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Ms Cagayan de Oro 2017 candidates pose for a group pic following the Talent Competition held 15 July 2017 at SM City CDO Uptown. photo by mike baños , npn
Seven Seas revisits forgotten chapter in Philippine History The Seven Seas Water Park and Resort in Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental seeks to do more than merely amuse guests as they experience the facility’s water rides and other attractions. Prominently featured as center pieces of the park’s pirate themed attractions are replicas of Dutch privateers which waged a series of battles with the Spanish colonizers of the Philippines during the first five decades of the 1600s. “We secured one of the pirate ship replicas from a water theme
park in Indonesia, and the other two we built from scratch using steel and concrete” said Elpidio M. Paras, President and CEO of UC-1 Corporation which owns and operates Seven Seas. “We came up with the idea of using them to educate while they amuse our guests on this particular forgotten chapter in Philippine history since the VOC in particular was based in Batavia (present day Jakarta, Indonesia).” In the center of the half hectare tsunami pool is a replica of full story/PAGE 8
Revival Fish Spa
Natural Therapy for your feet now in Cagayan de Oro I t certainly took its time but the fish spa craze which took Europe by storm some six years ago has finally come to Cagayan de Oro.
Revival Spa at the 2nd floor of the new One Avenue Hotel along C.M. Recto Avenue bills itself as “A Unique Fish Foot Spa Experience and Massage”. Entrepreneur Jasmin Teves Borja, who manages the new family-owned establishment, said she thought of introducing the fish spa to Cagayan
de Oro, as a unique come-on to local spa enthusiasts in additional to their regular massage, facial and hand/foot treatments. Also known as fish pedicure, the fish spa would have guests dipping their feet in glass aquariums filled with small fish called Garra rufa, also known as doctor fish nibble fish,
kangal fish, and bonefish (in New England), a species of cyprinid fish that is native to rivers, streams, ponds and lakes in Anatolia in
Turkey and Northern and Central Middle East, mainly in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Oman, where they have been used as Therapy/PAGE 6
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Limketkai Luxe debuts Mexican menu T Story and Photos by MARK FRANCISCO, Lifestyle Editor
O celebrate its The Lounge’s first anniversary, Limketkai Luxe debuted its Mexican menu last Saturday. Mouth-watering baked churros topped with wasabi-flavored ice cream, cured salmon Mexicanstyle, buffalo wings quesadillas, your choice of beef or chicken enchiladas are available from 3:00 to 11:00 p.m.
everyday with live entertainment starting at 8:00 p.m. They can be paired with Hollywood sunrise, margarita or La D’
Sangria. The Lounge at Limketkai Luxe is located at Limketkai Complex, Cagayan de Oro City.
Xavier Ateneo, Belgian univs, coops join forces for local sustainable water mng’t Text by Tat Gualberto | Photos by Friday Atilano
Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan, University of Namur, Universite Catholique de Louvaine (UCL), and Académie de Recherche et d’Enseignement Supérieur (ARES) are working together for a project called “Building up an Integrated Methodology for Water Resources Assessment and Management in Urban Coastal Area (BIMWAM)” to empower Philippine universities and communities in the field of water sciences. The said project aims to use their capacities and expertise in water sciences to collaborate with the country’s
water stakeholders and leaders. It is intended to assess water resources, evaluate public water policies, and help water stakeholders to build their own vision of local sustainable development. The XU-BIMWAM project team is composed of project coordinator (for the south) Dr. Guadalupe D. Calalang, McKeough Marine Center (MMC) director Fr. Mars P. Tan SJ, Southeast Asia Rural Social Leadership Institute (SEARSOLIN) director Fr. Roberto E.N. Rivera SJ, Office of International Cooperation and Networking (OICN) director Elisabeth
B. Enerio, MMC administrative officer Friday G. Atilano, and SEARSOLIN program officer Xyla Mercedita E. Gualberto. The project stakeholders, including the Belgian partners Prof Vincent Hallet (University of Namur), project coordinator for the north, Prof Ignace Adant (UCL), Prof David Cammaerts (ARES), met representatives from the partner water cooperatives in Misamis Oriental, namely the Medina Rural Water and Sanitation Cooperative and Lugait Water Service Cooperative in an intensive fourday assessment and plan formulation, held on from July 5 to 8 at
IDENTIFYING THE ROOT CAUSES. During the mission formulation, Prof David Cammaerts of the Académie de Recherche et d’Enseignement Supérieur (ARES) facilitates the session on getting to the root causes of water-related problems in the locality.
SEARSOLIN. The participants underwent a rigorous process of extracting the root causes of water-related issues, needs, and challenges.
A participatory methodology was employed to ensure the project’s relevance and efficiency in its target communities. BIMWAM aims
to investigate the socioeconomic impacts of changes in water operations in Medina and Lugait. This project is set to roll out this September.
