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By Mark D. Francisco Staff member

CAGAYAN de Oro City Social Welfare and Development Officer Teddy Sabugaa is bent on investigating reports that the dozens of people who trooped to the City Council last week are not really Indigenous People (IP).

CONFLAGRATION. Personnel of the Cagayan de Oro Fire Department (CFD) talk as other continue to put out the fire that levelled the Kaking Shopping Center near Cogon market on Sunday afternoon. The fire that lasted for more than 17 hours also sends dozens of its employees jobless this Yuletide season.

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Fire from Christmas lights turns Yuletide for ‘Kaking’ shop black

By Cheng Ordonez, Associate Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City--What could have brought hearth-warming sight this Yuletide season turned out to be the cause of distress after a Christmas lighting system has been suspected to trigger a 17-hour conflagration on Sunday afterenoon near the Cogon market here.

The fire had eaten up the whole of second and third floors and part of the fourth floor of the four-storey Kaking Shopping Center building, and estimated value of damages to the edifice See YULETIDE, page A11

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Garbed in IP attire, at least 50 people marched to the City Council session hall at the Legislative Building of City Hall last December 7, demanding from the councilors to look into how the administration of Mayor Oscar Moreno spent the budget for the lumads.

In particular, the group complained before Councilor Leon Gan that they

have not allegedly received any aid from the 2015 budget of the city government that was supposedly intended for them.

In reaction, Sabugaa believed that the people who went to the City Council were not really lumads or IP. “Gipanggamit ra tung mga tawhana ni Councilor Gan,” he said.

See attire, page A3

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Duterte to Roxas on Davao City’s peace as myth: ‘not for you to say that’ DAVAO City--“It’s not for you to say that. It is for Dabawenyos to tell us what it is all about,” Presidential aspirant and Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte said in his message to administration bet Manuel Araneta “Mar” Roxas who earlier described the city’s peace and order situation as a “myth.”

What is “myth,” he said is Roxas’ claim that he graduated from Wharton School of Economics, Duterte said in his Sunday television program, “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa.”

In a Presidential Forum at the Ateneo de Manila University on Friday, Roxas described Davao City’s peace as “myth, kathangisip, imagination.”

Citing data from the Philippine National Police (PNP) which he headed as

Local Governments Secretary from late 2012 until his resignation in August 2015, Roxas said some 18,000 crime incidents were recorded in Davao City in 2014.

“So myth, kathang isip, imagination lang ‘yung payapa ang Davao City.

Hindi ko sila dina-down, sinasabi ko lang kung ano ang istatistika,” GMA News Online quoted Roxas as saying.

“Like all things in life, there is no magic wand, there is no abracadabra, everything that is worth something important to us, kailangang pagtrabahuhan, pagsakripisyuhan, tutukan natin” (we should work hard for, sacrifice for, and focus on), Roxas said.

Ad d r e s s i n g R o x a s , Duterte said: “It is not for you to say that. It is for

Dabawenyos to tell us what it is all about.”

Duterte said Roxas as DILG Secretary, had administrative authority over the police and received regular reports regarding the crime index of all cities in the country.

“Akala ko ba ikaw ang (I thought you were) DILG (secretary). All orders and submission (go to DILG).

I don’t even have a copy of the blotter everyday or the journal, ikaw ang may hawak ng police (you have authority over the police),” he said, adding “it’s either binola ka ng police mo (you were fooled by the police) or you were treated as trash by the police).

He dared Roxas to have a survey taken in Camp Crame, the PNP’s main headquarters. “Kung manalo ka mag-withdraw ako tapos

kakampanyahan kita (If you win, I will withdraw my candidacy and campaign for you),” he said.

The crime index in the Davao Region went down by 28.38 percent with 13,476 incidents recorded between January and August this year, compared with last year’s 18,936 for the same period.

Records from the Police Regional Office (PNP) showed that physical injuries with 6,562 cases comprised the biggest share of the total crime index at 48.69 percent, lower than last year’s 8,606 for the same period.

At the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) meeting at the Grand Men Seng Hotel held last October, Senior Supt. Michael John Dubria, chief of Regional Operations and Plans Division of PRO 11, said the

decrease can be attributed to the intensified implementation of its anti-criminality plan, “Lambat-Sibat.”

“Physical injury cases are mostly caused by vehicular accidents and a few cases are due to street fistfights, mauling and stabbing,” he said.

For theft and robbery, cases registered from January to August 2015 were 4,252, down by38.89 percent from 6,328 for the same period in 2014.

Records also show that crime solution and crime clearance efficiencies have improved.

The region’s crime solution efficiency improved by 65.91 percent while the crime clearance efficiency was at 73.057 percent.

Duterte blamed Roxas for starting this exchange of words through his publicist,

by allegedly spreading the issue that he was suffering from cancer and that this was the reason why he did not want to join the presidential race in 2016.

At the Presidential Forum, Roxas disagreed on the kind of leadership displayed

by Duterte, apparently referring to the latter’s hardline stance against criminality and his fearless admission in public forums and interviews that he has killed criminals.

He said there’s “no magic wand” in bringing down the crime index and that all work must be done right.

In his Sunday television program, Duterte also criticized Roxas for his inability to handle stress in the aftermath of supertyphoon Yolanda in November 2013.

Duterte flew to Tacloban City on Day 2 to bring initial help from the city and to find out how best the city can help. Duterte immediately sent teams to deliver relief goods and help in the rescue and retrieval as well as attend to the health needs of the survivors.

Duterte also challenged Roxas to come out with his graduation picture as proof that he finished a degree at Wharton School of Economics.

“You claim to have graduated from Wharton School See myth, page A10

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In an interview, Sabugaa claimed that even National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Director Roberto Almonte for Northern Mindanao himself appreciated the efforts of Mayor Oscar S. Moreno in helping the IP community of Cagayan de Oro City.

Records show that there are about 2,000 IP individuals residing in the city. They can be found in barangays Besigan, Tignapoloan, Dansolihon, Mambuaya, Bayanga, Lumbia, Tagpangi, Pagalungan, Taglimao, Tuburan, Pigsag-an, Tumpagon, San Simon, Cugman, FS Catanico and Tablon.

Almonte even hailed Moreno’s installation of indigenous peoples mandatory representatives which would act as go-between among the city government and the IP constituencies in the city.

Since the so-called indigenous peoples mandatory representatives began functioning, the Moreno administration had already implemented various projects such as road and school instructions, livelihood assistance and several others in the barangays mentioned above.

Sabugaa also said his office is investigating on whether the dozens of people who dressed as IPs and trooped to the City

Council last week to lodge complaints before the city government are really IP. During the same session last January 7, the City Council passed a resolution urgently requesting Moreno to release the approved 2015 budget intended for the city’s indigenous people.

Release the funds The City Council has earlier adopted Resolution No. 12208-2015, urgently requesting Moreno to immediately release the approved budget intended for the city’s indigenous people.

This is the offshoot of the special report of Gan, who aired the clamor of the members of the city’s Indigenous People (IP) that the executive department has not released the approved budget for them.

The councilor also said the whereabouts of their budget should be looked into.

“Maski piso wala gyud nila madawat o matagamtaman,” Gan said.

Gan pointed out that the budget of the IP are prepared by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWD) and they do not need to be accredited to avail of this.

Tabor said the legislative body has already done its part in approving the budget for IPs, but the release of funds is not in the hands of the City Council but lies with the executive department.

He said the most that

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Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, of Cagayan De Oro City, and Party List Rep. Maximo Rodriguez, of the Abante Mindanao, both authors of House Bill (HB) No. 6281, said that the

Bill amends Republic Act No. 9520.

