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Monster Kitchen Academy 23rd Graduation Class

Monster Kitchen Academy:

Chef Penk Ching graces MKA’s 23rd Graduation Programme T he most awarded cooking school in Cagayan de Oro held its 23rd Graduation Programme recently at the posh Limketkai Luxe Hotel with no less than celebrity chef Penk Tan Ching as guest of honor and speaker.

Three batches of Fundamentals in Culinary Arts (11, 13 & 14) with 33 graduates, and two batches of Fundamentals in Baking & Pastry Arts (25, 26) with 21 graduates, received their toques and certificates of completion as symbols of their entry into the culinary and baking professions.

“It’s your job to perfect your skill and broaden your knowledge.

Try to experiment with

new things and open yourself to innovation,” advised Chef Geni B. Labadan in her message to the graduates.

“Remember, nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks, because every failed experiment is one step closer to success. “ For her part, Chef Penk Ching shared her experience about how she made her mark in the Beijing Olympics by being the only chef

to be allowed to exhibit her culinary skills in what was essentially the pinnacle of events for physical sports.

“With luck, timing and primarily lots of grit and determination, I was able to convince Coca-

Cola to let me design and make the cake which was presented during the company’s pre-opening party held in Beijing held before the 2008 games,” she recalled.

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Chef Penk Ching’s Bird’s Nest Cake of the Beijing Olympics Stadium

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Filinvest One Oasis Cagayan de Oro:

Resort-styled Amenities ready for Bldg. 1 Unit Owners Some guys have all the luck!

When the first 60 units of Filinvest’s flagship project in Cagayan de Oro were formally turned over to their qualified owners last March 19, 2016, they not only became the first residents to enjoy a downtown condominium in the city: they are now also the first to enjoy the Resort-styled amenities designed along the project’s Asian Balinese motif.

Filinvest’s One Oasis Cagayan de Oro PhP 2-billion project rests on a 2.7 hectare property, located in the heart of downtown Cagayan de Oro in Brgy. Lapasan. To match its Asian Balinese theme, some 55 percent of its total land area is allocated for open space, wide roads and resortstyled amenities, a first in the city.

Foremost among these resort-styled amenities is the stand-alone, twostory Clubhouse which houses the Multi-Purpose Hall which is open to use by unit owners for social and business functions.

Also ready for the first occupants is the Annex Building which houses the gym, two conference rooms good for twenty persons, and music room.

A nearby adults and kiddies swimming pool will be ready for the enjoyment of the first unit owners in time for the summer break. A covered basketball court is all set and ready to go, along with the Children’s Play Area.

For added safety and security, the entire One Oasis CDO complex is already secured by a concrete perimeter fence, electronic gates and bollards, and 24hour security service and

CCTV camera network.

The project will have about 1,300 units in five medium-rise condominium buildings.

Each condominium building has seven to eight floors of residential units and a roof deck cum laundry area, two elevators for the residential floors and stairways connecting all levels.

Each 2 bedroom and 1 bedroom residential units OneOasis Clubhouse interior come with a balcony and laundry cage for drying. Parking slots for residential are available for sale on a first come, first served basis.

For more details, please visit Filinvest office at the ground floor, Bo’s Café Bldg., Don A. Velez St., 9000 Cagayan de Oro City or contact 0917-3058888 or check its official page at facebook.com/ oneoasis.cagayandeoro (PR)

Formalizing the partnership between Globe and Pro-Friends are Globe Chief Technology and Information Officer Gil Genio (2nd from the left) and Pro-Friends Senior Executive Vice President Jocelyn Guzman (3rd from the left). With them are Pro-Friends New Projects Development Head Jessie Alano (leftmost) and Pro-Friends Vice President for Commercial and Retail Development Karen Parungo (rightmost).

