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DPWH fast tracks P667m Jica flood-control project By CHENG ORDONEZ Associate Editor
TAGOLOAN, Misamis Oriental -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is fast-tracking the construction of two dikes along Tagoloan River that will eventually protect lives and properties of more than 3,000 households from future floodings. The Flood Risk Management Project for Tagoloan River is funded by the Of-
ficial Development Assistance of the Government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The Flood Risk Management Project for Tagoloan River consists of Tagoloan River Sub-project, Stage I (Upstream) in Barangay Sta. Cruz and the Tagoloan River Sub-project II (Downstream) in Barangay Sta. Cruz and a small section TREE PLANTING. Carrying the them “He who plants a tree plants a hope, the club officers and members of in Barangay Tambobong, the Carmen Eagles Club under Club President Jay B. Cruz, including its aspirants, conducted tree planting activity
RTA calls friends to help fix traffic By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent
THE Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) will tap barangay tanods and volunteers from six barangays to help enforce traffic around Cogon market in Cagayan de Oro City. Cogon has been a hotspot when it comes to dispersing street vendors surrounding the market. In 2013, City Hall attempted to clean
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the roads around Cogon which consists of Osmeña, Yacapin, Capt. Vicente Roa and JR Borja streets, including Guillermo Street, but this has been largely ignored by the vendors after a few weeks. In late 2016, an RTA officer was shot dead while shooing vendors away. In an interview, RTA overseer Edgardo Uy said that the barangays who will deploy their tanods around Cogon are Barangays 31,
Duterte gives green light for revival of basic ROTC--Palace
P resident R o d r i g o Duterte has approved the recommendation of the Department of National n Students, parents Defense (DND) to revive asked to Speak up mandatory Reserve Officers on planned ROTC Training Corps (ROTC) program “to instill love of revival/p.2 country and good citizen- n Solon willing to ship among the youth.” sponsor mandatory Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said ROTC bill/p.2 President Duterte gave go n STATEMENT signal for endorsement in | NUSP condemns Congress of a bill amendDuterte’s mandaing Republic Act No. 7077 tory ROTC in senior which mandates the
at Malasag in Barangay Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City recently. Photo supplied
32, 33, 37 and 39. In fact, the tanods have undergone a two-day crash training on traffic enforcing conducted by RTA personnel last February 8 and 9. Each barangay sent in six delegates. That means a total of 36 new deputized traffic enforcers will be deployed when the new traffic scheme around Cogon takes place. The new traffic scheme is still set for approval by Mayor Oscar Moreno.
In the new scheme, street vendors will be allowed to display their wares along Yacapin and Daomar streets every day from 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Uy claimed that the 700 affected vendors have already agreed to this compromise after they were met by representatives of the City Economic Enterprises Department head Rocky Calingin and Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya, chair of
the council’s committee on economic enterprises. These vendors are selling vegetables, fruits, condiments, barbecues, baluts and ukay-ukay. Uy said this is a compromise so that vendors in Cogon market will have a chance to profit from their business during the daytime. These market vendors have been competing with the traders outside See traffic, page 7
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Youth groups slam mandatory ROTC revival By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL, Bulatlat
Progressive youth groups expressed alarm over President Duterte’s recent approval to revive compulsory army training among youths, this time among senior high school students. Kabataan partylist said this, along with other recent militarist efforts by the Duterte adminis-
tration “further intensify fascism by the hour.” Following Duterte’s cancellation of the peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) on Feb. 4, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced an “all-out war” against the New People’s Army. In a Cabinet meeting held Tuesday, Feb. 7, Duterte approved the revival of the mandatory Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) for Grades 11 and 12 in all public and private schools. The President had certified as urgent the proposed amendment to Republic Act 7077, the Citizens’ Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservist Act that will make ROTC mandatory. The ROTC has been optional and voluntary since the National Service Training Program (NSTP)
Act was passed in 2001. “No thanks to the US imperialist plot, through their cohorts in the Cabinet and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), President Duterte is moving to the dark side,” Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sarah Elago said in a statement. “We reiterate that aside from inculcating false patriotism See revival, page 7
Rebels seize 3 in B’non, torch heavy equipment An estimated force of 200 suspected New People’s Army (NPA) have attacked a private home in Talakag, Bukidnon, abducting the owner and two government personnel, including one police officer, Thursday morning. Aside from the abovementioned atrocities, the NPAs also torched one backhoe, one dump truck, a mixer and a generator set belonging to the Mindanao Rock Corporation. Capt. Joe Patrick Martinez, 4th Infantry Division See rebels, page 7
Surigao mayor faces dismissal
THE Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal from service of incumbent Lingig, Surigao del Sur Mayor Roberto Luna, Jr. for approving the unlawful purchase of P18.9 million worth of “ghost” communication equipment from Philflex Trading and General Merchandise. Also ordered dismissed from the service were Jethro Lindo and Teofilo Maymay, both members of the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC). In a 12-page decision, the Ombudsman found Luna guilty of Grave Misconduct and Serious Dishonesty while Lindo and Maymay were found guilty of Grave Misconduct. Respondents were meted the accessory penalties of cancellation of eligibility, forfeiture of retirement benefits, and perpetual disqualification from holding public office. Records show that in 2007, respondents See faces, page 7
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‘Bambi’ sad over issue on NDF consultant coddling By Cris Diaz Executive Editor
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isamis Oriental governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano on Wednesday was saddened by an insinuation that he was hiding one of the consultants of the National Democratic Front (NDF) who was an object of military manhunt.
