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Iligan City mayor out of prison, reports to work By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City--Imprisoned Iligan City Mayor Celso Regencia was released from detention Monday morning on orders of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Quezon City. Regencia , was detained on charges with multiple murder and frustrated murder, in connection with the attempted slaying of Rep.

Dela Rosa suspends PNP’s war on drugs

Varf Belmonte, who was ambushed on his way home a few kilometers from the Laguindingan airport in 2014. Belmonte survived, but three of his bodyguards, including an enlisted police officer was killed in the ambuscade. Based on the affidavits submitted by the police and the witnesses, Belmonte filed the murder and frustrated murder raps against

Regencia with the municipal trial court of Laguindingan, which ordered the arrest and detention of the city mayor at the Iligan City Rehabilitation Center. The RTC in Quezon City dismissed the charges after the court found out that the witness was incredible and that the arresting police officers recanted their testimonies and admitted to have reportedly planted the evidences

against Regencia. The police told the court that they planted the evidences against the witness identified as Dominador Tumala, 60, of Osmena, Zamboanga del Norte allegedly upon instructions of the higher police officials. The court also noted that Tumala has earlier denied the accusation against him and told the court that he did not know and have not met

AFP decries NPA’s ‘harassment attack’

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday said the implementation of Oplan Tokhang and Project Double Barrel are now temporarily stopped. This was after Dela Rosa dissolved all the anti-illegal drugs units of the PNP pursuant to the directive of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. The PNP chief admitted that the President has revoked the power of the PNP to operate in connection with illegal drugs. As of Monday, Dela Rosa said, instead of the war on drugs, the PNP will now focus on war on scalawag policemen. He said this means that they are now focused on internal cleansing after the successive crimes involving policemen, particularly the death of Korean national Jee Ick Joo. Dela Rosa said the PNP will create the Counter-Intelligence Task Force (CITF) which will investigate all policemen, especially those who were charged before but were reinstated into service Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla briefs the media on the killing of a trooper and wounding of three others in a “harassment atafter filing their tack” by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Mati, Surigao City early on Monday See suspends, page 7

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PH not included in the Trump ban

“THE Philippines is not included in the Trump ban.” This is the good news announced by the Department of Homeland Security of the United States through its spokeswoman Gillian Christiensen, which was relayed by the Migrant Heritage Commission (MHC), a non-profit run by Filipino immigrants based in the U.S., to this writer on Tuesday. “Please help us disseminate this information to our kababayan (citizens) Green Card holders in the U.S.A.,” MHC said in an e-mail signed by MHC Executive Directors Rev. Arnedo S Valera, Jesse A. Gatchalian, and Grace Divina Valera,

MHC directors. US President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order stopping refugee admission to the United States to protect the nation and Americans from terrorist attacks by foreign nationals admitted to the United States. However, MHC clarified that the Philippines is not included in the ban based on the official announcement by the Department of Homeland Security. MHC has been receiving queries about the refugee ban.“To all our Kababayans, who are Green Card Holders and currently on travel outside of US, our law firm See ban, page 7

See reports, page 7

n ‘NPA in Northern Mind-

anao violates own ceasefire, attacks troops in peace mode and on rescue mission’

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday strongly condemned the series of unprovoked New People’s Army (NPA) attacks which resulted in the death of two soldiers, wounding of three and abductions of one during the past two days. In a news release, Capt. Patrick A. Martinez, spokesman of the 4th Infantry Division, said the NPA in Caraga and Northern Mindanao regions launched deliberate and coordinated attacks and harassments against government troops undertaking disaster response operations and community support activities with local government units (LGUs) and other government agencies on January 30. In Bukidnon, Martinez said NPA rebels lobbed two hand grenades to military units undertaking relief

operations. He said the grenades, which landed a few meters from the evacuation center, did not explode. These rebel attacks took place in Echague, Isabela, Surigao City and Surigao del Norte, AFP public affairs officers chief Col. Edgard Arevalo said. The first incident happened Sunday when around 15 NPA rebels abducted an unarmed and civilian-clad Pfc. Erwin Salan of the 30th Infantry Battalion. The victim and some civilian volunteers just came a civic-action activity in Barangay Budlingin, Alegria, Surigao del Norte when snatched by the rebels. “He is on a legitimate, non-military activity intended to help preserve a tourist spot which is the source of livelihood for the locals of Alegria, Surigao,” See attack, page 7

n Trump presidency bodes ill for smaller nations like PH. For the Philippines, whose economy has been influenced largely by the US for many decades, this is an opportune time to rethink its economic policies and its relations not only with the superpower but with other nations that have the same interests in the Philippines as the US. Read more/p.5

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Enter the Year of the Fire Rooster By Abs A. Abando of PNA

