CDOTIMES January 23-29, 2017

The

CAGAYANLifestyle TIMES Weekly de Oro

Volume 4 | No. 24 | Cagayan de Oro City | January 23-29, 2017

The Night Stalker:

City Council declares Mar 13-17 as General Douglas MacArthur Week I

t’s all systems go for General Douglas MacArthur Week in Cagayan de Oro this March!

During its special session held 13 January 2017, the Cagayan de Oro City Council unanimously approved the resolution sponsored

by City Councilor Jay Roa Pascual to declare March 13-17, 2017

Event organizers led by former Mayor Tinnex Jaraula and Elpie Paras inspecting the MacArthur Memorial at Macabalan last October 21, 2016

Latham & Watkins Advises on Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc.’s IPO in the Philippines Latham & Watkins represented Deutsche Bank, as sole global coordinator and sole bookrunner, in the initial public offering of Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. (“Shakey’s Pizza”) on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).

Shakey’s Pizza is a leading fullservice restaurant in the Philippines and accounts for the biggest market share in the sector with 184 stores.

It owns the rights to the Shakey’s trademark in the Philippines, Asia (excluding Japan and Malaysia) and Australia and New Zealand. The company is majority owned by the Po Family’s Century Pacific Group Inc. (CPGI), parent company of Philippine listed Century Pacific Food Inc (CNPF).

The initial public offering included a public offering advises/PAGE 11

as “General Douglas MacArthur Week”.

Earlier, the City Historical & Cultural Commission (Hiscom) chaired by Dr. Erlinda M. Burton formally requested the City Council chaired by Vice Mayor Rainier Joaquin Uy to declare the week as General MacArthur Week in douglas/PAGE 10

A re-enactment in the US with Gen MacArthur riding a jeep on his return to the Philippines via Leyte

Primavera City Offers Chinese New Year Promo with FREE Appliance Showcase

By Kim Namocatcat

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Primavera City, the premier eco-friendly condominium developed by the multi-awarded green developer, Italpinas Development Corporation (IDC), welcomes the Year of the Rooster featuring its Prima-Chinese New Year Promo.

IDC’s clients who will reserve their Primavera City unit can avail of FREE UNIT UPGRADES inclusive of refrigerator,

washing machine, aircon and rangehood, based on their choice of unit type.

“At Italpinas, we always ensure that we do not only provide our clients with elegant, eco-friendly and affordable condominium investments, but we also please them with special and reasonable deals.

With this, the PrimaChinese New Year Promo is a big time offer for all buyers of Primavera City,” said Joselito

Moslares, Sales Director.

“Shop hopping is often time consuming, however, buyers will have a hassle-free experience in choosing the right appliance showcase for their new home at Primavera City.” he also added.

Prima-Chinese New Year offers studio buyers free refrigerator and aircon. To all one-bedroom buyers, they will enjoy their units fitted out with a refrigerator, aircon, and a washing machine with

dryer. Further, all twobedroom buyers will get a chance to own a refrigerator, two units of aircon, washing machine with dryer and a range hood.

Prominently positioned at the booming Uptown Cagayan de Oro, Primavera City will provide residents with a sustainable and peaceful living experience. This 12-storey building situated in a 110-meter above sea level is primavera/PAGE 11

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424

2

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

Mugnah Fountains and Sculptures January 23-29, 2017

By Joe P. Palabao

J

unnie Dwight Dalmacion is an artist extraordinaire in Region X as he is into the making of the Retablo of the Shrine of Black Nazarene and its grand pieces altar embellishments.

The grandiose architectural Greek and Roman columns of the Shrine of the Divine MercyEl Salvador, the bas relief of the Church of San

Antonio de PaduaNazareth, and the beautiful artworkgrand entrance of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of AlubaMacasandig.

These are the church art works of JD Damacion that took amazing recognition in the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro City.

He is into fountain sculpting of the Plaza of Malaybalay City, the amazing

fountain of the Municipality of Maramag, Pangantucan Plaza and other places where local officials recognized his art beyond compare.

He is also into making garden fountains and embellishment of excusive residences of known personalities and businessmen in the Region.

He is also specializing into water bearers,

“It is always refreshing to wander in your beautifully landscaped gardens, complete with a flowing water fountain listening to the trickling and splashing as if you are lost in nature specially after coming from a tiring day at work.”

- Junnie Dwight Dalmacion portable water fountains-medium steel reinforced cast stone and many other beautiful art works that are used as gifts to special and business people in the industry who admire the work of JD Dalmacion.

In general his art pieces include home embellishments, church retablos and columns, office improvements, plaza beautification, business establishment embellishments and improvement services.

