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February 6, 2017

NBI-11: None of us is corrupt

By RUEL V. PELONE of Mindanao Daily News and ROEL N. CATOTO of MindaNews

HOUSE Natural Resources committee chairperson and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate is backing the plan of Secretary Gina Lopez of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)to close down 23 abusive mining companies and the suspension of 5 others. On Thursday, Lopez ordered the closure of 23 mining firms in the country and suspended 5 more for serious environmental violations discovered during the industry-wide audit conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) since July last year. In a news release posted on its website, Lopez was See backs, page 7

Destruction. This is Hinatuan Island in Surigao del Norte ravaged by mining. The HInatuan Mining Corp. operating here is among the 14 mining firms in the Caraga Region ordered closed by Environment Secretary on 1 February 2017. Photo courtesy of Sec. Lopez’s Facebook page

Mass, candles lighted at the foot of ‘Flight 387’ memorial By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor

Mt. Sumagaya Tragedy.

A relative of one of the people who died when Cebu Pacific flight 387 crashed in Mt. Sumagaya in Claveria, Misamis Oriental on 02 February 1998, visits the marker for the victims at Oro Garden Memorial Park in Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday, the 19th anniversary of the tragedy. The crash killed 104 passengers and crew members. MindaNews photo by Aries Sandino M. Mordeno

CLAVERIA, Misamis Oriental--Hundreds flocked to this landlocked town last Thursday to hold a mass and light a candle in a shrine dedicated to those who perished in a plane crash, 19 years ago on Feb. 2, 1998. Cebu Pacific Air Flight 387 crashed in Mt. Sumagaya , a 7,375 ft. mountain in

Claveria, about 50 kilometers from the Lumbia Airport in Cagayan De Oro City, killing all the 104 passengers and crew on board 19 years ago. As early as 8:00 a.m. Thursday, the convoy of private and public vehicles moved toward the foot of Mt. Sumagaya where the memorial shrine now stood

Pursue peace by shunning violence CAGAYAN de Oro City--If the Communist rebels want lasting peace in the country, they must show their intent is real by surrendering their weapons and shun violence, a ranking military official said Friday. Major Gen. Benjamin Madrigal Jr., commander of the Phil. Army’s 4th Infantry Division covering the Caraga and Northern Mindanao areas, questioned

the New People’s Army’s sincerity in the ongoing peace talks as the Maoist insurgents decided to end its self-imposed unilateral interim ceasefire starting Feb. 10. As the NPA made the announcement to suspend cessation of hostilities on Wednesday, one of its a guerrilla units operating in the region shot to death three soldiers in Bukidnon. Madrigal, in a statement, lambasted the killing See peace, page 7

See FOOT, page 7

DAVAO City--The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Region 11 assured none of its are involved in illegal activities. NBI-11 director Atty. Arnold Rosales was reacting to President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to suspend their anti-illegal drug operations while measures are being undertaken to cleanse the agency of alleged scalawags. “Wa l a naman kami magagawa kasi utos yun pero (we can do nothing because it’s an order but) I can assure that walang corrupt dito sa amin (no one among us is corrupt),” Rosales said. On Thursday, Duterte ordered NBI along with the Philippine National Police to suspend their anti-illegal drug operations after some of their officials were implicated in the kidnap-slay of a Korean businessman. Rosales said that since he is confident that there are no corrupt agents in their office they will not be perform internal cleansing. “Wala kami dapat icleansing here in NBI-South Eastern Mindanao Regional Office kasi hindi naman involve ang mga investigator ko sa corruption lalo na See none, page 7

‘Thick forest’ cover prevented floods in San Francisco town

Military official to NPA:

By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent

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By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN, Contributing Editor

THE magnificent view of Mt. Magdiwata with forest cover fully restored after two decades of reforestation initiated by San Francisco Water District in San Francisco town in Agusan del Sur. Photo by Chris V. Panganiban for Mindanao Daily News

SAN Francisco, Agusan del Sur--The town center here was spared from the onslaught of massive flooding that hit the entire province since last month thanks to the thick forest cover of the watershed of Mt. Magdiwata, according to a local forest expert. Bonifacio Narca, forester of San Francisco Water District (SFWD), said the 95 percent forest cover of the 1,650 hectares watershed especially the topmost part of the mountain prevented the huge bulk of heavy rains to cascade down to the five villages of the town center that avoided flooding. Narca particularly cited the large crack with a hectare in diameter found atop Mt. Magdiwata in January 2014 which was rehabilitated by naturally grown trees See floods, page 7

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Power grid to connect ‘Visayas-Mindanao’ in 2020 By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City--The proposed power grid connection between the Visayas and Mindanao is expected to be completed in 2020, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced Thursday. Mae Roselle Curiano, communication officer of the NGCP here, made the announcement

after the NGCP completed the Hydrographic Survey aimed to unify the nation’s three power grids through a viable route that would connect the VisayasMindanao power grid. She said that the study known as “Hydrographic Survey” conducted in September until November 2016, has now identified the viable route beginning in Cebu and terminating in Di-

polog, Zamboanga Del Norte. With the identification of the viable route, the interconnection of the power grid between the Visayas and Mindanao would commence soon. The Luzon and Visayas grids have long been connected via the NGCP’s Naga – Ormoc High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) line, Curiano said. Considering the large under-

‘Green pesticides can help farmers transition into sustainable agri devt’

