the province and the region have become in terms of business, economy and tourism,” Governor Rodolfo del Rosario said. (PNA)

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Titing Camporado dives with his dog Billy at Sta. Ana Wharf, Davao City on Easter Sunday. Many Filipinos celebrate Easter Sunday by going to the beaches.

MindaNews photo by Keith Bacongco Republic of the Philippines CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE City of Davao Notice of Publication RA 10172

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Date: APRIL 1, 2015

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, the Guidelines in the Implementation of Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR of RA 10172), notice is hereby served to the public that JENNY C. ROXAS has filed with this office, a petition for correction of clerical error in the entry in the child’s sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JEAN CLYDE BOLO CASI who was born at Davao City and whose parents are JAIME, JR MAMAC ROXAS and JENNY BOLO CASI. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than April 17, 2015.

(Sgd.) Atty. LEO ANTHONY R. BRACEROS

City Civil Registrar MDN: APRIL 7 & 14, 2015

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THE head of a consumer group in Mindanao has alleged that the ongoing privatization of government-owned generation plants is raising power rates higher than those approved by the government.

“The Independent Power Producer Administrator (IPPA) privatization process is being used by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation to sell power from Mindanao Power plants at higher rates than those approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC),” said Engr. David A. Tauli, president and spokesperson of the Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers.

PSALM is the government corporation tasked to liquidate government owned assets in the power industry within 25 years.

“Prior to February 2015, the generation of the Mt. Apo 1 & 2 geothermal power plants was being sold to Mindanao power consumers at the NPC-MinGen bundled rate of less than P3.00 pesos per kilowatt hour (kWh), under the contracts of PSALM customers in Mindanao with PSALM-NPC, covering the generation of all PSALMowned or controlled power plants in Mindanao, which includes the Agus-Pulangi hydro plants, the STEAG coal plant, and the Mt. Apo geothermal power plants,” Tauli said.

However, starting February 2015, he said the Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative (BUSECO) started charging its member-consumers at more than PhP 5.00/KwH for the 10 megawatts (MW) of power being delivered to

BUSECO from the Mt. Apo 1&2 geothermal power plants, the Independent Power Producers Administrators (IPPA) contract of which was recently awarded by PSALM to FDCMisamis Power Corporation.

“The EPIRA clearly provides that any privatization of PSALM-owned generating plants should not result in increasing the rates charged to customers of PSALM and should not result in the reduction of the contracted power of these customers,” Tauli noted.

Tauli added that the existing bundled rates approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC, the government agency charged with setting power rates) for generation of the NPC-MinGen power plants can be changed only upon approval by the ERC of an application for revision of the bundled rates.

“Note that the rates being charged by PSALM for the NPC-MinGen power plants are “bundled”, which means that PhP 3.00/kWh is the average of the respective rates for hydro plants, coal plants, and geothermal plants, with the rates for coal being highest and the rates for hydro being the lowest,” Tauli explained.

“Consequently, an application to change the bundled rates should be done with all the different types of plants being considered. The rates for any type of plant cannot be changed without corresponding changes in the rates for the other types of plants,” he added.

In raising the rates of geothermal generation from 3.00 pesos to 5.00 pesos per kilowatt-hour, he said PSALM, BUSECO and others party to the interim power supply agreement between the two entities

have violated the following rights of power consumers: (a) the EPIRA prohibition against using privatization of government-owned power plants to increase rates; (b) the EPIRA prohibition against using privatization to reduce the contracted power of PSALM customers; and (c) the requirement to get ERC approval prior to changing the bundled rates of the PSALM-owned power plants in Mindanao.

“What is appalling about this process of cheating Mindanao power customers is that there appears to be collusion among PSALM, at least six electric cooperatives, one generating company, and the ERC,” Tauli said. “The rates of more than P5.00/ kWh that BUSECO is passing on to their member-consumers for the generation from the Mt. Apo geothermal plants could not be effected without the agreement of all these parties.”

“In March 2015, the PSALM advertised the bidding for the IPPA for the 210-MW coal power plants of the STEAG. If the BUSECO initiative to increase the rates being charged to their member-consumers for generation from the Mt. Apo geothermal power plant is not reversed, then the PSALM will use the same IPPA process to increase the rates for generation from the STEAG coal power plants,” he added.

Rep. Edgardo R. Masongsong of 1-CARE Party list supports Tauli’s contention.

“We need to protect the electric consumers first more than anybody else,” the legislator said. “I have formally filed a complaint on the subject against the BUSECO OIC before the National Electrification Administra-

tion (NEA). My action is a manifestation that I put the electric consumers first over friends and my own electric cooperative.”

Prior to his appointment as first nominee of the First Consumer’s Alliance for Rural Energy (1-CARE) Party List, Masongsong was BUSECO’s General Manager. 1-CARE represents rural electricity users and seeks to protect them from abuses by power distributors and generators. It was granted party list status by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Jan. 10, 2010.

However, an executive of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) clarified rate regulation ceases to be through NPC rates but through a review process which is not necessarily based on the winning bid for privatized NPC assets.

“It can be said not just of the privatization of the Mindanao plants, but of the privatization in general, that PSALM’s main objective is to

sell high,” said Atty. Francis Saturnino Juan, ERC executive director. “By selling high, it realizes more. With more proceeds, more debts are settled and stranded debts are reduced. Lesser stranded debts mean a lower universal charge.”

Once the plants or contracts are privatized, Atty.

Juan said the rate regulation ceases to be through the regulation of NPC rates but will be done through the review process for the contracts entered into by the successors and in setting the rates.

“The ERC looks into the book value of the asset acquired or the reasonable cost for the successor, and not necessarily the winning bid,” he explained. “Also, with privatization, NPC’s portfolio of plants changes from that existing when its rates were last set. Hence, it may already signal that its rates be reviewed and updated to reflect the change.”

Section 38 of the Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as the EPIRA, created the ERC as an independent, quasi-judicial regulatory body, replacing the Energy Regulatory Board, created under Executive Order No. 172.

Under Section 43 of the EPIRA, the ERC is tasked to promote competition, encourage market development, ensure customer choice and penalize abuse of market power in the electricity industry.

To carry out this undertaking, the ERC has been tasked to promulgate necessary rules and regulations, including Competition Rules, and impose fines or penalties for any non-compliance with or breach of the EPIRA, the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the EPIRA, and other rules and regulations which it promulgates or administers as well as other laws it is tasked to implement/ enforce.

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One crooked thing in Daang Matuwid

By William R. Adan of MindaNews

Turning point

NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental--Absurd, anomalous and irresponsible.

How else would you describe the act of Regional Executive Director (RED) Ruth M. Tawantawan of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 10 in issuing a permit to MSU Naawan to cut 87 trees after the fact, that is, months after the trees were already felled to the ground?

The DENR records show that the Chancellor of MSU Naawan filed with DENR 10 two permit applications to cut trees in connection with the construction of some school buildings on campus. One was submitted on 03 May 2014 involving 19 trees and another on 24 May 2014 affecting 68 trees, mostly large Narra and Mahogany planted by students, faculty and staff of the university some 30 years ago.

For one reason or another, the applications got stranded in the Office of the Regional Executive Director (RED) and were not acted upon.

