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April 7, 2016
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By FRETCHER MAGATAO
BUTUAN City -- The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) has approved another four major infrastructure projects to further boost rural productivity in several Caraga towns.
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Gov Emano creates task force to secure release of seized cop KINOGUITAN, Misamis Oriental--Governor Bambi Emano took time out from his hectic campaign schedule to work out for the release of SPO4 Rene Rombo who was abducted by armed men the other day, by creating a crisis committee with the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform as facilitator of the said group. The governor chairs the said crisis committee himself with the following as members: Sangguninag
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Panlalawigan member Heck- PLEDGE OF SUPPORT. (L-R) Mike Salvador, Regional Spokesman of Guardians Brotherhood, administers the Pledge ert Jude Emano; Provincial of Support to Congressman Rufus Rodriguez and Congressman Maxi Rodriguez, as witnessed by Universal Grand Administrator Atty. Jocelyn Master Leborio Abraham Jangao Jr., and Guardians International Consul General Henry Clyde Abbot, during See creates, page A11
the April 3, 2016 Guardians Fellowship at the Nazareth Gymnasium. The more than 1,500 members from several Guardians organizations in Cagayan de Oro also took the Pledge with the Rodriguezes. Several organizations are under the umbrella of the Guardians International, Inc. During the same event the Guardians also endorsed the Rodriguez brothers as their candidates. Rufus hailed the Guardians volunteer force as a form of people empowerment. There are around 25,000 members of the Guardians in region 10. (Photo supplied)
Govt fairly successful in easing 6 sawmill workers in overall impact of El Niño By Jelly F. Musico of PNA
CLOSURE ORDER. A representative of Oriental Garden signs the closure order, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, to conform to the closure order presented by BIR RR16 regional director Atty. Glen Geraldino [left] prior to padlocking the establishment for tax deficiency amounting to P1.5 million. Mindanao Daily News photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
SOCIOECONOMIC Planning Secretary Emmanuel Esguerra on Tuesday said the government has been fairly successful in easing the impact of El Nino, particularly in ensuring sufficiency in supply of food and keeping food prices stable.
During the fifth meeting of the technical working group (TWG) on the Roadmap to Address the Impact of El Nino or RAIN, Esguerra reported the progress of the RAIN that was formed in August 2015 upon the directive of President Benigno Aquino III. “While drought usu-
ally entails low production leading to high agricultural product prices, inflation data show that prices of food, particularly rice, have been low and stable in the past months,” Esguerra said in his report. Presidential Communications Operations Office See fairly, page A11
Lanao Sur abducted
CAGAYAN de Oro City-Unidentified gunmen have abducted six workers of a sawmill factory in Butig town, Lanao del Sur last Monday, the military said. See workers, page A11
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Davao provinces bag rice achievers awards
DAVAO City -- The two provinces in Davao successfully made it to the list of winners of the 2015 Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers Award (APRAA) out of five provinces nationwide. Davao del Norte and Davao Oriental placed fourth and fifth in the APRAA despite the onslaught of El Niño phenomenon since last year. A plaque of recognition and cash prize worth Php4 million for additional ricerelated projects in their respective areas will be given to the winning province during the awarding ceremony in Manila on April 20. In order to win, each province must surpass the national average yield target of 4.08 metric tons per hectare (mt/ha). Davao del Norte attained 4.71 mt/ha while Davao
Oriental achieved 4.58 mt/ ha. Agriculture regional director Remelyn Recoter commended the remarkable performance of the two provinces which has significantly contributed to the increase of rice production in the region for 2015. “We commend our local officials and farmer leaders, including the agricultural extension workers and local farmer technicians(LFTs) for partnering with Department of Agriculture (DA). Even if we were challenged by El Niño, you still manage to win this battle,” Recoter said. Dr. Anastacia Notarte, Davao del Norte provincial agriculturist, said they attributed the said achievement to the unending support of the DA and to their provincial government.
Davao del Norte availed the High Yielding Technology Adoption (HYTA) program wherein DA provided high-yielding varieties such as hybrid rice and certified inbred seeds. “We are planning to increase the budget on local appropriation in order to enhance our hybridization program. We are also planning to expand our model farm from 60 hectares to 178 hectares,” Notarte added. In their second straight win, Davao Oriental provincial agriculturist Rotchie Ravelo said that their province was guided with the directives of the rice sufficiency program and have been consistent on the program for two years. He added that DA helped in terms of support for inputs, trainings and massive assistance on palay seeds.
“The influence of Aragon Dam which is the DA-Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP) project helped irrigate about a thousand hectares in Davao Oriental. With this, we saw it as a big factor for this award,” Ravelo said. Davao Oriental also attributed the award to their rice expansion program and the canal de-silting which is conducted by DA 11, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 11 and National Irrigation Administration (NIA) 11. “We would like to thank DA for all the interventions they have given to the province,” Ravelo added. Other winners from the Davao Region include: Outstanding Municipality – Magsaysay, Davao del Sur and Outstanding Irrigators’ Associations - Balutakay San Isidro Farmers IA Inc. and Gravity Irrigators Service Association, Inc. both from San Isidro, Hagonoy, Davao del Sur. A total of 12 agricultural extension workers (AEWs) from Davao region also made it to the list of national winners, led by Antonia O. Marfil from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) in Davao del Sur while Manuel L. Tecson, will be awarded as the See bag, page A11
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EDITORIAL
DOZENS of forums prop up every time the country enters its Third Season. In the past, we made a lengthy discussion about the country’s Third Season: The election season. In the discussion, it was held that the “Third Season” is the country’s worst season. While we only have the “wet and dry” season, the “election season” breeds so many characters. What is common during the election season is the emergence of candidates who suffer a very rare disease. The disease is called “congenital liar ailment.” A candidate in the past elections accidentally discovered the “congenital liar ailment” when he realized that he, too, was inflicted with the disease. Anyway, the other illness that develops during the election season is the symptoms that are associated with “Dementia.” This kind of sickness is associated with memory loss. Obviously, after winning a political exercise, the politician normally forgets most of the people earlier known to him. There is this politi-
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cian who gives his telephone number at the height or before the political campaign starts. Call him and he would gladly answer the phone call – he would even get angry if you would not call him. After winning the election, one could no longer hear the politician’s voice. One starts to wonder whether the politician has gotten a new telephone number. Then, one would understand that the “dementia” might have spread in the politician’s head. During the election season, many individual, group, and organization, would also display a number of ailments. The most common is the “ailment of duplicity” where the individual, group, or organization pretends to support a candidate in return of “many things.” Well, the word “many things” imply a lot of things like money, position, or favor once the politician is elected into office. However, among the groups or individuals, there is one thing that really stood
among them. These are the groups or individuals who used the pretense in the name of the Church. Certainly, anyone would start to cast doubts when a political forum or any political activity is sponsored or backed up by the Church. The principle of the separation of the church and the state is violated when politics become part of the Church activity. Whether the forum or activity is done with malice to none, the suspicion about the Church intrusion into the political affairs of the state would always be inevitable. However, the callousness is exacerbated when the individual, group, or organization hides in Church’s mantle – a Church, whose leaders surreptitiously favor a candidate under pretext of neutrality. When the laymen and the leadership of the Church begin to dip its finger into any political activity, the question of credibility becomes unavoidable. It should be made clear that politics is not part of the
Moral and Human Values
