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DOH says dengue cases in Region 13 reach 942 in 2014

By PAT SAMONTE Regional Editor-Caraga

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U T U A N City––The Department of Health has reported that Dengue cases in Caraga Region had reached 942 in less than four months this year.

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US President hails Filipino war veterans

United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed Filipino war veterans who fought alongside American forces during World War II. In his speech before some 300 Filipino and American soldiers at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig, President Obama acknowledged his nation’s “injustice” towards Filipino war veterans, who were denied compensation promised to them by the US government during the war.

“Sadly, the proud service of many of these Filipino veterans was never fully recognized by the United States. Many were denied the compensation they had been promised. It was an injustice,” he said.

Obama said his administration has been working with Congress and other concerned units to correct said wrongdoing.

“We passed a law, reviewed the records, processed claims, and nearly 20,000 Filipino veterans from World War II and their families finally received the compensation they had earned. And it was the right thing to do,” he said.

The US President then honored some of the Filipino war veterans present at the event, among them those who fought in Bataan and Corregidor.

“Some fought in the resistance, including nurse Carolina Garcia Delfin.

See VETERANS, page 11

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Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, (5th from Left), leads the traditional laying of the capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony of the road concreting project of Vaguchay St. in Brgy. Agusan worth P4.5 million. With Cong Rodriguez are Kap. Andrew E. Meliza, DPWH DEO OIC-Dist. Engr. Anastacio G. Marundan, Jerome D. Mangubat, Kag. Catalina Ordiz, Kag. Oliver Abangan, OIC- Asst. Engr. Mabel F. Saa and Engr. Nicoline Blanco. KENDISCHAVES

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Oro Chamber hosts MBC confab roadshow

By C​HENG ORDONEZ Associate Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) in Mindanao, in partnership with the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber), Misamis Oriental Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (MOFCCCI), STEAG State Power, Inc. and Mindanao Development Authority, hosted the Mindanao Business Conference Roadshow, Fish buyers check out containers of fish sold at the coast of barangay Bonbon in Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Cagayan de Oro City. Some buyers have complained that rotting fish is being mixed in VIP hotel, here. with the fresh fish to dupe unaware consumers who don’t know the difference. Bonbon The event is being done is a fishing community in the city. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit in seven different regions

in the island of Mindanao in preparation for the 23rd Mindanao Business Conference.

“The MBC Roadshow is also a pre-conference activity designed to consult and educate the stakeholders in Mindanao on the 2015 ASEAN Economic Integration, which will be the basis for the development of various programs that we can actively pursue with various government agencies,” ​O ro Chamber President Efren U ​ y said.

The presentation during the event included “Status of Previous Year’s Policy Agenda” by Janet Lopoz, executive director of MinDA. See hosts, page 11

Measles outbreak reported in Maguindanao C O TA BAT O C i t y – – A measles outbreak has been declared in Maguindanao and health personnel have taken steps to prevent more cases in the province’s 36 municipalities, officials said.

Dr. Kadil Sinolinding, regional health secretary of the Autonomous Region in

Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) where Maguindanao is a component province, said for the month of April alone, there were 12 cases of measles and all were confined at the Cotabato Regional Hospital and Medical Center (CRMC).

Sinolinding said he

thought the province was measles-free but was surprised when a fellow physician told him of the 12 cases in the CRMC. “We are addressing it, we declared outbreak to contain the measles and prevent its spread,” Sinolinding told reporters.

Apparently, the Integrated Provincial Health Office in Maguindanao did not submit a status report of the disease to the DOHARMM which surprised the regional health secretary.

From January to date, 49 cases have been reported in Maguindanao, 37 of which

were already confirmed by the laboratory tests conducted by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM).

The patients were from the towns of Parang, Shariff Aguak, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Datu Abdullah See OUTBREAK, page 11

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Desperate move, says city hall on people power

By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– City Hall laughed off the “people power” hatched by the local political opposition on Tuesday to physically oust incumbent City Mayor Oscar Moreno as Cagayan De Oro City Mayor.

Maricel Casiño, Moreno’s spokesperson, said that the opposition is afraid that the people might find out the real Mayor Moreno as feted against the former City Mayor.

“The local political opposition is doing everything to deceive the people,” Casiño said in response to the “people power” scheme floated against Moreno by the opposition on Wednesday.

In a text message Wednesday night, Casiño said that “the people has already spoken in the last election overwhelmingly.

Why can’t they (opposition)

accept that? They had their time for 15 years.”

“If their Lord wants to come back to power, why not wait for the 2016 elections,” Casiño said in the same text message.

Casiño was referring to former City Mayor Vicente Emano who lost in the 2013 mayoral elections.

Emano’s supporters, however, filed a protest with the Commissions on Elections (COMELEC) on allegation of massive election fraud.

Last Tuesday, opposition City Councilor Adrian Barba said that the people of Cagayan De Oro City could resort to “people power” as the last resort to physically remove Moreno in office.

Barba, however, cautioned that the “power people” might not be viable at this time for technical reason.”Apart from “people power,” the law grants other legal means to remove Moreno from office,” Barba added.

He said that the ongoing signature campaign to recall Moreno from office is one of the moves guaranteed by the law.

To recall, the majority members of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) here have initiated a signature campaign against Moreno last February.

Marvin Beja, one of the most vocal barangay captains opposed to the Moreno’s administration, said that the recall is guaranteed by the Local Government Code of 1991 as an expression of “loss of confidence” an elected Governor or Mayor.

He said that the COMELEC requires only 15 percent or 42,000 signatures of the registered voters of Cagayan De Oro City to initiate the recall.

Once the recall prospers, the COMELEC would schedule a new election where the incumbent City Mayor could run for the post as against any candidate who might be interested in the mayoral post.

Earlier, Moreno issued a statement welcoming the recall as a way of determining the real sentiments of the people of Cagayan De Oro City. He said that if he loses in the recall proceedings, he would be willing to step down from office and lives a private citizen.