THE Chinese calendar year is about to begin on January 28. The year 2017, according to Chinese astrologers, belongs to the Fire Rooster — fire being one of five elements identified by the Chinese element theory. Each element — wood, water, fire, earth and gold or metal — comes only once every 60 years. A person born in the year of the Fire Rooster is characterized by trustworthiness, a strong sense of responsibility, punctuality and a keen sense of time keeping, according to the website, China Highlights. com. Roosters, said the website, are known to make their career a priority in their

lives. They are highly motivated, multi-talented and hardworking and are often into sales, public relations, journalism, teaching, the medical profession, military and law enforcement. Contrary to popular belief, a person is actually unlucky during the year he celebrates his birth sign. For example, this year will not be so good for people born in the Year of the Rooster, including those under the sign of the Fire Rooster. Hence, to ward off bad luck, Roosters in general will have to avoid the color red; the numbers 1, 3 and 9; the east direction; and the 3rd, 9th and 12th Chinese lunar months, said the website. The year however is not entirely unfavorable to the

Rooster -- if he takes note of the “lucky” 2nd, 5th and 11th Chinese lunar months; the numbers 5, 7 and 8; the colors gold, brown and yellow; and the directions south and southeast. Looking back in history, the last cycle of the Fire Rooster in 1957 could be remembered for the first flight of a black American pilot on a passenger airline on Feb. 1; the UN adoption of a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Egypt on Feb. 2; Britain’s agreement to a self-ruled Singapore on April 11; the first time music legends Paul McCartney and John Lennon met on July 6; and President Ramon Magsaysay’s death in a plane crash in Cebu on March 17.

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Lawmakers brace for death penalty debates

Lawmakers at the House of Representatives are bracing for the extensive plenary debates over the reimposition of the death penalty in the Philippines. In a press conference on Tuesday, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, member of the independent House minority bloc, said there is no “ripe” time for pushing for the revival of capital punishment, especially with flawed police, prosecutorial and judicial systems. Lagman, instead, insisted on the implementation of the much needed reforms in the police and justice systems. “We must put the death penalty bill irretrievably in the backburner[…] Once we are able to effectively reform the police, the prosecutorial, and judicial systems there will be absolutely no need in reviving the death penalty,” he added. The lower chamber is expected to undergo full floor debates on the contentious issue starting Tuesday’s session. The Albay lawmaker said that about See BRACE, page 7

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‘Big time’ pusher killed in drug-bust GENERAL Santos City-An alleged “big time” drug pusher was killed in an anti-drug operation launched by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 12 in Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat on Monday night. Gil C esario Castro, PDEA Region 12 director, said Tuesday suspect Ian Belmonte was gunned down by their operatives after attempting to fire a handgun at them during a buy-bust operation at a lodging house in Barangay EJC Montilla at around 7 p.m. He said the suspect initially sold a sachet of suspected metamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu worth P500 to a PDEA-12 agent who posed as a buyer. After noticing the presence of their operatives, he said Belmonte resisted and reportedly tried to flee from the area. When eventually cornered, Castro said the suspect drew a handgun and tried to fire at the operatives, prompting See PUSHER, page 7

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PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte defended Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa as he vowed to overhaul the PNP in its anti-illegal drugs units after unscrupulous policemen used the “Oplan Tokhang” in committing crime. In a press conference in Malacañan on Monday, January 30, the President said Dela Rosa tendered his resignation this weekend but he rejected it because it would not contribute to anything. “But itong killing ng

Koreano, the place was just incidental. Na-kidnap na nila, nakuha na nila, they could have killed, strangled him anywhere but (that it happened) inside the Camp Crame is really bad,” the President said. What makes the offense morbid is the fact that after killing, the suspects cremated the victim and flushed his ashes down the toilet bowl, the President said. T h e i nv e s t i g at i o n s tagged Supt. Rafael Dumlao as the mastermind of the crime although he is denying it, according to President

Duterte, adding that it is actually a conspiracy and all the personalities involved had equal criminal liability. Since Dumlao is already in police custody, Duterte called on the National Bureau of Investigation to surrender its assets involved in the crime within 48 hours or he would order Php 1 million reward for their capture. Branding the PNP as corrupt, the President said he wants its anti-drug units to be abolished and replace them with an anti-narcotics body that will work hand in

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Eastmincom alerts troops amid NPA attacks

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BISHOP Teodoro Bacani of Novaliches offered to give Ten Million Pesos to President Digong Duerte if the latter can prove he (bishop) has two wives. The president as a lawyer should know that fabricating stories without merits is bad and unacceptable. But for the sake of argument, if he really had proofs to put down the church leader he should do it now. I agree that church leaders are also human and, therefore, sinners, but specifically Digong should not play jokes on serious matters as saying the bishop involved here is having two wives. Many people still do not understand the foul mouth of Duterte. The extent of illegal use of drugs has gone farther with the arrest of two public school teachers in Cagayan de Oro who were allegedly caught with shabu. Both educators are locked in jail and I hope they will stay there the rest of their lives. I hope they have not taught their pupils to buy shabu. What worry me so much is their families who would surely go hungry because of the stupidity of these teachers. I did not know police and teacher tandem on drugs is on the go. I give credit to President Digong Duterte on the war