IN these eventful times with shouting for peace all around the globe but ruel pelone CRIS DIAZ also with “lust after war”, Managing Editor Executive Editor with corrupt politicians and terrorism attacks against CHENG ORDOÑEZ URIEL C. QUILINGUING innocents and with cries Associate Editor Contributing Editor for justice, it is very easy MARK FRANCISCO Arjay Felicilda to forget moral and human Lifestyle Editor Assistant Editor values. People, don’t let this happen! GILBERT Y. CHAO gerry lee gorit Allow me to ask you Motoring Editor Photo Journalist a question: “What makes felix santillan ROEL CATOTO a modern person?” TechEDSEL BANTOL Provincial Editor-Surigao nology and knowledge for Layout Artists sure? If not, we couldn’t operate with our computPAT SAMONTE CHRIS PANGANIBAN ers or other things. Skills, Regional Editors-Caraga of course, belong to it. But JOE PALABAO MARLON GAYOG more important are a attiRene Michael BaÑos Regional Editor-Davao tudes and values, and our Regional Editors-Northmin readiness for new ways of reacting, feeling and looking AL JACINTO JOE FELICILDA Regional Editor-WestMin Editorial Consultant for things. I am afraid that we have ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI to look first into ourselves. NOTARY PUBLIC- JUNI LAW OFFICE Everybody of us can notice CELL NO: 09352379999/ (088) 8573595 our group feeling besides CRUZ TAAL ST., CAG. DE ORO CITY terrible egoism many times. Legal Counsel We care so much for the --------------------------------------------------------------bureau and mktg staff good of our own families candy macabale - 09161326483 and ourselves by making ED A. MAINIT - 09156590273 great sacrifices even for a RIZA O. ARES - 0915-9753-277/0926-2242-653 MISOR - LOLONG NABONG - 0906-875-8650 long time. Charity starts and GINGOOG CITY-MANNY ANSIHAGAN-0936-287-7788 ends mostly at home. Why North Buk. - DAHLIA S. BENEMERITO-0936-303-0410 are we not able to develop VALENCIA CITY - PHILIP PHIL CALUMBA-0905-652-5407 MARAMAG - TITA FINA CUALES - 0926-336-1585 fidelity that expands into a quezon, buk. - ROSE GENON wider field of action so that Iligan City - JEFFREY OPONDA-0936-1174378 we can go beyond the limits bobby mag usara-tangub city OROQUIETA CITY - PJ TREMEDAL-0919-3452375 of our unsocial system and ARMM - Sony Sudaria-0947-4810371 reach to others around us? cotabato - ANALISA ESPAÑOLA-0916-9351714 davao - MARLON GAYOG-09276314995 We easily blame our davao - tom a. caballero-09105783126 government. This happens davao - tomas canoy avancena jr.-09177017010 in mostly every country davao del norte - sarah castor - 09263988293 davao occidental - alma ORTIZ - 09058532215 worldwide. But don’t we only ALLAN M. MEDIANTE Editor-in-Chief
The Church should shun politics
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get the government that we deserve? Misuse, improper treatment, rude language and behavior, corruption these are all reflections of ourselves. The mistake, the injustice, the wrong sense of values, and the lack of priority through arrogance and ignorance are daily with us and simply our own. A nation might have been rich with abundant blessings; it is only unfortunate that these blessings could not made useful because of some flaws in the entire system. Why do we have collapsing economies or huge foreign and national debts? Because human values are not put into place. It’s easier to fill own pockets then to care for a neighbor. Aren’t we paid for the service we rendered that we resort to other unlawful and shameful activities? Are we really prioritizing material things
over and above spiritual satisfaction? We are becoming weaker and weaker when we lack punctuality, honesty, and task responsibility. We have to improve as human persons with national pride, discipline, and consistency, because skills and knowledge or technology are not enough. We have to avoid too much subjective comments, sensitivity and being fancy and conceited of ourselves. If a nation like the Philippines is still rich of natural resources and intelligent, highly creative people, these people should prevent criticism from know-it-all’s such as insufficiency, imbalance, or inequality. Moral and human values can only grow if we are willing to undergo to renewal of will, mind and heart. Let us give moral and human values a try. It could do great things to alleviate the economic life, to save us all from imminent spiritual degradation and to allow us to live in peace and harmony. +++ Email:doringklaus@gmail. com or follow me on Facebook or Twitter or visit www. germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com or www. klausdoringsclassicalmusic. blogspot.com.
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responsibility of the Church. On the contrary, the Church should focus on the spiritual enhancement of the flock. Thus, when the Church takes part in political forums and other political activity, it ceases to become neutral. Under the doctrine of “res ipsa loquitur” (the thing speaks for itself), the act of the Church to sponsor or initiate a political forum is already a sufficient indication of partiality that a detail to justify the action is no longer needed. -0- Send comments/reactions to: crisguardian@yahoo.com
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PEOPLE in Bu kidnon should pray and hope for heavy rains to strike the area in Kitanglad to wipe out the grass fires that are spreading. With summer heat of bright sunlight, the danger is the fires might reach the populated areas and eat up homes of the people there. A catastrophe like this is definitely a problem and would entail millions of pesos to put out 000 I was laughing hard reading Sen Grace Poe’s vow to build Malacanang in Pangasinan, the home of her father FPJ should she become president. A very simple plan from a humble and very innocent girl who wants to become president of the Philippines. I guess people should know See emata, page A11
Prayer is a silent, powerful tool
PRAYER is a silent, powerful tool, often overlooked. We should pray through the good times and the bad and everything in between. Take just one minute, think of a friend, and take slow, deep breaths as you pray for that person. Be comforted in knowing that God heard you. Verse from James 5:13
“Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises.”
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Grass fires in Mt. Kitanglad spread to other mountains By FROILAN GALLARDO of MindaNews
CAGAYAN de Oro City-With no rain clouds in sight, the Office of Civil Defense in Region 10 (OCD-10) raised the status to “blue alert” after it was reported that the forest fires in Mt. Kitanglad in Bukidnon have spread to nearby mountains. OCD-10 Regional Director Ana C. Caneda said lacking firefighting equipment, volunteers face a daunting task in stopping the spread of the forest fires to the rest of the 47,720-hectare Mt. Kitanglad mountain range
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in Bukidnon. “The volunteers have to climb steep mountains to get to the fire locations. We lacked rope, firefighting equipment and there is not enough volunteers to cover the area,” Caneda said. The struggle to contain the forest fire in Mt. Kitanglad appeared to have failed as reports from the field indicated that new fires have spread to the other mountains in the Mt. Kitanglad range, namely, Mt. Mangantol, Mt. Matampay, Mt. Butoc, Mt. Nakalo, and Mt. Undingan. During its assessment
meeting Tuesday afternoon, OCD-10 also received confirmed reports that new fires have broken out at Mt. Kalatungan, the sixth highest mountain in the country. Gerry Ablon, of the Libona municipal disaster risk reduction and management council, said more than 100 persons living in Sitio Alawon, Barangay Sil-ipon are threatened by the spreading fire. “The fire has gutted all the dry cogon and is threatening to encircle the village of Alawon,” Ablon said. Calls have been made
for donations for the purchase of critical firefighting equipment like knapsack sprayers, axes and spades, rope, medicine, boots and food. M/Sgt. Abel Idusma, of the Philippine Air Force Tactical Operations Group at Lumbia Airport, said they are waiting for the arrival of two Huey UH1D helicopters that would be used to ferry fire fighters and volunteers up the mountains. Idusma said a Cessna plane chartered by the Department of Agriculture for
households, respectively. Meanwhile, 8 out of 10 or 76.6% of the targeted poor households reside in rural areas, 2 out 10 or 23.4% live in urban areas. Of the 28.7 million individuals, 48.4% or 13.9 million are women while 51.6% or 14.8 million are men. It may be noted that children constitute 15.1 million or 52.7% of the total targeted poor population. Of the 10.7 million children aged 5 to 17 years old, 215,244 reported having an occupation. Most of these children (123,578) are laborers and unskilled workers. Fisher folks, farmers and foresters comprise about 2.8 million or 17.9% of the 15.5 million targeted poor individuals belonging to the labor force or those aged 15 years old and above. The majority (53% or 8.2 million) reported having no occupation at the time of the assessment. Senior citizens comprise only 4.2% or 1.2 million individuals. While, 1.1% of the total targeted poor population or 313,574 are persons with disability. “Aside from the demographics of the population covered in LISTAHANAN, other information such as access to safe water and electricity, quality of housing materials, tenure status
of the family’s house and lot and their specific occupation are available upon request,” Sec. Soliman shared. The list however of names and addresses of targeted poor households, families or individuals can only be obtained upon execution of a data sharing agreement with the DSWD. This is to ensure that the list will be only used for implementation of programs and services meant to improve their well-being. Complete, transparent “To ensure transparency in the data-gathering process and maintain the integrity of the list, the assessment involved public validation of the initial list of poor generated from the said assessments,” Sec. Soliman explained. Appeals of those who were not assessed and complaints of those who contest the list of poor were received and resolved by the Local Verification Committee (LVC) at the municipal or city level during validation. LVCs are composed of the local social welfare and planning officers and three other members from civil society organizations. “This ensured the completeness, accuracy and inclusiveness of the process,” added Secretary Soliman. While the Listahanan can generate statistics on the
