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Presentation of the Order of Merit to Dr. Teresita T. Tumapon
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n 26 January 2017, Ambassador Dr. Gordon Kricke presented the Cross of the Order of Merit (Verdienstkreuz am Bande) of the Federal Republic of Germany to Philippine national Teresita Tanhueco Tumapon, PhD, of Cagayan de Oro City. The award was bestowed upon her by Federal President Joachim Gauck in recognition of her outstanding achievements for the German-Philippine cooperation in the field of higher education and for the promotion
of German as a foreign language in the Philippines. In her untiring efforts to boost internationalization in education, Dr. Tumapon has focused on Germany since the late 1990s. She prompted a great number of Filipino students and graduates to take up studies or research opportunities at German universities, thus creating an invaluable pool of Germany alumni here in the Philippines. At the same time she instigated the establishment of many partnerships merit/PAGE 2
LUNAR NEW YEAR'S EVE AT BELL CHURCH CAGAYAN DE ORO By Dr. Vic Orencia.
Celebrating films and their creators:
Looking forward to Cinemagis festival’s first decade Words by Angelo Lorenzo
After attending the opening night of this year’s Cinemagis on Wednesday, January 25, I managed to engage a brief conversation with Carlo Pailagao, the director of “Mama” to congratulate him for this year’s film festival. His film was one of the Dr. Teresita Tumapon with Ambassador Dr. Gordon Kricke entries under the student (Angela Garrido © Goethe-Institut Philippinen) category. I also wanted
to inquire about his film as its trailer showing a mother weeping with a stranger on the street seemed dramatic. Carlo, an Electronics Engineering major at Xavier Ateneo, initially conceptualized “Mama” to fulfill a requirement for his English 41 class. With Carlo’s potential and decision to join,
he qualified for the festival. His passion for filmmaking made me realize how anyone of any background can become a filmmaker, a patron of the visual and literary arts, and an advocate for storytelling. Three days later, at SM Cagayan de Oro City Event Center, XU Development Communication senior Brian Anay echoed the
same sentiment during the awarding ceremony. Accepting the awards on behalf of the cast and crew of Harold Villegas’s “Penpenhod,” he said in his speech, “There is an actor within each of us.” He elaborated that if one truly has the passion and the will to pursue this craft, fulfilling a film is plausible. He exemplified “Penpenhod” which cinemagis/PAGE 6
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Enhance Visa’s Nursing Career Expo prepares Filipino nurses for employment in Canada
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ilipino nurses aspiring to work abroad can fill a brewing labor shortage in Canada through Enhance Visa’s series of events for nurses in the Visayas. Graduating students, fresh graduates and registered nurses from all over Cebu City gathered at the Radisson Blu Hotel as they took part in the first Canada Nursing Career Expo on Saturday, January 28,
2017. Nurses have long been on the skills shortage of Canada. The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) had predicted that Canada would be in need of at least 60,000 nurses by the year 2020 to fill labor shortages. Occupations listed in Canada’s labor shortage include specialized nurses in burns, dialysis, cardiology, as well as psychiatric nurses and nurse technicians. Featured in the
Tony Burke, Vice President for Admissions and Business Development
From L-R: OMNI College Director Christine Burke, Enhance Visa Managing Director Eden Dumont, OMNI College VP Tony Burke
event was guest speaker, Tony Burke, vice president of the OMNI College of Nursing in Vancouver, Canada. “The average age of a nurse in Canada is 55 years old. If we don’t get younger nurses into the workforce, there’ll be an even greater gap that the country would need to fill in the future,” said Burke. The OMNI College of Nursing specializes in training internationally
educated nurses in getting the skills required to meet Canadian standards and language in preparation for the Canadian Nursing Licensure exam. The expo was organized by Enhance Visa, a 22year immigration consultancy firm based in Cebu City. The company’s specialty is providing comprehensive immigration solutions through Study to Permanent Residency
Pathways in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Managing Director of Enhance Visa, Eden Dumont, says, “OMNI College and Enhance Visa have been partners for many years now. We are privileged to have them join us here today in Cebu to reach out to more Cebuano nurses who dream of living and working in Canada.”
The Canada Nursing Career Expo is a series of events in the Visayas which was held in Cebu, Bacolod, and Iloilo. It will be held in Bacolod City on January 30 and in Iloilo City on January 31. For more details on how you can become a nurse in Canada, contact Enhance Visa at visas@ enhanceimmigration. com.