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against the use of illegal drugs. I could see that had it not been of Digong our country will dive into the ocean of nowhere. I urge President Duterte to move forward and make more strikes against the drug lords, the pushers and users. Please make it sure that before your term ends, the country is free of the effects of drugs. Filipinos do not have to die for this vice that had not been attended to, by the previous regimes. I hope the re-opening of the Mamansapano massacre in which 44 elite police officers were killed, would give justice to the victims and their families. And if there is a probability that would prove the blunders of then President PNoy Aquino, he should be included in the prosecution and handcuff him to prove that justice is equal for all taxpayers. I hope presidential immunity would not protect him on this matter. I really want to see big-time officials sent to jail for their abuse of power, arrogance and ignorance. It has always been the poor who had the monotony of going to jail for lack of cash to fight it out. The kidnapping-murder of a wealthy Korean businessman has destroyed farther the already bad image of

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NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental--The search for and later indulgence in something or activity that makes one feel good is a normal human craving. Many feel good licking a cone of ice cream while strolling in the park together with some buddies, sipping leisurely a choice hot coffee at Starbucks with a novel or an ipad at hand, or in viewing a much awaited film with special someone inside a classy and comfortable cinema house. Feeling good is probably the operational definition of happiness. Ask illegal drug users who are in your confidence why they are in drugs, the common answer is that it makes them feel good. It gives them a certain high, enough to forget at some moments the stressful demands of living. It is possible that the long term and sustainable strategy to end the drug menace is for the family and the community, meaning the government, schools, churches and civic organizations to come out with feeling good programs and activities for the population, young and old.

the police. What aggravated is the fact that the killing took place right inside Camp Crame, a stone’s throw from the house of chief Bato. To say the least, people are tired of crimes committed by people who are supposed to safeguard the interest of the taxpayers. This is definitely weird and had no parallel ever around the world. President Digong assured the public and the family of the slain Korean of maximum penalty. The vow of Duterte is excellent, but there is nothing that could bring back the tears of the victim’s widow. I regret to say, but in our country nobody is safe. President Digong must have been irritated, he turned his back erroneously and declared once the death penalty is restored, he will hang 20 convicts a day. He is again talking non-sense and he thinks he is a combination of the prosecutors and the supreme court. I know as president, he has a team of advisers, but who are unfortunately quieter presumably afraid they themselves will fall into the hands of the embalmers. Movie producers in Hollywood are slow in preparing a script to shoot the story of our modernized country relative to the war on drugs. Honestly, I am breaking down at hearing

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This may come in the form of providing reliable job or livelihood opportunities to those without decent sources of income and giving them access to efficient and reliable transition assistance, like skills training and other enabling activities and social services at the individual and community level. Involving community members in activities or projects that pay back to participants, such as in waste management, (recycling and composting) and in coastal resources management, is no doubt satisfying. Consider, for instance, the recycling of plastic thrash. It is worthwhile for the government to go or encourage and support the business sector in the establishment of plastic recycling plants that may produce materials in the production of furniture, office and other useful household items. I suppose there are two of such plants operating in the country nowadays. If I remember right one is located in Mandaluyong already producing school tables and desks. The venture provides sources of income to garbage collectors and jobs to those who work in fabrication plants. This

may also help restore the cleanliness and integrity of the environment. On the other hand, the establishment and protection of community-based fishery sanctuaries or marine protected areas gives dividends to participants in the form of improved and sustainable catch and the immeasurable pleasure of being able to help restore the productivity and abundance of nature. Meanwhile, what greater pleasure and happiness there is in watching our children grow into morally and socially responsible members of the community. We need to spend as much time we can with our kids. They surely will feel good about it now and in times to come. And we owe that to them. Teaching children values to live by demands that we live the same values ourselves in our daily grinds amidst changing fortunes or circumstances. Our children are our very own image. Brought up properly in an atmosphere of love, respect and responsibility they will be our precious contribution to the health and wealth of society. Teaching couples the values of responsible par-

