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laterite. College student scholars and mine workers of Hinatuan Mining Corp. with laterite muds rubbed on their faces, show their grim face to express their sentiment against the closure of the mining company. (Read full story below). Photos by Chris V. Panganiban

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Cocpo’s fight v. scalawags stays By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City-The “internal cleansing” within the rank and file of the local police command continues in line with the Philippine National Police (PNP) mandate to rid the institution of scalawags, a police officer here said Thursday. Police Chief Inspector Mardi Hortaloza, the spokesperson of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO), said that the assigned “officer of the day” (OD) makes See FIGHT, page 11

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Displaced mine workers stage protest vs. Lopez appointment in Caraga region, led the protest rally in front of the gate of the environment BUTUAN City--- Some office said the entire min1,000 displaced mine working community in Caraga ers and their dependents would join hands from Surigao del Sur picketSee protest, page 11 ed the regional environment office here to protest the RELATED STORY: appointment of Secretary n Environmentalists urge Gina Lopez to the cabinet. CA to confirm Lopez’s Dulmar Raagas, presiappointment | p2 dent of Chamber of Mines By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor

Phivolcs records 6 temblors Thursday

By RUEL V. PELONE Mindanao Daily News and ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews

Damaged by Quake. This waiting shed outside

Palma Gil Elementary School collapses after a 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolts Davao City at 9:50 in the morning on February 23, 2017, leaving two women injured. MindaNews photo

CAGAYAN de Oro City-The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded at least six earthquakes as of yesterday. The first tremor was recorded around 4:51 a.m.

yesterday with a magnitude of 2.8 located at 102 kilometers Northeast of Lingig in Surigao del Sur. A magnitude 3.8 also happened 78 kilometers Northwest of Siocon in Zamboanga del Norte around 7:36 in the morning. Another earthquake of magnitude 3.3 See records, page 11

Residents of mining island village to fight it out against mining closure By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor

TAGANAAN, Surigao del Norte---

PROTEST VS LOPEZ. The displaced mine workers Residents of the mining island vil-

from Surigao del Sur holding the picket in front of the DENR regional office in Butuan City to oppose appointment of Gina Lopez as cabinet secretary. Photo by Chris V. Panganiban

lage of Talavera with a population of about 3,000 people will fight tooth and nail if the operations of a mining

company would be closed for good since it has been the source of their economic livelihood for more than two decades. The island villagers, some of them plastering muds of laterites from the mine site on their faces and upper part of their bodies , staged a march rally

on Wednesday with the front liners displaying a large black streamer with a dramatic message printed in white that says “Paano na ang aming kinabukasan, No to mining closure ( What about our future, no to mining closure) as if their survival hinged See closure, page 11

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Scientists discover 7 rocky earth-sized extrasolar planets

February 24, 2017

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About exoplanet An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet that orbits a star other than the Sun. The first scientific detection of an exoplanet was in 1988. However, the first confirmed detection came in 1992; since then, and as of 22 February 2017, there have been 3,583 exoplanets in 2,688 planetary systems and 603 multiple planetary systems confirmed. --http://enwikipedia.org

OS Angeles--A compact analogue of our inner solar system about 40 light years away has been discovered, the U.S. space station NASA announced at a press conference on Wednesday. “The discovery gives us a hint that finding a second earth is not just a matter of if but when,” Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator of the Science Mission Directorate said. By using powerful space telescopes and ground-based observatories, an international team of astronomers have discovered the first known system of actually seven Earth-size planets orbiting the nearby TRAPPIST-1, which is relatively close to us, in the constellation Aquarius. “Around a nearby, cold, small star we found 7 rocky Earth-size planets, all of which could have liquid water -- key to life as we know it,” NASA posted on Twitter. Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water. The discovery sets a new record for greatest number of habitable-zone planets found around a single star outside our solar system, according to the NASA. “With the discovery, we have made a giant accelerated leap forward in the search for habitable worlds and life on other worlds,” Sara Seager, professor of Planetary Science and Physics, MIT, said. “Potentially because with not just one planet, but several,” she added. The new results were published Wednesday in the journal Nature, and announced at a news briefing at the NASA Headquarters in Washington. “The seven wonders of TRAPPIST-1 are the first Earth-size planets that have been found orbiting this kind of star,” said Michael Gillon, lead author of the

paper and the principal investigator of the TRAPPIST exoplanet survey at the University of Liege, Belgium. TRAPPIST-1, classified as an small, ultra-cool dwarf, is the new hot topic in astronomy and the search for life outside our solar system. In contrast to our sun, the dwarf is so cool that liquid water could survive on planets orbiting very close to it, closer than is possible on planets in our solar system. In May 2016, astronomers announced the discovery of three planets in the system, but even then they suspected there might be a few more. Assisted by s e veral ground-based telescopes, including the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope confirmed the existence of two of these planets and discovered five additional ones, increasing the number of known planets in the system to seven. Using Spitzer data, the research team precisely measured the sizes of the seven planets and developed first estimates of the masses of six of them, allowing their density to be estimated. Based on their densities, all of the planets in the system are likely to be rocky. “Looking for life elsewhere, this system is probably our best bet as of today,” Brice-Olivier Demory, professor at the University of Bern’s Center for Space and Habitability and one of the authors of the Nature paper, said in a statement. Earth-like exoplanets orbiting dwarf stars are easier to observe than real Earth twins around solartype stars, according to the new study. (PNA/Xinhua)