RA No. 9520 is also known as an act amending the Cooperative Code of the Philippines to be known as the Philippine C ooperative C ode of 2008.”

HB 6281 adds a new Article numbered 61-A to RA 9520, reads: - “Art. 61-A. A Certificate of Good Standing issued by the Cooperative Development Authority certifying that a cooperative is in good standing and that such cooperative falls under the provisions of Articles 60 and 61 of this Act shall be considered as conclusive proof for the Bureau of Internal Revenue that the

the City Council can do is to pass the resolution requesting the city mayor to release funds for the IP. “It is in his conscience, it is in his heart whether to give it or not,” he cited.

The report was also referred to the committee on finance and ways and means chaired by Councilor President D. Elipe for appropriate action. With a report from the The Power

By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

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AGAYAN de Oro C ity-Lawmakers are batting for the strengthening of the tax exemption of registered cooperatives as one of the economic prime movers in the country.

cooperative is entitled to the corresponding tax exemptions.”

With the amendment the proposed Bill intends to strengthen the tax exemption of 24,633 registered cooperatives all over the country, which translate to millions of members.

T h e s e c o op e r at ive s also provide socioeconomic services to mem-

bers, which could not be availed f rom f inancial institutions, local governments and other service providers, the proposed Bill said.

It said that the cooperatives have also been recognized as vehicles for promoting self-reliance and harnessing people power towards the attainment of economic development and social justice.

Republic of the Philippines Province of Misamis Oriental Municipality of Naawan OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Publication Notice RA 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-0013-2015 RA 10172 In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-01, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. I, Series of 2013 (IRR of RA 10172), Notice is hereby served to the PUBLIC that MERLI N CODERA LAHAYAN has filed with this Office a petition for correction in the entry of sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MERLIN C. LAHAYAN who was born on August 8, 1976 at Pasagdijon, Naawan, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are DOMINGO LAHAYAN and ELIPONSA CODERA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition within this office not later than December 28, 2015.

(SGD.) MARLON S. DACOCO

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Dec 15 & 22, 2015

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Former village chieftain confirms Pimentel-Moreno ‘sweetheart deal’

Willam Guialani, the former village chief of Taglimao, called up yesterday to confirm that former Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Oscar Moreno met sometime last week.

Guialani claimed that he also got information of the “secret deal” of Pimentel and Moreno, which reportedly focused on Moreno’s possible alliance with Rodrigo Duterte, the presidential standard bearer of the Pimentel-led Partido ng Demokrasyang Pilipino (PDP) political party.

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Guialani, the self-confessed graft buster, who filed several anti-graft and corruption cases against Moreno. One of the cases, the Ajinomoto

case, led to the dismissal and perpetual disqualification of Moreno from service in a decision penned by the Ombudsman Conchita Morales last Aug. 14, 2015.

The dismissal order was served on Nov. 11, 2015 by the Department of Local and Interior Government (DILG).

Moreno, however, contested the Ombudsman dismissal order and obtained a “retroactive” 60day temporary restraining order from the Court of Appeals (CA) in Cagayan De Oro City although the City Vice Mayor Ian Acenas has legally assumed the Mayoral

Security and the K 1 Visa

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina-- House Republican leaders announced a new legislative proposal aimed at boosting national security by changing the nation’s visa waiver program. They said the bill would get a vote by next week.

A counterterrorism task force headed by the Republican committee chairman announced the bill on Thursday, and predicted it would pass with an overwhelming and bipartisan vote. The bill came on the heels of the carnage at St. Bernardino, California a week ago resulting to the death of 14 people and wounding 21 others.

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Talk of the town

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terrorist attack in US soil after the infamous 9-11 and it kept me thinking about it for days as it involved the fiancée visa or K 1 Visa. I

was reminded of my coming here in the US under the fiancée visa and because of what happened I recalled the process in my brain. I came to the US five years and six months ago under the fiancée visa.

A fiancée visa is a visa issued to the prospective wife/ husband of an American citizen. It is valid for 90 days, after which the petitioned would return to the country of origin if marriage is not consummated.

It is said to be the easiest visa obtained. The news media had a grand time talking about the fiancée visa that I was reminded of what happened See VISA, page A11

Retirement age for politicians

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retirement age for our politicians such as the president of the country down to the legislators and farther to the municipal level? Have we asked ourselves why there are people more than seventy years old still trying to inch their way to power?

Age 65 has always been the ripe age of retirement in our country and practically everywhere around the world. It does not, however, mean a person when he reaches this age is useless,

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incapable or incompetent to go on working.

He can still manage but the reason he is retired is to preserve his health. Medical science has shown that when we reached the age of 55, some health concern arises. Either we develop

abnormal blood pressure, high sugar level, kidney problem or whatever.

All these things are normal since man is mortal and necessarily had to die.

According to the established precedent, nobody dies without a cause.

So the government is very strict on retirement.

Once an employee reaches his 65th birthday, he is automatically retired and permanently destined to stay at home the rest of his life.

To think about the situation, our laws are so kind to require us to rest after working continuously for about forty five years. It is estimated by that time our children See AGE, page A11

Daily Inspiration

Confronting anger

Juvy Sarraga

Reflection from Ephesians 4:31: “Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior.”

Anger is a hard emotion to shake, especially w hen you repl ay it i n your mind like a broken record player.

Thinking through past hurts does no good and on ly a l l ow s bitte r ne ss to grow.

When you find those thoughts running through your head, take a higher road.

Don’t just tolerate or m an age t h e s itu at i on , confront it head on.

post on Nov. 12, 2015. With TRO, which Guialani has questioned in the Supreme Court, Moreno regained his Mayoral position.

Guialani also filed a petition to oppose, with comments, the writ of preliminary injunction that Moreno has filed with the CA in Cagayan De Oro City.

Moreno has filed a permanent writ of preliminary injunction to make sure that he (Moreno) could continue to exercise his Mayoral duties after the lapse of the 60-day TRO. If the CA would act favorably on Guialani’s petition, See DEAL, page A11

Have my say

Klaus Doring

Christmas and vacation DURING the Christmas holidays, we tend to be caught up in the hustle and bustle of the season, that we sometimes forget the essence of Christmas. We even remove Christ from the word Christmas reducing it to X’mas or substituting it with a name of a product or a “shopping center.” Yes, guys, honestly, that’s it…. I really don’t enjoy receiving “XMAS GREETINGS”....

Somehow, I am glad looking forward See vacation, page A11

Think A Minute

Jhan Tiafau Hurst

Tricky problem THINK a minute.

Have you ever stood by a fire when the smoke was so thick you almost thought you could grab it with your hands. But if you try, the smoke just disappears right through your fingers. It’s like that when we try to be humble.

We grab for humility, but as soon as we think we’ve got it, it See problem, page A11

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Mayor asks NGOs to probe fish kill in Lake Mainit

By Roel N. Catoto of MindaNews

MAINIT, Surigao del Norte -- Citing the town lacks technical capability, Mayor Ramon Mondanao has asked nongovernment organizations to investigate what caused the massive fish kill in Lake Mainit.

Tilapias and carps have been dying starting three weeks ago in the fourth largest lake in the country.

The fish kill has affected the livelihood of hundreds of fisher folk that depend on the lake.

Mondano was reacting to the statement of Judith Rojas, assistant regional director of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)Caraga that the agency has not acted on the incident as there was no request from among the local government units.

But Anne Melisa Talavera, officer-in-charge of BFAR’s Regional Fish Health Laboratory told MindaNews in a text message Sunday that they got samples of the fish two weeks ago and these are being studied for analysis in Manila.

With the contradicting statements, the mayor said it would be better to have an independent body investigate the fish kill.