At a glanceJD Dalmacion is a graduate of BS Chemistry at Xavier University and worked in a big Japanese Company in the Region as a Chemist. But he was bored for his inkling and love

is into arts-his soul belongs to the world of art. He was supposed to take up Fine Arts but his father told him that there is no money in arts. Out of his frustrations he went to Manila and work anywhere –even as helper of a Salon and somehow honed his talent as hairdresser and make-up artist of a known artist Aboy Ocampo, until he became a production manager of a fashion designer.

He was sitting on his laurels for two years until he had to be home because of the sudden stroke illness of his father which at the that was already having a concrete pre-cast manufacturing business which caters pre-fab balcony and railings.

The wish of his father is that he would take over the business – it took him a long time to decide and continue to work his first loveart. Though, he work, managing the business but for him it was a work which lack the touch of love and commitment.

Indeed his first year was turmoil and grueling year. He started from scrap and revolutionize the business essence founded by his beloved father.

He admitted that during the time of hungry and empty pocket, he used it as a channel of creative paintingthe artistry in him sank in. He went into commercial sculpting – kept on discovering, exploring, innovating, transforming him into arts process.

He was successful then in processing his creative thoughts and expressed himself to be one of the successful artist dominating in the industry today-the best sculpture artist in the Region.

In 2016, he received Lambago Art Awardee for Visual Arts given

by Xavier University Center for Excellence in the Arts.

For particulars of your art needs please call him Cell No. 09357888387 or visit his shop at # 312 6th Division, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City.

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

January 23-29, 2017

Hammer

and

3

Anvil | By MIKE BAÑOS

Internally displaced children scavenging at a garbage dump in Datu Piang, Maguindanao (photo by Froilan Gallardo)

Poor, Hungry, and Clueless in Mindanao T

he Palace press is crowing about how fewer Filipinos considered themselves poor in 2016 than any other year on record.

“Change has indeed come, and it is being felt by our people,” Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said in report recently published in a national daily.

The Social Weather Stations (SWS) said the average self-rated poverty for Filipinos hit a record low 44% in 2016-- the lowest in the SWS survey history.

Ironically, more poor people in Luzon outside Metro Manila rated them poorer compared to people in Mindanao where poverty is actually getting worse compared to the rest of the country.

The self-rated poverty in Metro Manila dropped five points from 36% in September to 31% in December. Mindanao dipped two points from 49% to 47%.

The survey also showed 34% of respondents- or an

and 11 of the top 20 (55% !) or over half of the 20 poorest provinces in the whole country!

And that’s not even going into the nitty gritty of all those families in Mindanao living below the poverty line in the other provinces of the island which are not in that list.

To further verify this point, we consulted the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) National Household Targeting System Database. Known as the Listahanan, it is used to identify the beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCTP or 4Ps, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program) In 2015, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) had the number of 4Ps targeted beneficiaries with 44,8757 while Maguindanao was the province with the most number of families enrolled in the program.

The 11 Mindanao provinces included in DSWD’s top 25 provinces with most number of beneficiaries are: (Province/Number of Target Household Beneficiaries) Maguindanao (with Cotabato City) 200,537; Zamboanga del Sur (140,804); Zamboanga del Norte (110,790), Sulu (107, 368), Lanao del Sur (99,269), Cotabato/ North Cotabato (83,392), Bukidnon (81,895), Misamis Oriental A scavenger sifts thru garbage at the sanitary landfill in Seasonal women workers toil sugar cane fields for P150 daily instead (78,211), Lanao del Norte estimated 7.7 million families- considered themselves “food poor,” i.e., they believe the kind of food they eat is for poor people. However, it also placed the average self-rated food poverty rate for 2016 at 32%, another record low from the previous record at 35% in 2015.

The SWS report also reported Mindanao residents who rated themselves poor said they would need at least P10,000 per month to not to be considered “foodpoor”.

This bolsters figures we received recently from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): Some three-fourths of the population of Mindanao (12.6 million people) falls under levels 2 (mild chronic food insecurity), 3 (moderate chronic food insecurity) and 4 (severe chronic food insecurity), on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. Of these, 1.96 million were found to be suffering from severe chronic food insecurity in 2015.

The PSA says about a quarter of the country’s

Cagayan de Oro City. Photo by Froilan Gallardo

100 million people are poor. As of the first half of 2015, 26.3 percent of Filipinos live below the poverty line.

During our previous column on ‘The Magnitude of Poverty in Mindanao’ we noted how the magnitude and share of the total poor families nationwide dropped by 1.6 percent in the last 10 years (62,770 households) from 3,809,283 in 2006 to only 3,746,513 in 2015.

Thus, the total population of the poor in the country declined by -3% or 716,917 (from 22,643,981 in 2006 to only 22,927,009 in 2015).