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PAP, Xavier Ateneo conduct facilitators’ training in handling community drug-surrenderees T By Jason Manaois
he national government’s War on Drugs has resulted in a substantial number of drug-surrenderees in local communities. The Xavier Ateneo Psychology Department and the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP) saw the need to capacitate local health leaders to handle a communitybased relapse drug prevention program. To this end, PAP and XU-Psych organized a four-day facilitators’ training on basic counseling and facilitation, and a
and simulations. Participants were asked workshop on Katatagan to simulate facilitating Kontra Droga sa a module and serve Komunidad comprised in small- group of 12 individual discussions. modules and three The goal of the family modules. program is to train The said training community facilitators was designed for (local government community facilitators unit officers, barangay with experience health workers, and in facilitation and community leaders) counseling with to teach drugbehavioral science surrenderees life-skills undergraduate to prevent relapse on background illegal drug use. (psychology, nursing, The goals and and social work, among components of others). community-based drug Meanwhile, treatment interventions the workshop were also introduced to was interactive, the participants. They PREVENTION IS KEY. Xavier Ateneo Psychology Department and the Psychological with the use of were required to attend Association of the Philippines (PAP) join forces to capacitate local health leaders to videos, worksheets, the program, simulate handle a community-based relapse drug prevention program. Contributed photo. facilitation of at least one module, and pass shared Dr. Ma. Regina taimtim na paniwala coaches’ evaluation to are provided for with M. Hechanova, head na kapag nabigyan sila enough support they receive a certificate of of PAP Taskforce ng sapat na suporta completion. will have the capacity on Communityay may kakayahan A total of 60 to decide rightly and digital ledger feature based Drug Recovery silang gumawa ng participants from help heal themselves. effectively automates higit na mabuting mga They need a supportive Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Support. sales records, allowing (We offer this desisyon at maghilom. Bukidnon, Lanao community and caring the retailer to track manual and its Kailangan nila ng del Norte, Surigao, people who will reach his load sales without modules to the isang komunidad Cotabato, and Davao out to them to help manually recording attended the said event. communities, families, na kumakalinga sa them change their these daily transactions and people who are kanila at ng mga taong “Inaalay namin itong lives.) on actual paper. It also pursuing to leave the nagmamalasakit na manwal at mga modyul XU-Psych remains allows him to track the life of illegal drug use. abutin ang kanilang sa mga komunidad, committed to the account receivables from We believe that even mga kamay upang pamilya, at mga vision-mission of the his patrons for better though drug abuse tulungan silang taong nagpupursiging university by being cashf low management. is chronic, it can be magbagong-buhay,” she iwan ang buhay na responsive to the issues New features have surpassed.) added. may droga. Aming confronted by the been added to the app (A drug user may paniniwala na bagamat “Nawala man sa different communities allowing the user to landas ang isang taong have lost his track, but of Mindanao, ang pagkalulong sa check on historical gumamit ng droga, sila he/she is still human bawal na gamot ay particularly on issues performance not only ay tao pa rin na may with dreams and value. related to peace, isang pangmatagalang of total sales but also of Our sincere belief is sakit, ito ay isang sakit mga pangarap at may mental health, and repeat customers, and to view digital ads of kahalagahan. Aming that when drug users na kayang lagpasan,” well-being. the latest brand offers and promos from Smart, TNT, and Sun. For the next phase, the retailer will be able to place an order from the distributor through the app for faster and more efficient way of purchasing load credits. Smart has more than a million partnerretailers across the country. In recognition of their valuable contribution to the business, Smart has been giving incentives for every sale made via its Ka-Partner Rewards Program, with a number of retailers each year becoming instant millionaires. Every P100 Smart Load they sell every day is converted to one point. These points can be accumulated and used to avail of instant prizes and services such as free SMS and airtime, load wallet value, or e-raff le NMR4 Governor Nelson Sarapuddin inducts 20 new members of the CDO Diamond Eagles Club last July 15 tickets for prizes of up to at Philtown Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City. photo by mark francisco P1 million.