He said he is hoping

NGOs would help while he is searching for institutions that can do laboratory analysis of the samples.

Townsfolk including the mayor himself suspected that the fish kill was caused by mining activities upstream.

Fisher folk like Rolando Zamora of Poblacion in Mainit town recalled the worst fish kill in the lake occurred during the operations of Surigao Resources Consolidated (Suricon) in the 1970s to the early 1990s.

Zamora said it was worse then because almost all of the fish died.

He said he was wondering why the tilapias got so weak that one could easily catch them.

He said they noticed that the gills of the fish turned white as if they were hit by cyanide.

He was also wondering why it was the big ones and not the small ones that were affected.

Most fisherfolk in Alegria and Mainit towns have not gone fishing since the fish kill hit the lake.

Prices of fish like tilapia went down to 40 pesos per kilo.

“Most people would no longer eat the fish because they are afraid of getting poisoned too,” Zamora said.

The fish kill also hap-

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 BETWEEN SPOUSES NERO A. BELTRAN AND ROCELLE A. ENRIQUEZ-BELTRAN,

CIVIL CASE NO.2015-80

NERO A. BELTRAN AND ROCELLE A. ENRIQUEZ-BELTRAN,, Petitioners.

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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 September 5, 1998 at Labac, Naic, Cavite, 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 Tubod, Iligan City and Labac, Naic, Cavite respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to inability of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for over ten (10) years now, 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 affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, surviving their marriage bond on September 5, 1998 , 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 December 21, 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 25th day of November, 2015.

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge

pened in Kitcharao and Jabonga towns in Agusan del Norte which are also along the lake, affecting the lives of many fisherfolk.

John Simbajon, a collector from a lending company told MindaNews that their clients could not pay their “arawan” (daily dues) for their loan because of the fish kill.

“Some of our clients who rely on the lake for their livelihood could not pay their debts. We pity them,” he said.

Polluted Greenstone Resources Corporation, a subsidiary of Red5 Limited, an Australianbased gold exploration and mining company, is currently mining gold and silver at the abandoned minesite of Suricon in Barangay Siana in Mainit.

Fisherfolk said Greenstone’s operations have polluted Magpayang River the runoff from which would settle in the lake.

“We used to swim and fetch water for household use there but now it’s so murky.

We don’t even allow our carabaos to bathe there,” a resident named Goliat said..

Faustino Ladaga, a farmer NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of CONSTANCIO J. CEPRA, who died intestate on September 13, 1988 at Bilay, Butuan City, consisting of a portion of 2.7519 hectares of parcel of land (TD No. 08-100001-00495) registered unto his father Fortunato Cepra, registered under T-14739 situated at Bilay, Butuan City, is the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS OF CONSTANCIO J. CEPRA made and entered into by and among Constancio J. Cepra’s only surviving legal heirs, namely, Roseminda Cepra Enoc, Bienvenido J. Cepra, Fortunato J. Cepra, Democrito J. Cepra, Constancio J. Cepra, Jr., and Camilo J. Cepra, agreeing to divide and settle aforementioned estate, per Doc. No. 60; Page No. 06; Book No. CXIII; Series of 2013 of the notarial registry of Atty. Richard L. Lamigo, Notary Public for and in the City of Butuan.

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EXTRAJUDICICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE

MDN: Dec 1, 8 &15, 2015 Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES MARK HANJI P. MADRIAGA AND ARTCHEL R. MADRIAGA,

CIVIL CASE NO.2015-81

MARK HANJI P. MADRIAGA AND ARTCHEL R. MADRIAGA, Petitioners.

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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 July 1, 2006, 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 c/o Lara-Maagad Law Office, Rm.220 e Leon Plaza, Yacapin-Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City;

That said marriage did not last long due to inability of petitioners to perform their respective essential marital obligations such as mutual fidelity, love, respect, support for each other, and irreconcilable differences, the petitioners only lived together for less than a year and they decided to part ways and still separated for almost seven (7) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, they executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation.Since their separation they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, surviving their marriage bond on July 1, 2006 , 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 December 21, 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 26th day of November, 2015.

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge MDN: Dec 1, 8 &15, 2015

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late CELESTINO LABIANO who died on July 31, 2005, left a parcel of land situated in Bayabas, Cagayan de Oro City and which property described as follows; Certificate Title No. T-194380 CAD-237 respectively, of the Register Deeds of Cagayan de Oro City containing an area of EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED ONE (8, 901) square meters more or less is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE. That for and in consideration of the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND (100,000.00) PESOS, hereby acknowledged from the vendee , BERNADETH P. SAGRADO , of legal age, Filipino, married to Buenaventura E. Sagrado and resident of Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental, we hereby CEDE, SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY of the above described parcel of land, her heirs, assigns, and successors-ininterest. Under Notary Public of ATTY. BUENAVENTURA E. SAGRADO per Doc, No. 349; Page No. 70; Book No. 110; Series of 2015.

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in Pungtod, Alegria recalled the times when water running along Magpayang River was clear.

“I recalled the fun times along the river. We used to swim there because it’s clear, but now its turbid and useless,” he said.

MindaNews sent queries to Simon Leech, mine manager of Greenstone, but he has yet to reply.

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED GUILLERMO GABOY WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased GUILLERMO GABOY, who died on August 28, 2015 in Patag, Opol, Misamis Oriental; at the time of his death, was the registered owner of a parcel of land which is more particularly described as follows; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 136-2012001063 “A parcel of land (Lot No. 3266-J-2, Psd-10064249), situated in Patag, Opol, Misamis Oriental, Philippines. Containing an area of TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FOUR (24,504) square meters more or less, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED GUILLERMO GABOY WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, made and executed by and among the HEIRS OF GUILLERMO GABOY namely; 1. ROY O. GABOY, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Patag, Opol, Misamis Oriental; 2. ROGER O. GABOY, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Patag, Opol, Misamis Oriental; 3.

ROSALIE G. PEROCHO, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Patag, Opol, Misamis Oriental; 4.

JOSEPH O. GABOY, of legal age,

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) on June 6, 2013, issued a ceaseand-desist order on the gold processing operations of Greenstone in Barangay Siana after a tension crack was found on the embankment of its tailings storage facility no. 4.

In January 2015, the MGB allowed Greenstone to resume its gold processing Filipino, married and a resident of Patag, Opol, Misamis Oriental; 5. RYAN JAY O. GABOY, of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of Zone 4, Patag, Opol, Misamis Oriental; 6. MARLON O. GABOY, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Zone 3, Malanang, Opol, Misamis Oriental; 7. GUILLERMO O. GABOY, JR., of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Patag, Opol, Misamis Oriental; that the above-named parties, all of legal age, are the legitimate daughter/son and the sole/compulsory/surviving heirs. That for and in consideration of the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00) Philippine Currency, is hereby acknowledged, VENDEE, JOEL P. MAGPULONG, of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of Camaman-an, Cagayan de Oro City. We, THE HEIRS OF GUILLERMO GABOY, do hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY, to the VENDEE, JOEL P. MAGPULONG a portion (210 square meters out of 24,504 square meters) of the above-described parcel of land consisting an area of TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FOUR (24,504) square meters, more or less. As per Doc. No. 187; Page No. 38; Book No. 190; Series of 2015; under Notary Public of ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI. MDN: DEC. 1, 8 & 15, 2015

operations after constructing a new tailings storage facility and implementing other remedial measures.