targeted poor households and families, it does not provide the official poverty statistics. The official poverty statistics released by Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) provides data on poverty and subsistence incidences based on poverty and food thresholds. The LISTAHANAN or
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KITANGLAD FIRE. A government agency personnel takes pictures of a Powerpoint presentation conducted by the Office of Civil Defense in Region 10 detailing the locations of the new forest fires at the 47,720-hectare Mt. Kitanglad on Tuesday (5 April 2016). MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
DSWD launches results of the 2nd nationwide assessment
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) releases today the profile of targeted poor families based on the result of the LISTAHANAN second round of assessment implemented in 2015. The second assessment, which covered 15.1 million households, identified 5.1 million targeted poor households nationwide. This latter figure translates to 5.5 million targeted poor families or 28.7 million individuals. “ The LISTAHANAN data on the targeted poor households were collected through a comprehensive, objective and transparent house-to-house assessment”, stated DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman. The DSWD enumerated all families in rural-classified barangays and in pockets of poverty of urban-classified barangays. The assessment used the Proxy Means Test (PMT) models to estimate the per capita income of the households. Through this assessment, the DSWD found that the 5.1 million targeted poor households nationwide have annual per capita income less than the poverty threshold reported by the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) for 2015. Most of these targeted households reside in Visayas and Mindanao as nine out of the 10 regions with the most number of targeted poor households are part of the said island clusters. CAGAYAN DE ORO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Result Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Tel.Autonomous # (08822) 727-829 * TheTelefax Re# (088) 856-1947 gion of CAMIGUIN MuslimBRANCH Mindanao B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, (ARMM) topped the list Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491 withCorrales 11.2% share or 573,446 CORRALES BRANCH Ave., Cagayan de Oro City targetedDIVISORIA poor BRANCH households. Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 A. ARMM is followed byDonReVelez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631 gion VII (Central Visayas) LAPASAN BRANCH andLapasan Region X (Northern Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739 Mindanao) with 525,561 CARMEN BRANCH Blvd., Cagayan de Oro City andVamenta 485,539 targeted poor Tel. # (088) 231-2011
CDO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947
DIVISORIA BRANCH Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631
CAMIGUIN BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491
LAPASAN BRANCH Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739
CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City
CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd.,Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011
the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) is an administrative tool for targeting poor families. It establishes a centralized database of targeted poor families to serve as basis for identifying beneficiaries of social protection programs and ser-
vices, minimizing wastage of resources to unintended recipients. Consistent with the definition of poor in Republic Act 8425, LISTAHANAN classifies households with approximated incomes falling below the official provincial poverty thresholds reported by the PSA as poor.
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Westmincom intensifies intel operations to locate abducted Indonesians, Malaysians ZAMBOANGA City -- The Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) has intensified its intelligence operations in a bid to establish the location of the 10 Indonesian and four Malaysian nationals kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands on separate incidents. Maj. Filemon Tan, Westmincom information officer, on Tuesday said that troops continue to track down the victims’ whereabouts in the hinterlands of Sulu province. Tan said they are also in constant contact with their Indonesian and Malaysian counterparts concerning the development “on the ground.” “We are consulting with our Indonesian and Malay-
sian counterparts as to what course of action we will do for the best,” Tan added. The 10 Indonesians who were crew members of a Taiwanese tugboat were seized last March 26 near the country’s border with Malaysia. The tugboat was sailing from Indonesia to Manila when ASG brigands intercepted them at high seas. Meanwhile, ASG brigands seized the four Malaysians last April 1 off the waters of Ligitan near the east coast Semporna and towards the border with the Philippines. The victims were aboard a Malaysian-registered vessel sailing near Ligitan Island when they were intercepted and seized by eight gunmen aboard a speedboat.
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 7 of R.A.10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that MITCHELION P. EBAO has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MITCHELION PASIGNA EBAO who was born on 30 June 1985 at Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte and whose parents are Virginia T. Pasigna and Demetrio M. Ebao. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than April 2016.
(Sgd.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARIÑAS City/Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Apr 7 & 14, 2016
Tan said the Joint Task Group Sulu troops continue to conduct focused military operations “based on available information we have.” Meanwhile, reports disclosed the ASG brigands
have given a deadline on April 8 to meet their ransom demand in exchange for the two Canadians, a Norweigian and a Filipina they seized last year. The ASG brigands seized
the victims on Sept. 21, 2015 while they were on vacation at a resort in the Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte. “The deadline set is the deadline of the Abu Sayyaf,
for our side, we will do our best to rescue the kidnap victims the soonest time possible as we also consider their safety as our primary concern,” Tann said. (PNA) BNB/TPGJR
ZAMBOANGA City -- The Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) has arrested 136 persons as of April 3 for violation of the election gun ban that took effect on January 10 this year. Chief Supt. Miguel An-
tonio Jr., PRO-9 director, on Tuesday said that they have so far confiscated 106 firearms of different calibers, 25 grenades, 863 assorted ammunition and 31 bladed weapons. Antonio said the arrest
and confiscation of firearms were made in the different parts of the region during the conduct of Commission on Elections (Comelec)-led checkpoints. The PRO-9 has jurisdiction over this city and the
nearby provinces of Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte. Antonio said records showed that the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO)
her room and watch her teach her student I kept doing this every day, and I gradually realized that my mother exudes good vibrations and happiness while she’s teaching and sharing. This joy radiated to the hearts of her student as I watched their genuine and happy reactions while they are learning from my mother. I eventually saw that there was a cycle inside the classroom, a cycle of contentment and happiness as they together achieve the learning goals that they have set in the class. The point unfolds that the energy that my mother has towards teaching come from the happy faced of her student, and this energy is renewed every day as the witnesses’ success among her leaners.
I guess I have just unravelled the mystery of the art of teaching, and that is imparting your knowledge and experiences selflessly to the hungry minds of your learners. And for that, I salute not only to my mother but also to all the teachers who see the potentials in every individuals. Now that I am teacher who share the same ideals with my mother and all other teachers, I strive every day in my class to be just like a true teacher at heart, but also a teacher that gives unconditionally, and experiences the self-worth and immense contentment of my passion and of what more I can contribute to my students’ holistic growth.
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Following a Teacher’s Trail By Ivone Grace C. Cabonilas, Teacher I Gupaco Elementary School Kitaotao II District
When I was young, I watch my mother wake up early and prepare for school every day. I’ve always wondered how she manages to balance her obviously stressful work with her role as a mother and wife at home. It has been normal scene at our house to see truckload of papers dumped on the floor. Sometime, I just full asleep in the living room waiting for her to truck me in to sleep at night. I remember that she would always say, “One more minute and I’m dome checking my students’ work. “ I am
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 7 of R.A.10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that DANILO E. SUSON has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly date of birth from “JUNE 11 1959” to “MAY 11, 1959” in the Certificate of Live Birth of DANILO EDANIO SOSON who was born on May 11, 1959 at Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte and whose parents are Teofila E. Edanio and Crodualdo T. Soson. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than April 2016.
