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Nograles to hold jobs fair, medical mission on Jan. 24 Volume III, No. 187

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January 21, 2015

By Rene Caruz Arias and Bobby Mahinay Davao News Bureau

Drug buy-bust in Zambo yields bomb materials

DAVAO City––The congressional office of Rep. Karlo B. Nograles, committee chair on Labor and Employment of the House of Representatives’ 16th Congress has announced the forthcoming Kabuhayan Jobs Fair, dubbed as “Trabaho para sa Tanan” and medical mission set on Saturday, January 24, 2015.

See STORY, page A2

Comelec prepared for SK polls on Feb. 21

By MARK FRANCISCO Staff member

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cagayan de Oro City is now prepared for the February 21, 2015 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) special elections.

City Comelec Officer Palmer Palamine said the Comelec will suspend starting February 1 the registration of new voters for the 2016 local and national elections to give way for the month-long SK elections.

Palamine said the local Comelec has already tapped the services of the Department of Education (DepEd), the local government of Cagayan de Oro, and the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo).

During the SK elections, reshuffling of Comelec officials is prohibited.

Candidates can submit their respective Certificate of Candidacy (COC) starting February 7 and will end on February 10.

The campaign periods are scheduled from February 11 to February 19.

On the eve of election on February 20, the liquor ban will be in place and implemented by Cocpo.

Palamine emphasized See polls, page A9

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LAND Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Regional Director Mandangan P. Darimbang (left, inset photo), and Aminoden D. Guro (right, inset photo), LTFRB chief transport development officer, spearhead the public hearing on the petition to reduce the fare rates for tax nationwide with the local transport operators (above).

Photos by Genevieve Cantor of Mindanao Daily News

ZAMBOANGA City––It was supposed to be a drug buy-bust operation, but aside from confiscating suspected shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride police also said they seized bomb-making components and guns.

Sr. Supt. Angelito Casimiro, city police director, said the buy-bust operation was carried out by Police Station 9 operatives around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Zone 3, Barangay Cawit, this city.

Casimiro identified the arrested suspects as Kadafy Wahi, 40, and his two brothers, Nurshdi, 36 See bomb, page A9

Transport groups buck petition to cut taxi’s flag down rate to P30

By GENEVIEVE G. CANTOR Staff member

DRIVERS and operators opposed to the petition for reduction of fare rates have until Friday (January 23, 2015) to submit their written petitions before the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in Cagayan de Oro City.

This after Rep. Manuel M. Iway of first

district of Negros Oriental filed petition for reduction of fare rates for public utility taxi services nationwide.

In his three-page petition letter, Iway said that on December 14 last year, six oil companies rolled back diesel prices by as much as P1.60, P1.90 for gasoline, and P1.80 for kerosene. “This rollback came a week after major oil

See groups, page A9

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‘Safety protocols’ for Cagayan de Oro journalists tackled

By GENEVIEVE CANTOR Staff member

MEDIA practitioners yesterday signed a covenant with the local police, military, and religious groups after a roundtable discussion on Media Safety held at the Archbishop House in Cagayan de Oro. The roundtable discussion, spearheaded by the Cagayan de Oro Press Media practitioners from various media outlets in Cagayan de Oro attend the roundtable Club, Inc. (COPC) and other discussion on the Media Safety Dialogue spearheaded by the Cagayan de Oro Press media organizations, was Club, Inc. (COPC) on January 20. Photo by Genevieve Cantor of Mindanao Daily News centered on safety proto-

cols––and the recent alleged death threats received by Junel Ucat of dxIF Radyo Bombo.

On December 15 last year, Ucat said three unidentified men were stalking at him at around 9 a.m. while he was riding his motorcycle at the midpoint of Everlasting Funeral.

On January 12, 2015, he said he received a text message during his program at around 7:55 in the morning.

The text See tackled, page A9

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Oplan Kabuhayan jobs fair set anew send to MDN. A synchronized jobs AVAO CITY -- The congressional fair and medical mission to benefit both office of Rep. Karlo B. Nograles, istheexpected job seekers and those, committee chair on Labor and seeking medical assistance.

Free medicines are availEmployment of the House of Represenable to minor illnesses and tatives' 16th Congress has announced free check up to those who the forthcoming Kabuhayan Jobs Fair, can hardly pay for private bill. dubbed as "Trabaho para sa Tanan" and doctor's Volunteer doctors and medical mission set on Saturday, Janu- nurses from government and private Hospitals are ary 24, 2015. expected to extend support The venue for the open- High School, Barangay 28-C, as usual.

A total of 30 Local and ing salvo of the Oplan Ser- from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. bisyo is at Sta. Ana National based on the event flyer 20 overseas employers have

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By Rene Caruz Arias & Bobby Mahinay, News Bureau Davao

committed to join the activity.

The job fair is in coordination with the Department of Labor in Region XI (DOLE-XI), Philippine O vers eas Employment Agency-XI (POEA-XI), University of Southeastern Philippines, Public Employment Services Office (USep-PESO) and the host barangay 28-C.

Dr. Leopodo J. De Vega (center), who is guest speaker during the RHPU-11 Advisory Council oath-taking ceremony, is joined in this photo by PSSupt. Roque Eduardo, DP Vega, regional director, RHPU-11, PSupt. Joy Andrade, deputy chief of RHPU-11, PCInsp. Daniel Antonio Deuda, chief of operation, SPMC, SPO4 Arnold S. Sagabaen, RESPO RHPU 11, SPO3 Christian S. Caballero of Finance/Logistics, and the newly elected officials of RHPU-11 Advisory Council.

The event was held on January 15, 2015, at the Apo View Hotel, along Palma Gil Street, Davao City.

(Photo by Sara C. Castor)

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Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate of Medardo A. Cesar with Waiver of Rights and Interests NOTICE is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late MEDARDO A. CESAR, left a parcel of land consisting of 2.5 hectares located at Purok 6, San Miguel, Lingating, is the subject of Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate of Medardo A. Cesar with Waiver of Rights and Interests, under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Samuel B. Arnado, per Doc. No. 068; Page No. 015; Book No. XXXII; Series of 2015.

MDN Jan. 21, 28 & Feb. 4, 2015

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Common barriers to successful classroom communication

By Lady Ann L. Cabahug School Head Licapao Elementary School Licapao, Tubod, Lanao del Norte

Learning depends on how one absorbs the information and how it was delivered to him. It is much the same on a theory on communication where sharing of message would be successful after the receiver received and understood the message.

In a classroom situation, learning is highly dependent on how intently the student listens to his professor and how the professor delivers the lesson, as well.

According to a website of Skills You Need, an online portal that discussed on developing human skills, there are various barriers of effective communication. These are commonly observed to listeners which include school settings.

Using of jargons can be problem for successful communication between students and teacher. Jargons are technical terms that are rarely used in everyday conversation. Listeners may find these unfamiliar or vague, preventing them to understand sentences or statements mentioned in the discussion. Thus, it is very important for a teacher to define particular terms before proceeding to her lesson proper.

Emotional barriers and taboos are also barriers. In this kind, a student find it difficult to express his emotions and personal opinions in front of everyone in the class. These barriers can be observed mostly during recitals. The main reason is due to tense and stage fright filling the person.

Taboos can also cause the same worry. In here, a student felt that he is avoided to speak about a

topic because there are limitations.

The lack of attention can also be a barrier to successful listening. In this kind of barrier, a student may lost his interest for the lesson, or he may find the speaker to be irrelevant.

Another is the differences in perception and viewpoint. In the classroom setting, a misunderstanding may arise between the teacher and student because of differences or clash of opinions. In another words, what a teacher believes as right may not be favorable to the student or vice versa.

Physical disabilities such as hearing problems or speech difficulties would also be a problem in a conversation. The teacher, in this situation, would not be successful in delivering his lesson because the student cannot hear it properly or perhaps, the student cannot understand him due to his speech difficulties.

Physical barriers including misunderstanding of non-verbal communication are another common barrier to an effective communication in the classroom.

These will appear when the student failed to see the non-verbal cues such as gestures, posture and general body language which make lesson delivery less effective.

Learning is not just sharing the lessons but also on how the teacher presented and shared, and as well on how critically students have absorbed these lessons. Afterall, successful learning, in order to be realized, sender and receiver should be participative. In addition, detecting common problems and giving careful measures are helpful ways in improving teacher-student interaction.

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‘Politics’ behind slashing of 2015 budget, says dad Bukidnon • Camiguin • Lanao del Norte • Lanao del Sur • Misamis Occidental • Misamis Oriental

By GENEVIEVE G. CANTOR Staff member

City Council approved the 2015 annual budget with the “interest of its constituents, especially the poor, in mind.”

“It’s not a zero budget for Philhealth,” said Acenas saying the City Council alloted P42 million for Philhealth’s Point of Care program, higher than the P16 million being requested by the executive department.

The amount will be able to benefit 17,500 poor families who will be hospitalized, The Power reported.

Contrary to the black propaganda going around that the City Council provided zero budget for Philhealth, Vice Mayor Acenas said the POC is a new

program of Philhealth for the automatic enrollment of indigent patients upon admission to a government hospital.

“I believe Philhealth launched this system to better serve the poor and to ensure that every poor Filipino is given the health care they need when they need it,” he stressed.Under the system, qualified indigent patients are automatically enrolled on the spot in the Philhealth upon admission to a government hospital.