A study fortifies the importance of green pesticides, also known as “bio-pesticides,” which are a set of tools and applications that can bolster the transition of Asian farmers away from the use of highly toxic conventional synthetic chemical pesticides into a more sustainable agricultural development. In his paper presentation titled “Green Pesticides for Sustainable Development,” Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan’s vice-president for social development Roel Ravanera championed ag-

riculture as a pivotal component in overcoming massive poverty, hunger, and resource degradation to attain sustainable growth in Asia. “Agriculture can play a vital role in overcoming these challenges as the region is home to the largest number of the world’s poor, majority of whom reside in the rural areas and dependent on farming for a living,” said Ravanera, former dean of Xavier Ateneo’s College of Agriculture. Ravanera was among the

academic leaders in Asia who made a presentation at the “International Seminar on Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects,” held on January 20 and 21 at the Loyola Academy Degree and PG College in Secunderabad, Telangana, India. Crop production, according to Ravanera, will have to “increase significantly” to meet the needs of a rising human population in the region. But he cautioned that this has to

taking in connecting the power grid between the Visayas and Mindanao, the NGCP would employ a state-of-the-art technology that would ensure a lasting power sharing grid between the two islands. For instance, Curiano said, the NGCP has considered many factors in the design and implementation of the project, including the changing weather

CHAMPIONING AGRICULTURE. Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan’s vice-president for social development Roel Ravanera presents his paper, “Green Pesticides for Sustainable Development” at the “International Seminar on Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects” ini Secunderabad, Telangana, India . Supplied photo

MAKING SOLUTIONS. Students and leaders from various fields of chemistry and agriculture converge at the “International Seminar on Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects,” on January 20 and 21 at the Loyola Academy Degree and PG College in Secunderabad, Telangana, India. Supplied photo

be done without damaging the other public goods, such as the environmental and social benefits, that farming brings to urban and rural communities. “One way of doing this is to improve the management of pests that reduce crop yield by about 40%,” he said. Ravanera recognizes the enormity of this development challenge and the roles of other sectors in promoting and sustaining the use of green pesticides. “Although it is only part of a larger solution, [green pesticides] play an important role in providing safe

environment and human conditions,” he said. Ravanera represented Xavier Ateneo, through the support of the Office of International Cooperation and Networking (OICN), to this international seminar, which served as a venue for leaders to discuss various issues and prospects of green chemistry and technology to provide solutions to Asia’s pressing problems. Students, faculty members, researchers, industrialists, and scientists from the fields of chemistry, chemical technology, pharmaceutical, and agriculture across Asia attended the said seminar.

In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Sendong in 2011, former President Benigno S. Aquino III called for “a more accurate, integrated, and responsive disaster prevention and mitigation system, especially in highrisk areas throughout the Philippines.” In response, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

1) Storm Surge (under PAGASA), 2) Landslide, and 3) WebGIS. These projects, working together and sharing data among themselves, became the core of DOST’s flagship program called the Disaster Risk Reduction/Climate Change Adaptation (DRRCCA) which then Secretary Montejo called the NOAH

Program. This program, with a budget of P6.4 billion, is now beefed up with 19 components, including the original six projects plus DREAM-LiDAR, 3-D Mapping, FloodNET, Landslide Sensors Development, and Hydro-Met Sensors Development, among others.

EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased MARIA C. BALAG and INOCENCIO S. BALAG, SR. who died on May 23, 2013 and April 4, 2015 respectively at Davao Regional Hospital, Apokon, Tagum City, Davao del Norte and Brgy. Poblacion, Maragusan, Compostela Valley Province respectively; that the said decedents died intestate, without Testament and without leaving any debts, whatsoever; is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS; made and entered by and among; RAUL DICK C. BALAG, of legal age, Filipino, married to MELITA M. BALAG and a resident of Blk. 7, Lot 3, Davao Empress, Panacan, Davao City RUEL C. BALAG, ROWENA BALAG-GARCIA, ROY C. BALAG, RAQUEL BALAG, QUIRANTE, RENE C. BALAG, ROSELA BALAGABYAN, RUBY BALAG-SEISA and INOCENCIO C. BALAG, JR. all of legal age, Filipinos, married and a residents of Brgy. Poblacion, Maragusan, Compestella Valley Province; That at the time of their death, said decedent left a certain real property, situated at La Filipina, Tagum City, Davao del Norte, Island of Mindanao, Philippines, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TEN (110) SQUARE METERS, more or less,; that pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised of Court of the Philippines, the parties herein being all of age, have agreed to divide as they hereby divide and adjudicate, the aforesaid real property between and among themselves in equal shares or pro-rata; that further, the heirs of the late MARIA C. BALAG and INOCENCIO S. BALAG, SR. namely; 1. RUEL C. BALAG 2. ROWENA BALAG-GARCIA 3. ROY C. BALAG 4.RAQUEL BALAGQUIRANTE 5. RENE C. BALAG 5. ROSELA BALAG-ABYAN 7. RUBY BALAG-SEISA and 8. INOCENCIO C. BALAG, JR,; hereby voluntarily waives and relinquishes their respective shares and / or rights over the above-mentioned property in favor of their co-heir RAUL DICK C. BALAG, of legal age, Filipino married to MELITA M. BALAG and a resident of Blk. 7, Lot 3, Davao Empress, Panacan, Davao City; Under Notary Public of ATTY. LUEL C. MENDEZ; As per Doc No. 906; Page No. 181; Book No. CXVII; Series of 2016. MDN: Jan. 30, Feb. 6 & 13, 2017

conditions. The NGCP ensures that the quality and reliability of power transmission services to both the Visayas and Mindanao power subscribers would be given utmost importance, Curiano said. She said that considering that project would gain headway under all normal conditions, the timetable for completion is estimated on December 2020.

Project NOAH: The Story scanned all available technologies and expertise to come up with a flagship program that addressed the nation’s needs before, during, and after disasters. At that time, there were three ongoing DOST-funded independent projects that related to disaster, namely ClimateX, Weather Sensors Development, and Disas-

ter Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation or DREAM. Upon the directive of then DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo, these three projects were consolidated, and likewise three more projects were approved to form Project NOAH which had Dr. Mahar Lagmay as executive director. These three new projects were:

See NOAH, page 6

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Gov. Emano anxious over termination of ceasefire e-mail: mindanaodailynews@gmail.com

Monday, February 6, 2017

By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

ISAMIS Oriental-Provincial governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano, of Misamis Oriental, has expressed concerned over the termination of the unilateral ceasefire between the government and the communist rebels.