Smart retailers turn ‘digital’ with mobile app PLDT subsidiary and leader in mobile Smart Communications has made it easier for partner-retailers to keep track of their sales, receivables, inventory, and manage their cash f low better with the introduction of the Ka-Partner Retailer mobile application. The initiative is in line with the digital transformation that Smart is implementing across its operations and the way it does business. “Smart is in the midst of a digital pivot. Our partner-retailers play a very important role in our business. They are our frontliners in the community and it is imperative that we bring them along in this digital journey. With the mobile app designed exclusively for them, our partnerretailers will be able to digitize the way they do business,” said Alex O. Caeg, head of Wireless Consumer Division Sales and Distribution at Smart. Retailers play a crucial role in Smart’s growth. Together, they account for 80-85 percent of Smart’s total prepaid revenues. The app is retailerfriendly, making navigation through the menu and browsing through the various load offers for selling easy. It also helps the retailer track his load wallet balance inventory and prompt him if the balance is already below the threshold. The app’s
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HE city government of Cagayan de Oro led by Mayor Oscar Moreno turned over to the City Schools Division of Cagayan de Oro last Wednesday a 46-classroom fourlevel building it constructed within the Bugo National High School premises. “With firm conviction that education is the great equalizer – empowering the underprivileged and alleviating them from their marginalized conditions. With great confidence that education can and will change the quality of a person’s life and more importantly his family, community, the City and the Nation,” read the dedication at the marker that was put up in the building
façade. The construction of the building was funded by the city’s Special Education Fund, according to city government spokesperson Maricel Rivera. Housing a total of 2,022 junior high school students, the opening of the new building will mean decongestion of classes which was the aim why City Hall decided to put up the structure which is the second biggest schoolbuilding that the Moreno administration has constructed. The turnover rite was also witnessed by City Schools Division superintendent Elena M. Borcillo, Councilors Suzette Daba, Ma. Lourdes Gaane, Jay Pascual and Teodulfo Lao; and Bugo barangay chair Jesus Morial.
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51st Accountancy Week celebrated By MARK FRANCISCO
THE Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accoutants (PICPA) Cagayan de Oro – Misamis Oriental chapter will be celebrating the 51st Accountancy Week from July 15 to 22. The affair kicked off with the 6th PICPA Short Film Festival last Saturday at Rodelsa Hall in Cagayan de Oro City. There were a total of nine entries – three from the professionals’ category and six from the students’ category. The three entries from the professionals category were Silber (ACPAE), Agnes (GACPA) and 5:12 (ACPACI). The entries from the students category were the following: What We Never Had (Lourdes College), Ang Hamster (Pilgrim Christian College), Takipsilim (Liceo de Cagayan University), The Last Supper (Xavier University), Kapakyasan (Capitol University) and Tinguha (Phinma-COC). Of course, the accountants already had their pre-Accountancy Week celebration when they welcomed 54 new members into their fold as new certified public accountants (CPA) took their oaths last July 11 at Grand Caprice Restaurant, this city. Day 2 of Accountancy Week this Sunday will be the actual kickoff day with a Mass at Sacred Heart Parish – RER followed by an opening program at the
Liceo Civic Center nearby where there will be singing, dancing, games and sports activities. The Regional Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (RJPIA) – 10 and Caraga will hold their own Most Outstanding Accountancy Students search on Monday morning at Pilgrim Christian College followed by the JPIA Day in the afternoon at Limketkai Event Center featuring an impromptu public speaking and quiz bowl contests. There will also be a Search for Mr. and Miss JPIA on July 22 at 4:00 p.m. at Rodelsa Hall. Around 300 Accountancy students are enrolled in the six participating colleges and universities from Cagayan de Oro. There will also be a PICPA Night on July 21 at Maisie Van Vactor Hall. It will be participated by the Government Association of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Public Accountants in Education, Association of Certified Public Accountants in Public Service and Association of Certified Public Accountants in Commerce and Industry. PICPA – Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental chapter president Jeserio Lonon Jr. is proud to report that the chapter will inaugurate its new office along JR Borja-Burgos this year.
