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Senator Manny Villar was recently co nfe r re d t h e 2 0 1 3 O u t sta n d i n g Professional of the Year Award in the field of Real Estate Service by the Professional Regulation Commission for “revolutionizing the housing industry as the biggest homebuilder in Southeast Asia, having built more than 100,000 houses for the poor and middle class Filipino families”.

Villar was accompanied by his wife, Senator-elect Cynthia Villar, during the Awards Night held at Manila Hotel’s Fiesta Pavilion in Manila.

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TESDA goes hi-tech with Google Apps The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the country's prime agency for providing technical vocational education and training (TVET), recently worked with Google to increase collaboration and improve communication for all TESDA employees.

Technical vocational students, trainers and personnel will now have an access to a collaborative suite of free online apps through Google Apps for Education, also used by many educational institutions.

With Google Apps for Education, they will be able to send and receive e-mail with a @tesda. gov.ph domain name, store data and share documents with Drive, hold web-based video conferences with Google+ Hangouts and easily build websites with Sites.

"Technology is increasingly playing a starring role in schools and educational institutions in helping students learn. Our adoption of the Google Apps is a testament to this," Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA director general, said.

Janet Suzie Yoon, country lead for Google Apps Supporting Program, said she hopes the use of the apps would provide a new learning experience to both the students and educators, and help expand the reach of technical vocational education among TESDA|P10

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June 24-29, 2013

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MetroSpect The Forgotten Katipunan Revolt in Mindanao and the case for a Ninth Ray of the sun in the PH Flag

By Mike Ba単os

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any people have tried to win recognition for what local historians claim was the only Katipunan-led revolt in Mindanao at the time of the Cry of Balintawak in 1896, but to this day, the cloak of censorship thrown by Spanish authorities over the so-called Calaganan Mutiny has effectively stifled efforts to put it in its rightful place of honor in the annals of the Philippine Revolution against Spain.

Although it remains a little known fact to this day, Misamis was the only region which actively joined the Katipunan revolt against Spain in 1896. It may have occurred over 100 years ago but re-opening the archives on this forgotten chapter of the country's history could change the way the present Philippine flag looks like. Local historians believe government should fund further research into determining if there is a need to makeover the sun in the Philippine flag with nine instead of eight rays.

Every grade school student in the country

is taught how the eight rays of the sun in the Philippine tricolor represent the eight provinces in Luzon which first rose in revolt against the Spaniards in 1896.

But Cagayan de Oro historian Antonio J. Montalvan II says existing historical sources indicate there was one other Katipunan-led revolt in the islands which occurred during that same period in 1896 which has not been recognized by Filipino historians.

The Calaganan Mutiny is detailed in the letters of Vicente Elio y Sanchez of Camiguin to the Manila-based Spanish newspaper "La Oceania Espa単ola" and two other historical sources but has never been linked to the First Cry of Balintawak led by Andres Bonifacio. Mr. Montalvan believes Mr. Elio's letters never got past Spanish censors anxious to douse support for the revolution which had broken out in Luzon.

The mutiny exploded in September 29, 1896 among the so-called "Disciplinarios" or conscripts consisting mostly of convicts from Luzon, who were pressed into battle against the Moros in Lanao.

In late August of 1896, the Katipunan revolution against Spain broke out in Luzon.

Exactly a month after, or September 29, 1896, a group of Filipinos from Luzon who were deported to the Spanish fort Fuerza Real de la Nueva Victoria in Calaganan (present day Balo-i, Lanao del Norte) for training in military discipline to fight against the Moros of Lanao, mutinied against their Spanish superiors upon receiving instructions from the Katipunan in Manila. They raided the Spanish armory and proceeded to Cagayan de Misamis to attack the town, being joined by some Moros.

On the way, they ransacked convents and homes of Spanish peninsulars. However, a joint force of Spanish soldiers and Filipino volunteers repulsed them in Sta. Ana, Tagoloan. From Cagayan, they proceeded to Sumilao, Bukidnon where they were joined by a band of 50 Higa-onons. They next attacked the Tercio Civil outpost in Balingasag, and raided the outpost of Gingoog on January 1897.

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Map of Misamis tracing the path of the Calaganan Mutiny by Elson Elizaga.

Pio Valenzuela was the trusted aide dispatched by Andres Bonifacio to foment a Katipunan-led rebellion in Mindanao.

The fortress Fuerza Real de la Nueva Victoria in Calaganan (present day Balo-i, Lanao del Norte) was ransacked by the Disciplinarios on Sept. 29, 1896 to start the only Katipunan-led revolt in Mindanao.

Formation of Voluntarios who were made up of Cagayanon volunteers led by local hero Apolinar Velez who routed the Disciplarios in Sta. Ana, Tagoloan with the help of Spanish soldiers.

By that time, news of Rizal's execution had reached Cagayan and Misamis, and this further stoked the anger of the local Katipuneros. It took the Spanish gunboat Mariveles, recalled from the Tercio Distrito de Surigao, to finally subdue the resistance in Gingoog. This was the only known Katipunan revolt in the entire Mindanao.

What is especially unique about this particular mutiny is that besides happening at about the same time as the Katipunan revolt in Luzon, there appears to be a direct link between it and the Katipunan revolt in the person of Pio Valenzuela, a cousin of the amazon warrior Arcadia Valenzuela of Lapasan, Cagayan de Misamis (as Cagayan de Oro was then known) who visited Mindanao during this period (ostensibly on instructions from Andres Bonifacio himself!)

Women and children took shelter in the St. Augustine to instigate a similar revolt in Cathedral while the menfolk joined the Spanish Mindanao . soldiers as Voluntarios to stop the incoming force of Disciplinarios from Calaganan.

Mr. Montalvan maintains how Augustinian Recollect chronicles

confirm that this revolt was in fact instigated by a communication from Katipuneros in Luzon, making Mindanao the ninth province to join the Katipunan revolt, albeit not included in the eight rays of the sun in the Philippine flag which represent the eight provinces which first rose against Spanish tyranny.