President Rodrigo Duterte declared that the government was also terminating the ceasefire with the communist rebels effective Friday and ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to be Veteran journalist, Businessweek Mindanao VP for Admin and Training Director Joe Felicilda (right) poses with at- ready to fight. “I am ordering the AFP tendees of the seminar on Interpersonal Communication (A Road Survival Tool) last Saturday at Pirates in Cagayan to return to the military de Oro City. MDN Photo camp, clean the guns and be ready to fight,” Duterte said in a statement broadcast over the country’s major television network, 48 hours after the New People’s

Mindanao Daily holds communications seminar for traffic officers By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent

BUSINESSWEEK Mindanao, Mindanao Daily News and Pirates held a seminar on Interpersonal Communication (A Road Survival Tool) last Saturday at Pirates in Cagayan de Oro City. According to Businessweek Mindanao publisher and president Dante Sudaria, the seminar is a corporate social responsibility activity of Businessweek Mindanao and Mindanao Daily News. There were four topics

covered in the whole-day event – Characteristics of A Traffic Officer, Communication Theory, Interpersonal Communication – A Road Survival Tool and A Traffic Officer, A Good Communicator. All were ably handled by veteran journalist and Mindanao Daily News editorial consultant Joe Felicilda. Felicilda, who formulated the modules himself, said that this course is needed by traffic officers and traffic investigators nowadays to lessen violence during traffic altercations. He said that traffic

officers need to know how to deal with motorists and pedestrians with diverse personalities. Felicilda also said that the seminar is one way to decrease possible violence in traffic stops. “A good traffic officer must have knowledge, skills and attitudes in handling different kinds of people,” he added. There were 15 attendees who completed the seminar. They are Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) enforcers, police officers, chief investigators and members of the media.

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Army (NPA) declared the termination of the unilateral ceasefire effective Feb. 10 last Wednesday. The termination of the unilateral ceasefire from both the government and the NPA rebels is pregnant with renewed armed confrontation, which could lead to the people’s displacement in areas where fighting occurs, Emano said. He said that the mass displacement could largely affect the province’s tourism industry, which has gained headway when the unilateral ceasefire was declared in August last year. “Tourism is one of Misamis Oriental’s flagship programs that could provide employment to the locale and perk the province’s economy,” Emano said. He said that he was apprehensive that the termination of the ceasefire would derail the provincial government’s effort to promote the major tourist destinations in Misamis Oriental could be gravely affected with the recent development.

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NONONG Noriega, a fellow contributor of PLDT’s ACCESS Magazine, explained it very well several years ago: “Try tracing the information flow and you’ll find out that many leaders may not really have been amiss when it comes to directives that need to be relayed, goals that need to be cascaded or mandates that require strict compliance. But true communication suggests meaningful connection. This is not about fancying packaging. It’s more about diverse communication!” The Internet - boon or bane? Email blasts.... The year 2000 was not only a symbolic date. The “Year 2000 problem” in electronic data processing

showed the world how easy it is to injure our hightech-society. Branching out in all directions, disturbances in our daily public life have been imminent, if electronic processes that control economy, traffic and telecommunication have not been changed. The timely tracking down of software and hardware required costly measures. Shortly after the birth pains of the new millennium -once upon a timethe computer virus I LOVE YOU created a sensation and additional financial burden in billion-fold amounts. Virus attacks or hacking on electronic information systems in our daily life, were following global damages. But, we can find global

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have their own little nook in the web where they can share their stories to the world. I do the same. But, the modern society needs an unlimited and unrestricted possession of its technical business - and concern means (very costly) precautions against acts of technical destruction such as criminal and terrorist acts. Digital networks, first, the entire Internet, are public and are seldom really protected against criminal motivated abuse. See MOTHER, page 7

The evil that has grown into cops

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned…” (Isaiah 9:2, the Holy Bible). -oooPURPOSE OF THE EDITORIAL MAGI VISIT WHEN JESUS ALLAN M. MEDIANTE WAS BORN: The narration Editor-in-Chief of the birth of Jesus, our ruel pelone CRIS DIAZ God and Savior, won’t be Managing Editor Executive Editor complete without mentioning the visit to Bethlehem of CHENG ORDOÑEZ MARK FRANCISCO the Magi, or the wise men Associate Editor Lifestyle Editor from the east who were led GILBERT Y. CHAO gerry lee gorit by a star in the sky in their Motoring Editor Photo Journalist search of the “King of the Jews”. Who were they, and PAT SAMONTE CHRIS PANGANIBAN Regional Editor Caraga Regional Editor-Davao what exactly was the reason for their presence at the Rene Michael BaÑos uRIEL C. QUILINGUING manger? Regional Editor Northmin Contributing Editor -ooo AL JACINTO JOE FELICILDA WHY THE DISPAR Regional Editor-WestMin Editorial Consultant ITY IN TREATMENT OF CRIMINALS? The year was ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI 2016. In the first few days NOTARY PUBLIC- JUNI LAW OFFICE after a new president was CELL NO: 09352379999/ (088) 8573595 inaugurated, hundreds of CRUZ TAAL ST., CAG. DE ORO CITY people who were known Legal Counsel or suspected to be drug

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computer sabotage acts or spy networks as well as injuring of confidential data processing, electronic information systems’ removal changed dramatically also the political and economic conflict potentials. I am an avid blogger for several years. I have been reading an old article dated March 18, 2013 with big interests. “Internet connection as blogger’s best friend” with testimonies of bloggers Vincent Tabor of Baguio City, Ruben Licera of Cebu City and Avel Manansala of General Santos City. Yes, indeed, it wasn’t too long ago when blogging was a novelty. Today, modern technology has enabled people to