Dads want documents of all City Hall transactions

By Cris Diaz Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The City Council here has passed three unnumbered resolutions asking the city accountant and the Commissions on Audit (COA) copies of all documents of the city’s transactions.

City Councilor Prexy Elipe, chair of the City Council’s Committee on Finance, on Thursday, said that pursuant to the Presidential Decree 1445 and COA Circular 2002003, the city accountant should provide the city council of documents of all the city government’s financial statements and transactions.

Another resolution also called on the COA to review and verify compliance as to the submission of all contracts, purchase orders, and supporting documents of the city government and furnishing the city council of the documents, Elipe said.

He said that the resolutions were not actually necessary at all since it is the

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Councilor Candy Darimbang has also passed a resolution asking the City Mayor to compel the City Accountant to furnish the City Council with copies of all documents involving the transactions of the city government. duty of the City Accountant to furnish the City Council the documents of all the transactions of the city government.

However, Elipe said, the City Accountant have not submitted any document on the transactions

of the city government since Mayor Oscar Moreno assumed the post as City Mayor of Cagayan De Oro City in 2013.

According to Elipe, the City Council ever wonder about where Moreno gets the funds for the projects of the city government whose appropriations did not get the approval of the City Council. “ To erase doubts as to the sources of funds of the city government’s expenditures, we want the City Accountant and the COA to furnish the City Council with copies of the documents relative to the transactions of the city government,” Elipe added.

City Councilor Candy Darimbang has also passed a resolution asking the City Mayor to compel the City Accountant to furnish the City Council with copies of all documents involving the transactions of the city government.

The City Council passed the three unnumbered resolutions during the council’s regular session last Monday.

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Office Blessing of Grand 99’s Ortigas Office Date: 25 April 2014 Time: 8AM Location: Jollibee Plaza, Ortigas Center, Pasig

Those present: (L-R) Aida Tan, Dr. Lam How Din, Sunland Development Corp.’s President Mr. Richard Lim, Kevin Richard Lim, COO and Technical Head Arch. Simon Tan and Marketing Officer Flerr Torres

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DOH says Dengue cases in Region 13 reach 942 in 2014

By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caraga

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UTUAN City––The Department of Health has reported that Dengue cases in Caraga Region had reached 942 in less than four months this year.

In a media forum Tuesday, Dr. Gerna May-as Manatad, DOH-Caraga Regional Epidemiologist, said 942 Dengue cases were admitted to different disease reporting units in the region from January l to April 19, 2014. She, how-

ever, said that the figure, although significant, was 19 percent lower compared to the number of cases during the same period last year.

Manatad also said that for this year, reports of nine deaths were received

reporting units as of April 19, 2014 or a case fatality rate.96 percent.

The deaths came from Butuan City with five, particularly from Barangays Ambago, Amparo, Baan Riverside, Silongan and Pangabugan; two from Buenavista, Agusan del Norte; one from Barangay Poblacion, Bislig City; and one from Barangay Poblacion (Bahbah), Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. The distribution of Dengue cases for January 1-April 19, 2014 period

shows Agusan del Sur had 271, Butuan City, 252, Agusan del Norte, 93, Surigao del Sur, 73, Surigao City, 64, Surigao del Norte, 53, Bayugan City, 51, Cabadbaran City, 39, Bislig City, 36, Tandag City, 7, and Dinagat Islands, 3.

Ages of those afflicted with the disease ranged from less than one month to 88 years old. Distribution of cases was greater among males (52%) than females (48%). Forty percent of the cases belonged to 0 to 10 years age group.

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The Junior Chamber International ( JCI ) Panguil Bay Lanao Del Norte Chapter held its nationwide celebration of JCI Week with the theme “ POSITIVE CHANGE : One Community at a time “ on April 6 to April 11, 2014 .

Under the leadership of the recent officers and members with the presidency of Ms. Modesta Buendia took her step in inspiring and motivating its members to be involved in giving such activities for a community and service for the people of lanao del norte from Kapatagan, Sultan Naga Dimaporo (SND), Lala, Baroy , Tubod and other municipalities of the said province. JCI Panguil Bay a newly revived and reinducted last February 22, 2013 consistently doing its service for humanity especially to the constituents of lanao del norte with the continuing support

4th Balangay Football Festival set in Butuan City next month

By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caraga

BUTUAN City––The 4th Balangay Football Festival has been set on May 24-25, 2014 at the Butuan City Sports Complex in Barangay Libertad here as part of this city’s month-long celebration of the Balangay Festival, according to Agusan del Norte First District Rep. Lawrence Lemuel Fortun.

Fortun, who is also the President of the host ButuanAgusan Norte Football Association (BANFA), said this year’s football festival promises to be bigger compared to previous holdings given the prestige and popularity it has gained in the football community.

The solon announced, “We are expecting at least 100 teams from all over Mindanao and hopefully from the Visayas that will participate in the two-day festival. He also revealed that with the number of players that will be coming over to the tournament, this will be a boost to the city government’s effort to promote local tourism as the visitors will also get to witness the celebration of the Balangay Festival.

The football festival will feature categories in consonance with the grassroots development thrust of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) for which the festival is sanctioned, namely: under 6 years old (mix), under 8 years old (mix), under 10 years old (mix), under 12 years old (mix), under 14 years old (boys), under 16 years old (boys and girls), men’s and women’s open, and 35 years old and above.

In a related development, Fortun also announced that BANFA will be sending its grassroots training pool composed of 12 years old and under players to the Regional Festival of Football (FoF) Training in Malaybalay, Bukidnon from April 25-27, 2014 organized by the PFF. “This will be a very good venue for our players to hone their skills further and become more competitive even as young as they are,” he said.

DSWD Caraga readies for KC-NCDDP take-off

Kahirapan- Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KalahiBUTUAN City––With the CIDSS), the Department recently approved scale-up of Social Welfare and See readies, page 11 of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa

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from the other chapter of iligan jaycees, Jci Iligan Dayang2x and the involvement of other stakeholders , NGO’s and even the undying support of the provincial Government of lanao del norte headed

by Gov. Khalid Q. Dimaporo.