The patients and their qualified dependents will also have Philhealth coverage under the POC, said the vice mayor.

“When they need it, it will be there. Philhealth came up with this system and we are fully supporting it,” he added.

Under Philhealth Circular No. 0032, 2013, all DOH-retained hospitals are required to mandatorily implement the program, said the vice mayor.The patient will be covered by Philhealth for the whole year at an enrolment cost of P2,400, like other regular members, he added.

He said the City Council noted that not all of those enrolled in the Indigency Program Insurance of the city government were able to avail of the program in

CAGAYAN de Oro City-Councilor Zaldy Ocon has blamed “politics” as behind the reason why councilors, allied to former Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano, slashed the proposed P3.8 billion.

Ocon, who used to be an ally of Emano, said the members of the majority bloc manipulated the budget by approving only P2.08 billion.

For Ocon, the slashed 2015 budget was “unacceptable” and meant to paralyze the other programs of Mayor Oscar Moreno, especially on health insurance.

“Kani man gud nga mga konsehal dili gusto nga mo-asenso pa gyud or, gamiton sa administration ni Moreno ang kaniadtong mga programa nila kay basin ang mosikat na niini si Moreno,” he said adding, “daghan kaayo nga programa ang dili nila gusto nga ma-implement karon sa administration ni Moreno.”

He also slammed the majority bloc for changing the healthcare benefits of the regular health insurance beneficiaries to “Point of Care (POC) program.

Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas told The Power, a daily newsletter of the STUDENTS from Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) register as City Council, that the 17th voters for the first time during a road show of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) last Monday at the university campus. Photo by Mark Francisco of Mindanao Daily News

the past years as they were not admitted in hospitals.

He cited that a USAID study showed that only 13-percent of Philhealth members were admitted in hospitals, said Vice Mayor Acenas.

Although the USAID figure could have increased to about 15-percent this year, Vice Mayor Acenas said allocating a huge amount for the Philhealth See politics, page A9

AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS We, ROQUE L. TOMAMBILING, CONDARAAN L. TOMAMBILING and MAGOYODA L. TOMAMBILING, Filipino, of legal age, married and residents of Brgy Tomambiling, Masiu, Lanao del Sur, after having been sworn to an oath in accordance with law, do hereby depose and state that:

We hereby declare that we are the only surviving heirs of the deceased MAMOKI G. TOMAMBILING, who died on October 28, 2013, a copy of Certificate of Death is hereto attached as Annex A. Likewise, we further state pain/penalty of perjury, punishable by imprisonment under the Revised Penal Code that we do not know any other heirs of the deceased further, decedent does not have any known debts or obligations unpaid at the time of her death;

At the time of her death she left Savings Accounts with the Philippine Veterans Bank Cagayan de Oro Branch under Savings Account No. 45020044751 with a balance of One Hundred Ninety-One Thousand (P191,000.00) Pesos.

The aforestated deposit is the only property/asset of the said deceased.

We hereby request the Philippine Veterans Banks – Cagayan de Oro Branch to release the balance of the said deposit account in favor of CONDARAAN LABIA TOMAMBILING or to transfer the balance of said deposit account to an account in his/her name his/her heirs, having waived our rights over the said deposit account in his/her name.

We hereby hold the Philippine Veterans Bank free and harmless from any suit that may be brought against it by reason of the release of the said amount in the amount of One Hundred Ninety-One Thousand (P191,000.00) Pesos and we hereby undertake to indemnify the said bank in the event it suffers damages should any heir or creditor subsequently claim actions of any rights by virtue of this release and settlement’.

MDN: JAN. 21, 28, & FEB. 4, 2015

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WAR AGAINST INNOCENTS We are still living in a world of awe-inspiring development, but nonsensically of terrible evils. We are still living in a world held captive, deceived into living its captivity.

For thousands of years, we lived and we are still living with crime and discontent, fighting and terrible wars. Every day, killings in every part of the world are increasing. Warriors go and fight, prepared to kill and be killed with no fear.

In the forests, in the streets, in the mountains and in the valleys, every where, a lot of them are found dead. Bodies - even mutilated. In the rivers and the oceans, a lot of them are found floating, if not eaten by hungry sharks. We are living to see kidnappings, bizarre battles for so-called religious or other freedoms.

Sad to say, but there will be wars and killings because

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the superpowers are in a race to put as many weapons as possible into their allies’ hands. The arm producers are urged and encouraged to produce more weapons and explosives.

As the Great powers never stop intervening in these small countries’ affairs, there will be more casualties. Isn’t it much better for them to help Third World countries economically

than supplying them with weapons, teaching them how to use these and kill each other?

How many more lives that are innocent shall we still find in our surroundings? How many more should ask questions like, “Where is my husband?

Where is my son? Where is my father?” Killed in action in incredible patriotism?

We have to understand that the victim is the whole world, and this world cannot realize what actually happened to it. Innumerable government heads, political leaders, and advocates or spiritual dignitaries go on with their peace talks and peace conferences.

Kudos to them. Am I too much blue-eyed or naive again? No, I don’t think so.

That is it, because without these efforts and strains our globe would finally go up in flames. It seems again,

that we are just before that.

When will stability prevail in this world? During every mass or service, we do pray for peace and we greet each other for peace.

Are these prayers and greetings only lip services or do we really practice making peace by starting in our own homes with domestic harmony?

It seems that our Mother earth is in a real physical and chaotic confusion, but don’t lose hope. “Ayaw ug pakawala ug paglaum!” Every religious person should pray and act for peace - no matter what kind of religious belief he or she is into!

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Pope Francis and the Pinoys

The four-day visit of the People’s Pope, Francis, to the country brought to fore mostly the good and slightly the bad in the Filipinos.

Prominently displayed during the Pope’s State and Apostolic visit was the Filipino people’s indisputable piety that brings out in them an inexplicable goodness to obey every directive to ensure a hassle-free events with the head of the 1.2 billion strong Roman Catholic Church.

When the Papal visit organizers ordained that no umbrellas be used during the rain-soaked Tacloban and Luneta masses, everyone followed. All directives laid down by the organizers during every activity graced by the Pope were followed to the letter.

This behavior actually made many wonder why this was only displayed during the Pope’s four-day visit. If Filipinos can behave this way in four days’ time, why can’t they behave the way the way they did during those four days all throughout their life?

Just compare the traslacion during the feast of the Black Nazarene on Jan 9 where an estimated five million devotees trooped to Luneta to join the procession to bring the wooden statue of the Nazarene back to Quiapo church where hundreds got injured and two others died.

The mass at Luneta Sun-

day afternoon had a bigger crowd but no untoward incident was reported simply because the people behaved accordingly. Why can’t the Filipinos have the same behavior in all events be it the Black Nazarene procession or a mass celebrated by the Pope?

If Filipinos could maintain such disciplined behavior in every event or occasion big or small, for sure we would have already moved to heights greater than expected.

What was displayed during the Pope’s visit was all goodness perhaps to reciprocate the Pope’s goodness. But the Pope is considered by the Roman Catholic Church only as Christ’s vicar. Why ca’t we not display the same goodness before Christ our Lord Himself even if He is with us only in Spirit?

Should we have a better behavior before Christ’s vicar but have a different set of behavior before Christ Himself? Is this not an irony?

Watching on television how the people displayed their piety during the open air mass at the Tacloban airport while the place was battered by typhoon Amang with Signal No. 2 winds was truly amazing if we compare it with the anarchy that happened there after Yolanda.

Sadly the orderly celebration of the Pontifical Mass at the Luneta Sunday

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afternoon was never there during the Black Nazarene’s traslacion where chaos, confusion and disorder became the rule rather than the exception.

After the Pope’s visit, the overarching hope is that the Filipinos would be able to continually radiate the goodness they were able to radiate during the Pope’s visit. That their behavior during the four-day Papal visit becomes the prevailing behavior from hereon.

It would be a great disservice to the Pontiff who in his desire to give hope and inspiration even risked his life by flying to Tacloban while storm Signal No. 2 was hoisted over that place.

This he did just so he can fulfill his promise to meet typhoon Yolanda victims.

But if the goodness the people displayed in his presence will only be a fleeting one, it would amount to nothing.

Goodness, admittedly,

is inherent in every human being. Humans only change because of external factors.

But if one of these external factors is religious bigotry such as those displayed by some of our countrymen who believe that their religious belief is superior to that of the Roman Catholics, then it is very sad.

I could not believe that certain non-Roman Catholic Christians will have the gall to lambaste fellow Christians and go to the extent of even accusing the Pope with unprintable charges. But it happened. These so-called Christians, one was even a pastor of a Baptist church, actually behaved like the religious fanatics who’d kill in the name of religion.

This is f r ig htening because Jesus our Lord preached about unity among humans but some so-called Christians with distorted understanding of their faith liberally accused the Pope of being this and that.

If the intention was merely to draw the people’s attention, they succeeded to a certain extent but ended up making a fool out of themselves. I am not a Roman Catholic, but I am not as bigoted as the others who do not have tolerance for other teachings thus defeat Christ’s prayer that we may all be one at the appointed time.