The trees were cut, nonetheless, in different occasions without the benefit of permits as required by law.

The latest tree cutting incident that wasted 68 trees was executed within

the middle of January 2014 to the first week of February 2014. This was done in clearing the area and in the groundbreaking activities for the construction of a gymnasium otherwise known as Training and Student Activity Center (TSAC).

Naming the g ym as Training and Student Activity Center was clearly resorted to circumvent certain expenditure policies. The P1.1B Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) fund given to the Mindanao State University System (MSUS) through the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) was intended to meet the basic instructional needs of the 11 campuses of the University, specifically for badly needed classrooms, research laboratories and their attendant facilities and equipment.

The initial construction activities were commenced without a valid procurement contract. The deed of agreement between the Mindanao State University and Jacinto Gerona Construction was only approved by the Board of Regents of the University during its 226th meeting on 12 March 2014, in Diliman, Quezon City. Moreover, the construction was pursued, and to date is on-going, without

FOR most of us, we know only of politicians who hogged the limelight in the print and broadcast media. We tend to give credit only to politicians who are visible in the press – thanks to those who have connections in the media.

What about those whose names are seldom heard?

There are many kinds of elected public officials whose names are seldom heard. For instance, there are elected public officials who shun the media and the public because they have achieved nothing. On the contrary, most people described these politicians as suspects of possible questionable transactions that the only thing to be discreet is to keep things under wrap. They are a waste of the taxpayers money!

Then, we have politicians who do not want to see the press for fear that

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building permit as evidenced by the absence of a poster near the site displaying the permit number and the date of issue as required by law.

The tree cutting incident was brought to the attention of the public online by MindaNews on 13 February 2014. The report saw print in Mindanao Gold Star Daily News on 20 February 2014. The local ABS CBN TV Patrol also featured the incident in its newscast on 13 and 14 February 2014.

I formally reported the incident to Red Tawantawan on 18th of February complete with a video footage (a video link to YouTube) on the felling of trees and some pictures of the event. Another report was submitted to her on the 20th of February on the continuous slicing of logs and the operation of an illegal sawmill on campus, likewise supported with video footages and pictures which I personally took.

Apparently on account of my report, RED Tawantawan made two simultaneous conflicting actions: (1) creating an investigating team to look into the incident as reported; and (2) issuing an order to the Provincial Environment and Resources Officer (PENRO) to rectify the requirement deficiencies in the applications of MSU Naawan for a tree-cutting permit to facilitate their

processing.

Pressed whether or not she had earlier issued a permit to MSU Naawan that led to the willful cutting of trees, she categorically answered in the negative, saying that it is the very reason why an investigation had to be conducted (TURNING POINT, MindaNews, 09 March 2014).

PENRO Special Order No. 008-2014, series of 2014, constituted an investigating team supposedly composed of 4 DENR personnel, a representative from the LGU, the PNP, and the AFP and the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force in the Area. The investigating team, however, that conducted the actual investigation on site and who met with me on 10 March 2014 to validate my report of the incident were only three DENR foresters, two from the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) and one from the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO).

Meanwhile, the deficiencies that the RED noticed in revisiting the applications of MSU Naawan which she wanted rectified and complied with included the following: Tally sheets and stock table duly signed by those who conducted the inventory attested by the con-

After all, the politician could simply decline any offer to buy a space or air time.

However, we could not also blame the politician to be, oftentimes, rude to the press. There are members of the press that really go below the belt, too. These media people asked too much. Coming face to face with this kind of “co-media,” it would be better for the politician to be considerate.

After all, like the media, the politicians are not also angels.

Did we say angels? Yes, and we say that all politicians have skeletons in the closet. But, like the media, there is the lesser evil among the politicians, too.

However, amid the misconception of being a politician, there are elected public officials who are worthy of the people’s trust. Like the few gems of the press, there are politicians whose

commitment to serve the constituents is priceless.

There is a big difference ‘though. The few respected politicians are public servants whose accomplishments are appreciated by the people. On the contrary, the people always reject the accomplishments of politicians who are perceived to be immoral and crooked.

More often, the corrupt politicians and public servants are those that are keeping away from the public eye. More often the fraud politicians are those that are engaged in the business of secrecy and shady deals.

These politicians and public officials are distinguishable with the “cordon sanitaire” that surrounds them. They pretend to be accessible when they are actually inaccessible. These politicians are enemies of those who are fighting for the Freedom

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What makes a crook public servant?

Cris Diaz

they would be bombarded with “soliticitations.” Well, we have to live with it. After all, it is only in the Philippines that most of the bosses in the print and broadcast media allow reporters to “solicit” advertisement. The politician should not be slighted knowing that the media in the Philippines are underpaid. They said it is better to be underpaid than being not paid at all.

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Daily Inspiration Protect me “Protect me, for I am devoted to you. able position there are two very distinct Save me, for I serve you and trust you. attitudes you can take.

The first is, “poor old me!” The second You are my God.” Psalm 86:2

Juvy Sarraga

Sometimes circumstances happen just beyond the reach of your fingers.

Sometimes God steps in and changes your direction.

When you find yourself in a vulner-

is trusting that God can turn any situation into good. Faith is trusting in God to have a purpose for every lesson He teaches you. Your direction may take a path that you don’t want. But He knows better and will bring you through it.

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Surigao town mayor serves first of three-month suspension ment of Interior and Local Government last March 6.

Bayan ordered URIGAO CITY — The mayor of thatSandigan the mayor be susPilar town in Surigao del Norte pended for three months has been out of office since March for violating Section 17 of Republic Act 3019 or 6, following a suspension order issued the the Anti-Graft and Corrupt by the anti-graft court.

Practices Law. The case began in 2007 Pilar town mayor Lucio down from office when Gonzales told MindaNews the suspension order was when Victor Exupirancio on Sunday that he stepped enforced by the Depart- B. Litirato, the Municipal

By Roel Catoto

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Agriculture Officer of the town was stripped off his representation and travel allowance (RATA).

Litirato said he was demoted by the mayor when he got transferred to another office as municipal planning officer despite the fact he is capable to work and have no illness.

But Gonzales mani-

fested that the reason why Litiratos RATA was taken out was because he was not working.

“Tanan nako gipahimo sa iyaha wala gihimo, mao nga wala nako siya hatagi og representations and travel allowance. Aside from that wala pod siyay mga travel para diha,” (Everything I asked him to do he didn’t

do, so I did not give him RATA> Aside from that, he had no travels), Gonzales said.

Gonzales said they filed a motion for reconsideration but it was denied.

The mayor said he will back in office on June 6 after serving the suspension order. (Roel N. Catoto / MindaNews)

DSWD Caraga launches SLP Product Catalogue

Walk of Faith - Thousands swarm on the road going to the final stages of the station of the cross during the Good Friday dawn procession dubbed Panaad 2015 toward the mountain in Barangay Anticala, Butuan City, April 3, 2015. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas R.A. 9048 Form No.10.1 (LCR O) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao del Norte City/Municipality: Iligan City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 R.A.9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that NORHANIDA P. TOMAWIS has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “PIMPING SAIFODEN” to “PIMPING” in the Certificate of Live Birth of PIMPING SAIFODEN PIMPING TOMAWIS who was born on 15 June 2001 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Norhanida A. Pimping and Abdul Mognie M. Tomawis.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than May 2015.