The challenge of our century If I think about it, peace is first in my mind. But there is still another challenge. Worldwide population is expected to grow to nearly 10 billion by 2050 - but agricultural lands won’t be able to follow the same pace. The problem is clear: something has to change. The question is what. Sustainable food for everyone! Food - besides water! The world’s population continues to grow - but the Earth’s surface doesn’t. And already one in nine people around the world suffers from hunger. Although fertility levels worldwide are declining, life expectancy is increasing - and therefore, the global population keeps growing. The United Nations estimates that the world’s population is increasing by more than 80 million people every year. Forecasts offer a nonstop rise: The global population is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100. So allow me to ask: How can we feed all these billions without destroying the Earth? Although it’s a dire picture, but let’s face it: the situation is not as disastrous as it might seem. Food is not lacking - it is just poorly managed. I got the idea for this post after having watched an interview with Ralf Südhoff, head of the World Food Program of the United Nations in Berlin. He said: “Today, we would be able to feed many more people than we do”. “But we waste too much of the food we produce, and we lack efficient production - particularly in Africa”. Forgotten are many rural areas. I agree with Südhoff who says that population growth is not the key cause of hunger, but rather a lack of efficiency in managing our resources. Indeed, farmers in rural areas of some African and Asian countries still lack the necessary means to maximize crop yields, misusing vast areas of land. Imagine, the productivity of existing arable lands could be doubled, experts believe. And experts agree that productivity could be increased through very simple means. Allow me to quote again Ralf Südhoff:
“Efficiency could be H ave M y Say doubled or tripled in African countries by providing basic means such as training, credits and land rights”. According to Valentin Thurn, director of the German documentary “10 Billion- Whats on your plate?”, farmers in Klaus Doring rural areas are the most affected by hunger - and the ones most commonly left behind. He believes, and he is “deadly” correct, smallholders should get integrated into the modernization processes - until now, only limited to big industrialized farms. While it won’t necessarily be easy to feed 10 billion people sustainably, it is possible, experts believe. “We are producing at such a pace that the natural cycle cannot recover fast enough,” Klingholz said. “And this is mainly rich countries’ fault.” Global agriculture currently produces some 4,000 calories per capita per day - the double of what each person needs. Sad to say but it’s also true: we are already producing enough for 9 to 12 billion people - but we discard a third of the harvest worldwide! Farmers are adapting to climate change. Yes, there is climate change! The World Food Program estimates that under climate change scenarios, the risk of malnutrition for children will increase 20 percent by 2050 - meaning 24 million more children could soon suffer from it. Industrialized countries are therefore even more responsible for mitigating the effects of climate change. Südhoff believes this and so do I and many others on this globe. +++ Email: doringklaus@gmail.com or follow me in Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn or visit www.germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com.
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Revival Spa Manager Jasmin T. Borja
The hand and foot treatment room
The Fish Spa with fish tanks at ready
Facial Treatment Room
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of hygiene. People with cuts or infections on their feet should allow them to heal before seeking fish spa treatment, and it is advised to wait at least 24 hours after having a leg wax or shaving before having a fish spa treatment. Jazz said she set up Revival Spa because she is a spa enthusiast and actually helped set up one for a friend. While it is a family business, she takes care of all operations and other concerns as its manager. “Initially, I only planned to offer a parlor and facial treatments, but after nearby establishments began offering the same services, I thought of offering something more unique.” A veteran businesswoman who has dabbled in cement retailing, RTW, shoes, jewelry and fashion accessories with her Revival Boutique, Revival Spa is her latest venture. Besides the fish spa as its unique attraction, Revival Spa offers full massage services including Swedish, Hot Stone, Ventosa Cupping, Shiatsu, Combination, Body Scrub, BS with Whitening, BS with Honey, Hawaiian Siko, Twin, Traditional Hilot, Foot Ref lex, Ear Candling, Head Massage, Back Massage and the must-try Signature Revival 7-in-
in which tiny scavenger fish are used to clean from page 1 and exfoliate the skin. Although there has been a medical treatment for some controversy over individuals with skin its efficacy and risk of diseases. infection, Jazz (as she is During a treatment, known to friends) assures customers place their Revival Spa is taking feet in tanks of warm measures to preclude freshwater containing such concerns. dozens of the small, “We don’t allow toothless Garra rufa, customers with wounds which are about the size or scratches to use our of minnows. They suck fish spa,” she assured. and gently nibble away “Guests who have at dry and dead skin. existing conditions like The end result is said to psoriasis and diabetes leave your feet feeling are considered high risk refreshed and healthy. and would not be allowed A wide range of to use the fish spa, as claims have been would those who recently made about fish spa undergone pedicures. therapy. Garra rufa fish And we change the water exfoliation is claimed in the tanks after each to stimulate blood f low and improve circulation, treatment to eliminate the risk of transmittal of remove bacteria, reduce any diseases.” foot odor and leave your The risk of infection feet smoother and softer associated with Garra after treatment. rufa fish pedicures is It’s also claimed likely to be very low, the fish can stimulate according to experts acupuncture points, from the Health helping to regulate the Protection Agency nervous system, relax (HPA). In October 2011 the body and release it issued updated advice fatigue. None of these on fish spas following an health claims have been scientifically proven and investigation. Fish tank water may more research is needed contain a number of before firm conclusions microorganisms. So can be made. “We also don’t want to there is the potential make any of these claims to contract a range of ourselves, we just want infections, either from our guests to enjoy the fish to person, water fish spa experience which to person or person to has already been long person, passed on by popular in spas overseas the water or the fish. and in the metropolis,” However, the HPA Jazz said. says the overall risk of Fish spa pedicures infection is likely to peaked in popularity be very low, if the spa in 2011 as a treatment operates good standards
1 which combines the best of seven massage disciplines into a hour and half therapy session. Hand and Foot Spa services include manicure, pedicure, change polish, nail art, foot spa, hand spa, foot spa with pedicure, hand spa with manicure, hand paraffin, foot paraffin, foot spa with mask, and hand reflex. Revival also offers Threading, /Waxing services for women including Upper Lip, Lower Lip, Eyebrow, Underarm, Full Legs, Half Legs, Full Arms, Bikini and Brazilian. Not the least, Revival already has its regulars who drop by for their regular beauty regimen of facial services including Regular Facial, Facial with Mask, Galvanic Facial Spa, Diamond Peel, DP Back, DP half leg, DP Underarm, Wars removal, facial and DP, RF (Bella) Face, RF (Bella) Body, Cellulite Control CCT (arms and thighs) and P’abs/Arms. Revival Spa is open at 10:00 am until 12midnight daily at the 2nd floor of One Avenue (1A) Hotel, C.M Recto beside Magnum Radio and Korean Restaurant just before SM Downtown Premier. For more details, please call Revival Spa at 0905-036-8383, email revivalspa2017@gmail. com or visit their Facebook page Revival Co for more information.