Unfortunately, these same figures also reveal that poverty magnitude and share to total population actually increased by 8 percent or 112,737 households in Mindanao, and the percentage share of total poor to total population increased from 36.8 in 2006 to 40.4.

Thus, the population of total poor in Mindanao over the last 10 years actually increased by 616,421 individuals (from 1,401,719 in 2006 to

1,514,457 in 2015) and the share to total population likewise increased from 36.39 in 2006 to 40.39 in 2015.

As a ratio, four out of every 10 families, and four out of every 10 individuals residing in Mindanao are living below the poverty line.

In plain language, 86 percent of that decline over the last 10 years in the number of total individuals living below the poverty line nationwide has almost come to naught by the increase in the number of individuals in Mindanao who are now considered poor.

The PSA figures show 11 of the 20 poorest provinces in the Philippines are in Mindanao: Lanao del Sur (74.3%); Sulu (65.7%); Sarangani (61.7%); Maguindanao (59.4%); Bukidnon (58.7%); Sultan Kudarat (56.2%); Zamboanga del Norte (56.1%); Agusan del Sur (54.8%);Lanao del Norte (50%); North Cotabato (48.9%); and Zamboanga Sibugay (44.9%).

That’s 8 of the top 10 poorest provinces (80%!)

of the mandated minimum wage. (photo by Froilan Gallardo)

(70,394), and South Cotabato (65,831).

Eleven of the top 25 provinces with the highest number of targeted beneficiaries included in the list of priority areas identified by the Aquino government in its 2015 memorandum under Aquino’s Social Contract come from Mindanao.

These priority areas were based on data from the DSWD and the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) using two indicators: high poverty magnitude and high poverty incidence.

Three of the remaining 5 priority areas with low 4Ps beneficiaries (compared to other provinces) included due to individual context also come from Mindanao: Davao del Sur is the highest in Region XI, while Camiguin, and Sarangani were included in the 2014 list of poorest provinces in the Philippines.

To enable this administration to deliver on its campaign promise of development by inclusion, all agencies should be on the same page regarding the magnitude of the problem which remains to be addressed, instead of depending on the people’s perceptions, especially in the chief executive’s home island.

Isn’t in a tragedy that there are even more people in Mindanao who are hungry and poor, yet don’t consider themselves as such? Perhaps the SWS are surveying the wrong people in Mindanao.

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424

4

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

January 23-29, 2017

SM reaches out to flood victims in CDO O

n January 16, heavy rains flooded the major streets of Cagayan de Oro, rendering most areas unpassable to motorists.

As the rains

and floods continued, the SM Group quickly found ways to reach out to affected communities.

SM Prime, together with SM Foundation, SM Markets

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

CAGAYAN TIMES Publisher PINKY DOMINGO Marketing Manager MIKE BAÑOS JOE PALABAO CHENG ORDOÑEZ MARK FRANCISCO Board of Editors MARK FRANCISCO Lifestyle Editor CLIFFORD SANTILLAN Art Director ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI Legal Counsel

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES newspaper is published weekly at Tanleh Bldg., Abellanosa Street, Consolacion, Cagayan de Oro City.

It is registered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 10 with Certificate No. 01801884, and with Business Registration Plane No. 17211 with Business License Certificate 2014-00691.

TIN No. 311-982-549-000 Tele/Fax #: (088) 856-3344 Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ CagayandeOroTIMES email us at thecagayantimes@gmail.com Member: Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber)

facebook.com/CagayandeOroTIMES

and SM City Cagayan de Oro, then worked on packing goods for relief bags.

Each bag contains food that could easily be consumed – rice, canned

goods and noodles.

As soon as the evacuation centers were set up, the SM Group immediately distributed bags to 1,100 families in Barangay 31,

Bulua, Carmen, Canitoan and Cugman Elementary School.

SM hopes to be able to extend more help and encourages mallgoers to

do their share.

Operation Tulong Express booth has been set up at the Atrium of SM City Cagayan de Oro for shoppers to donate goods or cash.

I want to be famous!

A career is a rapid motion. A course of action. A professional conduct in life. A progress through life. What is a careerist?

One, who rushes widely and makes his own personal advancement his or her own aim in life.

When career doubts won’t go away? What if you’re not happy in your job? Is it possible that you’re in the wrong entirely?

My parents always (!) wanted me to become a banker. So far so good. Why not?

Maybe I would have been more (or very happy) in my job. Or not?

The pressure “to be” someone starts in life early indeed. Not only my parents, also peers and teachers begun to exert influence. Yes, I even didn’t know where my inclinations lie.

Being a doctor or a lawyer? Yes, I was interested in law and medicine during that time.

