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President Rodrigo Duterte and Cebu Pacific Pres & CEO Lance Gokongwei unveil the marker commemorating the inauguration of Laguindingan as CEB’s 7th Regional Hub 20 Oct 2017 ( photo by mike baños , npn)

Public-Private Partners invests in Northern Mindanao

Laguindingan Airport now CEB’s 7th Regional Hub

By Mike Baños

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he public and private sector have joined forces to invest in the future of Laguindingan as an airport hub linking Northern Mindanao to the rest of the island and the Visayas.

In a brief ceremony held Friday, 20 October 2017 at Laguindingan Airport, Misamis Oriental, (IATA: CGY) top executives of the country’s leading airline and chief executives of the government from the national, regional and local level launched the facility as the 7th Regional Hub of Cebu Pacific Air (PSE: CEB).

“Despite the current situation in Marawi City, Cebu Pacific has seen the promise of what Mindanao can be, and can become in the coming years,” said Pres.

Rodrigo Duterte.

“Laguindingan serves thousands of passengers daily and is integral to economic activity in the CagayanIligan Corridor,” noted Marvin Cui, Director, CEB Standards and Compliance for Airport airport/PAGE 7

Marawi kids enter a new world in Smart storytelling session Eleven-year-old Aman Binasing is among the thousands of people displaced by the armed conflict in Marawi. For months he has dealt with the challenges of living in an evacuation center. But for one day, he was able to leave his worries behind and enter an amazing world where magical hats can fly and where laundry women can possess superpowers.

PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications recently treated Aman and dozens of children like him to a special leg of the storytelling caravan it has brought all over the country. The storytelling session, held at the Philippine Army headquarters in Taguig, was part of daylong activities prepared by the MVP group of companies for kids of Marawi.

The children, aged five to 13, listened in rapt attention to stories narrated by Rey Bufi of the

Storytelling Project and employee volunteers of Ericsson Philippines.

The kids also volunteered to act as characters in a story, and participated actively in dance exercises and games, where some of them got story books as prizes. “I enjoyed the stories the most,” Aman said.

Smart community partnerships head Darwin Flores explained the value of storytelling for children in conflict situations. “This practice kids/PAGE 7

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"IMAGES- A Photo Exhibit taken during the 10th Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk Officially Showcased"

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Vivo sponsors Mega Fashion Week Spring Summer 2018

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ivo, now the world’s 5th best known smart phone brand famous for its sleek and stylish designs and cutting edge features is the proud sponsor of Mega Fashion Week Spring Summer 2018.

At the October 23 preparty event of Mega Fashion Week Spring Summer 2018 at the hip-and-happening Twenty Four Seven McKinley at the Bonifacio Global City, Vivo will be presenting a MEGA Fashion Film onVivo Family headliner and Mega Magazine cover girl Kathryn Bernardo.

The glam opening party, with the glitterati of the fashion industry in attendance, plus a reunion of the Making MEGA stars will all be captured using the Vivo V7+ clearer-selfie, perfect shot smartphone. At

the Fashion Show event on October 27, Vivo ambassador Kisses Delavin will be gracing the MEGA Fashion Week catwalk.

Vivo’s latest pride the V7+ is perhaps the best fit yet in taking the best fashion selfies.

Dubbed as a selfie-centric smartphone, the V7+ boasts of a 24MP clearer selfie, front-facing camera with LED flash and smart photography algorithms which provide clear-cut, crisp, and naturallooking photos, embracing the look and feel of glossy fashion centrefolds.

With the V7+’s 24 MP camera’s built-in Bokeh effect, chic and polished selfies come out flavored with artful charm. The Bokeh effect—one of the most popular camera filters to come out in recent years since the advent of selfie-

taking—adds a semblance of drama and imagination with its aesthetic blurred effect.

Moreover, the V7+’s Face Beauty 7.0 feature enhances selfies with airbrush perfection as its beautifying after effect produces fresher and brighter-looking skin, with a host of filters to pick from to fit the day’s mood or the OOTD’s feel and aura.

