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BPI, BizWeek hold 3-day Housing Fest, Real Expo

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Some 40 exhibitors join the "BPI Housing Festival With Family Auto Loan" and leading regional group of publications BusinessWeek Mindanao's "Real Expo," which run from September 12 to 14, 2014, at the activity area of Limketkai Center, here.

Stakeholders in real estate and automobile industries are expected to deal businesses with a projected 80,000 or more walk-in clients from all walks of life during the duration of the expo, which was co-organized by Jatico Events.

A press conference was held before the formal opening of the exhibit booths with the following panelists: Noel Altamirano, vice president of BPI, Arabelle Solidum, area manager of Filinvest, Emmanuel Magto, project sales director of Avida Sales Corporation, Ryan Jay Santos, sales manager, of Ford, Lucelo Gono, Jr., sales manager of Mazda, Jin Lee, CFO, Smart Condominium, Joan Kathleen Hernandez, assistant sales manager for Hyundai, with Keith Ervin Gamil, dealer sales trainer, and Neil Que, general manager for Jinbei.

Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Oro Chamber) President Efren Uy and city administrator Atty. Roy Raagas graced the press conference and the opening ceremonies.

Mr. Uy said CDO's becoming Second Most Competitive City in the country will further the real estate and automobile industries here, even as he said that there is no way, but to "move

onward." He congratulated BWM Group of Publications for a successful holding of the expo along with its partners, BPI and other stakeholders.

Atty. Raagas, for his part, has assured investors in real estate that the city government is doing its best to provide them with the needed support and amenities. The city government, he said, is updating standards, through the housing board, and that reclassification of land use for the purpose of accommodating real estate investments in the city is on its way.

Although wary of the effect to agriculture of mushrooming real estate properties, Atty. Raagas said the local government will just have to deal with it, since it is part of urbanization and development.

Automobile industry players, for their part, assure better incentives for Kagay-anons during the three-day expo.

Meanwhile, BPI, Vice President Altamirano encourages clients to patronize its housing festival and auto loan program, with good incentives and relaxed payment schemes, offering less than six percent interest loan for financing should clients avail its loan facility during the three-day event.

BPI is into consumer campaign in its housing festival, believing educating homeowners is critical to the future of the home performance industry.

"That's why consumer outreach has become one of BPI's most important efforts," Mr. Altamirano said.

BPI's housing festival and auto loan for families is designed to inspire Kagay-

anons and the neighboring residents through a free, family-friendly expo that allows family members to indulge with their marketing personnel during the duration of the expo.

Toughly competing for excellent offers at the three-day expo are real estate companies currently investing in this city, giving their clients herebetter options to choose from.

The "BPI Housing Festival With Family Auto Loan" and the "BusinessWeek Real Expo" runs until Sunday, and, Oro Chamber president Mr. Uy, no less, invites Kagay-anons to visit it.

Mr. Dante Sudaria, CEO of BusinessWeek Mindanao Group of Publications, this early, has expressed his gratitude to all the stakeholders for their indispensable participation, even as he looked forward to closing the expo in high gears.

"This undertaking is our way of helping clients find credentialed companies in financing, real estate and automobile industries. Clients will be able to weigh performances, hear offers from others, understand the value of credentials, and find what they look for all in one place, and that's here at the Expo," Mr. Sudaria said.

"BWM wants to explore opportunities by forging new relationships with stakeholders in different industries. Being in media, we help raise awareness for opportunities, and pave the way for development of the communities where we run our business," Mr. Sudaria said.

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OUR "LONGING-FOR-SOMETHING" LIFE

W

e are in conflict with ourselves many times during our whole life. Our future gives cause for concern; the past holds us capture - therefore we miss the future.

The grief and sorrow asked the hope, "How are you?" The hope answered, "I am a little bit low and sad today!" The sorrow replied sarcastic, "I hope so!"

Nobody wants to really know what might happen after reaching the retirement age.