Mondano said tailings would spill during heavy rains. (Roel N. Catoto/MindaNews) NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE INESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE ERNESTO MADRONA, LEF A REAL PROPERTY A PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; LOT NO. 154-B, Psd-10-032764 BEING A PORTION OF LOT 154-C-1, CAD473, UNDER TCTP-1310, WITH AN AREA OF129 sq. m.; LOT NO. 154-C, Psd-10032764, A PORTION OF LOT 154-C-1, CAD 473, UNDER TCTP-1311, WITH AN AREA OF 130 sq. m; LOT 154-D Psd-10-032764, A PORTION OF LOT 154-C-1, UNDER TCTP-1312, WITH AN AREA OF 130 sq.m MORE OR LESS AND LOT NO. 154-E; Psd-10032764, ALSO A PORTION OF LOT NO. 154 C-1, CAD-473, UNDER TCT NO. 1313, WITH AN AREA OF 130 sq. m., ALL (LOTS) DESCRIBED ABOVE ARE THE SAME LOCATED AT BARRIO POBLACION, MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN. IS THE SUBJECT OF EXTTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF SALE AND SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY,-SOLD IN FAVOR OF JOSEFINA ANG UY, EXECUTED BY HEIRS OF THE SAID ABOVE LATE ERNESTO MADRONA, NAMELY; ANNA MARIE YOSHIDA, ERNO F. MADRONA, JOHN PATRICK MADRONA AND DAVID CEAZAR F. MADRONA, UNDER THE NOTARIAL REGISTRY OF ATTY. GLENN POLINAR, PER DOC. NO. 192; PAGE NO. 39; BOOK NO. 85; SERIES OF 2015 AND DOC. NO. 423; PAGE NO. 71; BOOK NO. VI; SERIES OF 2015 NOTARIAL REGISTRY OF ATTY. AVELINO P. ORSENO JR. MDN: Dec. 15, 22 & 29, 2015

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Former rebels to receive financial assistance worth P1.4M

By Gideon C. Corgue of PIA-9

PAGADIAN City--At least 21 former rebels who voluntarily surrendered to the 53rd Infantry (MATAPAT) Battalion, Philippine Army will receive checks worth P1.4-M on Wednesday.

LtCol. Alvin Luzon, commanding officer of the 53rd IB, in an interview with the Philippine Information Agency said 40 checks will be awarded to former members of the

New People’s Army (NPA) in a formal ceremony to be held at the Amusement and Events Center, Capitol compound here.

The cash assistance is part of the Comprehensive Livelihood Integration Program (CLIP) of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), which aims to persuade rebels to abandon their armed struggle and be part of a peaceful society.

The awarding and dis-

tribution of checks to former rebels will magnify the impact of the government’s CLIP program in Zamboanga del Sur, according to the army chief.

“We intend to snowball the impact of the CLIP program in our campaign against the Communist Party of the PhilippinesNew People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CNN),” Luzon reported.

However, he attributed the success of their counter-insurgency campaign to

the successful implementation of the AFP’s Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) ‘Bayanihan’ in their area of responsibility.

Luzon said the MATAPAT troopers conducted focused military operation with the ‘Bayanihan’ team, where soldiers socially immersed in barangays.

“With the immersion of soldiers in barangays and sitios, we established rapport with them, determined their social and basic needs and responded to their call

for assistance. We do not only help in maintaining peace and order but also address social concerns,” Luzon said.

He said the troopers have intensified stakeholders’ engagement with the active involvement and collaboration of national government agencies and local government units.

With the growing number of surrenderees, Luzon expressed confidence that there will be more rebels to lay down their arms, return

to mainstream society and live a peaceful and happy life.

Expected to attend the event are Western Mindanao Command Chief MGen. Mayoralgo Dela Cruz, PNP9 Regional Director Chief Supt. Miguel C. Antonio, Jr., DILG Regional Director Paisal O. Abutazil, 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division Commander MGen. Gerardo Barrientos, and Governor Antonio H. Cerilles. (ALT/GCC/ PIA-Zamboanga del Sur)

Minister Lee Kwan Yu even made a statement before about the status of the communication industry in the Philippines. He said,“ in the Philippines only 5 percent of the population have telephone lines, out of the 5 percent, only about 10 percent are able to use the telephone lines and the other 90 percent are waiting for dial tone.”

This was how they described the Philippines – a very unfavorable soft state.

Things have changed But things have changed from 1993 during the term of former President Fidel V. Ramos up to today. “Things have changed. The Philippines has changed. In fact, the Philippines was able to

record positive economic growth from 1999 to third quarter of 2015 which means that for more than 60 consecutive quarters, we were able to record positive economic growth even through the global financial crisis of 2007-2009.

Positive balance of payments On top of this, various indicators have shown very favorable results both in internal and external positions. The country have been able to achieve positive balance of payments since 2005 up to present (more than ten years), the BSP official said.

On public finance Governor Guinigundo disclosed that,“ in the past,

we have a very big fiscal deficit to Growth Domestic Product (GDP) ratio, we have been always in the red indicator for so many years – 5 percent of GDP to 6 percent of GDP, today our deficit GDP ratio is less than 1 percent.”

External debt versus GDP ratio According to the bank chief, the government has been able to reduce this ratio from more than 80-90 percent, 15-20 years back to just about 25 percent today, which means we have more resources to use to fund infrastructure, social protection and other services.

“These are the things that we have extended, because unlike in the past we have

more resources to spend on these very important social projects,” he added.

There are two things behind these significant improvements in our economic history: since 1993 up to today, significant structural and policy reforms have been put in place.

“In other words we have unleashed the potential of the market, the potential of investment competition, greater consumption, a freeflow of merchandise goods and capital across borders from our perspective,” the governor explained.

“We have liberalized our trade, we have liberalized the payments and investment flows in the country and as a result we have been able to benefit from these very important deregulation and liberalization efforts of both our government and other government in the ASEAN region,” Guinigundo underscored.

As a result of these, our potential capacities or our potential to grow has gone up.

“The potential capacity of an economy is somewhat akin to a balloon. In the past our balloon is very small so when we blow air into the balloon at a certain point it will burst. Today, our balloon is bigger, so even if you blow more and more air, it will not burst because the potential capacity has gone up precisely because of the positive impact of those policies and structural reforms that we have put in place since 1993,” Guinigundo underlined.

He said the government is only as strong or as weak as the general population.

If the general population is not with the government, there is no ownership of public programs, not even the development plans of the National Economic

PHL inept situation bounces back towards positive economic growth

By Claro A. Lanipa of PIA-9

In the past, the Philippines was called the “Basket Cage of Asia,” the most highly indebted country in the world and the biggest and longest user of International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources.

“Sa madaling sabi, tayo ang pinakamatagal na may utang sa IMF,” says Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundoin his message during the 2015 Information Center Managers Conference held at BSP conference hall, Roxas Boulevard, Manila on December 1-3, 2015.

“People described us as hopeless,” he said.

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On Top of the World: Holidays at Summit Ridge Tagaytay Sometimes, a little R and R close to home is all you need to refresh your spirits.

While Manila has no lack of hotels for a staycation, there’s something about Summit Ridge Tagaytay that instantly puts you in holiday mood.

You have 365 days in a year and most of those days you spend at work on pins and needles about projects, deadlines, quotas and the daily traffic jam. This holiday season reward yourself with a vacation that saves you the unnecessary worrying. A mere 45-minute drive from Makati, Tagaytay is a no-brainer choice for urban dwellers in need of a breather from the bustling big city and holiday frenzy.

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Climate activists assailed the result of the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as it ended today with an agreement that allows the biggest polluter countries to get away with dangerous levels of greenhouse gases emission from industrial overproduction.

“The COP21 climate agreement is dead on arrival, as the top polluter countries

have brazenly imposed their will on the 190 members of the conference,” said Leon Dulce, campaign coordinator of the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE).