Globe Business for connectivity tapped for BPO office development

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Property Company of Friends Inc., (ProFriends) remains a trailblazer in the Philippine real estate industry with its newest master-planned

YAHSHUA OUTSOURCING WORLDWIDE, INC AND BUSINESSWEEK MINDANAO CORPORATION PEN PARTNERSHIP Last March 23, 2016, the YAHSHUA Outsourcing Worldwide, Inc.(YOWI) signed a partnership agreement with the BusinessWeek Mindanao (BWM) Corporation with the objective to promote collaboration between YOWI and BWM, two organizations, coming from two different industries, but with beneficial promises that would impact not only both institutions but other businesses in the near future, as well. The partnership is initially set to provide YAHSHUA’s outsourced accounting assistance and systems control services to BWM’s side, and the advertising capabilities of the publication to YOWI’s end.

YOWI CEO/President Ptr. Ron Bayron, CPA and BWM President and publisher Mr. Dante M. Sudaria signed the agreement at the signing ceremony held at the BusinessWeek Mindanao Office. The pre-determined partnership advanced its agreement functions during the 2nd Mindanao Journalism Excellence Awards, spearheaded by BusinessWeek Mindanao, where YAHSHUA Outsourcing Worldwide, Inc. was assigned official tabulator of the over-all event. This is an indication of many more partnership opportunities to come.

25-hectare commercial, business and lifestyle township community called Downtown Lancaster, located right in the heart of the 1,400-hectare Lancaster New City in General Trias, Cavite.

Downtown Lancaster is composed of two major developments: Suntech iPark and The Square. Suntech iPark is Cavite’s first BPO office development which will house 17,500 BPO employees, while The Square is the commercial and retail section that will complement the needs of Suntech iPark and nearby residences.

Downtown Lancaster will be delivered in phases: Phase 1 will cover the construction of four BPO buildings and seven retail buildings while Phase 2 will be the development of the remaining seven BPO buildings and ten retail buildings.

With this major development, Pro-Friends has turned to Globe Business, the information and communications technology (ICT) arm of Globe Telecom and preferred ICT partner of the country’s top

BPO companies, for its connectivity requirements, specifically for its wireline data services. Globe Business is expected to provide secure, fast, and cuttingedge connectivity for thousands of BPO employees as well as the different commercial and retail establishments in Downtown Lancaster.

“We put our trust in Globe Business because we believe that our employees and retail tenants will experience reliable and seamless service,” shared ProFriends Vice President for Commercial and Retail Development Karen Parungo. “We are very excited for the partnership and we look forward to the different ways Globe Business can help improve our operations.”

Globe Chief Technology and Information Officer Gil Genio noted that enterprise customers will soon benefit from the company’s network transformation program, which is set to modernize its wireline data network. “Customers globe/PAGE 7

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he first occupants of Building 1 of Filinvest’s One Oasis Cagayan de Oro can rest easy. ccording to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), it is the first “fire safety compliant” mid-rise building in Cagayan de Oro which complies with all of the BFP’s fire safety standards for mid-rise buildings in the city.

This was stipulated

by Fire Chief Inspector Rommel E. Villafuerte, BFP District Fire Marshall, after he issued the First Safety Inspection Certificate (FSIC) No. 16-0025394 to Filinvest One Oasis Cagayan de Oro’s Building 1 last February 1, 2016.

This is in line with the government’s main objective on ensuring safety of the occupants or residents as reiterated

by Presidential Communications Operations Office, Secretary Herminio Coloma. Malacañang has asked LGUs to strictly implement the government’s “no fire safety inspection certificate, no business permit” policy following a deadly fire last year in Valenzuela City.

An FSIC is a prerequisite prior to the issuance of an Occupancy Permit by the Office of the Building Official (OBO).

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owner/administrator has substantially complied with the standard fire safety and protection requirements set by the Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008 and its implementing rules and regulations.

It is the BFP’s duty and responsibility to inspect all buildings and establishments within an area and inform the local chief executive of those which did not comply with fire safety requirements for their appropriate action, either through the closure of establishments, or cancellation of business permit and building occupancy permit.