“The way that people pick careers is incredibly primitive,” said Nicholas Lore, founder of the Rockport Institute, a career coaching firm, and author of “The Pathfinder”. So, it’s no wonder, he said, that so many people are dissatisfied with their jobs. Me too1 Yes, count me in! Not masscommunication has been been my subject, but publishing house management. So far so good.

I always thought about a true calling for me. Sure, people whose careers aren’t the right fit often feel like impostors, the Professor Robert I. Sutton, an organizational psychologist at Stanford University in Palo

Alto, said. Very, very H ave M y Say well said, Sir. How about you, my dear reader? Are you also placing too high your value on the external rewards of job, like money, prestige and power?

Sure, these things are Klaus Doring indeed important.

Hold on! The work you do and the skills your opportunity require and the value of your work are really more vital to fulfillment.

Paperwork or not... . You think, you find a better career fit? Go ahead - but don’t expect that this is your life’s career!

I waited my “better calling” experiencing many better and wonderful moments in life.

I experienced also that what I did had been very much compatible to me, as what my parents thought.

I became what I am now. A professor, a businessman, yes -thank you Lord!- a columnist, radio host and an expatriate in the Philippines since 18 years now (!) enjoying life here and cherishing the incredible companionship with these incredible Filipino people. +++ Comments? Email: doringklaus@gmail. com. Or visit www.germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com or www.klausdoringsclassicalmusic.blogspot.com simply follow me in Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin.

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424

Feature

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

January 23-29, 2017

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424

5

6

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

January 23-29, 2017

Primavera Residences Offers Special Discount Sale Primavera Residences, the first eco-friendly condominium in the city of Cagayan de Oro, unveils its January Promo with a special discount of up to 15%.

“This is the best chance to move in now at Primavera Residences, as its offer only runs this month of the year.

Special Discount Promo is your way home to Primavera Residences as you avail as much as 15% discount on your payment,” said Joselito Moslares, Sales Director.

“As a matter of fact, Primavera Residences does not only deliver first class amenities and units, but unlike any other conventional condominiums, it is built-in with green strategies where it enables its residents to practice sustainable living,” he also added.

Primavera Residences, the country’s multiawarded green mixeduse development, provides you with a sustainable and peaceful living experience that guarantees to make your life easier and comfortable. As it is situated in the heart of the city, you have easy access to nearby places such as SM City, schools, convenience stores, churches, world-class golf course, banks, among others.

Italpinas Development Corporation (IDC), the developer of Primavera Residences, garnered both international and

national awards for its commitment to green living and architectural design.

It was recognized as among the winners in the prestigious Asia Pacific Property Awards in the 2014 Asia Pacific regional competition as the Best Mixed-Use Development in the Philippines. It has been awarded also as the Best Condo Development in the Philippines in 2011 (Southeast Asia Property Awards) and a finalist in the Most Promising Energ y Investment Opportunity of the Year (CTI PFAN Philippines Clean Energ y Investor Forum). Primavera Residences was also given the distinction as the First Completed Condominium Project in East Asia to be given the EDGE (Excellence in Design For Greater Efficiencies) Certificate, awarded

by IFC World Bank.

Its 10-storey twintower building is located at Pueblo de Oro Business Park offering residential, commercial and office spaces for sale and for rent. You can choose from one-bedroom and two-bedroom units - all ready for occupancy!

The 15% Special Discount is valid until January 31, 2017 only.

Few units left! Book a unit now!

To know more about the project, visit w w w. primaveraresidences. com or call 0917-7921078 or (088) 8805002.

#WeatherWiser. WeatherPhillipines team conducting a series of Weather101 sessions to public and private sectors for a more proactive, collaborative, and sustainable weather forecasting in PH.

Proactive, collaborative, sustainable weather forecasting in PH

More than 4,000 Filipinos educated on Weather 101, 792 weather stations rolled out

The journey to a #WeatherWiser nation has been gaining momentum as more than 4,000 Filipinos are now equipped with basic knowledge on weather, not only for disaster preparedness, but also to help evaluate its impact on businesses and socioeconomic growth.

Private weather information provider WeatherPhilippines Foundation, Inc. reported 4,076 individuals have, so far, undergone its Weather 101 and Tropical Cyclone 101 programs by the end of 2016.

About 80% of the participants are from the public sector while the remaining 20% are from private partner organizations.

The program explains in layman language technical weather

terminologies and shares weather knowledge necessary for effective decision-making and planning. Industries that are seen to benefit from this knowledge-sharing initiative are agriculture, energy, and tourism.

On top of trainings, the foundation made available through its newly launched website www.weatherph. org a 12-part video called #WeatherWiser Ka Na Ba? (Are you #WeatherWiser already?) that explains commonly used weather terminologies such as temperature and hit index, precipitation, monsoons, intertropical convergence zones, and other commonly used weather-related terms.