Ok folks, I am in it already. If we treat ourselves with care, our real age will not show up. I didn't make any secret celebrating my 50th and 60th birthday. I enjoyed. I was thankful reaching those golden jubilees with God's help.

It seems that the respectable treatment of our beloved seniors around us are vanishing back to the past and remain forgotten by the young generation. Praising the elders nowadays means to attest them impudent and imperishable “youthfullness�.

Our respect is mostly connected with the term "still": still strong, still indefatigable, still a phenomenon, still intellectual and still spiritual on top!

I know what I am talking about. My mother turned 91!

But, many times, our respect

is just artificial or affected stammering, that "our old lady" hasn't become senile yet. "It's an absolute certainty,that doubts are the man certainty!" stressed the German author and dramatist Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956).

Our way to an honorable and respectful age, we should try to fulfill some of our greatest longings in life: - Once in a while being able to say NO; - Deleting inferior and defeatist feelings; - Admitting, that we can't do everything during one single day; - Being no longer afraid about other people and their comments; - Not being forced to be thankful always especially for minor things; - Accepting the "silence" of people around us; - Still being accepted or even loved - even being terrible tired; - Being allowed to make mistakes; - Being allowed to remain sensitive or sentimental; - Being excused, even without having an intelligent reply; - Being carried by salvation and bliss.

A blessed weekend to all of you my dear readers!

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Classical guitarist to perform at Rodelsa Hall After the successful concerts of violinist Bradley Bascon and pianist Rudolf Golez, another award-winning artist will take the center stage at Rodelsa Hall this coming September 13, 2014, 8pm. Ramoncito “Monching” Carpio, classical guitarist is back in Cagayan de Oro for another special engagement organized

by Liceo de Cagayan University, Independent Philippine Art Ventures, Inc. and Philippine Airlines.

In 2012, Carpio won 1st Prize in the Asian International Guitar Competition in Thailand and 2nd Prize in the Taiwan International Guitar Competition. His other awards include 1st Prize in the Philippine International Guitar Competition (2011), 3rd Prize at the Singapore International Guitar Competition (2011), 3rd Prize Bangkok International Guitar Competition (2010) and 2nd Prize at the NAMCYA Guitar Category C held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (2009).

The Liceo University Dragon Boat Team “Liceo Dragonoids” with Coach Pinky in one of the weeklong training sessions at the Cagayan de Oro River

The Liceo University Dragon Boat Team “Liceo Dragonoids” with Owen Jaen and Coach Pinky

Last year, he released his first solo album entitled “Pahinungod” under Independent Philippine Arts Venture (IPAV). Currently, Monching is a guitar faculty member at the Philippine Women’s University and St. Scholastica’s College. He also writes music for guitar and stage plays.

To reserve seats for the concert please call: (088) 8584093 to 95 local 109 or 09177222479 or 09989612102.

See you at Rodelsa Hall!

Coach Pinky Castillo of the Philippine Dragon Boat Federation commands the Liceo Dragonoids in one of the training sessions.

The Liceo U Dragon Boat Team Insignia is conceptualized and designed by two Liceo U Information Technology students Jireh Cuarto and Mickee Omerez.

All Photos by GLENN PALACIO

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City Administrator, Atty. Roy Hilario Raagas leads the Victory Toast.

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TNF CDO x CGYFit presents 1st Mountain Athletics challenge

T

he growing trend for active lifestyle participation is a boon to our society.

Increasing gym memberships, constant participation in fun runs and the mainstream adaptation of triathlons and ultramarathons, strongly suggest that urbanites are seeking for healthier ways to relieve stress. However; a gap exists between race days as majority of participants, especially of fun runs, tend to regress into a sedentary lifestyle right after the event day.

Enter Mountain Athletics, the high intensity interval training (HIIT) module designed by The North Face specifically for outdoor pursuits such as ultra marathons, mountaineering and hiking.