The JCI Week Celebration of the Panguil Bay way has its own version in extending their service to the community.

It was then first blessed with a mass on the opening last april 6, 2014 held at sto.

Nino church in Baroy and and followed with a large caravann and a motorcade.

A day after was a tree growing and mangrove growing project at Lala and baroy altogether, and a big garage sale at Petron station at maranding , Lala lanao del norte. And the Operation Tuli at SND and in taguitic kapatagan lanao del norte were the less fortunate benefited on the

said activities which was also assisted and cooperated with the PEO and the medical people of the Provincial hospital .

The regional meeting conference (RCM) was held in our JCI Panguil Bay Clubhouse, 2nd Floor Jas Building at maranding, , It was also attended by the regional chapter presidents and officers and of course with the highlights of the celebration is the ZUMBA for a cause a series of session started last april 11, april 25 and on may 02, 2014. In which the proceeds of this event will help for the beautification of Kapatagan Kiosk.

JCI Panguil Bay Lanao del norte soaring high, aiming its positive impact to give the service for a community one at a time, as a jaycees believing its creed that the service for humanity is a great work of ART.. Melvin p. cabbeh

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Lanao del Sur rowers gear up to race for Lake Lanao

LANAO del Sur - Twenty-five (25) young Meranaos will make a splash in the waters of Davao City this week to send an inspiring message that nothing will hold them back to race for Lake Lanao.

With paddles in hand, rowers of Team Naga of Lanao del Sur will hit Davao waters and test their limits along with other paddlers in the First Davao City Dragon Boat Festival 2014 come May 1-4.

“This is the first team of rowers from Lanao del Sur that will compete outside of the province and in an international event,” said Noroddin Maguindanao, officer-in-charge of the Lanao Sarimanok Paddlers Association (LSPA) Maguindanao, who also serves as the team’s coach, said Team Naga’s paddlers are from Caloocan in Marawi City. They are out-ofschool youth who spent most of their time driving pedicabs or fishing in the lake.

He said they started their regular training in Caloocan three months ago with one to three hours of workout and team building routines daily. They also do jogging every Saturday.

Maguindanao disclosed that he did not encountered difficulty in motivating his team members.

“They are very eager to learn and represent Lanao del Sur. Some of them have to earn a living but

they still devoted most of their time in the training. I’m supposed to inspire them but they inspire me instead with their high spirit and strong determination to bring honor to the province and to the Meranao populace,” Maguindanao said.

Dragon boat racing was introduced in Lanao del Sur in 2012

through the efforts of Ganassi town mayor Al-Rashid Macapodi.

The municipal government of Ganassi hosted the first-ever Sarimanok boat clinic and exhibition in the province to bring into focus Lake Lanao and its timeless significance to the Meranao traditions and community.

The boats used in the exhibi-

tion have Sarimanok head and decorated with okir instead of the usual dragon head and scales, thus the name Sarimanok boat racing.

Sarimanok is a legendary bird that has become a symbol of Maranao art while okir is an ornamental Maranao artwork usually woven in textiles or carved into wooden boxes, sword handles

and brasswares.

‘We are not doing this for the competition but to raise awareness on the true condition of Lake Lanao. Dragon boat racing is a suitable sport for Meranaos because they are, by nature, good in rowing and experts in making dragon/sarimanok boats. We are aiming for lifetime devotion for this kind of sport and hoping that someday an international dragon boat race will also be held in Lake Lanao,” Maguindanao said.

Team Naga is a member of the LSPA, an organization of local rowers founded after the success of the Sarimanok boat race clinic and exhibition. Naga is a Meranao term which means dragon.

Mohaymin Ungca, a 28-year old paddler, said he joined Team Naga because he wanted to learn the art of discipline and represent his place. “I feel nervous but when we get there, we will do our best and showcase what we have practiced for the glory of Lanao del Sur, most importantly for Caloocan.

“Rowing is not only determined through a big body. While others row for fun, we do it for a living that is why we are more motivated than them,” expressed Abdullah Borasi.

Other members of Team Naga who will paddle long and strong See rowers, page 11

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It is more than humane and compassionate provides that the total number of benif indigent students are given financial eficiaries shall be at least five percent of aid to the as it will encourage them to the student population and shall cover all invest their time and effort in education institutions, both public and private offering associate and baccalaureate and thus become productive degrees. Likewise, scholarship citizens of the country.

Editorial grants shall be in the form of This is possible if and when free (100% discount) matriculaHouse Bill 2351, which seeks to grant mandatory scholarships and financial tion and the number of beneficiaries with assistance to qualified indigent students, free matriculation should be at least 20 percent of the required total number of becomes a law.

In recent times, more young people beneficiaries per school. do not have access to education and as a The proposal also provides for other result, these out-of-school youth are ex- financial assistance in the form of maposed to various social perils. Statistics triculation fee discounts starting from a show that around eight percent of high minimum of 10 percent to a maximum of school graduates proceed to college cit- 90 percent to be determined by the screening families’ incapacity to support and ing committee of each college or university. The bill mandates the Chairperson finance the education of the students.

Granting scholarships to students, par- of the Commission on Higher Education ticularly the poor and underprivileged will (CHED), in consultation with the acencourage them to pursue quality tertiary credited associations of universities and education, secure their future and make colleges, to issue the necessary rules and regulations, including fines and penalties them responsible members of society.

The bill aims to institutionalize a for non-compliance, for the prompt and mechanism that ensures the mandatory effective implementation of the Act. grant of full scholarships and financial Let it be done for our underprivileged assistance to deserving students. It also students to succeed in life.

Obama flip-flops may prompt China attack LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… I can do all this through (Christ) who gives me strength…” (Philippians 4:13, the Holy Bible).

-oooOBAMA FLIP-FLOPPING MAY PROMPT CHINA ATTACK: US President Obama’s public flip-flopping on whether the United States will defend the Philippines in case of an attack by another country, which is most probably China over the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea dispute, may yet embolden China and encourage it to be more aggressive in its claims that the Chinese own the Spratlys.