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addicts, drug pushers, or who were believed to have anything to do with illegal drugs, particularly shabu, were killed outright and without mercy. The verdict was that, these people had to die, for they were considered responsible for the drug menace that has made criminal monsters out of Filipinos, even if the only thing there was against them was pure suspicion and their reputation as being involved in drugs. Fast forward to 2017. Policemen have been pointed to as kidnappers, murderers,

and extortionists who have made a mockery of the new president’s war against illegal drugs. Yet, they remain alive today, and are even given the opportunity to debunk the accusations against them. The question in many people’s mind is: why the disparity in treatment of criminals? -oooCRIMINALITY IS AN EVIL THAT HAS BECOME PART OF POLICEMEN: Would push-ups and cases against rouge policemen correct their involvement in crimes? The answer is a clear no. As everybody had been saying all along, it would need much more than push-ups and criminal prosecutions for policemen engaged in crime to change. The Philippine experience shows this to be so. Engaging in a crime, while in police uniform yet, is an evil that has grown into, or has become part of, many policemen, whether or not

top government or police officials will care to admit it or deny it. Amazingly, however, no less than the president already made an admission: 40% of the police force are active criminals. What then should be done? Send the erring policemen to Mindanao, or shame the rouge cops in front of their families? Yes, we can do these things, but the real change will come only if the minds and hearts of every policeman--whether lowly ranked or star-ranked---have been made to fear and love God above all else, which this present president is not even thinking of ! Failure is sure to come, six years or so later! -oooMAGI CONFIRM JESUS IS GOD THE FATHER: The presence of the Magi during the birth of Jesus, as shown in Matthew 2 of the Bible, tells us that it See EVIL, page 6

The Striker

Strike while hot

SECRETARY of Justice Vitaliano Aguirre was quoted as saying “no death penalty? Kill the criminals.” He was referring to congress, which discussed the passage of the capital punishment, but which more than 20 lawmakers are not in favor. Aguirre further said there is no problem with him because he can order the killing of criminals. I see this as a very irresponsible statement because killing them without due process is illegal. I guess no lawyer or even law students would agree with Aguirre’s position specially that there is no death penalty as yet in our land. The pronouncement of Aguirre only proved that the everyday killing of

alleged criminals in our midst is sanctioned by the government. The revival of the Philippine Constabulary does not mean anything. Its functions are practically the same with the police If we can hire more police officers, the number we need to create the PC, it will be fine. What we need in the police force is honest individuals not those cranky kidnappers and killers. Punishing erring policemen to perform push ups like those days with the ROTC is absolutely wrong. They should be locked in jail. According to news reports, the United States may deport 300,000 Filipinos this year. I presume

these deportees involved undocumented Filipinos, the so-called TNT or tago nang tago. I am really very sorry about them, especially those who have been here for a long time and their children have already adopted the environment of the United States. I hope some changes in plans will take place. Filipinos came here as tourists then overstayed unlike other nationals who entered America illegally without even passports. The communists in the country and its arm, the NPA has resumed its ambushes and killed three soldiers in Bukidnon while abducting two others. As I said earlier, things are back to normal and war that could

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not be won is now raging. This must be the result of Duterte’s rejection to release more than 400 communist detainees as demanded by the rebels. Well, if some of these rebels are facing other crimes like murder, rape, homicide, etc. naturally they cannot be released unless we break the rules. A latest report revealed that President Duterte is going to lift ceasefire agreement with the rebels See STRIKE, page 7

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President of the forgotten

seem at least dim, if not outright dark, as the day the inaugural address was delivered. He needs to overstate the decline in order to emphasize his role as ship of what seems to be a for a nation that wants to redeemer. This is why he be “great again.” nation divided. visually compared the idled T h i s i s t he re a s on factories to tombstones lin“Hire America, Buy America,” Trump pro- Trump’s messaging may ing the land. claims unrepentantly. It is a protectionist message sending chills to emerging economies across the globe. But for his base, it is a nationalist clarion call. It is the rallying cry as well as the formula for making America “great again.” The United States is not about to be dislodged as the world’s strongest economy. Parts of America’s industrial base may have been rendered uncompetitive, but the nation remains the leader in high-technology goods, in the creation of content for all media, in financial services, as well as in design-intensive industries. However, the decline of the old industrial sector did produce an underclass of blue-collar workers. That underclass constitutes the hard core of political support for the sort of message that Trump articulates. There may be two Americas: the thriving urban economies driven by new technologies and new lifestyles, pitted against “Middle America” composed mostly of white working-class people producing basic things like coal and cars. Trump is president of the latter America. He is seen as the savior of a faltering industrial economy, the one that would resurrect the Rust Belt and make it the engine

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Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan De Oro City

Republic of the Philippines Office of the Municipal Civil Registrar Don Carlos, Bukidnon

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that NENITA M. ALAVANZA has filed with this office a petition for the change of first name from PACITA to NENITA in the Certificate of Live Birth of PACITA ABAO MABAO who was born on DECEMBER 13,1961 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are ANGELO C. MABAO and PAZ G. ABAO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than FEBRUARY 12, 2017.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that Charles Philip P. Fajardo has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “PHILIP” to “CHARLES PHILIP” in the birth certificate of Philip Panal Fajardo who was born on 21 July 1977 at Talisay, Surigao City, Surigao del Norte and whose parents are Colacito Coronel Fajardo and Conception Barinque Panal. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than February 15, 2017 .

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that LLEVIN DALE TOMAQUIN VERULA has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of clerical error to correct the child’s sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE“ in her certificate of live birth bearing Registry No. 92-1526, was born on August 8, 1992 at Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental to parents MADELINE TOMAQUIN and NORVIN VERULA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than February 14, 2017.

(SGD.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO City Civil Registrar

(SGD.) MELISA R. CAVALIDA Municipal Civil Registrar

(SGD.) ATTY. MARGIE LUSTRE LUMA-AD City Civil Registrar

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especially among the white middle class that now feels vulnerable. He understands nationalism as limiting trade and minimizing America’s international role. He can yet be convinced, however, that a nationalist can also become a patriot, one who recognizes that trade can be of mutual benefit.