The Social Security System (SSS) on Tuesday lauded the Supreme Court’s (SC) issuance of a “status quo ante order” (SQAO) which temporarily prohibits the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to expropriate the entire 6.5ha property of the pension fund in Pasay City. “We are very much thankful with the decision of the SC favoring our prayers to disallow NGCP to take over our members’ land in Financial Center in Pasay City. This may be a partial victory for our part but this is a big step in protecting our members’ interests,” Social Security Commission (SSC) Chairman Amado D. Valdez said. In a resolution dated June 21, the high court’s Third Division issued the SQAO against the decision of Pasay City Regional Trial Court Branch 108 allowing NGCP to expropriate a part of the SSS property in Diokno Ave., in Pasay City. “The Court further resolves to grant the petitioner’s prayer for the issuance of status quo ante order and/or writ of preliminary mandatory injunction and to issue a status quo ante order effective immediately as of this date and continuing until further orders from this Court,” the SC order read. “Now, therefore, you, your agents, representatives and any person or persons actin upon your order or in your place or stead, are hereby enjoined from implementing the orders dated March 2, 2017 and April 24, 2017 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 108 Pasay City,” the SC added. Likewise, SC ordered NGCP to submit its comments on the petition of SSS within 10 days from the receipt of notice. “…the Court, without necessarily giving due course thereto, resolves to require respondents to comment thereon (not to file a motion to dismiss) within a non-extendible period of 10 days from notice,” it read. In a previous statement, Valdez said that based on consultations with energy industry experts, NGCP does not need to expropriate as much as 6.5-ha of land to construct its 230kV substation. He referred to the Doña Imelda Substation formerly known as Araneta Substation in Quezon City which is a 900mV substation that used only 2,000 square meters of land. “Various consultations with our friends in the
energy sector showed that NGCP have constructed a bigger substation with 900mV before and did not use more than two hectares of land. People in the industry are wondering why need a land which is more than what is required for that purpose,” Valdez said. Valdez earlier also warned NGCP that they may lose their land acquisitions prior to its move to expropriate the pension fund’s property in Pasay City if the SC will decide in favor of SSS. “Aside from losing the property of ours they wish to expropriate, if the SC decide in our favor, I think other land acquisitions made by them should also be reviewed,” Valdez said. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel F. Dooc also welcomed the high court’s decision and is hoping that the SSS will win the fight for the pension fund’s current and future members. “We welcomed with gratitude the decision of SC to issue a SQAO and we hope that after due proceedings, it will lead to a permanent victory for the pension fund and its members, “ said Dooc, who reiterated the plans of SSS to establish a hospital and a corporate center in the said property. SSS Commissioner Pompee La Viña, Chairman of the SSC Investment Committee, said that the fight for this property of SSS members is far from over. “Rest assured that the current SSS administration will not falter in its efforts to fight for this property until the NGCP threat of expropriation is out of the picture,” La Viña said. SSS through the Office of the General Corporate Counsel (OGCC) filed a Petition for Certiorari with prayer for the issuance of Status Quo Ante Order and/or Writ of Preliminary Mandatory Injunction with the SC last May. SSS’ action was prompted by the issuance of a Writ of Possession by Branch 108 of the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City over its prime property consisting of 60,872 square meters located at Diokno Avenue owned by its 34 million members. SSS raised the issue of the propriety of NGCP as a private corporation, to expropriate public property already devoted to public purpose. “This case would put into test the power of expropriation, which belongs to the national government, being exercised by a private corporation,” he added.