(Sgd.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARIÑAS City/Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Apr 7 & 14, 2016
perplexed by the unending powerful drive, eagerness, and will be my mother to go to work at school despite the overwhelming and exhausting tasks that she have to do throughout every work day. Why can’t she just become a doctor, or an engineer, or even do any other work that pay higher? As I grew up, I evaluated some logical reasons that might answer the growing confusions that I’m having toward my mother’s chosen profession. After my own classes, instead of going home straight, I drop by
Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES NOEL VERNON C. OREJUDOS AND MARIA ALOHA D. PINEDA,
Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City CIVIL CASE NO.2016-036
NOEL VERNON C. OREJUDOS AND MARIA ALOHA D. PINEDA, Petitioners. X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /
IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ALEXANDER C. LAWAN AND SARAH N. JACINTO-LAWAN,
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ORDER
Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Muslim rites on August 25, 2001, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon and Dalipuga, Iligan City respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to inability of petitioners to perform their respective essential marital obligations such as mutual fidelity, love, respect, support for each other, and irreconcilable differences, the petitioners only lived together for twelve (12) years now and they decided to part ways and still separated at the present, thereby, they executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation.Since their separation they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on August 25, 2001 , so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on April 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 5th day of April, 2016.
Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Muslim rites on April 30, 2005 at Maramag, Bukidnon, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at Purok 5, Tambacan, Iligan City and Zone 8, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to inability of petitioners to perform their respective essential marital obligations such as mutual fidelity, love, respect, support for each other, and irreconcilable differences, the petitioners only lived together for one (1) year now and they decided to part ways and still separated at the present, thereby, they executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on April 30, 2005 , so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on April 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 5th day of April, 2016.
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DA-PRDP’s P109M infras to benefit 2,500 households By FRETCHER MAGATAO
BUTUAN City -- The Department of AgriculturePhilippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) has approved another four major infrastructure projects to further boost rural productivity in several Caraga towns. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and DACaraga Regional Director Edna Mabeza recently awarded the Certificate of No Objection Letter (NOL) to road and irrigation projects in Nasipit and Kitcharao towns in Agusan del Norte
and the municipalities of Malimono and Sison in Surigao del Norte with a total cost of P109 million.. Alcala said these projects are proof that the government remains true to its commitment in delivering the goods and services for agricultural development. “We want all the projects intended for our dear farmers are delivered efficiently and on time for we understand that these things will translate to better production and increase in income,” said Alcala during a farmers’ forum here. With the issuance of the
first NOL, Nasipit town will now start the procurement process of the P34-million Culit Communal Irrigation System to serve at least 100 hectares of rice area and benefit 120 farming households. Further, the construction of 3.32-kilometer JubiganBinocaran farm-to-market road (FMR) worth P40 million in Malimono town has been given the go signal. The project is expected to serve 348 hectares of rice, banana, cassava, vegetables and fruit trees and to benefit 875 farming households. The second NOL was issued for the construction
of 1.56-kilometer SangayMahayahay FMR worth P15 million in Kitcharao town to pave the way for the granting of the project to the winning contractor. The Kitcharao project would benefit some 1,260 hous eholds and s er ve 492-hectare production area for rice, banana, abaca, and coconut trees. “Not far from now, our farmers will be more inspired toiling the ground as they see a concrete road where they can easily transport their produce,” said Kitcharao Mayor Aristotle Montante.
Malnutrition problem in SurSur drops TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur -- The malnutrition prevalence here has gone down to a significant extent “based on the OPT (Operation Timbang) result for the year,” according to Marilou Gallardo, provincial nutrition officer III. Gallardo, who spoke in behalf of Ermelinda Azcares, provincial nutrition officer, during Monday’s flag ceremony program, presented “an update of the 1st Quarter 2016 activities” of their office. She pointed out that the prevalence of malnutrition “for the province is now 9.7% from 12.22% of the
past year.” Citing seven impact programs: “Home, School and Community Food Production; Micronutrient Supplementation; Food Fortification; Nutrition Education Program; Food Assistance; Livelihood Assistance; and Nutrition in Essential Maternal & Child Health Services,” Gallardo said that “we always try our very best to implement these.” Meanwhile, the Provincial Nutrition Office bared the “Highlight of specific activities” that had been carried out for the “1st Quarter 2016,” stressing on “Nutripak preparation and
Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan de Oro City
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AND PARTITION Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late BIENVENIDO L. PADILLA, who died on September 22, 2005 at Jasaan, Misamis Oriental; left a parcels of land in conjugal ownership with his wife FLORINA P. PADILLA particularly described as follows: “A parcel of land, (Lot M of the subdivision plan, (LRC), Psd-103324, being a portion of a parcel of land described on plan, H-84667, L.R.C. Rec. No. H. Pat. No. 31401), situated in the Barrio of Dalipuga City of Iligan. Containing an area of TWENTY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY (21,840) Square Meters, more or less and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-63,454 (a.f.), is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AND PARTITION, made and executed namely; FLORINA PANGAN PADILLA, of legal ages, Filipino Citizen, widow and resident of Iligan City; BELEN PADILLA BARTILAD, of legal age, widow, Filipino Citizen and resident of Iligan City; ARMANDO A. PADILLA (deceased), herein represented by his wife and surviving heir CELESTINA C. PADILLA, of legal age, widow, Filipino Citizen and resident of Iligan City. Under Notary Public of ATTY. AUDIE G. PADUGANAN; Doc. No. 168; Page No. 35; Book No. 54; Series of 2016. MDN: Mar. 31, Apr. 7, & 14, 2016
distribution to the different municipalities” as well as “meeting for the 1st Quarter with the Provincial Nutrition Committee members and the Municipal Nutrition Action Officers of the different municipalities of the province last February 4, 2016.” The said office had likewise taken part in the outreach activity program of Governor Johnny Pimentel in the barangays of Bislig City apart from conducting Information Education and Communication (IEC) campaign, it was learned. In addition, Gallardo said that, “Through the
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that ARPE E. DIOLANTO has filed with this Office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ARPE ETOM DIOLANTO who was born on April 12, 1994 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are PATRICIO PAULIO DIOLANTO and NELIA ETOM. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than April 9, 2016. (Sgd.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO City Civil Registrar
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Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan De Oro City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that WOLAN MICAH L. BAQUITA has filed with this office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of WOLAN MICAH LLAMIS BAQUITA who was born on NOVEMBER 27, 1986 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are JACINTO P. BAQUITA and CHARITO R. LLAMIS. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than April 8, 2016. MDN: Mar. 31, & Apr. 7, 2016
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Sison town received NOL 2 for the construction of 1.82-kilometer GacepanMayag FMR worth P20 million. This will serve 400 hectares of rice, banana root crops and coconut to benefit 274 farming households. PRDP’s I-BUILD (Intensified Build Up of Infrastructure and Logistics for Development) component aims to put in place climate
resilient farm-to-market roads, bridges, communal irrigation, and potable water systems. All of these subprojects aim to improve the links from production areas to markets to enhance the efficiency of transporting agricultural products. “We hope that through these interventions we can achievc higher productivity,” Alcala said.
A Brief History why “Mibantang” Got its Name By JosePHine C. Alo, Teacher III Mibantang Elementary School Quezon II, District
There was a group who went for hunting. This group was headed by Datu Manlo. They brought with them their bows and arrows and their dogs. During their hunting they saw a very big wild pig. They hit it with their arrows but the pig was able to run, so the native and the dogs ran after the wounded pig until they reached in the barrio proper.