“Besides being equipped with stateof-the-art Automatic Fire Alarm and Smoke Detection Systems, One Oasis CDO Bldg. 1’s Fire Alarm Control Panel is equipped with auto fire department notification which immediately alerts the BFP Central Fire Station on the exact location of the smoke it detects in the building,” said Franz Josef Ll. Enriquez, CDO branch manager.

“This feature considerably cuts down the response time of the BFP to any emergency because they know exactly where the fire originates through the electrical panel indicator installed in Building 1,” he added.

To further improve the fire fighting capabilities of fire

Fire Alarm power supply

trucks to any reported emergency in the One Oasis CDO Bldg. 1 and four other forthcoming buildings, the whole complex is served by an underground domestic cistern with a 450,000 liter capacity equipped with 3 booster pumps of 3 h.p. each linked to fire hydrants which pumper trucks of the BFP can immediately tap even

Fire Alarm Control Panel

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Fire detection and alarm system panels (LR)

if they have little or no water in their onboard water tanks.

On top of this, all stairwells which serve as fire exits are equipped with Stairway Pressurization System which maintains a

higher pressure of air within to keep out smoke which is often the leading cause of deaths in building fires.

Since it is part of the emergency response protocol of the local electric company to cut

electricity to an area upon receipt of a fire alarm, the Fire Alarm and Smoke Detection systems are backed by a standby genset which is further backed up by a battery system with a 2-hour battery life.

Search for Miss Scuba Philippines Begins A beauty pageant with an advocacy to promote marine conservation and safe diving has been launched by non-other than the current world title holder, Miss Scuba International, Cindy Madumma at the Belmont Hotel Manila recently.

Madumma a 28-year old registered nurse from Palawan who won the title last November 27, 2015 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia is the first Filipina to have won the title.

“Miss Scuba Philippines is more than a beautiful face, she is a role model for young Filipinas who dream of becoming community leaders and marine conservation “At the launch of the Search for Miss Scuba Philippines at the Belmont Hotel Manila advocates,” said Miss Scuba are from left, Belmont Hotel Manila General Manager, Lorenzo Tang, Miss Scuba National Director. Christine Paula Love Bernasor and Miss Scuba International 2015, National Director for the Philippines and Miss Scuba Cindy Madumma.”

International 2013 1st runner up, Christine Paula Love Bernasor.

The pageant also aims to promote diving as a sport especially to the youth throughout the Philippine archipelago.

This is does not only create awareness of the marine life but also as part of protecting it. Miss Scuba Philippines is under the event supervision of tourism promotions and marketing company, Selrahco Management, Philippines.

Miss Scuba is different from other beauty pageants for all candidates must be a certified diver (at least Open Water Level).

Miss Scuba Philippines regional selections will be held during the months of July and August in

key dive destinations like Cebu, Bohol, Dumaguete, Subic, Davao and Batangas.

Interested regional event organizers, resorts, hotels and tourism councils are welcome to contact Ms. Ella Ayangco at 0922-859-6363 or email at msscubaph@ gmail.com.

Aspiring candidate must be single, female by birth, a citizen or permanent resident of the Philippines. She must be aged between 18-28 years old during the international competition, of good moral character and is at least 5’4’’ high without heels. Also, she must also be fluent in English and of good health.

For more information, please visit Miss Scuba Philippines official Facebook pagewww. facebook.com/MsScubaPH.

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During the Holy Week, my family traveled to Manila. We wanted to visit Tagaytay for lunch because it’s been so long that we haven’t been there and it used to be our weekend getaway when we were still based in Makati City. We have three favorite places to go when in Tagaytay. There’s

The Beautiful Sonya’s Garden Sonya’s Garden, Antonio’s and Bag of Beans. Now, there are so many new restaurants but we still prefer to visit our old time favorites.

But this time, we went to Sonya’s Garden because we wanted more of healthy eating and nature. There’s so much happy memories in this place. We used to visit Sonya’s Garden once a month just to relax and enjoy good food. I remember at that time, there’s only one small restaurant with a view of some of Sonya’s herbs and flowers. It was such a small, quiet, cozy and romantic place. Only a few knew that this

garden existed. My son, Dominic, was just a small boy at that time who still needed to be held on to walk. And now, he’s Grade 8. Time flies so fast. He was happy to be back too because I showed him old photos of him being there.

