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Execs, folk tell mining firm to stop operations

By Roel N. Catoto of MindaNews

Regional Top Stories

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URIGAO City–– S an Fr ancis co town in Surigao del Norte has passed a resolution ordering a mining company to stop operations in a barangay in response to complaints it has caused water pollution and other adverse effects on the area’s

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Businesses in Oro lament shrinking income due to brownouts u 2

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Indian, who is engaged in money lending, shot in Zamboanga City u 8

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Security forces clash with BIFF

DAVAO

By Priam F. Nepomuceno

Troopers from the 45th Infantry Battalion and 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion together with members of local law enforcement agencies have captured a member of the “Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter” (BIFF) along with five M-16 automatic rifles and other materiel during security operations in Barangay Sapakan, Rajah Buayan town, Maguindanao, Friday morning.

Col. Dickson Hermoso, 6th Infantry Division spokesperson, said on Saturday that the military units along with members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency were conducting routine security operations when fired upon

by BIFF members headed by one “Cmdr Marrox” before 1 a.m.

See FORCES, page 11

PLANNING EARLY?

Misamis Oriental first district Rep. Peter M. Unabia confers with former provincial vice governor Norris Babiera about their political plans for the 2016 elections. Unabia, who is eyeing the gubernatorial seat, is said to have two choices for his running mate during the elections and one of them is Babiera.

Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit of

1st District Representative Congressman Rolando “Klarex” A. Uy (1st from left) slowly pours the concrete mix during the GroundBreaking Ceremony of 86M Pesos-worth of project held in Brgy. Kauswagan. The purpose of this project is to ensure the safety of our people, and its properties. With Congressman “KLAREX” are Kauswagan Brgy. Kagawads Carlito “Tata” Pacana, Christine S. Malforte and Engr. Florentino N. Macarayo, Jr.- Project Engineer of DPWH Region 10. (Photo Credits Jaybee Labeta)

Beach owners wont pay fine for illegal structures u 9

Daba wants relas, sikads to use reflectorized stickers

By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City––City Councilor Annie Daba, in her special report to the City Council this week, called for more protection for drivers and passengers of motorelas and trisikads in barangays.

Daba said these modes of transportation must have reflectorized stickers to prevent accidents at night.

She also said that reflectors must be installed on center islands from barangay Puerto to barangay Bulua.

Daba acted on a complaint from a balikbayan who reported of a near accident

in Puerto because of lack of reflectorized sticker on a trisikad.

She also narrated the recent road accident in Lapasan where a funeral car figured in a collision causing the death of one person.

The reflectorized stickers will warn drivers early because these can be seen from a distance.

Daba has asked ABC president Alam Lim to help barangay captains to give warning devices to the motorelas and trisikads.

She has also asked Councilor Alden Bacal, chair of the committee on

Land Transportation Office-10 director Hilarion E. Ulep inspects the impounded motorcycles at their headquarters in Cagayan de Oro City. Some 500 units remain unclaimed by owners and would be sold soon if left unclaimed.

These were impounded for various violations including

See stickers, page 11

2 Mindanao solons hit Energy czar’s approach to power crisis CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla and top government officials met with Mindanao congressional leaders last Wednesday, but they “did not offer any solution” to the power crisis

crippling the island with the daily brownouts lasting six to 12 hours in some parts, Mindanawon lawmakers said.

Petilla, who came with top officials of the National Power Corp. and the Power

Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp.

(PSALM), was instead pushing for the adoption of the Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM) as the solution to end the See crisis, page 11

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Traders lament shrinking income due to brownouts

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A G A YA N d e Oro City––From the bar counter, Ann Ato, proprietor of Brew Berry Restaurant, watched how her customers walked away when the daily brownouts here increased to seven and a half hours this week.

“The customers would come in, look around and walk out when they see how gloomy the restaurant had become without electricity,” Ato said.

Ato said losses in potential customers are rising ever since the city’s utility firm, the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company, implemented an almost eight-hour daily brownout because of a 70-megawatt supply deficit.

She said a generator set she was forced to buy due to the brownouts could only operate an air conditioning unit that is too small to cool her restaurant along Velez Street, this city.

“I spend P500 for every four hours operating the generator, but it is not enough to cool the restaurant,” Ato said.

Ato said at nights when cooler winds bring wisps of fresh air to her restaurant is not also helping.

She noted that nobody would dare to walk the darkened city streets during brownouts.

“I do not know if I will push through with the buffet I am marketing on Mother’s day this Sunday.

I am afraid the customers will not come,” Ato said.

REVOCATION OF AUTHORITY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: I, ALVIN ALUNING, of legal age, Filipino, married, and a resident of Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, Philippines, did on 22 March 2013 grant an authority to Christopher L. De Las Alas to negotiate for the sale of the parcel of land located at Jamboree Site, Alubihid, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte with an area of 2.5 hectares.

That I do hereby REVOKE, ANNUL, and RECALL the above-mentioned authority given to the said Christopher L. De Las Alas together with any and all concomitant rights, powers and privileges given to him.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of May 2014 at Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.

(SGD.) ALVIN ALUNING Principal ACKNOWLEDGMENT Republic of the Philippines ) Province of Agusan del Norte) S.S. Municipality of Nasipit ) BEFORE ME, this 9th day of May 2014, personally appeared ALVIN ALUNING, known to me as the same person who executed the foregoing Revocation of Authority and acknowledged that the same is his free act and deed. The said person is personally known to me.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL. (SGD.) CUSTODIO B. COMPENDIO, JR. Doc. No. 115 NOTARY PUBLIC Page No. 23 Until December 31, 2015 Book No. IV IBP No. 950867 (2014) Series of 2014 PTR No. 2138605 (2014) TIN: 190-219-388: ROLL NO..41259 For May l2, 19 and 26, 2014:

A few blocks from her restaurant, hotel manager Eileen San Juan is busy calculating figures as the generator hums outside their family-owned VIP Hotel.