Why? Simply because no matter how one looks at Obama’s declarations during his April 28-20, 2014 state visit to the Philippines,

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio they all boil down to one thing: the US is not going to immediately come to the rescue of the Philippines, the presence of the Mutual Defense Treaty, the Visiting Forces Agreement, and now the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the two countries.

And the reason for this is as Sen. Miriam Santiago herself pointed out: in all of these agreements, US defense of the Philippines in case it is attacked will

have to be carried only after a series of procedures shall have been completed by the American government, and the final decision of the US Congress is for the US to help the Philippines.

-oooUS HELP DURING ATTACK MAYBE USELESS: But, even on the assumption that the US Congress finally authorizes a rescue or the giving of assistance to the Philippines, it is clear that the rescue attempt or the

assistance that is to be given would already be too late, principally because occupation of our country shall have been effected quite expeditiously, what with the sorry state of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

-oooREMINDER ABOUT US TORNADOES: I do not wish to be malicious but, did you notice how twisters, tornadoes, and strong winds battered many parts of the US at a time when Obama was here in the Philippines promising assistance if we are attacked? Many will say this might be purely coincidental and I may agree.

But, again, may I remind everyone: Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, announced we will have these strong See ATTACK, page 11

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EDITOR: RUEL V. PELONE • ruel_pelone2002@yahoo.com

Bypassing the Senate Deliberately bypassing the Senate in an agreement where its imprimatur is required by the Constitution no less may not be an impeachable offense but politically fatal.

Perhaps in its frenzy to come up with an agreement so that it could be signed, inked and sealed during the two-day state visit to the country of US President Barack Obama, Malacanang did not bother to have the document scrutinized by the Senate. The Executive branch may reason out that the agreement was not a treaty thus needing no Senate concurrence.

But a closer look at that agreement would readily show that by all intents and purposes and in all its technical aspects it certainly passes up as a treaty. So if the Aquino administration did not send the agreement for scrutiny by the Senate, it is in reality bypassing that body and this is sad, if not frightening.

The reason, we should understand, for the constitutional mandate for the Executive branch to seek the Senate’s concurrence over treatises that it enters into with other countries is to ensure that it’ll redound to the benefit of the country.

That mandate recognizes the fact that more minds are indeed better than one or just a few.

The constitutional requirement is not aimed at clipping the powers of the President to bind the country to any agreement with other countries or to make things hard for the country’s chief executive but to see to it that more officials who have the direct mandate of the

A deeper view Jesse E.L. Bacon II people are given the task of passing judgment on such important treatises.

Is President Aquino or any of his advisers not aware of this?

The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement or Edca, in fact, should all the more be sent to the Senate for its scrutiny in light of that body’s action in 1991 abrogating the Philippine-US Military Bases Agreement. That move ended the physical presence here of US troops in accordance with the constitutional prohibition about such presence unless provided for by a treaty duly concurred in by the Senate.

Was the Edca signed simply to please Obama and to make such signing one of the major highlight of the latter’s two-day visit to the country? If these are the only considerations why the Aquino administration rushed the preparation and signing of such important document, then it just placed the country in a very compromising situation.

A l l t h e t h e ore t i c a l learning one gets in the classroom is only useful if actually applied in the real world. If not applied, it becomes useless. Allowing US military soldiers to stay in select Philippine

military camps and other military facilities to supposedly train their local counterparts about the art of war will only be useful and practical if used in the real battlefield.

Is the Aquino administration telling us now that we are preparing for war against China hence all the trainings we want to get from the US military? Of what good or for what purpose we should let our soldiers train under the tutelage of their US counterparts if we are not preparing for war? If we are not preparing for war, will all these trainings be undertaken for the heck of it, for lack of anything better to do?

If a large part of these trainings are meant to prepare our local soldiery for disasters caused by calamities, are their American counterparts the best role models for this task?

If tragedies are inevitable in America as a result of calamity-driven disasters, can they help us mitigate its ill-effects here?

In my view, there is really no need for the Philippines to enter into this newest agreement with the US given the fact that we have an existing mutual defense treaty with that country enhanced by a corollary agreement which is the

Visiting Forces Agreement.

Unnecessary it may be but the Aquino administration looks at it as necessary for America to be able to attain its economic-politicalmilitary objectives in the region.

Disturbing streamer A day before Obama arrived for a two-day state visit to the country; I saw a streamer leading to terminals 1 and 2 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport welcoming The Honorable Barack Obama. In school and in my stint in the government, I have always been told that protocol mandates that heads of states are to be addressed as His or Her Excellency as the case may be.

I was so disturbed by that streamer because the stupidity it conveys reflects on all of us. The Aquino administration in allowing those streamers to be put up only conveyed the disturbing message that indeed it is run like a student government. Those welcoming streamers reduced Obama into just like your barangay captain who is likewise addressed as The Honorable.

Four years into its sixyear term, the Aquino administration continues to be incompetent in small matters. Could it be expected to be competent on big ones if it can’t be on smaller ones proved by that big booboo about Obama being addressed in that welcoming streamer merely as The Honorable?

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Scores killed, wounded in new clashes in Sulu

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AMBOANGA CITY – One marine was killed and 18 others wounde d in fierce clashes with Abu Sayyaf militants , officials said Wednesday.

Officials said the fighting erupted near Buhanginan village in Sulu’s Patikul town after militants led by Abu Sayyaf subleader Jihad Susukan and Jamiri Jawhari ambushed soldiers near a marine base on Tuesday afternoon.

The attack sparked a running gunbattle and military operation continued until early Wednesday with security officials insisting that as many as 14 militants were slain in the fighting, although no cadavers had been recovered in the town.

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spokesman Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala said the Abu Sayyaf was trying to regain a jungle base in Patikul captured by the marines on Monday following a massive assault.

Marine Captain Maria Rowena Muyuela, a spokes-

Z A M B OA N G A C I T Y – The city government through the City Tourism Office is holding a kite-flying competition on Saturday, in this city.