“A senior military official called the provincial governor’s office the other day, asking the provincial governor to physically turnover NDF consultant Alfredo Mapano, a.k.a “Paris,” Emano said. Emano said while he believed that the military official was kidding, the joke was improper, which could only be initated by an
Solon willing to sponsor ROTC bill
SENATOR Sher w in Gatcha lian on Wednesday welcomed the decision of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to revive the Reser ved Officers Training Course (ROTC) for Grades 11 and 12 in public and private schools saying that he is willing to sponsor the bill when forwarded to the Senate. “I am definitely willing to sponsor this bill when it is forwarded to the Senate,” Gatchalian said. “Instituting a mandatory ROTC program for senior high schools students is a great way to shore up our military’s reserve corps while instilling the fundamental ideals of patriotism and public service in the youth,” he added. Gatchalian urged the Pres. Duterte to certify as urgent Senate Bill No. 200, which seeks to revive the mandatory ROTC program in p ost-s econdar y educational institutions. SBN 200, one of the 10 priority
official who was politically instigated to dare question the integrity of the Office of the Provincial Governor. “Why would a government official coddle someone in the list of the military’s order of battle? How would the provincial governor know the whereabout of the NDF consultants who were believed to be in Italy,” Emano asked.
bills filed by Gatchali an, wou ld require students enrolled in colleges, universities, and technical and vocational schools to complete a two-year ROTC program before graduation. The neophyte senator further said that mandatory ROTC programs will help ensure that the youth will lead the Philippines with “honor, selflessness, and love of country in the future.” “ The future of this countr y will depend on the character and virtue of our future leaders,” Gatchalian said. A report culled from the Philippine News Agency
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Emano admitted that Mapano, who was incarcerated in the provincial jail for more than seven years, visited the provincial governor’s office when he was temporarily released in August last year as one of the NDF consultants at the start of the governmentNDF peace negotiation in Oslo, Norway. He said Mapano’s visit
was a normal daily occurrence in the provincial governor’s office because the governor’s office is a public trust that guarantees the right of every citizen in this country to pay a visit, especially if a duly elected public official is around. He said he has nothing against the action of the military official, although he has the suspicion that the
action was dictated by the political adversaries who were out to destroy “my reputation and good relationship with the military.” On the contrary, Emano urged the military to run after politicians who face a string of graft cases in court in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s nationwide drive to rid the government of corrupt public officials.
SENATOR Paolo Benigno Aquino IV on Thursday asked students and their parents to speak up on the government’s plan to revive the Reserved Officers Training Course (ROTC) for Grades 11 and 12. Aquino, chair of the S e n at e C om m itt e e on Education, called on students, student councils and parents’ associations to submit position papers to his committee to know their stand on the planned ROTC revival. “We want to know the students’ position on this matter,” Aquino said. He said that his team will also be conducting online poll through social media sites to give students and parents an avenue to voice out their opinion before the Senate conducts hearings on this issue. At present, three bills
calling for the revival of the ROTC are pending with the Committee on Education -- Senate Bills 1131, 200 and 189, authored by Senators Joseph Victor Ejercito, Sherwin Gatchalian and Manny Pacquiao, respectively. The ROTC became optional in 2002 through Republic Act 9163 or the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001. President Rodrigo D ute r te approve d t h e recommendation of the Department of National Defense (DND) to revive mandator y ROTC in Grades 11 and 12 “to instill love of country and good citizenship among the youth.” Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said Pres. Duterte gave go signal for endorsement in Congress of a bill amending Republic
Act No. 7077 which mandates the “institutionalization, development, training and organization” of basic ROTC in Grades 11 and 12 during last Tuesday’s cabinet meeting. Abella said the mandatory ROTC program will cover public and private senior high schools. A report culled from the Philippine News Agency
Studes, parents asked to speak up on planned ROTC revival for senior high
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What does your self-trust look like?