San Juan, who also heads the Cagayan de Oro investment team, said they are spending two drums of fuel to operate the generating set that supplies electricity to the VIP Hotel and an adjoining inn.

“Two drums of fuel is expensive,” she said, noting they operate the generator during brownouts so that their customers will not walk away.

“Customers want to go to hotels and restaurant where there is air conditioning to escape the summer heat. They will not go to establishments that are hot,” she said.

San Juan said hotels and establishments like theirs have to bear the fuel cost without passing them on to their customers, thus

shrinking profits.

“It is already bad operating a hotel business [nowadays] and now we have this [brownouts],” she said.

Efren Uy, president of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the power crisis has crippled restaurants, beauty parlors, laundry shops, small hotels and other small establishments that cannot afford to buy or operate a generating set.

Uy said these establishments are losing “from P100 to P1,000 for every kilowatt hour that they can not operate.”

“A small dirty ice cream maker will lose P8,000 per hour every time their production stops, “ Uy said.

In a larger scale, Uy said they estimated Mindanao “will lose an estimated P240 million an hour if the power crisis will force many big companies to realign their work schedule.” (Froilan Gallardo/MindaNews)

DSWD 10 trains field workers to validate victims of ‘Sendong’

By CHENG ORDONEZ, Associate Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City--The Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Field Office 10 (DSWD 10) conducted a three-day training for field workers who will be assigned to conduct household assessments to validate the Modified Cash Transfer Program (MCTP) for Families in Need of Special Protection (FNSP), and who were “Sendong victims.”

The training, held from May 7 to 9, 2014, at the Pearlmonth Inn, here, involved 27 field workers -- 19 enumerators, four area supervisors and four encoders -- who will go on field work for 15 days and get in touch with households located in Cagayan de Oro City, Iligan City and in Linamon and Kauswagan in Lanao del Norte province.

At least, 4,645 families have been granted cash grants through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) last year for being considered as “Sendong victims.”

DSWD 10 Asst. Regional Director for Administration Purita Santa said the 4,645 families were assessed after typhoon Sendong hit Northern Mindanao, as part of DSWD’s commitment to help them recover from the disaster.

“Unfortunately, these families were not listed in the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) database, thus, we need to determine first if they are poor or non-poor households,” Dir. Santa said.

She told trainees during the opening program that “DSWD 10 needs to validate these families before mainstreaming them to the regular 4Ps.” Dir. Santa said the role of the field workers or enumerators are crucial in the DSWD’s validation of the target families who were not included in the Listahanan.

The training dubbed as “Training for Special Validation of MCCT-FNSP Beneficiaries” discusses the Objectives of the Training, Listahan Implementation Structure, Overview of the Modified Listahan Project Cycle, Mainstreaming of Beneficiaries to 4Ps and Roles and Reaponsibilities as Area Supervisor and Enumerator and Deployment Planning, among others.

Dir. Santa appealed to the field workers to “realize the importance of their tasks ahead during the validation, as this would form part of the future of these families, specially their children.”

(With a report from Mitzie Santiago/DSWD)

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Mining firm told to stop operations in Surigao Norte village Norte has passed a resolution ordering a mining company to stop operations SURIGAO City––San Fran- in a barangay in response cisco town in Surigao del to complaints it has caused

By Roel N. Catoto of MindaNews

water pollution and other adverse effects on the area’s environment.

San Francisco town vice mayor Edgar N. Plaza said during technical conference Tuesday at the Mines and Geoscience Bureau (MGB)-Caraga, the municipal council approved the resolution demanding a stop to Surimin Mining Corporation’s activities at Mt. Patag in Barangay Jubgan on Monday, May 5.

The resolution came in the wake of complaints from residents that Surimin’s

operations have damaged the river and streams which are their sources of potable water.

The residents added that Mt. Patag serves as the area’s watershed.

The resolution said local officials received “reliable information, verified reports and documentation on the “illegal operation” of Surimin in Barangay Jubgan, particularly extraction of copper ore and massive cutting of trees “without prior authority from the land owners and local residents”.

It further said the mining activities have put residents at the foot of Mt. Patag at risk in case natural calamities strike.

Romeo Gordonas, a local resident earlier said their water sources would become murky with just a slight rain.

He said that even if Mt. Patag, the area where Surimin operates, has not been declared as a watershed it has been their source of water for several years already.

He recalled that several

years ago, they experienced flash floods and landslides that destroyed several houses. He said it may happen again because of Surimin’s mining operations.

But Noli Arreza, officein-charge of MGB –Caraga said he could not say if it’s really Surimin that has been operating in Jubgan.

He said the mining firm cannot operate since it was still applying for an exploration permit.

Surimin Mining Corporation is owned by Elizabeth Matugas-Abejo, a sister of Rep. Francisco T. Matugas of Surigao del Norte (1st district), chair of the House committee on environment.

Arreza said he spoke with Abejo on the phone this week and said the latter had no idea [about the mining operations].

Jubgan barangay chair Felixberto Sual meanwhile alleged that James Matugas, a brother of Rep. Matugas convinced local landowners to sign a blank document for a “farm to market road” project in the area.

James Matugas could not be reached for comment.

Sallustiano Pullos, one of the landowners, said he was one of those who signed a blank paper convinced that it was really for a farm to market road.