When we arrived at Sonya’s, the place got bigger. Now, they already have three greenhouserestaurants. The Conservatory, Morning Glory and Sunflower.

I think we ate at the Sunflower. They offer a set menu for lunch and dinner for Php 683 net per person.

There’s Garden Salad Greens which is my

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are ratatouille, salmon, shitake mushrooms, black olives, capers and grated parmesan cheese.

My favorite part is their yummy dessert.

Glazed sweet potato (kamote) and banana rolls with jackfruit (turon) and chocolate cake. So good!

Of course, they also serve bottomless, freshly squeezed, cold dalandan juice (refreshing) and tarragon tea when you end your meal.

Before, everything was served on your table. But

now, they only serve the salad, bread and drinks on your table then the pasta and dessert are buffet style.

After our good lunch, we went around and took some photos of her beautiful garden with so many colourful flowers.

We also checked out her beautiful looking herbs.

They look so healthy and blooming. Our last stop was at their Panaderia.

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favorite. It’s served with arugula, lettuce, eggs, cucumber, jackfruit, pineapple, mango or whatever fruits that are in season. Served with their Secret Salad Dressing.

Freshly baked wheat bread is also served on the table with lots of dips to choose from like white cheese, basil and pesto, anchovies (my pick), bruschetta tomato toppings, mushroom pate, black olives and fresh green peppercorn in olive oil.

Then there’s the pasta with two kinds of sauces. Sun Dried Tomato and Chicken Cream with Mango.

Toppings to choose from

Well, I remember, how many times I started to whine,when I had to go to bed. Still being as happy as a sand boy, I only got one thing in mind. Stay up, stay up...! My eyes became already quadrangular because of terrible tiredness, but, I didn’t care! Adults life at night must be really mysterious - and, we kids shouldn’t be with them any time. Tears, screaming, up to six or even ore times getting up, running to the living room, where they are still gathering together and enjoy... .

Every night - yes, but the most worst has been the so-called (?) “siesta”, actually just another interruption of games and fun.

During those times, at the second half of my life, am I happy having the chance to take a nap - especially during weekends.

While being still young (?), we actually don’t need a bed. The bed is just only useul to cry out our lovesicknesses - and later,

to share again with a loved-one.

And then? Time came, where we shared our bed with someone - whole days and nights under one blanket. Better don’t get up any more? Everything “important” happened in the bed: love-nights, endless telephone calls, full of life and weary of life books, intimate breakfasts...

Then, the bed suddenly changed.

It became a simple f loor mattress while getting a massage to cure the terrible back pain. I also remember an extendible couch and all those stupid ceremonious constructions such as “futon” or “waterbed”!

And then? Here we are in our special health bed with body friendly mattress and adjustable bed construction. Hey, if I only could lie down earlier...! And then?

We’re lying in our luxurious unit, called bed, and we can’t fall

asleep because all thoughts of the day harass, bother and haunt us. We roll from one side to another and start counting stupid sheep: 898, 899, 900, 901 - sleep NA LANG!) - or continue counting... .

Sometimes, I envy Leonarda da Vinci Italian painter, scholar and technician, 14521519), who only needed 15 minutes sleep (but every four hours).

On the other hand, German physicist Albert Einstein (18791955) needed to sleep 12 full hours daily being able - as he said - to think and probably change the world.

Yes, if, we become sick and had to stay in bed, we might start hating it - no wonder!

And our death-bed might become one of the wonderful clouds in heaven... .

Our attitude regarding a - or - our bed changes from time to time, but the bed remains as what it is: a bed. A bed in every apartment, in

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every house, in every hotel room or in every guest room in our house. Everything, the world may change, but there will be always a bed, which lures and tempts, waits and threatens. Our bed, a f light and escape castle, a safe and secure place.