This illustration shows the possible surface of TRAPPIST-1f, one of the newly discovered planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Scientists using the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes have discovered that there are seven Earth-size planets in the system. Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech

Environmentalists urge CA to confirm Lopez’s appointment

By Antonio L. Colina IV of MindaNews DAVAO City--Different environmental advocates in Mindanao called on the Commission on Appointment (CA) for the confirmation of Environment Secretary Regina Lopez, described as a long-awaited “gift” who deserves to be put in the position. “There is no other person who better fits the position other than Lopez,” lawyer Romeo T. Cabarde, chair of the Ateneo de Davao University’s University Community Engagement and Advocacy Council, told “Wednesday’s at Habi at Kape.” He appealed to President Rodrigo R. Duterte to continue his support for the environment chief amid the growing resistance from the so-called responsible mining advocates, following Lopez’s decision to close down 23 mining See urge, page 9

Dabawenyo artist Joey Ayala (center) joins environmentalists in Davao City in calling on the Commission on Appointments for the confirmation of Environment Secretary Gina Lopez. Photo courtesy of Ateneo de Davao University-ICOMMP Office

Lopez: PH open to investors care about environment, people

Environment Secretary Gina Lopez said foreign investors who put premium on local communities and the environment are “welcome

to invest” in the Philippines. The environment chief was reacting to statements from the international and local business communities

that her decision to close down 23 mining firms found to have committed serious environmental See people, page 11

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves…” (Romans 13:1-2, the Holy Bible). -oooEDSA 1986: NOT A REAL “PEOPLE POWER”: From February 25, 2016: “Have you read, or at least heard, of the book ‘An Annotated Pictorial History of Clark Air Base: 1899-1986,’ particularly its fourth edition? I haven’t, and I learned about it only now from media accounts appearing in some major newspapers in the Philippines, but it reinforces my belief that the 1986 EDSA uprising was not really a `people power’ revolution, after all. “Media accounts on the book, written by the US 13th Air Force which was a military unit of the US Pacific Force, indicate that `people power’ was a sham, and was in reality an American interventionist operation to remove a

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salivated to replace him in Malacanang or simply wanted to please the US, would somehow shield America from charges of intervention in the affairs of other countries, which had been thrown its way many times over before EDSA 1986. But the handwriting on the wall about the American hand in the so-called “peaceful Filipino revolution” is quite plain and easy to see. The evidence proving this US hand, like the book written by the US 13th Air Force, had been hidden under tight guard for so long, for obvious reasons, but truth, indeed, has a way of coming out. -oooNO REASON TO COMMEMORATE EDSA 1986: “There is therefore nothing for Filipinos to celebrate, as far as I am concerned, about EDSA 1986, most especially in the light of these new revelations. The fact is that, EDSA 1986 would now appear to be an event that our countrymen could never be proud of, because the real credit for ousting Marcos should go to US. “What is more, EDSA 1986 was a mere subterfuge for a naked power grab by people who did

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not really have the interest and welfare of the Philippines in their hearts, and who were motivated with nothing but their desire for revenge, for recovering lost economic opportunities during Marcos’ 20-year rule, for themselves and their own cronies. “Thirty years after EDSA 1986, the country and its people remain mired in graft and corruption, criminality, chaos, illegal gambling, smuggling, drugs, and treason on the part of many officials who have no qualms about giving foreigners many of our territories for one consideration or another….” -oooPLEASE WATCH OR LISTEN: “Tambalang Batas at Somintac”, a news-commentary radio program, aired at DZEC 1062 kHz and other Radyo Agila provincial stations, and at Facebook Live (just type “Tambalang Batas at Somintac” in your Facebook search engine), 6 to 7 in the morning, Philippine time. Phone: 0922 833 43 96, 0918 574 0193, 0977 805 9058. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com.