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opportunities. Dr. Tumapon has paved the way for many Filipinos and Germans to a better mutual understanding not only of the others´ words, but also of their culture and their way of life. Being a Germany alumni herself, she has been an ambassador in both directions, both to and from the Philippines. Not as a diplomat with an official mandate but as a mediator and creator of shared knowledge and shared insight. “You have been both a stroke of luck and a prime example for the close relationship between Germany and the Philippines. It is with great pleasure and honor that I present today the Cross of the Order of Merit to you on behalf of Federal President Joachim Gauck,” Ambassador Dr. Kricke stated at the ceremony that was attended by family, friends and many well-wishers of Dr. Tumapon.
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between institutions of higher education in Germany and the Philippines. When the German Foreign Office launched the “Schools: Partners for the Future”(PASCH) initiative in 2008, Dr. Tumapon did her utmost to install German as a school subject at Liceo de Cagayan University High School under the Special Program in From L-R: OMNI College Director Christine Burke, Enhance Visa Managing Director Eden Dumont, OMNI Foreign Language of the Philippine Department College VP Tony Burke of Education. Subsequently and in her position as Dean of Graduate Studies and Vice-President for External Relations and Internationalization, she installed courses in German as a foreign language at Liceo de Cagayan University to further enable the students to improve their proficiency in the German language Enhance Visa leaders with OMNI Colleges top executives and thus enhance their international job
Order of Merit (© German Embassy Manila)
HERMANAS (The Dancing Models of CDOTC / MTC) headed by Miss Hazel Mae Alvarez (Models President of Cagayan de Oro Talent Center) won the Grand Prize in this year's CHINESE NEW YEAR DANCE COMPETITION jeld last January 28, 2017 at the Event Center of GAISANO CITY MALL (CDOTC/MTC photo)
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The carabao remains the preferred farm animal for Mindanao farmers too poor to afford tractors. (photo by Froilan Gallardo)
You got it right the first time Mr. Cusi W
e hope Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi remains firm about his earlier decision to allocate the cheap hydroelectric power from the AgusPulangi Hydroelectric Complex to the island’s poorest of the poor. That’s because former Rep. Charito Plaza, recenty appointed to head the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), plans to usurp it for big business by allowing the payment of lower power rates in Mindanao’s economic zones in the Davao (Region 11), Caraga (Region 13) and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), and is even now drafting a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Energy. As quoted in a national broadsheet, Plaza claims Cusi wants her to recommend the subsidized power from Agus-Pulangi be made available in the three regions first “because there are existing industries there, and all other regions in Mindanao will follow.” President Rodrigo R. Duterte is from Region 11 and Plaza is from Caraga. The subsidized power rates of P2.75 per kilowatt-hour will ostensibly attract more investments in Mindanao by reducing the cost of doing business. Excuse me Mam, but aren’t you forgetting Northern Mindanao (Region 10) is Mindanao’s industrial hub so why is it excluded when there are more industries there than in Caraga, Davao and ARMM combined? Second, why should the subsidized rates be made available to industrial firms who could very well afford the more expensive electricity of which
Mindanao now has a surplus? Your staff can tell you that while Mindanao has a peak requirement of about 1,300 to 1,400 MW, supply will almost double, with 1,000 MW more of additional capacity as new power plants come online. These will add to Mindanao’s installed capacity of 2,414 MW as of 2015, of which 2,044 MW are dependable. We hope Mr. Cusi hasn’t forgotten his earlier plan to set aside the hydropower capacity for the island’s poorest. Last 16 November 2016 he reportedly asked the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Corp. (PSLAM) to study allocating the output of Agus and Pulangi to the poorest of the poor in Mindanao, specifically in the ARMM, the Lanao provinces and Maguindanao. The Agus hydropower complex is a series of seven facilities using the water from Lake Lanao that flows along the Agus River and discharges into Iligan Bay. It has an installed capacity of 900 megawatts (MW) while the Pulangi hydropower plant in Maramag, Bukidnon has three units each with an installed capacity of 255 MW. However, we aren’t sure if the good secretary is aware that eleven of the 20 poorest