(Sgd.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARIÑAS

City Civil Registrar

Republic of the Philippines Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Tubod OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that JOSE MATCHUCA BALATERO has filed with this office a Petition for change of first name from “JUE” to “JOSE” in the Birth Certificate of JUE BALATERO who was born on 29 MARCH 1955 at TUBOD, LANAO DEL NORTE and whose parents are SEVERINO BALATERO and SOFRONIA MATCHUCA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than APRIL 9, 2015.

(SGD) JULIET BALURAN GALAMBAO, CE

Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: APRIL 7 & 14, 2015

MDN: MARCH 31 & APRIL 7, 2015

RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

R.A. 9048 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Misamis Oriental Municipality of Medina NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048 a notice is hereby served to the public that MICHAEL L. ABAO has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “NICAEL” to “MICHAEL” in the birth certificate of NICAEL ABAO who was born on October 23, 1949 at Medina, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are FELIX ABAO and RAMONA LIBAGO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than April 10, 2015.

Republic of the Philippines Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Lala

BUTUAN CITY – In time with the ‘Korambusan’ 2015 celebration, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga also launched the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) Product Catalogue/ Brochure on Monday at the department’s regional office here.

“In this catalogue, locally-made products by our SLP beneficiaries in Caraga region are featured and it will be made known not only in our region but also in other parts of the country,” disclosed DSWD-Caraga regional director Minda Brigoli.

Brigoli also recognized the active involvement of the women SLP beneficiaries from the different provinces of Caraga in the continuous production of the different crafts with quality.

The SLP is a community-based program which provides capacity building to improve the program participants’ socio-economic status. First, its supports microenterprises to become organizationally and economically viable. Second, it links participants to employment opportunities.

Meanwhile, Hanz Ulrich Krause, German International Cooperation (GIZ) Civil Peace Service Consultant, who graced said activity shared his experiences and memories working with DSWDCaraga during its five years of partnership in the region. He also presented various activities and endeavors of GIZ and DSWD, as well as the Training Manual on Peace Building and Conflict Transformation. (Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga)

R.A. Form No. 10172/RA 9048 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Region X Province of Lanao del Norte MUNICIPALITY OF BAROY OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. No. 10172/RA 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that JESSIE CALOYON APIAG has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of Clerical error particularly in his date of birth from “MARCH 25, 1960” to “MARCH 22, 1960” and the child’s; father’s & informant’s last name from “APIAN” to “APIAG” and Petition for change of name from “JOSE” to “JESSIE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JOSE CALOYON APIAG who was born on 25 MARCH 1960 at BRGY. MANAN-AO, BAROY, LANAO DEL NORTE and whose parents are ARISTON J. APIAG and FELOMINA CALOYON. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than 10 APRIL 2015.

(SGD) CIRILO A. MICULOB

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: MARCH 31 & APRIL 7, 2015

R.A. 9048/ 10172 Form no. 10.1 (LCRO)

OFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Lanao del Norte Municipality: Sultan Naga Dimaporo -oOo-

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048 a notice is hereby served to the public that AMELITA S. MONTEJO has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from “AMIE” to “AMELITA” in the birth certificate of AMIE SANDE SIGUE who was born on 14 JULY 1970 at Lala, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are AURELIO L. SIGUE and REGINA M. SANDE.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file written opposition with this Office not later than 15 days.

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that KENNETH JOY ESTAÑERO LAMOSTE, has filed with this office a petition for correction of clerical error particularly in her/his SEX/GENDER from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of Live Birth of KENNETH JOY ESTANERO LAMOSTE who was born on 27 JANUARY 1992 at KAROMATAN NOW SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO, LANAO DEL NORTE and whose parents are JOSE S. LAMOSTE and VIRGINIA J. ESTANERO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than APRIL 28, 2015.

(SGD) MARINA MAQUIDATO-AMONCIO

Municipal Civil Registrar

(SGD) MARICHU M.SANCHEZ, MBA., MA.

Municipal Civil Registrar

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MDN: MARCH 31 & APRIL 7, 2015

(SGD) MONA C. MANGKA

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7 persons fall in Zambo Sur anti-drug raid

By Hirohito D. Cadion

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – Government authorities have arrested seven people, including a barangay official, and confiscated more than 50 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride locally known as shabu in a raid in nearby Kumalarang town, an official said Sunday.

Joseph Ladip, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional director, said the raid was carried out around 2:30 a.m. Sunday in Barangay B oyugan West, Kumalarang town.

Ladip said two of the seven arrested suspects namely, Ayang Edris, 41 and Jabide Ladjas Abdulah, 51, were known drug pushers. Abdulah is a barangay councilman of Barangay Boyugan West.

Ladip said a local court has issued a warrant of arrest against Edris and Abdulah as well as five of their cohorts, who are into the trade of

prohibited drugs in Barangay Boyugan West, Kumalarang.

He said the other five known drug pushers were not around when they carried out the raid.

He said the other five arrested suspects were users and they are identified as follows: Abdul Modakil, 32; Melvin Solliano, 23; Claudio Buctuan, 38; Yosup Dacula, 35; and, Husain Edris, 41 He said the raid was carried out following two months surveillance on the activities of the suspects.

He said the 50 grams of shabu the arresting team confiscated has an estimated market value of P80,000.

Kumalarang town Mayor Eugenio Salva Jr. hopes the raid will put a stop to the trade on prohibited drugs in Barangay Boyugan West, which had long been known as drug haven.

The raid was carried out with the support of the Zamboanga del Sur police force.

(PNA)

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Until recently, indigenous groups of Muslim tribes like the Tausug and Sama Dilaut have been living in stilt houses and farming seaweed along the shores of idyllic island villages like Leha-Leha and Layag-Layag in Zamboanga City on Mindanao Island in southern Philippines.

This tradition was shattered when clashes broke out between Moro National Liberation Front members and government forces in Zamboanga in September 2013.

Some 120,000 people were displaced from 11 coastal villages. Many ended up in evacuation centers and camps, unsure if they would be allowed to return home or to resume their traditional livelihoods.

After many months of living in squalid conditions in these camps, some 370 displaced people, among them vulnerable women and children, have returned to the island-villages since last December.

“It’s good to be back here,” said Pasaki, a seaweed farmer trying to rebuild his life back in Leha-Leha.

He is looking forward to ending his family’s dependency on food provided by the local government.

“We have our livelihood here.

Life is here. We cannot continue to survive on canned sardines and instant noodles.”

Peter Deck, head of Mindanao operations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, added: “All throughout their lives, seaweed farming has been their source of income.

This is their traditional livelihood and it is through this that they can provide for their families.”

Recognizing this, UNHCR is supporting a livelihoods project to build concrete platforms on stilts that will allow farmers to dry their seaweed under the sun. Members of the community are helping with the construction.

Today, for example, Faizal is pouring cement into hollow wooden columns. Others fasten bamboo panels together for the flooring.

It is a worthy investment: A kilogram of fresh seaweed can sell for 4 pesos while the same weight in dried seaweed can fetch nearly nine times more in income.