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In union, there is strength

PAT SAMONTE CHRIS PANGANIBAN Regional Editor Caraga Regional Editor-Davao I AM so far, yet so near as I am driven by emotion, Rene Michael BaÑos uRIEL C. QUILINGUING Regional Editor Northmin Contributing Editor perhaps for the love of the AL JACINTO Regional Editor-WestMin

leader no longer usable for US interests, not really the peaceful Filipino revolution that many, including the Aquino Family, have presented it to be for the last 30 years. “When placed side by side with events that led former President Marcos to suddenly call for the so-called ‘snap’ elections in 1985, and with other events which took place before then Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos and then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile supposedly broke-off with Marcos, the US book certainly conjures up images of the 1986 EDSA event as an American inspired or orchestrated rebellion, similar to its interventionist actions in other countries, solely to protect its interests. -oooEDSA 1986: AMERICAN-MADE, NOT FILIPINO: “It would appear to me, therefore, that the concept of a `Filipino people power’ was a mere tactical strategy to make it appear that our people acted on their own to overthrow a corrupt and ruthless regime. “Using this kind of a strategy, with the willing assistance and active participation of people who either opposed Marcos or

Philippines or whatever. I keep watching everyday things that are happening around the archipelago by reading all information circulating specially in Mindanao. From a distance, I see which place is having problem of peace and order, of food, of water, prices of gasoline, education and nearly everything under the sun. Sometimes, things make me glad while in some instances, I wished I had no information about anything ugly. Assessing seriously the situation of the country, the number one problem is our leaders, I mean some of the politicians who try to outwit others to catapult them into the top. Imagining things from the eyes of an eagle or hawk hovering in the air looking for food is not easy, but when concern is stronger than anything else, one will surely do what he thinks is right. I have been in the journalism profession for more than 47 years, including those dark days of martial law and I guess I have some ways of knowing the

movements of things. Like a bumpy road, sometimes we smile and at times we hold our breath not for excitement but for fear of the consequence. It is very regrettable but the truth is our people and government are distance away from each other. Many of our politicians are not serious about the bad situation of many people except for their own benefits. For instance, elections have elapsed for more than nine months, but still the fighting rages. Instead of discussing the rising cost of oil and the repercussions that would surely ensue, some of them indulge in political skirmishes. Certainly they end up in a seemingly blank wall and nothing is done while millions of pesos were flowing down to pay them of salaries and wages, allowances and dozens of privileges. That being the case, how can we possibly go up with some leaders in complete disarray, disunited and politicking everyday? I look at the country from the top of the clouds and naturally I have a better perspective of what really is happening and what should be done. We need unity. The people and government must stand on

one solid ground. They must help one another to arrive at a certain goal, To an old saying “in union there is strength” Definitely even in a family, the smallest group of people, when there is no unity, it can fall apart. To summarize things, we must give importance to peace and order Without peace in the environment, we shall fall. The threats of communism and rebels are strong. Our soldiers are stronger, but without the cooperation of the general population, we cannot win. Not only that, we shall all fall and in the short term, defeated by the enemies. When that happens, our system of government will be communism where the property is vested in the possession of the government. All freedoms will be suppressed, including our belief in the Almighty God. Yes, churches will be closed and we work continuously from sunrise to sunset until we drop dead. We shall have no time for our family especially with our growing children who need our love and affection. Forever, we are slaves of an ideology that knows nothing except for its own interest. If we like that system, we can walk to our enemies with hands

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down. Otherwise, we have to be united because it is only by doing so that we can have strength and win the whole war. To hell to our enemies and if I had to say, I would let them dive to the kingdom of satan and enjoy eating flames. Or I better be in my grave if I cannot do anything to reverse a bitter situation. For many of us, life is short and we must move to make it more enjoyable and comfortable. Being dormant on top of our unsolved problems is admitting a defeat before we can resist. Absolutely, it should not be the case. We mu s t h av e t h e strength to battle these problems within our midst. The faster we can the better for only in winning a great battle that all of us can be proud of ourselves and continue living with ease and comfort. Once more let us be united to have strength. BEN EMATA (ben-emata.com) Author of three books. Seven major awards in journalism.

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If passed, groups to question constitutionality of death penalty By Roy Lagarde CBCPNews

Anti-death penalty advocates aren’t giving up easily if the controversial measure gets passed into law. Rodolfo Diamante, executive secretary of the CB CP C ommission on Prison Pastoral Care, on Monday said the Supreme Court will surely be their next battle ground. “We will go to the Supreme Court. We will exhaust all these legal means available because we believe that it is unconstitutional. It is cruel. It is inhumane,” said Diamante during the

Tapatan media forum at Aristocrat Restaurant in Manila. Along with other prison rights groups, he said, studies are now being conducted in order to build a strong case against the capital punishment. He said they are considering at least two options on how to challenge the death penalty before SC— either through a death-row convict or through lawmakers who ratified the country’s international treaty obligation against it. According to him, filing through lawmakers may be more practical since they can easily invoke the

violation of the country’s commitment to the United Nations’ International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). “The argument could be since the country has already signed the treaty, a senator can easily claim that he/she is affected since he/ she was among those that ratified it. Therefore, they can file a case before the SC,” explained Diamante. On the other hand, antideath penalty advocates can also wait for the “test case” involving a death row convict. “So that the case won’t be dismissed, there has to be a victim. In that sense,

we can do it when a person convicted and penalized with death penalty files a case to the SC and say that it is unconstitutional,” Diamante said. Aside from the High Court, he revealed that another plan is bringing the issue to the international community since the Philippines signed the ICCPR. “We are seeking the opinion of the international community. The Philippines cannot simply withdraw unilaterally. It has repercussions. And the international community is very active in making pronouncements,” he added.