Trust is such a basic prerequisite for any relationship: boyfriend/girlfriend, husband /wife, parent/child, as well as friendships. Inherent in the scope of trust there must exist a deep respect. You might think that the deep respect
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own integrity, character qualities as well as possess a strong confidence in one’s self. What does your selftrust look like? “The best way you can find out if you can trust someone is to trust them.” --Ernest Hemingway
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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…`You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighWEMALYN GARCIA Rolando sudaria bor and hate your enemy.’ Marketing Production But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those manila marketing office who persecute you, that 9th Flr, Unit 918, CityLand Herrera VA Rufino cor. Valero St. you may be children of Salcedo Village, Makati City your Father in heaven’…” TEL. #: 5555392, Cell No.: 0977-152-8860 (Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, Matthew 5:43-44, lani vallido MIJIE JUAT the Holy Bible). Marketing and Sales MAY IGLECIAS Manager Account Executives -oooA N E R ROR F ROM DAVAO booking OFFICE BEATING THE DEAD Door 223, Doña Segunda Bldg., CM Recto Ave., Davao City LINES: A perennial critic Office in Charge : SARA CASTOR, 0926-398-8293 Circulation : JOHN PAUL AQUINO, 0907-331-5640 of what I have been writ ing here about the Bible ILIGAN OFFICE corrected my column the G/F IBJT North Terminal, Tambo, Hinaplanon, Iligan City Office in Charge: SONNY SURDIA, 0916-349-7422 other day that Jesus, our God and Savior, grew up in Bethlehem. The critic EDITORIAL said, in response to that column, that I was wrong ALLAN M. MEDIANTE in saying Jesus grew up in Editor-in-Chief Bethlehem because, clearly, ruel pelone CRIS DIAZ our God and Savior grew Managing Editor Executive Editor up in Nazareth. Well, I CHENG ORDOÑEZ MARK FRANCISCO stand corrected, but this Associate Editor Lifestyle Editor was truly nothing more than a clerical error. GILBERT Y. CHAO gerry lee gorit -ooo Motoring Editor Photo Journalist QC JUDGE REYNAL PAT SAMONTE CHRIS PANGANIBAN DO DAWAY, THE ME Regional Editor Caraga Regional Editor-Davao DIATOR: Judge Reynal Rene Michael BaÑos uRIEL C. QUILINGUING do Daway of the Quezon Regional Editor Northmin Contributing Editor City Regional Trial Court, Branch 90, disclosed to AL JACINTO JOE FELICILDA party-litigants the other Regional Editor-WestMin Editorial Consultant day, February 07, 2017, that after his stint with the RODRIGO B. SEVILLA JOE PALABAO judiciary, he is considering Regional Editor-Davao Feature Editor a career in mediation, or ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI the process of bringing NOTARY PUBLIC- JUNI LAW OFFICE together parties who have CELL NO: 09352379999/ (088) 8573595 CRUZ TAAL ST., CAG. DE ORO CITY Legal Counsel
would be directed toward the other person. However, it is apparent that the deep respect must reside in the one extending the trust. To trust others one must first trust self. In other words, one must value their
opposing and contradictory claims to arrive at a happy settlement. The reason? On that day, during the so-called “judicial dispute resolution” (or a court mediation participated in by a judge) of a case which had been pending for several years before Branch 90, Judge Daway managed to entice the parties to a P500,000.00 collection case to settle their differences, where the litigants agreed to give concessions by way of giving up some of their claims. Explaining the benefits of lowering their demands and counter-demands as a way to finally resolve the parties’ dispute, Judge Daway then led the parties to sign an agreement which was embodied in an order that he himself issued. The creditor in that case agreed to lower his demand, and the debtor agreed to increase what he was amenable to pay, and, bingo, their problem got solved instantly, even when their lawyers were absent! -oooS C E N C O U R AG E S JUDGES TO BE MEDIATORS: It would seem Judge Daway is gaining fame as a magistrate who could be relied upon to effect a fair, just and godly resolution of the court cases that have