If we only would have known this at the age of 5 or 6 or so... ! +++ Comments, suggestions, ideas? Feel free to email me: doringklaus@gmail.com or follow me in Facebook or Twitter or visit www. germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com or www.klausdoringsclassicalmusic.blogspot. com.

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IÑIGO “Kongki” Soriano celebrated his first birthday with a lavish kids’ party at Mallberry Suites Business Hotel last April 1. It was actually a gift from Kongki’s grandfather, Vicente Rene Soriano, celebrating the first birthday of his very first grandson.

Kongki is so blessed to be taken care of

16th IYAS National Writers’ Workshop fellows named The IYAS National Writers’ Workshop of the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City, has selected 15 Fellows for 2016, out of 119 applicants nationwide. It will be held on April 24 – 30, 2016 at the Balay Kalinungan Complex of the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City.

The IYAS National Writers’ Workshop is held every summer in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. It was first conducted in 2001 as a module in that year’s Negros Summer Workshops in Multimedia. Since then,

it has grown into an independent workshop managed by the University of St. La Salle (USLS) in cooperation with the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of De La Salle University and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Each year, the workshop awards fifteen fellowships to writers from all over the country in the genres of fiction, poetry, and drama, and the languages English, Filipino, Cebuano, and Hiligaynon.

The fellows for fiction (in English) are Hazel

IYAS Batch 2015 At The Talisay Ruins

The IYAS Project Director 2015 Elsie Coscolluela, Workshop Director Marjorie Evasco, Panelists Danny Reyes, Grace Monte de Ramos, Dinah Roma, John Iremil Teodoro, Tim Tomlinson, Documentor Connie Maraan

Meghan Hamile and Gari Real Jamero; (in Filipino) Abby Pariente and Isaac Ali Varona Tapar; and (in Cebuano) Roehl Joseph Dazo and

Mae Tiffany Galendez.

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by his mom Isabelle Czarina “Aicy” and his grandparents, Vicente Rene and Fe Lourdes Soriano.

With that, the party commenced featuring 12 clown-themed cakes and 100 cupcakes. The cakes were courtesy of Chef Andre Baldia while the cupcakes were from Something Sweet by Ann. Throughout the

night, there was also a bubble show, magic, a balloon twister and a whole lotta dancing clowns.

Event styling was courtesy of Ogie Marquez, party suppliers were Zacky’s Party City and Pyco Fun Factory. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF MOMENTS BY MARLU MARQUEZ PHOTOGRAPHY

DOT leads nationwide preparation for April as National Food Month REGIONAL offices of the Department of Tourism (DOT) throughout the country are gearing up for this year’s Flavors of the Philippines, the month-long gastronomic festival, now on its second year.

Activities will range from simple food tastings, meals, and buffets, to communitywide fiestas, bazaars, and agri-fairs.

“When people travel to a foreign place, they immediately begin with the familiar.

Say, If I were to go to another country, and they serve something similar to pancit, I would try that dish first because that is what’s close to my palate—I won’t immediately jump to the exotic! That’s the beauty about the Philippines—it has so many food that are familiar yet new to the rest of the world. Our various cuisines have so much history that people abroad are sure to find very appetizing.

That’s how it is—you go from the familiar, then you explore the unfamiliar things,” said DOT Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. The regions that will be participating

are NCR (Metro Manila), which will highlight Manila’s street food culture through events like the World Street Food Jamboree in Bonifacio Global City, and Street Eats at the SM Center in Muntinlupa; Region III (Central Luzon), with two main events, the Pampanga Food & Heritage Tour, and the Sweet Tooth Bulakenyo— both events that will highlight the two provinces’ culinary prowess; Region IV.A (Calabarzon), with the Calabarzon Experience, a food event that will feature the 10 best dishes of Calabarzon; Region V (Bicol Region), with Let’s Travel, Eat and Learn, a tour through Bicol’s best food and tourist destinations.