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from page 2 Among NOAH Program’s missions were to undertake disaster science research and development, advance the use of cutting edge technologies, and recommend innovative information services in government’s disaster prevention and mitigation efforts. NOAH Program had a multidisciplinary approach in developing systems, tools, and other technologies that could be operationalized by the government to help prevent and mitigate disasters. It also partnered with the academe and other stakeholders to accomplish its objectives. As a Grant-In-Aid project of the DOST, the NOAH Program, as well as its components, all had starting and completion dates,

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan De Oro City

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Bukidnon Municipality of Kibawe

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that LYCIEL MARIE E. SALVAÑA has filed with this office a petition for the change of first name from “LYCIEL MYDA” to “LYCIEL MARIE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of LYCIEL MYDA ESPUERTA SALVAÑA who was born on MARCH 4, 1989 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are CIELITO LINDO DUNGOG SALVAÑA and SHIRLEY ESPINOSA ESPUERTA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than FEBRUARY 6, 2017. (SGD.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO City Civil Registrar

and deliverables, among others. The NOAH Program started in 2011 and most component projects were completed in 2015, including Project NOAH. Project NOAH was a success, and its popularity prompted the Department of Budget and Management to label all succeeding DOST DRR/CCA projects as “Project NOAH/NOAH Program.” Project NOAH Project NOAH, or Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards, was launched in July 2012 in Marikina City by no less than former President Aquino and former Secretary Montejo. Project NOAH was designed to harness technologies and management services for disaster risk reduction activities offered by the DOST through DOST’s agencies PAGASA, PHIVOLCS, and Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOSTASTI) in partnership with the UP National Institute of Geological Sciences and the UP College of Engineering. During its course, Project NOAH under Dr. Lagmay was able to provide an early flood warning system together with the country’s weather authority, the DOST- PAGASA. Project NOAH used and processed data coming from PAGASA. Project NOAH was completed in December 2015 and it was expected to transfer to PAGASA

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that CHEE COM LEGSI-AN has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “ASRYL” to “CHEE” in the birth certificate of ASRYL COM LEGSIAN who was born on February 23, 1994 at Kibawe, Bukidnon and whose parents are DOMIE T. LEGSIAN and CHARITY I. COM. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than Feb. 17, 2017.

(Sgd.) RUFINA R. BUTRON, CE Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: Jan 30 & Feb 6, 2017 MDN: Jan 30 & Feb 6, 2017 Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ERICSON “Khalid” F. BATANG AND FE A. MUEDA,

CIVIL CASE NO.2017-005

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES RODULFO MANUBAG MISA CONSORCIA S. COLLINS-MISA,

CIVIL CASE NO.2017-010

LOYDA F. LINSAGAN, CIVIL CASE NO.2016-111 Petitioner, -Versus- FOR: JUDICIAL DECREE OF DIVORCE (FASKH) AND KHALID P. BAYABAO, SUPPORT Respondent. X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - / SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rites on July 5, 2008 at B. 3, Banga, South Cotabato,both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents at Brgy. Saray, Iligan City and Bo. 3, Banga, South Cotabato City respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated from each other for four (4) years already, since 2001,they decided to separate live physically in bed and board thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on July 5, 2008, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 17, 2017 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 19th day of January, 2017.

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rites on September 15, 2011 at San Nicolas, Cebu City,,both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents at 38 Luna St., Iligan City and Old Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated from each other for more than four (4) years,they decided to separate live physically in bed and board thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on September 15, 2011, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 24, 2017 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 26th day of January, 2017.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

Council, Dr. Lagmay was directed to transfer to PAGASA the tools developed by the Project as one of its deliverables. This included the training of PAGASA personnel on the new tools developed. Towards the end of project ISAIAH, Dr. Lagmay was not able to facilitate the transfer so he made a request for extension dated Nov. 11, 2016 but received by DOST only on December 19, 2016. The submitted documents did not include financial reports, proposed work plan, and target activities for the extension, among other requirements and, therefore, the request has not yet been deliberated upon. All personnel of Project NOAH and ISAIAH are contractual staff and therefore co-terminus with the project. However, DOST, in good faith, recognizes the importance and value of the experts trained under Project NOAH and they should be recruited in government agencies to continue the good work that they have been doing in the past. A transition project under PAGASA will be able to absorb many of the Project NOAH personnel. This is in line with the recently passed PAGASA Modernization Law. In addition, the establishment of the National Space Agency will likewise require personnel with the skill sets of some of the NOAH personnel and they should apply there as well. Project NOAH has developed many tools, generated important data, and trained a new crop of disaster scientists. The service that NOAH provides must be made a permanent fixture in mandated agencies, and this has been the core objective of the project from the very start. Young and highly trained scientists must also be encouraged to join government service. Holding back on the expected delivery or even promise of technology and knowledge transfer is denying the Filipino people of better weather forecasting and disaster risk assessment services. (S&T Media Services)

Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

RODULFO MANUBAG MISA CONSORCIA S. COLLINS-MISA, Petitioners. X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /

ERICSON “Khalid” F. BATANG AND FE A. MUEDA, Petitioners. X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

TO: KHALID P. BAYABAO Aba-Alkhail Computer School, Millionaires Village, Kapantaran Marinaut, Marawi City GREETINGS: By virtue of the Court Order dated January 27, 2017, You are hereby required to appear of file with this court within ten (10) days from the date of the last publication of this summons, either personally, through counsel or with the assistance of the Clerk of Court at 2nd Floor, Nancy Bldg., Camague Hi-way, Tomas Cabili, Iligan City ( in front of Shell Station), your answer to the petition filed by your wife (LOYDA F. LINSAGAN), which substance she prays for a grant of Divorce by faskh. You are hereby required to serve a copy of your answer upon petitioner at her residence at Zone-6, Bagong Silang, Iligan City. You are reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the answers. Should you fail to come personally or through a representative or file your answer to the petition within the aforesaid period, the Court shall proceed to receive the evidence ex-parte upon which judgment shall be rendered. Iligan City, Philippines, January 27, 2017