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Mapping solution for DUs increase efficiency of Davao Light, VECO
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Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) has been recog ni z ed a nd endorsed by Google as one of its enterprise geographic
information system (GIS) solutions. Agila, which has been developed into a product and renamed GeoSmart, is listed as one of 29 solutions developed by Google Map partners and is being offered to other Google customers around the world. It was developed by Navagis in collaboration The Department power load share of with AboitizPower to improve of Energy (DOE) provinces are as follows: efficiency in managing announced today that 1. Leyte and Samar inventory and in providing the majority of areas in with 137.4 MW (Ormoc, timely service to VECO and Region 8 and Bohol are Baybay at 18.4 MW, DLPC customers. now already supplied Southern Leyte at Jojo Guingao, AEV FVPwith electricity 10 days 8.4MW, Northern Leyte Digital Management, said after an earthquake and Biliran at 27.3MW, that Agila brings mobility, devastated energy Samar at 7.4MW, agility, and accessibility to the facilities there. Tacloban City and Palo process. It means improved Based on the at 28.6 MW, Northern productivity for the DUs consolidated reports Samar & Calbayog City because VECO and DLPC from the Energy at 19.5MW, Eastern personnel no longer have Development Corp., Samar at 9.8MW). to do ocular inspections to National Grid 2. Bohol with 56.6 verify their drawing board Corporation and the MW. projections. other members of The DOE assures the “Before Agila, designing the energy family, public that the energy a line extension or a network the quake-hit areas family is working 24/7 maintenance takes days to in Leyte, Samar and to ensure that all energy complete. Now, it takes hours Bohol is already being facilities affected by the to finish everything including supplied with 194 quake are repaired and the materials and labor megawatts (MW) or brought back online required to implement a work 76% of its recent 255 to target the projected order,” said Bobong Borja, MW peak electricity demand which could AP Distribution Utilities Since it is using Google requirement. reach as high as 291 AVP-Information Services Maps, Agila or GeoSmart has The actual total MW. Group. maximized the functionalities available on the Google Republic of the Philippines platform like Street View, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Geo-fencing, Point of interests 10th Judicial Region BRANCH 21 (POIs), and Crowd-sourcing
Energy Services in Quake-hit Areas Improving –DOE
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IN RE: PETITION FOR RECONSTITUTION OF LOST TITLE [Original Certificate of Title No. A-8826].
LRC CASE NO. LRC 2017- 051
OSGEIA LAND CORP. REP. BY OSCAR S. JULIAN, Petitioner, -versusTHE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Respondent X---------------------------------------------------------/ ORDER Notice is hereby given that filed before this Court is a verified Petition for Reconstitution of lost Original Certificate of Title No. A-8826, Decree No. 737794 over Lot 7737 in the name of Justina Labares et.al. which land is situated formerly in the Barrio of Opol, Municipality of Cagayan and which is more particularly described and bounded as follows: “A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 7737, of the Cadastral Survey of Cagayan) situated in the Barrio of Opol, Municipality of Cagayan. Bounded on the NE, by Lot 7736; on the SE., by Lot 7733; on the SW., by Lot Nos. 7738 and 7739; and on the NW, by Lot 7759. Beginning at a point marked “1” on the plan, being N’ 30 deg, 19’E., 1001.66 m. from BLLM No. 62; thence N. 80 deg., 22’W., 87.60 m. to point 2; thence N. 73 deg., 28’W., 29.44 m. to point 3; thence N. 43 deg., 01’E., 152.03 m. to point 4; thence S. 40 deg., 57’E., 56.39 m. to point 5; thence S. 15 deg., 53’W., 95.24 m. to point of beginning containing an area of Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Five (9,965) square meters more or less. All point referred to are indicated on the plan, bearing true; declination 1 deg, 44’E; date of survey, November 1926 to January 1933.