“Negotiators have failed to come up with a longdelayed climate protocol that imposes obligated, quantified, and ambitious emissions cuts on industrialized countries and their corporations,” he said.

The Paris Agreement was much-hyped as the planet’s last hope to bring down rising global temperatures, to

26 PH Eagles bred in captivity in 23 years First of two parts

By Carolyn O. Arguillas of MindaNews

DAVAO City––The Philippine Eagle Foundations’ Conservation Breeding Program in Malagos, Calinan has produced 26 eagles in 23 years – betweeen 1992 and 2015 — with Chick # 26 as the latest to have hatched from a natural pair last December 7.

“We are proud of our conservation breeding team for their perseverance at this very challenging task,” PEF Executive Director Dennis Salvador said, adding the recent hatching is “a big breakthrough for us and is the result of nearly five years of round robin pair-

ing amongst our younger set of eagles at the Center.”

A press release from the PEF said the hatching of Chick # 26, the first offspring of the eagle couple, will “rekindle hope for the species and usher a new generation of eagles to strengthen the captive gene pool and augment wild populations­­­” and is “our gift to the Filipino people and the rest of the world this Christmas.

Described by the late aviator, Charles Lindbergh, as “the air’s noblest flier,” the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga Jefferyi), declared national bird in 1995, is listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius, by getting commitments from top industrialized and developing countries which are also the biggest contributors to GHG emissions.

The final agreement includes an objective to limit global warming to “well below 2C above pre-industrial levels” and “pursue efforts” to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 Celsius.

The groups, however, lamented that the agreement failed to hold accountable the top polluters, including the multinational fossil fuel corporations and the global

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The Paris Agreement instead came out with Intended Nationally-Determined Contributions (INDC) mechanism, in which countries can make voluntary commitments to emissions cuts, climate financing, technology transfer, and policy reforms on climate change. This practically spared the biggest polluters from making obligatory commitments, Dulce said.

Dr. Giovanni Tapang, chairperson of the Advocates of Science and Technology

for the People (Agham) said: “What they did was leave it up to the countries, bahala na ang mga bansa kung anong gustong gawin (the countries can do what they want).”

Tapang said COP21 was a “letdown” because the US, China, European Union, Russia and Japan did not want to reduce their production and emissions.

A “bike, walk for climate justice” gathered more than a thousand environmentalists and bikers, who marched in solidarity with the protesters in Paris at

COP21’s closing. The environmentalists gathered at Luneta before marching to Rajah Sulayman along Roxas Boulevard, where they were joined by some 1,000 bikers, who took off from the University of the Philippines, Quezon City.

They chanted “We have the last word: Climate justice now!”

The groups called on the public to join global mass actions to assert the need to protect the environment, and to call on governments “to put planet and people over profit.”

of tropical forest had been cleared for commercial development, cultivation and mining activities.

The PEF estimates a population of “only 400 pairs remaining in the wild.”

The IUCN also observed

that while a major captive breeding program is underway in Mindanao, “the key conservation need is to prevent any further forest loss within the range of this species.”

The PEF website says

captive-bred eagles “will either be set for release in the wild where they can naturally augment their species’ population or kept in the Center for breeding purposes.”

To be continued

Chick # 26 at 2 days old. The still unnamed Philippine Eagle hatched on December 7, 2015 at the Phlilippine Eagle Center in Malagos, Calinan, Davao City. Photo courtesy of the Phlippine Eagle Foundation

Red List of Threatened Species.

The IUCN said the number of these majestic birds “has seen a steep decline, primarily due to habitat destruction,” noting that since the 1960s, vast tracts

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SOPI R-10 holds 12th GMM; Christmas celebration CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Safety Organization of the Philippines, Inc. (SOPI) successfully culminated their 2015 activities with the 12th GMM (General Membership Meeting) and a sumptuous Christmas party which followed the election of officers for 2016-2017.

The event was held at the Limketkai Luxe Hotel, December 9, sponsored by the Philippine Association of Forex Traders Inc. (PAFTI) and Pilipinas Shell.

Elected officers were Dr. Gilbert Gille, Chairman of the Board; Judegario Dalonoy, Vice Chairman; Lorimer Angeles, President; Peter Gadiame, Vice President for Internal Affairs; Ramil Ombina, Vice President for External Affairs; Jude Andrea Maternal, Secretary; Francis Rivera, Treasurer; Nharz Ran, Auditor; Johnny Toston, PRO; and Board of Directors: Jose Franco Taclindo; Plebie Dela Rosa; Seth Myrrh Adlawan; Glenn M. Tampus; Jenito Asequia; Joel Ortiz; and Jomar Gorgolon for Satellite Iligan.

Notable attendees included members who belong to variois companies, institutions and establishments: - - Johnny K. Toston - REBISCO; Plebie Dela Rosa VIKING; Francis N. Rivera; Daylinda Engada ABERDI; Teofilo Encarnacion JTSI general manager Gilbert B. Gille COMC; Lyndo Lituañas ABERDI RBD; Estrella Camaro KIM TRADER; Mark E. Del Rosario PAFTI; Allan Mediante MINDANAO DAILY; Narcissus Tan; Peter Gadiane Jr. JV INDUSTRIAL; Wendel O. Tumala PICMW; Roger V. Tayanes RVT K9; Apollo M. Bacas XU; Zoe Babia XUHS PPO Julie Ann Nafrada MUST; Augusto Ceasar F. Maniquiz PRYCE PLAZA; Glenn M. Tampus MICROHM IND. INC.; Sheila Mae Sepe SHELL; Merrie Marriel V. Veloso SHELL ; Gabriel Juan B. Evalle SHELL; John Matthew S. Macalalad SHELL;

Judegario Dalonoy safety consultant; Jomar S. Gorgolon MVC supervisor; Jenito M. Asequia J3 SSC; Joel B. Ortiz J3 SSC; Lorimer V. Angeles KIA director; Michael Van M. Go; Maria Isabel Baluca; Seth Myrrh Adlawan REBISCO; Jose Franco B. Taclindo DMPI;

Ramil L. Ombina SAN MIGUEL FOODS INC.; Elizabeth J. Diaz XUGS PUEBLO PPO; Mark Julius J. Paypa DMPI safety aide; Rito T. Azarcon; ANAKCIANO; Danny Velasco PARTS FINDER; Jude P. Maternal instructor; Lezette Villamor; Jonathan Lou Reyes; Gian

Rica Nillo and Mark Del Rosarfio of PAFTI .

The Safety Organization of the Philippines (SOPI) is a non-profit, non-govermental, national public service organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting health.

Members of SOPI include businesses, schools, public agencies, private groups, labor organizations and individuals. Founded in 1959, the primary focus of SOPI is preventing deaths and injuries that occur in workplace, homes, communities and roads.

Coast Guards’s PGCA gather for Christmas CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The PHILIPPINE COAST G UA R D AU X I L L A R Y 1001ST Squadron held its annual Christmas program at Limketkai Lux Hotel, December 9.

The celebration was also supported by the Philippine Assn of Forex Traders Inc. Capt Gilbert Gille spearheaded the celebration with guests and entertainers. He also presided the annual meeting.

The PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD AUXILLARY is a service-oriented, uniformed volunteer organization established in 1972 by the Philippine Coast Guard.

It adheres to the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) customs and traditions. Its organizational structure is parallel to PCG and has its own chain of leadership and management.