been assigned to him, even without the rigors of a protracted litigation or court proceeding being resorted to. The Supreme Court is encouraging this kind of a conflict resolution, with its rules on mediation and judicial dispute resolution. Mediation is resorted to after a case---whether civil or criminal---reaches the trial courts. It is usually done by referring the case to a mediator authorized by the Supreme Court to mediate and find mutually acceptable solutions even without trial. Judicial dispute resolution takes place when mediation fails, and it is directed by the judge where the case is assigned. In one particular case where I assisted an accused of having embezzled some P1.2 million from the bank he was then working with, Judge Daway adroitly directed the parties there towards a happy compromise, resulting in the dismissal of the qualified theft case against the accused, and setting him free once again, with the bank recovering its money. Truly, the courts should have more Judge Daways in their midst! -oooJESUS, AS A BOY, WAS GOD AND SAVIOR: So I was mistaken---Jesus grew up in Nazareth, but not in Bethlehem. At least, that’s
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what the Bible says in Luke 2. But that is not the point. Jesus may have grown up anywhere, for all we may care (or, in typing the column where I said He grew up in Bethlehem, I may have committed a typographical error in an attempt to beat a deadline). Yet, what is more important to realize is that, during the year that there were no exact details of what He had done or where He had been, the Bible clearly demonstrated He was God and Savior, even when He was still a young boy. “He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was with him,” Luke said. Now, this could only be taken to mean that Jesus is not human, when read in conjunction with Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6, and Matthew 1:18-25. -oooPLEASE LISTEN: “Ang Tanging Daan” (The Sole Way): a Bible Exposition and prayer session online, could now be heard 24/7 (24 hours a day), in the Philippines and the world at www.facebook.com/angtangingdaan. Phone: 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0977 805 9058. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com.
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THINK a minute. You know that all of the world’s progress has come from people who just weren’t satisfied to let well enough alone. Sir Francis Bacon said: “Acorns and nuts were good, until someone invented bread.” So after you’ve succeeded a little, don’t make the mistake of stopping. If you can’t think up a new idea or invention, then find a way to improve an old one. Someone said: “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” Remember, the enemy of the best is second best. So if you’re satisfied with just what’s good, you’ll never have the best. A famous sports coach
n Remember, the enemy of the best is second best. So if you’re satisfied with just what’s good, you’ll never have the best.
said: “It’s what you learn after you know it all that really counts.” When you think you know it all, you stop improving. If we think we’ve arrived, we’ll get left behind. Successful people keep looking for better work even after they’ve found a job. “We may all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon.” Expanding your horizons means choosing to see the bigger picture and opportunities for success all around you. A woman’s view of life was changed forever when in
a restaurant she met Picasso, the world-famous artist. She asked him to write something on her dinner napkin. Picasso scribbled something quickly and said to her: “That will be $10,000.” Shocked, the woman said to him: “But you did that in just thirty seconds!” Picasso answered: “No, it’s taken me 40 years to do that.” God’s given each of us so much potential. We can, and should, keep learning and improving all our life. So if what you did yesterday is still good enough for you, then you haven’t done
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much today. Don’t just “get by”, get high on life by always learning new things every day. You see, when God stretches you, you never snap back to your original size and shape. You’re always a bit bigger and better than before. So why not ask Jesus to forgive you for not living up to the kind of life He created you to live? Then ask Him to take charge and start showing you every day His better way. Just Think a Minute.