provinces in the Philippines are located in Mindanao! According the ranking of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) these are 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%). Eight of the top 10 poorest provinces are in Mindanao, and 11 of the 20 poorest provinces in the whole country. And that’s not even counting all those families living below the poverty line in the other provinces of the island which are not counted among that list. Mam-Ser, encouraging investments in Mindanao by using the output of Agus and Pulangi to encourage industrial development and help create jobs will perpetuate an injustice that has pervaded the island since the first Agus VI plant at the Maria Cristina Falls was set up in 1950. You are correct in saying the output of the hydro complex as the cheapest source of power in Mindanao. But who has benefited from the country’s industrialization track using the cheap hydroelectric power plants? Surely, not the
TOO HUNGRY AND WEARY TO STAND, a farmer’s wife squats in the crowd as their leaders negotiate with DSWD officials for the release of their rice subsidy. Photo by Froilan Gallardo
people of Mindanao, but foreign investors and carpetbaggers from the North who pillaged the island’s patrimony which rightfully belongs to its people, and stashed the profits they reaped because of it somewhere else. Your noble idea to share the cheap electricity of Agus-
Pulangi to the poorest of the poor most probably stems from the Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperatives (AMRECO) proposal to reduce the cost of electricity for residential households in Mindanao by allocating the entire output of the Agus-
Pulangi for residential consumers. Instead of being allocated to directly connected industries and the systems operator, the cheap hydro power should be exclusively allocated to distribution utilities (DUs) because they are serving the poorest right/PAGE 6
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Sikat ka Higala By SHERYL MACALE
The subject of this article is always based on inspiration.I want my readers to ponder and learn from people about their story,pain and success. When i wrote about a certain Manobo and the only first in his tribe graduated in college and became a junior agronomist of Phillip Morris and Fortune Tobacco Corporation many people were inspired of their story and so i would like to bring a good story to you.Recently I was invited at the Toyota Financinal Service Phils Thanksgiving and Awarding and have met quite a few men and women who conquered the world of sales and Financing.A co Rotarian and President of the Lions Executive Club Bennie Amboayan also the Mindanao Team Head-CDO Lending Desk was the person behind this occasion. Ten (10) awardees for
Marketing Professionals with 10 Outstanding Sales Contiribution TFSPH the year of 2016.On top Mariechris Tadena with 56 contracts,followed by Janice de Guzman at 38, Joenil Ondoy 30, Nissa Maquiling at 26 ,Rachel Mae Dominguez 20, Ruby Nambatac 18, Adlaon Mae Christy 17, Maria Rebecca Bantilan 17, Micheal Gallardo 15 and Mark Thomas Valmoria 15. Also awarded is the Top 5 Group Sales Manager With Outstanding Sales Contribution to Toyota Financial Service Philippines Melody Ladlad at 236 contracts, Ervin Leonard Vedad II at 75, Ryan Paid 73, Leonillo Abbu 70 and Jayson Virtudazo at 64 as such this men and women were awarded and given the highest Honor. Knowing Bennie and his story of how hard work and perseverance can get us to where we at now. The ladder might
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be too steep but when we put our best efforts and having to work with a good team his leadership and dedication has brought these gentlemen and women on their own spot now.Gracing the event was of course the President of TFSPH Mr. Atsuhi Murakami from Japan. I was told of his commitment to maintain Toyota as still the leading Car dealer in the entire Country. I was also introduce by the Provincial Sales Area Head,Loans ProcessorCAD-CDO Lending Desk Ms.Sylven Puao Ente, Credit Investigator-Sales Admin Department Micheal Geronimo and Collection Officer Mr. Chrisjohn Lingcong. In all good faith it was a well deserving night and all of them were uplifted by the presence Owner of Toyota Cagayan and also the chairwoman and President of Toyota Philippines Betty Lu.Her presence was a breath
of fresh air at the hieght of her carreer she has carried the generetive force that we can all share through her success with Toyota for over 20 years. Her faith on Toyota as a Brand, the name she believes speaks for itself with high quality of its value and affordable parts giving the clients the utmost customer they deserve. She told not only that they give the buyers a great product they have a sense of after care service obligation. To all Toyota staff and Management Congratulations to all of you. Job Well done.