"We have yet to establish beyond a reasonable doubt the direct link between the Katipunan revolt in Luzon and the Calagan Mutiny, but there are extant sources which appear to indicate that such a link did exist, and that Pio Valenzuela did indeed come to Mindanao on the instructions of Andres Bonifacio to foment a revolt against the Spaniards," Mr. Montalvan said.

Another unique aspect of the revolt was that it was participated in by Mindanao's tri-people: the Christian immigrants, the indigenous natives in the person of Higaonons from Bukidnon, and a group of Moros from Lanao, making it not only a Katipunan

revolt, but one in which all three of Mindanao's tri-people was represented.

"Should a direct link be established between Bonifacio's Katipunan revolt in Luzon and the Calaganan Mutiny, then the people of Mindanao can rightfully petition the national government to add a ninth ray to the sun in the Philippine flag," Mr. Montalvan said.

What needs to be done at this point is to verify primary sources such as the Consular Letters of the French Embassy in Manila to Paris where the Calaganan Mutiny is described in detail, Montalvan added.

The letters are now in the archives of the National Museum in Manila, as are other extant documents like the historical account of the Jesuit historian Pablo Pastells in which the Calaganan Mutiny is also described in detail.

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“We Grow Minds” TESDA programs address employment concerns, generation for underemployed and ‘needing skills’

By CHENG ORDONEZ, NewsCon Director

BWM MEDIA CENTER, Cagayan de Oro – The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in the region has continued to successfully embark on schemes to measure the impact on regional development in both training and employment, said Engr. Edgar Sales, OIC-regional director of TESDA 10 during the weekly BWM Media Center’s News Conference (NEWSCON), held last June 21, here.

Dir. Sales was accompanied by Ms. Kotie Bax, TESDA 10 Regional Operations Division chief, and Ms. Honey Analou Dona, TESDA 10 SMAC Focal.

TESDA, is an agency of the government under the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) responsible for managing and supervising technical education and skills development.

Dir. Sales identified the measures as (1) Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA) Program, (2) Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) and (3) Cash for Training Program (CTP).

PESFA Program has been established through Section 8 of R.A. No. 8545, otherwise known as the Expanded Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education

(GASTPE) Act. PESFA offers educational grants to qualified and deserving college freshmen both in degree and non-degree courses.

Engr. Sales said the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) and TESDA handle the administration of the program for degree and non-degree courses, respectively. The program seeks to extend financial assistance to marginalized but deserving students in post secondary non-degree TVET courses; promote technical vocational education and training (TVET); contribute to the development of a competent skilled workforce; and assist private institutions in their development efforts by assuring a steady supply of enrollees to their course offerings.

TWSP is a facility to provide the necessary supply to address the skills demand of

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the industries. Specifically, it aims to provide skills and competencies to job seekers through appropriate training programs that are directly connected to existing jobs for immediate employment.

It also seeks to empower private education and training institutions to offer relevant training programs that meet job requirements.

“Remember that we focus on food, shelter and clothing, which are the basic needs, and our role is to address employment concerns and generation,” Dir. Sales said.

To realize the objectives of this program, TESDA works with other government agencies to provide the funds for either full or partial scholarship grants to high

school graduates, those employed but ready for a career change, underemployed or unemployed, with or without experience and ready to undergo training in the selected priority sectors and other sectors with identified highly critical skills requirements namely: Agribusiness, Cyberservices, Aviation, Metals Engineering, Construction (Heavy equipment Operators); Health and Social Services (Massage Therapists, Spa Therapists, Pinoy Hilot, Biomedical Equipment Technician); Hotel and Restaurant Management (Barista and Cooks/Chef); Support Programs (National TVET Trainors/Assessors Qualification Program, Pre Assessment of CCAs and Medical Transcriptionists); and Special Programs (Special employment Program for Mindanao, Disabled Soldiers (DND), Livelihood or Training Program for OFWs) On the other hand, Dir. Sales spells out TWSP through the program’s two objectives: (1) To provide skills and competencies to job seekers through appropriate training programs that are directly connected to existing jobs for immediate employment and (2) To empower private education and training institutions to offer relevant training programs that meet job requirements.

TWSP is a joint project of government agencies spearheaded by TESDA, DoLE and Office of the Presidential Adviser for Job Creation (OPAJC), private sector organizations, industry associations, labor unions and public and private education and training institutions.

“While TESDA focuses

on education, it also addresses employment generation through programs and services. However, there are parameters that we have to consider. These are ‘working age population’ and ‘post secondary’ in our effort to address both employment generation and the needs of those living under the poverty line, the underemployed and those needing skills,” Dir. Sales said.

TWSP, he said, is a program that should provide work immediately after graduation or six months after, even as it helps jobless individuals to go abroad. Lately, 14 people managed to leave for Australia through the said program.

As for CTP, some 4,695 slots have been provided for Region 10, including the areas of Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental and Misamis Occidental while the areas of Camiguin and Lanao del Norte are still undergoing processing.

At least 68 schools in Misamis Oriental are TESDA-accredited with some 6,000 annual graduates.

Also at the NEWSCON were Cyril Ranile, TESDA coordinator for 1st District, and Nanny James Munalem, admin officer of International Labor Force Mastery, Inc./ Skills Mastery Institute.

Other topics discussed during last Friday’s NEWSCON were the following: Role of TESDA in providing employment to returning OFWs economically displaced as a result of global economic crisis; major activities/events which TESDA is undertaking relative to the TESDA anniversary celebration on August 2013; and Holcim Galing Mason Awards.

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Points of View

ALA MODE Owen Jaen

I was supposed to write another article for this issue but while I was doing so, I read from my Facebook news feed of an apparent suicide in one of the malls here in Cagayan de Oro. The status feeds were of course shocking but what shocked me most was how people treated the tragedy on social media.

Gory photos of the scene were plastered over my computer screen and were shared countless times in a span of less than an hour.

Details of what really happened were still a blur but people were already speculating and had several versions of why he ended his life in such a tragic fashion.