Vivo V7+ is a selfie-centric smartphone which represents the brand’s mission of empowering self-expression for the next generation. It features the most advanced technologies, not only to the cameras but to all aspects, from photo shooting to display, helping media-savvy and social media devoted consumers to capture and enjoy their most significant moments.

Kisees Delavin

The SM Store Shopping StreetBy – your total shopping app Spree promo is back!

By MARK FRANCISCO

After bringing joy to shoppers all around the country last year, The SM Store is bringing its P100,000 Shopping Spree promotion just in time for the Christmas holidays. This time, it’s bigger and better with 118 winners nationwide!

It will be remembered that SM Shopping Spree winners celebrated the New Year with a big smile as they shopped with their P100,000 SM shopping money.

Marivic Miranda, Ma. Carmela de la Cruz, Melody Samudio, and promo/PAGE 7

Hi Cagayanons! StreetBy – your total shopping app

Tony Rose Tuante was one of last year’s winner of the SM Shopping Spree promotion. Tony Rose had a great time shopping at SM Cagayan De Oro with her P 100,000 worth of shopping spree money.

– is now increasing its local merchant partners

for your total shopping satisfaction.

With features specifically tailored to meet every traveler’s needs, StreetBy provides easy access for making hotel and dining reservations, booking tickets/vouchers for various activities and popular destinations, map view to be able to locate a certain place and a whole lot more.

StreetBy isn’t just for travellers though. It also provides features for people who live in the area. It provides information on nearby places, make transactions for pickup or delivery and paying ahead of time streetby/PAGE 7

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147 mothers join Int’l Babywearing Week in CDO

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ith the theme, “Threaded Together,” the Modern Nanays of Mindanao (MNM) spearheaded the region’s celebration of the International Babywearing Week (IBW) 2017 with 147 participants all over northern Mindanao on October 7, here.

The inspiration for the theme comes from the many different threads that when combined through the weaving process, form all of the carriers that many families use nowadays.

All of the individual threads, once woven, create a material in the same way individuals and groups worldwide come together to create

a global babywearing community.

With babywearing, Lucille Lapinid of MNM said that babies develop a sense of security and trust when they are attached to their caregivers.

The act also helps in babies’ regulation of temperature, breathing and growth.

Lapinid also shared that babywearing parents are more confident and mobile as they can easily address the needs of their babies. Thus, worn babies cry less and are in a quiet alert state, which is the ideal state of learning.

Babywearing also strengthens and improves both the parent and the baby’s core muscles and posture.

For her part, Nadine Casiño, founder of MNM, stresses the common babywearing errors such as the front face carry, which has no proper leg support and all weight is supported in baby’s most sensitive place, and the use of narrow-based carrier that could eventually cause hip dysplasia among babies.

Casiño also cited the misconceptions on babywearing saying that carrying a baby could not spoil him or her since birth to 1.5 years is where a child develops feelings of trust versus mistrust.

Hence, if needs are met consistently, infants will develop secure attachment and will learn to trust the environment.

The MNM also stressed that babywearing could not cause bowleggedness since such condition is pathologic and could not be caused by physical strain.

“Babies are naturally bowlegged because of the position in the womb,” Casiño said.

As for the statement, “It is tiring for a child to be in a carrier all day,” Casiño shared that a mother’s chest is the best place for the child to be. Being in a carrier means that the baby has immediate reach to everything that he or she needs such as food, warmth, movement and touch.

Different types of carriers and local sellers of such were also

highlighted during the event through the IBW Library.

The IBW is a weeklong opportunity to

celebrate, promote, advocate for and focus media attention on the many benefits of babywearing.

CAGAYAN de Orobased Italpinas Development Corp.

(IDC) is stamping its presence in Luzon with the launch of the first phase of Miramonti, which includes a P780million tower located in Sto. Tomas, Batangas.

In a statement issued over the weekend, IDC President Jose D. Leviste III said Miramonti will be the listed property firm’s biggest project to date, slated to bring in revenues of P1.4 billion.