The PCGA is headed by the National Director (ND) assisted by two deputies, the Deputy National Director for Operations (DNDO) and the Deputy National

Director for Administration (DNDA). It has Auxiliary Districts and Squadrons under every regular Coast Guard District in the archipelago. The PCGA is committed to support and assist

the PCG in the promotion of safety of life and property at sea, the protection of the marine environment and its resources, the conduct of maritime search and rescue, the maintenance of aids to

navigation, recreational safety.

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Biblical reflection

Do not think the damage The Gospel of Jesus C hrist ( D e c e m b e r 1 5 , 2015-Tuesday) But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made. “So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, `Have patience with me and I will repay you everything:

Do not keep it because the real measure of your richness is not what you have owned, but to what you have given. Be good because God is very good to your life. Be a bridge of the love of God to anyone. The more you experienced the goodness of God, supposedly, the more you let others experienced it also from you. Be an ambassador of God’s love and

forgiveness. Be a living God in the society that you are in.

I notice many times that we are liars because we pray the Our Father constantly and in this prayer, there is asking forgiveness from God as we forgive those who trespass against us. You know what?

This is abused many times and in fact, this leads us to more sins. We lie to God on this prayer because we have

enemies not yet forgiven.

Take note, for you to become worthy of God’s forgiveness, give your pardon to anyone.

They deserved forgiveness even how grievous their offenses toward you. Do not think the damage has been done in your life but the repair and healing of your inner wounds. You are healed if you know how to give your forgiveness as what God is

doing in your life. You need to forgive not because he deserved it, but because you deserved peace in your heart.

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SSS allots over P6-B for 13th month pensions In time for the Christmas season, the Social Security System (SSS) has earmarked a total of P6.34 billion for the 13th month pensions of over two million SSS pensioners for retirement, disability and death which is scheduled for release to the pensioners’ bank accounts and via mail this December.

SSS Vice President for Benefits Administration Division Agnes E. San Jose said that with the 13th month pension, SSS pensioners would receive double the amount of their regular monthly pension this month.

The 13th month pension is an SSS year-end tradition

that started in 1988.

“The allotted funds for the 13th month pensions were already disbursed to SSS partner banks in November. As in previous years, SSS pensioners can expect to receive their 13th month pension at the same time as their regular December pensions,” San Jose said.

Over 99 percent of SSS pensioners are enrolled in the Pension Payment thru the Bank Program, formerly known as the Mag-Impok sa Bangko Program, which enables them to receive their monthly pensions directly at their designated savings accounts. Some 12,500 pen-

sioners opted to receive pension checks sent through the mail due to reasons such as lack of automated teller machines in their area.

“Almost P6.31 billion for 13th month pensions are scheduled for release through pensioners’ bank accounts. The remaining P34.61 million would be in the form of checks mailed to the designated addresses of the other pensioners,” San Jose said.

The SSS deposited the 13th month pension funds to the respective banks of pensioners two weeks before December. SSS partner banks would then credit

the money to pensioners’ bank accounts, and these pensions are allowed for withdrawal in accordance with the member’s date of retirement, death or disability.

“Given a member who retired on January 15 and whose spouse, who was also an SSS member eligible for pension, passed away on March 20 would able to withdraw his SSS retirement pension every 15th day of the month, and SSS death pension every 20th day of the month,” San Jose explained.

The SSS provides pensions for retirement, death and disability under the

Social Security (SS) Program, and for disability and death under the Employees’ Compensation (EC) Program which offers additional benefits for work-related contingencies.

SS retirement pensions of P4.01 billion accounted for over 60 percent of the funds allotted for 13th month pensions. Meanwhile, P2.06 billion was disbursed for SS death pensions, P200.30 million for SS disability pensioners, P52.71 million for EC death pensions, and P5.21 million for EC disability pensioners.

“With 2016 just around the corner, we call on pen-

sioners to already mark in their calendars their respective schedules for the ACOP (Annual Confirmation of Pensioners). We have made it easy for pensioners to remember their ACOP schedule since it is now based on the member’s birthday,” San Jose said.

Under the ACOP, pensioners are required to make a once-a-year visit to the nearest SSS branch or depository bank to confirm their continuing eligibility for pension. Those unable to make a personal visit can send the required ACOP documents to the SSS, or request for a home visit.

IPC Presents Leading ICT Industry Trends for 2016 Positive outlook for ICT innovations and gov’t support

Local cloud services and data center firm IPC (IP Converge Data Services, Inc.) has recently announced the top trends in the Philippine ICT industry for the year 2016. The leading shifts include increased use of hybrid cloud services, more innovative IT enterprises, and better government support for the IT sector.

Hybrid Cloud is on the Rise IPC President Rene Huergas first shared that enterprises across Asia are fast adopting cloud services, with a preference for hybrid cloud models. The trend is rooted on the perception that the public cloud does not suit needs specific to Asian companies, steering the demand towards private cloud services. The current hybrid model involves storing all mission critical data in the private cloud, while non-mission critical data are stored into the public counterpart.

According to Frost & Sullivan more than half of Asian Enterprises intend to adopt hybrid cloud solutions in 2016, thus, stirring its growth rate by 20% from 2014 to 2019. This translates to a market value of $25.7bn up to $65.2bn in 2019.

“The Philippines ranks as the 33rd most attacked country in the world. A hybrid cloud, one that also includes a DDoS mitigation system, will best respond to the ICT demands of an Asian enterprise,” Huergas recommended.

More Innovative IT Businesses 2016 will see a more dynamic IT business sector in the Philippines. Earlier this year, IPC launched the Enterprise Sachet model as part of its thrust to enable startups and SMEs to manage the cost of IT resources, given the growing adoption of IT to automate and streamline business operations. It is a pay-as-

Senior High School Program

By Marialyn M. Pramio

Senior High School is one of the programs that is brought about the implementation of K to 12 Basic Education Program, which is made to fixate the problems on the system of education and the gaps on its delivery here in the Philippines, thus, applying a fundamental reform on basic education.

It is an aim of K to 12 to provide learners a true mastery of basic competencies and a more deliberate path to the world of work and entrepreneurship, or higher learning.

In order to realize this goal, Department of Education come up with new ways and strategies such as Senior High School, a specialized upper-secondary education composed of core curriculum

you-go model that allows companies to make use of business productivity tools and compute resources ondemand and pay only for what is required at any given point in time, via online payment. ​​ “IT businesses in the country are beginning to introduce great ideas, cloudbased or otherwise, to the market. This points to an industry that has the right values that will allow it to survive in a very competitive arena,” Huergas noted.

With today’s boom in personal and enterprise mobility, application development is at an all-time high.

The Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) recently noted that software export sales has been growing at 31% over the years.

This increase represents tremendous opportunity to drive demand for application server infrastructure as well.

Huergas stressed that

IPC ensures that it is able to support this growth through the availability of physical and virtual infrastructure and compute resources, especially as more startups emerge in the application development space.

He particularly noted the company’s newly installed data center in Sucat, which includes infrastructure that meet the unique requirements of enterprises in the Philippines.

More Political Support for A Better IT Environment Current developments with regards to government support indicate a focus on security and regulation in IT. Primarily, Executive Order 189 Series of 2015 calls for the creation of the National Cybersecurity Inter-Agency Committee, which complements the Data Privacy Act of 2012.

The said committee is tasked to assess the country’s cybersecurity strengths

and tracks.

The Technical-Vocational Livelihood is one of its tracks.

In here, an SHS student is trained to be a job-ready, skilled and middle-level worker leading to an appropriate National Certificate from TESDA. Thus, after completing high school, he could be employed even without going to college, or even more prepared if he decides to go to tertiary level. Senior High School is producing college-ready and

career-ready individuals.

The education department has taught that it is a big responsibility for a nation to educate its people with proper training that would lead them to employment, and stability thereafter. Further, thinking about the growing population and budding economy, the demand for quality education is high.