Breaking point Sometimes, we feel our life is turning miserably. Our negativism doesn’t allow us to keep our eyes, ears - and, most important! - our minds, hearts and souls opened. We are reaching our breaking point! But, this breaking point can be the prelude to our strongest moment. It is when we reach our breaking point, that we discover our real strength. Allow me to ask you, my dear readers; “What happens to you or with you when you reach your breaking point?” Do you face it or do you run away? I’ll be giving you a very simple answer: If you face it - you break it. If you run away (and/or close your ears, eyes and mouth) it breaks you! Everyday - a dull reality! Many of us will answer this question with a big YES! Actually we like to cover a newborn day already with grey veil? Each day has a new face, but sometimes we don’t have the strength to watch its countenance. Of course, not every day has adventures and highlights. Contrary to what might be expected, I look back on experiences that, at the same time, seemed especially desolating and painful with a particular satisfaction. Indeed, everything I have learned, everything that has truly enhanced and enlightened my existence, has been through aff liction and not through happiness. If it ever were to be possible to eliminate aff liction from your earthly existence, the result would not be make life delectable, but to make it too banal and trivial to be endurable. By observation, we can feel that many of us need help to manage the everyday life. We need something that would keep us going as we journey through life. Many times we can
also learn from other H ave M y Say people and their experiences. Blue eyed or very philosophical but so very true: If the world is to be brought to order, my nation must be first changed. If my nation is to be Klaus Doring changed, my home town is to be reordered and must be first set be right, my dear brothers and sisters. And, one step further: If my family is to be regenerated, I MYSELF MUST FIRST BE! And here is one more thing: Affection is the humblest love - it gives itself no airs. It lives with humble and private things: soft slippers, old clothes, old jokes, and the thump of a sleepy dog’s tail on the kitchen f loor. The glory of affection, the disposition of mind, the good will and tender attachment, is that it can unite those who are not “made for one and another’, people. Who, if not out down by fate in the same household or community, would have nothing to do with one and another. For me life has been a thing of ups and downs in approximately equal measure. I don’t have something sensational to report every day about my progress. Often, I wonder if fulfillment in life is necessarily tied to change for the better. +++ You can email me: doringklaus@gmail.com or follow me in Facebook or Twitter or visit one of my websites www.germanexpatinthephilippines. blogspot.com or www.klausdoringsclassicalmusic. blogspot.com .
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‘Balot. Penoy. Asin.’, ‘Moru: No Man’s Land’ win best Cinemagis films By Stephen Pedroza
young and professional filmmakers in Northern Mindanao and by AGAYAN DE ORO CITY, extension this season, Philippines — The ninth the Caraga Region, installment of Cinemagis Digital to pour out their Short Film Festival successfully concluded passion, stories, and on Saturday, January 28 with an awarding filmmaking skills, and ceremony held at the SM City Event for cultivating the experience and growth Center. “Balot. Penoy. Asin.” by Julienne of local film audiences. Anne Ilagan and “Moru: No Man’s Land” the façade by Edmund Telmo emerged as top victors Breaking This year’s festival from the roster of official entries. shortlisted five professional entries, 12 The event’s guest doing more and caring student films, and seven of honor, Film for others, and life’s special film features, Development Council of funny contradictions which were screened the Philippines (FDCP) — Cinemagis is a great at the Xavier Ateneo chairwoman Mary avenue of exhibiting Little Theater and SM Liza Diño-Seguerra, the lives of those in Cagayan de Oro Cinema in her message for Northern Mindanao.” 1 from January 25 to 28. Cinemagis, said: “The Cinemagis and “Balot. Penoy. Asin.” FDCP is proud to be Xavier Center for by Julienne Anne a first-time partner Culture and the Arts for the 9th Cinemagis (XCCA) director Hobart Ilagan was hailed as the Best Short Film in the Digital Short Film Savior seconded Diño’s professional category. Festival in Northern message, adding that Mindanao! We are this season reaped “new It also won Best Cinematography and very happy to support experiences that voice Best Story. Xavier University the terrain of Northern Ilagan’s film follows Ateneo de Cagayan in Mindanao’s sentiments the story of 47-yeartheir celebration of and sensitivities.” old street food vendor filmmaking frontiers “The films this year named Fredo who that capture the voices, tackled issues from doubles as a drug dealer aspirations, stories, the personal to a more at the wee hours in the and lore of Northern collective experience city, reflecting on the Mindanao.” where social issues bloody campaign of the In line with FDCP’s could either be clearly present administration goal of developing and seen or implied to against illegal drugs. empowering regional magnify tension and The filmmaker, who film festivals, Diño to ‘problematize’ the said during her speech shared, “With a focus on mundane,” Savior said. that she didn’t expect themes of peace, gender, Keeping its promise to get the top prize of development, cultural of improving year after this year’s Cinemagis, solidarity, promotion year, Cinemagis has dedicated the award of heritage and history, been a platform for