“Miramonti is the biggest project we have so far at IDC. We are looking forward to serving Luzon for the first time. We have met with the brokers and they are very excited as well to market the project,” Mr. Leviste was quoted as saying in a statement.

IDC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Romolo Nati noted that the company was waiting to secure its license to sell before formally launching the

project. It has been granted permits and other documents.

Miramonti marks IDC’s third project after Primavera Residences and Primavera City in uptown Cagayan de Oro. The project will feature green strategies and the company’s authentic Italian design.

“We chose Batangas because the place is booming. It is one of the most progressive provinces in the country. The strategic location of Sto. Tomas

is one thing that attracted us. It is near to industrial parks and it has an amazing view in 360 degrees,” Mr. Nati said.

Mr. Leviste added that the project’s accessibility will be one of its defining characteristics, given that it is located “right at the hub of these expressways connecting to the Metro area.”

Miramonti will have a total of three towers developed in three phases, with the

first phase covering an area of 2,057 square meters. This will offer 352 residential units, 14 commercial units and 88 parking units. Amenities will include a fitness center, swimming pool and playground, among others.

IDC has tapped Damiani Property Management and Services, Inc. to be Miramonti’s property management partner, which will give buyers the option to rent out

their properties to other people, giving them passive income.

The company is also looking at other emerging cities in the county such as Dumaguete, Davao, Mindoro, Pangasinan and Subic or Bataan for future projects.

IDC reported a 114% increase in net income for the first half of 2017 to P19.4 million, on the back of a 60.9% increase in revenues to P94.87 million.

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), will jointly launch

DigitalCitiesPH Launch during the 9th NICP ICT Summit on November 16 to 17, 2017 in Cagayan de Oro City.

The DICT and NICP are the umbrella

organization of information and communications technology (ICT) Councils across the country Hosted by the Cagayan de Oro ICT

Business Council, this year’s summit proper is set on the first day with the theme, CDOx or Countryside Digital Opportunities Exchange.

The second day

will highlight the 6th eGov Awards (Awards for Excellence in ICT for Good Governance for Local Government Units), an annual search for the best practices in local government units.

Entries are evaluated according their relevant utilization of information and communications technology (ICT) to effectively and efficiently deliver public services directly to their respective constituents and other stakeholders.

The awards are in partnership with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Office of Senator Juan Edgardo Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government and the DICT. The two-day event is also supported by

the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc., (OroChamber), the Cagayan de Oro ICT Business Council and the City Government of Cagayan de Oro. The Summit brings together about 700 stakeholders and experts from the public and private sectors to share industry trends, developments, best practices, and identify challenges and ways to generate new investments and create jobs especially in the countryside.

This year’s Summit aims to keep up with the current trends in the global ICT industry, prepare for and embrace countryside digital summit/PAGE 7

Italpinas launches first phase of Luzon expansion

DICT, NICP Launch Digital Cities PH in National ICT Summit

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Vivo’s V7+ Bokeh effect perfects 24MP clearer selfie front camera October 22-28, 2017

For the selfie-lover, using filters for photos to further enhance them is almost mandatory.

One of the most popular of these filters to emerge in the recent years since the word selfie was coined and later practiced by hundreds of thousands who belong to the selfiecentric generation, is the bokeh effect.

Bokeh comes from the Japanese word boke which translates to “haze” or “blur”.

Professional photographers define bokeh as the effect of a soft out of focus background that you get when you are shooting a subject, using the widest aperture of a camera lens. Bokeh, in a nutshell, is the aesthetic quality of out of focus blur in

photos.

Smart phone manufacturers usually don’t produce cameras that have built in filters, prompting selfie-fanatics to download countless apps that carry a wide array of these effects.

That‘s why the latest in Vivo’s top-ofthe-line smart phones perfects the selfie game.

The V7+, recently launched in the Philippines with Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, and Julie Anne San Jose headlining the roster of the hottest celebrity endorsers, elevates the art of selfie even higher by integrating the bokeh effect into its 24MP selfie-centric camera—truly every selfie lover’s dream come true.