In Leha-Leha, an air of normality is returning as people get back on their feet – children are going back to school, the women are at home tying bundles of seaweed for planting while the men are out at sea collecting seaweed.

But Pasaki is concerned over the temporary nature of their return. For reasons of security and environmental hazards, the local government has announced a policy to designate island

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villages as “no return” zones.

Whether this policy will be lifted is still unclear. Authorities said a geo-hazard mapping must be carried out first to establish that the areas are really hazard-prone and not fit for habitation.

The Philippine Commission on Human Rights is monitoring these issues that affect the rights of the displaced families.

“We are people of the sea,” said Pasaki. “There’s no other place we would rather be. Put us in another place and we would still find ourselves back here.”

Presently there are over 30,000 internally displaced people in Zamboanga City awaiting return or relocation to permanent shelters. The authorities target completing construction of these permanent shelters by June this year.

Alongside other UN agencies and the rest of the humanitarian community, UNHCR said it welcomes solutions planned by the local authorities.

“Any durable solution implemented must recognize the IDPs’ right to freedom of movement and respect the right to return to their places of origin” said Deck.

“Where return is not feasible, voluntary relocation must be considered and cultural sensitivity must be observed for this vulnerable group of indigenous people.”

Whether they opt for return or relocation, it will likely be a long road to recovery for Zamboanga’s displaced. (By Keneath John Bolisay)

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Pag-IBIG opens SM Aura Branch to serve more members in Taguig City Pag-IBIG Fund continues to strengthen its presence in the NCR with the recent inauguration of its SM Aura Branch in Taguig City. PagIBIG President and Chief Executive Officer, Atty. Darlene Marie B. Berberabe, and Shopping Center Management Corporation President, Anna Maria S. Garcia, led the inaugural ceremony of the new branch located at the 7th floor of SM Aura Tower Building, 26th Street corner McKinley Parkway, Bonifacio Global City. The 410.45 square meter office with initial eight employees is headed by Mervin M. Pereda. It caters to more than 2,400 employers and 243,183 members of the said city.

“With the ever-increasing number of Pag-IBIG members, our Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, directed us to prioritize members’ convenience when transacting at our branches.

We have redesigned the look of our offices as one

of our ways of professionalizing Pag-IBIG. This way, we make our valued clients feel important when dealing with us. We thank SM Supermalls for this chance to execute our new look to further serve our members efficiently,” Atty. Berberabe said.

The new branch is one of two branches that now feature the new look of PagIBIG Fund, with a more comfortable ambience in a professional office manned by professional staff. “It’s like traveling to another country where the airport is the entry point. What we see or experience there, gives us our first impressions of the kind of experience that we can expect,” Atty. Berberabe added. For many Pag-IBIG members, the branch is their first point of contact with Pag-IBIG, and through its new look, Pag-IBIG is now at par with the the private sector not just in services but in look as well.

S er vices offered by Pag-IBIG SM Aura Branch

include membership registration, withdrawal of membership contribution, receiving of housing (HL), multi-purpose (MPL), and calamity loan (CL) applications, acceptance of membership contribution obligations from employers, individual payors, and self-employed members, as well as members’ savings under the Modified PagIBIG 2 Program. Memberborrowers can also update their HL or short-term loan amortization payments. The branch also releases MPL and CL proceeds through Pag-IBIG Citi Prepaid Card or Land Bank Cash Card, issues member’s identification (MID) / transaction card and members’ statement of accumulated value (MSAV), and facilitates transfer or consolidation of members’ records and loan details.

To date, Pag-IBIG serves more than five million members in Metro Manila through its 18 branches and eight service desks across the nation’s capital.

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GRADUATION CEREMONY IN MAT-I NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CLAVERIA, MISAMIS ORIENTAL - VICE GOVERNOR JOEY G. PELAEZ, together with Schools Division Superintendent Cherry Mae L. Limbaco, graces the graduation ceremony of Mat-I National High School in Mat-I, Claveria, Misamis Oriental. This, among several other graduation ceremonies in remote and scarcely populated areas in the province, is what the Vice Governor takes an effort to attend with the hope of inspiring young graduates to take a step further in their studies. He seeks to deliver the message that even students from distant places can make a difference in the future. photo provided

Top photo shows Pag-IBIG Fund President & CEO Atty. Darlene Marie B. Berberabe (leftmost), Fr. Ferdinand A. Jauod, CSJ (center), and Shopping Center Management Corporation President Anna Maria S. Garcia (rightmost) lead the ribbon cutting and blessing of the Pag-IBIG Fund SM Aura Branch. Joining them are (l-r): Pag-IBIG’s Deputy CEO Ophelia L. Dela Cerna, Makati III Branch Manager Olivia V. Zerrudo (partly hidden), Vice President Erlinda M. Francisco; Taguig City LGU’s Economic and Investment Promotion Officer Jorge Bocobo, and Pag-IBIG Deputy CEO Acmad Rizaldy P. Moti. Lower photo shows the clients’ waiting area and frontliners’ desks at the newlyinaugurated branch. photo supplied

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AMID ECONOMIC BOOM IN MINDANAO:

Envi ‘guru’ envisions youth camp academy for Minda “The youth are vital to our quest to become an industrial nation.”

So said Dr.Sabdullah C. Abubacar, CESO IV, the Regional Director of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-10) –dubbed as an environment ‘guru’ in Mindanao.

This as the EMB Regional Office 10 Regional Director envisions of institutionalizing an Environmental Youth Camp Academy (EYCA) amid economic boom in Mindanao.

“In as much as possible, we want the Mindanao youth to be ambassadors of the environment.”

But more than that, Director Abubacar said, “we want to teach the young Mindanaoans to be agents of environmental protection and, at the same time, be vigilant watchers of industrial companies investing in Mindanao.”

“Also, we want to inculcate in their young minds that the government, through EMB is doing its best in safeguarding the environment and for them to understand that not all industries seeks to harm the environment.

Dr.Abubacar believes that an environmental youth camp is a potent avenue of teaching and training the youth about sustainable development thru environmental protection amidst the rapid industrial and economic growth of Mindanao and country as a whole.

The concept of Global Warming and Climate Change were also introduced during the Environmental Youth Camp which aims to create awareness and understanding on the current state of the environment as experienced through the occurrence

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FERVENT DREAM Institutionalizing EYCA is one of Abubacar’s fervent dreams.

“Before I retire from EMB, I wish this dream meets realization,” said the 59-year-old EMB R10 top boss.

Conceived and born in 2003, this environmental youth camp is considered to be one of the three signature programs of EMB R10 under Abubacar’s 13-year watch.

It has three pillars: environmental sanctity, economy and social equity.

Environmental sanctity dwells on how to protect the environment, economy is all about economic progress while social equity means the benefits people may gain out of economic development, he categorically explained.

Meanwhile, Abubacar’s two other pet programs at EMB 10 include the carbon sink program (CSP) for Steag State Power in a sprawling 1,200 hectares of forest within Mapawa Nature’s Garden in Barangay Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City and an on-line emissions monitoring system dedicated in establishing transparency among industries on the quality of their air emissions in compliance to the DENR standards.