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— besides her cast and crew — to the people who encouraged her to produce a film with social relevance, particularly, the Imoortals Productions led by Kagay-anon filmmaker Joe Bacus. The vanity project patterned after the story of Orpheus, a legendary musician and prophet in Greek mythology, “Orpheus” by Orpheus Nery won the 2nd Best Short Film award, along with Best Director for Nery, Best Sound Scoring for John Uy, Best Editing, and Best Art Direction. “Orpheus” served as Nery’s third film in Cinemagis, following his “En Pace” (Cinemagis 2015) and “The Barrel” (Cinemagis 2016). The 3rd Best Short Film went to “Ang Ikaduhang Pagbalik (The Second Coming)” by Jeffrie Po. His film also won the Sulyap Kultura Award for its portrayal of indigenous traditions and for its exploration of man’s faith and determination. Cloyd Winstanley’s “Libra,” a film about the dark secrets of a young couple, Paolo and Ellie, won the Audience Choice Award and SM
Choice Award. In his acceptance speech, he thanked the Oro Integrated Cooperative for producing his film and he encouraged everyone to work together to develop the filmmaking industry of our region. “Bandana” by Adrian Rey Manapil, a film on friendship and resilience, got the Best Trailer Award this year. There were no nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress awards in the professional category. Film language from young filmmakers “Moru: No Man’s Land” by Xavier Ateneo’s Edmund Telmo was awarded the Best Student Short Film and Best Cinematography. In “Moru: No Man’s Land,” Julius, an artist with a de-realization tendency, struggles to come back to reality after getting into a surreal world caused by his psychological disorder and an enchanted encounter in the forest. Telmo, a theater actor of The Xavier Stage, also starred in Winstanley’s “Libra” as Paolo, together with his girlfriend, Jean Stefani Obsiana as Ellie.
“Penpenhod (Love)” by another Xavier Ateneo student, Rod Villegas, landed 2nd Best Student Short Film. It also won Best Director for Villegas and Best Actress for Friah Pagaduan. This film challenges the audience to examine a reckless love story of Willie and Louisa and its consequences to a tribal community. Leading the nominations earlier, “Subang” by Christian Alan Toring from Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) won the 3rd Best Student Short Film, Best Art Direction, and Best Editing. Toring also got the Male Star of the Night Award, together with the director of “Katapad,” Cindy Obeñita from Liceo de Cagayan University as the Female Star of the Night. The Best Actor Award was given to Carlos Peñaloza of “Ilad,” a film which navigates through a problematic father-andson relationship. Francis Cang of “Para sa mga Nibiya (For those Who Left)” by Mac Kianro Maki Calo won the Best Sound Scoring while the Best Poster Award went to “Mama” by Carlo Pailagao. Special citations were also given Camiguinbased Vic Acedillo’s featured film “Lando at Bugoy” (one of the full-length films during the 11th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival of the Cultural Center of the Philippines), Rodiell Veloso’s “Ang Wa’ Damhang Importansya sa Teleserye,” Daniel Clark Cabantan’s “Handuman,” Aubrey Rocin Llamas’s “A Fading Heritage,” Joe Bacus’s “Tanya,” Jeffrie Po’s “The Soil of Dreams,” and Acedillo’s “Kakampi.” Celebration of filmmaking frontiers The top winners will be featured at Cinema Rehiyon 9, the national film harvest dubbed as “a detour from the Manila-centric movies,” to be held in Tagum, Davao del Norte later this year. A total of 18 awards were given during the Best/PAGE 6
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of the poor, who are the targets of your boss, Pres. Duterte’s administration for the reduction of electricity rates. Mam-Ser, your boss, the President can order the PSALM-NPC to make the allocation, which should be implemented asap, and stay in perpetuity, for as long as the Agus and Pulangi are generating electricity. The hydro plants generated 3,858 gigawat-hours (GWH), or 38% of the total generation of all power plants in Mindanao (10,000 GWH) in 2015. Under favorable weather conditions, power generated by the hydros can exceed 4,500 GWH. Since residential consumers only used 3,151 GWH in 2015 (31% of total consumption, including system loss, in Mindanao) there is still sufficient electricity
from the hydro plants to supply the present and future power needs of residential consumers in Mindanao. Residential consumers stand to have their electric bills reduced by P1.20 per kWh (and save P120 on the monthly bills of indigent households that consume an average 100 kWh monthly) once this is implemented. But not to worry. You can still provide cheap electricity to attract industries to set up plants in Mindanao once the Agus-Pulangi is taken from the power mix and allocated exclusively to residential users. That’s because once the AMRECO petition is approved by the president, bulk electricity prices from thermal power plants in Mindanao would inevitably fall given the increased competition for the surplus electricity that would be made available from the grid
Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10Th Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF (HDMF) PAG-IBIG FUND Mortgagee,
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-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 ‘’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:
(300MW), plus another 700MW that would be freed up by DUs from their contracts with private power generating companies, making available a total of 1,000 MW to benefit industrial users and the systems operator. Power generation companies have long been harping about taking the cheap prices offered by the AgusPulangi out of the Mindanao bulk power market so prices are not skewed and can “reflect their true levels.” So let’s have your boss take out AgusPulangi out of the power mix by making it exclusively available for residential users, and let prices from the geothermal, coal-fired, and oil-based thermal power plants seek their true levels in the market. You can even bring in
your beloved Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) to sell all that excess power so long as you don’t include AgusPulangi and allow the common tao (who are the true owners of the island’s patrimony), for once, benefit from it. Indeed, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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Culture and the Arts (XCCA) director and festival author Hobart Savior explained that more than the awards, Cinemagis celebrates “the good harvest.” Cinemagis derived its name from the terms “cinema,” which pertains to film or motion pictures and “magis,” a Latin word which relates to striving for excellence. What Cinemagis genuinely upholds through the years are the stories — the overlooked, the odd, the unheard of, and the new perspectives — in films and told by their storytellers. “Northern Mindanao filmmakers — they film because there is so much to show and share!” exclaimed
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won Villegas the Best Director for the student category and neophyte Friah Pagaduan the Best Actress despite having only four people worked on the film. For nine years now, Cinemagis has made a venue for local filmmakers like Pailagao and Villegas to present the beauty of their craft. As a festival for digital short films, it also holds a venue for competition. But with the triumph each filmmaker has achieved with their talents and films revealed to the viewers, competition has become an afterthought. Xavier Center for
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ceremony, attended in by the members of the judging panel, namely, FDCP National CAGAYAN DE ORO MAIN BRANCH Film Archives project P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., development officer Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947 Quintin Cu-unjieng, CAMIGUIN BRANCH Cinema Rehiyon 9 B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) festival director387-0491 Atty CORRALES BRANCH Karen Malaki, and Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City La SalleDIVISORIA University BRANCH Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. - Atty. Ozamis’s Teatro Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631 Guindegan director LAPASAN BRANCH Felimon Blanco. Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739 On the morning CARMEN BRANCH of January Vamenta Blvd., 28, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011 Zamboanga-based
filmmaker Ryanne Murcia held a talk on production design and shared her experiences in making LGBTthemed films. More than the giving of awards, the festival aims to promote local talents, voices, and culture. To this end, the Cinemagis jurors and guests shared some insights on ways to improve their cinematic
language and aesthetics. “Cinemagis fosters more opportunities for students and aspiring filmmakers in Cagayan de Oro to hone their filmmaking skills and share them with an eager and equally passionate audience. Bravo to another successful event and many more to come!” FDCP chairwoman Diño 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
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Savior. By this, Cinemagis has discovered and introduced artists in the region whose talents have been recognized in the foreign screen. In March last year, Germany’s 17th Landshut Short Film Festival included Joe Bacus’s “Happy Fiesta” among the many entries from filmmakers around the world. This is an achievement which the Filipino community can be proud of, along with Brilliante Mendoza and Lav Diaz and their lauded cinematic pieces. Bacus, who previously competed in the previous years of Cinemagis with his entry, “Ika-3 Putahi,” also participated this
year with his new short film, “Tanya.” A decade of Cinemagis looms ahead. As its scope recently expanded towards the Caraga Region, we hope to see more filmmakers pursuing their passion to tell stories, encourage artists of the same bunch to follow suit, and for people who love films — released locally or internationally — to support them and appreciate what they do. As long as there are stories to share and people willing to share them, and with festivals, such as Cinemagis, to celebrate this endeavor, film, like many forms of art, will endure and succeed through the years.