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Good! Enough? In all honesty… By Patricio P. Diaz MindaNews

I: Signal to Start President Rodrigo R. Duterte finally ordered the much-awaited release of the names of the 21 members of the New BTC (Bangsamoro Transition Commission) last February 9 – three months and two days after he issued on November 7, 2016 of Executive Order No. 08, s. 2016 that reconstituted the BTC under the Aquino III administration. (MindaNews and OPAPP Website, 2/10/17) The GPH and MILF implementing panels will launch the New BTC in Davao City in “the last weekend of February” (the launch has been scheduled for February 24 in Davao City – ed) giving the body four months and three weeks to re-draft the BBL (Bangsamoro Basic Law) into the BEL (Bangsamoro Enabling Law). Set for submission to the 17th Congress in July 2017, the President must have the draft when he delivers his second State of the Nation Address on July 24. MindaNews and OPAPP quoted Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza stating that the release of the appointment papers “will signal the start of the work to come up with an inclusive Bangsamoro law that will truly reflect and address the clamor for a genuine political autonomy for the Bangsamoro people in Mindanao.” The “clamor” refers to the political settlement emb o die d in t he FAB (Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro) and its four Annexes that were consolidated into the CAB (Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro) together with other key agreements signed during the 17-year negotiation

(1997-2014) of the Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. BBL or BEL has to be CABcompliant. The “work to come up with an inclusive Bangsamoro law” refers to “convergence”, a process of consolidating with the CAB the GRP-MNLF 1996 Final Peace Agreement, R.A. No.9054 and the Indigenous People’s Rights Act of 1995 as mandated in Duterte’s Bangsamoro Peace and Development Roadmap (BPDR). Can the New BTC accomplish its task in four months and three weeks starting March including time for organizing? Plus Factors There are favorable circumstances that can be of much help to the New BTC. C ap a b l e Ne w B T C members: The New BTC members must have been chosen for their capability, professionalism and dedication. Six of the eleven MILF members are carry-overs from the first BTC. The five others and all the ten Government appointees are new but they are most dedicated to the Moro and the Minority Cause and they know well the Problem and its roots. All the Moro members must have been active participants in the Moro liberation movement since the 1960’s. To offset the time-constraint, MILF Panel Chair Mohagher Iqbal, still BTC member but no longer its chair, told MindaNews (MN 2/10/17: GPH, MILF peace panels set date for BTC launch but who will take oath?) that the New BTC can have “twice monthly sessions with the rest of the month spent on consultations and committee meetings”; or “they can meet every day if necessary.” Existing working drafts:

It took more than a year for the first BTC to finish Draft BBL. However, it was under an odd situation. Only one Annex was finished when it started drafting. The other three Annexes came in slow sequence and it had to wait for the signing of the CAB to wrap up its work. This New BTC is not starting from scratch, Iqbal said “there are existing drafts that can be made as the working draft to hasten the process of the final drafting” that, being already CAB-compliant, will be in line with the desire of MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim. (MN 2/10/17: GPH, MILF …) As we see it, the New BTC’s work can be clearcut if not simple: First, restore Draft BBL as closely as possible to the original copy — that which has the imprimatur of President Aquino III and Chairman Murad — by reconciling the 40 percent or so deletion, revision and substitution done by the House and the Senate of the 16th Congress with the provisions the MILF study group had petitioned the two Houses to be restored. The Supreme Court’s November 20, 2016 decision of the petitions against the CAB and the FAB will be most helpful. Second, examine what provisions of the 1996 FPA, R.A. No. 9054 and IPRA had already been converged with the CAB in Draft BBL. Determine what more are to be converged. Third, add new provisions derived from public consultations and committee meetings. Draft BBL had been vetted — it can be safely said — thoroughly for its constitutionality, legality and CAB-compliance for four months by the Office of the President and the GPH-MILF negotiating

panels with the assistance of the Secretary of Justice, the Solicitor General and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel (the last two now members of the Supreme Court). It can be assured that with its six lawyermembers, the New BTC can easily safeguard the constitutionality, legality and CAB-compliance in the ensuing BEL. On these grounds, Secretary Dureza is right in foreseeing that the New BTC will “come up with an inclusive Bangsamoro law that will truly reflect and address the clamor for a genuine political autonomy for the Bangsamoro people in Mindanao”. Yet, right can go wrong. If the New BTC is the only body that will write the Bangsamoro basic law and the BEL that it will craft is the only bill to be submitted to the Congress, all will be well as assured by Secretary Dureza. But this is not so. The Duterte master plan laid out in the BPDR has evidently been modified. Tomorrow: “Worrisome Consequences”