Other regions that will be joining are Region VI (Western Visayas), which will highlight its own Spanish-style cooking, through events like the Mango Festival and Sabores de Visayas; Region VII (Central Visayas), with the Gourmet Fair and Epicurious, a culinary demonstration by famous chefs; Region dot/PAGE 7

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the drive, grit and vision of Chef Penk. from page 1 “Be humble and was inspired by the remain positive always. gigantic sports stadium When you start your China built specifically vocation or your for the 2008 Olympics. own business, always It was a real fruitcake remember to respect the baked a month and a half people above and below earlier (to properly age you,” Chef Cathy noted it) with an oval shaped in her closing remarks. fruitcake center, about 3 “Be creative and don’t feet wide and 2.5 feet 9 forget it will take years inches tall, covered in red to make your name or marzipan and fondant. reputation, and only 5 The mesh or nest part minutes to ruin it. Value surrounding it (5 inches the people you work wider than the fruitcake with. Value the people itself) was made from wherever you’re going or pearly white fondant that where your career will needed an entire week take you. It’s okay to to dry. The cake was try and fail, than to fail mounted on a 2.5 feet by without even trying. It is 40 inch board that was strictly an opportunity a replica of the ground for you to begin again, where the actual Bird’s more intelligently.”

Nest stadium stands.

“Your instructors Set in gold around the have equipped you with cake were various sports the basic culinary and symbols of the Beijing baking skills,”.“We Olympics. To complete are sending you as the look, four light bulbs graduates with the were installed inside greatest confidence, and the hollow center of the fully clothed with the “stadium.” necessary preparation Except for the board for the real world, for the and the lights, everything real kitchen.” about the cake was Like what Chef Geni edible and to Chef Penk’s Labadan said earlier, delight, guests consumed “Don’t judge each day the entire cake! by the harvest you reap, Five skilled cake but by the seeds that decorators, including you plant. And never Chef Penk’s sister Shen forget the basics that are Chen, needed two essential to basic baking months to complete the and cooking.” (The Night master work. And it was Stalker) a titanic undertaking to disassemble the parts and ship them by Philippine Airlines to Beijing where from page 2 like Pro-Friends which it had to be shoehorned is expanding to build a into a room barely able BPO hub in Cavite will to accommodate its definitely experience dimensions. connectivity that is up Other Chef Penk’s to par with first-world notable masterworks countries, as we embark include the inaugural on another infrastructure cake of President build that will enhance Noynoy Aquino and the internet experience the University of Sto. Tomas’ Quadricentennial within homes and businesses.”

Anniversary cake.

In 2015, Globe Like many MKA Business has driven graduates, Chef Penk came from the corporate the revenue growth world where she spent 20 of leading Business Process Outsourcing years in the Philippines and the US. She answered (BPOs) companies in the Philippines based on her true calling when statistics by Call Center she founded the Pastry Focus. It has served the Bin over 30 years ago. country’s top IT-BPO Cited as one of the 10 companies, seven of Outstanding Maharlika which were in the top Women in 2014, Chef Penk was also recognized 10 earners in terms of revenue in Philippine as a Gourmet Master peso (Php) Billions. In Entrée Chef in 2014, addition, Globe Business and passed the Master also recorded an 81% Certification program penetration of IT-BPO for Advanced Cake companies that are Decorating in Chicago, provided with business USA. products and solutions.

Besides cake Pro-Friends is a decorating, Chef Penk is property development also a noted visual artist company that started and is skilled in Chinese operations in February Brush Painting, Chinese Calligraphy, and charcoal 1999 and has grown from being a provider of portrait painting, to homes for the low income name a few. group to providing This led MKA Culinary Arts Head Chef township projects to higher market segments.

Cathy L. Dano to exhort For more information the graduates to emulate

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Kinaray-a) Tracy Javines; and (in Hiligaynon) Anne Franceine Jean Corillo.

Alternate fellow for poetry (in English) is Nancy Ayeng.

The IYAS Workshop from page 4 Director is Dr. Marjorie Evasco and the panelists de Oro City. Both so for this year are Ms. good!