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Complementing the built in bokeh effect is V7+’s other thumbprint features that can make anyone a pro at selfie taking.

The 24MPclearer selfie, front facing camera—the world first— with LED flash and smart photography algorithms guarantees a clearcut, crisp, and natural-looking photos.

This newest

offering from Vivo also boasts of a revolutionary 5.99 AllScreen Display with an 84.4% screen to body ratio, providing a more exciting and enhanced game and visual experience.

V7+’s Special Face Beauty 7.0 feature brightens up photos and evensout complexions so capturing a selfie-moment is not a problem even in dimly-lit

environments.

Mimicking DSLR cameras, the V7+’s Portrait Mode blurs out backgrounds to highlight sharper selfie features.

The V7+ comes in Matte Black color and Crown Gold at only P17, 990 and is available at Lazada, Argomall, and all Vivo concept stores

and kiosks.

For inquiries, visit the Vivo website at www.vivo.com/ph or check out the Vivo Facebook (https:// www.facebook. com/VivoPhil), Instagram (https:// www.instagram. com/vivophil/), and Twitter (https:// twitter.com/vivo_phil) accounts.

Germany and its good news Yes, Germany raises growth expectations amid positive vibes. The good news continues for Europe’s largest economy. The government has raised its growth forecast on the back of a more positive global outlook and as a result of strong domestic industrial and export figures.

The German government has increased its 2017 economic growth forecast for the country to 2.0 percent, up from the 1.5 percent it had forecast in April.

The update, announced on Wednesday (October 11, 2017) by the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, continues the good news in what has been a week of glad tidings for Europe’s largest economy.

Last Monday, the same ministry revealed that Germany’s industrial output increased by almost 3 percent in August, its biggest increase in six years, while on Tuesday it was announced that the country’s exports had surged by 3.1 percent in the same month. The country’s unemployment rate is also at a record low.

Those positive figures, coming alongside the IMF’s upbeat assessment of the health of the global economy on Tuesday, have all boosted economic expectation and sentiment in Germany. The IMF also predicts the German economy to grow by 2 percent this year. “The German economy is enjoying a steady and broad-based upswing, underpinned by a solid domestic foundation,” the government said in a statement.

The proof is indeed in the long term.

“The economy in Germany has gained broad

momentum and will Have My Say continue to grow in the coming years,” said Economics Minister Brigitte Zypries, who visited the Philippines already last year during our Day of Unity celebration Klaus Doring at the New World Hotel in Makati.

“With the global economy growing, exports have picked up. This has stimulated private investment activity. Employment continues to grow strongly’, she voiced out.

Germany’s formidable industrial and exporting power means the country is likely to benefit strongly from any global uptick while its healthy domestic situation leaves it well-placed to deal with any short-term challenges. That said, the economy faces plenty of mid- to longer-term challenges, not least with regard to digitalization and in trying to deal with the fiscal consequences of an ageing population.

There is also the prospect of growing political uncertainty, with last month’s complex election result meaning months of difficult coalition negotiations are in store. +++ Email: doringklaus@gmail.com or follow me in Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn or visit my www. germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot. com or www.klausdoringsclassicalmusic. blogspot.com .

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EastWest Peso Intermediate Term Bond Fund wins Best Managed Fund of the Year

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he Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society Philippines named EastWest Peso Intermediate Term Bond Fund the winner of the 2017 Best Managed Fund for Peso Medium-Term Bond category.

The recognition was given during the 2017 Best Managed Fund of the Year Awards held recently at the SMX Convention Center Manila in conjunction with the 3rd Philippine Junior Finance and Investment Summit.

Now on its second year, the Best Managed Fund of the Year Awards recognize highperforming funds open to the public, based on their fiveyear risk-adjusted returns. It is organized by CFA

Society Philippines, an association of local investment professionals, in collaboration with the Fund Managers Association of the Philippines and the Trust Officers Association of the Philippines with the aim of helping investors make sound investment decisions while encouraging fund managers to practice the highest standards of ethics and investment excellence in managing investable funds.