When the wild pig was already killed, they called it “Saliyaw” (Manobo Dialect) meaning there was a sign at the back of its neck which signifies that the native pig has an owner, and that the pig was called Bantang, since these natives had not yet given the name to their barrio, so they thought of naming the place MIBANTANG, meaning “Sa May Bantang”.
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AboitizPower, DSWD teach farmers new skills Editor: Ruel Pelone
ABOUT a hundred Mapaang corn farmers in Maco, Compostela Valley no longer have to rely on the P28,000 they earn from each harvest, toiling on 2,500 square meters of land. The farmers learned to grow organic onions, which allow them to earn as much as P160,000 for 2,000 kilos of high value onions they harvested from the 2,500 square meters of land they set aside for the endeavor. The 100 farmers are the first batch of beneficiaries of a joint livelihood skills training program of AboitizPower subsidiary Therma Marine and the provincial Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Jinglyn Ragase, one of the farmer-beneficiaries, thanked AboitizPower for the opportunity to grow organic onions, which sell at an average of P80 per kilo. She said that her family’s income from growing corn, which is harvested once every 4 months during favorable weather, is a far cry from onion growing. Onions are also harvested once ever y four months. Ragase said that income from growing corn was not enough to provide for her family’s basic needs. She
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FARMERS LEARN NEW SKILLS. Maapang farmers in Maco, Compostela Valley look on as they learn new techniques in organic onion farming during the livelihood skills training program by AboitizPower subsidiary Therma Marine and the provincial Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Photo supplied
pointed out that almost 35 percent of the income from a harvest of corn goes to buying seeds for the next planting season. During the livelihood training program on or-
ganic onion farming, farmers received starter kits to enable them to begin planting right away. The training teaches farmers to switch to growing onions as their main
produce or to practice intercropping. After the first harvest, the farmers can use selected bulbs for the next planting. Farmers also have the option to establish onion
nurseries and sell the bulbs to fellow farmers. Jan Risager, Therma Marine vice president for Mindanao operations, said that the training is one of the ways for the company
By Catherine J. Teves of PNA
“Our 2016 budget includes some Php500 million for helping DENR personnel concerned build capacity to better protect the ecosystems,” he said Tuesday (April 5) on the side of a climate change policy forum the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) spearheaded in MetroManila. He said the budget is also for enabling such personnel to help in baselining and mapping the ecosystems. “We must know the status of such ecosystems to better map out protection strategies,” he said. DENR will coordinate with other agencies and research institutions con-
to give back to the community that has supported all of AboitizPower’s sustainability initiatives like the A-Park where Therma Marine has planted 10,000 indigenous and fruit trees since 2012. During the hands-on training last February 23, DSWD OIC provincial coordinating officer Michael Marqueso said that through the program, the government hopes to lessen Mindanao’s dependence on onion imports from Tarlac. Barangay Mapaang is located seven kilometers away from Therma Marine’s power barge moored in Maco, a first income class municipality about 60 kilometers from downtown Davao City. Mapaang is an upland community accessible to the rest of the town through a steep farm-to-market road. AboitizPower subsidiary Therma Marine, Inc. has two power barges in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte and Maco, Compostela Valley which provide 200-MW of dependable peaking power to Mindanao. It is one of the most efficient peaking power plants in the region, helping 23 customers electric cooperatives and distribution utilities - by providing additional power supply when needed.
Trekking restricted in DENR enhances drive for coastal, protection of marine ecosystems SouthCot’s Lake Holon
GENERAL Santos City--The municipal government of T’boli in South Cotabato has restricted trekking activities to the famed crater-lake Holon following the occurrence of two major forest fires in the area in the last three days. T’boli Mayor Dibu Tuan said Tuesday about 9 to 10 hectares of a forested area near the lake’s main outlet have been destroyed due to the fires, which were first monitored on Sunday afternoon. He said that as of Monday afternoon, it was already totally extinguished, thanks to the effort by 100 volunteers
composed of local residents and elements of the Army’s 27th Infantry Battalion. But on Monday night, he said another fire erupted at a portion of Sitio Kutong Busaw in Barangay Salacafe, which is part of the trail to Lake Holon. “Our volunteers are still trying to put out the fire there (Kutong Busaw) and we’re hoping that it will not further spread to the other areas,” Tuan said. The mayor said he has sent a special team to the area to investigate the cause of the twin forest fires near the lake, which is nestled at the peak of Mt. Melebingoy.
He said the lake’s outlet, which is connected to tributaries of major rivers in the province, is quite far from the area’s designated camp site. It is also not accessible to trekkers and no communities are situated within the site, he said. The forest fires came a month after Lake Holon was reopened to visitors following a nearly two-month closure. Tuan ordered the temporary closure of the entire 304-hectare lake and portions of Mt. Melebingoy from Jan. 11 until March See trekking, page A11
GOVERNMENT aims further protecting Philippine coastal and marine ecosystems from climate change and other threats, noting the cost of inaction on the matter can reach some Php3 billion to Php5 billion annually. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) marine key biodiversity areas project manager Dr. Vincent Hilomen said such ecosystems are vital to sustaining life and the economy but climate change and other threats are negatively impacting these so there’s urgency in acting on the matter.
cerned so available data on the ecosystems can serve as baseline information for a planned database, he noted. Hilomen highlighted urgency for action, warning destruction and loss of coastal and marine ecosystems will fuel food insecurity and economic decline nationwide while lessening natural means of sequestering carbon dioxide, one of the climate change-driving greenhouse gases. He said such ecosystems’ destruction and loss will also make coastal communities more vulnerable to sea surges and tsunamis. Climate change-induced sea level rise will lead to See drive, page A11
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Creating a ‘smarter’ city through the Human Centric Innovation Different nations are now embarking on a journey to become smarter. But with the looming population growth worldwide, how will it be possible for one city to address their setbacks for growth? According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), the world’s urban population is expected to grow to 70 percent by 2050. This trend makes efficient resource usage and traffic even bigger challenges, making sustainable urbanization more relevant than ever. “There’s going to be a completely different paradigm of the world coming,” said Rio Yamaura, vice president of Fujitsu’s New Solution
Business Division. According to Yamaura, the concept of having a smarter city is rooted from the amalgamation of people, infrastructure and information, with people at the society’s very core. This is the Human Centric Innovation, an approach to creating business and social value by empowering people with the power of technology. During the recently held Fujitsu Asia Conference in Makati, City, Yamaura explained that Singapore adopted this approach to create a “futuristic urban city.” Last year, Fujitsu penned a master research collaboration agreement with
Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and Singapore Management University to harness ICT in developing solutions for sustainable urban operations including crowd mobility and transport engineering. The researchers use Singapore as a ‘living lab’ to examine how top-ofthe-line solutions may help address real urban issues. Yamaura said, “Fujitsu’s visions to create a smarter city was proven by one country here in Asia,” he said. “But the truth is, there’s no smart city—it’s the people who make it smart. With that, the company has been putting people at the
center of its innovation, empowering them to harness information to create value.” The Human Centric Innovation brings together the three dimensions of people, information and infrastructure to create connected solutions and services that are vital in realizing value now and in the future. To create a roadmap for growth, Fujitsu aims to start with individuals by empowering them to openly collaborate within their organization and in outside communities. Next is to transform the business model by bringing together people, infrastructure and information at the
enterprise level. Then, this enterprise can cocreate greater value by shaping emerging digital ecosystems with other governments, companies and research institutes. “Fujitsu is trying to make a lot of innovation to improve lives, but it puts humans at the center. This is because a smarter city can only be built by smart people,” Yamaura said. “But on top of being a technology-oriented company, Fujitsu is also future-oriented. We build machines to help us work better. But there are a lot of things that machine can’t do [on its own]. Humans are capable of transforming lives. Now, it’s all about the right timing.”