xxx WHEREFORE, finding the Petition sufficient in form and substance, let the initial hearing be set on SEPTEMBER 20, 2017, Wednesday, at 8:30 in the MORNING. At the expense of the petitioner, let a copy of this Order be published at least once a week for three [3] consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in in the Province of Misamis Oriental and City of Cagayan de Oro. Let also a copy of this Order be posted at the Bulletin Board of the Municipal Hall of Opol, Misamis Oriental where the property covered by the lost title is located, at the Bulletin Board of the Office of the Registry of Deeds of Misamis Oriental and at the Bulletin Board of this Court at the City Tourism Hall, City Hall Compound, Cagayan de Oro City at least fourteen [14] days prior to the date of hearing. It is further ordered that applicant, at its own expense shall cause the notice to be serve upon all the adjoining owners of the property and to all the persons who may have interest on the property being applied for reconstitution. Let a copy of this Order and Petition be also furnished to the Office of the Solicitor General, the Land Registration Authority, and the Register of Deeds of Misamis Oriental, including the adjoining owners. The Applicant shall at the hearing submit proof of posting and service of the copy of the Application and Order as directed by the Court. Issue Summons. SO ORDERED. Issued this 19th day of June 2017, at Cagayan de Oro City. (SGD.) GIL G. BOLLOZOS Presiding Judge
CT: July 3, 10 & 17, 2017
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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF FILE NO. 2017-231 Upon extra — judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filed by FIRST STANDARD FINANCE CORPORATION mortgagee against REYNALDO P. SALON, as mortgagor, to which the indebtedness as of JUNE 15,2017, amount of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY ONE AND NINETY CENTS ( P 182,991.90) , inclusive of interest and penalty charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned will SELL TO PUBLIC Auction on AUGUST 7, 2017 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning at the entrance door Regional Trial Court Branch¬23,City Tourism Hall, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s checks and in Philippine Currency, the following described properties, to wit; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE TITLE NO. 137-2014000870 A PARCEL OF LAND ( Lot 2732-A-2-B-1, Psd-10-062154, being a portion of lot 2732-A-2-B-11, Psd-I0-031288). Situated in the Barangay Indahag, City of Cagayan de Oro City, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED (200) sq. meters more or less. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the aboved-stated date, time and place. 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/bidders may investigate for themselves the title herein abovedescribed and encumbrances thereon, if any there be. Done this June 23, 2017 in the City of Cagayan de Oro, Phillines (Sgd.)RICO A. REMALIG Sheriff IV CT: July 3, 10 & 17, 2017
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Seven Seas revisits forgotten chapter in Philippine History
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he Seven Seas Water Park and Resort in Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental seeks to do more than merely amuse guests as they experience the facility’s water rides and other attractions. Prominently featured as center pieces of the park’s pirate themed attractions are replicas of Dutch privateers which waged a series of battles with the Spanish colonizers of the Philippines during the first five decades of the 1600s. “We secured one of the pirate ship replicas from a water theme park in Indonesia, and the other two we built from scratch using steel and concrete” said Elpidio M. Paras, President and CEO of UC-1 Corporation which owns and operates Seven Seas. “We came up with the idea of using them to educate while they amuse our guests on this particular forgotten chapter in Philippine history since the VOC in particular was based in Batavia (present day Jakarta, Indonesia).” In the center of the half hectare tsunami pool is a replica of the wreck of the RINJSBURG, which the oral tradition of legends from the 1600s say was a pirate ship skippered by the scion of Olivier Van Noort, the first of the Dutch Circumnavigators to successfully circumnavigate the globe. Facing the pool is a reconstruction of Fuerte de San Agustin, a cotta or fort cum watchtower supposedly armed with cannon taken from the Dutch East Indiaman AMBOINA while the evens tent entrance facade is a replica of the wreck of BRUINVIS, a Dutch fluyt that extant records say was either scuttled or blown up by the Spanish during this period.
A naval encounter between Dutch and Spanish warships (painting by Cornelis Verbeck).
The Spanish-Dutch Wars in the Philippines, 1600-1646 According to historical sources, this period marked the height of the Spanish-Dutch Wars in the Philippines, when Dutch privateers harassed foreign and Spanish trading ships in a bid to wrest the colony from the Spanish crown. In a series of battles spanning five decades, the Spaniards with the help of native Filipinos successfully turned back the Dutch time after time, from December 14, 1600; again in 1609 at the Battle of Playa Honda by Spanish governor-general Juan de Silva; and again on the Second Battle of Playa Honda on April 1617, when aDutch fleet of 10 galleons under Joris van Spilbergen was defeated by a Spanish armada of seven galleons led by Juan Ronquillo.From 1640 to 1641, a Dutch flotilla of three ships patrolled near Embocadero de San Bernardino to capture galleons coming from Acapulco, Mexico with no success. However, the wreck of the RIJNSBURG, AMBOINA and BRUINVIS and the Fuerza de San Agustin are historically and culturally most significant because of the Battles of La Naval de Manila,a series of five naval engagements fought in Philippines waters in 1646, when the forces of Spain repelled various attempts by the Dutch to invade Manila, during the Eighty Years’ War. The outnumbered Spanish forces, which included many native Filipino volunteers, consisted of two (later, three)ancient, rotting Manila galleons converted to menof-war by stripping guns from the fort of Manila, a galley and four brigantines. The duo outfought a Dutch fleet of nineteen warships, divided into three separate squadrons. Heavy damage was inflicted upon the Dutch squadrons by the SpanishFilipino forces, forcing the Dutch to abandon their invasion of the Philippines. The victories against the Dutch invaders were attributed by the Spanish and Filipino troops to the intercession of the Virgin Mary. On 9 April 1652, the victories in the five sea battles were declared a miracle by the Archdiocese of Manila after a thorough canonical investigation, giving rise to the centuries-old festivities of Our Lady of La Naval de Manila.
The victories of the Dutch also ensured that the Philippines would remain a Catholic and not a Protestant nation.