Mountain Athletics also is the name of TNF’s latest collection

of training apparel that provides full range of motion and added durability when performing rigorous exercises such as rope pulls, sandbag presses, box jumps and core work.

“With today’s fast paced lifestyle, technological distractions and plethora of unhealthy eating options staying fit and committing to an exercise regimen is difficult” said Jundel Llagas, Division Manager for The North Face Philippines. ‘What we seek with Mountain Athletics is to create a community of individuals who want to get in shape and commit to stay that way. We want to imbibe MA as part of people’s lifestyle regardless if they are an athlete or not’ he continues. ‘The end goal is to discover your inner athlete

and to train for more than a game.’

The full MA program comes with a mobile app operating on the iOS platform that can be downloaded thru: http://www.thenorthface. com/en_US/mountain-athletics/.

TNF Ph wants to take the engagement even further however and will come up with a series of events for customers to sample the workouts for real.

‘CDO is proud to host the launch of the The 1st Mountain Athletics challenge’ says Hazel Ditching-Sambilay, Area Supervisor for The North Face. In cooperation with SM City CdO and CGYFIT, TNF has developed a localized program that will challenge the resolve and fitness level of athletes, sports enthusiasts and the general public alike. ‘We encourage

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The winners will get products from TNF as well as sponsored slots to the Mapawa Trail Run and ultimately The North Face 100 in 2015 in Manila, all expenses paid!’ Sambilay excitedly announced.

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20 | August 25-31, 2014 | The Cagayan de Oro TIMES | TRAVEL

Beyond Clean & Green: Ilocos Norte eyes Carbon Neutrality with Renewables, Organics

P

erhaps fate brought the iconic Bangui Windmills to Ilocos Norte, but the pioneering renewable energy project could well have blazed the trail to the province’s sustainable future with a zero carbon neutrality status.

Despite the presence of the wind turbines which could supply cheap and clean energy, the province’s economy continues to be mostly based on agriculture and fisheries, with manufacturing mostly based on cottage industries (loom weaving, furniture, handicrafts, ceramics, metal craft) and food processing (salt, empanada, bagoong, patis, basi (native Ilocano wine), vinegar, longganisa, chicharon, bagnet, chichacorn or cornick).

The province’s location at the northwest corner of Luzon makes it ideal for wind power generation but ironically, the power that’s fed to the Luzon grid mostly benefits users outside the province. Hence, the provincial government is not exactly ecstatic over the growing number of wind farms sprouting like mushrooms around its coastlines.

“Wind power has been our lynchpin because we have it as a natural resource,” said Gov. Imee Marcos in an exclusive interview with Cagayan de Oro and Cebu Journalists who recently undertook a familiarization tour of the province. “Unfortunately unlike the extractive industries, the local government and local communities don’t necessarily benefit, so it’s very important to us that corporate social responsibility, the development of supply and value chains, the exploitation first of local resources and compliance with environmental codes be upheld.” Energy Regulation No. 1-94 stipulates the required assistance to local communities by power developers.

Situated just an hour and a half drive from the capital city of Laoag, the Bangui Windmills started with 15 wind turbines in

June, 2005 following an extensive wind resource analysis and mapping study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in 1996.

Northwind Power Development Corp. (NWPDC) developed, maintains and operates the project, while Vestas Wind Systems, a Danish firm, supplied the wind turbinegenerator units (WTGs) for the site.

The Bangui Bay Project is the first in the Philippines to be awarded an Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA) under the Clean Development Mechanism. It is also the first Philippine recipient of the Carbon Emission Reduction Certificates (CER’s) from the Executive Board of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

In 2006, the project produced a five percent discount of the weighted average price in the wholesale electricity spot market (WESM) or a generated savings of approximately USD1.4 million (PhP 70 million) for electricity consumers of the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC).

Phase II added 5 more wind turbines to raise total capacity to 33MW in 2008, increasing the project’s power contribution to Ilocos Norte from 40 to 50 percent. NWPDC expects to complete Phase III with 6 new wind turbines adding a total of 18 MW installed capacity by year end.