Early this year, WeatherPhilippines also launched through its new website

an educational cartoon series called “#WeatherWizards,” which is specifically tailored for younger audiences. The new website also features daily weather updates and tropical cyclone updates complemented by ‘Weather TV,’ a tropical weather video analysis delivered by in-house typhoon specialists.

Meanwhile, the WeatherPhilippines mobile application which may be downloaded for free on both Android and Apple devices, will be introducing a new ‘push notification’ feature that will help users be updated on weather conditions of locations that matter to them.

This free, localized, and accurate weather information is made

available through the 792 automated weather stations (AWS) that have been deployed by WeatherPhilippines in various parts of the country since 2012 – 467 in Luzon, 176 in Visayas, and 149 in Mindanao.

An AWS records a specific location’s rainfall, wind speed, wind direction, temperature, pressure, humidity, and global solar radiation.

Information culled from the AWS are processed through the technology provided by Meteologix, an international weather information provider based in Switzerland.

As of end-2016, WeatherPhilippines reported that 577 partners and donors are currently supporting the nationwide deployment and maintenance of AWS in the Philippines.

House to probe ERC corruption, dengue vaccine mess The House is set to investigate rampant corruption at the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) that drove a director to take his own life, the questionable eleventhhour procurement of some P3.5-billion worth of dengue vaccines by the Department of Health (DOH), the P50million subornation

scandal at the Bureau of Immigration (BI), and Macau-based gambling tycoon Jack Lam’s illegal online gaming activities at Clark Freeport Zone.

“We intend to schedule the hearings into these cases one after the other, as soon as possible. We’ve already adopted the resolutions and privilege speeches enabling the inquiries,”

said Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, the newly designated chairman of the House committee on good government and public accountability.

The chairmanship of the committee on good government and public accountability was the last to be filled by the House. Pimentel, former three-term governor of

his home province, was designated committee chairman only in December.

“We’ve had our organizational meeting, and we’ve already ascertained jurisdiction over the cases referred to us, so the committee is now ready to conduct investigations, in aid of legislation,” Pimentel probe/PAGE 11

Mas Maraming Energy Araw-Araw Sabi nila “energy is everything” dahil sa lahat ng gagawin mo, kailangan mo ng sapat na enerhiya.

Kahit ang simpleng pag-upo, pag-higa, pag-kain, pag-tulog kailangan mong gumamit ng enerhiya mula sa katawan mo.

Kung energetic kang tao, mapapansin mo na mas madali mong magagawa ang mga bagay nang hindi ka stress. Kapag

naman kulang ka sa enerhiya, kahit konting trabaho lang ang gawin mo, pagod ka na agad. Kaya para maging energetic, kailangan mo ng energy boost at kung energy boost lang rin ang kailangan, bakit hindi maghanap ng mga supplement na naglalaman ng Taurine, Ginseng, Sodium Ascorbate, Vitamin B1, B6 at B12. Ayon sa

pananaliksik, ang mga components na ito ay mahusay sa pangkalahatang kalusugan ng katawan at lakas.

Ang Taurine at Ginseng ay tumutulong mapanatili ang pagiging alerto ng isang tao, binabawasan ang stress at nagbibigay ng energy boost, Sodium Ascorbate naman

ay nakakatulong maibsan ang pagod na nararamdaman at kahinaan ng kalamnan, ang Vitamin B1 ay tumutulong maconvert ang pagkain sa enerhiya ng katawan, ang Vitamin B6 naman ay nakakatulong ma-enhance ang metabolism at ang Vitamin B12 naman ay tumutulong makapagdagdag

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424

ng energy sa katawan. Ngayon, kung iniisip mo na mahirap humanap ng produkto na nagtataglay ng lahat ng ito na walang kahit anong form ng caffeine, subukan ang Robust Energy Capsule! Sinubukan ko ang produktong ito lalo na nung palagi akong pagod at stressed, so far maganda ang resulta sakin!

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

January 23-29, 2017

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424

7

8

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

CEB announces 2 new routes from Northern Mindanao January 23-29, 2017

T

Holds Php799 all-in introductory seat sale

he Philippines’ leading airline, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), takes a step further in the Mindanao region with the launch of two more routes—this time, from the City of Golden Friendship.

Starting March 15 and 16, 2017, CEB will be flying four times weekly (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) between Cagayan de Oro and Tagbilaran; and three times weekly (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) between Cagayan de Oro and Bacolod, respectively.

Both new routes will be using the new ATR 72-600 aircraft that is expected to arrive in early March.

To introduce the new routes, CEB is offering an introductory Php799 all-in seat sale, for travel from March 15 until May 31, 2017. Travelers may book their flights from today until January 27, 2017 or until seats last. The promo fare is inclusive of taxes and

fees, while bags, meals, and other ancillaries may be added as preferred.