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Now you see, now you don’t I JUST cannot figure out why until now Mindanao is experiencing the notorious vanishing electric power, especially during summertime when people need their air conditioning units and electric fans to operate to battle the biting heat of the sun.

It is a case of now you see, now you don’t. And why Luzon and the Visayas have no such problem throughout the years? And this same old problem in Mindanao had been there since I was a little boy.

What is happening to Mindanao and its leaders? Are we second class citizens who deser ve a second class service and second class concern of our national government?

I think I can see some kind of irregular stature here.

We have the Maria Cristina Falls that gives out energy to some parts of Mindanao and giant generators, but still we have regular brown outs. The Visayan and Luzon areas do not have complaints about brownouts.

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At long last, the government is now inclined to give solar power the importance that it genuinely deserves.

Already, the Philippines can be considered a leader in renewable energy, with a 30 per cent reliance on renewables. However, the utilization of solar power, the most readily available resource, seems to be the most neglected.

At the moment, solar energy ranks lowest among the sources of renewable energy in terms of installation allocation. The current installation priorities are as follows: hydro power - 250 megawatts; biomass – 250 megawatts; wind power – 200 megawatts and solar power – 50 megawatts.

The disparity is further highlighted by the fact that to date only a single solar

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Ben Emata Jr. It is strange that such things are happening in Mindanao only and one of the regular brownout cities is Cagayan de Oro. What is happening with our government on this particular concern?

I urge the government agency which undertakes this section to use all its resources to give little smiles to the angry Mindanaoans who suffer the usual heat and darkness.

This problem of brownout is not supernatural, where our engineers and scientists cannot do anything.

This plain human discovery, invention or whatever should be within reach by our specialists. This is an age-old problem and I really cannot understand

why it seems there is no solution. I am just wondering why the Visayas and Luzon areas are served better with electric lights.

In ot he r c ou nt r i e s, there is no such thing as a brownout. I have been in the state of California for twenty five years now and I cannot remember a minute when we had brownout.

When I was in Manila, there were brownouts too, but it did not last an hour.

It is only in Mindanao that brownout is almost regular and considered part of living and natural wonder. I am calling our leaders specially the congressmen and senators to have a better look at the problem.

During election time

Solar power at last!

Speaking Out Ignacio Bunye plant with a capacity of 1.1 megawatts is operational. This plant, located in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, was commissioned in 2012.

In fairness, two more plants with a combined capacity of 27 megawatts are under construction. Another two with a combined capacity of 50 megawatts have been approved.

But considering all the possible benefits of solar energy, one would think that a more rapid solarization of the Philippines should

be a no-brainer.

Here are some of the advantages of solar power: First, solar power helps to slow global warming. The horrors of global warming are too obvious to need further elaboration.

Second, solar power is, at least in the Philippines, available year round. This advantage, of course, would not hold in Scandinavian countries.

Third, solar power can not be monopolized. It is free for all of us to use. Thus, while Russia can threaten to

they can repair/rehabilitate anything but an off election season they are quiet as if they are not part of the problem. To whom can we turn to? To the thieves who operate during darkness or what.

Pe opl e are t i re d of brownouts in Mindanao.

Many businessmen are losing profits and many thieves prosper better during dark hours. As I said I was wearing short pants when this problem had been existing and until now I already have eight grandchildren and still the same old darkness exists.

I am perplexed, I am astonished, I am wondering.. Maybe we can require power distributors to provide generators of their own to sustain power when there is failure. The government must think about this to solve this matter.

The government may hire electrical engineers from other countries if our own staff cannot handle this effectively. For your comments, email: benemata@ yahoo.com

cut off Ukraine’s supply of oil and natural gas, Russia can not cut off the supply of sunshine in Ukraine. One report has it that yearly, Ukraine saves $3 billion dollars in reduced imports from Russia because of the operation of a single solar plant.

Of course, solar power has its disadvantages. This main disadvantage is the fact that the sun is not up 24 hours a day. At night time, no solar energy is produced so one can not rely on solar power alone.

This disadvantage is mitigated, however, by the fact that human activities more or less follow the movement of the sun. Thus, we need less energy at night.

With proper storage of solar energy, nocturnal requirements for energy can still See solar, page 11

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Fortun welcomes ‘clean-up’ of Agriculture department

By PAT SAMONTE Regional Editor-Caraga

QUEZON City––Agusan del Norte First District Rep. Lawrence Lemuel Fortun has welcomed Pres, Benigno Aquino’s move in “cleaning up” the Department of Agriculture (DA) which has been wracked by charges of corruption and cronyism.

Reacting to the appointment of former Senator Francis Pangilinan as Presidential Adviser on Food Security and Agricultural Modernization with specific instructions to do some “serious house-cleaning” of the agency, Fortun said the President’s move will be a big boost to the administration’s thrust of combating corruption in government.

According to newspaper reports, “Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala has been under heavy fire for allowing the pork barrel scam to flourish under the Aquino administration as alleged mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles continued to channel state funds to her fake foundations with the alleged help of Assistant Agriculture Secretary Ophelia Agawin, from way back to the Arroyo administration.” Another report said that “Alcala seemed to be blamed for the President’s failure to meet his campaign promise of attaining full rice sufficiency and improved food security under his term, for the rise in rice smuggling and unabated corruption in irrigation projects.”

With the appointment of Pang-

ilinan, the new food czar will take the supervision of the National Food Authority (NFA), National Irrigation Administration (NIA), Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) which have been hounded by corruption scandals over the years.

Fortun said he was hopeful that this will address the problem of corruption and poor performance of these agencies especially NIA which he assailed in a privilege speech. He put the agency to task for unfinished irrigation projects in his district. The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability is set to conduct a full-blown investigation of Fortun’s accusation.