In this, Senior High School and K to 12, in entirety, play big roles.

and vulnerabilities, and to enhance public-private partnerships in the field of information sharing involving cyber attacks and threats.

“This development will help data-sensitive organizations and enterprises that offer cybersecurity services, such as DDoS mitigation.

For our part, it will help us get a clearer picture of how

cybercrime operates in the Philippines and allow us to provide better service,” presented Huergas.

Related to this, key industry members, including the BPO sector are pushing for a Department of Information and Communication Technology. Also existing is a proposal to create an office in the Department

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no amount of those efforts will be useful.

He called for the cooperation and support of everyone so the government can efficiently and effectively implement all its projects and programs.

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opment Authority (NEDA).

If the public cannot identify themselves or associate themselves with the plan of the government, no amount of funding, no amount of exhortation and

Myth... from page A2

of Economics, that’s a myth.

Wala dun sa listahan na ikaw naka-kumpleto. Maybe, three-month course or correspondence. Show me a picture na nagsuot ka ng

Ride... from page A7

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and reinvigoration badly need for most of us nowadays. Life, affected by the “burnout syndrome” needs to be animated with energy and strengths.

Yes, Christmas has always been equated with all these worldly ways. Sure, there is indeed nothing wrong with this. Let’s don’t only focus on non-stop merrymaking and countless gifts. Let’s take a break, and let’s try to imagine and enjoy the real meaning of Christmas. Merry Christmas again to everyone - also from this corner.... +++ Email: doringklaus@ gmail.com or follow me on Facebook or Twitter or visit www.germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com or www.klausdoringsclassicalmusic.blogspot.com .

Trade and Industry that will regulate e-commerce.

IPC expects these trends to leverage on current developments, particularly the steady development of broadband service in the country. Huergas noted how local telecom players have invested in upgrading the speed and reliability of their services. Both PLDT and Globe Telecom have injected funds into developing their 3G and LTE mobile broadband offerings.

“The trend of improvements in mobile and fixed broadband in the country spells good news to household and enterprise consumers. In the long-run, companies will offer more services online or adopt cloud services, capitalizing the new IT environment,” from page A4 said Huergas.

Visa...

Vacation... from page A4

to a two weeks vacation “between the years”-meaning to say between December 23 and January 7. No teaching at University of Southeastern Philippines, although most students wish to be prepared for their January exam in Manila.

I might spend only a very office hours in my agency office.

A rest from occupation, business and other stressful activities is waiting for me.

Strictly speaking, vacation concerns those who are in school or studying in colleges and universities.

“Furlough” would be the appropriate term....

Christmas and vacation: Speaking about myself--I want to bring back Christ to the holiday season and indeed wish to share my blessings with the less fortunate. One of the best-known religious poems is “The Hound of Heaven” written

by Francis Thompson, who tried to run away from God. He wanted to have a vacation from God. In reality it is Thompson’s own life.

His poem shows clearly the fact in this world that we can have a vacation from physical and mental activities, but never from God. As I stated before: according to the book of Genesis, after God created the universe in six days, he rested on the seventh day.

In other words, he took a vacation. So if God rested after working for some period of time, there is no reason why a man, who is finite and limited in his physical strength, should not take a vacation.

Vacation is freedom or release from tension or pressure of work. And, believe me, I already learned from my students, that they will enjoy Christmas and vacation. Many of us feel tired and weak. We are stressed, overwhelmed, depressed and worried about the future--the enumeration, in any order whatever, could be incessant.

Relaxation, meditation,

to me inside the US Embassy and my observation of the system. The US K1 visa is not broken.

There is no need to fix it despite what happened in San Bernardino but there is a part of the process overlooked by the US government. Tashfeen Malik, now the most popular Muslim woman of modern times came to the US on a fiancée visa which I supposed was issued in Pakistan, her country of birth.

Tashfeen was one of the suspects in the San Bernardino carnage and is believed to have influenced Syed Rizwan Farook, the husband who was born and raised in the US. Many are of the opinion that Tashfeen radicalized Syed into committing the evil deed they did a week ago. But why did the US embassy fail to learn that Tashfeen had been to countries suspected of being inhabited by terrorists or those engaged in the radicalization of Islam?

My take is that in every US embassy there are local employees and it was the local employees who interviewed, processed the papers and eventually recommending that it reach the US consul. In my case during my interview, the first two sets of interview were done by Filipinos who were employed by the US embassy.

These local employees look at the papers like birth certificate, affidavits, other papers, passports. Those Filipinos who worked with the US embassy worked religiously scrutinizing any mistakes in spelling, dates and they would be happy to see any discrepancies in the documents presented.

And it is when everything is okay with the papers that the applicant is told to proceed to the US consul.

Reaching the consul is no longer a problem. The ambiance is more relaxed just like in my case. I can remember how strict the Filipino embassy employee was when she interviewed me.

She was so arrogant and

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asked vicious questions.

That time I told myself, what kind of employees are these? Well, now, I can think Filipinos employed at the embassy were doing their job by protecting US interests.

Was it the same with the local employees at the US embassy in Pakistan who approved Tashfeen’s papers?

Why these local employees failed to detect the places traveled by the petitioned when it can be seen in the passport or during the interviews?

This I ask on the assumption that there are local employees in the embassy.

In Tashfeen’s case, did the local employees of the embassy commit lapses and failed to see her connection to ISIS or Al Qaeda? These are among the questions to be asked. I see that in the next few days those who coming to the US through the K 1 Visa would have a hard time entering the country and the American citizens would be frustrated with the system.

Personally, I see no reason that time and resources would be spent discussing and finding loopholes in the K 1 visa. It is just simpleISIS and Al Qaeda have partners and in this case partners within the system.

••• (Susan Palmes-Dennis is a veteran journalist from Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao in the Philippines and is now employed as teacher-assistant in one of the school systems in the Carolinas. Read her blogs on susanpalmesstraightfrom the Carolinas.com and at http://www.blogher.com/ myprofile/spdennis54. You can also connect with her through her email susanap. dennis@yahoo.com as well as her Pinterest account at http://www.pinterest.com/ pin/41025046580074350/) and https://w w w.facebook.com/pages/ Straight-from-the-Carolinas-/494156950678063)

Deal...

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it would be the end of Moreno’s reign. Somehow, some questions still linger on: Will the CA listens to the voice of the people.

Let’s wait.

An informant also said that Pimentel even joined Moreno during the flag raising ceremony Monday last week. The informer, however, did not say whether Pimentel made a speech during the flag ceremony.

Whether Pimentel deliver a speech or not, his mere presence during the flag ceremony with Moreno was enough to send a thousand messages and one that the two (Pimentel-Moreno) are “cooking” some political menu.

It is ironic ‘though that while Pimentel has carved a name in national politics, he lost the support of the majority of the Cagayanons. In fact, his son, the incumbent Senator “Koko”

Pimentel, III, reportedly took his oath of office from a local executive in Davao (not Duterte), when he assumed the senatorial post.

Moreno knows that Pimentel has lost the support of the Cagayanons. However, with no one to lean on, Mar Roxas has reportedly shifted trust to Rufus Rodriguez, Moreno is now willing to clutch on sharp edges to salvage a crumbling political career. After all, Pimentel is reportedly the lawyer of the Ayala Zobel group while Moreno was also the erstwhile lawyer of the Ayalas.’

In the past, it was used to be Rufus Rodriguez, who joined Moreno during Monday’s flag ceremonies at the City Hall. Rodriguez, who severed political ties with Moreno, and run for the mayoral post in Cagayan De Oro, has been denounced

by Moreno for betraying their political ties. Many people are ridiculously asking whether Moreno and Rodriguez has signed a covenant to forever honor their political marriage.