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News behind the news PRESIDENT Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte should wake up to reality that he is now president of a country and not mayor of Davao City. He should maintain his position in relation to worldwide criticisms. When the Americans despised him for the murder of thousands of drug suspects, he got angry and fought back at then President Obama. Now the Columbian president just said his style in drug war is not right because it involves killings, he got angry again and even called the latter an idiot. This certainly is exposing his bad habit and culture as well as the 106 million Filipinos. I guess he must change his lifestyle. There are only three major problems in the country, namely: illegal drugs, corrupt politicians and tattooed criminals. The rest are mere gossips, rumor mongering, light offenses, etc. What made them bigger is it is the law enforcers that are riding on top of these crimes. I think we should have special laws that would punish severely police who commit crimes. After all, it is the civilians who will
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police the police. If we could make corruption and drug problem both punishable via life sentence, I think it could help reduce its incidence. Or if death penalty is finally restored, the better. Rape is a wrongdoing against just one woman. Murder is likewise an offense against one or two persons. Illegal drugs is a horrible crime that hits society or civilization. It victimize so may lives and certainly it deserve capital punishment I hope congress will have an eye on this issue. Same thing with corruption. It impoverish our country and citizens. President Digong Duterte ordered erring cops suspected of kidnapping and killing of a Korean businessman to eat water lilies in Pasig river. On the other hand, PNP chief General Bato ordered the cops involved to make See News, page 7
THE impact of technology development leads to crucial problems in digital society. Hoax news has come up many times so that it is almost uncontrollable. The political issues and social interaction have been blended. These blended components drag the people into jeopardy. Many polemics have been spreading throughout the country and even the world. In that situation, the most disastrous one is the low-educated people. They tend to be the victims when the hoax news is very sensitive. Lives and values around the country and the world are in variety that the sensitivity can affect the people in the digital society. The more sensitive the news related to a certain community, the more disastrous the impact. For example, when in a country there are some kinds of ethnicities, their typical values have become their highlyappreciated entity. When this entity is disdained, the community gets offended. Another example of being sensitive is religion. In a country, there can be more than one religions confessed by the people. When there is hoax news related to humiliating a certain religion, the community in it will also get offended. The more the hoax news,
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the more often the feeling of being offended come up. This is a complicated problem because the source of the news cannot be traced quickly. This requires all the towering figures to be mindful. They should not express any statement uncontrollably. When the statement is offensive, it can create discrepancy in the society. The government and their official organs should have the right measures for tackling the hoax news. In political campaign, it is inevitably that the communities get offended because among the contestants are trying to win the campaign. The strategies taken by the politicians among the parties can be very annoying among the contestants. Even when the leader has already been officially appointed, the criticisms stated can create discrepancies. Again, the more advanced the technology,
mostly the hoax news are in digital versions. It is difficult to detect for the laymen. Therefore, the hoax news has come up very often. The typical news said to be hoax when the source is so strange. Detecting the news like that is difficult for the laymen. To overcome the situation above, the government should work together with the people. They can make strategies for example, by working together with the schools teachers and parents. The schools teachers can discuss the curriculum containing the technology and the impacts. The schools can design a curriculum, in which, one of the subject is information and technology as well as the impacts. They have to work hand-in-hand to tailor the curriculum materials with the strategy of the hoax news. The parents and government can work together by giving counselling. The children at home can also be given a consultation concerning the way to behave against the hoax news. Children can be trained how to distinguish between the hoax news and the real ones. They can be taught how to find the news with the clear sources. More importantly, the government can release
the list of the newspapers or media that are officially registered. For example, in Indonesia, we have a book published by the association of press publication containing the registered media. So far, there have been a huge number of websites and other digital accounts. Social media can also be the sources of the hoax information. Even the hoax news is very often posted in face book, tweeter, WhatsApp, and the like. This is the bad side of technology development. The digital society and the members are blended in different characteristics. They have their own typical entities: some are sensitive others may not be. But, the hoax news tends to disrespect one another in the digital society. ••• Dr. Djuwari Sarkawi is the Head of Research Journal and Publishing Department, STIE Perbanas Surabaya. He is also the guest lecturer at Ottimmo International Master-gourmet Academy, Surabaya; The advisor of Indonesia Association of Press Practitioners/ Journalists in East Java province (HIPSI), Indonesia. He is also the president of the International Association of Scholarly Publishers, Editors, and Reviewers (IASPER).