Solar energy: why Aquino govt isn’t interested LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter…” (Isaiah 5:20, the Holy Bible).

-oooDAVAO CITY RESIDENTS TAP SOLAR ENERGY: Davao City residents have proven yet again that energy officials of the Aquino government are an unthinking lot at best, or corrupt-to-the-bonefunctionaries of a government whose only desire is to favor rich businessmen and companies who deal in electricity and power generation at worst.

Deprived of electricity and bedeviled by daily rotational brown-outs, the Davao City residents are now getting their electricity for their lighting and charging needs from Chinamade solar light emitting diode (LED) lamps which cost only P240.00 per unit, or P210.00 per unit for wholesale transactions, and which can be used for about 50,000 hours each.

The solar-powered lamps are even a lot a safer to use than the usual candle or kerosene lamps because they reduce or eliminate altogether the possibility of fires during brownouts. So, if solar energy is proving to be an alternative source of electricity in Davao City, why is the Aquino government not interested to develop it and make the whole country use this kind of power?

-oooSOLAR POWER: WHY IS AQUINO GOV’T NOT INTERESTED: I ask the same question with respect to the other sources of electricity that are even now available in the Philippines--the windmills, hydrogen from water, and nuclear power plants. Why is the Aquino government neglecting to develop these other sources of power and thereby lessen our depen-

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio dence on fossilized fuelpetroleum products (which are not only expensive but even outright deadly)?

There can only be one reason for this: the Aquino government does not

want to develop alternative sources of energy because it does not want to deprive businessmen and companies who generate the kind of electric power we are now using of the billions of pesos

of profits they are currently enjoying.

Undeniably, the Aquino government clearly has the interest of these businessmen and companies in its heart, rather than the interest of the entire Filipino nation, and one can only guess that this is so because its leaders are indebted to these businessmen and companies in one way or another, particularly in the area of financing political campaigns.

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Tesda to hold free competency assessment

By ALMA L. TINGCANG

gineering, tourism, electronics and information and communications technology, agri-fishery, food processing, health and other social community development services.

Ms. Joy Wee, TESDA-9 information officer, said the free competency assessment is the heart of the NATCAC program which is a synchronized conduct of assessment and certification in identified key qualifications. The program is designed to promote industry acceptance and recognition of the value of certification in quality-assuring the competencies of their workers. This also seeks to upgrade the qualification of existing workers, trainers, and assessors to a higher level of qualification and enhance their competitiveness and employability.

Successful candidates will be issued their Certificates of Competency (COC) or National Certificates (NC) once they pass the assessment.

Interested applicants are required to submit self-assessment guide, three pieces passport size pictures with name written at the back, and duly accomplished application form to the nearest TESDA Provincial/Regional Offices or to identified accredited assessment centers. (FPG/ALT-PIA9/ Zamboanga Sibugay)

IPIL, Zamboanga del Sur This year’s free competency assessment of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), which is going to be held nationwide from May to October, will benefit 679 individuals in Zamboanga Sibugay.

TESDA Provincial Director Lorenzo Emanuel L. Guillermo said the targeted 679 candidates in the province for the National TVET Competency and Assessment and Certification (NATCAC) program will be composed of trainers of private and public technical vocational institutions, including TESDA Technology Institutions, local government units, and other government agencies providing TVET programs and private enterprises with registered TVET programs.

Also included are Department of Education trainers, public utility vehicle drivers, workers/industry practitioners/ professional/career shifters who want to undergo competency assessment, returning OFWs/ Filipino expatriates with relevant experience, and industry practitioners who are prospective competency assessors.

Guillermo said the sectors identified include automotive, construction, metals and en-

RANELCO MULTI TRADING CORPORATION BOARD RESOLUTION No. 24

WHEREAS, the Corporation is a non-operating business and has no plans to begin operating in the near future.

WHEREAS, it has been determined that it is in the best interests of the shareholders to shorten the term of the Corporation and to file amended articles of incorporation dissolving the Corporation.

Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED as follows by unanimous decision of the Board of Directors;

To recommend to the shareholders the dissolution of the Corporation effective end of business day May 15, 2014 and to have the shareholders vote on a resolution to amend the articles of incorporation in order shorten the term of the Corporation and dissolve the Corporation.

Approved by the Board of Directors of Ranelco Multi Trading Corporation this 28th day of April, 2014 at Mainit, Surigao del Norte.

Loretta Mordido (SGD.) Elvira Jessup (SGD.) Randall Jessup (SGD.) Geonivick Gamba (SGD.) Gernick Gamba SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this May 05, 2014 at Surigao City, Philippines.

Doc. No. 241; (SGD.) IGNACIO P. MOLETA Page No. 50; Notary Public Book No. CXXXVII; Until December 31, 2014 Series of 2014 PTR No. 6215148, Jan. 30, 2013, SC

IBP O.R. No. 856993, Nov. 22, 2012, SC MDN: May 12, 19 & 26, 2014

Roll No. 27600, TIN No. 283-357-512-000

Republic of the Philippines Office of the President HOUSING AND URBAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINITION COUNCIL HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD Northern Mindanao Region, Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Alfredo O. Layos President of Alsomavic Estate Development Corp. has filed with the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board–NMR for Cancellation of License to Sell Nos. LS -25853 & LS-25854 dated August 8, 2012 issued to his Midland Valley Homes in Kalasungay, Malaybalay City for a re-issuance of a new License to Sell for Block 11 to Block 17, that all papers attached thereto are available for inspection during business hours by any person having legal interest thereon and upon proper application ;and that copies thereof shall be furnished to such person upon payment of the proper fees.