Mayor Ma. Is ab el le Climaco-Salazar said those who wish to join the competition have until Wednesday, April 30, to register at the City Tourism Office.

The competition will be held at the scenic Paseo del Mar, which is located at the back of the historic Fort Pilar Shrine.

Salazar said the competition is divided into two categories and these are the traditional/flat kite category and the figure kite category.

She said the partici-

pants may register more than one kite to the competition and may choose any m at e r i a l s ( p ap e r, cloth, or any similar light materials such as wood, bamboo, etc and metal connectors) for his or her entry.

The kites will be judged based in the following criteria: design, 30 percent; east of flight/take-off, 35 percent; and, gracefulness, 35 percent.

Salazar said that the prizes for the three major winners in each category are Php 5,000, Php 3,000 and Php 2,000, respectively.

Salazar said that both first prize winners will also receive a trophy each.

(PNA)

Troops deploy in the southern Philippine province of Sulu. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

woman for the Western Mindanao Command, said the operation against the Abu Sayyaf is continuing in the town, a known stronghold of the militant group linked by authorities to alQaeda and Jemaah Islamiya.

Muyuela said the Monday assault killed a still undetermined number of militants. She said troops have occupied the fortified camp which can accommodate at least 100 people.

(Mindanao Examiner)

DAR-Sibugay turns over 5.2-km farm-to-market road

By EMMANUEL D. TAGHOY

T I TAY, Z a m b o a n g a Sibugay – A 5.2-kilometer farm-to-market road connecting barangays Calusian and Supit in this town was turned-over on April 25 by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to the municipal government.

Mr. Herman G. Ongkiko, deputy national project coordinator of the Agrarian Reform Communities Project 2 (ARCP-2) together with the DAR-Sibugay team led

by Atty. Judith P. Mantos, provincial agrarian reform program officer, and some municipal and barangay officials attended the said project turnover.

Atty. Mantos told the media in an interview that DAR aims to support the development of the Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) and improve the access of residents and farmers to market and social services such as

health and education.

“This project can reduce the ARCs travel time from their farms to the market, reduce the hauling cost of agricultural produce and other commodities and minimize spoilage losses,” she said.

The Culasian-Supit ARC is 17 kilometers away from the Poblacion.

Agricultural products such as corn, rubber, copra, rice and banana are produced in the area.

The proponents of the project were the Culasian–Supit Agrarian Reform Communities, Culasian–Supit Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CUSARBEMCO), and residents of the two barangays.

It was implemented through the collaborative effort of LGU Titay, DARSibugay with the ARCP-2, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). (FPG/ EDT/PIA9-Zamboanga Sibugay)

Zambo City NHA fast tracks HOMA release sets kite-flying competition

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Agusan del Norte Municipality of Buenavista NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that KEVIN KIERT ARGUILLES ANDAGAN has filed with this office a petition for change of first name from KEVIN KIERT JR to KEVIN KIERT who was born on February 5, 1992 at Barangay 5, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte and whose parents are Hermenio Fortun Andagan, Jr. and Evelyn Robles Arguilles.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than May 8, 2014.

(SGD.) TERESITA K. VALDEHUEZA

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Apr. 24 & May 1, 2014

Mayor Beng Climaco together with City Planning Officer Engr. Rodrigo Sicat, City Police Acting Director Col. Angelito Casimiro and Asst. City Administrator Elmeir Apolinario face the media to discuss critical issues affecting the city in the Monday regular press briefing in City Hall.

(JOEY BAUTISTA)

ZAMBOANGA City - The National Housing Authority (NHA) is expediting the release of the P30T home material assistance (HOMA) to internally displaced persons (IDPs) by hitting a target of 100 beneficiaries per week in a bid to end the distribution in a month’s time.

Setting the target is intended to ensure that the 1,661 HOMA beneficiaries would be fully covered by the end of June.

NHA Zamboanga head Engr. Al Indanan assured this during a recent meeting of the Local InterAgency Committee (LIAC) held in City Hall to discuss

updates concerning the Zamboanga City Roadmap to Recovery and Reconstruction (Z3R).

Meanwhile, Rehabilitation Cluster head Engr.

Rodrigo Sicat during the regular Monday press briefing in City Hall, revealed that projects for the Martha Drive House Owners Association Incorporated Subdivision in Sta. Catalina has been packaged.

He said per NHA terms, the project will fall under the category simplified bidding and that one of the bidders already signified his intention to contract the project.

For the Paniran resettlement project, a contractor has already been identified to undertake the 172 housing duplex type units.

“We are keeping our fingers crossed that the deliverables we made the soonest-- as earliest possible time,” Sicat hoped.

For the Islamic village, NHA is already in the process of securing the permit to entry.

On the other hand, housing units—the duplex loftable type will be constructed at the Tulungatung Resettlement project.

For Taluksangay, the 200 Internally Displaced Persons will be provided

with permanent housing on stilts and the target date for this is May 15, Sicat said.

The Rehab Cluster head also gave updates on the progress of preparations for permanent housing in the Christian-Muslim Subdivision under the Socialized Housing Finance Corporation and Lustre Home Owners Subdivision as well developments in the negotiations for the purchase of properties for the construction of permanent houses involving the Evangelista property, Chiong Property, Tiao Him property and several others. (Francis Sadaya)

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P2M in assistance given to Davao City fire victims DAVAO CITY – The Department of Health has given around P2 million worth of material assistance to evacuees of the April 4 fire that hit portions of barangays 22-C and 23-C, an official said.

In an interview at an awarding program for anti-malaria personnel held at the Royal Mandaya Hotel last Friday, DOH regional director Abdullah Dumama said the agency has already distributed mosquito nets, medicines, disinfectants, and other medical items to some 3,500 evacuees housed in eight evacuation centers.

Dumama also appealed to the evacuees to immediately report symptoms of illnesses to City Health Office (CHO) personnel so that these could be treated.

He also urged the evacuees to obser ve proper hygiene and sanitation to avoid contracting diseases.

The official said diarrhea and upper respiratory diseases are common in crowded evacuation centers.