But thank you Pope Francis for the inspiration and See bacon, page A9

Daily Inspiration True Greatness

Juvy Sarraga

“One of the marks of true greatness is the enthusiasm and making that person ability to develop greatness in others.” feel important? Do they convey a J.C. Macauley - Author strong belief and faith in the student’s abilities? Greatness in one begets Have you ever observed the man- greatness in others. How beautiful to ner in which someone imparts their live ones life by instilling worth and knowledge to another? Do they take value in another human being to the great care in communicating, breaking point that it brings out the greatness down into small steps, teaching with in the receiving person.

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Surigao del Norte vice guv explains sisterhood deal

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URIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte - On behalf of Governor Sol Matugas, Vice Governor Arturo Carlos Egay, Jr. addressed members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, national line agencies and team capitol family during the Monday Morning Sharing (MMS) held at the Provincial Convention Center on January 19, 2015, this city.

Vice Gov. Egay narrated the events in Siargao from January 12 to 16 this year which was capped by the memorandum of agreement (MOA) signing of the sisterhood agreement between the province led by Governor Sol and Camarines Sur, headed by Gov. Luis Miguel Villafuerte.

Egay further narrated that EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED ISIDRA B. MAAGAD WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased ISIDRA B. MAAGAD, who died on February 18, 2011 in Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental; at the time of her death, is a co-owner/conjugal owner of a parcel of land which is more particularly described as follows; TAX DECLARATION NO. 0819000703130, Owner: LEANDRO MAAGAD, Location: Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, Lot No.: 14161-P, Kind: Agricultural, Area: 8717 hectares, is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED ISIDRA B. MAAGAD WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, made and executed by and among the HEIRS OF ISIDRA B. MAAGAD, namely; 1.

LEANDRO MAAGAD, of legal age, Filipino, widower, and resident of Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental and the surviving husband of the deceased; 2. NONIE B. MAAGAD, of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental; 3. LEANDRO M. MAAGAD, JR., of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental; 4. MELVIN M. MAAGAD, of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental; 5. KELVIN M. MAAGAD, of legal age, Filipino, single, and resident of Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental; 6. FERNANDO B. ORQUILLAS, of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental; 7. ROSA O. BACULIO, of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental; 8. CLARITA O. BENTOR, of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental; are the legitimate children/step-children/ grandchildren and the sole/compulsory/surviving heirs of the deceased.

That for and in consideration of the sum of ONE MILLION FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P1,055,500.00), is hereby acknowledged from the VENDEE PROPHET’S PEN ACADEMY, INC. with principal place of business located at Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental and herein represented by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, JIM P. JAMIS, of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Matangad, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, We, THE HEIRS OF ISIDRA B. MAAGAD, do hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY, to the VENDEE, PROPHET’S PEN ACADEMY, INC., the abovedescribed parcel of land. As per Doc. No. 354; Page No. 71; Book No. 189; Series of 2014; under Notary Public of ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI. MDN: JAN. 14, 21, & 28, 2015

Gov. Villafuerte was accompanied by Vice Gov. Fortunato Peña and members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of CamSur when the sisterhood covenant was inked at the municipal gym of Dapa.

“Villafuerte, the youngest

governor in the country today was impressed that we have two capitol buildings, one in Surigao City and the other one, Kapitolyo nan Siargao (KNS), situated at the heart of Dapa," Egay noted.

During the said events major economic drivers such as tourism, education, livelihood, agriculture and infrastructure were also given due consideration by the two provincial leaders.

In his message, Gov. Villafuerte said the surfing capital of the Philippines meets the wake-boarding capital of the country.

“I am truly proud to announce the sisterhood agreement of CamSur and Surigao

del Norte. Together we can take advantage of our competencies and commonalities to benefit our tourism and economic programs. I love Siargao," Villafuerte said.

Meanwhile, Egay revealed that a hidden paradise for surfing enthusiasts can be found in Guian, Dapa which really has great waves.

He also said that Gov. Villafuerte enjoyed basking on the sunshine and exploring the wonders of Siargao through extreme ocean-sports almost everyday.

"Gov. Villafuerte and his company praised Siargao because the adventures that they experienced were simply amazing.

Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF BETWEEN SPOUSES FLORENCIO B. UY JR. AND MYLA C. MONSANTO-UY,

Also, they wanted to navigate to the Sohoton Cove in Bucas Grande Islands, but they were advised to call it off due to giant waves and tropical storm 'Amang' which hovered the shores and the eastern seaboard,” Egay said.

Vice Gov. Egay also said that the province is exploring more innovative ways on how to benchmark in select places of CamSur to learn from their best practices.

He mentioned the Peñafrancia Basilica Minore, in Naga which is positioned along Balatas road, named after the Patroness of the Bicol Region and home to the Divino Rostro (Holy Face).

The feast is celebrated during

Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF BETWEEN SPOUSES ROEL OBEÑITA ZAPANTA AND THELMA HIMAGAN HONCULADA-ZAPANTA

CIVIL CASE NO.2015-002

FLORENCIO B. UY JR. AND MYLA C. MONSANTO-UY,

Petitioners.

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CIVIL CASE NO.2015-003

ROEL OBEÑITA ZAPANTA AND THELMA HIMAGAN HONCULADA-ZAPANTA Petitioners.

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ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others.

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rites on February 20, 1999 at Malaybalay City, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for almost six (6) years already,since 2008, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalized their separation.

Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on February 20, 1999, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 13,2015 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 12th day of January, 2015.

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others.

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rites on May 8, 1996 at Malaybalay Danglasan, Bukidnon, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents at Dalipuga, Iligan City and Kadingilan, Bukidnon, respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point irreconcilability and they separated for almost eight (8) years already,since 2006, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalized their separation.

Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on May 8, 1996, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February13, 2015 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 12th day of January, 2015.

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge

MDN: Jan 14, 21 & 28, 2015

MDN: Jan 14, 21 & 28, 2015

AGUSAN DEL SUR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. San Francisco, Agusan del Sur Tel Nos. (085) 343-8456, 839-2275, 242-3280 Invitation to Apply for Eligibility and to Bid

The Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ASELCO) with office address at San Isidro, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur invites with Approved Budget Cost of Php 4,477,100.00 sourced out from General Funds invites interested parties to pre-qualify and to bid for the supply of the following: PARTICULARS Adjustable Wrench, 10 inches Adjustable Wrench, 12 inches Auger Bit, 5/7 x 18 Auger Drill Bit, 3/4” x 18” Ball Peen Hammer Bolo Bolt Cutter Cant Hook Chain Measure, Roll Tape, 200 meters Clamp Tester Crimping Tools Cum-A-Long, No. 2/0 to 336.4 Cum-A-Long, No. 4 to 1/0 Digging Bar Digital Multitester Double pulley #4 Fiber Glass Chance Double pulley Assembly (Fiber Glass) Flash Light Foot Strap Hack Saw Hand Drill Handheld Radio with charger Handline, 1/2’ Manila Rope (meters) Hard Hat Head Lamp Ladder, 24 Feet Leather Gloves Lineman Climber Set Lineman Knife Lineman Plier, 10 inches Lineman Plier, 11 inches Long Shovel Mobile Radio Plier, Side Cutter Pole Hole Digger Pole Stick Rain Coat Ratchet, 1.5 Tons Ratchet, 3 Tons Rubber Boots Rubber Gloves

Quantity Cost 13 pcs.

15,600.00 15 pcs.

27,000.00 13 pcs.

26,000.00 1 pc.

2,000.00 14 pcs.

3,500.00 5 pcs.

1,000.00 7 pcs.

35,000.00 3 pcs.

15,000.00 1 pc.

3,000.00 9 pcs.

225,000.00 8 pcs.

40,000.00 2 pcs.

8,000.00 2 pcs.

10,000.00 4 pcs, 2,000.00 2 pcs.

100,000.00 2 sets 64,000.00 7 sets 350,000.00 5 pcs.

25,000.00 4 pcs.

4,000.00 1 pc.

1,000.00 2 pcs.

4,000.00 17 units 102,000.00 280 mtrs.

28,000.00 25 pcs.

41,250.00 3 pcs.

4,500.00 11 units 440,000.00 9 pcs.

3,150.00 23 sets 920,000.00 5 pcs.

5,000.00 25 pcs.

22,500.00 44 pcs.

88,000.00 7 pcs.

3,500.00 4 units 63,200.00 4 pcs.

6,400.00 3 pcs.

30,000.00 10 pcs.

340,000.00 29 pcs.

20,300.00 10 units 288,000.00 2 units 140,000.00 35 pairs 17,500.00 19 pairs 5,700.00

Safety Gloves Safety Goggles Safety Shoes Safety Strap Screw Drivers, big Screw Drivers, small Search Light Rechargeable Search Light Remote Control Shot Gun Stick, 12 Feet Telescopic Stick, 40 Feet Transformer Gin

28 pairs 31 pcs.

54 pairs 1 pc.

29 pcs.

15 pcs.

7 pcs.

4 pcs.

9 pcs.

11 pcs.

5 pcs.

11,200.00 7,750.00 81,000.00 10,000.00 5,800.00 2,250.00 35,000.00 100,000.00 270,000.00 374,000.00 50,000.00

The bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criteria, which shall be issued to interested bidders based on the approved schedule of activities. Only Bids from Accredited Bidders and Bids who pass the eligibility check will be opened.