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daily the cries of widows and children of victims presented on TV screens. I am so touched emotionally that I could feel the pains of the victims who were killed without any formal investigation. I know I am not alone because out there are millions of Filipinos who consequently suffer the heartaches of drug war. I wish to reiterate my stand on the war against drugs. I still have doubts the government will win on the issue. The more than 7,000 killed will not deter the activities of the drug lords and addicts. President Digong term will expire and still the drug business will persist. The matter has been neglected by past administrations and it will really be difficult to stop it. It is like the habit of smoking, which is absolutely not easy to set aside. I should know it because I was once a heavy smoker and it took me so much time to throw away the bad habit. Drinking liquor is much easier to stop. (Bennex News Service)

enthood and citizenship, like planning the size of their family and nurturing members the observance of the laws and rules of society will definitely make life economically manageable, pleasurable and decently sustainable and improve the quality of community transactions and social relationships. It will strongly contribute in maintaining not only order and security but more significantly the sanity of society. The current fear approach to the drug menace should be jettisoned as it is apparently not making any progress reckoned from the continued wheeling and dealing of the prohibited drugs and the non-stop hunting and killing of drug personalities past the selfimposed deadline. The campaign has become a dark blotch to the effort to cleanse and free the country from the suffocating embrace of corruption. Indeed, the long term solution to the problem lies not in the wicked use of force but in insightful policies and programs aimed in empowering with compassionate understanding those who are in the mire of the social order See FEELING, page 7

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merica’s inaug ur ation of its 45th President sent jitters across the world as to the future of foreign policies, said research group IBON.

For the Philippines, whose economy has been influenced largely by the US for many decades, this is an opportune time to rethink its economic policies and its relations not only with the superpower but with other nations that have the same interests in the Philippines as the US, IBON said. Controversial Republican standard-bearer Donald Trump with campaign motto ‘make America great again’ defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the US November polls. According to IBON, Trump’s inaugural themes such as ‘America first’, ‘buy America, hire America’, and ‘American carnage ends now’, and Trans Pacific Partnership pullout in preference of bilateral deals hint a more aggressive US in terms of engaging with other nations. This, as the US economy remains a struggling one despite recent claims of recovery. Though reportedly recovering from 2009 recession levels, IBON noted that the US economy continues to be confronted

Screen grab from donaldjtrump.com with stagnant wages, weakened industrial production, soaring prices of goods and services, rising inequality, and huge government budget deficits, among others. The group said that aside from heightening American protectionism, the new US administration may impose more stringent market-oriented policies on the Philippines and the

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rest of Asia Pacific as it has in recent decades through platforms such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The Asia Pacific remains economically vital to the US, being home to over half of global gross domestic product (GDP), almost half of global trade and 60% of total US trade,

said IBON. In t he Ph i l ippi n e s , major mechanisms of US political and economic intervention remain intact, IBON observed. Aside from upholding a string of military deals with the US and receiving the same amount of US military aid for 2017, the latter also still remains the single biggest foreign influence on Philippine

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economy policy-making. The US$739-million Partnership for Growth (PFG) initiative and the American and Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce are tools in imposing neoliberal globalization policies that allow the US to maintain its dominance in the country and in the region, for instance by pushing for unhampered trade and the removal of foreign ownership restrictions. IBON reiterated that these globalization policies have increasingly kept the Philippine economy backward and underdeveloped. This has led to growing inequality, chronic poverty, jobs deterioration, commercialization of basic utilities and services, and marginalization of resources, leaving the majority of Filipinos deprived of their fundamental needs. The group pointed out that in this time of change in administration and policy shifts, the Philippines can define a foreign policy that is finally independent of the US and other superpowers’ agenda. The Philippines can also strengthen its alliance with neighbors with growing nationalism such as Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia and further, China, Taiwan, Japan and India, towards developing a solid regional position against US or any other superpower’s aggression, said IBON.

Oro brgys start waste segregation at source By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent

THE leaders of the 80strong Association of the Barangay Councils (ABC) accepted the challenge of city local environment and natural resources officer Edwin Dael for a citywide garbage segregation at source. Speaking during their monthly meeting over the weekend, ABC president and concurrent Councilor Yam Lam Lim said that there is a need of all the city’s 80 barangay chairmen to coordinate with the city’s official trash collector IPM Construction and Development Corp. in the specific schedules. But Lim said that IPMCDC must provide separate trucks for recyclable and decaying waste. Lim’s statement comes at a time when the city experienced another flooding at some urban thoroughfares such as USTP-Limketkai, Gaabucayan (Agora), Camaman-an and J.V. Seriña St. in Carmen last Saturday but not as massive as what occurred last January 16. The January 16 flooding had sounded alarm bells across all national and local government agencies in the city with officials blaming each other for the incident. Along this line, Lim is appealing to the public to stop littering, which is widely believed to be a major contributing factor in the earlier flood. A Google Earth image dated March 14, 2016 showed a heavily-clogged See WASTE, page 7

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Massive fish kill hits Lake Sebu anew, state of calamity mulled GENERAL Santos City--The municipal government of Lake Sebu in South Cotabato is planning to declare the area under the state of calamity due to another major fish kill that already destroyed around P6.5 million worth of tilapia. Zaldy Artacho, Lake Sebu municipal agriculture officer, said Tuesday the ongoing fish kill started Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY MARINA R.O. X and XIII 2/F SEJOLIM Bldg., Gemilina St., Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. No. (08822) 726522/Telefax No. (088) 856-9105 / Email: cdomro@yahoo.com