The first in Southeast Asia, the $75-million Bangui wind farm has become one of the main sources of electricity as well as a major tourist attraction for Ilocos Norte.

Two other firms are now constructing additional installations: Energy Development Corporation targets 150MW by 2015 in Burgos, and the National Renewable Energy Corp. (formerly UPC Renewables) for 81MW in Pagudpud, one of Ilocos Norte’s major tourism destinations.

Once operational, EDC’s Burgos Wind Project will be

the largest wind farm in the Philippines. It is being installed on a 600-hectare site covering three barangays: Saoit, Poblacion and Nagsurot, in Burgos town.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the country's largest geothermal producer said it will install an additional 21 wind turbines in the 87-megawatt (MW) wind farm.

"This raises the total project investment cost to $450 million from $300 million, and once fully completed, increases the total generating capacity to 150 MW from 87 MW," the Lopez-owned EDC said.

Aside from the wind farm, the BWP also includes a 115 kV transmission line connecting the wind farm from the Burgos substation to the Laoag substation of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), as well as the expansion of the switchyard/substations.

It will augment the Luzon grid’s dependable capacity which needs an additional 4,200 MW in the next ten years due to the projected 4.5 per cent annual increase in electricity demand. It is designed to generate at least 230 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year, enough to supply a million households. It will displace the equivalent of 129,000 tons of carbon emissions or roughly half a million barrels of oil to help mitigate the effects of climate change.

Department of Energy records as of July 31, 2014 show another firm, Energy Logics Phils. of the Delgado Group, has been awarded a service contract for a 120-MW wind power project at Pasuquin East. The firm plans to put up wind farms that can generate a total 420 MW over the next seven years, and a solar power portfolio that can produce more than 250 MW in additional capacity.

Wind power in the Philippines makes up a small percentage of the total energy output of the Philippines.

The country’s wind energy sector

has significant potential and could provide up to 76GW of power.

The approval of these RE projects is to fulfill the Renewable Energy Act of 2008 which mandates that the government develop the country’s renewable energy resources to promote a shift to more sustainable, reliable and affordable energy.

The approved RE developers are now aggressively pursuing the construction of their projects to benefit from the feed-in-tariff (FiT) rates put in place by the DOE. FiT rates are guaranteed fixed prices for RE energy applicable for 20 years that assure the RE developers they will earn and recover their expenses.

Engr. Ernesto B. Pantangco, EDC executive vice president and vice chairman (private sector) for the National Renewable Energy Board, said investor interest in the Ilocos Norte wind power projects are driven by expected shortfall in electricity supply in Luzon over the next few years.

The DOE estimates electricity demand in Luzon grid would increase at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 4.13 percent, to 10,693 MW in 2020 and will increase further to 16,477 MW in 2030.

Besides committed power projects, the grid still needs an additional 8,100 MW (6,000 MW baseload and 2,100 MW peaking) to meet the electricity demand and the required reserve margin of the grid. A total of 869 MW committed projects are expected for commissioning this year until 2015. Of these, 113 MW will be from renewable energy.

“However, we still need the FiT rates to make the projects viable,” Mr. Pantangco added.

The current Feed-in Tariff rate approved by the Energy Regulatory Board (ERC) for wind power projects has been set at P8.53 per kilowatt hour (kWh) and P9.68 for solar.

“Lately the weather pattern has returned to the Pacific and middle area of the archipelago,” Gov. Marcos noted. “The wind

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EDC wind farms under construction in Burgos, Ilocos Norte. Photo by Mike Baños

A closer look at the EDC wind farm under construction in Burgos, Ilocos Norte. Photo by Mike Baños people have been studying it and sabi nila that’s the kind of wind that they need and secondly I think there’s a lot of financing available for renewable energy.”