The interested parties may secure bid documents and checklist of qualification requirement at the Office of the PBAC Chairman and pay the annual accreditation fee of Php 1,000.00.

The schedule of the Bidding Activities are as follows:

PARTICULARS DATE/TIME

Issuance of Bid Documents/Checklist of January 21-27, 2015

Qualification Requirements 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.

Pre-Bid Conference January 28, 2015, 10:00 A. M.

Submission/Opening of Bids January 28, 2015, 2:00 P. M.

The bid forms may be purchased by interested bidders from the office of the BAC Chairman and upon payment of a non-refundable fee in the amount of TEN THOUSAND PESOS (PHP 10,000.00). The method of payment will be in cash. The Bidding Documents shall be received personally by the prospective bidder or his authorized representative.

Qualified Bidders are required to submit/post corresponding bid bond/security in form of Cash, Cashier’s Check, Manager’s Check, Bank Draft equivalent to 2% or Bank Guarantee equivalent to 2.5% of the Approved Budget at the start of the bidding. Further, Bid bonds will be forfeited if the winning bidder failed to deliver on agreed dates. Suppliers/Bidders who fail to submit bid bond will not be allowed to join the bidding even if they have receivables from ASELCO.

ASELCO reserves the right to accept or reject any Bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all Bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected Bidder or Bidders.

(Sgd.) ERIEL B. PEDROSO Chair, BAC

NOTED :

(Sgd.) LEAH FE F. ESTILLORE Officer In-Charge MDN: Jan 21, 2015

September of every year.

Egay also talked about the beautiful tourist spot of Caramoan Islands, off Bicol, which gives life to a seemingly untouched nature and extraordinary destination for kayakers, and the once-in-a –lifetime breath-taking ocean experience that can surely wow the tourists.

The MMS was hosted by the Office of the Provincial Administrator headed by Atty.

Premolito Plaza. (SDR/John Glenn A. Platil, PIC-Surigao del Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte) EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED INESITA P. MABASCOG Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased INESITA P. MABASCOG, who died on November 12, 2014 in Cagayan de Oro City; is a co-owner/conjugal owner of a parcel of land which is more particularly described as follows; TAX DECLARATION NO. G-100360, Owner: MABASCOG, INESITA B. PAGAPULAAN, Location: CROSSING PATAG, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Cadastral Lot No. 4351, Kind: Residential, Area: SIX HUNDRED (600) SQUARE METERS. TAX DECLARATION NO. 0819000100573, Owner: MABASCOG, ENESITA P., Location: Poblacion, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, Lot No. 12921-P 10-052874, TCT No. T-45407, Area: TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR (2,534) SQUARE METERS, is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED INESITA P. MABASCOG, made and executed by and among the HEIRS OF INESITA P. MABASCOG, namely; 1.

ANASTACIO P. MABASCOG, SR., of legal age, Filipino, widower and resident of Zone 9, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, and the surviving husband of the deceased. 2. PRUMENCIA MABASCOG GAYOMALI, of legal age, Filipino, widow, and resident of Zone 9, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, and the surviving daughter of the deceased. 3.

CARMELITA P. MABASCOG, of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Zone 9, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, and the surviving daughter of the deceased. 4. HEIRS OF NACIANCINO P. MABASCOG represented by PINKY MABASCOG, of legal age, Filipino, single, and resident of Zone 9, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, and the deceased son of the deceased. 5. ANASTACIO P. MABASCOG, JR., of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Zone 9, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City. 6. GEORGE P. MABASCOG, of legal age, Filipino, single, and resident of Zone 9, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, and the surviving son of the deceased. 7. EVANGELINE MABASCOG-CERIALES, of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Zone 9, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, and the surviving daughter of the deceased.

8. EDUARDO P. MABASCOG, of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Zone 9, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, and the surviving son of the deceased.

9. EDNA P. MABASCOG, of legal age, Filipino, single, and resident of Zone 9, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, and the surviving daughter of the deceased.

10. WILLIAM P. MABASCOG, of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Zone 9, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, and the surviving son of the deceased.

11. LEO P. MABASCOG, of legal age, Filipino, married, and resident of Zone 9, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, and the surviving son of the deceased; are the legitimate husband and children sole/compulsory/surviving heirs of the deceased INESITA P. MABASCOG. As per Doc. No. 330; Page No. 66; Book No.189; Series of 2014; under Notary Public of ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI. MDN: JAN. 14, 21 & 28, 2015

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Senior High School program

By Ivy Sanipa Madronero Teacher III Baroy Central Elementary School

The current administration aims to produce human resources that could be also recognized abroad. This is one of the reason behind the implementation of K to 12 Basic Education Program. It is believed that 12-year program is an adequate period of learning under basic education towards realizing such aim.

Thereunder K to 12 is the Senior High School (SHS) program. SHS is two years of specialized upper secondary education. In here, students may choose a specialization based on aptitude, interests, and school capacity. The choice of career track will define the content of the subjects a student will take in Grades 11 and 12. Included in SHS is the technical vocational education and training that upon finishing, a national certificate (NC I and NC II) will be given to students.

These national certificates will improve employability of graduates in fields like Agriculture, Electronics, and Trade.

SHS is planned to be implemented on 2016. Thus, various preparations have been done.

In a national governmentadministrated site, it is stated that 33 public high schools,

public technical-vocational high schools, and higher education institutions (HEIs) have implemented Grade 11.

These selected schools serve as tools for Research and Design program to simulate different aspects of Senior High School in preparation for full nationwide implementation in school year 2016-2017.

Teachers and classrooms have been also improved in numbers along with additional years of basic education. In 2012 for one, Department of Education has signed an agreement together with two consortia to construct close to 10,000 classrooms intended for SHS and other K to 12 levels students.

Further, K to 12 Guidelines are already disseminated to private high schools and other non-DepEd schools that wish to offer senior high school (SHS) under the K to 12 Basic Education Program.

This will serve as light before implementation takes place.

SHS, as one institution stated, is considered as “higher school” in which upon graduation, young people will be welcomed to lots of opportunities.

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BJMP foils jail break attempt of ASG detainees at Zambo jail

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By Teofilo P. Garcia, Jr.

AMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has foiled a jail break attempt Monday by suspected Abu Sayyaf brigands detained at the BJMP-administered Zamboanga City Reformatory Center (ZCRC).

C h i e f I n s p. Ju l i u s A r ro, Z C R C w a rd e n , said Tuesday the attempt w a s foi l e d af t e r t h e y managed to confiscate three caliber .45 pistols and 140 rounds of ammunition delivered to a detained member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).

Arro said the three

pistols and ammunition were concealed beneath two home-made concrete charcoal stoves that were delivered one after the other by three persons, including two women, around 11 a.m. Monday.

Arro said two of the three pistols were hidden beneath one of the two concrete charcoal

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the army intelligence was killed in an ambush by Abu Sayyaf rebels in province of Sulu, officials said.

Officials said the soldier was travelling on a motorcycle in the village called Danag in Patikul town when the rebels attacked him Janu-

stoves while the other and the ammunition on the other.

“It was well cemented,” Arro added citing t h e g u n s a n d a m mu nition cannot be seen “even if you will turn the charcoal stoves upside down.”

He said they took back the two charcoal stoves for further scrutiny after t he intende d re ceiver acted suspiciously upon receiving the items.

“Right there and then we fou n d t h e h i d d e n guns and ammunition,” he said after they opened the bottom of the two charcoal stoves.

He said the jail guards

also noted that the people who brought in the charcoal stoves immediately left after the intended recipient received the items.

He disclosed that investigation showed the plan of the ASG memb ers was to es cap e at night fall. “ T h e re c ou l d h ave been a blood incident if we did not discover the firearms,” he said, citing investigation showing “they will do everything to escape.”

He revealed that there are 56 suspected members of the ASG who are detained at the ZCRC. (PNA)

ary 18.

No other details were made available about the victim, except that he was a member of an intelligence unit and married to a local woman.

The name of the soldier was not made available by the army, but other reports

identified the slain intelligence man as Arjan Punzalan.

Patikul is a known stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf which is being blamed by the military and police as behind the spate of terrorism and ransom kidnappings in the restive region. (Mindanao Examiner)

Rebels ambush army intelligence in Sulu

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The importance of checking assumptions during class interaction

By Kristine A. Jutba

Each classroom in schools contains students having varying personalities. These people have different background and current situations, for one, reason teachers might develop good and bad assumptions.

For example, teacher assume that her students share the same experience as hers.

Teachers might fail to realize that they are using terms not even familiar to students making it less meaningful during discussions. It is because students might marginalized by the terminologies used.

Thus, before spilling the beans before the class, especially example situations to further explain a topic, the

teacher should see whether her example would not appear discriminating to students. This include checking if students share cultural and political perspectives with her, and also backgrounds, culture, religion, tradition, kind of family situations, academic preparation of parents, income level, educational background, such as her students be first-generation college students or the like.

It is important for teachers to be careful and check their insight before spilling in in the class. It is better for them to uncover and question their assumptions, because they can have a large impact on the way they interact with students, and hence, on their learning, resulting to a productive interaction.

Curriculum: The Heart of Educational Service

By Jocelyn S. Samuya, SST-III,Salawagan NHS

Curriculum is defined in various perspectives. It can be linked in our philosophy of what should the best curriculum be; but, to tap it all it only boils down to our very end, the learners.