EastWest Peso Intermediate Term Bond Fund was also recognized at last year’s awarding as second place in the same category.

One of EastWest Bank’s unit investment

trust fund (UITF) products, EastWest Peso Intermediate Term Bond Fund aims to provide investors the potential to earn intermediate-term returns higher than traditional bank deposits. The fund is invested in government securities, corporate bonds, various fixed income securities, and BSP deposit/ time deposit and is ideal for investors with low to moderate risk appetite and with an investment horizon of at least three years. It is available at any EastWest store nationwide for an initial investment of only P10,000.

Please visit www. eastwestbanker. com for more information about EastWest UITFs.

EastWest AVP & Head of Trust Marketing Jaclyn Faith Chua (right) and CFA Society Philippines President Cristina Arceo.

Xavier Ateneo alumna crowned Miss Scuba Philippines 2017 A Business Administration graduate of the class of 2017 of Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan emerged as Miss Scuba Philippines 2017 on Tuesday, October 10.

XU alumna Sherlyn Legaspi Doloriel, 23, won the title as

coronation night held at the Plaza Atrium of Resorts World Manila.

She is set to represent our country in the Miss Scuba International 2017 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia on November 18.

While studying at XU, Doloriel has managed to explore the sea through scuba diving, and eventually became a PADIcertified (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) scuba diver.

“Her advocacy on promoting love and respect for the environment is very commendable,” said XU vice-president for mission and ministry Irene A Guitarte in her memo on Thursday, October 12.

“As one Xavier Ateneo community, let us support Miss Sherlyn Legaspi Doloriel as she continues to excel in her advocacies. She is definitely one beautiful woman with a heart for the environment,” Guitarte added.

Doloriel was also crowned Miss Cagayan de Oro 2016 and a finalist in the Miss Earth Photo source: Miss Scuba International 2017’s Facebook page. Philippines 2017. the representative of Misamis Oriental.

“Lord, I thank you for this achievement, all glory to your name alone! You are my strength and my voice, for without you I am nothing! Ad majorem Dei gloriam!” the beauty queen prayed after the

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Teleperformance wins Top Employer of the Year at the Asia CEO Awards

Teleperformance, the worldwide leader in outsourced omnichannel customer experience management services, was named Top Employer of the Year at the 2017 Asia CEO Awards. Asia CEO Awards is the largest business awards event in Southeast Asia and brings together senior leadership teams from top corporations to recognize the most accomplished companies and leaders around the region who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and contributions in business and nationbuilding.

Teleperformance Philippines Managing Director Travis Coates graciously accepted the recognition on behalf of his team, in front of an audience of more than 1,000 peers gathered at the Marriott Grand Ballroom in Pasay City on October 17.

“It’s an honor to receive this award on behalf of our team and to be recognized among this wonderful group of companies. I’m also deeply humbled to lead Teleperformance in the Philippines, which now employs nearly 40,000 Filipinos,” said Coates.

“Teleperformance has the most amazing workforce and we work very hard to give them the best possible employee experience.

We are also very active in giving back to our communities and we will continue to work even harder to be the kind of employer of choice who ultimately wins awards like this.

We truly appreciate this recognition and congratulate all of the winners.”

In the company’s first year of consideration, Teleperformance in the

Philippines emerged as the winner of the Top Employer award over several other wellrespected companies. All companies considered for the award had to demonstrate excellence across the categories of Management Achievement, Workplace Enhancement, International Recognition, Talent Development, Social Commitment and Work-Life Balance.

Teleperformance in the Philippines showed excellence across all categories, particularly in sustained hiring growth, long employee tenure, proactive internal recognition and promotion, strong learning and development programs, diverse workforce, conducive working environment, promotion of work-life balance and implementation of sound corporate social responsibility projects.

Teleperformance was also named a top finalist for the Corporate Social Responsibility Company of the Year at the Asia CEO Awards for its admirable advocacy programs through its corporate social responsibility arm, Citizen of the World.