Any person with valid objection to the Cancellation of the License to Sell Nos. LS-25853 & LS-25854 of Midland Valley Homes and in the re issuance for a new one, may file his objection in writing with the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board Northern Mindanao Region, 3rd Floor, Dupoint Building, A Velez St. Cagayan de Oro City, Tel (08822)721466 (Fax Direct) within (2) weeks from the date of last publication.

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, April 7, 2014.

By Authority of the Board; (SGD.)CHARITO A. RAAGAS Regional Director MDN: May 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 19, 2014

Indian national shot in Zamboanga City

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AMBOANGA CITY – An Indian national was seriously wounded after he was shot by two motorcycle gunmen in Zamboanga City, police said.

attack occurred. Police said the Indian man was shot twice in the head and body with a .45-caliber pistol.

The gunmen escaped after the attack thinking that Singh had been killed.

Police said the victim was rushed to hospital and that an investigation has been termine the motive of the launched on Friday to de- attack and the identities of the attackers.

NOTICE OF LOSS Late last year, two Filipino muggers also attacked NOTICE is hereby given that LOUJANE GRAY Y. RADAZA, sales a 23-year old Indian trader, coordinator of Interserve Agency connected with Bayantel-Butuan, that Harpreet, in Zamboanga under her supervision are sales agents whose sales Official Receipts City where he operates a were remitted to her, that the white copy of the following Official Receipts small business. Harpreet, were lost and despite diligent efforts, she could no longer recover the same: who buys and sells small Name of Agent OR No. Client’s Name Lost OR No. appliances, lost his cell Jean Capanpan 718601-718650 - 618650 phone to the men who Jose Pepe Arizobal 726451-726500 Jane O. Patana 726483 also tried to steal his moJose Pepe Arizobal 726451-726500 Raul Oflaria 726487 torcycle in the village of Loraine Kaimo 729001-729050 Jess Dagus 729015 Tetuan.

Loraine Kaimo 729001-729050 Jerson Albiva 729017 A small group of Indian Elyn Grace Ortega 732401-732450 Dennis Bermudez 732411 Said Loujane Gray Y. Radaza executed an Affidavit of Loss dated nationals engage in variMay 8, 2014 per Doc. No. 087; Page No. 8; Book No. II; Series of ous businesses have been 2014 of the Notarial Registry of Atty. Rema D. Erigbuagas-Burdeos, living in Zamboanga and Notary Public in Butuan City until December 31, 2015 with PTR OR some had married local No. 0723100 (1-7-14) B.C. residents to legitimize their MDN: May 12, 2014

Police said the 28-year old Sukhjinder Singh was driving his motorcycle when the gunmen, who were tailing the foreigner, attacked him in the village of Putik late Thursday.

Singh, who is engaged in money lending, just came from his cousin’s house and was heading home, when the

R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Cotabato Municipality of Tulunan NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of RA 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that ANTONIET SULOG AQUINO has filed with this Office a petition for change of GENDER from MALE to FEMALE child’s first name from “ANTONITH” to “ANTONIET” and child’s and father’s last name from “SOLOG” to “SULOG” in the certificate of live birth of ANTONIET IBANEZ SULOG who was born on 26 SEPTEMBER 1977 at SIBSIB TULUNAN, COTABATO and whose parents are EVANGELINE IBAÑEZ and ANTONIO SULOG. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than ten days after the last publication.

(Sgd.) JERIC C. ARDINA

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: May 12 & 19, 2014

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

stay in the country.

In October 2012, Philippine authorities detained 5 Indian nationals in Zamboanga City shortly after they arrived from TawiTawi province. The 5 men travelled by boat from Sandakan in Malaysia to the neighboring Filipino province of Tawi-Tawi where they took a plane and flew to Zamboanga City on Mindanao Island.

Local authorities said the foreigners had no passports and other travel documents and only carried a fake temporary Philippine labor permit. (Mindanao Examiner)

Publication Notice R.A. 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

07 MAY 2014

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular 2013-1 Guideline in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that PEDRO O. GABOT has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in the date of birth from DECEMBER 5, 1965 to AUGUST 5. 1965 in the certificate of live birth of PEDRO AGOY GABOT at Carmen, Cotabato and whose parent are Rizalino G. Gabot and Francisca V. Agoy.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than May 23, 2014.

(Sgd.) MARY P. MACAYA

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: May 12 & 19, 2014

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Davao del Sur Municipality of Matanao

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Date : 7 May 2014 CCE-0016-2014 r.a. 10172

RA Form No. 10.1 (MCRO) Republic of the Philiooines Province of Davao del Sur Municipality of Sta. Cruz OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In Compliance with the Publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that JOY P. MORANDANTE has filed with this office , a petition for correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH of JOY P. MORANDANTE at MATANAO DAVAO DEL SUR and whose parents are FREDO LAYAOG and MERCEDITA MORANDANTE.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than 23 may, 2014.

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) Notice is hereby served to the public that SHIELA MAE ITANG-LADEMORA has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of SHIELA MAE ITANG at Santa Cruz, Davao Del Sur and whose parents are DANILO ITANG and VISITACION DEMATE.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 30th day of May 2014.

(SGD.) NONITA DIONISIO-DALUMPINES

Municipal Civil Registrar

(SGD.) MARIO M. TIZON

Municipal Civil Registrar

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Matalam, Cotabato Publication Notice R.A. 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Date: 28 April 2014 CCE-002 C-2014

MDN: May 12 & 19, 2014

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC 02 MAY 2014

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular 2013-1 Guideline in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that SONIA P. NAVIDAD has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in the date of birth from DECEMBER 15, 1964 to JANUARY 15, 1964 in the certificate of live birth of SONIA CABRELLA PAGASA at Carmen, Cotabato and whose parent are Cristito C. Pugasa and Priscilla V. Cabrella.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than May 16, 2014.