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late last week in portions of the lake after its dissolved oxygen dropped to critical levels anew. He said the phenomenon, known locally as “kamahong,” came after almost a week of sporadic heavy rains in the area. The official said several fish cage operators initially reported on Friday afternoon that some of their tilapia appeared gasping for air. “By night time, the fish kills already started in a number of fish cages,” he said in a radio interview. Citing their initial assessment, Artacho said a total of 72,335 kilos of tilapia have been destroyed as a result of the incident. The prevailing farm gate price for tilapia in Lake Sebu is P90 per kilo. Artacho said this figure only came from 19 affected fish cage operators in Barangays Poblacion and Takonel. He said the validation and assessment is presently ongoing for the other affected fish cage operators, which were earlier estimated at more than 300. Some operators were forced to conduct massive emergency harvests over the weekend in their bid to save the remaining tilapia, he said. As a result of the inci-

dent, Artacho said Mayor Antonio Fungan ordered their office and the fish kill-hit barangays to prepare the necessary data for the declaration of a state of calamity. He said the mayor specifically directed the affected barangays to fast track their calamity declarations. Fishery officials had blamed the fish kills in Lake Sebu to the occurrence of “kamahong,” a phenomenon caused by the sudden rise in the water’s temperature. “Kamahong,” which usually occurs during the rainy season, triggers the rise of sulfuric acid in the lake’s waters that eventually caused the massive fish kill. The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist said the phenomenon occurs when cold rainwater, which is heavier than warm water, settles at the abyssal zone of the lake. It causes the upturn or upwelling of warm water carrying silts, sediments and gases such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, sulphur and methane gas produced by the decomposing organic matter such as fish feeds. Such situation results in the reduction of dissolved oxygen in the water, “forcing fishes to take in oxygen directly from the See MULLED, page 7

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involved in crime. Duterte said he wants them deployed to Sulu, Basilan, Zamboanga peninsula, and Lanao Del Sur, the government frontlines in its war against extremism. The President also talked about the ongoing military campaign in Mindanao against the Abu Sayyaf Group and the Maute group, which he said have already recognized Isnilon Hapilon of Basilan to be the leader of ISIS-backed organization in the Philippines. “And [Hapilon] was already given the blessing to be the leader ng ISIS. I don’t know if it covers Malaysia and Indonesia. But he is now the top honcho of the ISIS dito,” he said. “He is billeted somewhere in Lanao and we have a full time military operation there,” he added. What worries him, the President said, is their use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the past that makes communities vulnerable to devastating attacks. The latest, he said, was the bombing of a flea market in Davao City last year. These groups, he said, are too dangerous, prompting him to order full military operation especially in Lanao area to prevent them from carrying out bombing campaigns. “That is why I said to the military and the police, you embargo the place, you contain them in that area alone, Lanao. Sana huwag nang lumabas sa ibang lugar. Diyan na lang tayo magbakbakan,” he said. At the same time, he asked the Armed Forces of the Philippines to use all its available assets and weaponry at its disposal to destroy the extremists. Duterte also sent a message to China asking for help particularly regarding precision-guided weapons that could be procured through loans. The President also renewed his seriousness to tackle corruption in the country, warning those who are using his name to solicit favors from the government. Government officials with directorial positions, he said, must regularly report to their offices for the benefit of the public. PND

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all of Kitcharao, Agusan Del Norte against the PDTs deployed in these areas. Guerrero said the atrocities ran contrary to the spirit of the peace process especially in the delivery of basic services to support far-flung communities. He said the PDTs are stationed in depressed communities to facilitate the delivery of basic government services in collaboration with different government agencies. “Let us condemn these atrocities which target our

soldiers who are performing non-combat missions. These tactical offensives by the NPAs are inconsistent with their ceasefire declaration and could imperil the ongoing peace negotiation. These acts of violence also bring misery and suffering to the affected communities. We call on the CNN to show sincerity in their peace talks with the government by directing their armed members to immediately desist from committing atrocities,” Guerrero said. On January 16, the NPAs allegedly killed Albert Sablada in Brgy. Saloy, Calinan, Davao City allegedly for being anorganizer of Alamara Militia. Then, followed by the killing of Neptali Alfredo on January 23 in Tabaon, Malabog, Paquibato District allegedly for being tagged as a drug supplier. The Command also lamented the abduction of Pfc Erwin Salan of 30IB in Lumondo Falls, Budlingin, Alegria, Surigao del Norte. The said personnel, according to EastMinCom, was unarmed and in the company of other civilians when the abduction happened on January 29. (PNA)

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by expanding their options and giving them the chance to reconsider their life choices. (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. William R. Adan is a retired professor and former chancellor of the Mindanao State University Naawan campus in Misamis Oriental).