Friday, February 24, 2017

Old pastoral letter cites ‘death squad’ existence in Davao

While Malacañang denied there’s such a “death squad” in Davao city, a church document issued more than 15 years ago cited the existence of the group that carried out secret killings of suspected criminals. As early as November 2001, the Archdiocese of Davao wrote a pastoral letter,“Thou Shall Not Kill,” in expressing alarm over the spate of extrajudicial killings in the city. Although it stopped short of linking President Rodrigo Duterte to such killings while mayor of Davao City, the letter deplored his supposed tolerance on “criminal groups like the Davao Death Squad to kill”. “It is an admission of failure in the fulfilment of its obligation to prevent crime and its recurrence,” part of the statement, signed by then Davao Archbishop Fernando Capalla, read. Duterte has repeatedly denied his involvement in any summary killings as Davao mayor and claimed that the term Davao Death Squad or DDS was only invented by his local political rivals. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported at least 1,424 cases of summary executions in Davao City See letter, page 11

Solons condemn railroading of death penalty bill

ACT Teachers Party-List Representatives Antonio Tinio and France Castro slammed the premature closing of the debates on the death penalty bill during yesterday’s plenary session. “It is alarming that the House leadership chose to cut short the deliberations knowing that many solons lined up to express their legal and moral bases against death penalty,” said Tinio who was supposed to be next interpellator for House Bill 4727 just before the Majority Floor Leader moved to terminate the period of interpellation. “This is a blatant disrespect to the long list of legislators who lined up to register their constituents’ views on the matter,” Tinio remarked. “It is definitely unacceptable to railroad the passage of the death penalty bill because for burning issues such as this, congressional deliberations are not just for its members alone—they are also for the people. Due to the utmost seriousness of the proposal and the public nature of our sessions, Congress owes it to the Filipino people to conscientiously discuss the issue at hand.” “This railroading reveals that they are willing to bend their own rules just to stifle the important debate. We were about to demonstrate why the proposal violates not just international law but our very own Constitution, and why it is anti-poor, historically a tool of state repression, prone to abuse and definitely not an effective deterrent to criminality. It was disappointing for me, as a neophyte legislator, to witness democracy as the first in line on this administration’s death row,” Castro stressed. The solons believe that the reimposition of death penalty violates the Second Optional Protocol to the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights which the Philippines ratified in 2007, binding the government not to execute anyone within its jurisdiction and to take all necessary measures to abolish See BILL, page 11

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Teacher Attitudes Toward the Inclusion of Students with Autism and Emotional Behavioral Disorder ELTRICK JOHN S. ALERTA SCHOOL PRINCIPAL I Victory Elementary School Lantapan District

General education teachers have differing views about the inclusion of students with disabilities in mainstream classro oms . Howe ve r, t h e type and severity of the children's disabilities affect teachers' willingness to accommodate certain students and their confidence that they will effectively manage their classroom. It has reported that teachers have expressed concerns ab out having students with Autism and Emotional Behavioral disorder in the general education setting b ecause of the children's lack of social skills,behavioral outbursts,modifications ma d e to t he

t hei r att itud es toward t he dis abi lities.An independent sample t-test was used to compare the mean of the data in addition to a des cr ipt i ve s t at i s t i c s m e t h o d to examine the ranges of the two groups.Result su g ge st t hat t he pre s ence of typical characteristics of the two disabilities influence teachers'willingness to have the populations on their classrooms.The s i g n i f i c a nt d i f f e r e n c e in mean scores suggests that the participants were more accepting of hav i ng a stud ent w it h Autism in their general e d u c at i o n c l a s s r o o m s than a student who has EBD.

curriculum,and lack of training and supports. Many instructors do not believe they are able to teach these populations effectively while simultaneously teaching large group of typically developing students.Teacher' att itudes toward t heir current student population with special needs dramatically affect the success and ef fe c t iveness of their instruction. Using a snow ball sampling method,25 general education teachers were surveyed regarding their willingness to include a child with Autism and student with EBD in their classroom to determine if there was a significant difference in

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The Challenge of Classroom Management By Chona C. Borres - Master Teacher 1 Kibatang Elementary School