The photo most likely shared via a mobile snapshot and uploaded through Facebook may be a harmless and instantaneous

Ethics in the time of bits and bytes

reaction of the original owner but because of his/her quick action, the photo spread like wildfire without much facts attached to it and without even blurring and retouching the photo so as not to make it very graphic and gruesome.

Death photos whether caused by accidents, disasters or tragedies must never be displayed and available to all because death is a very sensitive issue and it might offend the senses of some. We should also consider and respect the bereaved as prevent the story from becoming sensationalized.

For most news and media outlets, they are governed by the ethics of photojournalism and most of the time they abide and adhere to what is considered acceptable.

In the case of us ordinary

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citizens who now have the power of capturing images via our digital mobile devices, when do we say if we have gone overboard and shared more than what people can normally handle?

In the face of tragedy such as what happened on that fateful Friday at the mall, natural instinct tells us to go and take a look, inquire and nose around and perhaps take a few snapshots to show to our friends or family when head home.

If it stops there, I guess there is nothing wrong. If we post them on social media sites such as facebook and Instagram is another matter.

You have shared an image that is accessible to almost all users and can be distributed to a wider network of users.

These will open doors to

misinterpretation, mishandling of information, speculations and even cause people to react in disgust or worse, they become enraged.

One more thing, there are documented cases of what others call as “Copycat Suicides.”

These are suicides made in an attempt to emulate a recent suicide incident known through accounts depicted and related through media.

This does not exclude graphic scene photos and detailed accounts shared via the internet.

This is something we must not expose our young people with.

Their fragile minds might be unable to handle such sensitive matters and they might take matter into their own hands.

People who are also undergoing challenges in their lives must be sheltered from such

tragic stories because it might trigger a string of unwanted incidents.

I therefore urge all of us to be more responsible in dealing with delicate issues and practice selfcensorship.

Let us fill our digital world with more positive news or solutions to everyday problems in order to make our lives more productive and worthwhile.

There are so many things worth living for and we must all help heal one another through kinder words and taking care of each other whether off or online.

“The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.” ~Sarah Fielding

Answers to your Wedding Music Questions Have you ever gone to an occasion without any music whether it’s piped in or live music?

Well there’s none because music is vital to any event or occasion.

If the party host is the life of the party then your music is the mood setter.

Music fills the seemingly dead air moments that eases whatever tension there is.

I have attended many weddings whether I was part of the entourage, singing for them or just being a simple guest witnessing a ceremony or reception and as I have observed the outcome of the planned program is greatly affected by the Music.

So for the couples out there, here’s something you should consider while you are deciding for your music on your important day.

Ceremony Music • Can I play the music service from my ipad? There’s always something unique with live performance; it sounds more authentic. The live music will make it more memorable for you.

• For the ceremony, should we hire a choir, quartet or just a soloist?  For Catholic Weddings - you should hire either a quartet or choir because the mass songs are needed to be sung by a group. Just make sure the singers know the rules and regulations of the church especially with the songs that they will sing.  For Evangelical Weddings –A choir is not required but if you want it why not? Evangelical wedding ceremonies only require minimal musicians, a soloist and pianist will do.

• What instruments can we use for the ceremony?  For Catholic Weddings – A piano/ keyboard and violin will do.

 For Evangelical Weddings - Your choices can be a piano/ keyboard with violin , guitar with violin, acoustic set up of- acoustic guitar, bitbox, violin, bass guitar • What type of music should be played during the ceremony?  For Catholic Weddings – Only Liturgical songs are allowed inside the church.  For Evangelical Weddings – Contemporary Christian Wedding songs are highly advised to be used Reception Music • Should we hire an Acoustic band or a Dj? A combination of both is highly recommended but if you are on a tight budget choose at least one.

The band is really good as the starter to set the mood of the people and during dinner time the band’s live performance makes everyone more relax and at ease.

On the other hand the Dj most of the time accompanies the entrances of the entourage, the parents of the bride and the groom and of course the couple.

The Dj also makes the smooth transitions in backing up the host. So as you can see both are important but again if you are in budget constraints evaluate according to what really fits in your budget and the program. If you want the laid back relax program I suggest you get the band but if you want more dancing towards the end of your program get the Dj because recorded music can last longer. Live acoustic music can play regularly a maximum of 3 sets, 10-12 songs per set.

• Why should we hire an acoustic band not the full show band?

Before I give you the answer to the question, let me describe

first what a show band is and the acoustic band. A show band requires full instrumentation ( drum set, bass guitar, lead and rythm guitars, keyboard, percussions and sometimes the brass section is also included, at least 3 vocalists and heavy duty sound system . The acoustic band on the other hand requires an acoustic guitar, 1 bit box, bass guitar and 2 vocalists.

Basing on both descriptions above generally the full show band set up is much more expensive than the acoustic set up which means it is more budget friendly. The acoustic set up will also give you the relaxed laid back ambiance for the reception.

• What type of music should be played during the reception?

Generally it is of mix genre from the oldies to the current hits to be able to cater the varied tastes of the guests but the couple may request specific songs to be included in the playlist to cater their own favourites.

• Is the sound system important?

Yes, the sound system is very important because it affects the host and the music in effect it affects the quality of the ambiance the musicians are trying to give. No matter how good your musicians are if you don’t have a good sound system and operator, it’s going to be the other way around. If you don’t want your musicians to sound like doing karaoke singing then better make sure you have a good sound system. How? If you are in budget constraints make sure that your venue for the reception has a good sound system so that you will not rent out anymore.

• Should contracts be made in hiring musicians? Yes, that is for the protection of both parties.

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Points of View SUPER BRANDING Harry Tambuatco

Talent we allow to go to waste!

It is amazing that when we meet people with great potential and who are left to waste; does it not become our fault should we not be instrumental in propelling them to greatness assuming of course that you hold with you the opportunity to do so?

Clapping to show appreciation should never be enough. The passive approach called appreciation is simply unacceptable and to leave it be has to be foul.

Then again we do have this very particular trait of keeping others down just so we prop ourselves up.

This is what we call the “crab mentality”.

Most managers suffer from this decease especially in this country.

There are a number of good writers out there who never see publication in major broadsheets simply because they don’t have the means or politics for inclusion.