Yamaura concluded, “To do the right paradigm shift, someone has to lead the way and encourage everyone to land on the same page— otherwise, the vision will just be a big picture. In the next coming years, no one knows what will happen. But what’s important is to start making a paradigm shift now to prepare for the future.” Fujitsu Philippines, Inc. has been finding new solutions to innovate technology and build on skills to make the world a better place. With its years of expertise in the ICT, Fujitsu is here to realize business transformations that help make cities smarter.
Saving Mt. Apo; keeping forest guards safe with hard hats A part from the continued efforts of various groups to put out the ongoing massive fire in Mt. Apo, ensuring the safety of the forest guards is also very important. Hence, last April 5, Davao Light and Power Co. in partnership with the Aboitiz Foundation Inc. turned over 40 hard hats through the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) to its forest guards who are working to stop the fire in the country’s highest peak. Davao Light’s EVP & COO, Arturo M. Milan handed over the hard hats to to PEF’s Development officer, Shanielle Qim Caneda. “The safety of the volunteers who are working tirelessly to control and eventually stop the massive forest fire in Mt. Apo is of utmost importance. We will offer whatever help is needed to stop the fire from damaging a lot more plant and animal species inhabiting the mountain. This is also saving the extinct Philippine Eagles’ habitat.” said Milan. Aside from this, Davao Light together with the other Aboitiz Power companies namely the Therma South Inc., Hedcor Inc. and the Apo Agua provided in kind support to the 390 fire fighters in Mt. Apo.
40 hard hats. Davao Light and Power Co.’s EVP & COO Arturo M. Milan (2nd from left) together with Davao Light’s Community Relations Manager Fermin Edillon (leftmost) turns over the 40 hard hats intended for the forest guards in Mt. Apo to the Philippine Eagle Foundation Development Officer Shanielle Qim Caneda (3rd from right) on April 5 at the Davao Light Ponciano office.
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Let God brings you where He wants T he G ospel of Jesus Christ (April7, 2016-Thursday) Mark 9:2-10” And He was transfigured before them; and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus: Are you tired in journeying toward your dreams in life?
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DA’s CPAR project: bringing technology options to farmers Cagayan de Oro City -- “We look into how the technologies will work at the fields, not in our research stations,” underscored by regional director Lealyn A. Ramos of the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) before a crowd of media practitioners, in the recently held 3rd Region 10 Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CPAR) Congress, Product Exhibits and Awarding Ceremony. With its theme Enhanced Farm Business Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: CPAR models the vehicle to Success, around 250 farmer-delegates from 16 project sites throughout Northern Mindanao convened in the said event with the aim of highlighting the commendable practices of farmer-managed CPAR organizations. Initially started as adopters in the basket of on-farm research technologies primarily introduced by the DA’s research stations, the CPAR farmer-groups are actively applying different farm production technologies on rice, corn, vegetable, coconut and potato-based
Juanita T. Salvani, chief of the research division of the DA-RFO 10, explains to the members of the press that it takes about two (2) years before research generated results are introduced at the farmers’ level. She added that the agency’s research division implements applied research which are done by national research agencies. Should there be technologies that are suitable in the region, Salvani further said that the agency does verification and adaptation trials and will forward the technologies for transfer to the farmers. Presidential table is occupied (from L) by Carmelito Lapoot, chief of the Northern Mindanao Agricultural Crops and Livestock Research Complex, Salvani, Lealyn A. Ramos, regional director of the DA-RFO 10, Marnelie G. Subong of the Bureau of Agricultural Research and Elmer Elnicola of the University of the Philippines, Los Baños.
farming systems. Dir. Ramos said she is elated that the CPAR farming communities in the region have not only banked on the agency’s initiatives on merely helping them increase their farm yields, but they have likewise embarked into value-adding commodities to fully maximize their farming ventures. During the two-day af-
fair, a wide array of products were showcased, including food crunches, yoghurt, ice cream, chips, milk, soap, wine, cereal drink, tea and other products made with rice, corn, sweet potato, white potato, soybean, carrots, adlay, cucumber, among other crops. C orroborating the agency head’s statement is Juanita B. Salvani, chief of the research division of the DA-RFO 10. “Gi-encourage namo sila nga kung unsa ang produkto nga ilang gitanum, mao to ilaang himoon nga value-
added products. However, we do not limit them to develop additional products,” Salvani said. Ramos also stressed that the agency through its research stations is responsible for espousing various matured technologies, and are in no way, being enforced to CPAR farming-communities for acceptance and ultimately, adoption. “Wala kami nag-impose kung unsa’y ilang (farming communities) buhaton. Aduna kami’y technical staff that goes to different
farming communities, and with the participation and cooperation of farmers, we look together at the challenges and identify research that would best be implemented at the grassroots to serve as their investment,” the regional director further clarified. With the intervention of the CPAR project, many farming communities have reached milestones, including the increased number of membership and technology adopters in their respective localities; improved organizational management; wider
Cybersafe project manual By Rowena T. Langamin Teacher III Mibantang Elementary School
THE Department of Education (DepEd) and Stairway Foundation, a non-government children’s rights organization in the country, launched recently the “Cybersafe Project Manuals.” The manual was launched primarily to guide and protect the Filipino children in the use of the Internet. It [manual] contains individual lesson plans targeting fifth and sixth graders, including those students in the junior high. The manual discusses online privacy and the risks
the students face online, such as cyber bullying, sexting, and child pornography, according to the press release posted by the education department at its website. It said the manual aims to develop students’ capacity to stay safe from online child abuse and harm, at the same time, educate teachers and parents about online safety. “Nine out of 10 Filipino students use the Internet,” said Education Secretary Br. Armin Luistro, FSC. Br. Luistro added that it is important to educate students of the risks they face (while) online and involve their parents and teachers in taking an active role in child protection. For his part, Stairway Foundation Executive Di-
rector Lars Jorgensen, emphasized the crucial role of parents in promoting “online safety” among children. Mr. Jorgensen said: “According to our survey, 50 percent of the kids are given any kind of advice on how to properly use this very unrestricted space. And that’s scary, because it is full of dangers. That’s where the parents come in; when a child is threatened, they need to have a trusted adult to go to. That is why parents need to also know these things, so their children can go directly to them knowing their parents can relate to them.” The manual will be available for download on www.deped.gov.ph.