Philippine Educational System has now faced and challenged by the enacted law which has paved way to a curriculum shift, the Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum.

Sooner or later I will be leading key persons to meet the challenges of 21st learners and be as will 21st educators.

For me leading is modeling. I will inspire them to always be abreast to changes and to keep on growing professionally. I will provide teachers’ training and continuously assess them for a sustainable outcome. I will encourage them to enroll in graduate studies. With my leadership I will show to them that I am learning too for we just cannot give what we don’t have.ICT for example which is a sphere in the NCBTS must be fully valued by the teachers and the rest of the domains which are outcome-based.

This signifies that we are now in the 21st educational system not to mention the K12.

Despite of technological revolution and change is prevalent; one stays constant is the educational philosophy.

Paradigm of education is still anchored on its goal of education. Its shift should be beneficial for the life-long learning of each individual. According to the progressivisms’ point of view, the world changes it emphasizes the concept of progress which asserts that human being are capable of improving and perfecting their environment.

It is possible then to embrace educational challenges in this fast-paced world .It takes to be adaptive and to reinvent schools for the 21st century. Looking into lens of

the Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum, its goal of education adheres to face the 21st century. This is the transformation of basic education to produce holistically developed learners who have 21st century skills and are prepared for higher education, middle-level skills development, employment and entrepreneurship.

21st Century Skills should be taught so that students and even teachers will be globally competitive, yet as educators we believe on the totality of a person. It should always be integration on values education for character development, the progressivism’s improvement and reform in the human condition.

Teachers should use teaching methods that will let students participate, cooperate in the teaching –learning process.

Teaching strategies the teachers should use will make students think and reflect critically and solve problems. They act as resource persons and guide and facilitate learning. The taught information will turn into knowledge and knowledge into wisdom.

School should create a culture of investigation that connects students the global village and that learning will prepare to real world. The students’ curiosity will be a bridge to a life-long learning and become innovative that they will continue learning even outside the four walls of the classroom.

In understanding the 21st century education educators will consider the prelude of reconstructionalism’s philosophy of education which contains two premises both applicable to this changing world. Thus, society is in need of constant re-construction or change, and such social change involves a reconstruction of education and the use of education in reconstructing the society.

PEA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that RICHIELO J. DIAZ has filed with this Office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” m the Certificate of Live Birth of RICHIELO JABOL DIAZ who was born on FEB 12, 1990 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are MARC RICO EASMA DIAZ and LORNA BACSARZA JABOL. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than January 29, 2015.

(Sgd.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO

City Civil Registrar MDN: Jan 21 & 28, 2015

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An Effective Stress Manager: The Secret of a Good School Administrator

By JUSTINA S. BAUL, ESHT-II Cavinte Elementary School D-IV

How can the school manager be effective? How equipped he/ she must be to handle stress?

School administrator, facing a lot of challenges and circumstances is inevitable. To be more effective in everything, one has to face the trials and surmount all the problems and manages the stress for fruitful results of the vision and mission of the school he/she is managing.

An effective administrator is the one who can handle and manage the school well. What about the stress? Stress affects worker’s satisfaction and overall happiness. What is stress?

Some acknowledge that stress is a phenomenon that must be recognized and addressed in various professionals, no one is exempted.

It is not easy to define the concept of stress. Usually it is associated with the less pleasant aspect of life (Sharp, 1977). Hans Selye (1956) defined stress as the non-specific response of the body to any demand. It was used as a substitute for anxiety, conflict

and emotional distress. To Bower (1984), it is any force that brings some changes in an organism for better or worse. There are many more definitions but their description equates stress with distress. The above definition illustrates that stress is the fact of life. We cannot escape from it anytime and anywhere. Without stress life means death. So, for living a better life we should understand it.

A good administrator should not focus on the stress he/she is facing just because of the burden and chaos of the school environment, but rather consider stress as a challenge in their daily confrontation with their administrative task.

School managers have to face with different dilemmas in dealing with their teachers, stakeholders and in carrying various administrative works. They have to handle their stress properly in order to work efficiently to the fullest.

Administrators should be an effective stress manager. As an administrator, one should build a great ability to be effective not only in handling stress, but also handling them in many ways.

MTB-MLE: For faster learning among students

By John Michael C. Carbonera Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte

Education is one main thrust that the government is prioritizing because of its ability to improve not just the number of workforce after a student graduates, but as well a citizen’s position in life and emloyability.

This is one of the reasons behind lots of development in Education sector in the Philippines. These developments is not mainly on system itself but as well its reach. The education department is determined to reach every single uneducated Filipino and introduce them the real beauty of obtaining knowledge.

For this aim, a lot of programs are created, including Mother Tongue-Based Multilinguistic Education. It is a program that uses mothertongue language in conducting classes for earlier levels of education, specifically grades one, two and three. Through this, improved learning among students would take place since mother-tongue is the best tool

in learning other languages such as English and Filipino which are mostly used in higher levels of education.

MTB-MLE is also helpful to mobile teachers in reaching out to those students that are living in mountains and in places faraway from the cities.

During delivery of lessons, a teacher will pronounce it in a way that it is standardized and appropriate for the thinking level of the students. In result, students will not be confused and will understand everything that the teacher has presented.

Having education is a bridge for better employability and development of one’s life position. Before all that, Education is first, a right, an utmost important thing that each single citizen in the country should obtain. The creation of various programs such as MTB-MLE is one effective strategy to reach out the unreachable.

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AGAYAN DE ORO -- The Department of Tourism here in Region 10 (DOT10) and the Cagayan de Oro Association of British Council based in Vancouver, Canada, are inviting Kagay-anons to "Tapok 2015" to be held in Canada.

Tapok, Cebuano for gathering, is an assembly of Kagay-anons living in Canada, the Unites States of America and other parts of

the world to bring in investment opportunities and build strong ties through festivities.

During a press conference held recently, DOT Regional Director Catalino Chan III said this year's Tapok will be held in Vancouver, Canada, from July 31 to August 2, 2015.

Chan said three objectives are set for the annual Tapok -- unite Kagay-anons who are in the US and Canada; discover business ventures, and increase foreign arrivals among the countries

involved.

Aside from the Tapok festivities, Tapok offers business matching and opportunities for participants to sell products and services, including real estate and insurance, among others.

Tapok was organized 20 years ago in North America for being second highest in tourist arrivals to the Philippines after South Korea.

Ann Gora of the CDO Association of British Council said organizers are expecting

300 people to come based on last event.

Tapok 2015 registrants are charged a fee of 135 Canadian dollars. And, application for visa is an individual effort.

As a tip to businessmen who may be interested to join Tapok, Gora says Kagay-anons abroad want four things on top of the many others: Retirement plans; investments opportunities; adventure where they can promote eco-tourism; and community involvement especially for the

youth.

Benny Rago, one of the organizers of Tapok 2015 said a lot more are being prepared for the event. like gala night, exhibits, and sight-seeing trips, among others.

Rago said Vancouver has been named one of the most liveable cities in the world since 1997, and that it is at its best during summer, and tourists going into sports, like Kayaking and mountain climbing, will enjoy them there.

World summit in UAE pushes for renewable energy growth ABU DHABI -- The World Future Energy Summit 2015 (WFES) was convened here on Monday, with representatives from over 900 companies worldwide, discussing the impact of low oil prices on renewable energies.

In his opening speech, Dr. Sultan Al-Jaber, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State, said the steep fall in oil price, which hit a five-year low, did not have negative impact on ongoing investments in renewable energies.

Egypt's president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who is on a two-day official visit in the UAE, said in his speech that his government plans to reform the policy of subsidiaries within five years in order to make Egypt "more competitive."

Sisi said his country was open for investments to double solar energy capacities in Egypt.

The Egyptian President called the UAE, a major oil supplier, an Arab state at the forefront of promoting renewable energies. The world's largest concentrated solar park "Shams one" was built here in March 2013.

According to WFES group event director Naji El-Haddad, the Middle East has renewable energy projects with a capacity of 37 Gigawatt in the pipeline which come into effect until 2020.

Another focus of the conference is water and energy in food security.

The mostly deserted Arab Gulf states have to import 90 percent of its food needs.

According to the Abu Dhabi water and electricity authority, the Middle East and North Africa will invest

300 billion dollars on water and desalination projects by 2022.

The WFES 2015 fair and exhibition is expected to attract 32,000 professional visitors, policy makers and environmentalists from 170 countries and delegates is expected will run through Thursday, January 22.

The French minister for ecology, sustainable development and energy Segolene Royal said that a future energy mix must take into account the scarcity of resources and the competitiveness of an economically powerful state.

Speaking in a panel discussion on the first day of the four-day world future energy summit which runs here in its 8th edition, the French minister urged citizens and enterprises and states to think positively about all alternative ways to produce energy that can be generated without greenhouse gas.

Earlier in the month, Royal told the French media, that France shall consider building new nuclear reac-

Cassava Training kicks off in MisOcc. In its continuous aim to boost cassava production and increase farmers’ income, the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) through the Agri-Pinoy Corn Program kicked off this year’s series of trainings on Cassava Production Technology in Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental.