PPP If realized, Abubacar likened EYCA to the famous public-private partnership (PPP) which is commonly applied to various infrastructure projects in the country.

“Meaning, the government will spend nothing but gains something in a certain period of time.”

The EMB Director also explained that the Environ-

ment Youth Camp is sponsored by select industries as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) where they shoulder all expenses and EMB as its partner in providing the necessary technical support.

Citing the present business scenario in Northern Mindanao, Abubacar stressed, “It really necessitates us to train the youth on environmental protection leading to sustainability.”

And institutionalizing EYCA is the answer, he reiterated.

SAFE AND SECURE With EYCA, Abubacar believes that Mindanao’s future will be safe and secure. .

Because the youth who will become alumni of EYCA will be trained comprehensively how to disseminate the right information on the real score about certain industries, their respective

environmental program and even the latest technologies being employed to avert any form of pollution that may harm people and the environment in general.

“And above all, EYCA will serve as a knot to bind the Mindanao youth and the industrial companies leading to their formidable and lasting relationship, to ensure sustainable development for Mindanao”Abubacar concluded.

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WHY MTB ?

By Vilma M. Patalindagat-Teacher-III Pangantucan Central Elementary School

Why children should be taught mainly through the medium of their Mother Tongue (MT) in school for the first 6-8 years ? They know their Mother Tongue already ? When children come to school, they can talk in their MT about concrete everyday things in a face- to-face situation in their own environment where the context is clear.

They can see and touch the things they are talking about and they get immediate feedback if they do not understand. They can speak fluently with a native accent, and they know the basic grammar

and many concrete words.

They can explain all the basic needs in the MTB. Since the child’s own language enables her / him to express him/ herself easily, then there is no fear of making mistakes. It is encourage active participation by children in the learning process because they understand what is being discussed and what is being asked of them.

They can immediately use their Mother Tongue to construct and explain their world, articulate their thoughts and add new concepts to what they already know.

Looking Back: My Teacher’s Journey

By Nancy R. Prantilla Pangantucan Central Elementary School

I never thought I would become a teacher. Nor did I ever dream about it. I wanted to be a Nurse working in the Philippine Army.

Maybe I’m fated to be because I passed the exam and luckily I have the chance to choose where I wanted to work and I chose Bukidnon.

Despite of being a city girl, I never complained about my first assignment and that was in a very secluded but beautiful school with a newly constructed building in the heat of Kidanggin, Pangantucan, Bukidnon. Everything was new to me even the 5 hours ride in a bus, the habal-habal, the horse and even riding on the back of my co-teacher hehehehe to cross the Kidanggin River and to reach the school site.

This was the routine in going to and fro of my first assignment.

I have to teach a multi grade classes that was grade 1, 2, and 3. But even so, I enjoyed having my pupils. I immediately got attached to them that every time I went to home to Cagayan de Oro City I brought with me 1 to 2 pupils. That way I can extend my teaching not only in the four corners of my room but teaching them what lies ahead especially in the city. Seeing my pupils excitement and contentment was very fulfilling.

My stay in Kidanggin Elementary School was really unforgettable and very rewarding and if I have to tell it again and again i would be proud that once I have to teach there and I made a difference.

God’s Purpose of Human Existence

By Zita S. Balabag Pangantucan Central Elementary School

Everything in this wide world exist for a purpose and meaning, Why we are here?

We are created by God as a vessel to contain Him. God’s purpose of human existence is to make His home in us.

He wants to occupy our whole being and live a life full of meaning.He is our everything. All we need is God. Everybody is living the challenging life which God has given, but only few who answers God’s calling.

In this world, many people who were busy doing many things, struggling and aspiring to reach and achieve what they are aiming.

They only gave a single moment to enjoy the presence the presence of the Lord. This is not the life that God wants us to live, He wants us to enjoy Him as the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey.

Only believe all things are possible with God, seek God’s kingdom first and everything will follow. In the book of 2 Corinthians 4:18, we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things are not seen are eternal. To God be the glory!

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School Based Management, What lies Ahead?

By Ma.Fe Lara M. Juntilla-Teacher II Pangantucan Central Elementary School

Faculty and staff of the different schools were busy preparing for the validation of School Based Management. Be it records, documents, stakeholder’s testimonies, power point presentation finances down to foodstuffs. The candle burnt night preparing for the said validation. Everyone in their respective classrooms are very silent in browsing in their 3 years ago documents to be included in the different principles.

Chairman of different committees are passing notes to remind everyone their duties to accomplish before deadline. Teachers were exerting effort to comply all the required reports because it is said to be the the rank given to the school after the validation is one of the requirements for the Performance Bonus.

School Based Management is according to the web definitions, it is, the recent trend in education reform that stresses decision

making in the school level.

In the past, school policies were set by the state and the districts. Now the trend is for individual schools to make their own decisions and policies. School handbook is therefore required in this manner and it is legal.

The questions that teachers have heard anywhere is that “ what lies ahead,” in this School Based Management. It is just like other studies by the Department of Education or additional workload for the teachers as it will change as time goes by. It is a big ques-

tion for all of us in the service. Though education is infinite therefore studies goes on and on.

Anyway we are paid for our work so without much complains we must obey.

This is for the good of our pupils and to everyone.

What is important is each one of us teachers must have consistency of one’s purpose in our career. To teach and mold the minds of the true values of being human. Life must go on and enjoy GOD’S teaching. We must strive hard as expected.

Importance of Motivating Students

By Rosie M. Larayos Teacher II Pangantucan Central Elementary School

While motivating students is a challenging task, but bear in mind that it will all be worth it. Why do teachers have to motivate students? What is its connection to better learning and education? According to Jere Brophy, a leading researcher on student motivation and effective teaching, “Student motivation to learn is an acquired competence developed through general experience but stimulated most directly through modeling, communication of expectations, and direct instruction or socialization by others (especially

parents or teachers).”

As instructors, we can create an optimal classroom environment that is conducive to learning, and research suggests this is most effectively achieved through instructional behaviors and course design. Nobody ever said that teaching students was easy. Motivating them to learn is even more difficult. No matter what grade or curriculum the students are under, it can be a challenge to make students want to work and learn on their own. However, there are many approaches that can be used to make learning more fun, exciting, and

necessary for students. Especially those in elementary years it is greatly important to point out and let them understand the real essence of education, how it should be taken seriously and won’t take it for granted. In motivating the students, you have to prove to them you are a person who is worth listening to.

Either through intrinsic or extrinsic motivation, determines the specific goals toward which learners strive. Thus, it affects the choices students make.

It also determines whether they pursue a task enthusiastically and wholeheartedly or apathetically and lackadaisically. In general, then, motivation increases

students’ time on task, an important factor affecting their learning and achievement.

Students are more likely to engage in learning when they see value in what they’re learning, believe that engaging in specific actions will bring about a desired outcome, and believe they can be successful perceive that the environment is supportive.

It is indeed important to motivate students and never forget to show your love to them. Remember research has shown that good everyday teaching practices can do more to counter student apathy than special efforts to attack motivation directly.