Citizen of the World focuses on helping sick children and the elderly, as well as facilitating relief operations in times of natural disasters.

Teleperformance commits to be the “personal link” between employees and their careers, and between brands and their customers.

In demonstrating this commitment, Teleperformance in the Philippines has successfully grown as an employer of choice for its nearly 40,000-person top/PAGE 7

New Mexican resto opens in CDO Crispy Catfish Salsa, Ajo Pork Adobo, SouthernStyle Meatballs, 1875 Pot Stewed Beef, Pork have the Chili Con Adobada, Slow-Cooked Carne Fries, Nacho Grande, Garlic Calamari, Beef, Dream Dory Aioli, Spicy Tuna, Baked Mussels, Mango Adobo Blackmole, Latin Chicken Salad, Clam Chowder, Chicken Soup, Salpicao, Chicken Onion Melt, Truffle Queso, Mexican Rice, Smokey Spinach Mushroom Beans, Mashed Potato, Melt, Queso Sorbetes Marbled Potato Salad, and Mango Cream Fried Saba, Macaroni Sticky Rice, among Salad, Roasted Squash, Roasted Eggplant, Okra, others.

The Southern Spice Mashed Camote, Garlic Chicken ups the heat a Mushroom, Lemon bit combined with an Garlic Butter Crab, interplay of Latin flavors Smoked Chili Shrimp,

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rom the same company which gave you Tokyo Bubble Tea comes Gringo.

Gringo has just opened its first branch in Mindanao and ninth nationwide at SM CDO Downtown Premier.

Gringo’s specialties are its Original Chicken, Baby Back Ribs and Southern Spice Chicken.

A purely Mexicanthemed resto, they also

with every bite. On the other hand, the Gringo Original Chicken has rich Mexican spices oozing from the skin right down to the meat and a hint of smoky flavor. Their Baby Back Ribs comes with two sauces – one tangy and the other aromatic.

Their two sauces – Lemon Herb and Hot & Spicy – can be bought and brought home so you can still taste the distinctive Gringo flavor right in your own dining space.

Basic Barbers – a bar and barber shop in one

By MARK FRANCISCO

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Roll into the Great Spot Arcade along JR Borja extension and you will see a drinking bar and barbershop curled into one.

Basic Barbers was conceptualized to exactly be that – get your hair trimmed and enjoy a couple of shots afterwards with your buddies. They got a function room inside

that can sit 20 persons plus dozens more in the al fresco place outside.

Basic Barbers’ wine list is impressive. They have Jack Daniels, Johnnie Walker, Jim Beam, Captain Morgan, Jose Cuervo, Hardy’s Cabernet, Hardy’s

Merlot and of course your regular dose of San Miguel Pale Pilsen, San Miguel Light and Red Horse Stallion. Their caramel-flavored craft beer is amazingly yummy too and is even considered this early as a bestseller.

Their own brand of pomade is available in eight variants – Paco Rabanne, Jo Malone, Bubblegum, Calvin, Tommy, Extreme, Polo, Vanilla and Incanto at P180 only.

And of course the basics: cut (P120), wash (P30), shave (P30) and a 15-minute massage (P50).

Plus they sell balicombs too for only P300.

The five-seat barbershop is open from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. while the bar is open from 8:00 a.m. to 12 midnight.

Basic Barbers is your go-to chill place every weekend or during Thirstday Nights.

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it and growing it,” she added. from page 1 Public-Private Services. “Earlier we Partnership launched two new “We always view flights to and from the government as our CGY: Cagayan de Oro to partners. We work Caticlan, and Cagayan de closely with the Dept. of Oro to Dumaguete. CEB Transportation (DOTr) is flying from Cagayan and its associate agencies de Oro to Boracay and the Civil Aeronautics Dumaguete three times a Board (CAB) in making week.” sure that all processes “Starting today, the and infrastructure entire Cebu Pacific are in place, and we network will have nine work closely with the direct connections to Department of Tourism and from Cagayan.