Our editors to begin with have all remained the same and their points of views dictating what we know to be public opinion.

Thank God for the internet and social sites that now allows a platform for talent to prosper.

The same goes for TV where we are subjected to the same old faces that are required to be young but of no real talents other than to smile, act stupid and to clown around.

Editorials and TV hosts for the more serious are downgraded to look animated as if a freak, if you get my drift.

Then there are leaders we have met in our lives that never get to see authority that may improve many lives.

There are many not some as of the latest elections who get the mandate from the people with no proven competence other than a popularity either driven either by money or media (i.e. movies) who occupy seats in government to our detriment.

Is this not our fault as well – or should we just blame this to the tyranny of the masses.

We remain passive over time and before we know it we are older and physically relegated to the background.

And yet in business when we identify talent we go out of our way to hire these talents if not nurse them to fully develop but all for the singular purpose of profit.

How very sad, isn’t it! Love of country should always remain priority like CSR or corporate social responsibility or even personal social responsibility because it is of the same pool we derive talent from for our businesses and where our leaders come from.

The rich and the powerful that have influence are more to blame with all their time prioritized for personal gain.

The richer they get the more money they require, this we call simply greed!

The academe is not to be left out with their responsibility to the country to improve the home grown talents not necessarily just inside the campuses but in the economic and political arenas as well if need be.

The Church also has its fault all considering how splintered they are with their conflicting messages outside their own faiths. It has to be true; the more one reads the more confused the messages become.

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HEALTH IN FOCUS

Financial Doctor

Dr. Mary Jean Loreche

Dr. Adonis Agcopra

Transfusion Transmitted Diseases (Part 1)

While I was doing my rounds of the Laboratories under my care, a patient came to see me, wanting an explanation and brought me her test result that was performed in another place, repeated three times in different laboratories.

Result was the same: Positive for RPR, which is a screening test for Syphilis. The only pertinent data that I gathered was a history of blood transfusion ten years ago during delivery of her youngest child.

Transfusion transmitted disease is a problem and a challenge that we still face even in this era of modern diagnostic capabilities to detect the micro-organisms that can be transmitted through blood and/or blood products.

The problem is directly proportional to the prevalence of the infection in the blood donor community. It is not uncommon really to hear sad stories of patients claiming that they were infected after a history of blood transfusion.

The infectious agents can be a virus, bacteria, or a parasite.

Laboratory screening for donor’s blood include tests for Hepatitis B, C, HIV, Malaria, Syphilis. It is worth mentioning here that Filaria (another mosquito borne disease), is transmissible through blood.

I know for a fact that our friends at the City Health Office are active in their monitoring and surveillance activities in following up cases in the surrounding barangays.

Bacterial contamination during extraction, handling and processing of the blood, and even during the preparation of the unit like in preparing for the blood or the components (which I hope to discuss some other time) during transfusion itself can be sources for transmission of infectious agents during transfusion.

Blood being the elixir of life must therefore be treated with extreme caution.

It is incumbent upon the members of the team: the requesting clinician, the donors and recipients, family members, the Nursing Unit and the Laboratory in the Blood Bank Centre and the Hospitals to join hands in making sure that the unit of blood/or blood products be safe.

The process in coming up with a SAFE UNIT OF BLOOD starts with the DONOR. Donors have as much responsibility in not just sharing their blood, but, in making sure that it is SAFE for the recipient.

If one were engaged in high risk activities like having had sex in exchange for money or drugs, men that have had sex with men, or, if one had a recent history of having had a sexually transmitted infection, or if one has knowledge that he/she tested positive for the above mentioned diseases, he/she must inform the interviewer.

All data gathered during the interview are kept confidential and the appropriate screening or confirmatory tests can then be done.

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The Challenge of Balancing Life Life is a balancing act. Lacking a sense of balance in life is like losing control while driving at high speed on a very slippery freeway.

It makes your hands sweat and your heart palpitate. With a chronic sense of imbalance, you get a lot of anxiety, you frown a lot, you physically age faster and you easily get ill.

Psychologists say that happiness and success in life lies in maintaining a sense of balance.

This balance is attained by paying significant attention to different aspects of wellness.

Several models of balanced wellness have been proposed.

These include the relatively more known six-dimension interdependent wellness model developed in 1976 by Dr. Bill Hettler of the National Wellness Institute.

However, I find the more comprehensive sevenspoked wellness wheel that includes financial wellness most interesting.

Evaluating your own level of balanced wellness by asking yourself these questions for each specific aspect might be a great eye-opener.

Your Physical health: How healthy is your body?

Do you eat the right foods? Are you exercising regularly? Is your weight ideal? Would having money but not being able to enjoy much of it due to poor health suit you?

Your Mental/Intellectual health: What is your mental diet? What information and entertainment do you feed your mind? Do you seek to aspire for continuous and lifetime learning? Do you always welcome and explore new ideas?

Your Spiritual health: How do you find meaning and significance in your life? Do you find ways to study, meditate and connect to a higher power?

Do you enjoy peace of mind and heart?

Your Family health: Do you share common and morally upright values with your loved ones? Do you find time to share with your family? How closely connected are you with your spouse and your children?

Your Career health: Do you love your work?

Are your interests, skills and temperament wellsuited for your chosen career? Is your work and advocacy reflective of your innermost values?

Your Social health: Are you comfortable interacting with other people? Do you welcome new friends and new situations? Are you capable of maintaining valuable friendships?

Your Financial health: Are you financially disciplined? Do you live within your means? Do you know how to earn, save, invest and protect your assets and yourself?

Living a well-balanced life is a continuous journey that can spell a big difference towards your happiness and success. Aim to be successful and happy.

Revolutionize and start balancing your life now!

Dr. Adonis Agcopra is a registered international financial strategic consultant with IARFC and is portfolio director of AFIC Meridian Consultants.

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Moreno gets backing Reduction of prison of Oro business group sentence law gets nod

By CHRISTINE CABIASA

P r e s i d e n t Benigno S. Aquino III has recently signed into law Republic Act 10592 which amends the Revised Penal Code by, among others, granting an increase deduction from the period of his sentence for good conduct.