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Bitan-ag Creek due to household wastes. Those garbage had since been removed after Barangay 22 installed a linear park project in the area but a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) official testified earlier that they still encounter heavy silt composed mostly of household wastes during this rainy season. Earlier, Dael urged all barangays in the city to implement waste segregation at household level in the impending opening of the new city-owned sanitary landfill in May at barangay Pagalungan. City Hall hastily constructed the landfill after it was pressured by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

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atmosphere and eventually die,” it said. Last year, the municipal government of Lake Sebu recorded at least eight fish kills that destroyed around PHP1.4 million worth of tilapia. The major fish kill in the area was in 2014. (PNA)

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Regencia. However, Tumala ex-

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 ecuted another affidavit and pointed to Regencia as the alleged mastermind in the ambush of former Rep. Belmonte, the court said. Earlier, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared Regencia of the charges and provided the trial court of the resolution last July 15, 2016. Aside from finding that the evidences against Regencia were “manufactured,” the court also gave credence to the resolution submitted by the DOJ, which cleared Regencia of the charges. Regencia attended the flag raising ceremony Monday morning to the surprised and delight of the City Hall employees who was unaware of his release.

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respective appeals. Initially, he said, the CITF will be composed of 100 policemen which will be headed by a Senior Superintendent. However, as of Monday, Dela Rosa said, they are now in the process of selecting the chief of the CITF. Aside from internal cleansing, he said, the PNP will now focus on the eradication of the seven focused crimes. Dela Rosa cited the good start of the PNP in the war on illegal drugs, however, they could not do anything but to follow the directives of President Duterte. The PNP chief stressed that the war on illegal drugs is continuous but the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will now be the lead agency. (PNA)

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and the Migrant Heritage Commission are receiving a number of phone calls and queries in the social media, including FB (Facebook) since yesterday on this issue,” MHC said. “According to Gillian Christiensen, acting Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman said in an email: that Green card holders are included in Trump Ban ,” MHC added. It says further: “The Executive Order immigrants ( Green Cards) and non immigrant entities for at least 90 days for nationals of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. “THE PHILIPPINES IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TRUMP BAN . IF YOU ARE ALSO A CITIZEN OR NATIONAL OF THESE COUNTRIES, THEN YOU WILL BE COVERED.” “As of last night, Federal Judges in NY and Boston issued a Stay and it is nationwide in application vs the Executive Order banning Muslims from the seven enumerated countries. “Few hours ago, the Secretary of the US Dept Of Homeland Security, Sec. John Kelly , in a reversal stated the following : “ In applying the provisions of the President’s Executive Order, I hereby deem the entry of

Lawful Permanent Residents ( Green Card Holders) to be in the national interest.” If you have questions or concerns, please consult a licensed immigration attorney or an accredited NGO with an in-house attorney.” “ You m ay c a l l t h e Law Offices of Valera & Associates,PC ,an Immigration and Anti Discrimination Law Firm and the Migrant Heritage Commission (MHC) for free legal consultations. We have been answering calls and in standby since yesterday because of unprecedented number of inquiries,” MHC said. --Ben Cal of PNA

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Arevalo said. Martinez said Lt. Col. Rico Amaro, commanding officer of the 30IB, has already coordinated with Surigao del Norte Governor Sol. F. Matugas, who immediately convened the Local Crisis Management Committee, to discuss their next action. Also on Monday, around 8:45 a.m., a trooper from the 86th Infantry Battalion was killed and the other wounded, but later died while undergoing treatment when ambushed by NPA rebels in Echague, Isabela. “The unarmed victims on-board a motorcycle were waylaid while they were on their way to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) office in San Isidro to follow up a tree-planting project,” he added. Also on Monday noon, an estimated 10 NPAs attacked the troops of the 30th Infantry Battalion who were supporting the local government unit in Sitio Brazil, Barangay Mat-i, Surigao City with their “peace and development” activities. “Three soldiers were wounded. More could have been killed or wounded were if not for the prompt action of the troops who managed to push the rebels to withdraw out of the community,” Arevalo said. The AFP public spokesperson officer called this series of attacks very disturbing and said they have reported the incidents to the appropriate authorities. “We have reported these unfortunate incidents to the Office of the Presidential Assistant on the Peace Process. While we adhere to the primacy of the peace process, we demand the release of Pfc. Salan. We urged them to stop attacking the soldiers,” he added. Arevalo said these attacks violate the NPA’s declaration of their own ceasefire. “Those acts are actually assault to the communities and its people who sought for the assistance of the Army in improving their lives,” he added. For his part, Major Gen. Benjamin R. Madrigal Jr., commander of 4th Infantry Division, said: “The military faithfully abided by its

ceasefire declaration and continues to fully support the peace process.” On the one hand, Madrigal said, these tactical offensives by the NPA’s are inconsistent with their ceasefire declaration and could imperil the ongoing peace negotiations. He said: “These acts of violence also add further misery and suffering to the affected communities.” Lt. Gen. Rey Leonardo Guerrero, Eastern Mindanao Command Commander, on the other hand, called on the communist rebels to show sincerity in their peace talks with the government by directing their armed members to immediately desist from committing further atrocities. (PNA)