“The city health office is there 24 hours a day, so you have to report to them if you feel that you or your family member is sick,” he said.

Last week, a CHO

report showed that three children had already died of measles and sepsis due to dire conditions evacuation camps and in the areas hit by fire.

A four-year-old housed at the Zonta Elementary School died of sepsis a day after reportedly ingesting seawater when he plunged into the water to escape from the fire.

Two others, a twoyear-old and a sevenmonth-old child housed at the Magsaysay Park, reportedly died of measles after their parents refused hospital treatment.

Symptoms of measles, a high communicable disease, include rashes, red eyes and loss of appetite that usually lasts about 7-10 days. It is spread via direct contact or through the air by coughing and sneezing.

City health officer Josephine Villafuerte said they already conducted immunization and outbreak controls when they found out about the case.

“Children susceptible to the disease were inoculated with vitamin A,” she said.

The evacuees are currently staying at five different elementar y schools, two g ymnasiums and the park.

(MindaNews)

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Tuition at Davao colleges up in June

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AVAOCITY – C ollege tuition in Davao City is expected to rise again.

As the deadline for submission of intent to increase tuition and other fees closed last February, 19 colleges in Davao City have applied to for tuition and other fee hikes for the school year 2013-2014, said the Commissions on Higher Education (CHED) here.

Twenty-six Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have applied for increases in the entire region, four in Davao Del Norte, two in Davao Del Sur and one in Compostela Valley province.

The figure, CHED director Raul Alvarez announced in last Friday’s “Kapehan sa PIA” forum is, however, lower compared with last school year where 45 HEIs in the region, indicated they would increase tuition, 26 of these were schools in

Davao City, eight in Davao Del Sur, nine in Davao Del Norte, one in Compostela Valley and another one in Davao Oriental.

Alvarez, however, clarified that their agency merely admits applications for fee increases, but the schools in consultation with the students, alumni, faculty and non-teaching personnel are the ones who approved such hike proposals.

Such consultations, Alvarez said, are mandatory.

Cherr y Orendain, Southern Mindanao spokesperson of Anakbayan, a nationwide mass organization of Filipino youth, however, pointed out that not once, in their experience, have such consultations prevented the increases in college tuition..

In fact, Orendain said, such consultations are usually “staged” to the effect that students are practically rendered powerless in the face of such exercise.

Orendain said they are dismayed as CHED is supposed to be “a regulatory body to control school fees,”

but the agency instead, “has become an instrument in the launching of such staged consultations for tuition hikes in campuses.”

“The CHED is practically useless in terms of protecting students from the high costs of education,” Orendain said.

A first year student of the University of the Philippines –Mindanao for instance, pays P 600 per unit, so if a student enrolls in 20 units of courses, he pays at least P 16,000 pesos per semester, Orendain said.

A Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education student of the University of Mindanao pays P 394 per unit, so he pays P 7,900 for 23 units, on top of the almost P 7,000 costs of miscellaneous fees, she added.

A student of Ateneo De Davao University pays P 900 per unit, so 20 unit enrollment would entail a cost of P 18,000 per semester, exclusive of miscellaneous fees.

Orendain said they expect many students to drop out next school year. “The costs of basic goods are already increasing. How can we expect our parents to be able to send us to school with such expected round of increases?”

Orendain said their group is set to conduct massive consultations with students from colleges and universities to discuss how they can oppose the increases. “Expect massive protests from students,” Orendain warned. (Irene V. Dagudog, davaotoday. com)

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winds, in Matthew 7:2427 of the Bible.

-oooGLOBAL FEVER DISEASES ANNOUNCED BY THE BIBLE: Now, it is not only the MERS Corona virus that is sowing fear among many people in the world.

More and more diseases are being reported across the globe, all causing high fever and related illnesses which are oftentimes deadly.

Again, may I reiterate: in its Deuteronomy 28:15 and 22, the Bible warned: diseases causing high fever will hit people who no longer listen to God and who no longer obey Him. -oooBIRTH OF JESUS IN THE MANGER: Easily one of the most fondly-remembered events in the Bible is now immortalized as the third Joyful Mystery in the Roman Catholic Christians’ Holy Rosary, and this is the birth of Jesus Christ.

Mainly because the event augurs good tidings and happy cheers as it ushers in gift-giving and camaraderie among believers worldwide, the birth of Jesus Christ has become one of the cornerstones of the Catholic Christians’ faith as it heralds the great love of God for man.

But completely different from this happy scenario is the account of the birth of Christ that is found in Luke 2:1 to 20, and in Matthew 1:18 to 25 of the Bible, both of which paint a very humble yet solemn and dignified occasion, befitting the Son of God. -oooREMINDERS: Please tune in: “Tambalang Batas at Somintac sa DZEC”, at 1062 kHz on the AM band, Mondays to Fridays, at 6 a.m.; “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas sa Radyo Trabungko FM”, at 103.7 mHz in Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Mondays to Fridays, at 7 a.m.; and “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas sa DYKA” at 801 kHz on the AM band (Panay Island), Mondays to Fridays, at 10 a.m.

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“This is alarming because this is highly contagious and can be transferred to other persons by air,” he said. There was no reported fatality.

Sinolinding said he already ordered an investigation why the provincial health office did not submit a status report to his office in Cotabato City.

He also appealed to DOH-Manila for additional vaccines for heavily affected towns.

Efforts to reach Dr. Tahir Sulaik, Maguindanao health chief, proved futile as of this writing.

Maguindanao is one of the five component provinces of ARMM, which also covers Lanao del Sur, also in mainland Mindanao, and the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

Measles is an infection of the respiratory system, immune system and skin caused by a virus, specifically a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus.

Symptoms usually develop 7–14 days after exposure to an infected person and the initial symptoms usually include a high fever.

Me asles is spre ad through respiration (contact with fluids from an infected person’s nose and mouth, either directly or through aerosol transmission), and is highly contagious.

Medical experts said 90 percent of people without immunity sharing a living space with an infected person will catch it.