This new law originated from numerous House Bills which were primarily co-authored by Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez.

The law basically provides that the good conduct of any offender qualified for credit for preventive imprisonment or of any convicted prisoner in any penal institution, rehabilitation or detention center or any other local jail shall entitle him to deductions from the period of his sentence.

In the first two years of imprisonment, a prisoner is entitled to a deduction of 20

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The influential Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (OroChamber) on Friday vowed to support the administration of Mayor Oscar Moreno.

During its second quarterly meeting on June 14 at the Marco Polo Hotel, OroChamber President Efren T. Uy said his group will strongly support the plans and programs of the newlyelected mayor of Cagayan de Oro. Uy added the business group is ready to support Moreno, who defeated Mayor Vicente Emano during the May 13 midterm elections, especially on projects and programs

that are beneficial to the business sectors.

For his part, Moreno has assured the OroChamber that he will do his best to bring in more investors.

Likewise, he vowed to develop and improve further the local business enterprises.

This as Moreno expressed optimism that businesses will further flourish under his administration.

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days from his/her jail term for each month of good behavior from the original five days, from the third to the fifth year, he is entitled to 23 days from the original 8 days, from the sixth to the 10th year, 25 days from the original 10 days and from the 11th and succeeding years he is entitled to 30 days from the original 15 days.

He will also be given an additional deduction of 15 days for every month of s t u d y, t e a c h i n g o r

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S a i d n e w Republic Act also gives incentives to loyalty by giving a prisoner who escapes during a calamity or catastrophe a deduction of one fifth of the period of his sentence if he returns within 48 hours after the event has passed.

If the prisoner stays during such a calamity or catastrophe, he is entitled to a deduction of two-fifths of his sentence.

Outgoing Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno, now Cagayan de Oro mayor-elect, delivers his speech during the second quarterly meeting of the influential Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (OroChamber) held at the Marco Polo Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City on June 14. photo by arjay s. felicilda

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By Christine H. Cabiasa

Committed to provide accessible and quality education to her constituents, the Cagayan de Oro College Basic Education Department has opened its new five-storey building on June 18 at the main campus site, Lirio St., Carmen, this city.

Ramon del Rosario, PHINMA Chairman and COC Director said that the new five-storey building is their living legacy that COCPHINMA is continuing its mission to give quality education to the students in Mindanao, specifically Northern Mindanao.

The new five-storey building has 30 classrooms, 17 of which are fully air-conditioned, also equipped with laboratories complete with facilities aimed at accommodating bigger population.

With COC-PHINMA good board exam results and consistent top performance at National Achievement Test (NAT) since 2009, del Rosario added that they will give only what is due to their pupils and students, aside from giving quality education at an affordable cost, of course good

and well-ventilated classrooms also.

Meanwhile, according to Mayor-elect Oscar S. Moreno, COC-PHINMA’s entry to Cagayan de Oro City is one of the best things that happened to the city and for that he is very thankful to. “As COC-PHINMA continues to believe in giving quality education to our students, they will reach far,” Moreno added.

When asked about their preparations in implementing the K to 12 to the basic education department, Magdaleno Albarracin, COC-PHINMA Corporate Treasurer said that they take the program as a challenge that would improve the skills and competencies of the students.

Also, Dr. Chito Salazar, COC President said that the K to 12 program has not affected the number of their enrolees this school year, instead it gained an estimate of ten percent increase.

“We will continue to serve our students with quality education and will always be ready of assistance,” del Rosario said.

(Center) Mayor-elect Oscar S. Moreno leads the ribbon cutting as COC-PHINMA Basic Education Department opens their new five-storey building on June 18 at COC main campus, Lirio St., Carmen, this city. With him, (from left) Dr. Chito Salazar, COC President, Ramon del Rosario, COC Chairman, Magdaleno Albarracin, COCPHINMA Vice Chairman, and Engr. Raymundo Reyes, COC COO. photo by arjay felicilda

Mayor-elect Oscar S. Moreno gives his message to the COC-PHINMA Board of Directors and Members as they opened their new five-storey Basic Education Department building on June 18 at COC-PHINMA main campus, Lirio St., Carmen, this city. photo by arjay felicilda

Holcim contest on outstanding Filipino masons now open Cement manufacturer Holcim Philippines, Inc. is now accepting nominations for the fourth cycle of the Holcim Galing Mason Award, a program to honor Filipino masons who show great skill and pride in their work and are also model citizens in their community.

Holcim Philippines, which kicked off the program starting June will accept nominations until August 16, 2013.

Any reputable individual or legitimate organization may nominate working masons who are at least 25 years old and have resided in their area for no less than a year.

Persons to be nominated should be holders of valid Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Certificate on Masonry.

Certificates of good moral character from at least two local organizations, along with other necessary documents should accompany the nomination to be submitted to the TESDA Provincial

Office in their areas.

Nominees will go through three levels of selection process: provincial, regional and national. Only the top three (3) nominees from each region get to compete in the regional level, the winners of which move on to the national competition.

The winner, who will be proclaimed in October is chosen based on his productivity, technical competence and professionalism.

The Most Outstanding Mason will get P 150,000 in cash, the Regional winners take home P25,000 in cash while the nominating individual or organization with the most number of nominees gets P 15,000.

The first cycle in 2007 was won

by Sergio Barliso of Cebu, the 2009 competition was topped by Rodante Andres of Capiz and the 2011 grand champions were Eduardo Latap of NCR and Alejandro Tagle of Cagayan Valley.

Holcim Philippines sustainable development head Michael Cabalda encouraged individuals and organizations to participate and nominate masons in their areas who fit the Galing Mason Award profile.

“Masons play a critical role since they help build structures necessary for our country’s development. It is only fitting that we honor those who do their job well and at the same time are role models in their communities. We hope that organizations familiar with these workers will go out of their way to nominate them,” Cabalda said.