You’ve probably already figured this out: despite the enormous amount of planning and preparation teachers do, instruction is actually the easy part. See if this sound familiar: you spend hours designing the perfect lesson. You bring in enrichment activities and related literature,and you’re able to make adjustments for the kids who need to go back and fill in a few pieces

they missed along the way. Your directions are clear, your materials are organized (maybe even color- coded), and you have back up plans in case the lesson runs short. You are enthusiastic and well prepared. And yet, you’re having trouble getting your students to settle down, stop talking or even get in their seats.One students wants to go to bathroom while anoth-

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Friday, February 24, 2017

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Be a School Leader Eltrick John S. Alerta School Principal I Victory Elementary School Lantapan District

The role teachers play in education system is significant and vital,but if teachers a re t h e h e a r t of t h e operation,administrators are the bones.You support teachers,forge relationship with students and public,and strive to create a School environment that beneficial for everyone who walks through the doors.How can you take your role to the next level and become an even more effective administrators? The following resources may be just what you need. You perform a delicate balancing act.You must stay within a budget,help teachers get the tools and support they need,and conne c t wit h p arents when issues arise.How can you have strong relationships in every aspect of your professional life? Here some places you can turn to your help: * You’re good at your job,and you know it’s ins and outs, but sometimes a question pops up that

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companies and cancel 75 existing mineral production agreements (MPSAs) that are within the watershed areas. Cabarde urged Duterte to uphold the decision of Lopez and downplayed the contribution of the mining industry to the economic growth and development of the country. “It’s difficult to find a new job but I think it is difficult to find a new Earth,” he said. “We have had enough of the lies from the mining firms they should not discredit the secretary of environment.” Cabarde said that Lopez is the first head of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) who lives up to the agency’s functions and the only one who has laid out a clear policy for environmental protection. He said that it will be a big disappointment if Lopez’s appointment will not be confirmed by the Commission on Appointment (CA) because it will contradict the Duterte administration’s campaign promise of “Change has Come.” “We have seen it through the DENR that ‘change has come.’ If she won’t be confirmed, where is change?” Cabarde said.

throws you for a loop not because you don’t know the answer but because you don’t know how to provide that answer. This list of five questions people should ask principals will spur you to think about how you would answer each one; maybe the answers will highlight areas where you have room for improvement. * Often it is things constitute the difference between strong relationships and weaker ones. Education Dive shares nine common pet peeves that teachers have when it comes to administration. If it has been a while since you were a teacher yourself, the list will refresh your memory and help you cultivate empathy. * Looking for ways to connect with staff members and parents?Connected Principals offers ideas on how to do that easily and without cost through technology.While you’re visiting the site,check out some of

other posts; the material comes from respected names in education and aims to help school administrators amp up their performance. *The “co ol” gap is tough hurdle when you are trying to get your students focused on education.An article from “San Francisco Bay Guardian” tells the stor y of Joe Truss,the assistant principal of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, who creates rap music videos to open dialogues with students. *An article from Marygrove College reports that sending out positive faculty memos each week contributes to a better school environment.The article outlines five reasons why this case.The memos can get you and your teachers organized,save time during faculty meetings, allow you to share your own experiences,plant seeds of good ideas,and recognize teachers accomplishments.

Dr. Jean Lindo, an environmental activist from Panalipdan-Mindanao, said they are willing to take to the streets if the CA rejects Lopez’s appointment. She claimed the mining industry is “unsustainable” because the Philippines benefits so little from the gains of the mining corporations. “This is the kind of business that has an unsustainable production, distribution, and consumption. Lopez has a deep understanding about the mining issue. We support Secretary Gina Lopez. We are calling on the public to exert pressure to support Lopez,” Lindo said. She said that the government is capable of finding alternative jobs for the industry workers who stand to lose their jobs. “Let’s give her a chance to prove herself. There are not better options than mining that are friendlier to people,” she said. Leo Fuentes Jr., regional coordinator of Magsasaka at Siyentipiko Para sa Pagunlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG), highlighted the agriculture’s role in providing potential jobs for workers who may be displaced. “Before mining companies came to mine the communities, people used to be in farming. Agriculture can provide alternative jobs,” he said. Gabriela Women’s Party nominee Bai Ali Indayla

said mining operations even caused poor communities to become poorer. “The mining industry in our country did not benefit the Filipino people but only the large and foreign firms who abuse our environment and its minerals. Poverty is a result of destruction of natural resources,” she said. Homegrown artist Joey Ayala also countered the stand of the mining players that they operate within the bounds of Republic Act 7942, otherwise known as the “Philippines Mining Act of 1995,” by saying that it does not mean that even if they follow the law, the law itself is “right.” “The process of making laws are subject to a lot of hearing lobbying, and vested interest. Respect it but do not praise it. You should learn to question the law because not all legal things are right…. We have to look at our laws. A lot of our laws were passed because people have vested interest. We are praising laws so much. Once written, it is sacred. It’s difficult to move forward because of authority itself,” he said. In a statement issued on Monday, Mindanao Business Council (MBC) chair Vicente Lao hit Lopez for her alleged “gross bias” on the closures of 23 mining operations and cancellation of 75 existing mineral production sharing See urge, page 11