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MDN: Jan 30, Feb 6 & 13, 2017

MDN: Jan 23, 30 & Feb 6, 2017

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Davao del Sur City/Municipality: Matanao NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that LEBE FAMOR-VILLORIA has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from DIVINA to LEBE in the birth certificate of DIVINA ANTIMOR FAMOR who was born on May 7, 1958 at Matanao, Davao del Sur and whose parents are AGUSTIN FAMOR and VICENTA ANTIMOR. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than Feb. 6, 2017. (Sgd.) NONITA DIONISIO-DALUMPINES Municipal Civil Registrar

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: COTABATO City/Municipality: CARMEN

Date: January 25, 2017

MDN: Jan 30 & Feb 6, 2017

all the technologies that the project developed. PAGASA has the mandate to “provide protection against natural calamities and utilize scientific knowledge as an effective instrument to insure the safety, well- being and economic security of all the people, and for the promotion of national progress.” Therefore it is the government’s prime end-user for all technologies generated by Project NOAH and similar initiatives. This is not to say, however, that only PAGASA can use the said technologies as these are open to all institutions and offices that need them. In early 2015, then Secretary Montejo created a committee through a special order that specifically directed PAGASA and Project NOAH personnel, including Dr. Lagmay, to start the transfer of developed data and tools to PAGASA. The start of the transfer process was again agreed upon in a meeting on November 28, 2016 with Dr. Lagmay, DOST officials, and PAGASA. In a statement on Project NOAH released on January 30, 2017, DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña said the “results are useful and should be institutionalized in regular government agencies whose mandates cover these areas.” Thus, it is not only PAGASA that can use the technologies but also other agencies concerned with disaster risk reduction to benefit the Filipino people by saving lives and property. This is science for the people. Transition then extension In 2016, Project NOAH had yet to complete the transfer to PAGASA so Dr. Lagmay was advised to propose a transition project to facilitate the transfer of technology. Dr. Lagmay then proposed the project called ISAIAH or the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards: Integrated Scenario-based Assessments of Impacts and Hazards, which was approved in March 2016. Upon the project’s approval in DOST-PCIEERD’s Governing

MDN: Jan 30 & Feb 6, 2017

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Date: 25, 2017

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidlines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that JEAN SARMIENTO NIEDO has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” and correction of entry in the date of birth from 28 January 1987 to 15 January 1987 in the Certificate of Live Birth of JEAN SARMIENTO NIEDO at Carmen, Cotabato and whose parents are Esperanzo G. Niedo and Esther N. Sarmiento. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than Feb. 9, 2017. (Sgd.) MARY P. MACAYA Municipal Civil Registrar

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: COTABATO City/Municipality: CARMEN Date: 25, 2017

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that Kasmaira C. Mamento has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in the date of birth from 23 July 1961 to 25 July 1961 in the Certificate of Live Birth of KASMAIRA C. MAMENTO at Carmen, Cotabato and whose parents are Samad E. Mamento and Samina Calapatan. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than Feb. 9, 2017. MDN: Jan 30 & Feb 6, 2017

(Sgd.) MARY P. MACAYA Municipal Civil Registrar

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pagdating sa drug cases,” He said. ” Palagi ko rin sila gina-monitor at reminders on their job,”he added. But he admitted that one investigator was discharged from the service in 2015 for protecting his brother who was involved in illegal drugs. NBI-11 has 14 personnel. (MindaNews)

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quoted as saying in a news conference saying “my issue here is not about mining. My issue here is social justice. If there are businesses and foreigners that go and utilize the resources of that area for their benefit and the people of the island suffer, that’s social injustice.” Lopez issued the closure orders against 23 mining firms based on the final results and recommendations of the multisectoral audit teams formed to look into the compliance of mining operators with the existing environmental laws and regulations, the report said. In a news release, Zarate also called for the immediate enforcement of the DENR order and the permanent closure of companies that caused massive damage to the environment and livelihood of the people. “The constant monitoring of the 5 suspended mines should also be done for them to strictly comply with environmental laws,” he added. “All the concerned companies should now also be ordered to pay for the damages and compensation for those affected by their destructive operations and for the rehabilitation of the areas,” said the progressive solon. “Massive environmental destruction can be stopped or at least drastically minimized by overhauling environmental and mining laws through the junking of the Mining Act of 1995. Now is the time to replace the current mining regime with a new one, like House Bill 2715 or the People’s Mining Bill now being deliberated in Congress,” said Zarate. 14 large-scale mining firms in Caraga ‘up for closure’ Fourteen of the 21 mining companies named by Lopez as “up for closure” mainly for siltation of rivers and coastal waters and destroying watersheds are situated in the Caraga Region alone. Seven of the Caraga mining firms ordered closed are operating in Dinagat Islands, four in Surigao del Norte and three in Surigao del Sur, according to Lopez’s Facebook page. The seven companies ordered closed in Dinagat Islands, which has been a mineral reservation area since 1939, are AAMPhil Natural Resources Exploration, Kromico Inc., Libjo Mining Corporation, Ori-