A replica of the wreck of the Dutch pirate ship RIJNSBURG is the center piece of its half hectare Tsunami Pool. photo by mike baños , npn
Olivier Van Noort and the RIJNBURG Built in 1637 at Amsterdam by the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC or the Dutch East India Company) the Dutch pinnace RIJNSBURG was owned by the VOC and in service for the Kamer van Amsterdam. The VOC was established in 1602, and remained a major trading industry until 1798. Following its establishment on the site of the razed city of Jayakarta by the Dutch in 1619, Batavia became the center of the VOCs trading network in Asia. Monopolies on nutmeg, black pepper, cloves and cinnamon were augmented by cash crops like coffee, tea, cacao, tobacco, rubber, sugar and opium.To safeguard their commercial interests, the VOC and the colonial administration, which replaced it in 1799, progressively absorbed surrounding territory. The RIJNSBURG was a VOC type pinnace class weighing 100 tons burthen (bm) of the type which was used mainly for transport and raiding by the Dutch. The Dutch built pinnaces during the early 17th century. Dutch pinnaces had a hull form resembling a small “race-built” galleon, and were usually rigged as a ship (square rigged on three masts), or carried a similar rig on two masts (in a fashion akin to the later “brig”). Pinnaces were used as merchant vessels, pirate vessels and small warships. After her first voyage to the East on 11 October 1637, the RIJNSBURG arrived on 28 April 1638 in Batavia (kamer van Amsterdam), the capital of the Dutch East Indies (present day Jakarta, Indonesia) and from thence proceeded to India. In 1638, RIJNSBURG, was lost in a battle with the Spanish,off the Philippines. Local legends have it that the ship fell into dire straits after Olivier van Noort, Jr., led a mutiny and took to piracy, lured by the riches to be gained by attacking the spice ships of the Portuguese in the East Indies, the Chinese and Japanese merchant ships trading with the Filipinos at the time, and the biggest prizes of all, the Spanish galleons plying the Acapulco-Manila route. Van Noort was the son and namesake of the commander of the first Dutch privateersquadron to do battle with the Spaniards under in December 14, 1600 when they sank the San Diego, flagship of the Spanish fleet under Antonio de Morga. When the elder Van Noort returned to Holland, he became the first Dutch to circumnavigate the globe. But the reckless bravado of the young Van Noort reportedly proved to be his undoing, and the pirate ship RIJNSBURG was lost in battle when it rashly attacked a bigger Spanish galleon from Acapulco and was blown in two by the galleon’s bigger cannons.The wreck of the pinnace washed up in the shores of Opol, a barrio of what was then known as the Segundo Distrito de Misamis. Seven Seas Water Park and Resorts features a fullscale replica of the shipwreck on a rock island as its center of attraction for the half hectare tsunami wave pool. The AMBOINA and BRUINVIS Besides the RIJNSBURG, Seven Seas also features full scale replicas of relics from two other Dutch East Indiamen, the AMBOINA and BRUINVIS. The AMBOINA was a VOC type spiegelretour ship class 3-masted sailing ship built in 1629 of 550 tons burthen (bm) which was scuttled by her own crew on Sept. 9, 1647.
Fuerte de San Agustin is a replica of a cotta or fort watch tower common in the coastal towns of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. photo by mike baños, npn
The oral history handed down through generations has it that local officials from the nearby town of Cagayan mustered the local populace to build a cotta or fort named Fuerza de San Agustin (after the town’s Patron Saint) armed with the cannons taken from the wreck of the AMBOINA as a defense against marauding Dutch pirates and privateers, the Sultanates of Maguindanao and Buayan led by Sultan Kudarat and Sultan Maputi, respectively; and the far-ranging proas from Jolo of Moro slavers who were also active during this period. The BRUIVIS was a Dutch fluyt ship built in Amsterdam of 120 tons burthen (bm) and acquired by the VOC in 1645. Records show it first departed Texel as a VOC ship on April 24, 1645 and operated out of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (present day Jakarta, Indonesia) until she was either blown up by the Spanish or by her own Dutch Crew on January 20, 1658 off Maginado in the Philippines. A fluyt is a Dutch type of sailing vessel originally designed by the shipwrights of Hoorn as a dedicated cargo vessel designed to facilitate transoceanic delivery with the maximum of space and crew efficiency. Unlike rivals, it was not built for conversion in wartime to a warship, so it was cheaper to build and carried twice the cargo, and could be handled by a smaller crew. “With these footnotes in a forgotten chapter of Philippine history, Seven Seas hopes to awaken the interest of our guests, especially the youth, in the relevance of history to current events, and keep in mind as they journey through their lives that we don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time we come to a problem that requires transport,” Paras said. (The Night Stalker)
Cannon from the wreck of the AMBOINA at Fuerte San Agustin. photo by mike baños , npn
A replica of the wreck of the VOC fluyt BRUINVIS. by mike baños , npn
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