HIDDEN HUNGER: A Micro Nutrient Malnutrition pecially to children. The body needs for Vitamin A can be met by breastfed, butter, eggs, liver and dark green or yellow fruits and vegetables. Each family should be encouraged to increase food production by backyard gardening and mother should prepare food rich in Vitamin A. Iodine and Iron Deficiency A human body as stated in New York’s Food and Life Sciences tells thyat only a teaspoon of iodine in a whole life time is needed but for us who are living in Bukidnon far from seas maybe have risks in hav-

ing deficiency of iodine..

The consequence of lack of iodine may result to goiter, mental retardation. The deficiency can cause miscarriage, infant mortality, for mothers. For children they can grow up stunted, mentally retarded and incapable of normal movement, speech and hearing.

Most effective remedy id to add iodine to common salt which consumed by everyone. An immediate remedy is in the form of iodized oil which is given by injection.

During pregnancy iron is needed for the growth of fetus. It is difficult for women to have iron from food alone, iron uplementation maybe encouraged.

Iron is necessary for the

increase of red blood cells and hemoglobin which is taking place in growing children.

Conclusion The high incidence of Vitamin A, Iodine and Iron deficiencies in our people and school children poses a problem to our government. BFAD should have guidelines and standard in food fortification in manufacturers and us the consumers. The DOH and DA should work as team and spearhead of an action team to address the problem. The DepEd should ensure that appropriate information should be incorporated in the curricula to eliminate micro nutrient malnutrition.

order to become competitive with other ASEAN countries.

Pelaez, a former Undersecretary of the Department of Education, encourages state colleges and universities in Misamis Oriental to take initiatives in the fostering of awareness among students through lectures and forums about the ASEAN integration.

He said that the schools play an important role in

the dissemination about the ASEAN integration in order to enlighten the students about the prospects of the new economic order in the region.

Leaders of the ASEAN countries adopted the blueprint of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on November 2007 during the annual Summit Meeting in Singapore.

One of the important features of the agreement is the creation of a single

market and production base by ensuring a free flow of goods, services, investment, and skilled labor.

ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations with 10 member countries: Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Indonesia and Vietnam. Papua New Guinea is an obser ver.

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By Almira G. Giniseran, Teacher III Pangantucan Central Elementary School Pangantucan, Bukidnon

Introduction Hidden hunger is the word used to mean deficiency in micro nutrient substances e.g. Vitamin A, iron and iodine. Lack of Vitamin A in a child’s diet causes children to go blind. In addition children who have deficiency in these micro nutrient may have risk to illness, slow growth and most probably to early death. Also lack of iron results in anemia.

The government even give full support to end this hidden hunger.

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Studies Center in Gingoog City.

He said that the forum enhanced the youth’s competitiveness and readiness in the forthcoming ASEAN economic community.

Pelaez underscores the need for the students, especially the graduating students, to know about the ASEAN integration in

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IF Lent was a time for repenting, then is the Easter season going through the preparation of Pentecost a time for sinning again?

Or is it still the time to continue striving to lessen one’s sin? The problem of our situation here in the world is that only religious devotees consistently follow being holy. They are the ones who consistently go to church every Sunday (or Saturdays in the case of the Seventh Day Adventists, Fridays for the Muslims, Thursdays for Iglesia ni Cristo, etc.).

They are also the ones who consistently go on retreats and occasional inspirational talks for

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the spirit. The rest of the population either don’t care at all or deem it that the Holy Spirit is constantly guiding their lives even though they seldom listen to religious elders or follow scripted prayers and rites in church. In short, they simply pray deep within their soul – a sincere one-on-one convo with Divinity.

Let’s have a moment of comparison here. Imagine someone who is active in Church and is even one of the inspirational speakers in a retreat during Lent.

Yet after Lent when the holy holidays are over and he goes back to work, he still harbors ill will against

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his colleague and wants his colleague to go down financially and careerwise. Now here’s another guy who spends Maundy Thursday in Duka. But going back home to his family the next day, he provides meals and all the monthly consumption expenses to them. Who’s holier?

Still, any form of spiritual retreat is worth attending to. It is food for the soul. Priests and pastors would gently steer us to the rightful path. That’s why retreat attendees usually take out their iPads and record the talk of the retreat masters because the latter have a lot of

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unbelievers though: never mind expecting. You can’t experience it if you don’t believe. It’s like getting “slain by the Holy Spirit”.

You will never get “slain” if you don’t believe.)

Beyond religious activities, there are plenty of secular activities this summer here in CDO which one can draw inspiration from too especially if one is still a student on vacation and have nothing to do at home in the whole duration. I’ll browse my calendar for the schedule.

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That’s just one example.

More summer activities to enjoy in the next episode of this column.

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inputs to emulate. Spiritual retreats are just like their secular counterparts.

They inform. They give insights. If you’ve missed all the retreats the past Lent, then there are still lots of events (secular or spiritual) that are worth attending to this summer.

For one, it is the Feast of the Divine Mercy this Sunday. I don’t have the schedule yet on the activities at El Salvador but for sure, there are really loads of reflection sessions that are concocted there. Besides on feast day itself, the yearly dancing sun miracle is a sight to behold for the devotees.

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Fresh Gospel of the day(April7, 2015-Tuesday) John 20:11-18”But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.

And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!

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the dead. Sometimes we are like this woman who has a wrong views of life. We never believe the different promises of God for us. Even myself is a constant victim of this wrong mentality that Jesus is forsaken me. That was the feeling and emotion of Mary Magdalene that Jesus lied to them. But Jesus understood the human weakness of Mary that is why; he appeared to her along the way. This was the consolation given to this very faithful and loyal woman to our Lord Jesus Christ. This means that if you are eager to seek Jesus in your daily life despite of your weaknesses, he will come your way and meet you surprisingly: Printing paid by: Neneth Ranoa - Bobong Balino- Edith Ranoa, PhD- Tony Jordan – Cagayan De Oro: My new number: 09187148435: God loves you!!!

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of Information law. They fear that the FOI law would provide the press the legal authority to expose their dirty linens in public.

The corrupt politicians discriminate the press for fear that some could gain access to the hidden portals of their fraudulent transactions. One very familiar among corrupt politicians and public servants is that “someone decides for them.”

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cerned CENRO and should be subscribed and sworn to; The stand and stock table should be prepared by species and species group (i.e., premium species, common hardwood, and lesser used/ lesser known species; Photocopy of the land title; Certification from the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, or his authorized representative that the edible fruit-bearing trees applied for are allowed to be cut pursuant DAO No. 18, Series of 1994; and Justification from the proponent that the cutting of trees cannot be avoided and possible options to minimize the impact/damage to the surrounding environment RED Tawantawan reneged, however, on her assurance to be transparent in dealing with the issue at hand. When I requested from her the report of the investigating team, a month after the site investigation, and a certification that she has not issued a permit prior to the cutting of trees at MSU Naawan, she replied that my request would only be given due course as a matter of procedure after the conduct of an administrative hearing on the incident.

Yet on 08 April 2014, about a month from the conduct of the investigation, or two weeks from the alleged pursuit of the administrative hearing on the incident, RED Tawantawan, instead of charging the alleged offender(s) in the proper court, absolved all and sundry of their offenses by issuing a permit to MSU Naawan allowing it to cut the 87 trees applied for, all of which it had already been cut several months back.