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disappears like smoke through our fingers. You see, we trick ourselves when we start to think that we’re humble, because in our mind and heart we actually start feeling proud of ourselves that we’re humble.

So you see, we’re still very proud.

Our problem is the subtle, deceptive nature of pride. It makes us selfconscious, thinking about ourselves and how good we are or look in front of others. Our pride competes and compares ourselves with others. That’s why we get angry when someone treats us like we’re not important.

Our pride makes us want to act and impress others with how humble we are, when inside we still think we’re more important than some people. This is also why many people want to become rich millionaires.

You see, if everybody in the world had a million dollars, then not many people would really want to be a millionaire because they would not be richer than anyone else.

If everyone in the world had a high political position of respect and power, then not many people would want that kind of position because they would not be more respected and powerful than anyone else.

Did you know that it is our pride which causes most of the problems in our life, whether it’s in our family, at work, school, or with friends and neighbors.

Our hidden, tricky pride is the reason we get hurt and angry at others.

It’s also the reason we will not forgive them, but instead even try to hurt them back. So is there any hope for us? Can we ever start becoming genuinely

honest and humble in our hearts? Yes, that’s the great news!

God the Son humiliated Himself by becoming a human being to die and pay the penalty for our sinful pride which separates us from God. But He also will set us free from the power of our sinful pride.

Jesus Christ will forgive you right now-if you ask Him. Then He will also give you His power and love, so you can start changing to become the truly humble, honest, and successful person He created you to be.

Just Think a Minute.

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shall have grown enough to work for themselves. In other words, obligations in the family are ended and, therefore, the need for the man to make an exit too.

I have been surprised, however, why our politicians are allowed to run for public office, even if many of them are already in their 70’s or even in 80’s. And some of them even die while utterly still at work. Why don’t we set a retirement age for them too, like 67 years old as the maximum for them to serve their constituents.

They too deserve to rest as much as anyone of us.

Whether we like it or not, man as he grows much older, he becomes weaker in the body and mind, he develops the brain that easily forgets, and many others.

He feels sleepy and yawning most of the time, sneezes frequently and practically a disturbance in public service. He keeps on commuting back and forth to his doctor or hospital for treatment. He may not be useless, but certainly less effective and resourceful.

Have we ever checked how old are some of our politicians who still desire to run for public office? It is already an embarrassment of sorts, but they always think because of their eager followers. It is only wise that they be kept in the home and let the good things they might have done be in history.

In this way, some of these leaders in retirement will be given a chance to think of their offenses and retrieve honors lost before passing this world into the land of the unknown. The good servants will have an opportunity too, to smile at their achievements.

In this age of corruption and sins, we must recognize too the good politicians who never enriched themselves while in public office. We must honor people who made it right to give an example and inspirations to future leaders in our system.

If this is the only time we can make a change, then we must struggle in unity to depart from the ugly image of our ways. The best way to get rid of the crooks is to retire them forever and let the sun shines brightly with honors in public service. Let the young men and women

handle the job for people to survive better in every way.

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alone has been placed by the Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP) at more or less P1.5 million.

At least, seven percent of the ground floor of the shopping center was also damaged by the fire.

Investigators said they have yet to determine the cause of the fire, but probers are looking at Christmas lights as the possible cause of the fire that gutted down more than 50 percent of the building owned by businessman Ricky Go. The BFP received the call for assistance at P2:45 p.m. and placed the fire under control late in the afternoon. However, until Monday morning, people were made apprehensive by smoke coming from the shopping center structure, which products were mostly made of plastic, rubber and with plenty of boxes.

Another fire broke out Sunday at the Barangay Parola in Macabalan village.

A small house was hit by the fire, which was immediately put off.

Cost of destruction was placed at P5,000.

Mindanao peace summit slated in Zambo City ZAMBOANGA City––Officials and representatives of the tripeoples--Christians, Muslims and Lumads--of Mindanao will converge Tuesday for a peace summit in this city.

The gathering dubbed as Mindanao Peace Summit 2015 is sponsored by the World Philosophical Forum (WPF) and the International Movement for Peace and Reconciliation (IMPR).

Shariff Ibrahim Albani, lead convenor and IMPR chairman, said Monday the summit is to promote religious harmony, respect, cooperation and understanding.

Albani said the summit is also aimed to identify causes of problems in the different sectors of the society which are often economic or political in nature rather than religious issues; to harness mutual cooperation and good social relations among the tri-peoples; to build trust and confidence; and, to break the barriers and stereotype, which lead to distrust, suspicion and bigotry.

Albani said the summit will be attended by multi-sectoral and cause-oriented groups from Mindanao and the NCR as well as other stakeholders and inhabitants to reach out a wide spectrum of society and build a broad-based popular movement for peace, unity and progress.

He said one way to promote peace and development is to encourage inter-community dialogue and cross-cultural interaction.

“We believe that the solemn and keen understanding of religion, culture and tradition as well building mutual respect and cooperation can be formidable instrument in the pursuit of harmony and peace,” he said.

He said the summit will culminate with the signing of manifesto of support, commitment and cooperation to peace and unity. (PNA)

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1st Mindanao Daily News Physique Fitness Competition a success Story by MARK FRANCISCO Lifestyle Editor Photos by GERRY GORIT Correspondent

BusinessWeek Mindanao, Reload Gym and Dansalan Fitness Center successfully held two back-to-back events last December 12 at Liceo Civic Center – the 1st Mindanao Daily News Physique Fitness Competition 2015 and a Zumba Party.

The Zumba Party which was held earlier at 3:00 p.m. was facilitated by the CDO ZIN or Zumba Instructor Network.

It was led by Zin Winston Fuentes, Jonathan Ruelan, Ryan Romano, Robert Lopez, Christine Sotto, Zin Elvira Tabamo,

Gemma Arandid and Jessa Van Lon. Belly instructress Evabeth Malu Boluhan had a special segment during the event.

For the physique fitness competition proper, it was divided into three categories – short, tall and masters. In the short category, Paul Delez emerged as champ and went home P5,000 richer. For the second to fifth placers, they got home P3,000, P2,000 and P1,000 cash prizes respectively.

In the tall category, Karym Saripada was the champion who also got P5,000 as cash prize. In the master category with the equivalent amount of prize, Marlon Tajale was hailed as champion. Champions of all three categories then faced off

for a so-called Battle of Champions with Saripada emerging as the big winner who went home with an additional P8,000 cash prize. For Miss Fitness, it was Cindy Gonzaga who was recognized as such. All the champs in the four categories, including the Battle of Champions winner, were also awarded an overnight stay at Apple Tree Resort and Hotel. That means Saripada had two overnight stays since he was the overall winner of the night.

The 58 contestants wowed the judges with their front lat spread, front double biceps, side chest, rear lat spread, rear double biceps, side triceps, abdominal and thigh and most muscular poses. They

were judged according to mass, definition, proportion, symmetry and stage presence.

The 1st Mindanao Daily News Physique Fitness Competition 2015 was conceptualized by event organizer Dante Sudaria and event director Jerry Ebarle for fitness enthusiasts in the city who will have the chance to show off their healthy, fit and strong bodies.

“This only goes to show how really progressive Cagayan de Oro has become with the proliferation of many body building gyms and studios in the city as well as Cagayanons becoming active in national and international body building competitions,” Sudaria said.

Sudaria is looking forward for another physique fitness competition in 2016, opening more doors and avenues for fitness enthusiasts and in the case of the Zumba event, making body wellness more popular for people in terms of seeking for better health.