The Holcim Galing Mason Award, which is held every two years, is part of Holcim Philippines’ flagship corporate social responsibility program and done in partnership with TESDA, Philippine Constractors Association (PCA) and Association of Construction & Informal Workers (ACIW). Its other components are the Galing Mason Olympics, a three-

day masonry competition and the Galing Mason Training, a seven-day skills enhancement and certification program.

Holcim Philippines implemented the Galing Mason Program to help improve the skills and knowledge of masons about their trade and professionalize the industry. The company has helped train over 8,000 masons under the program.

For more details about the competition, please contact the Holcim Galing Mason Hotlines mobile number 0919-5367425; 0917-8664252 and email galingmasonawards@yahoo.com.

Nomination kits are available at Holcim and TESDA offices and PCA & ACIW Chapters nationwide.

You may also contact TESDA Regional Office 10 at telephone numbers (08822) 725519 and (088) 857-1665, and look for Honey Analou E. Doña.

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Whether you want your sinuglaw with dilis (a kind of dried fish on the sweeter side), avocado, cassava or chicharon, you can have it all!

The COHARA (Cagayan de Oro Hotel and Restaurant Association) together with the Department of Tourism headed by regional director, Director Catalino Chan launched the appetizer for this year’s Kumbira Festival with such a joygasmic event, the Sinuglaw Festival. This took place last Friday, June 14 at the SM Atrium.

Different COHARA partner establishments gave the public a taste of their very own version of the truly kagayanon dish. Sinuglaw is a combination of two sumptuous pinoy dishes, the sinugba (roast) and the kinilaw (raw fish). The traditional sinuglaw contains malasuge, suwa (native lime), luya (ginger), sibuyas (onions), tuba (coconut vinegar), sili (chili) and tabon tabon (an exotic tropical fruit).

A press conference headed by Miss Nelia Lee, President & Over All Chairperson and Miss Eileen San Juan, Chairperson and Competition Committee followed as soon as everyone had their fill of the different sinuglaw renditions.

The Sinuglaw festival was just an appetizer to the Kumbira Festival this coming August 14, 15 & 16. This year’s theme will be “Negosyo KulinaryaBuilding Home Grown Brands” so mark your calendars and be part of the biggest running Food show in the country!

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For as low as P8,480/month, you can own a starter home and have a humble beginning yet enjoy superior amenities like a multi-purpose hall, children’s playground, pocket parks and gardens, 24/7 security and shuttle service.

Bigger townhomes and detached houses are also available at affordable prices.

From June 17-23, Camella CDO will hold a week-long Lessandra Madness wherein outright discounts as much as P65,000 and flexible financing terms as low as 12% downpayment in 12 months will be offered to its privilege homebuyers. We also have FREE landscape to all Ready-for-Occupancy units and EARLY MOVE-IN at 2.5% payment + letter of Guarantee. Not to mention the free APPLIANCE showcase of all for construction houses. Got all the reasons to live and love Lessandra!

There two Lessandra enclaves inside Gran Europa namely: Lessandra which is a 6 hectare development and Lessandra Heights which is about 6.5 hectares, both are set in a verdant estate with lush trees and manicured gardens. In Lessandra, life can be easy and simple, with the basic conveniences in life. Take a lazy stroll on its tree-lined pathways or be invigorated by the fresh air and picturesque mountain view, here at Lessandra and Lessandra Heights.

Join us in our culminating activity on Saturday, June 22 at the Lessandra Multipurpose Hall in Gran Europa and enjoy freebies and discounts. For a free site tour, please call (088)856-3241/859-1237 or mobile no. 0917-8834098. You may also visit us at our office at 2nd Floor Pelaez Arcade, Chowking Divisoria, CDO or at our satellite office at SM Cagayan, ground floor.

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Kickstart collaborates SingTel to help RP tech startups penetrate SEA market Incubation and venture capital companies o p e ra t e d by va r i o u s members of the SingTel Group, have thrown their support behind Kickstart Ventures, Inc. to give local tech startups a better, faster way of penetrating t h e vibra n t yet of te n disparate South East Asian market.

Kic ks tar t is o n e of the new early star tup initiatives under the SingTel Group that includes SingTel Innov8 (Singapore), AIS The Start-up (Thailand) and Optus-Innov8 Seed Program (Australia).

The collaboratio n facilitates ac cess of Kickstart portfolio companies to Asian markets, ideas and in novatio n, thought leadership, and information exc hange.

Uniquely, the Group is implementing purposebuilt programs t hat combine the investment expertise, agility of the members with the broad infrastructure, distribution strength and the scale of the SingTel Group which has 468 million mobile

c us tomers ac ross A sia Pacific and Africa.

Describing the startup scene in Southeast Asia, SingTel Innov8 CEO Edgar Hardless said: “Silicon Valley has been around for many years and has established an ecosystem that creates and supports innovative ideas. Here in Southeast Asia, things are not as developed. There are a lot of passionate people with great ideas who want to start businesses but struggle because they don’t have the necessary support in the ecosystem.

This is where SingTel Innov8 and other SingTel Group members can collaborate to nurture and create our own ecosystem in this part of the world.”

A c c o r d i n g t o M r.

Hardless, the Group is i n teres ted i n s tar t u ps that make use of digital technology that will be able to resolve local or regional problems.

“We want the Kickstart portfolio companies to be successful in the Philippines, and help them expand into other parts of the region.

Kickstart, formed by Globe Telecom in March last year, is tasked to provide s u pp o r t a n d d evel o p a dynamic c o m m u n it y o f t e c h n o p re n e u r s i n the Philippines. It is committed to build innovative businesses in cooperation with likeminded individuals and organizations by providing funding, mentorship and education.

M i n et te N avarrete, President of Kic kstar t, noted that the company is building bridges to enable close and relevant engagement between the business community and t h e s tar t u p fo u n ders .

Thus, working with other incubation and investment c o m pa n i e s wi t h i n t h e SingTel Group drives that goal forward, fostering collaboration and creating a startup community t hat goes beyo nd t he Philippines’ borders.