(DOT) in promoting Manila, Bacolod, Davao, destinations in our Zamboanga, Cebu, Iloilo, place,” Gokongwei noted.

Tagbilaran, and starting “We are also very today, Caticlan and supportive of the Dumaguete,” Cui said. government’s moves to “As the leading really Build, Build, Build airline, Cebu Pacific has program because that’s been operating here since what we really need, 1996 and needs to further more infrastructure if expand by pushing for the aviation industry’s inter-island connectivity gonna grow, certainly around the Philippines, we need more and better and in connecting more airports,” he added. islands from Mindanao Engr. Jose G. to Visayas, and to the rest Budiongan, airport/area of the archipelago, “he manager for CAAP Area added.

X, said Laguindingan “Laguindingan is the airport is now gearing for gateway to Northern the increased passenger Mindanao. When we traffic by opening started in 1996, actually another gate in addition Cagayan de Oro was to the existing two. An our 4th destination, additional passenger and today it’s still our lounge capable of seating 4th largest destination,” 100 additional departing said Lance Gokongwei, passengers is also in the President and Chief works.

Executive Officer of Besides Pres. Duterte, Cebu Pacific. “We now among the national have 146 weekly flights government luminaries out of Laguindingan to who graced the event nine destinations in the were DOTr Sec. Arthur Philippines and we want Tugade, DOTr Usec. to promote tourism and for Aviation Capt. Skee business in a region that Tamayo, DOT Asec. deserves more attention Ricky Alegre; DTI Asec. and access.”

Art Boncato, and Capt “That’s our mission Jim Sydiongco, CAAP to create access for all Director-General.

Filipinos not only to Regional officials Metro Manila but to all were led by Presidential other cities. With the Adviser on the Peace help of Cebu Pacific Process Jesus Dureza, many destinations are Mindanao Development being discovered and we Authority Sec. Abul hope such destinations in Khayr Alonto, Phividec Northern Mindanao will Industrial Authority be discovered and we’ll CEO and Administrator do our own little part of Franklin Quijano, make that possible,” he and Rep. Juliette Uy, added.

2nd District, Misamis In for the Long Term Oriental.

“It’s actually quite Local chief executives timely if we need were led by host to develop the hub Laguindingan Municipal and location wise, Mayor Diosdado geographically it’s also Obsioma, Cagayan de a good central location Oro City Mayor Oscar to connect to the other M. Moreno, and Misamis islands in the Visayas Oriental Gov. Yevgeny and Mindanao,” said Vincente Emano.

Candice Iyog, CEB Vice Besides Gokongwei, President, Marketing Iyog and Cui, other top and Distribution, in the CEB Executives present sidelines of the event. were Alexander G. Lao, “When we enter a President & CEO of market the intention is Cebgo; Alex B. Reyes, always to do long-term.

Vice President, Cargo Because the time, the Division; Michael Ivan effort to actually set Shau, Vice President, up a hub operationally, Airport Services; and resource wise, is the same Atty JR Mantaring, Vice whether it’s a short term President, Corporate or a long term. So when Affairs. we come into a market International flights it’s really with the full Asked about intention of developing the proximity of

international flights landing in Laguindingan Airport, Gokongwei replied: “I think international flights are something we should look at in the next two years because generally if a hub already has many domestic connections, that means there’s enough support as possibly an international destination, and that’s something we’ll seriously consider.”

“We are considering opening flights to the Brunei DarussalamIndonesia-MalaysiaPhilippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMPEaga) maybe in the future, as preparations improve for airports and all that, we will probably start flights of our international airports from Davao and Cagayan de Oro and the like from Mindanao to the Indonesian islands, like Sandakan, like Malaysia,” he added.

Cebu Pacific Mission In his brief talk during the launching program, Gokongwei disclosed how a letter addressed to him epitomized the mission of Cebu Pacific to serve EveryJuan.

He said Apple Uy of Cagayan de Oro wrote him a letter asking him last June as a parent to another parent, if Cebu Pacific would consider opening a direct flight to Dumaguete from Laguindingan so she and her daughter could see each other more frequently.