“Cebu Pacific stays committed in providing the best connectivity options for our valued passengers at the lowest fare available in the market. These new routes will open

great opportunities for everyjuan, both business and leisure travelers alike, enabling them to visit the Visayas region more conveniently.

At the same time, passengers from Tagbilaran and Bacolod will now be able to explore Mindanao without the

hassle, through the gateway that is Cagayan de Oro,” says Alexander Lao, President and CEO of Cebgo.

“Trust that we will remain devoted to exploring more routes to cater to more of our valued guests, and also to beef up economic, trade, and

tourism in the destinations we operate in,” adds Lao. After the sale period, CEB’s lowest all-in yearround fare, one-way from Cagayan de Oro to Tagbilaran is Php1,235, while Cagayan de Oro to Bacolod is at Php1,806.

CEB operates flights out of six strategically

placed hubs in the Philippines: Manila, Cebu, Davao, Clark, Kalibo, and Iloilo. The airline’s extensive network covers 66 destinations with over 100 routes, spanning Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and USA. CEB’s 57-strong fleet is comprised of four Airbus A319, 36 Airbus A320, seven Airbus A330, eight ATR 72-500 aircraft and two ATR 72-600. Between 2017 and 2021, CEB expects delivery of one more brand-new Airbus A320, 32 Airbus A321neo, and 14 ATR 72-600 aircraft.

For bookings and inquiries, guests can visit www.cebupacificair.com or call the reservation hotlines (+632)7020-888 or (+6332)230-8888. The latest seat sales can be found on CEB’s official Twitter (@CebuPacificAir) and Facebook pages.

Guests may also download the Cebu Pacific official mobile app on the App Store and Google Play.

FREE Publication of PRESS RELEASES for corporate accounts to Mindanao Daily News and BusinessWeek Newspapers

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

January 23-29, 2017

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424

9

10

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

GSIS slates release of cash benefit to members Jan. 6 to 31 January 23-29, 2017

State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has started releasing last January 6 a total amount of Php185 million in cash benefit for its members.

“The total cash benefit this year is far lower than the Php848 million GSIS released last year due to the decreased net income from Php140 billion in 2014 to Php47 billion in 2015,” Officer-inCharge and concurrent Senior Vice President for NCR Operations Nora Malubay-Saludares said.

OIC Saludares added that GSIS’s income was affected by the decline in the Philippine stock market in 2015.

Members whose compulsory life insurance policies have been in force for at least one year as of December 31, 2015, are entitled to cash benefit.

Also eligible are active members whose policies matured within 2015 and whose employers were suspended as of December 31, 2015. Back in July 2013, GSIS has restored the loan and cash benefit privileges of members working in suspended agencies.

Meanwhile, GSIS members whose policies lapsed in 2015 are ineligible to receive the benefit. Similarly, policyholders whose policies were terminated

Douglas...

the Second World War: “I Shall Return.”

The Hiscom in coordination with LGU Manolo Fortich will re-enact the arrival of MacArthur at the MacArthur Memorial on March 13, 2017 after which a “Convoy of Hope” led by WWII vintage vehicles like jeeps, weapons carriers, trucks and motorcycles will depart for Dick lum where LGU Manolo Fortich under Mayor Clive Quiño and Municipal Board Tourism Committee Chair Bojun Bagayas has prepared activities for the visitors as part of Manolo Fortich ’s centennial as a town.

The week will also feature the showing of the f ilm “Unsurrendered 2”

by Kagay-anon Film Maker Bani Logroño for high school students in SM and Centrio Cinemas, and the opening of photo exhibits at the Cagayan de Oro City Library honoring Gen. MacArthur and at the Liceo de Cagayan University Library honoring the guerrilla f ighters from Mindanao.

The week long events will conclude with a commemorative dinner and program at the Cagayan de Oro City Hall where event sponsors, organizers and veterans will be recognized.

from page 1

commemoration of the 75th Diamond Jubilee of General MacArthur’s successful breakout from Corregidor to Australia during World War II. When the US and Filipino soldiers in Bataan and Corregidor were beleaguered by the invading Japanese Imperial Army in early 1942, US President Frank lin D. Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to escape to Australia where he could muster the US and Allied Forces to recapture the Philippines.

In the evening of March 11, 1942, MacArthur together with his family and general staff departed Corregidor under the cover of dark ness aboard four Patrol Torpedo (PT) Boats under the command of Lt. John Bulkeley and arrived in Macabalan port in Cagayan at 7AM of March 13, after which they immediately motored to the Del Monte Airf ield in Dick lum, Tangkulan (present day Manolo Fortich) where they boarded two B-17C bombers for Australia on March 17, 1942.