This was demonstrated in the recently concluded Echelon 2013 organized by e2 7. F o u n d e r s o f seven Kickstart portfolio companies -- Apptivate,

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AVA, Kalibrr, Lifebit, My Legal Whiz, Work Inspire, ZAP -- flew to Singapore to connect with other startup founders and investors and exhibit at the Kickstart space at the event, and Echelon Philippine Satellite winner My Legal Whiz pitched to a roomful of investors as one of the top 10 most promising startups in the region.

Kalibrr founder Paul Rivera represented the Philippines in a panel discussion on "Startup markets around the region."

N a va r r e t e a d d e d : “What we do is empower SingTel Innov8 CEO Edgar the startup founders to visit to the Philippines give them a better chance for success. With the help of other companies easier if you’re a big, within the SingTel Group, successful company. If we are able to open the you’re a startup founder door for founders; the and you don’t have any fo u n ders’ pitc h , c lose track record, how can you the deal, execute, and find and efficiently cross hopefully win big. But the bridges between the getting the door to open communities, cities and is really hard if you're countries? It can be done, unknown and don’t have an of course; and we’re all existing relationship, and working together to make getting business is tough it faster and easier.” if you can't demonstrate SingTel I n nov8 is a prior experience. It’s corporate venture capital

Hardless during a recent

fund with its own set of decision-making, approval and funding processes.

It has an initial fund size of S$20 0 millio n and foc uses its investments on tec hnologies and sol utio ns t hat lead to quantum changes in n e t wo r k c a p a b i l i t i e s , net generation devices, digital content services and enablers to enhance customer experience.

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Tenor S al Malaki returns to CDO After a successful concer t at Rodelsa Hall last year, Los Angeles-based tenor Sal Malaki returns to Cagayan de Oro for another special engagement this coming August 8, 2013, 8PM at Rodelsa Hall.

The Malaki concert is part of “ E n r i ch e d: T h e Ro d e l s a Performance Season 2013-2014”, a series of benefit performances at Rodelsa Hall in partnership with Safer River, Life Saver Foundation, Inc. to help raise funds for the environmental projects of the Foundation. Donations of any amount are gladly accepted upon entrance to the venue.

Malaki is a member of the famous Los Angel es O pe ra Company, the United States’ 4th largest opera house under the general direction of worldrenowned tenor and conductor, Maestro Placido Domingo.

He is a regular recitalist with performances across the nation’s very prestigious venues like the Carnegie Hall, Weil Recital Hall,

the Alice Tully Hall, and the Merkin Concer t Hall in New Yor k, the Do rothy Chandler Pavilion, the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, La Mirada Performing Arts Center, Thousand Oak s Civic Center, and the UCLA’s Royce Hall in the Los Angeles area, the Macomb Center for the Arts in Detroit, St. John’s University in Minnesota, t h e M o r r i s tow n M u s e u m i n New Jersey, and among other performances across the United States of America.

H e can be hea rd i n the recording of Spoliarium, the operatic composition of the famous Ryan Cayabyab and to the libretto of equally known Fides Cuyugan-Asensio carried

by Sony BMG Philippines. He sings the lead role of Juan Luna and tells the story of his love and life, and above all his world-class painting entitled Spoliarium, that honored him the gold medal award in Paris in 1884.

Sal Malaki is a graduate of

Globe Telecom makes going back to school easier for Manobo-Tinananon children The Manobo-Tinananon community in Tumanding, Arakan, Cotabato has a vision --- for its youth to have access to continuing education so that the lives of their people would be changed positively.

While the goal seems easy to achieve, life is not easy for the residents of Tumanding. Not only do they have limited access to social services such as clean water and electricity, but they are also dependent on farm labor for income. Thus, although they can send the children to public schools, they have little to spend for anything else.

Being one of the communities in Arakan that Globe has adopted under its Community of Practice (CoP) program showcasing the various advocacies of the company, Globe has decided to offer educational support to the children this current school year to lessen the financial burden to the parents.

As initial assistance, Globe provided 180 primary and high school students of Tumanding Elementary School and Sto. Nino High School with basic school supplies applicable to their respective grade or year level.

The school supplies were given as conservation incentives for habitat restoration partners of Globe in SEBNAKA (Sinaka Eagle Bagtok Napunangan Kayupaton Association), the tribal council which represents the Manobo-Tinanong community.

SEBNAKA is duly registered as an Indigenous People’s Organization under the Department of Labor and Employment and is also an active member of the Arakan Civil Society Organizations.

“Indirect conservation incentives like this are given as merits for the community’s good performance in forest restoration. While Globe is helping them increase their income through agro-forestry support, we are at the same time assisting them with their immediate needs such as the provision of school supplies. Hopefully, these incentives would also be able to promote forest restoration as an attractive option for non-partners,” said Yoly Crisanto, Head of Globe Corporate Communications.

The Manobo-Tinananon community which is comprised of some 50 households, handles the reforestation and protection of around 150 hectares

the University of the Philippines College of Music in Diliman, Q.C. He obtained his music degrees both in Flute (Teacher’s Diploma), under Prof. Enrique Barcelo and Voice (Bachelor of Music) under Professor and National Artist in Music Andrea O. Veneracion and Prof. Emeritus Fides CuyuganAsensio. Right after graduation, he was invited to join the faculty of the UP College of Music.

He was al so a voice i nst r ucto r and head of the Voice Depar tment of the St. Scholastica’s College in Manila.

Sal was a member and tenor soloist of the UP Madrigal Singers before joining the Los Angeles Opera Company and the Los Angeles Master Chorale in 1995.

To know mo re about the concer t please feel free to call the Liceo de Cagayan Universit y Office of Cultural Affairs at 8584093 to 95 local 109 or 09176366528 or email rodelsahall@liceo.edu.ph.

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Filipinos in the country and abroad.

"We are very excited to be working with TESDA on this groundbreaking project, and hope it will empower both your staff and agencies," Yoon said in a letter to Villanueva sent before the project's official launch.

According to plan, the project will first be implemented in the TESDA central office and will be expanded into the regional and provincial TESDA offices. It will also later on be used in TESDA Technology Institutes.

Between 50 to 80 TESDA information technology administrators and trainers from Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will undergo training and workshop on using the various Google Apps for later implementation.