“I think their opening investment was at US$300-million and that’s times three now, tatlo na yan. And there are four more approved but we’re also hopefully opening up the solar shortly and we’ve now activated a small hydro for 2 MW.” The province’s first solar power plant is being installed by Korea’s Mirae Asia Energy Corp in Currimao for 20MW. A bigger 50MW solar power project of Energy Logics Philippines, Inc. is being planned for Pasuquin and Burgos . Currimao is ideal for solar power because of its extended dry season which extends up to nine months every year.

Ilocos Norte could finally start benefitting from all the clean energy it is producing and exporting to the rest of Luzon if its nascent Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry takes off as expected.

Cited as the Best in Infrastructure in the 2012 Next Wave Cities Report, the capital city of Laoag is positioning itself as a viable alternative BPO hub to

Metro Manila and Cebu.

“The real product of Ilocos Norte is its people, with its spirit of intrepidness and entrepreneurship, one that lends itself to ICT and the exciting new world of digital media. Our abundance of talent in Ilocos Norte can held drive the BPO and service industries to new heights,” Gov. Marcos said during the Laoag leg of the Next Wave Cities ICT Road Show. “Next to talent, our infrastructure is a source of pride for us Ilokanos; we have quality roads, an international airport and container port as well quality telecommunications connectivity.”

Expert Global Solutions (EGS), the first major contact center provider in Laoag, expects to hire 500 call center agents for its new facility.

“We are very excited for our expansion in Northern Luzon.

Laoag City is known as a first class city, which serves as the commercial and business hub of Ilocos Norte,” said Bong Borja, president and country head for EGS Philippines. “We are also confident that the city has pool of highly qualified talents, which is one of the biggest deciding factors why we want to bring and grow our business in Laoag," he said.

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Bangui Wind Farm. Photo by Mike Baños

A semi trucks a section of the 90 meter towers for the new EDC wind farm in Burgos, Ilocos Norte Photo by Alaric Yanos EGS is the holding company for two global leaders in BPO: NCO Financial Systems, which specializes in accounts receivable management, and APAC Customer Services, which concentrates on customer relationship management.

Ms. Emmy Lou V. Delin, NWC program manager, DOST-ICT Office, is confident Metro Laoag can support more than 15,000 full time employees in the BPO industry by 2016.

But the construction boom brought by the RE projects in the province hasn’t been without its issues.

“We’ve been having so much trouble with that because it’s all in the beach and daming nasisirang corals and it’s very, very difficult to work with some of these large corporations because they’re immensely powerful, they go straight to Manila and the local concerns are overturned,” Gov. Marcos said. “It’s really been an issue but there’s so much money being thrown at renewables and a lot of them are here.”

With the Bangui windmill farms and the soon Currimao solar park, Ilocos Norte will soon generate 50 percent of its power requirement from clean energy.

The province’s local energy needs is provided by the INEC whose service area covers the whole of Ilocos Norte which is composed of 2 cities, 21 municipalities and 557 barangays with 135,019 households as of 31 December 2010.

“It’s really important for us because we like to maintain in Ilocos Norte, we’re beyond clean and green and towards zero carbon footprint. I think we’re beyond zero now,” Gov. Marcos said.

“We also like to limit our food miles, meaning that we grow food everywhere. Every Ilokano has malunggay and saluyot in his kitchen garden,” she added. “This is important for us that we eat fresh food and everything’s grown in the premises. Our goal is to be organic 50 percent shortly.”

Indeed, carbon neutrality and beyond appears to be well in hand in Ilocos Norte.

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22 | August 25-31, 2014 | The Cagayan de Oro TIMES | REALTY

Things You Have to Learn about Real Estate and Rentals

U

ndoubtedly, most people, if not all, dream of being rich.

However, no goal or dream comes easy and fast. The getrich-quick scheme is a scam. Being rich is among those things that somehow take time to achieve.

For most people, they work hard to attain their goals. Others, they venture in different types of businesses to generate income.

One of the highly sophisticated businesses that anyone can engage in is real estate.