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them to shoot him. The official said Belmonte sustained two gunshot wounds on the chest and was immediately rushed to a local hospital but was declared dead on arrival. PDEA-12 operatives recovered from the suspect’s possession three small plastic sachets and a large pack containing suspected shabu worth around P400,000, various drug paraphernalia, P500 marked bill used in the buy-bust and a homemade handgun. Castro said the slain suspect is included the area’s drug watch list and believed linked to an illegal drug syndicate operating in the region. He said they subjected Belmonte to more than a week of surveillance operations prior to the buy-bust on Monday night. The suspect had reportedly used various lodging houses in his illegal drug activities, he said. “When we first worked on his case, we monitored him moving from various places in this city, South Cotabato and in Tacurong City,” he said. The official said they are currently tracking down a number of drug personalities in the region in line with their continuing intensified campaign against the illegal drug trade. Castro, who only assumed post earlier this month as PDEA-12 regional director, earlier said their operations this year will focus on “high-value” drug personalities in the area. (PNA)

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50 interpellators have already confirmed, but so far only 25 lawmakers have been inputted in the partial list that was submitted to Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas. He noted that the interpellators are “predominantly” coming from the so-called “supermajority” coalition. Lagman reiterated his call to the House leadership to allow his colleagues to exercise a conscience vote instead of a party vote,

which he considers as a “pressure vote”. Either way, he expressed confidence that they will prevail on this contentious issue. Meanwhile, the 7-member Makabayan bloc also expressed its opposition to the restoration of the death penalty as proposed in House Bill No. 4727. The group laid out its arguments against the measure, noting that it is anti-poor; a historic tool for suppressing political dissent; prone to abuse by corrupt police, military, and other state agents; and ultimately, an ineffective deterrent against criminality, rooted in mass poverty and an unjust social system. “Given the existing social inequity, combined with our flawed and corrupt justice system, the reimposition of the death penalty will inflict yet another injustice on the poor and marginalized,” the group said. Instead of reinstating capital punishment, the progressive bloc cited the need to conduct a “massive purge” of corrupt and criminal officials in the bureaucracy. “The solution to the nation’s problems will not be paved by fascism but by pursuing radical system change in the socio-economic, cultural and political spheres, including the establishment of a justice that favors the poor and oppressed,” the bloc said. Gabriela solon Emmi de Jesus, who is part of the Makabayan bloc, lamented the flawed justice system in the country, saying that the death penalty is a threat to life and basic rights. De Jesus said even its promised suppression of rape and other heinous crimes against women is just a “paradox”. She cited that the incidence of rape, including child rape, continued to rise even after the re-imposition of the death penalty with the annual average of rape incidents reaching 3,899 in a span of 15 years. Fellow Gabriela solon Arlene Brosas further warned that with four out of 10 law enforcers said to be involved in rogue activities, the death penalty opens another floodgate for abuse from the police and other persons of authority. “The death penalty will breed further injustice amid heightened poverty, social inequities and a deeply flawed justice system. We oppose the re-imposition of the death penalty,” said Brosas. House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez earlier said he is confident the lower chamber will pass the measure reinstating the death penalty after thirty days of full deliberations. “I am very confident of its passage. Well, we have a supermajority coalition and if there is anyone who will go against it, there are probably just around 5 or 10 (lawmakers),” Alvarez said. (PNA)

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The Most Stressful yet Rewarding job By Edwin E. Salac Pagan Elementary School Kitaotao, 2nd District

Working at school is very much stressful especially in elementary. You can experience stress because of the noisy yet very inquisitive children, the children playing outside the classroom who will not share their toys to others, and to the children who are always crying because they want to go home. There are too many to mention ways how you can get stress with students in the lower elementary years. Sometimes even, you can hear a child subbing because he has no food for snack time and as the parent of the class, the teacher will have to give the crying student something to eat and of course, the teacher must clean up after their mess. There are many ways to

get stress, yet there are more many ways to become happy and joyous. You will get happy just to watch them all having fun without any boundaries, you will be happy looking at them always smiling, and very friendly, you can be happy by seeing them asking sorry to those who they have hurt. You can be enjoyed by their laughter that will fill the big classroom. Indeed the most rewarding job is being a teacher. Especially if you will see them growing up, wearing togas, going up on the stage receiving medals, singing their tribute song to all the teachers. As of now, they will be going to the stage dressed with their ambition, but someday, they will accomplish their ambition because of you. And that is the most rewarding thing that a teacher will receive.