Upon his arrival in Australia, MacArthur made what has since become the most famous statement of

due to death, retirement, or separation as of December 2015 are ineligible to the benefit.

Members with outstanding consolidated loan balances or unpaid premiums for at least 12 months as of December 31, 2015 are also excluded.

GSIS has begun electronically crediting the cash benefit of qualified GSIS members to their GSIS eCard or unified multipurpose identification (UMID) card, which is expected to be completed by January 31, 2017.

Crediting of the benefit is done by batch or cluster to maintain orderly withdrawals.

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES

For inquiries on the grant of cash benefit, members may call the

GSIS Contact Center at 847-4747 or email gsiscares@gsis.gov.ph.

They may also visit the GSIS website, www.gsis. gov.ph.

Inspection of the MacArthur Marker at Bgy Dicklum, Manolo Fortich constructed by the Rotary Club of Northern Bukidnon

Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

January 23-29, 2017

Advises...

Primavera...

in the Philippines and a Regulation S international offering. The share sale was oversubscribed by three times the base offer due to demand from institutional investors.

Priced at PHP11.26 per share, the top of the indicative price range, the offering of 351.9 million common shares raised PHP 3.96 billion. It is the fourth and last company to debut in the PSE in 2016.

BDO Capital and First Metro Investment Corporation acted as joint lead managers and underwriters on the deal, while Evercore acted as exclusive financial adviser to Shakey’s Pizza.

The Latham & Watkins team was led

by Hong Kong partner Benjamin Carale and associate Diana Dizon.

“We worked closely with the underwriters and Shakey’s Pizza to bring this IPO to fruition.

We are pleased to have advised on this deal and to have helped another leading Philippine company access the international capital markets,” said Carale.

In 2015, Latham advised Metro Retail Stores Group, Inc. on its maiden offering, the only Philippine IPO with an international tranche for the year.

strategically located to withstand natural calamities. Built-in with world-class amenities, Primavera City will offer multifunctional room, fitness center, unlimited WIFI connection, swimming pool, safe playground, and a 24/7 hour reception and security to its residents.

Primavera City is a seven-tower eco-friendly integrated development.

The construction of the first tower is expected to finish by the fourth quarter of 2018. The six towers will compose of residential and commercial spaces.

The seventh tower is envisioned to be a first class hotel.

The Prima-Chinese New Year Promo is valid from January 28-31, 2017 only. What are you waiting for? Hurry! Book a unit now!

To know more about the project, visit www. primaveracity.com or call 0917-792-1078 or (088) 880-5002.

from page 1

from page 1

Probe...

said.

The House counterpart of the Senate blue ribbon committee, Pimentel’s panel has jurisdiction “over all matters directly and principally relating to

HDMF (PAG-IBIG),

Mortgagee,

-versus-

GINA M. ESCALANTE,

Mortgagors. x---------------------------------------------/

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under ACT 3135 as amended filed by HDMF (PAG-IBIG) mortgagee, against GINA M. ESCALANTE mortgagor, resident of LOT 9, BLOCK 4, GREENVILLE SUBDIVISION, Suntingon, Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of October 28, 2016, amounts to (P 764,338.67) excluding penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at Public Auction on February 6, 2017 at 9:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the main entrance of TOURISM HALL CITY HALL, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the properties with all its improvements to wit: TRANSFERM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-137-2012009470 Lot 9, Block 4, PCS-10-003614 Consolidation Subdivision. Lots 16-0-1, Lots 16-0-2, Lots 16-0-4, All of PSD-10-048495 as Survey for Trinidad R. Pineda, et. Al., (GREENVILLE SUBDIVISION) LAND USE: (RESIDENTIAL) Location: Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City. Bounded N., Line 5-1 by Road Lot 3 (10.00 M. WIDE); E., LINE 1-2 BY LOT 11; S., LINE 2-3 BY LOT 12; LINE 3-4 BY LOT 10; N., LINE 4-5 BY LOT 7, ALL OF BLK 4, BEGINNING AT A POINT MARKED ‘’1’’ ON PLAN, Containing an area of NINETY (90) SQUARE METERS MORE OR LESS. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves, in the event of Auction Sale can not take place for whatever legal reason the sale will proceed on the following day, without further notice, posting and publication, the title here in above describe and encumbrance thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, December 29, 2016.

CT: Jan. 9, 16 & 23, 2017

(Sgd.) TERESITO C. ESTENZO Sheriff IV

Sanofi S.A., many experts here have questioned the sudden rush to create a whole new immunization program anchored solely on a

vaccine that has not been used and tested in other countries, thus reducing our schoolchildren into guinea pigs,” Pimentel said.