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NUSP condemns Duterte’s UP TO 50% DISCOUNT ON SELECTED ITEMS mandatory ROTC in senior high In the heels of President Duterte’s latest pronouncements, the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) once again registers its vehement opposition to the revival of mandatory ROTC for Grades 11 and 12. The NUSP stands firm that the ROTC program is nothing more than a fascist tool of repression used by the state to instill a militaristic mindset among the Filipino youth. “The Filipino students have nothing to gain from this proposal. Contrary to the claims of its advocates, the ROTC program does not teach nationalism and discipline to students. Rather it seeks to perpetuate a culture of blind obedience and impunity that is inherent to the program. The explicitly fascist and feudal relations between officers and cadets is a testament to this” NUSP National Spokesperson Mark Vincent Lim said. “It cannot be stressed enough that the history of the ROTC program is one that is laden with corruption, violence, and abuse. Since its inception, it has continuously violated the democratic and academic rights of Filipino students.” Lim said. “We should never forget the murder of UST Student Mark Welson Chua in 2001 at the hands of ROTC officers. He was killed in retaliation for exposing the corruption and malpractices of the ROTC program – which includes the harassment and surveillance of progressive students and organizations in the university.” Lim said. “Chua’s murder paved the way for the passing of RA 9163, also known as the NSTP Act of 2001, which made ROTC optional for college students. However, contrary to the claims of reforms being
made after 2001, the culture of violence and impunity still continues. It is unsurprising then that rights violations still continue.” Lim explained. In 2014, hazing reports were exposed by two female cadets in PUP students. As punishment for their non-attendance, they were hit with wooden sticks and wooden rifles several times. By no means was this an isolated incident. That same year, students of De La Salle University exposed the physical and sexual abuses they were put through during their time in the ROTC. In 2016, several videos trended online showing ROTC officials severely hazing cadets in University of Mindanao – Tagum City. That same year, allegations of sexual abuse in the ROTC program of Benguet State University also came to light. Such abuses have led many progressive youth organizations to call for the abolition of ROTC. The NUSP also stated that the ROTC is also used to justify the presence of military forces in universities and colleges, a violation of the Sotto-Enrile Accord that prohibits military and police presence in the premises of educational institutions. “This latest policy is especially bothersome once we put it into the context of the Duterte administration’s series of extra judicial killings and intensifying fascism. Its so-called war on drugs, the cancellation of the GRP-NDFP peace talks, and now this. All of these seek to create an atmosphere of fear among the Filipino people. We call on youth and students to mobilize and show our opposition in mandatory ROTC” Lim concluded. (NUSP)
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Veterans Bank sees 2017 as ‘banner year’ THE Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) expects a significant expansion in bottom line this year, citing a ‘vigorous’ spike in loans and deposits to usher in a ‘banner’ year. “Banner in the sense that I think we’re going to now have a profitable income statement. Banner in a sense that that will be achieved because of a vigorous spike in our portfolio as well as a vigorous entry of even larger deposits to the bank and expansion of our various products,” PVB Chairman Roberto F. de Ocampo told reporters on the sidelines of a press conference in Quezon City. Owned by World War II veterans, their widows
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a push up several times like those days of ROTC cadets. I can feel that the policemen must be laughing hard for the joke punishment of a crime so big that we call murder. The best thing that they could have done was to lock these men in jail and file criminal cases for kidnapping and murder. Of course, they should be fired from service and never again will they be reinstated. What surprised me so much is President Duterte later ordered the same erring police officers reassigned to Basilan. If this is how Duterte impose punishment, he is wrong because Basilan is not hell. I had been there many times and it is a beautiful place. I know where Isabela and Lamitan, two big places in the island. There are lots of foreign wines and cigarettes there, heaven for them. I am really opposed to the war against the communist/NPA because it is killing between two groups of Filipinos but the problem is the rebels are so aggressive to kill. I see them as criminals and, therefore, should be stopped. Our country does now allow anybody to kill, extorts, take over the government, etc. and these are the things that led Duterte to declare all-out war against them. The government now plans to use fighter jets to drop bombs to the hideouts of the rebels. Again, this is dangerous but I see this as the best way to win a war. I urge our soldiers to watch our shores as there might be shipments of war weapons from communist China for the rebels. President Duterte should not be too onion skinned to angrily react to criticisms from church for the extra judicial killings of alleged drug suspects. The president should be reminded that he is a public property and vulnerable to criticisms by anyone. He should not behave like then President Cory Aquino and her son Noynoy who quickly file libel cases against journalists who attacked them through the media. Duterte should know that the media are the eyes, ears and the soul of the community. I once collided with then President Cory Aquino when I asked her if she was to share power with the communists. She got angry and shouted at me a big NO when she could have replied in a soft lady-like voice of a country’s chief executive. I think the department of education should introduce an important subject in the secondary schools. Inform the students about communism, what its disadvantages in our society. We should not keep them ignorant on the matter and fall into the bad side. Our education system should adjust to the environment rather than sticking to the Spanish system that is more