Month with this year’s theme as “Pagmamahal Palaganapin, Legal na Pagaampon Ating Gawin! (Spread Unconditional Love through Legal Adoption). The observance kicked off with a celebration among foster and adoptive parents conducted at the Misamis Oriental Provincial Capitol grounds on February 11 that highlighted the positive impact of legal adoption. Moreover, adoption desks are set up this month at major malls in Cagayan de Oro City to provide the public

an easier access to information on how to adopt a child legally. Adoption is a socio-legal of providing of a permanent family to a child whose parents have involuntarily or voluntarily relinquished parental authority over the child. It is one of the top advocacies of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, to ensure that these children belong to families that can give them unconditional love and shelter. In Region 10, there are 25

children who were legally declared as readily available for adoption by the courts. Currently, these children are under the custody of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. To know detailed information on how adopt a child, the DSWD is encouraging the public to visit the office at DSWD-X, Masterson Ave., Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City or to visit the website at www. fo10.dswd.gov.ph or on their Faceboook page “DSWD Field Office X.(Charmaine P. Tadlas/PIA10)

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R.A. 9048 Form No.10.1 (LCR O) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao del Norte City/Municipality: Iligan City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 7 of R.A.10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that JONA C. PERATER has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly sex from MALE to FEMALE in the Certificate of Live Birth of KIM CAMPUGAN PERATER who was born on 07 January 2009 at Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte and whose parents are Jona S. Campugan and Artemio G. Perater. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than February 2017. (Sgd.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARIÑAS City Civil Registrar MDN: Feb 17 & 24 , 2017

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program and riverbank rehabilitation is now on its initial phase of implementation in coordination with local government units. Lopez and some other cabinet secretaries will be in Butuan on Friday for the launching of the program. But the protesters rejected the alternative livelihood program saying the amount allotted for each family is not enough to address the daily subsistence of the displaced mine workers. Jacob Arroyo,leader lof the protesers, said many students dependent of scholarship grants by mining companies would be adversely affected when the mines would be close and the program would not give solution to this problem. “She is careless of her decision that made the closure of mining companies,” Arroyo said. Arroyo dismissed Lopez’s claim that mining companies are destroying the mountains and watersheds saying mining companies have been gradually rehabilitating the mountains where they extracted the mineral resources. He added the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement given to mining companies has prior rights since the presidential proclamation declaring the mineral reserved areas as watersheds came in later.

a regular daily inspection of the 10 sub-police stations here to find out that the police personnel are actually reporting for duty. The CO CPO police headquarters has issued a directive to all police personnel to report daily to the assigned police station in order that their presence and assignments could be accounted, Hortaloza said. He said that the assigned OD is tasked to investigate and determine whether the police personnel in any police sub-station is reporting regularly and is performing the assigned task. Hortaloza said that the local police has instituted the regular daily inspection in the light of reports that some police personnel are not reporting to the assigned police stations. He said that the local police command has received reports that some police personnel report only during pay days, a practiced, which the senior police officers reportedly ignored. Hortaleza said that the purpose of the daily inspection is to correct the impression that the police are not reporting to the assigned task. He said that it is now the task of the assigned OD to recommend whatever applicable administrative penalties would apply to police personnel found re- from page 1 miss in the performance of their duties. also happened Southwest of Kiamba in Sarangani province. from page 1 At 1:16 p.m. also yesto block the appointment terday, a magnitude 2.9 in of Lopez as government Richter scale was recorded environment chief. Northwest of Davao City “We don’t want the min- and a magnitude 2.0 Northing operations in Caraga east of Mercedes in Eastern would be stopped just be- Samar. cause of one person,” perThe Phivolcs said the taining to Lopez as he he eartquakes were all tectonic spoke with a loud speaker in origin. at the rally. A 4.6-magnitude earthThe protesters riding quake jolted Davao City at on eight air-conditioned 9:50 a.m. on Thursday, leavpassenger buses came to ing two women injured after the environment office at a waiting shed collapsed around noon on Tuesday on them while waiting for comprising of student schol- a jeepney. ars, lumads, displaced mine Based on the latest earthworkers and some of their quake bulletin of the Phifamily members. volcs, the epicenter of the Raagas said they would quake was at 9 kilometers appeal to President Rodrigo northwest of Davao City Duterte to join their cause and was tectonic in origin. in alleviating their plight Intensity 4 was felt in by continuing the mining Davao City and intensity operations in Caraga region 1 in Kidapawan City. The heightened opposiChief Insp. Catherine tion against Lopez came as dela Rey, Davao City Police the regional environment Office spokesperson, idenoffice has offered an alterna- tified the victims as Maria tive program to displaced Teresa Pusta, 43, married, mine workers called Sus- employee at Dalas Energy tainable Integrated Area and Petroleum, and resident Development Program. of Bangkal, and Fe Yu, 66, Eric Gallego, chief of a retired teacher, a resident the Regional Public Affairs of Buhangin here. Office, said some 14,000 Both sustained injuries displaced workers of the in their head, she said. closed mining companies The two were brought in the region would benefit to the Southern Philippines the program that provides Medical Center. P7,000 monthly livelihood Rene Caballo, adminfor every household. istrative aide of Palma Gil The livelihood program Elementary School, said that that initially focuses on they immediately attended mangrove plantation re- to one of the women who habilitation, agroforestry was seriously injured.