(Sgd.) MARY P. MACAYA

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: May 5 & 12, 2014

MDN: May 12 & 19, 2014

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the implempntation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172). Notice Is hereby served to the public that Ian Kristoff N. Sionillo has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE” TO “MALE” in the certificate of live birth of IAN KRISTOFF NICER SIONILLO at Matalam, Cotabato and whose parents are RAMON PUNZALAN SIONILLO and HERMELITA LA80NETA NICER.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may his written opposition with this Office not later than 19 May 2014.

(Sgd.) TRINIDAD T. BUTARD0

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: May 5 & 12, 2014

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Samal Island resort owners still insist on not paying penalty for 'illegal' structures

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SLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, Davao del Norte - Despite a temporary injunction issued by a Panabo City court stopping the city government of Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) from collecting penalties over the construction of illegal breakwaters and jetties, beach owners insist on not paying penalties, claiming that the open beach line policy is oppressive.

Araceli Ayuste, adviser of the Samal City Resort Association, Inc. (SCRAI), said resort owners find City Ordinance 2009-150 (Revised Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance) “very oppressive and (its penalty) too high to comply”.

A provision of the Zoning Ordinance mandates a common entry point for the transportation for public convenience and for monitoring traffic coming in and out of the city. It also aims to discourage the proliferation of wharves and jetties outside prescribed locations.

“It’s not even applicable to us as majority of the beach resort owners have been operating in the island since the 1970s. The Paradise Island resort started operating in 1972. The law

should not be retroactive to us,” Ayuste said in an interview.

Ayuste is the owner of the Punta del Sol Beach Resort and is the president of both the Davao del Norte Tourism Council and Mindanao Tourism Council.

There are more than 70 beach resorts around the island, 36 of which are members of SCRAI. Sixteen members of SCRAI did not pay a single centavo for the imposed penalty.

According to Ayuste, the old ordinance was suddenly revived when they were about to renew their business permits early this year.

They were told they could not renew their business permits without paying the penalty.

According to Ayuste, beach resort owners have

been hounded by a charge that they have been fencing off and putting up illegal breakwaters and jetties, thus impeding open access to the shorelines.

Armando Tejano Jr., leader of Nagkahiusang Mananagat sa Babak District, said that developers and moneyed people have left nothing to Samal residents as there is no more free public beach to swim in and no open shoreline for fish landing areas for small fisherfolk.

He said that even the city government through the years has been "forcibly relocating" thousands of families in coastal communities to the mountains pursuant to the Urban Development Housing Act. “When the shorelines are cleared of coastal communities, they then fenced the shorelines, and developers cornered these including the mangrove areas,” he said.

Local officials have been refusing to give comments

on the issue although but have been collaborating with other government agencies for a win-win solution to the problem.

In earlier interview, now resigned city administrator Cleto Gales said that “it is very clear that in the foreshore lease agreements with resort owners, they have to provide public access, they can’t say they are not aware.”

He said that the city government offered three options to pave the way for open access of the shorelines and to avoid the “overwater structures” from being demolished by the city authorities.

The options he cited were voluntary demolition of structures, paying of penalty for the structures at P250 per cubic meter of the “over-water structures” introduced, and upgrading of investment from P30 million to P70 million, all of which were rejected by resort owners.

Ayuste said that last year

she paid P80,000 for her renewal of the business permit, but the penalty leveled when she tried to renew her permit was P43,000 “which is not clear if it is yearly or one-time payment.”

Prior to a court injunction, some beach resorts had paid the required 10 percent downpayment for the penalty, giving the city government an earning of P1 million from penalties.

City Vice Mayor Al David Uy, on the other hand, admitted that the 2009 ordinance “is a defective legislation, made without thorough consultation.”

He said the City Council is now on the process of revising the ordinance, stressing the need for a “win-win solution as beach resorts are windows of the island.” (PNA)

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New mining applicants prefer DavOr for exploration MGB 11

By Judy G. Quiros

DAVAO CIT Y - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB 11) has noted a growing interest on Davao Oriental among mining investors for their exploration activities this year.

MGB 11 officer-incharge Nelson Angeles said there were six companies applying for mining exploration in Davao Oriental specifically in the town of Gov. Generoso.

Most of the applicants are mining investors from Luzon region, he said.

As the national government view mining industry as a major economic driver in the country, the MGB and See mining, page 11

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be met.

Another perceived disadvantage of solar power is lower energy conversion efficiency. Thus, more capital and more land is needed to put up solar plants compared to traditional energy sources.

Notwithstanding these “disadvantages”, solarization is already proceeding at a dramatic pace elsewhere in the world.

In 2010, Germany was reported to have added 5 gigawatts to the 3 gigawatts installed in 2009. A gigawatt equals 1,000 megawatts.

The pace has accelerated after the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011.

In 2013, CNN reports that solar power installations worldwide grew by 38 gigawatts , from 96 to 134.

Out of this additional solar capacity, the US contributed a record of 4.2 gigawatts, upping total US solar production to 10 gigawatts.

Also in 2013, India added 1 gigawatt of solar energy to its electrical grid, thus achieving 2.18 gigawatts.

India hopes to install 10 gigawatts of solar energy by 2017 and 20 gigawatts in 2020.

With these developments across the globe, we are hungry for news here at home. We are glad to read about even modest initiatives by the likes of Juan Miguel Zubiri to utilize solar power in Bukidnon.