"The hope is that as students leave the classroom, they take the technology with them, not just the enhanced skills, so that jobs would come easy," Villanueva said.

For the project, the following Google Apps would be made available: Gmail - a Google-powered email All TESDA employees and officials will have an email account that can be accessed using any device.

Fernando Esguerra, OIC for Corporate Social Responsibility The email user will each have 30GB of storage of Globe Telecom, hands over a bag full of school supplies space shared between Gmail and Google Drive. to one of the school children in the Manobo-Tinananon Google Drive community in Tumanding, Arakan, Cotabato A free web-based office suite that allows users to create and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, of forest in Mt. Sinaka which is among the important presentations, forms, and drawings in real-time as wildlife habitats in the area and is regarded as one of well as upload and share any file type. the world’s important bird areas due to the relatively Google Calendar high proportion of unique threatened birds it contains.

This will help TESDA easily coordinate work or Last year, Globe has entered into a partnership class schedules, meetings and events online.

Google Hangout with the Philippine Eagle Foundation to restore It will provide a free web-based video wildlife habitats through rain forestation on conference with up to 10 simultaneous users, which grasslands along the forest corridor between the can be increased to 15 under Google+ premium mountains of Mahuson, Sinaka and Kabalantiianservices. It may be used to set up meetings and may Binoongan-Kulaman (KABIKU) in Arakan Valley as also be integrated to the TESDA Online Program to well as provide assistance to its community partners with the end-goal of preserving the breeding places facilitate communication between the trainees and instructors. of the Philippine Eagle.

Google Sites While the project is mainly about rain This free website creation tool allows one to reforestation, Globe and PEF also find ways to publish a website. It can be used by TESDA to improve the welfare of the communities by providing create websites for its regional and provincial offices livelihood, education, and other basic needs of the as well as its Technology Institutions. Students can communities which are working to help achieve the also create their personal website using this where goal. they can upload their curriculum vitae, projects, profile, thus building an online portfolio.

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The winning team from XU composed of Camille Jo Soria, Jan Emmanuelle Casimillo and Tita Reina Sinogaya, is flanked by RD Felix Aguhob (left) ARDO Nicky Peralta, Atty. Stephanie Cabrera and Ms. Editha Langreo, XU team mentor. (Photo supplied)

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C AG AYA N D E O R O – A s p a r t o f t h e c e l eb r a t i o n o f t h e C A R P S i l ve r A n n i ve r s a r y t h i s month, the Department of A g r a r i a n Re fo r m - Re g i o n 1 0 h e l d a C A R P Q u i z B ow l o n J u n e 1 6 a t C e n t r i o, a n Aya l a m a l l i n t h e c i t y.

Te a m s f ro m s e ve n s c h o o l s participated in the contest that comprised 30 questions r a n g i n g f ro m e a s y, m e d i u m and hard categories.

T h e s c h o o l s we r e C e n t r a l M i n d a n a o U n i ve r s i t y, P i l g r i m C h r i s t i a n C o l l e ge, M i n d a n a o U n i ve r s i t y o f S c i e n c e a n d Te c h n o l o gy, L i c e o d e C a gaya n U n i ve r s i t y, C a gaya n d e O ro C o l l e ge - P H I N M A , L o u r d e s C o l l e ge a n d X a v i e r U n i ve rs i t y.

To h a n d l e a ny c o n c e r n d u ring the contest, a panel of a r b i t e r s wa s c r e a t e d .

T h i s wa s h e a d e d by DA R -

1 0 Re g i o n a l D i r e c t o r F e l i x A g u h o b w i t h A s s t . R D fo r O p e r a t i o n N i c k y Pe r a l t a a n d A t t y. S t e p h a n i e C a b r e r a , C h i e f o f t h e DA R - 1 0 L e ga l Division, as members.

W i t h t h r e e ro u n d s o f e l i m i n a t i o n , o n l y fo u r t e a m s r e a c h e d t h e f i n a l ro u n d .

T h e X a v i e r U n i ve r s i t y t e a m e m e r ge d a s t h e c h a m p i o n a n d we n t h o m e w i t h P 1 0 , 0 0 0 c a s h p r i z e a n d a p l a q u e fo r t h e s c h o o l . T h e c o n t i n ge n t f ro m L o u r d e s C o l l e ge r a n ke d 1 s t r u n n e r- u p a n d r e c e i ve d P 7 , 5 0 0 a n d a l s o a p l a q u e fo r their sc hool.

The Central Mindanao Unive r s i t y d e l e ga t i o n wa s t h e 2 n d r u n n e r- u p a n d g o t P 5 , 0 0 0 a s we l l a s a p l a q u e fo r t h e sc hool.

The rest of the participati n g t e a m s r e c e i ve d P 1 , 5 0 0 e a c h a s c o n s o l a t i o n a wa r d .

27 TVET Trainers in Region 10 trained on Entrepreneurship Development T w e nty S e v e n T V E T Trainers in Region 10 were trained on Entrepreneurship Development held June 3-7, 2013 at Cagayan de Oro Bugo Sc hool of Arts and Trades (COBSAT), Bugo, Cagayan de Oro Cit y organized by t h e Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.

The training dubbed as “Training of Trainers on E ntrepreneurship Development” is an inter ventio n made to increase the numbers of TESDA entrepreneurship trainers to train the bulk of graduating beneficiaries u nder the Hanapbu hay or Self-employment tract o f C a s h f o r Tr a i n i n g

Program (C4TP), a training program that responds to the government’s thrust to improve the plight and condition of the youth and empower them through skills training and assistance towards gainful employment and entrepreneurial activities.

The one-week activity was focused on starting and improving business program which aims to contribute to economic development and the creation of new and better jobs. The following topics were discussed: developing a business growth plan, setting up a basic business management system, writing a simple business plan, and generating a suitable

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According to Engr. Edgar A . Sales, OIC-Regional Director of TESDA 10, it is expec ted t hat af ter t h i s t ra i n i n g pro gra m , participants will conduct “multiplier training” in the region until such time that the required number of entrepreneurship trainers are made available to train the C4TP beneficiaries.

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