Attended by around 70 agricultural technicians from the local government units and farmer-leaders from MisOcc and its nearby province of Lanao del Norte, the training was conducted to further encourage the said group to be agents for the promotion and development of the cassava sector within Northern Mindanao. Jocylen A. Gementiza, Cassava Focal Person of DA-RFO 10, reported that the region managed to produce 601,289 metric tons of cassava in the year 2013. She added that although the region has produced a quarter of the country’s total output for the period, they should altogether act and adopt major strategies such as increase the area to be planted with cassava, increase farmers’ productivity and income, improve the quality of primary cassava products and reduce harvesting/ post-harvest losses and increase consumption of cassava as food to accomplish the region’s targets. For the year 2015, the Program is slated to conduct four (4) more trainings in the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and another round for MisOcc and LDN. # (JLOlson, DA-RFO 10/Photo credits: Agri-Pinoy Corn Program)

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tors in order to replace the old ones because half of the existing 58 reactors will be reach the age of 40 years or beyond after 2020.

Nevertheless, Royal has drafted an energy transition law that aims to reduce the share of nuclear energy in France's total energy production to 50 percent from the current 75 percent.

Former United States vice president Al Gore was awarded here on Monday the Zayed future energy prize lifetime achievement award on the occasion of the opening of the 8th edition of the four-day world future energy summit.

The 8th world future energy summit runs through Thursday. (PNA/Xinhua)

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for showing the Filipino people what mercy, which is forgiveness for an enemy, and compassion are.

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that on this particular day, there will also be a “ban of giving/receiving free transport, food, drinks and things of value.”

Between now and the end of the month, the city Comelec office will continually receive registration of new adult voters. In 2014, they had an off-site registration at the barangay level.

This week, they had an off-site registration in three college campuses – Capitol University, Lourdes College and Mindanao University of Science and Technology.

After all the SK winners are proclaimed on March 2, the registration of new voters will continue until October 31 this year.

Palamine also reminded all voters who don’t have their biometrics taken yet to immediately go to the city Comelec office to secure them so they can vote in the synchronize national and local elections next year.

This early, there are circles in the country clamoring for a suspension of the SK elections in October 2016, synchronizing it with the barangay elections. President Aquino is yet to act on the matter. Momentarily, the city Comelec office is proceeding to prepare for the February scheduled affair.

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Indigency Program will be a big waste of taxpayer’s money as most beneficiaries will not be able to use it. He pointed out there is no need to insure 100,000 families in the city for P240 Million considering that beneficiaries of the 4Ps who belong to the poorest of the poor and the senior citizens are automatically

PhilHealth members, not to mention those working in government agencies and private establishments who by law are also members of the state health insurance program.

On the other hand, in Philhealth’s POC Program qualified patients are enrolled on the spot upon confinement and are insured with health benefits for one year, he added.In a published news in the PhilHealth webpage, it states: “Point of Care beneficiaries shall be entitled to Philhealth benefits which include inpatient, outpatient (except primary care benefit) and to the No Balance Billing policy where patients shall no longer pay the balance of hospital charges, if any”.

“We are doing our best to address the needs of our constituents especially the poor, but we also have to faithfully fulfill our mandate as the keeper of the purse.

But should there be any justified need for additional funds for the city’s health program anytime, rest assured that we will enact the needed legislation for the purpose,” the vice mayor assured.

But Ocon said protested the idea saying regular health insurance is different from POC program.

He said POC is not applicable anywhere in the country unlike the regular health insurance program.

Punong Barangay Elpidio Neri of Macasandig, also the chairperson of Barug Kontra Korupsyon Movement, said that the purpose of last Monday’s protest was to ask the members of the majority bloc to reconsider their earlier decision.

Lawyer James Judith, the legal counsel of the group, said the movement is now gathering at least 3,000 signatures to fortify its plan to come up with the People’s Initiative should the majority bloc fail to enact the P3.8 billion Executive Budget as proposed by Moreno.

This is the first time that people banded together to file petition against the City Council due to budget cut, said Judith––and without naming names––added, “ingon ani ka badlungon ang mga liders sa Cagayan de Oro.

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message , he said, reads: “Di jud ka moundang Junel Ukat sa imong paghisgut sa kahanginan bahin sa salvaging kami jud imong engkwentruhon ngano man jud ka? di ka malipayon sa imong kinabuhigikapoy n aka? papahulayon n aka namu para dili n aka mag antos kanang kakunian nimu sa mga tao nanagpahilumhilum ka namu.”

A few minutes later, Ucat said he received another text message which reads: “Magkuha me ug usa sa inyo pamasin na makahuna- huna ang imong ulo na dako.”

Ucat said that he started to receive death threats after

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he discussed the issues of illegal drugs and the killings of two Jamaca brothers in Cagayan de Oro. “Aduna koy na mention sa akong commentaries, labi na kato sa Jamaca killings.

Pero wala koy gi mention nga name, ingon ko nga sa atong bag-o karun nga police director hinaut nga aduna nay kasulbadan ang kaso sa summary killings dinhi sa siyudad,” he said.

Msgr. Elmer Abacahin, COPC board of director, explained that the forum aimed at helping the working media protect themselves from aggravations with the help of law enforcement agencies.

“This media dialogue is asking the local authorities, especially the PNP and other concern agencies about what assurance we get from the authority that the media is safe. A media safety protocols,” Abacahin said.

During the roundtable discussion, Supt. Gervacio Balmaceda, spokesman of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Region 10, said the local police will help protect the media from any aggravation.

“The PNP shall maintain its role in providing the security and protection to all media practitioners based on the result of threat assessment,” said Balmaceda, apparently referring to the PNP Security Program for media practitioners.

Under the program, he said that pro-active measure shall be implemented (seminars/lecture and personal security) in order to facilitate close cooperation between media practitioners and the PNP with the objective of enhancing individual and collective awareness that security is a personal concern.

“One of these days, mag ka-conduct kami ng seminars to all the media practitioners on how to protect their selves from any other form of harassment. This is our commitment not only here, but this is a national program sent to all regional offices,” he added.

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and Abduraup, 32.

Casimiro said the arresting team seized from the suspects 25 kilos of ammonium nitrate, a 12-inch detonating cord, 120 pieces of blasting caps, five kilos of galvanized nails and caliber .38 and .22 revolvers with ammunition.

He said the operative also confiscated from the suspects 10 sachet of suspected shabu and P300 “marked money” in P100 bills.

He said the suspects were being investigated to know the extent of their activities.

Chief Insp. Rhean Loyd Bato, city police bomb squad chief said the seized bombmaking components are used to manufacture ammonium nitrate fuel oil-type of explosive.

The incident came two days after a barangay official was arrested for illegal

possession of bomb-making components in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte.

Arrested on Sunday was barangay councilor Bassal Turabin, 50, of Barangay Lagundi, Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte.

Insp. Dahlan Samuddin, Police Regional Office-9 information officer said Turabin was arrested at a checkpoint around 10 a.m.

Sunday in Barangay A.L. Micubo, Jr., Siocon.

Samuddin said the policemen recovered from Turabin’s possession 10 detonating cords and 30 pieces of blasting caps.

(MindaNews)

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companies announced the biggest oil price cutback of the year by as much as P2.50 per liter for gasoline, and P2.30 per liter for diesel,” said the lawmaker.

He said diesel prices now range from P31.15 per liter to P34.50. But even when the price of diesel was put at P47.47 per liter in January 2011, the lawmaker said public utility taxi ser vices, were allowed to charge a flag down rate of P40 and P3.50 for ever y two minutes of waiting times, and P3.50 for ever y 300 meters.

Since diesel prices are now at P31.15, he urged the LTFRB to reduce the flag down rate from P40 to P30 and by P2.50 for e v e r y t w o m i nu t e s o f waiting time, and for P2.50 for ever y 300 meters travelled.

He also urged the LTFRB to reduce the fares and other taxi ser vices, such as GT Express and airport taxis by a proportionate and fair reduction in the interests of the taxi-riding public.

In this regard, LTFRB Regional Director Mand a n g a n P. D a r i m b a n g conducted a public hearing with the drivers and operators of public utility vehicles in Cagayan de Oro on Januar y 16, 2014 at the LTFRB Office in Barangay Patag.

Darimbang said the LT F R B h a s g i v e n t h e local transport groups at l e a s t s e ve n d ay s to submit their position papers in regard to the petition to reduce fare rates.

The position papers will then be submitted to LTFRB in Manila for review, said Darimbang.

Chito C. Flores, operations manager of Transco in Cagayan de O ro C it y, i s opp o s i ng the petition for fare rate reduction filed by Iway.

“Kami nga naa sa SUV s er v ices k int a hay, di li man mi molarga kay puno na. Molarga g yud mi kay time-bound man mi bisan og alkansi mi sa gasolina,” Flores said.

“Hi n aut ng a i - c on s i d e r k i n i s a LT F R B,” added Flores.

Acenas: SP not against increase in honorarium of day care workers THE City Council is not against the increase in the honorarium of Day Care Teachers of Cagayan de Oro. This was stressed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas during the regular session yesterday in response to the request of Day Care Workers for the enactment of an ordinance approving the budget for a P2,600 increase in their monthly honorarium.

Day Care workers already received an increase in monthly honorarium from P2,400 to P5,000 starting June 2014 until December 2014, said Marites Cahiles, president of the Federation of Child Development Teachers in the city.