We are glad to read about a how former yaya, upon returning to her native Isla Verde in Batangas, took matters in her own hands to solve her household energy needs. With her hard-earned savings, she installed a 50watt solar panel in her home.

But we are really really glad with the announcement from Department of Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla that the government is now considering increasing tenfold the installation allocation for solar power, from 50 megawatts to 500 megawatts.

It took Petilla a while to start focusing on solar energy development. But as they say: Huli man daw at magaling, naiihabol din.

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Pullos said he has at least 10 hectares of land planted with trees and other crops.

But these were cut down and uprooted because of the mining activity.

He angrily said that he has not received any compensation for the destruction of his source of livelihood.

Sual said there is no such thing as a farm to market road project, as James Matugas and a certain Engr.

Alan Castillo did not show any document or program of work to village officials.

The Department of

Environment and Natural Resources said there were stockpiles of copper ore in Mt. Patag particular at G2.

Mining operations in Jubgan started only last March but have already affected water bodies including the coastal waters which would turn muddy when it rains.

Residents said the mining operations take place around five kilometers from the village.

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public works, to look into the need for reflectors on center islands.

In a related development, the Land Transportation Office-10 annonces new systems and procedures in the issuance of plates, registration of vehicles and driver’s licenses.

LTO-10 director Hilarion E. Ulep said the new developments came about because of standardization and centralization.

Ulep said all plates will now come from the central office and no longer regionalized including the numbering system.

However, he said the new plates from Manila for Northern Mindanao have not arrived yet.

He added that the plates have security features which include a barcode where the vehicle’s ownership is recorded.

Ulep said the LTO continues to apprehend vehicles using commemorative plates such as those marked PNP, MASON and EAGLES. He said these plates are no longer allowed.

However, he said LTO-10 lacks manpower, but during an operation they can apprehend many violations in two hours.

Ulep cited the case in Iligan City where they were able to apprehend 300 violations in two hours.

At the LTO-10 headquarters in Cagayan de Oro City, some 500 impounded motorcycles remain unclaimed by owners.

Ulep said these will be appraised by a Commission on Audit appraiser to be sold if left unclaimed.

He said their operations also include apprehending drivers with fake registrations, violations of the Seat Belt Law and the Clean Air Act as well as overloading.

For the month of March the total fines collected by LTO was P742,345.

He said driver’s licenses will now require drivers to appear at the LTO office where CCTVs are installed for monitoring non-appearance.

Ulep, however, said the rotational brownouts has affected their licensing services which has accumulated a backlog.

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is true with the problem on impending water lack and rationing. The Aquino government has billions and billions of money in its yearly budgets since 2010 earmarked for water projects and yet, it clearly failed (or maybe refused) to invest in machines that can be used to transform even sea water into safe potable drinking water.

If only the Aquino government made good use of these billions in buying these machines, then Filipinos need not worry anymore about El Nino and hot temperatures which give rise to water lack every summer.

But then, even if these billions appeared to have been spent already, we continue to be hounded with water lack four years into the second Aquino presidency.

Why did not the Aquino government invest in water purifying machines? Well, one can only guess again--maybe because it didn’t also want to deprive businessmen and companies dealing in water distribution of the billions they earn, for they may have been campaign contributors, too.

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Hermoso said the encounter lasted for 30 minutes and resulted in the arrest of one Datu Ali Sailala and capture of five M-16 automatic rifles, several combat packs, one hand grenade, an ICOM antenna, BIFF insignias and rank patches and several sachets of “shabu” paraphernalias.

He said no government losses were reported.

The 6ID spokesman said pursuit operations were still ongoing against the fleeing BIFF forces. (PNA)

Mining... from page 9

the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) continue to accept mining applications.

From 2012 to 2013, MGB 11 received 50 mining applications; of this, 20 were approved, mostly for mining explorations, while over 30 applications have been denied.

DENR and MGB previously suspended mining applications following the issuance of Executive Order No. 79 in 2012 that institutionalizes and implement reforms in the Philippine from page 7 mining sector and provid-oooing polices and guidelines THE POLITICS OF to ensure environmental CAMPAIGN CONTRIB- protection and responsible UTORS: The same thing

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mining in the utilization of mineral resources. The order also requires the establishment of Minahan ng Bayan for the small scale mining operations.

Angeles however, said the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the Minahan ng Bayan is still a work in progress. Pending the completion of the IRR, MGB 11 has already received numerous applications for Minahan ng Bayan. (PNA)

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Mindanao power crisis.

The House Committee on Energy had already recommended the suspension of the IMEM following objections from Mindanao’s power distributors and consumers during a public hearing in Cagayan de Oro on March 4, 2014.

“Petilla did not offer any solution. He was asking us to give IMEM another chance,” said Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, representative of the city’s second district.

“Petilla did not go there to offer a solution. Instead he pushed for the IMEM and for the co-ops to buy the expensive modular generating sets,” Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate also said.

The meeting, sponsored by the House Committee on Energy, was held not in Mindanao but in the posh Sulu Hotel in Quezon City last Wednesday.

Petilla reiterated the government’s proposal to adopt again the IMEM, which was already rejected

by Mindanao electric cooperatives and consumer groups.

Rodriguez said they have reminded Petilla about the House resolution rejecting the IMEM but he persisted, asking to meet again the leaders of Mindanao electric cooperatives in Manila next Wednesday.

“Petilla did not even give us any update on the current Mindanao power situation,” Zarate said.

Rodriguez said the Mindanao congressmen were the ones who offered solutions to end the power crisis, adding Petilla was only bent on pushing for the revival of IMEM. The three solutions they offered were to fast-track the procurement of modular generator sets, for the Energy Regulatory Commission to issue immediately the uniform rates for the electricity produced by the modular generators, and the use of a power barge in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte.