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VISUAL STORYTELLING. Cinemagis 9 shortlisted five professional entries, 12 student films, and seven special film features, screened at the XU Little Theater (pictured here) and SM Cagayan de Oro City Cinema 1 from January 25 to 28. Photo by Rico Magallona.
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Students troop to US embassy to protest against Trump’s Muslim ban and EDCA Youth protesters led by the League of Filipino Students (LFS) trooped in front of the Embassy of the United States of America (US) in Manila on Monday morning to protest against US Donald Trump’s immigration ban and the continued US basing in the Philippines under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). “Trump’s executive order that bans immigrants from seven Muslim countries is the height of bigotry and xenophobia. It is unreasonably hypocritical for Trump to forbid people from these Muslim countries to enter America when US imperialist government was the ones responsible for attacking and dragging them into the chaos of wars,” said LFS National Spokesperson JP Rosos. Trump signed an executive order on Friday that bans all people from Syria, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Iran, Sudan, and Yemen to enter US for 90 days and suspends the entry of refugees for 120 days. According to news reports, there are about 134 million people affected by the ban order of the US president. “It is ridiculous that Trump banned people from these seven countries because he tagged their countries as nations with proven history of terrorism
against US and its allies. His claims are not backed with any data or scientific basis,” said Rosos. The youth leader pointed out that American think tank Cato Institute even noted that these seven countries did not produce any terrorists that attacks anyone in US territory. According to Rosos, the ban is only another step taken by the US imperialist government to take its aggression even further. “ Tr u m p i s b a n n i n g immigrants from the countries that is being destroyed and de s t abi l i z e d by t he US imperialist government. We want to remind him that the US imperialist government have been conducting wars of aggressions in these countries. Syria, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen have suffered several bombings executed by US while Iran and Sudan were punished with heavy sanctions,” said Rosos. According to Rosos, the war on terrorism is an old excuse for US wars of aggressions in Muslim countries. US imperialism, Rosos added, have been wanting to control these countries for their rich oil supply and other natural resources. “Trump wants to fuel the hatred of the people against Muslims. His immigration
ban is a foreboding act. It is a prelude that US imperialism wants to launch another all-out military offensive under the guise of war against terrorism. It is a prelude to grave human rights violations caused by another round of US wars of aggressions,” Rosos said. “While Trump is being hypocritical in his so-called protection of his country’s borders and territories, US imperialism continues to violate our national sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is the height of irony that Trump bans people from entering America but US imperialist government continues to assert building their military bases in the Philippines,” said Rosos. According to Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, the Pentagon gave the green light to start the building of US bases under EDCA this 2017. “This is unacceptable. We must not allow the construction or upgrading of US bases in the Philippines. It is wanton violation of our national sovereignty and territorial integrity. It also places the lives of the Filipino people at great risks,” said Rosos. According to Rosos, EDCA guaranteed the unimpeded access, f ull control, and unencumbered rights to the
so-called Agreed Locations. The youth leader also pointed out that the agreement states that the US has “exclusive use” and “full title” over the prepositioned equipment, supplies, and materiel. He said that these provisions reflect how US intends to make the Philippines their own military base to pursue their interests. “There are several compelling
reasons to abrogate EDCA. It is a lopsided agreement that will only allow the continued domination of US imperialism over our country. We refuse to see our country being used for Trump and the US imperialist government’s fascist interests,” said Rosos. “The American people is already showing signs of grow ing discontent over
Trump’s pronouncements. The Filipino people should also unite and stand against the US imperialism and its fascist attacks to the people of the world. We should not take a blind eye to the atrocities that US imperialism has committed against the Filipinos and the rest of the world. With our strength in collective action, let us defeat imperialism,” Rosos ended.
About 116 trainees complete their course in the Life Skills Training under the Jobstart Program on January 27. Jobstart Program is a collaborative effort of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Asian Development Bank, Canadian Government, Public Employment Service Office (PESO) and the city government of Cagayan de Oro. CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY INFORMATION OFFICE
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