She requested the City Council to retain the increase citing reports this was not included in this year’s budget.

DISALLOWANCE Vice Mayor Acenas informed day care workers that the P2,600 increase in their monthly honorarium was considered by the Commission on Audit (COA) as a disallowance and the City Council had to act on it.

“Ang kadtong additional P2,600 didto gikuha sa Special Education Fund (SEF) in which naay disallowance sa COA,” he said, adding that the increase did not pass through required procedures.

“Nag increase sa inyong honorarium nga walay authority gikan sa City Council.

It is required by law. Because of that walay authority gikan sa City Council naghatag og increase didto gikuha sa Special Education Fund mao tuy gi disallow sa COA,” said the vice mayor.

He said if allowed to continue, day care workers will eventually have to pay or refund the amount, which the City Council would like to avoid.

“We are not against paghatag sa increase sa honorarium. Mosubay lang ta sa insaktong proseso ….” he stressed.

“We don’t want in the near future na i-disallow na pud sa COA. We don’t want in the future nga magtapal kamo …” he added.

According to Acenas, the letter request of the federation was already endorsed to the committee on finance and ways and means chaired by Councilor President Elipe.

He assured them that it will be calendared soon.

With the authority emanating from the committee, he said the City Council will then enact an ordinance authorizing the increase. In this way, he said this will be legal and recognized by all.

“Kanang authority mahimong ordinansa bisan kinsa pang molingkod o kinsay molingkod nga opisyales bisan pa wala na mi, magpabilin kana kay naa man ordinansa. Ang maoy balaodnon nga himuon sa city Council aron legal tanan ang

inyong pangdawaton …” he explained.

The vice mayor thanked day care workers and their president for presenting their request to the body.

For his part, Councilor Adrian L. Barba, chair of the committee on education, clarified that it was not the City Council that disallowed the increase in honorarium of day care workers but it was COA. He said budget for the increase was taken from the SEF not from the General Fund, according to COA. According to the councilor, the increase also did not pass through the City Council for proper legislation as required by law.

Councilor Roger Abaday requested that the president of the federation be allowed to address the City Council so that their concerns can be heard.

Councilors Leon Gan and Adrian Barba supported the suspension of the House Rules so that the legislative body can listen to their request and other concerns.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late JAIME M. DE LA ROSA, who died intestate on October 2, 2008 the husband of the registered owner Rosita L. De La Rosa of a parcel of land evidenced

by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-53187 which is herein more particularly described as follows, to wit; TCT No. T-53187 “A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 3944-F, Psd-10-011734, being a portion of Lot 3944, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre), situated in the Barrio of Canitoan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO (1,782) SQUARE METERS more or less, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, made and entered by and between; 1. ROSITA L. DE LA ROSA, of legal age, Filipino, widow and a resident of Canito-an, Cagayan de Oro City; 2. CHARITO GALOPE, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Canito-an, Cagayan de Oro City; 3.

EVELYN TABOCLAON, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Canito-an, Cagayan de Oro City; 4.

NENITA NAÏVE, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Canito-an, Cagayan de Oro City; 5. LETTY TORREFIEL, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Canito-an, Cagayan de Oro City; 6. RUDY DE LA ROSA, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Canito-an, Cagayan de Oro City; 7. NOEL DE LA ROSA, of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of Canito-an, Cagayan de Oro City; 8. RUEL DE LA ROSA, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Canito-an, Cagayan de Oro City; 9. REY DE LA ROSA, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Canito-an, Cagayan de Oro City; hereinafter called the HEIRS-VENDOR. That the Heirs-Vendor deemed it beneficial to convey the said property and have agreed to sell the aforementioned parcel of land to Wefix Construction Services Inc. represented by ENGR. MARILLO S. PAANO-President, of legal age, Filipino, with office address at Room 204 2nd Flr., De Leon Square Bldg., Pabayo Cor. Cruz Taal Sts., Cagayan de Oro City, hereinafter called the Vendee. That for and in consideration of the sum of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php 300,000.00) Philippine currency, in hand paid by Engr. Marillo S. Paano, herein Vendee is hereby acknowledge in full satisfaction by the Heirs-Vendor, hereby SELL, TRANSFER, and CONVEY unto the said Vendee the above described parcel containing an area of 1,782 square meters. As per Doc. No. 479; Page No. 96; Book No. XLVI; Series of 2014; under Notary Public of ATTY. HENRY J. BACAL. MDN: Jan 7, 14 & 21, 2015

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Promoting peace in Mindanao.

Dealing with a traumatic past.Strife for freedom. Bullying in school.

Defying religious and cultural prejudices.

These elements have converged, assembling the captivating menu of digital short films for the seventh installment of Cinemagis festival under the banner of Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts (XCCA) of Xavier University.

XCCA director Hobart Savior has expressed his delight and gratitude for the development of filmmaking in Northern Mindanao through Cinemagis which serves as a platform for emerging filmmakers to showcase their talents and stories.

Cinemagis continues to grow in terms of the number of participating filmmakers and its audience reach.

Running on Januar y 21-24 at the XU Little Theater and SM Cagayan de Oro Cinemas 3 and 4, the event presents 4 professional entries, 9 student films and the critically-acclaimed films of the award-winning director Brilliante Mendoza.

From past conflicts to present issues In the professional category, each entry deals with a morallybaffling theme.

Set in Maguindanao at the height of conflict between the Philippine military forces and Moro rebels in 2008, “The End of War” by Joeromer Bacus chronicles the struggles of a family stuck in crossfire “they never wanted to be a part of.”

“May Bituin Din sa Umaga” by John Solomon T. Legara takes the audience to a modern take on the colonization in the Philippines and the nation’s strife for freedom. The protagonist of the story named Bituin Maglaya represents the Philippine resilience and dignity, and the film follows Bituin’s journey of finding her heroes or “lucky stars.”

Adrian Rey Banaag Manapil’s “Bagabag” (Apprehension) displays a suspense story about an accounting professor Grasya who is trying to forget her traumatic past while her friendship to Leonor is being tested.

“She [Leonor] entrusted her daughter Yzel to Grasya with a promise to send her financial assistance while she is working abroad—until an accident happened while Yzel was playing,” the film’s

excerpt reads.

Completing the list of films from the professional category is “Ang Lihim ni Natividad” (The Secret of Natividad) by Jasmine Limas.

During the 4th Cinemagis Film Festival, Limas’ “Carmen” won the Best Student Short Film and it had its international debut at the Yerba Buena Arts Center in San Francisco, California, USA. From bu l ly ing to def y ing stereotypes On the other hand, the student films this year offer appealing stor ylines as much as the aforementioned entries.

“En Pace” (In Peace) by Orpheus Nery takes us to a journey of a man who met a mysterious woman who seems to fill his void after the unexpected death of his wife.

“He is having fun when he sees people afraid of him but one nightmare will change his life and perspectives,” teases the excerpt of “The Bully has Awakened” by Harold A. Villegas, a Development Communication student at XU. This short film follows a transformational story of Ruben who is a bully yet he contends with making himself a better man.

“Ab ans a d a s a Hang i n” by M a r v e l o u s J. B e n c i o f r o m Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) simply des crib es his f ilm as “ab out promoting peace in Mindanao.”

Brian Adam Salvador Anay’s “Tingki” chronicles the story of a young and aspiring ballerina “who has been leading a ‘jacketed life’ as a Muslim and who finally decides to fight for her dreams in dancing despite facing societal reprisals because of her religion.”

“A love story between Gab, a college student who supports abortion and Vanessa, a Subanen who is devoted to her conservative beliefs,” this is the storyline of “Grasya” by Geffel Lou A. Rodrigora.

Opposing beliefs will test their love as they go through some dramatic encounters.

“Across the Universe,” a film

by Megan Louise C. Hernandez is about “the choices we make in our lives and how we should deal with them.”

“Feeling Loved” by Greanne Mendoza is something the youth can relate to with the subject on the “acceptance in social media.” It is a movie about wanting to be “in”

on the new media. In desperation, the main character spreads lies about his life and goes the extra mile just to keep the ‘likes’ going.

Murder and intrigues linger in the film of Lucky E.dela Rosa’s “Emosyon” (Emotion) and it follows the tousled relationship of the characters Victor and Jewel.

Completing the roster of student films for the 7 th installment of Cinemagis is “Sangil” (Blame)

by Christian Alan E.Toring from Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT).

Cinemagis perks This year’s Cinemagis features Brilliante Mendoza’s award-winning films “Foster Child” and “Thy Womb” at SM Cinemas 3 and 4.

Thy Womb follows the story of a Bajau midwife (Nora Aunor)as she copes with her infertility while attending to the concerns of women in her nomad community. Foster Child, on the other hand, stars Cherry Pie Picache as a temporary parent to an abandoned child.

Admission to the screening venues only requires personal care items such as soap, toothpaste and sanitary napkins, which will be donated to the victims of Typhoon Seniang in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

In addition, the festival offers a free film production design and editing workshop for film enthusiasts on January 22-23 at the XULT and an interaction with Mendoza at SM Cinemas 3 and 4.

The announcement of nominees will be held on January 21, and the winners from the student and professional categories will be declared during the awards night on January 24 at SM City Event Center.