Rodriguez said the 25-megawatt power barge is floating idly in Nasipit town.

He said the barge was among the three small barges privatized

by PSALM under the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001.

“If the government is serious, they can even bring the other two barges moored in Visayas to Mindanao,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez said funds from the Malampaya project could be used to pay the private owners of the barges.

“The Malampaya funds can also be used to dredge and rehabilitate the Agus and Pulangi hydro plants instead of selling them,” Rodriguez said.

Zarate said the administration of President Benigno Aquino III has been urging Mindanao cooperatives to buy the modular generators, which will be funded by the Malampaya funds, as a solution to the Mindanao power crisis.

“Electricity produced by modular generating sets is very expensive.

Many consumers will be surprised how high their electricity [bills would be] if the sets are used,” Zarate said.

The Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperative has been urging the DOE to relax its regulations on the use of modular sets.

The Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative, which has already bought a modular generating set, is enjoying a brownout-free environment while the rest of Mindanao is reeling from lack of power supply.

Electric cooperatives that have no modular sets, like the Misamis Oriental Rural Electric Service Cooperative (MORESCO) 1, are experiencing at least a six-hour daily brownout. (Froilan Gallardo/ MindaNews)

Biblical reflection

Bro. Edcel L. Closas

Pure Special Gospel of the day: Mark9:3037(May12, 2014-Monday) Mark 9:30-37- But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who [should be] the greatest. And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said unto them, If any man desire to be first, [the same] shall be last of all, and servant of all.

And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, received me: and whosoever shall receive me, received not me, but him that sent me. Why a little child is used in the gospel to give enlightenment of His disciples?

This is because “a little child possesses the “good qualities” that God wants to imitate”

by His followers. One of these attitudes is being a humble in nature and “willing to do something without any return.”In Luke 22:26but ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. This means that “God will base His judgment in our individual heart” if this is great in the eyes of God due to the humility that we live in our daily lives.

In Jeremiah 17:9-10the heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.In Matthew 5:8-Blessed [are] the “pure in heart:” for they shall see God: Printing paid by: Neneth - Bobong Balino- Dr. Edith, PhD- Tony Jordan - CDO. St. Peter Calungsod, pray for us!

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DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF DECEASED ALICIA P. RESUS Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late ALICIA P. RESUS, who died on March 11, 2014 at North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon, which was her last place of residence at the time of her death; that said deceased left the following properties, to wit: a. A deposit account with Land Bank of the Philippines, Maramag Branch, under Savings account number 2106-0512-35 with a withdrawable balance of PESOS: SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY TWO AND 96/100 ONLY (P7,752.96) as of March 28, 2014; b. A deposit account with Land Bank of the Philippines, Maramag Branch, under Savings Account number 2107-0102-65 with a withdrawable balance of PESOS: TWENTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN AND 84/100 ONLY (P20,337.84) as of March 28, 2014; c. A deposit account with Land Bank of the Philippines, Maramag Branch, under Savings Account number 2101-0864-21 with a withdrawable balance of PESOS: FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT AND 68/100 ONLY (P466,468.68) as of March 28, 2014; d. A deposit account with Bank of Commerce, Maramag Branch, under Savings account number 089-20-002773-7 with a withdrawable balance of TWO HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY TWO AND 76/100 (P203,922.76) as of March 31, 2014; e. A deposit account with One Network Bank, Maramag Branch, under Savings Account number 01751-01331-7 with outstanding balance of FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY ONE PESOS & 13/100 ONLY (Php 426,721.13) as of March 31, 2014; f. A deposit account with Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, Maramag Extension Office, under Savings Account No. 1-589-52531-7 with an available balance of THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE PESOS AND 30/100 (Php 315,155.30) as of March 31, 2014; g. A parcel of land containing an area of TWENTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THREE (20,103) square meters, situated at Base Camp, Maramag, Bukidnon, covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-25986, registered in the name of Emmanuel A. Resus and covered by Tax Dec. No. F-14800 in his name, with the assessed value of Php 16,100.00; h. A parcel of land containing an area of THREE HUNDRED SIX (306) square meters, situated at North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon, covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-1021, registered in the name of Alicia G. Paulican and covered by Tax Dec. No. F-001123 in her name, with the assessed value of Php 7,340.00; i. A parcel of land containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO (152) square meters, situated at North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon, covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-1116, registered in the name of Emmanuel Resus and covered by Tax Dec. No. F-001455 in his name, with the assessed value of Php 4,740.00; j. A parcel of land containing an area of THIRTY THOUSAND (30,000) square meters, situated at Base Camp, Maramag, Bukidnon, covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-21407, registered in the name of Alicia P. Resus and covered by Tax. Dec. No. F-003875 in her name, with the assessed value of Php 96,120.00; K. A parcel of land containing an area of NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT (988) square meters, situated at Base Camp, Maramag, Bukidnon, covered

by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-26393, registered in the name of Emmanuel Resus, and covered

by Tax Dec. No. F-003982 in their name, with the assessed value of Php 17,490.00; is the subject of DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF DECEASED ALICIA P. RESUS, made and entered by EMMANUEL A. RESUS, 60 years old, Filipino, widower; ELEAZAR DAVID P. RESUS, 35 years old, Filipino, married and EMMUEL DAVID P. RESUS, 30 years old, Filipino, married; and residing and with postal address at North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon, that they are the only legitimate heirs of the late ALICIA P. RESUS. As per Doc. No. 114; Page No. 23; Book No. XXI; Series of 2014; under Notary public of ATTY. LORETO G. TUMAMPOS. MDN: MAY 12, 19 & 26, 2014

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