For those who want to Grace Monte de Ramoshave a retreat for the soul, Arcellana, Mr. Danilo M. Reyes, Dr. Dinah they also have a Spa and Bed & Breakfast available Roma-Sianturi and Prof.

John Iremil Teodoro. for their guests.

When you visit Sonya’s IYAS Project Director Garden, you can see how Atty. Raymundo Pandan, Jr. will also be in the much “LOVE” she puts panel. into the place. So much Apart from the beauty and good energy.

We had so much fun and critiquing sessions, we are looking forward to workshop activities going back again with my include a lecture from one of the panelists, a family. cultural tour of historic Sonya’s Garden is sites and landmarks in located at Barangay Negros Occidental, and Buck Estate, Alfonso, Cavite, Philippines (near individual consultation time between fellows and the vicinity of Tagaytay panelists. (PR) City, Philippines).

Their website is www. sonyasgarden.com.

For more photos from page 6 from this trip, visit IX (Zamboanga my website: www.

EmpressMichelleFrancisco. Peninsula), with its main event, Savore!, a food com. exhibit competition; Region X (Northern Mindanao), with its two from page 6 main events, Flavors of Northern Mindanao, (in English) are Miguel and Binaki ng Kape Antonio Lizada and Regina Angelica Theresa Festival; Region XI (Davao Region), which Bengzon; (in Filipino) will highlight Davao Abner Dormiendo City’s urban landscape and Joey Tabula; (in and nightlife through Cebuano) Herminigildo the Davao Food Trip Sanchez and Reyanne and Heritage Tour Joy Librado; (in about Downtown Lancaster and Suntech iPark, visit www.lncdowntown.com or www. suntechipark.com.

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and the Davao Pub Crawl; and Region XII (Soccsksargen), with its two main events: Flavors of Soccsksargen, and SOX Food and Fashion.

These events will reflect their respective region’s culture and culinary uniqueness.

“Tourism is at its peak now. Everybody is into it because, not only is it easy, it is very inclusive as well—the money goes directly to the people. But all tourism starts at the local level, not at the national level. But I think we have now reached the

point where tourism is now part of the national and local government agenda, because it has contributed much to the effort to eliminate poverty and create opportunity,” said Jimenez.

Flavors of the Philippines is organized by the Department of Tourism was conceived from the idea of creating cultural bridges through food—gastronomy as one of the most Filipino travel ‘destinations.’

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ flavorsofthephilippines.

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Branch 37 Cagayan de Oro City FC CASE NO. SP-FMY-2016-007 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF THE MINOR DANIEL TIMOTHY SALVADOR and TO ALLOW REGISTRATION OF HIS BIRTH OF THE MINOR AS DANIEL TIMOTHY MANGAYAN- BONAYOG WITH THE CIVIL REGISTRY OF EL SALVADOR CITY, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, MARISSA MANGAYAN-BONAYOG,

Petitioner. x------------------------------------------------x ORDER A verified petition for adoption has been filed by the above-named petitioner alleging, among others, that the child is a foundling, has been certified legally available for adoption, and, is presently under the care and custody of the petitioner.

Petitioner pray that the judgement be rendered declaring the minor to be, to all legal intents and purposes, the child of petitioner.

Finding the petition to be suf f icient in form and substance. Notice is hereby given that the same shall be heard on May 4, 2016 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Any interested person may file a written opposition or appear at the hearing to oppose the said petition.

Let this Order be published in an accredited newspaper of general circulation in Cagayan de Oro City and in the Province of Misamis Oriental once a week for three consecutive weeks at the expense of herein petitioners, the date of the last publication should not be at least fifteen days before the date set for hearing of the petition.

The Court Social Worker assigned to this Court is hereby ordered to conduct child and home study and make reports thereon to be submitted before the scheduled date of hearing.

Also, at the expense of petitioners, let copies of this Order together with the petition be furnished tot the RTC Social Worker assigned to this Branch, the City Prosecutor’s Office, the Office Of The Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City.

SO ORDERED Done this 8th day of March 2016, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

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(Sgd.) JOSE L. ESCOBIDO, MNSA Presiding Judge

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