than a hundred years old. President Digong Duterte agreed to the American troops request to build barracks in several parts of the country. This is in connection with the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). Absolutely this is good for our country against the threats of the communists invasion. To me,the Americans should be allowed too to put up air bases in the three regions of the country. (Bennex News Service)
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Villanueva town. The project is being implemented by the DPWH’s Unified Project Management Office for Flood Control Management Cluster (UPMO-FCMC)headed by Project Director Patrick B. Gatan, directly under the Office of Public Works and Highways Undersecretary for Operations Emil K. Sadain. To fast track the projects, work scopes for Stage I (Upstream Section), which has a length of 642 meters long, included commencing construction of flood protection dike, excavation of towhead area and drainage 1 sluiceway. Stage 2 (Downstream Section), which consists of 1,927 meters long, included undergoing construction of dike embankment with revetment and partition walls, excavation of river channel, drainage improvement and two drainage sluiceway. The UPMO-FCMC, said DPWH constructed flood protection dikes on bothsides of the Tagoloan River from 1994 to 2002 for prevention of inundation. However, the construction of the necessary diking system was only 50 percent completed due to budgetary constraints. “The main flood mitigation works is to complete the dike system in the lower Tagoloan River Basin. With completed flood protection system, it is expected that the target areas will further be developed and urbanized. Due to damages caused by typhoon Senyang in 2014, the implementation of the project has been divided into two stages to be able to undertake the most vulnerable section (Stage I) as soon as possible,” it said in a report. The consultants, CTI Engineering International Co., Ltd., in association with Nippon Koei Co., Ltd., Woodfields Consultants, Inc. Philkoei International and Foresight Development and Surveying Co., visited the project sites for assessment and evaluation on Wednesday, February 8, 2017. Stage 1, which started off last year, is expected to be completed in December, this year. It is at 29 percent completed while Stage 2, which commenced recently, is expected to be completed in March 2019. Stage 1 project has been awarded to Cavite Ideal International
Friday, February 10, 2017 Construction Development Corp. (CAVDEAL) headed by Edgar Tuppil, project manager, with a contract cost of P133 million while Stage 2 is being undertaken by Qingdao Municipal Construction Group Co. headed by Xia Dingding, project manager, with a contract cost of more than P534 million. Two components are being pushed by the DPWH and its consultants in fast tracking the Tagoloan River flood risk management project. These involve structures and non-structural measures. The consultants said there is a need to promote and educate the local government units, residents and stakeholders on mitigation not just on physical structures, but for non-structural measures, as well, which include upgrading of hazard map, identifying danger zones, promotion of evacuation measures. Stakeholders, including engineers and students, he said, need to develop skills, as well. A Flood Mitigation Committee is organized, composed of a DPWH representative as chairman, along with Tagoloan Mayor Manok Emano as vice chairman. In a recent meeting with Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano at the Provincial Capitol attended by DPWH-UPMOFCMC, consultants, contractors and other stakeholders of the project, Emano instructed local government stakeholders to support the fast-tracking of the project, taking into consideration the January 19, 2017 overflowing of the Tagoloan River, which threatened lives and properties again after Typhoon Senyang hit Misamis Oriental. On December 29, 2014, Typhoon Senyang passed Northern Mindanao and incurred heavy damages to Tagoloan and other towns, affecting 3,422 families with 161 houses totally damaged and 60 partially damaged. Crop damages reached 34.3 million, livestock - P346,850 and damages to infrastructures reached P10.53 million. Me a nw h i l e , P u b l i c Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar visited Cagayan de Oro City after the city submerged in rainwater again last January 16. Apart from the Tagoloan River, JICA, through Loan No. PH-P253, is also funding the Flood Risk Management Project for Cagayan de Oro River.
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public affair officer, said the incident took place around 5 a.m. At that time, 200 suspected rebels forcibly entered the home of one Lito Siagan Atoy, 48, married, at Barangay Tikalaan of the above-mentioned locality. He added that some of the rebels dragged Atoy and
two government personnel, whom they chanced upon at Kilometer 28 of Barangay Tikalaan, before fleeing aboard seven motorcycles. At this point, the rebels also destroyed the heavy equipment they stole from Mindanao Rock Corporation before heading towards the direction of Lanao Del Sur. One of the abducted government personnel was later identified as a certain PO2 Natividad of the Kalilangan Municipal Police Station. Pursuit operations are now being conducted by the 1st Special Forces Battalion, Martinez added. (Priam F. Nepomuceno/PNA)
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where customers patronize, thus diminishing their sales. The new deputized traffic enforcers will receive P3,000 in monthly honoraria and half a sack of rice per month plus free lunch each duty once the proposal is approved by Moreno. They will be escorted by police officers for their security once, they will be deployed.