Sinolinding has appealed to the public to immediately see a doctor or health worker when they start feeling the symptoms especially if they were in contact with someone afflicted with measles.

(PNA)

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Development (DSWD) Caraga is now getting ready for the set-off of KALAHI CIDSS- National Community Driven Development Program (KC-NCDDP) in the region.

For 2014 implementation, this Program covers 46 municipalities and 5 from page 1 provinces in Caraga. With Sangki, Matanog, Barira, varied implementation Upi, Datu Unsay, Datu Hof- conditionalities, these are fer, Mamasapano, Sultan categorized into three (3): 5

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belonged to the “177” nonPoor but Yolanda-affected, another 36 are in the “377” Poor and Yolanda-affected, while 5 are identified in the “293” Poor but not hit by the super typhoon.

This final list of areas to be covered, and workers needed by the Program for this year’s take-off was only finalized during the 1st Quarter Mindanao cluster Project Review and Evaluation Workshop (PREW) last April 9-12, 2014 at Eden Nature’s Park, Davao City, from which the final gosignal for the KC-NCDDP national launching in June 2014 was signified by the central office to the regional offices.

Right there and then, the RPMO met for action planning, strategizing and tasking in preparation for this undertaking.

Social marketing initiatives were intensified for the pulling of applications from potential applicants for 346 vacant positions.

KC-NCDDP Regional Project Manager Mita G. Lim said that public service announcements about the urgent hiring were already plugged through radio stations and social media sites.

Examination for the 1st batch of shortlisted applicants for the area coordinator, deputy area coordinator, community empowerment facilitator and municipal finance analyst was already conducted last April 27-28, 2014.

A Job Hiring and Orientation activity will also be facilitated by the RPMO at Robinsons Place, Butuan City on May 2, 2014.

Local chief executives of the 46 target municipalities were already communicated and notified for being recipients of the KC-NCDDP grant and will set meetings for dialogues and orientation with the RPMO in May 2014.

NCDDP is the national expansion of the CDD strategy, which was used and proven effective by Kalahi-CIDSS in its past 11 years of implementation.

KC-NCDDP is designed to support CDD post-disaster response and is anchored on its development objective to have barangays/communities of targeted municipalities become more empow-

A school that can be a tourist spot

By LETECIA L. OGA SIC Iba Elementary School, Cagayan de Oro City

Iba Elementary School – is nestled in the wind-swept hills of Sitio Iba, barangay Dansolihon, Cagayan de Oro City. Its idyllic location offers a view of the sea and city’s environs.

A visitor commented that it is as picturesque as the famous Tagaytay highlands in Batangas. Well, who knows, this school might still become a tourist spot and be labelled as the Tagaytay of Cagayan de Oro City.

What is more unique is the fact that Iba Elementary

School is attended by purely Higaonon tribal children.

(The Higaonons are an indigenous tribe found in northern Mindanao communities with a population estimated at 350, 000, and are found in five provinces --- Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon. Since olden times the Higaonon have lived in their forest home, undisturbed, managing the forest in a natural and harmonious way.)

For decades the Higa-

onon people have struggled tirelessly for their independence as a tribe, their rights to cultural integrity and the right to self-determination.

Thus, the establishment of Iba Elementary School is a precious gift to this tribe as it helps them nourish the intellectual development of their children – an aspect that will strengthen their right to self-determination.

It was in the year 2000 that Iba Elementary School was established within a 1.5 hectare land donated

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ered to achieve improved access to services and to from page 1 participate in more inclusive This was followed by a local planning, budgeting, presentation on the prepaand implementation.

These veterans are now in their nineties. They are an inspiration to us all, and I’d ask those who can stand to stand or give a wave so that we can all salute their service,” he said to a round of applause and standing ovation from the crowd.

He lauded the heroism of the war veterans, saying that their struggle “brought out the best in the Filipino character in the face of adversity and served as a beacon to freedom loving peoples everywhere.”Before leaving, he had a brief opportunity to shake hands with several veterans and soldiers.

After the event, President Obama paid his respects at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, also in Fort Bonifacio. It is the resting place of Americans and Filipinos who fought in the war.

“These Americans and Filipinos rest in peace as they stood in war -- side-byside, shoulder-to-shoulder, balikatan,” he said. (PNA)

rations for The 23rd Mindanao Business Conference in General Santos City by Rey Billena, conference director, 23rd MinBizCon Regional Governor for Southwestern Mindanao, PCCI. Ms. Agnes Legaspi, assistant director/OIC, Market Strategy Consultancy Group, Export Marketing Bureau of the Bureau of Export and Trade Promotion, DTI, presented an Overview on the Asean Economic Community and the Philippine Free Trade Agreement.

In preparation of the 23rd Annual Mindanao Business Conference Roadshow to be held at General Santos City and to be hosted by GenSan’s Chamber of Commerce and the Saranggani Chamber of Commerce, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Incorporated (PCCI), Mindanao chapter, prepares businessmen and aspiring investors for the ASEAN Economic Integration envisioned to become a reality by the year 2015.

The GenSan conference intends to consolidate all the issues and concerns that are being expressed by Mindanao investors in preparation for the ASEAN economic integration.

The vision of the ASEAN Economic Community is to establish ASEAN as a single market and production base, turning the diversity that characterizes the region into opportunities for business complementation and making the ASEAN a more dynamic and stronger segment of the global supply chain, the PCCI said.

“ASEAN actually started two years ago, hence, ASEAN integration is not new to us.

We’re already there. The integration in 2015 is a mere proclamation,” Annie O. Ty, vice-president for PCCI-Mindanao, said.

“This conference is a venue to air all the concerns and needs to do business better here in Mindanao. It also encourages businessmen in Northern Mindanao to strive for excellence because in Southern Mindanao they’re already achieving their full potential as globally competitive business people.” Ty said.

Antonio Uy, regional governor of PCCI Northern Mindanao, said that ASEAN Economic Integration aims to have fair market and able to compete in world’s economy.