CDO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947

DIVISORIA BRANCH Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631

CAMIGUIN BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491

LAPASAN BRANCH Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739

CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City

CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd.,Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF (HDMF) PAG-IBIG FUND

Mortgagee,

EJF FILE No. 2016-575

-versus For: Extra-Judicial Foreclosure of

Real Estate Mortgage under Act

3135, as amended by Act No. 4118 CORNELIO A. MACARANAS, JR. Married to CREA V. MACARANAS

Mortgagor X--------------------------------------------/ NOTICE OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SALE EJF File No. 2016-575

FILE NO. 2016-539 FOR: EJF OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135

and Information Service director Francisco Jose Villa Jr., who indicated in his suicide notes that he was under extreme duress from his superiors to endorse highly anomalous contracts at the energy watchdog.

Villa was the son of the late Ombudsman Francisco Villa Sr. ORO MAIN BRANCH CAGAYAN No lessDE than President P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Rodrigo Duterte had Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * # (088) 856-1947 angrilyTelefax demanded the resignations ofBRANCH the CAMIGUIN B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, entire ERC, Camiguin Tel. #composed (088) 387-0491 of Chairman Jose CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Salazar Ave., Cagayan and de Oro City Vicente Commissioners Alfredo DIVISORIA BRANCH Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Non, Gloria Victoria Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631 Yap-Taruc, Josefina LAPASAN BRANCH Patricia-Asirit and Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Geronimo Sta.231-6739 Ana – Tel. # (088) all appointees of the CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd., Cagayan de Oro City previous administration.

Tel. # (088) 231-2011 Despite the President’s threat to abolish the ERC if they did not quit, the top five officials are still clinging on to their posts.

“As to the DOH’s last-minute purchase of a massive supply of dengue shots from French multinational pharmaceutical firm

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10Th Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City

from page 6

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region BRANCH 24 Cagayan de Oro City

malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance in office committed by officers and employees of government and its political subdivisions and instrumentalities, inclusive of investigations of any matter of public interest, on its own initiative, or upon order of the House.”

“With respect to the outrage at the BI and Lam’s apparent use of his licensed casino operations as the cover for his illicit online gaming activities, we recognize that the Senate is already conducting its own probe. Thus, we may purposely delve into specific issues as well as potential remedies that have not been raised before the other chamber,” Pimentel said.

“The committee is also duty-bound to investigate rambling fraud at the ERC. We cannot just sweep Mr. Villa’s suicide under the rug,” he said.

Pimentel was referring to the Nov. 8 suicide of ERC Planning

‘’Upon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended

by Act No. 4118, filed by (HDMF) PAG-IBIG FUND, against CORNELIO A. MACARANAS married to CREA V. MACARANAS, of legal age, Filipino citizen, with postal address at LOT 6, BLOCK 10, GREENVILLE SUBDIVISION, BUGO, SUNTINGON, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which amounts to TWO HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY ONE PESOS & 94/100 (P268, 661.94), Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges as of DECEMBER 9, 2016, the undersigned will sell at public auction on FEBRUARY 13, 2017, at 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. AT THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, City Tourism Hall, Cagayan de Oro City to the highest bidder, for cash and manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property described below including all existing improvements found thereon, to wit: TCT NO. – 137-2012002010 LOT: LOT 6, BLOCK 10, PCS-10-003614 CONSOLIDATIONSUBDIVISION: LOTS 16-0-1, 16-0-4, ALL OF PSD-10-0489495 AS SURVEYED FOR: TRINIDAD R. PINEDA, ET. AL. (GREENVILLE SUBDIVISION) LAND USE: (RESIDENTIAL) LOCATION: BUGO, CAGAYAN DE ORO. AREA: FIFTY (50) SQUARE METERS MORE OR LESS, BEARING: TRUE DESCRIPTION OF CORNERS: ALL PTS. ARE PS. ORIGINAL DATE SURVEY: FEBRUARY 17-20, 1910 SUBDIVISION DATE SURVEY: OCTOBER 10-15, 2005 DATE APPROVED: NOV. 11, 2005 GEODETIC ENGINEER: REY L. ALMEROL. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event auction sale cannot take place for whatever legal reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title hereinabove described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, January 9, 2017.

11

(Sgd) EFREN G. MACABAYA Sheriff IV

CT: Jan. 16, 23 & 30, 2017

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424

12

The

CAGAYANTIMES Lifestyle Weekly de Oro

January 23-29, 2017

Heart Evangelista-Escudero Actress A proud member of Member: PDIC. Maximum Deposit Insurance for Each Depositor P500,000 Veterans Bank is regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

The CAGAYAN de ORO TIMES Editorial and Advertising: thecagayantimes@gmail.com | 09177121424