access in the availment of agri-related assistance from the DA and different local government units (LGUs), among others. Accordingly, the outstanding CPAR farmerorganizations were also conferred with honours for continuously embodying the ideals of the said project along with the laudable provincial and municipal LGUs and agricultural extension workers, who have supported in the implementation of the DA’s generated results in research. # (JLOlson, DA-RFO 10)
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mechanical trouble while they were in the vicinity of Baluk-Baluk Island in the town of Hadji Muhatamad, Basilan province. Pateño said they were towed to the shipyard in Barangay Cawit by another vessel to have M/L Yasda repaired. Galvez said that Pateño and six of his crew were taken to the headquarters of Police Station 9 for questioning. She said investigation continues in a bid to unmask the illegal recruiter behind the transport of the would-be victims of trafficking in persons. (PNA) LAP/TPGJR NEED TARP? CALL: 8578447 OR, 745380 MOBILE: +639061389421
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last March 8 to April 1, 2016.” She likewise stressed that “For the year 2016, the thrust of the Provincial Nutrition Office is to continue to contribute in improving the quality of the human resource base of the province and in reducing child and maternal mortality.” Finally, Gallardo expressed thanks to the governor “for providing us an office at the new wing of the legislative building.” (NGBT/Greg Tataro Jr., Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/ PIA-Surigao del Sur)
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themselves first before eyeing for a post in Malacanang. The electorates should know who to throw to the trash cans. 000 Sen. Grace Poe and DILG Sec. Mar Roxas pointing their fingers at VP Binay and accused him of being a thief, if true is very dangerous. Our country will collapse and go down the hills in extreme poverty with the people eating grass like horses. 000 China and North Korea, both communist states, which used to be buddies for years are having bad blood with the latter giving threat of a nuclear assault. We may enjoy watching them fight but with the use of nuclear weapons it would be different. I hope they would settle their differences and stop talking about war. 000 The problem with North Korea is its leader talks too much on the subject of missiles, hydrogen bombs, war, etc. He is so young in his 30s and very aggressive. War and peace cannot come hand in hand, 000 I wish to remind my friends in the media that the Cagayan de Oro Press Club (COPC) is originally an organization of print journalists but later included the people from the broadcast industry. The main objective is for unity, camaraderie, brotherhood, friendship, etc. People who cannot follow its rules might as well not join the club or they just become a nuisance or destruction of sorts. Infighting, jealousy, intrigues, etc. should not be tolerated. A membership committee should be strict in accepting new members. Please be guided by the rules. The club is not an association of “anybody or nobody” but of journalists. Its book of account should be properly and periodically audited and open to all members at all times. Let us maintain prestige, friendship, honor and dignity. No Bickering Please. 000 The world is shaky and peace is gravely threatened. Some countries are talking about war while others are already in the battlefields trading bullets. Let us all pray for world peace. 000 There are two big problems in the country and they are corruption and unemployment. Presidential candidates do not mention these in their speeches because they cannot solve them. They do not know that if there is peace in the country, foreign investors
will come in droves. 000 Just got the news today from Cagayan de Oro that some farmers from Indahag and elsewhere are suffering from hunger like those in Kidapawan because of drought. I urge the government to give them rice and sardines. I also suggest that wealthy businessmen, civic and religious groups to help. This is urgent.
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5 or a total of 55 days. It covered the three main entry points to the lake in Barangay T’bolok and Sitios Kule and Nabul in Barangay Salacafe. The closure is the second for the lake since it was initially declared off-limits to visitors for nine months starting June 2014 to March 2015. The move was aimed to allow the lake to recuperate after hosting more than 700 visitors during the Christmas season. Tuan assured that they are taking all the necessary measures to totally put out the fires and prevent them from further spreading. He said they will immediately lift the restriction for trekkers or climbers to the lake once the fires are completely extinguished. “We already have thousands of bookings there for this summer so this is our top priority at the moment,” he said. Lake Holon is a declared protected area endowed with rich flora and fauna. In 2003 and 2004, the lake was named as the cleanest inland body of water in the entire country.
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coastal instability, he noted. Aside from triggering coral bleaching, he said warming of sea waters will cause tropical species to migrate towards cooler waters in either higher latitudes or deeper portions of seas -- making fishing more difficult for local fisherfolk. “Sedimentation and pollution from land-based human activities will worsen coastal and marine ecosystems’ plight,” he warned further. Marine Science Institute professor Dr. Laura David noted sound land use and sustainable development are essential in addressing human activities’ negative impacts on coastal and marine ecosystems nationwide. “We must ensure such negative impacts don’t occur further,” she said at the forum. Reforestation will help reduce erosion causing sedimentation in such ecosystems, she noted. De La Salle University professor Dr. Wilfredo Licuanan agrees much can be done to curb human activities that are the main causes of ecosystem destruction. “People mainly cause such destruction but we can do something,” he said at the forum. He cited need to coordinate action on protecting coastal and marine ecosystems in the country. NAST is planning to spearhead other policy fora this month.
Such fora are among activities in the run-up to NAST’s 38th annual scientific meeting in Metro Manila. (PNA)
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has the most number of confiscated firearms at 38. He said that ZCPO is followed by the Zamboanga Sibugay Provincial Police Office (ZSPPO) with 26 confiscated firearms. Both the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Police Office (ZDSPPO) and Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Police Office (ZDNPPO) confiscated 21 firearms each of different calibers. Meanwhile, Antonio announced that they have arrested 310 wanted persons in Region 9 since January this year. Antonio said the arrested wanted persons by police office are as follows: ZDNPPO, 127; ZDSPPO, 85; ZCPO, 56; and, ZSPPO, 42. Antonio said he ordered all the police offices under his jurisdiction to continue the law enforcement to ensure the peaceful conduct of the elections in May, this year. (PNA) ZST/TPGJR
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(PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. has provided the Malacanang media with the copy of the report of the El Nino Task Force. Esguerra said the successful mitigation on the impact of the drought had been credited to production support like irrigation and distribution of seeds in non-vulnerable and mildly-affected provinces; timely important; and, price freeze in areas declared stated of calamity. “In fact for March, despite the El Niño phenomenon, rice prices remain lower than in the previous year (-1.7% in March from -2.0% in February) and have been declining consistently since October 2015,” Esguerra said. Likewise, Esguerra reported that the price of vegetables, while remaining elevated since November 2015, has trended down after peaking in January 2016, declining by 2.9 percent in March 2016 from the previous month, for a total decline of 7.8 percent since the beginning of the year. “Supply and buffer stock management is being done well with timely purchases. Moreover, despite the lack of water, there were no reported breakout of diseases and epidemic, though we do not discount that there could still be health issues in some places,” he said. He said indicative of the impact of government interventions is the lowering of the hunger rate, as reported by the Social Weather Stations in its December 2015 survey. Based on a survey conducted on December 5-8, 2015, “the 2015 average hunger rate of 13.4 percent is the lowest annual average hunger rate since 2004. According to the survey, hunger in Mindanao fell by 8.7 points from 21.7 percent to 13.0 percent, bringing the 2015 average Mindanao hunger rate to 15.8 percent, the lowest since the 13.3 percent
annual average in 2005. “We note that this is selfrated hunger that directly reflects the assessment of the survey respondents,” Esguerra said. The other significant indicator is that, as noted by the task force, “prices of food, particularly rice, have been low and stable” and have been declining consistently since October 2015.” After peaking in January 2016, vegetable prices have declined by almost 8 per cent since the start of the year. Also significant is that “despite the lack of water, there was no reported breakout of diseases and epidemic, though we do not discount that there could still be health issues in some places.” Despite the encouraging numbers, Esguerra said the government recognizes that there could be areas that are feeling the brunt of El Nino. “For this, the role of LGUs is very crucial. We are certainly bothered by the fact that there are people who still go hungry. There could be areas that are not yet being reached by government interventions,” Esguerra noted. He said that while the supply of food and production and other types of support such as distribution of food packs seems enough, “the challenge is in making the distribution system much more efficient.” “We need to consider that some of the service are devolved to LGUs and so we need to strengthen coordination with LGUs,” Esguerra said. Esguerra said there was also a need to increase support for farmers to augment their incomes and improve coordination within government from national to local levels and also communications with affected families. He assured the public that government is doing its best to address the needs of affected areas and families. “As mentioned, we have been fairly successful in mitigating the overall impact of El Nino, but we need to accelerate implementation of RAIN to address remaining gaps,” Esguerra said. As directed by President Aquino, the El Nino Task Force will continue to focus on three important action measures: -- Improvement of the distribution system so that needed supplies and support programs are effectively implemented in coordination with local government units (LGUs); -- Increased support for affected farmers in terms of emergency employment and cash-for-work programs; -- Improved coordination to facilitate access to government programs by affected families. (PNA)
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from page A1 Lood-Mateo; Provincial disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office Head Fernando Vincent Dy; Provincial Legal Officer Atty. Cecilia Faelnar and MisOrCares Provincial Coordinator Marden Ocot. Also named as adviser of the group is Bishop Felixberto Calang of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente; while the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Forum was named as
its facilitator. PDRRMO Head and crisis committee member Fernando Dy, Jr., was also named as the group’s spokesman. Immediately after the incident occurred, several appeal reached the office of the Governor from concerned individuals including the wife of SPO4 Rombo. Most of the appeals asked the Governor to use his peace formula that won the release of previous victims taken by armed men including that of a soldier who was release in time for Christmas. “The committee will coordinate with all parties involved and shall exercise all actions within the bounce bounce allowed by law,” Gov. Emano said. The Governor who is in this town as part of his campaign tour for his reelection bid said he will soon convene the said committee and will invite invite guests and resource persons including members of the family of SPO4 Rombo. “I appreciate the initial action of the group alleged to be responsible for the abduction for the immediate release of another policeman who has a serious medical case for humanitarian reason. This is a good point to start,” Gov. Emano added. Even while he has his hands full with matters relative to his reelection bid, the Governor declares that he will not hesitate to leave the campaign trail to devote some time to secure the release of SPO4 Rombo. “Life of even just one single person is a very important matter that should take priority over anything else,” Gov. Emano concluded. (PIOMisOr/jv)
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for cloud-seeding operations is on stand-by at the Lumbia airport. Felix Mirasol Jr., assistant regional director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resource in Region 10, said they needed 478 volunteers to dig 66 kilometers of fire line in the affected areas. Mirasol urged the Bureau of Fire Protection to give the volunteers a quick workshop on how to fight forest and grass fires.