Generally, real estate refers to the properties that consist of lands, buildings, and housing including its natural resources. In the business aspect, it simply deals with buying, selling, or renting of the properties which include the lands, buildings, and/ or housing. Residential estates or housing are the most common arrangements in this type of business, and individuals with families who wish to legally settle down are usually its target market.

Commonly, residential estates have many classifications.

They can be in a form of apartments, multi-family houses, terraced houses, condominiums, cooperatives, duplex, mobile homes, and tents.

Needless to say, there are no shortcuts in this kind of business. This entails patience, determination, and a handful of persuasion. An agent must be able to pursue the buyer effectively.

Residential estate is not cheap. Buyers should feel that they have invested their money for long terms. If an agent has successfully sold any type of residential estates, then a bright future surely awaits him or her.

Aside from dealing in real estates, there is also money in renting properties. Owners can have the option to let their possessions be borrowed for a certain amount of price, which is paid every month. This is a way of earning money that may not be used a lot of conviction to persuade its target market.

Investing in real properties can be a very good investment.

The following reasons can explain why.

• Money Cycle – This can be referred to as cash flow. The tenant pays the rental price, which can exceed the real price of the property. The excess of the tenant’s payment is now the cash flow of the investor or owner of the property.

• Appreciation Rates – Over time, the value of properties gradually increases. Therefore, if a person has bought a certain property this time, the value of that same property may increase which implies an increase of the rental price.

• Decrease in Mortgage – In simple terms; this uses the tenant’s payment to settle property loan. The tenants help in settling mortgages through rental payment until the loans are totally paid off over a certain period of time.

• Value of Depreciation – It is a way to reduce the annual taxable income. The tenants’ utilization of the property can lose the aesthetics of the property and thus, its value, which leads to the depreciation value.

It is always better to put money in to good and effective investments. It can make money grow a thousand times. When money is handled properly, anyone can surely have the riches that he or she has ever dreamed of.

Home Buying Guide for Balikbayans

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ormer natural-born Filipinos who are now naturalized citizens of another country can buy and register, under their own name, land in the Philippines but limited in land area (see below). However, those who avail of the Dual Citizenship Law can buy as much land as any other Filipino citizen. A natural born Filipino is one who was born of at least one Filipino parent at the time of birth.

Under Republic Act 9225 (Dual Citizenship Law of 2003), former Filipinos who became naturalized citizens of foreign countries are deemed not to have lost their Philippine citizenship, thus enabling them to enjoy all the rights and privileges of a Filipino.

Steps to Gain Dual Citizenship: If you are in the Philippines, file a "Petition for Dual Citizenship and Issuance of Identification Certificate (IC) pursuant to RA 9225” at the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and for the cancellation of your alien certificate of registration.

Those who are not BI registered and overseas should file the petition at the nearest embassy or consulate.

Requirements: • Birth certificate authenticated by the National Statistics Office (birth certificate from the NSO can be requested online and mailed to you) • Accomplish and submit a “Petition for Citizenship and Issuance of Identification Certificate (IC) pursuant to RA 9225” to a Philippine embassy, consulate or the Bureau of Immigration.

• Pay a $50.00 processing fee, schedule and take an "Oath of Allegiance" before a consular officer.

• The Bureau of Immigration in Manila receives the petition from the embassy or consular office. The BI issues and sends an Identification Certificate of citizenship to the embassy or consular office.

If a former Filipino who is now a naturalized citizen of a foreign country does not want to avail of the Dual Citizen Law, he or she can still acquire land based on BP (Batas Pambansa) 185 & RA (Republic Act) 8179 but limited to the following: For Residential Use (BP 185 - enacted in March 1982): • Up to 1,000 square meters of residential land.

• Up to one (1) hectare of agricultural of farm land.

• For Business / Commercial Use (RA 8179 amended the Foreign Investment act of 1991): • Up to 5,000 square meters of urban land.

• Up to three (3) hectares of rural land.

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