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purchased, via direct contracting, 36 sets SENAO SN 6108 long range radio/telephone consisting of 1 mother base, 9 units programmable handsets, 10 units battery chargers, 10 units chargeable batteries, 10 units telephone jackets, 1 unit connector, 1 unit umbrella type antenna with cable, 10 units operating manuals; and, 35 sets SENAO SN 568 super long range cordless radio/ telephone double base with cable and umbrella type antenna. Documents showed that no public bidding was conducted for the multimillion peso pork barrel project. The budget used in the purchase was sourced from the 2007 Congressional Initiative Fund of ex-Representative Peter Paul Jed Falcon. It was also found that Luna approved the P18.9 million payment to Philflex despite non-delivery of the equipment and lack of supporting documents. As a result, the Commission on Audit issued two Notices of Disallowance in 2011. In case the penalty can no longer be enforced due to respondent’s separation from the service, the penalty is convertible to a fine equivalent to respondent’s salary for one year. source: ombudsman.gov.ph
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“institutionalization, development, training and organization” of basic ROTC in Grades 11 and 12 during last Tuesday’s cabinet meeting. Abella said the mandatory ROTC program will cover public and private senior high schools.
“In his 2016 State of the Nation Address, the President made a policy pronouncement to strengthen the ROTC program to instill love of country and good citizenship among the youth, and to make it once again mandatory,” Abella said in a text message to Palace reporters on Wednesday. He said it will be submitted to Congress for deliberations and hopefully, for approval. ROTC is now just one of the three components of the National Service Training Program, a civic education and defense preparedness program for Filipino college students. A hazing incident involving the death of Mark Welson Chua of the University of Sto. Tomas and corruption have prompted the government to stop the mandatory implementation of ROTC program in 2001. (PNA)
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among the young students, mandatory ROTC will justify further militarization and attacks on the democratic rights and freedoms of students in schools.” she said. Kabataan Partylist has filed House Bill 2399 or the “ROTC Abolition Act of 2016” in August last year. “The mandatory ROTC in senior high school is a crucial part of this campaign as it seeks to instill blind obedience in the minds of the youth. All of these policies seek to create an atmosphere of fear among the Filipino people, to cow us into submission” said National Union of Students in the Philippines spokesperson Mark Vincent Lim. “We expect more human rights violations to be committed, with the AFP unleashing manic violence regardless of civilian casualties,” the group said. NUSP has started an online petition against the revival of the mandatory ROTC in schools. The petition said that the AFP through the ROTC “only inculcates the military culture of corruption and political patronage, sexism and machismo, human rights violations, and ideological bigotry, which is inconsistent with academic freedom and is detrimental to the development of the youth.” The petition said that making ROTC mandatory is an injustice to Mark Welson Chua, a University of Santo Tomas student who was murdered after exposing corruption among ROTC officials and cases of their abuses on cadets. Chua’s death led to the enactment of the NSTP law, which made ROTC voluntary. Just last year, Gabriela Youth exposed a case in Benguet State University where cadets were physically abused and “were forced to masturbate in front of their ROTC officers.” Female cadets were also forced to sleep in the male officers’ office.
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“We call on the Filipino youth and students to denounce this campaign of fear being perpetrated by the administration. Let us make them hear our demands, let us mobilize, let us show them that we will not be intimidated by their tactics,” said Lim. Gabriela youth said it is “dangerous for the youth to be exposed to a program that emboldens and justifies committing human rights violations and abuses against the people.” The group challenged Duterte to “not to let the fascist military and US imperialism gain from this situation.”
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feedback on the bank’s 2016 f inancia l p er formance, De Ocampo said that while the bank continues to post growth, he was not satisfied. “ I ’m n o t y e t c o m pletely happy because, from a profit-and-loss point of view, we’re still chipping away at the past f i nanc i a l d i f f i c u lt i e s ,” he said. “From t h e p oi nt of view of what you might call the overall condition of the bank as reflected in the balance sheet, lumakas na. And from the point of view of institutional improvement, tumaas na ang aming rating, nalagay na namin ang good governance practices and processes in t he Philippine Veterans Bank,” he added. De Ocampo said the bank will take an aggressive tack to expand into electronic banking and improve its business. “I think the wave of the future is more electronic banking than br i c k an d m or t ar. S o, while we only have 60 branches, I’m going to be emphasizing on electronic banking in order to reach further and to work our partnerships with existing entities already in the constituencies we are targeting,” he said. — JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News
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