“I thanked her for the letter and told her we would look into it.

Four months later, we announced the direct Cagayan de Oro to Dumaguete service, the main flight of which was being sent off this afternoon,” Gokongwei said.

“It’s circumstances like the Uy family’s that give meaning to what Cebu Pacific does. It adds them to the islands we connect, and the low fares we offer. Today, with direct flights to Dumaguete and Caticlan, Cagayan de Oro has become one of our hubs in the Philippines,” he explained. “From this hub, passengers in Cebu Pacific flights can now fly direct to nine Philippine destinations and beyond.”

“With this as a hub, a tourist from Boracay can now easily explore this region’s diverse natural attractions.

Small businesses can flourish with additional cargo options, and seat sales enable families and couples to visit their loved ones more,”

Gokongwei noted.

“What was originally the fourth destination of Cebu Pacific in 1996 is now a hub. It follows the path of Manila, Cebu, Iloilo, Davao, also as hubs,” he explained. “Today is a testament to our long standing commitment to contribute to nationbuilding, and make air travel more accessible to all Filipinos. We look forward to the effect our low fares and direct flights will have on Northern Mindanao.”

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encourages children to let their imagination run free and create a world of their own.

Stories help them go beyond the confines of their present situation.

They can create love and joy in their own stories,” he said.

A United Nations paper on children and armed conflict states that “Music, drawing and painting, creative writing, storytelling, drama, sports and team play all provide important ways ‘back to the self.’” The paper explains that these activities help children connect with others and express feelings about experiences on their own terms.

According to education experts, storytelling also expands children’s vocabulary, teaches values, and makes learning more fun.

Thirteen-year-old Cairanie Camar said she enjoyed listening to the stories. She added that back home, she would read books after finishing her household chores. “I like learning new things,” she said.

Smart public affairs senior manager Stephanie Orlino said that aside from encouraging love for stories and reading among Filipino children, Smart is also trying to inspire adults to tell stories to the children in their lives.

“Adults can use new technologies such as mobile devices and the internet to make story time more fun for kids. They can look for stories online, and look for images that could help children better understand the stories.

These are just some of the ways by which technology can help adults connect more deeply with the youth,” she said.

Smart has so far brought the storytelling caravan to Baguio, Manila, Bulacan,

Batangas, Laguna, Cavite, Dumaguete, Bacolod, Davao, Saranggani, Cebu, Siargao, and Sorsogon.

The sessions have been attended by hundreds of students. The caravan will be brought to more areas in the coming months.

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Tony Rose Tuante are some of the winners who went shopping with their families at The SM Stores in Makati, MOA, Aura, and Cagayan De Oro respectively.

Their great shopping experience at SM is one of the reasons why SM is bringing back the Shopping Spree promo.

This time, more SM Store customers can shop, win, and enjoy a P100,000 Shopping Spree from SM, as a total of 118 lucky winners will be drawn. Welcome Christmas wonderfully by being one of the first batch of winners on November 10, 2017.

The final draw will be on January 5, 2018 with one winner per SM Store branch.

In this joint project between The SM Store and Mastercard, every P3,000 singlereceipt straight and installment transaction using a Philippineissued Mastercard at The SM Store entitles a cardholder to one electronic raffle entry and a chance to win a P100,000 shopping spree at any SM Retail Store!

Promo period is until December 31, 2017.

Shop. Win. Enjoy.

P100,000 Shopping Spree promotion is one of the many exciting promotions of The SM Store.

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Browse and discover your newest favourite eats and treats. Order through the app and save on great foods. Skip the line when you shop for the best OOTDs.

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opportunities, enable a sustainable ecosystem for tech industry and innovation to flourish, and link people in the countryside to global ICT companies for career opportunities.

Key panel topics include enhancing country competitiveness, developing talent development programs, building innovation and startup ecosystems, stepping up to knowledge processes, promoting open governance, identifying strategies to attract specific niches to the countryside, and harnessing role of ICT councils.

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