For all intents and purposes, the conflicting orders of RED Tawantawan may explain why the investigating team was not fully constituted but was composed only of PENRO and CENRO personnel. The 3-men team was not there to conduct an impartial investigation of the incident and determine the offenses or violations of all concerned but to follow the directives of the RED and the PENRO to rectify the deficiencies in the tree-cutting permit applications of MSU Naawan to facilitate their processing in favor of the institution.

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recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution. It shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception.

The natural and primary right and duty of parents in the rearing of the youth for civic efficiency and the development of moral character shall receive the support of the Government.”

Through House Bill 5554, which is now pending at the Committee on Labor and Employment chaired by Rep. Karlo Alexei B. Nograles (1st District, Davao City), Lagman sought the amendment of Section 2 of RA 8187 to extend the paid leave benefits of all married male employees and provide them additional unpaid leave benefits to lengthen.

The proposed amendment to Section 2 provides that “Notwithstanding any law, rules and regulations to the contrary, every married male employee in the private and public sectors shall be entitled to a paternity leave of 15 days with full pay for the first four deliveries of the legitimate spouse with whom he is cohabiting and said leave shall not be deducted from his annual leave credits. He shall also have the option to extend his paternity leave up to 30 days of which the last 15 days are unpaid and will likewise be not deducted from his annual leave credits. The male employee applying for paternity leave shall notify his employer of the pregnancy of his legitimate from page A1 spouse and the expected her child, she is doudate of such delivery.” bly faced with the arduous challenge to nurture her newborn while she recuperates from post delivery. from page A1 He said the first month restored right away. after childbirth is almost He added that authorian impossible time for both ties are still investigating mother and child. which power plant tripped.

He said it is at this stage Likewise, he said that they that every mother is at risk know at least where to start of postpartum depression looking. due to her hormones going “There is always a starting haywire during the very point,” Petilla said. “And the crucial time of providing starting point indicates, based 24/7 care to a still fragile on the log, to Agus VI and baby according to him.

Agus VII area. That would “Every husband’s sup- be the starting point of the port and care for his wife investigation because that’s will make baby nurturing where the tripping started.” for both parents manageElectrical tripping can able,” said Lagman, a House happen for a number of reaAssistant Majority Leader. sons, such as an overload, a Moreover, he said a fa- short circuit, or a ground ther’s care is as important fault. to every newborn as the Still no explanation mother’s nurturing.

Most of Mindanao’s 27 “During the first weeks provinces and 33 cities sufof a baby’s life, the family fered power outage from 1 bond is formed and in- a.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday but tensified daily as the baby as of 4 p.m. no explanation recognizes his primary has been made as to what caregivers. A father also caused it. feels a great desire to hold The National Grid Corhis little one as much as his poration of the Philippines wish to provide financially (NGCP) in mid-morning for his family’s needs,” said media advisory merely said Lagman. power was restored at 7:50 He said Republic Act a.m.

8187, otherwise known as “Loss of power earlier the “Paternity Leave Act of occurred in the Mindanao 1996” was promulgated in grid at 1:01AM. All NGCP line with Article II, Section substations are now operating 12 of the Constitution which normally. The grid operator provides that “The State remains in close communicaThe whole motion was a charade evidently to cover up the negligence, omission and inefficiency of the Office of the Regional Executive Director, that is, in its failure to act on the aforementioned permit applications for almost a year.

Whatever, the administrative hearing was obviously never conducted.

Otherwise, the hearing officer should have invited me as a witness because I was the one who reported the incident to DENR. I never was. And it would have been easy and ministerial for the RED to furnish me a copy of the transcript of said proceeding as requested if there was any. Not one of my requests was granted to this day.

The alleged conduct of administrative hearing appears to me a design to weary me and lose interest in the case. Again, it was part of the whole charade to control the damage and protect the skin of DENR 10 officials, particularly that of RED Tawantawan.

RED Tawantawan is clearly an anomaly in the daang-matuwid policy of the Aquino Administration.

How can we protect and preserve our resources and environment when those officially mandated to do it betray their very own duties and responsibilities?

(MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. William R. Adan, Ph. D., is a former professor and the first chancellor of the Mindanao State University at Naawan)

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tion with the local electric cooperatives and distribution utilities which are in the process of normalizing their own systems now. NGCP is still investigating the cause and extent of the incident,” it said.

In a 4 p.m. statement, Bambie Capulong, NGCP spokesperson for Mindanao, said the company was still determining the cause and extent of the power outage.

The Easter Sunday morning blackout came 13 months after the February 27, 2014 island-wide power outage from 3:52 a.m. with the Mindanao Grid fully re-energized by 12:18 noon on the same day.

It took authorities 15 days to explain what caused the power outage. In a press briefing in Manila on March 14, 2014, Rolando Bacani, president and chief executive officer of the National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) said the blackout was caused by a “confluence of uncommon events.”

Power plants The plants form a major portion of Mindanao’s Agus Power Plant Complex. According to the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR), this consists of six cascading hydroelectric power plants that fall along the Agus River and snake from the mouth of Lake Lanao in Marawi City, down to the Maria Cristina Falls in Iligan City.

NAPOCOR said that the Agus VI power plant is the oldest among the lot, a project of President Elpidio Quirino back in the early 1950s.

It was originally known as the Maria Cristina Falls Hydroelectric Plant because of its location right next to the tourist attraction. The corporation said that the plant’s first two generators are due for complete rehabilitation and up-rating.

On the other hand, the Agus VII plant was constructed in 1979 during the Marcos administration. NAPOCOR said that it is the last of the downstream cascading hydroelectric plants. It is located near the mouth of the Agus River at Feuentes, Maria Cristina, Iligan City.

The corporation said that both the Agus VI and Agus VII power plants have nature parks inside their complexes that are open to tourists.

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Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Director Rene K. Burdeos of Region 10 served the suspension order against Regencia in March.

Regencia’s suspension order stemmed from his alleged order asking the department heads of the accounting, city treasurer, and the human resources that all job orders pass through him.

Regencia’s action has prompted Iligan City Vice Mayor Ruderic Marzo and the City Council to file charges against the mayor in 2014.

With the issuance of

TRO, Regencia will continue to serve as mayor of Iligan City.

The CA has also terminated Marzo’s function as mayor of Iligan City.

Regencia told the Mindanao Daily News that “the truth shall prevail over those lies ug kining tanan nga mga kaso nga gipahamtang kanako tanan, usa kini ka politikanhong harassment ug pang-lingla sa katawhan sa Iligan.”

He added that the intervention of Malacañang official is the justification of sabotage that being used by my political rivalry and demolition to us.

Regencia also thanked the full support of the church official,business sectors and private individuals during his 10-day struggle in protection the city hall.

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Emano said the probe body known as “Task Force 44” because former City Councilor Marc Antony Bagaipo, of Gingoog City, turns 44 years old when killed by unidentified assailants last Tuesday.

Bagaipo was going home after attending a prayer during a vigil to the death of a friend in Talisay, Gingoog City, when shot dead by the suspects who were also present during the evening prayer.