“It promotes the country to become a formidable nation -- able to expand and compete on a global level,” he said.

by Mr. Fresco Habla a concerned parent and with the leadership of Mr. Roberto Cabaring who pioneered and went through the meticulous process along with Mr. Henry Limbaco, former Southwest District Supervisor in exerting all efforts in order to put-up the said school.

The school’s six classrooms are all made of concrete. The Higaonon community helped in beautifying the school. They undertook landscaping of the school premises with the use of bamboo and other indigenous materials.

About one hundred forty (140) Higaonon children are currently attending the

multi-grade classes of Iba Elementary School (Kinder, Grade I, Grade II, Grade III & IV, and Grade V & VI).

There are 5 young teachers, 1 male and 4 females under the leadership of the author as School In Charge.

The Higaonon pupils are happy to them what is more important is what they learn in school – such as reading books at “Lawig Balasahan” – the reading kiosk, and practicing the intricacies of computers at the ICT Room.

A priceless jewel for the Higaonon tribe, Iba Elementary School may always stand as a symbol of peace , love, and cultural heritage for tourists to admire.

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a r e S i h a b Mu s t ap h a , AbulKhair Mosib, Tomawis H. Amer, Ansano Baraocor, Mamad Baraocor, Anodin Molia, Manganding Sultan, SaadodinUngca, Paodac Mohamad Ali, Ashrin Dadayaan, Iman Omar, Rajeb Omar, Moad Mohamad Ali, Basher Macunti, Nasip Barasi, Mohamad Barasi, Mohalodin Rasol, Arsad Lumna, Jalal Jalil, Jamalodin Antipolo, Ashbie Badron, Salamat Mama, Ashgar Decampong, and Util Datu Moloc.

Maguindanao admitted that when he first organized the team, the funding came from his own pocket. Now, they are selling Team Naga shirts to raise funds to defray the expenses of the team in Davao.

“Dragon boat is a team sport. You look each other’s back and you support each other. That is why we are so grateful for the support the team is receiving right now,” he said.

Veterans... from page 1

Biblical reflection

Bro. Edcel L. Closas

Sufficient Special Gospel of the day: Matthew6:2434(May1, 2014-Thursday) Matthew 6:24-34No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon: This gospel is all about greediness of material things that block the faith and service of individual to God. Take note, in Exodus 20:5-Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God. This is the “point of Jesus” why He doesn’t want that money and anything will become a “small god to everyone.” Who is your God, objects or God? In James 4:4-Ye adulterers and adulteresses know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a “friend of the world is the enemy of God.” Are you the enemies of God? Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye “shall eat,” or what ye “shall drink; nor yet for your body,” what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment?

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof: Printing paid by: Neneth - Bobong Balino- Dr. Edith, PhDTony Jordan - CDO. St. Peter Calungsod, pray for us! Listen: Radio Ultra AM-1188-3:30 PM Sunday: #0928414949009266607505: Question – Prayer request: Please follow me “WORD ON FIRE” on CCTN channel 12-CDO @ 10 PMMondays and Tuesday @ 3:30 PM. God loves you!!!

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DTI sets 1st M’nao Social Business Summit

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A G AYA N d e O r o City - Stakeholders would gather for a threeday business summit in Bukidnon on June 4-6, 2014, to tackle ideas relative to the achievement of economic growth pertaining to social enterprise development, a trade official said.

Dubbed as the 1st

Mindanao Social Business Summit, the summit anchors on the theme “Wealth Creation with Justice and Peace through Social Entrepreneurship,” said Ermedio J. Abang, DTI provincial director in Bukidnon.

Abang said that the summit aims to advocate

for partnership among stakeholders emphasizing the need for a holistic support mechanism towards inclusive growth to reduce poverty.

He said that the summit will also put heads together to manifest vital resolves concerning peace and development issues

in Mindanao, as well as its implications for social entrepreneurship.

“It is expected that the gathering could generate commitments towards the establishment of a Social Enterprise Institute (SEI) i n C e nt r a l M i n d a n a o Un i v e r s it y ( C M U ) i n Maramag, Bukidnon

as a mentoring hub in Mindanao,” Abang added.

He said that the students, professors, social entrepreneurs, and professionals from other countries will also be participating in the threeday event at the CMU’s Farmers’ Training Center.

A group of well-respected

resource speakers lead by Senator Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV, Kawad Kalinga founder Tony Meloto, Nobel Prize winner Nicanor Perlas and Economist Ceilito Habito are among the invited speakers for the summit.(A Report From Philippine News Agency)

CEB offers P1 systemwide seat sale for Labor Day Cebu Pacific Air (PSE:CEB) celebrates Labor Day with a P1 systemwide seat sale until May 2, 2014 or until seats last. This is for travel from June 1 to December 15, 2014.

“We hope guests can take advantage of this seat sale to plan their trips in the 2nd half of the year. It would be our utmost pleasure to bring them home for family reunions, to vacation destinations or to off-the-beaten track backpacking locations with friends,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

“As a low-cost carrier, our goal has always been to enable e ver yJuan to f ly, wit h our trademark lowest fares and route network. By booking in advance, we offer the biggest possible travel Happy faces of Globe Community members while building houses in savings,” she added.

GK Rivero-Cox Village, Payata, QC (Photo Supplied) PHP1 seats are up for grabs

to the following 33 Philippine destinations: Bacolod, Boracay (Caticlan), Busuanga (Coron), B u t u a n , C a g ay a n d e O r o, Camiguin, Cauayan (Isabela), Cebu, Clark, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, General Santos, Iloilo, Kalibo, Legaspi, Laoag, Manila, Naga, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, San Jose (Mindoro), Siargao, Surigao, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Tawi-Tawi, Tuguegarao, Virac and Zamboanga.

CEB operates flights from six hubs in Manila, Cebu, Davao, Clark, Iloilo and Kalibo, making inter-island travel fast and affordable.

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CEB’s 51-strong f leet is comprised of 10 Airbus A319, 30 Airbus A320, 3 Airbus A330 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. It is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2014 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 11 more brand-new Airbus A320, 30 Airbus A321neo, and 3 Airbus A330 aircraft.