Supported by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) through its National Committee on Cinema, Cinemagis is organized in collaboration with Xavier Science Foundation (XSF), Research Institute for Mindanao Culture (RIMCU), XU NSTP and SM CDO. Cinemagis serves as a springboard for filmmakers from Region 10 to showcase their stories. Since its inception in 2009, a number of films have already gone to other national independent film festivals and even in the international scene.

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That is what I felt this morning ay este evening, no it’s morning, no I think it’s evening.

Sorry for being confused, if it’s day or night. Since we knew that the Pope was coming to town, so the delivery will be delayed, especially if the shipment will be delivered out of town. My team and I had no sleep last night to prepare the orders of #MONEYKIT. We know the value and the excitement of the people who are expecting their kits, to be on their hands the soonest possible time.

Minsan sa sorbang excited, hindi pa nga nagbabayad sa bangko, nag-eexpect na sila ng delivery.

My courier promised that they were going to pick up today by one.

So we stayed all night long and by miracle we were able to finish it before the appointed deadline.

Tuwang-tuwa kami dahil mission accomplished. It was worth the puyat; people will be happy to receive their money kit as we promised. But when the delivery truck came, the people in-charge refused to pick it up because of a technicality; na hindi daw kami nag pa book ng tama sa agent namin.

So they left without bringing the kits.

It was not our mistake, it was the short coming of the agent.

My blood was boiling and my skin was changing to color green and I was transforming to “Kermit the frog” ay este “Incredible Hulk.” My muscles and fats were bulging and I was tearing my dress apart. We were tired, sad, and exasperated. Inis na inis kami na gusto namin talagang magalit. Pero

by God’s grace, hindi na naming

kayang magalit, sa sorbang puyat at pagod. Then my wife prayed again for me and one thing God revealed to me was, “NEVER PUNISH YOURSELF FOR THE MISTAKE OF OTHERS.” Ganoon talaga ang mga ibang tao, pinanganak lang sila para isipin ang kanilang sariling kapakanan at convenience.

They do not even care about what others think or feel.

As long as masaya sila, convenient sa kanila, wala silang care for others.

Mindset nila, “As long as pwede akong makinabang, ok tayo.”

“As long as hindi ako mapeperwisyo, wala tayong problema.”

But once if things does not happen according to their plans and ways, they drop you and doesn’t even care what you feel.

Again, I go back to what God imprint in my heart; to my favorite line, “To every problem there is always a solution, if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.”

I had a shout out in my Facebook account, “Need urgent help of a reliable courier company to deliver effectively and efficiently.

If you know a reputable company with integrity.”

Truly enough God answered through my Facebook friends and gave me a number to call. The good news was, the company picked it all up and is willing to do whatever it takes to bring the money kit to our clients the soonest possible time.

Hep! Hep! Hooray!

Kaya nga mga kapatid , whenever bad things happen and some people might done something that cost you your name, money or reputation, learn how to move on. Try to think of a solution on how you can get out of the problem. Yes, kahit mali niya, but come to think of it, kahit mainis ka all day long, at iniisip mo na napakaunfair; wala ka rin naman magagawa at hindi naan maayos ang problema.

Maybe God is also reminding you not to punish yourself for the mistake of others.

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Have you felt bad trip and major inis for what others did?

Are you punishing yourself for the mistake of others? Or naka-move on ka na?

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WHEN Pope Francis uttered the following, “She is the only one who has put forward a question for which there is no answer and she was not even able to express it in words but rather in tears,” that is not just a response for one specific situation. There are numerous, no thousands even millions of circumstances that God seems to have abandoned us, leaving us to misery and suffering.

But then again, Christians find comfort in the Bible specifically in Ecclesiastes 11:5, “As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so

`There is no answer’

you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.” It is also written in Psalm 147:5, “Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.” Yet how do you explain that to a non-Christian? For me, the 23-year-old Indian nurse from New Delhi comes to mind. On December 16, 2012, the woman was waylaid by six men who took turns raping her including inserting a small bottle in her vagina. The poor victim remained comatose even to her deathbed in Singapore a few weeks later. What moved me to this story were the events preceding

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the rape incident. Do you know what the woman did prior to being ambushed?

She was watching a movie!

Do you know what movie she watched at the time?

It was Life of Pi. I don’t know if many of you still remember the Ang Lee Oscar winner but when I watched Life of Pi at Limketkai Cinema in 2012 (yup they were still open at the time), it moved me almost to tears at how a stranded castaway teen came to terms while questioning his existence in the open ocean. I bet our victim-nurse was surely moved and inspired by the movie too. Maybe she even meditated and

contemplated on how to change her life for the future. Even the visuals in the movie were stunning. There was a scene where jellyfish covered the entire ocean, closely mimicking director Ang Lee’s concept of paradise. Our victim-nurse could have absorbed all of this. Then boom, harsh reality snapped back immediately upon emerging from the moviehouse. In those torturous moments while she was being raped, did our victim-nurse blame the Heavens for her ordeal?

Was she dismayed that what she immersed in the movie was fantasy only? We will never know.

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And same with how Pope Francis emphasized, we will never know the answer. But hearing tragic stories such as this is just one side of the coin. There are thousands of equally true inspiring stories that we can choose to delve everyday. Yesterday, a couple from Kiliog, Libona, Bukidnon towed their infant to Magnum Radyo in the morning, asking for alms so they could raise fare back to their home village. In less than 30 minutes, the couple were able to raise P5,200! Consider the breakdown – Cherry Mobile gave P1000, a city councilor pitched in P300, hotelier Jimmy Caiña gave

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a similar amount, two taxi drivers slashed their morning earnings, etc. (There are others who gave, I just forgot to take note.) It is in true inspiring stories such as this that makes us marvel what a beautiful life it is.

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Special Gospel of the day: Matthew9:3238(January21, 2015-Wednesday) Matthew 9:32-38-As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the labourers [are] few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest: In our gospel, we can discover that a dumb or mute person was healed when this person attached to Jesus Christ. The person became dumb because he was possessed by evil spirit and this is an

Biblical reflection

Bro. Edcel L. Closas implication that if we are mute in speaking the whole truth, maybe we are also possessed by evil spirit. Before the dumb healed, he never speaks due to the evil in his life. Meaning, for us to be able to speak the truth, we need to ask the power of Jesus to cast out the evil in our hearts. Take note, when Jesus did this wonder, the people accused him as a devil instrument because he commanded the devil to get out from the victim.

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Dir. Catalino E. Chan III, DOT-10 Regional Director, Mr. Benny Rago and Ms. Ann Gorra, Board of Directors, Cagayan de Oro Association of British Columbia talking to the media about the 15th Kagay-anon International TAPOK 2015 to be held in Vancouver, Canada at River Rock Casino Resort, Richmond BC this coming July 30 - August 2, 2015. photo by kathleen joy meniano , intern

DOT 10 supports 15th Tapok Kagay-anon International

By CHRISTINE H. CABIASA, Lifestyle Editor

The D ep ar t me nt of Tourism region 10 has vested its support to 15th Tapok Kagay-anon International, this year to be held at River Rock Casino Resort, Vancouver, Canada on July 31 to August 2.

According to regional director Catalino E. Chan III, the Department of Tourism has always supported Tapok Kagayanon International as it contributes to the development of tourism industry in the city of Cagayan de Oro vis-avis Northern Mindanao.

“Aside from this will unite Kagay-anons, this will also bring high foreign arrival rates to Northern Mindanao, as they will share our beauty and bounty to their foreign friends,” Chan said.

15th Tapok Kagay-anon

International is basically a social gathering of Kagayanons who work and stay abroad.

According to Mr. Benny Rago, board of director, Cagayan de Oro Associations of British Columbia, Tapok is about meeting once again old friends, neighbours, classmates, relatives and making new friends.

“Tapok is fun, very fun.

Now that it will be held in one of the healthiest cities in the world, Vancouver, for sure they will enjoy as the city of Vancouver offers a lot of exciting destinations they have never been into,” Rago said.

Further, stated in the official website of Tapok 2015, www.tapok2015.org, Kagay-anon International is a non-profit Kagay-anon association that offers

scholarships in Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental.

T h e y a l s o m an a g e s donations like clothes, food items, medicines, medical equipment and supplies, office supplies, trash cans, playground equipment, books, and cash.

In fact, when typhoon Sendong hit the city in 2012, Kagay-anon International has shipped over a hundred containers of relief items and has sent cash to a total of US$ 120, 000, all coming from Kagayanons in North America, Australia and Europe.

On the other hand, according to Ms. Ann Gorra of the Cagayan de Oro Associations of British Columbia, Tapok also offers an avenue for businessmen to do business as there will be a business exhibit.

“The exhibit will offer businessmen unparalleled opportunities to present their products and services and will have face-to-face encounter with Kagayanons from around the world,” Gorra said.

“We are inviting real estate developers, life plan associates, fashion designers and many other businesses to exhibit and do business during the Tapok there in Vancouver.

There will be a lot of opportunities for them,” Gorra added.

“Tapok is not about politics, it is not about

religion, it is not about food but it is about seeing old friends again,” Gorra emphasized.

For registration and

more details, you can visit the official website of 15th Tapok Kagay-anon International at www. tapok2015.org or you

can visit the office of the Department of Tourism region 10 at Don Gregorio Pelaez Sports Complex, Don Apolinar Velez St., this city.

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