Emano has expressed the apprehension that, unless solved, the death of Bagaipo would become part of the statistics of the unsolved killings in Gingoog City, a component city of Misamis Oriental, 122 kilometers east of Cagayan De Oro City.

“Until today, there are more than 40 unsolved killings in Gingoog City. We are afraid that unless measures are taken, the killing rampage in that city would continue to take the lives of innocent people,” Emano said.

He said that he would recommend that the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) would take the lead in unraveling the mystery of the unabated killings in Gingoog.

Emano said that the provincial government would want the investigation into the killing of Bagaipo expedited otherwise the eagerness in resolving the case would die down.

Killers identified The police has already identified the suspects in the killing of Gingoog City’s top opposition candidate, Emano said on Saturday.

The suspects shot and killed Bagaipo, the mayoral bet of the opposition Padayon Pilipino political party, in the 2013 local polls, during a “death wake” of a friend in Gingoog City last Tuesday evening.

Sr. Insp. Ismael Gondaya, chief of the Gingoog City police, said that the two suspects put their arms on Bagaipo’s shoulders before shooting him on the head and body at close range.

“B agaip o must have known the suspects because he (Bagaipo) did not resist

when the suspects put their hands around his shoulders,” Gondaya said.

He said that the suspects were confident in their actions, they were not even using masks, they were just sporting caps and wearing jackets but the witnesses who also attended the death wake did not know them.

Bagaipo expired of three bullet wounds in his head and one more in the body midway in Talisayan provincial hospital while on the way to a hospital in Cagayan de Oro City.

Emano said that the police have already released the cartographic sketches of the suspected killers. “The names of the suspects are already known, but we do not want to speculate on the motive of the killing,” he said.

He said that he would convene the Provincial Peace and Order Council in Gingoog City next week in order to take a closer look of the city’s peace and order situation.

Bagaipo served as City Councilor of Gingoog City from 2010 to 2013. He ran for the city’s mayoral post in 2013 and lost to the incumbent City Mayor Mariz Guingona, the sister of Senator Teofisto Guingona, III. Bagaipo served as the City Councilor of Gingoog City until 2013. He became the standard-bearer for the mayoral post in Gingoog City in 2013 local elections under the Padayon Pilipino and the Nationalista Party political coalition.

At the time of his death, Bagaipo served as the consultant of the provincial government on Barangay Affairs in Misamis Oriental. The Padayon Pilipino political party, a dominant opposition political party in Misamis Oriental, has planned to field Bagaipo for a rematch with the Guingonas’ in the 2016 local elections.

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available for those with web or mobile bookings only.

The mobile check-in service is not available for guests with infants, interline or check-through flights, or those requiring special handling, as they have to go through the usual check-in process.

The mobile app was initially available only for iOS devices.

“CEB encourages guests to take advantage of the mobile app, especially when checking in for their flights during the Holy Week peak travel period.

Aside from the app, guests can also check in through the website and self-service kiosks at the airport,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

CEB’s full list of travel reminders for the Holy Week peak travel period may be found here: http://ow.ly/KSezo.

For bookings and inquiries, guests can go to www. cebupacificair.com, or call the reservation hotlines (02)7020888 or (032)230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on CEB’s official Twitter (@CebuPacificAir) and Facebook pages.

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HE Furious 7 hits CDO starting last Black Saturday as a total of five cinemas in the city dedicated their screens solely for the movie. The Paul Walker parting tribute is currently being shown at Centrio Cinema 2 in 3D and the following in 2D format: Centrio Cinema 3, SM Cinema 1, SM Cinema 4 and Gaisano Cinema 2. The following are the skeds: 1:00 p.m., 3:50 p.m., 6:40 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. for Centrio Cinema 3; 10:51 a.m., 11:51 a.m., 3:04 p.m., 6:17 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. at SM Cinema 1, 2:04 p.m., 5:17 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at SM Cinema 4; and 12:00 noon, 3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at Gaisano Cinema 2. The 137-minute long movie is packed with

breathtaking and spectacular action scenes set in the Caucasus Mountains to the Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi and through the streets of Los Angeles at night.

D’Punisher Loko Productions wasted no time and lent its modified Honda Dimension 2005 at one of the entrances of Centrio.

From the Sparco racing set to the modified rims, airbrush paint rims and audio setup which featured the Furious 7 soundtrack especially the signature household rave single Get Low (Dillon Francis/DJ Snake), the car was a stunning attraction to mall shoppers who posed with the vehicle and trooped to the moviehouse.

With Chedeng passing away from the Philippine

zone, summer is surely getting hotter. And what better way to cool it off then appreciating Furious 7 at the cinemas.

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The modified Honda Dimension 2005 on display at Centrio entrance.

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Primavera launches Free Modular Kitchen limited offer IT’s back for a limited period! This month, due to public demand, Primavera Residences is offering buyers a FREE modular kitchen and installation worth up to P100,000 for reservations made from April 1 to April 30, 2015.

In a regular package, buyers get unfurnished units with inclusions of tile floorings, painted walls and ceilings, fitted kitchen sinks, bathroom fixtures, electrical wirings and outlets. However, this limited promo offer gives buyers a chance to earn savings of up to P100K with a FREE set of Kitchen Modular Cabinet and its installation.

“Due to the promo’s resounding success, and in line with our company’s thrust to offer the best possible package to our clientele, we decided to continue this special offer. Thus, as a summer gift from Primavera, we give more reasons for people to finally purchase their own unit in the first multi-awarded, eco-friendly condo building in Mindanao and in Cagayan de Oro, which is Primavera Green Residences,” Gladys MagadanEchano, Sales Director of Primavera Residences, said.

Primavera Residences is known for its energysaving features including cantilevers that protect

the units from direct sunlight and an indoor courtyard that maximizes the natural ventilation in the area. This year, solar panels that will provide additional energy for the building’s common areas will be installed on the building’s rooftop. The building is also designed to withstand earthquakes and extreme weather and boasts of 24-7 security.

“We are not just giving them discounts but we give them the real thing. We always make sure to please our clients not only with world-class units and facilities but also with the best deals for them.

Aside from our affordable rates, we strive to make it even reasonable making it the best time to invest in Mindanao’s first and only multi-awarded eco-

friendly building,” Echano said.

Primavera Residences, the flagship project of Italpinas Euroasian Design and Eco-development Corporation (ITPI), is a 10-story, two-tower building located at Pueblo de Oro Township offering residential, commercial and office spaces for lease and purchase. All units in the first tower are ready for occupancy while the second tower is slated to be completed later this year. Buyers may choose from studio, one-bedroom and twobedroom units.

For more information about Primavera Residences and its promos, you may visit its website at www.primaveraresidences.com or call (088) 880-5002 or 0917-794-2221. PR

(Left to right, seated) Councilor ROGER ABADAY, city administrator HILARIO ROY RAAGAS and Councilor TEODULFO LAO LISTEN as Rep. RUFUS RODRIGUEZ (2nd district, Cagayan de Oro) speaks during the yearly court of honor of the Cagayan de Oro City Council of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines held last week at Deluxe Hotel.

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Model Vence Bacus dons a Gil Macaibay during the Edible Fashion Show presented by Sweethouse last March 30 at Centrio.

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