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Education Teaching English to sixth graders By CHARITO R. JARAULA, Teacher III East City Central School Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City

TEACHING English in Basic Education in the Philippines is a synthesis of knowledge of basic grammatical principles, knowledge of how language is used in social settings to perform communicative functions and how knowledge of utterances and communicative functions can be combined

according to the principles of discourse. It is classified into grammatical/linguistically competence, sociolinguistic competence, discourse competence and strategic competence. Grammatical/linguistic competence means the acquisition of phonological rules, syntactic rules, semantic rules and lexical items. Sociolinguistic competence refers to the learning of pragmatic aspect of various speech acts namely the cultural values,

By JOSEPHINE D. TOCALDO, Teacher III East City Central School Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City

ANG Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan ay tumutugon sa inyong pangangailangan sa isang serye sa pagawa na nakasulat sa Filipino. Ayon sa DepEd, ang bawat aklat sa serye ay dapat naglalaman ng kumpletong kaalaman tungkol sa asignatura at ng mga karagdagang gawait at aralin upang

mapagtibay ang natutuhan ng mga mag-aaral. Naglalaan din ang serye ng mga pamukaw-interes nag await upang maging masigla ang pag-aaral tungkol sa pagpapaunlad sa sarili, pamilya at kabuhayan. Maramimg matutunan ang mga bata sa Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan buhat sa konsepto ng

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entrepreneurship hanggang sa pagpapakita ng kasanayan sa ICT, maipamamalas ang pang-unawa sa panimulang kaalaman at kasanayan sa pagtatanim ng gulay at pagaalaga ng hayop at ang maitutulong nito sa pag-unlad ng pamumuhay, pagpapakita ng konsepto ng gawaing pantahanan at pagbuo ng kapakipakinabang na gawaing pang-industriya at marami pang iba. Ilan lamang sa gagawin

social action. Discourse competence is the knowledge of rules regarding the cohesion (grammatical links) and coherence (appropriate combination of communicative actions) of various types of discourse (oral and written). Sociolinguistic rules of use and rules of discourse are crucial in interpreting utterances for social meaning particularly when the literal meaning of an utterance does not lead to the speaker’s intention easily. ng mga mag-aaral mula Ikaapat hanggang Ikaanim na Baitang ay ang pagtatanim ng halamang gulay, pagtatanim at pagpapatubo ng halamang ornamental, pag-aalaga ng hayop at isda, paglilinis ng bahay, paghahanda ng masustansiyang pagkain, malaman ang pamamaraan sa isang matagumpay na entrepreneur, pangangalaga ng kasuotan, pagpapanitili ng maayos na tindig, pagbuo ng malikhang produkto, pagkukumpuni at iba pa.

Why Some Children Have Difficulties Learning to Read Children may struggle with reading for a variety of reasons, including limited experience with books, speech and hearing problems, and poor phonemic awareness. Good readers are phonemically aware, understand the alphabetic principle, apply these skills in a rapid and fluent manner, possess strong vocabularies and syntactical and grammatical skills, and relate reading to their own experiences. Difficulties in any of

norms and other socio-cultural conventions in social contexts. They are the context and topic of discourse, the participant’s social status, sex, age and other factors which influence styles and registers of speech. Since different situations call for different types of expressions as well as different beliefs, views, values and attitudes, the development of sociolinguistic competence is essential for communicative

Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan

By Jhuniel R. Cuasito, Teacher I Quarry Elementary School, Pangantucan North District, Pangantucan, Bukidnon

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these areas can impede reading development. Further, learning to read begins far before children enter formal schooling. Children who have stimulating literacy experiences from birth onward have an edge in vocabulary development, understanding the goals of reading, and developing an awareness of print and literacy concepts. We know from research that reading is a languagebased activity. Reading does not develop naturally, and

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for many children, specific decoding, word recognition, and reading comprehension skills must be taught directly and systematically. We have also learned that preschool children benefit significantly from being read to. The evidence suggests strongly that educators can foster reading development by providing kindergarten children with instruction that develops print concepts, familiarity with the purposes of reading and writing, ageappropriate vocabulary and language comprehension skills, and familiarity with -the lan-

guage structure. Substantial evidence shows that many children in the 1st and 2nd grades and beyond will require explicit instruction to develop the necessary phoneme awareness, phonics, spelling, and reading comprehension skills. But for these children, this will not be sufficient. For youngsters having difficulties learning to read, each of these foundational skills should be taught and integrated into textual reading formats to ensure sufficient levels of fluency, automaticity, and understanding.

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