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Col. Noli Samarita, deputy commander of the Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade, said the gunmen believed to be remnants of the Maute group brought the hostages to their Camp Darul in Barang Sandab in Butig town. Samarita identified the victims as Tado Hanobas, Buloy Hanobas, Makol Hanobas, Gabriel Hanobas, Adonis Mendiz and a certain Isoy. He said the victims were working at the sawmill owned by a certain Haja Anisa Gunda when the gunmen came and took them as hostages Monday afternoon Samarita said a military report has identified some of the suspects as Masuri Mimbantas, Asrap Gunda and Alikasan Panolong. He said they have not received word that the gunmen have demanded ransom money. The Maute group figured
in a weeklong gun battle in Butig town with government troops last February killing two soldiers and at least 20 militants.
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(DOT 10) was the KAAMULAN Special Guest along with invited guests and personalities from the Region. Director Chan 111 brought along with him photographers and media men to cover the grandiose event. AT A GLANCE - In a interview, the Hon. Governor Jose Maria R. Zubiri, Jr., told Business Week Mindanao that KAAMULAN Festival has been in existence for the last 39 years, as a Festival of thanksgiving by the 7 Hill Tribes of Bukidnon to the MAGBABAYA (deity) for year’s bountiful harvest ad blessing. Furthermore, Governor Zubiri added that the Festival speaks of the conservation and preservation of the Arts, Heritage and Culture of the LUMADS of Bukidnon Province. Governor Zubiri, Jr., considers himself a Lumad at the Province of Bukidnon since the time he settled in this rich land and bounty forty three (43) years ago. He has served Bukidnon for the last twenty eight (28) years as credible and dynamic public official. He is part and partial of its development as he worked hand in hand with the people. He was one of those who started BUKIDNON SUGAR MILLING COMPANY (BUSCO) and transformed Bukidnon into a Sugar Milling Country wherein more people were employed and the rest is history for its continued growth and development. He said that forty three (43) ago the total population of Bukidnon was only 300,000 with less transportation and it will take the (10) to reach Malaybalay and Valencia from any point of destination. After 43 years, Bukidnon economic landscape had changed. It has 1.320 Million population with 250,000 families. A MAN OF VISION-Governor Zubiri has helped the province in developing the vast agricultural lands. To date, in terms of economic growth nine (9) multi- national companies like DOLE, DEL MONTE and other big players in the industry are into pineapple and banana plantation which comprise 42,000 hectares are planted to these commodities. Biggest portion of the land of Bukidnon is planted is planted to CORN and 70,000 to 75,000 hectares and planted to SUGAR and RICE ranks # 3 in vast land plantings of the area. Incidence of poverty is little by little being arrested by the Province through the dynamism of Governor Jose Maria R. Zubiri, Jr. More developments are in the offing for the progress of Bukidnon. In the future, construction of hotels, amenities, improved and modern terminals of the municipalities will soon be seen as he will be given another three (3)years mandate by the people as a Governor of the Province of Bukidnon. In a concerted effort, together with the Local Executives of the different municipalities, it is assured the continued support in the CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IPs) of BUKIDNON will have concrete results and they are part of the big booming development of BUKIDNON MY HOME. When given the invitation for the 1ST LUMAD FESTIVAL 2016, A FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS FOR PEACE AND CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING GOVERNOR ZUBIRI, JR., made a promise to support the festival. MABUHAY ANG KAAMULAN 2016! MABUHAY KA GOVERNOR JOSE MARIA R. ZUBIRI, JR.
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Kaamulan 2016: Most Spectacular Ethnic Cultural Festival of the Country By Joe Palabao, Festival Enthusiast and Dahlia Benemerito, Chelsea Bien and Doy Yare, Correspondents Photos by Clement L. Dampal II
Through the dynamic leadership of the Hon. Governor Jose Maria R. Zubiri, Jr., KAAMULAN FESTIVAL 2016 held last April 1, 2016 traversing the city’s main thorough fares down to the Capitol Grounds of Malaybalay City was a tremendous success. It was a showcase of ethnic street dancing “Ikat-Ikat Ta Dadalanen,” coupled with a grandiose and mesmerizing ethnic float parade and the spectacular ground tableau competitions. KAAMULAN 2016 was witnessed by thousands of foreign, domestic, and local tourists from all over Mindanao and the Philippines as well. Now on its 39th year of annual festivities, KAAMULAN 2016 is considered as the oldest and the most spectacular ethnic festivals of the country today. KAAMULAN is a LUMAD word for “amol-amol” meaning “gathering” and it is an ethnic cultural festival of the seven (7) Hill Tribes of Bukidnon for thanksgiving to THE MAGBAYAYA (deity)) for their rich annual
harvest and blessings. KAAMULAN FESTIVAL is the convergence of the seven hill tribes: Matigsalog, Tigwahanon, Umayamnon, Manobo, Bukidnon, Talaandig and the Higaonon. Clad in colorful ethnic cultural costumes, the participants gave their best in their striking street dancing performances. Street dancing showcased the rich culture, heritage and tradition, the tribes’ saga of struggles against local invaders (human and nature) translated into different steps with props as their way of life such as harvesting, protecting their tribes, planting, river fishing, courting, protection against diseases and calamities and their thanksgiving to the MAGBABAYA. Their tribal floats were fantastic and it speaks of their traditions, rich culture and heritage translated into a scenic view which is beyond the capacity of human describing. The crowd was mesmerized by the performances of the eleven (11) contingents coming from the Municipalities with
their respective tribe performances: LantapanTalaandig, SumilaoHigaonon, LibonaHigaonon, San FernandoTigwahanon, KibawePulangihon Manobo, Pangantucan-Manobo, Quezon-Manobo, Valencia-Bukidnon/ Manobo, Malaybalay-
Bukidnon, DangcaganManobo, and KalilanganManobo. For the grandiose Float Competition Parade-Valencia City was adjudged the Grand Champion, followed by the Municipality of Lantapan-1st Runner Up and Malaybalay City-2nd
Runner Up. For Ikat-Ikat Ta Dadalanen-Street Dancingthe Grand Champion went the the Municipality of San Fernando, 1st Runner-Up Municipality of Lantapan and 2nd Runner Up-the Municipality of Kibawe. For coveted Ground Competition Championship Trophy-
went the Municipality of Kalilangan, 1st Runner Up-Valencia City and the 2nd Runner Up went to the Municipality of San Fernando. Tourism Czar Regional Director Catalino ‘Butch’ E. Chan 111 of the Department of Tourism See festival, page A11