ental Synergy Mining Corporation, Oriental Vision Mining Philippines Corp., SinoSteel Philippines H.Y. Mining Corporation, and Wellex Mining Corporation. Lopez stressed that despite the presence of 10 mining companies in Dinagat Islands, the province remains poor. The DENR chief also blamed the government for not developing the eco-tourism potentials of Dinagat Islands despite its beautiful sceneries. Four of six mining companies operating in Surigao del Norte are up for closure – ADNAMA Mining Resources Corp., Claver Mineral Development Corp., Platinum Group Metals Corp, and Hinatuan Mining Corp. The three mining companies in Surigao del Sur in the list are CTP Construction and Mining Corp., Carrascal Nickel Corp., and Marcventures Mining and Development Corp. Outside Caraga, the other mining companies up for closure are found in Zambales and Eastern Samar. Four firms are in Zambales, all in the municipality of Santa Cruz: BenguetCorp Nickel Mines Inc., Eramen Minerals Inc., Zambales Diversified Metals Corp., and LNL Archipelago Mining Corp. The three in Eastern Samar are all in Homonhon Island: Mt. Sinai Mining Exploration and Development Corp., Emir Minerals Corp., and Techiron Mineral Resources Inc. In a press conference at the DENR office in Quezon City Thursday, a video of which was posted in Lopez’s Facebook page, she said she is recommending the rehabilitation of mining areas and convert them into agricultural lands and tourism sites. “We’ve been mining this country for a hundred years. Give me one year and a half and I’ll show you what can be done,” the emotional Lopez said. She said the government needs to fix the environment so residents in mining areas can enjoy the land. “If we do this, poverty will disappear in record time because the Philippine is so beautiful and the Filipinos are so kind,” Lopez said. The secretary visited Caraga last week and toured the mining sites using military helicopters. During the press conference, Lopez said the mining firms may make an appeal before the Office of the President. Caraga Chamber of Mines President Dulmar Raagas told MindaNews in a text message that “if closure order will be served to these mining companies, we will exhaust all legal remedies.” Anti-mining protesters in Surigao City expressed elation on the closure order. “We are happy but this is not enough,” said former Surigao City Councilor Edgar Canda, who is

Monday, February 6, 2017 among those organizing anti-mining protests here. “They should stop operating immediately and start to do genuine rehabilitation of the environment,” he stressed. Canda said the mining companies should attend to the massive siltation in the rivers and seas and pay the people affected by the damage on the environment.

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as a silent witness to the worst accident in the country’s aviation history in recent decades. Provincial Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano, of Misamis Oriental, said that the Memorial Shrine was constructed as one of the province tourist attractions to remind everyone of the value of life, love and kinship. “I would convert the Shrine into a meaningful place to visit by including it on the maps of the “must see” places in the province as a tribute to honor the memory of the victims of Flight 387,” Emano said in a message read for him by provincial board member Gagay Acain . While the identities of the passengers of the illfated Flight 387 were listed in the manifest, the physical bodies were no longer identified in spite of the rigorous forensic examination. The concrete Memorial Shrine, designed after a hand clasped in prayer, has the names of those who perished etched in the marble stone on its base. The site was the exact location where the mangled of unidentified body parts (retrieved from the crash site) was earlier dumped before they were transported to Cagayan De Oro City for a mass burial. Family members, relatives, friends and visitors trooped to the Memorial Shrine last Thursday morning to offer a mass, prayers, and lighting candles. A relative said that he visits the place every year for the last 19 years to offer a prayer to the family members who perished in the plane crash. “While the bodies of my family and relatives were not recovered and identified, I made it a point to visit the place every Feb. 2 of the year to reminisce and offer silent prayers to them,” he said. From Claveria , the relatives, friends, and visitors went to Cagayan De Oro City Thursday afternoon for a separate mass and candle lighting in one of an upscale memorial parks in the city where the unidentified bodies were buried in mass graves. The passenger manifest of the Cebu Pacific Air Flight 387, identified 94 Filipino passengers, including five children, one passenger each came from Australia, Austria, Japan, Switzerland, and Canada, and the five crew members. While the debate among

the aviation industry in the country, on who was to be blamed of the accident continue to rage 19 years after, the air disaster enlivens the lethargic town of Claveria as the memory of the fateful day lingers every year thereafter.

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prevented possible landslides towards the foot of the mountain. “The trees that naturally grown with a distance of five by eight meters which are dipterocarp deep rooted species helped a lot to hold the loose prismatic soil in that part of the mountain,” Narca said. During the site inspection in 2014, geologists from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau noted the tension cracks pose danger of a landslide that would hit residents living near a creek situated at the foot of the mountain identified as the buffer zone of the watershed. Narca however disclosed there were isolated small landslides in areas with a high slope during the onset of heavy rains last month but these are natural and negligible phenomenon that will not cause major earth movement considering the lush forest inside the watershed. He said a team of forest rangers have been climbing up the mountain to monitor not only log poachers but clear the waterways from fallen tree branches and fractured rocks especially during continuous rains. Elmer Luzon, SFWD general manager, said the monitoring of the Magdiwata watershed which is already proclaimed by Malacanang as permanent watershed is part of their regular program. SFWD has been in the forefront of totally rehabilitating what used to be an endangered mountain with only 40 percent forest cover in 1997 brought about by the onslaught of logging operations by big companies and indiscriminate kaingin activities by Manobo settlers. Narca, who had been a forester for more than 30 years, said the Pantaron mountain range in Bukidnon which he traversed years back had already been characterized by low density with old trees standing on slopes with wide distance of about 10-15 meters which could have triggered the huge bulk of water to easily cascade towards Agusan Marsh and Agusan river which is the catch basin of floodwaters. “These mountain areas have been denuded in the past because of logging while I was still working as forester of PICOP (papermaking company) in Bislig City,” Narca said. Many residents in La Paz town which were the hardest hit by the flashfloods in the province admitted the raging floodwaters have been coming from the Pantaron

range in Bukidnon after the neighboring province was hit by recurring heavy rains brought about by the weather disturbance called tail end of a cold front.

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calling it a “barbaric act.” “Is this what they call achievement of ‘just peace?’ How can these NPA say they also want peace if they still continue to kill with impunity, continue to burn construction and production equipment, and kill innocent people?” he said in the same statement. Madrigal said if the NPA rebels really want peace, “then they must lay down their arms and start working with the whole nation on the solutions of these socio-economic problems. They must show sincerity and finally end their violence for the benefit of every Filipino.” According to Capt. Joe Patrick Martinez, the soldiers who were killed wore civilian clothes and were unarmed when they were waylaid by the insurgents in Sitio Kaleb, Barangay Kibalabag, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. The three personnel were part of a team from the army’s 8th Infantry Battalion conducting community support program in Barangay Manalog, not far from Kibalabag, in Malaybalay. The NPA said the soldiers tried to fight back when the two motorcycles they were riding in were flagged down, resulting to the shooting. Martinez said the dead soldiers’ money, their subsistence allowance amounting to more than P12,000, were taken from their possession. Per report from the Scene of the Crime Operatives (Soco) submitted to the military, the troopers were sprayed with bullets and were shot 76 times. Each soldier bore 24 gunshots on his body. “There are NPAs firing from the high ground and that they went near the three unarmed soldiers to finish them off, considering that the bulk of the rounds were found near their dead bodies,” the army said. Madrigal said the incident “will not hinder us to continue our mandate that is to protect our people and secure their communities against any threat. To the perpetrators, the full force of the law will be implemented until justice is served to our soldiers.”

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Advanced technology accelerates and speeds up because each new generation invents more and more potent pools. Our knowledge, which defeats and overcomes cancer, for example, allow us to to produce deadly pathogens in a lab. Internet - boon or ban? High technology countries can use their informa-

tion-saved superiority for a faster communication and coordination of measures with international alliance partners. Such tasks will grow in future. But, allow me to share my opinion again with Nonong Noriega: Next time we preach the gospel of open communication, let’s not be transfixed with tasks that prove that we have sent the message. Let’s just be as preoccupied with hearing people out, getting their input, dignifying their wealth of views to make their message meaningful to them. Best validation? When recipients become the respondents. Very well said, Nonong. Sometimes, I am still waiting for this until now. The mother of all concerns - communication but not only through the Internet! +++ Email: doringklaus@ gmail.com or follow me on Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter or visit www. germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com or www. klausdoringsclassicalmusic. blogspot.com.

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“because peace could not be realized in this generation.” It is now clear that the war is formally resumed. I wish to reiterate my prediction that a big war will soon develop in the South China sea. China is stubborn and could not respect the decision of the Permanent Arbitration of the United Nation that the area in the Spratly belongs to the Philippines. China reportedly sent its aircraft carrier to the area in anticipation of something irregular more particular tension between the two countries is rising. Of course, I still hope I am wrong and that peace is feasible. I urge everybody to pray for the intervention of the Almighty God. Prayer is more powerful than nuclear weapons. I warn people around the country that rainy days are not over and, therefore, everybody should be ready for floods anytime. Disasters happen because some of us are not prepared to run away. I wish the government should remind its people for safety and awareness to save lives and properties. Our county should not break up a military alliance with the United States of America. This relationship has been proven for decades and it must be preserved to remain strong. The friendship between the two countries has a very strong foundation and we should not allow that to break up just because of our new leaders. Friendship is more permanent than allies. (Bennex News Service)

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PARTIAL LIST OF FINALISTS: News Writing Sports Writing

Science Reporting 1. Rico C. Libling, (YNHS) Camiguin 2. Nadine Cyra Valdehuesa, (CDONHS) Cag de Oro 3. Alysza Jewel V. Buna (Kong Hua) Cag de Oro 4. Julie Marie S. Bongaos, (Cugman NHS) Cag de Oro 5. Laurence M. Pabatao (BNSHI) Maramag, Bukidnon 6. Jhoris Mea Lamigo, BNSHI, Maramag. Bukidnon 7. Rheanelyn Arquilos, BNSHI, Maramag, Bukidnon

1. Ysobelle B. Navales 1. Rico C. Libling - Kauswagan NHS, Cag de Oro -Yumbing N. H S Camiguin 2. Jerome E. Cantong 2. Gerald G. Solidor - Macabalan NHS, Cag. de Oro MOGCHS, Cag de Oro 3. Myrette Jeshielle P. Bandoy 3. Lenmark A. Monsanto, CMSU -BNSHI, Maramag, Bukidnon Musuan, Bukidnon 4. Earl Joy B. Lopina 4. Dave Clarion V. Daing - Yumbing NHS, Camiguin - Bulua National High School, CDO 5. Cryschia Faye C. Tayong 5. Michelle P. Balas Business Reporting - CMU, Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon - Tablon National High School, CDO 1. Mark Palad, PIO, Camiguin 6. Nerimer Grace V. Pornia 6. Ernesto B. Plaza Jr., 2. Francis Jose Luspo, Yumbing National High School - CMU, Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon Macabalan NHS, Cag de Oro 3. Jediah Jaira Ll Bualat, Kong Hua School, CDO 7. Rowena T. Sabellita 7. Evans Jake C. Dacut 4. Justine G. Pamisa, BNSHI, Maramag, Bukidnon -Tablon NHS, Cag de Oro BNSHI, Maramag, Bukidnon 8. Shane Erica Beniga 8. Pamela C. Noveros Bayanga NHS, Cag de Oro CMU, Maramag, Bukidnon Feature Writing Photo Journalism 1.Kristina Casandra L. Pava - Central Mindana State University HS 2. Ivy Joyce D. Naparan - CMU High School, Musuan, Bukidnon 3. Neil John J. Jomaya -Central Mindanao State UniversityHS 4.Jade Angeline B. Flores - BNSHI, Maramag, Bukidnon 5. Alyssa Mariel C. Tagaan -BNSHI, Maramag, Bukidnon 6. Philipp Gabriel T. Casano - CMUHS, Musuan, Bukidnon 7. Troy Valdehueza, - CMU High School, Musuan

1. John Homer C. Tabas - Kong Hua School 2. Andre’ Socorro F. Doria - Yumbing NSH, Mambajao, Camiguin 3. Meybelle Rose R. Esid - Lapasan National High School, CDO

FINAL ROUNDS & AWARDING March 20, 2017

Announcement: The Regional Qualifying Rounds scheduled in other cities andprovinces, are still on-going. Finalists will be published in addition to the list in this page. For inquiry, pls call 09153190138. - The Secretariat