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Friday, February 24, 2017 “We saw that the one female was wounded. We immediately helped her out because her head was bleeding,” he said. School principal Marietta Gaer said she immediately ordered the suspension of classes after the earthquake. But at around 11 a.m., classes were resumed . Operations at the Hall of Justice and City Hall were disrupted as the workers scampered for safety.

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the death penalty. Passage of a death penalty law also violates Article II, Section 2 of the 1987 Constitution which mandates the state to adopt “the generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law of the land.” “Ultimately, railroading of this measure by the House leadership only adds to the long list of our reasons why we will vote No,” Tinio ended.

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from 1998 to 2015. The data does not include those killed in nearby cities where the alleged DDS have expanded. Redemptorist Fr. Amado Picardal, former spokesman of the Coalition Against Summary Executions, said the victims in Davao City alone also include 132 minors–126 boys and six girls. The youngest was a 12-year old boy and a 15-year old girl, he added. He said Duterte has been accused of operating a death squad but he has not been prosecuted because no witnesses have come out. Picardal left Davao City in 2011 after he was reassigned to Manila but he lamented that until 2015, summary killings still occurred in the city. A retired police officer supposedly confirmed at a news conference on Monday the existence of DDS and implicated Duterte in extrajudicial killings in Davao City. Arthur Lascañas narrated several killings that Duterte allegedly had ordered. And at one point, he broke into tears when he recalled his role in the deaths of his two brothers because they were drug users. Picardal said he is hoping and praying that more cops and DDS members will be “touched by their conscience and will have the courage to come out and testify”. “This will contribute to the stoppage of EJK and hold those responsible for the killings accountable,” Picardal said. As soon as he assumed the presidency in June last year, Duterte called on the public to help him in his war on drugs. The crackdown has resulted to at least 7,600 deaths. Authorities said more than 2,500 died in shootouts and legitimate police operations. (Roy Lagarde/CBCPNews)

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on Hinatuan Mining Company (HMC). HMC , a subsidiary of Nickel Asia Corporation, which has been extracting nickel on an mountainous island a kilometer away adjacent to Talavera has been operating since 1981 but its permit on Mineral Production Sharing Agreement was recently cancelled by Environment Secretary Gina Lopez due to reported environmental violations. Earlier at the P8 million community gym constructed through the Social Development Management Program of HMC, a component of the company’s corporate social responsibility, rally speakers from different community sectors took turns in lambasting Lopez, vowing to join the snowballing moves to block her appointment as cabinet secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources while tearfully expressing their disdain on the HMC closure. The speakers include a college student scholar, physically disabled dynamite fishing victim and a highly emotional leader of the women sector who cried with invectives in most of her speech as the crowd responded with loud chants angrily asking Lopez to reconsider her move to stop the operations of HMC. No wonder, the advent of HMC which turned their once fishing village into a vibrant mining community had seen many concrete two-storey homes mostly owned by village officials , a multi-million peso barangay hall, a birthing clinic complete with facilities and a long sea wall constructed along the small concrete passenger sea port. “ Ms. Gina Lopez asa na kami pasingod ?( Ms. Gina Lopez where would be going now?) wailed Estela Beberino in Surigaonon dialect who spoke for the religious sector “I don’t want to go back fishing again. It’s hard, look what happened to me,” said Cosme Alpajando whose right leg was decapitated by the blast of dynamite fishing. Both Mayor Cesar Diaz Jr. and village chairman Marvin Tapuyo agreed that cancellation order to HMC by Lopez did not go to due process since the residents were not consulted before the decision was carried out. During the march, however, some of the young boys were overheard silently mumbling in jest “ What is the use of this rally when the mountain is already mined out?” as the protesters stopped at the open view of the mined mountain while some rubbed laterite muds on their faces, necks and hands to dramatize their sentiments against HMC’s closure. But an environment group Caraga Watch based in Surigao City said in a statement that the mining

companies that have been operating for more than a decade raked billions of profits yet spent so little to mitigate the damage to the region’s environment and its people. “The speed and method by which these operations extract minerals from the mountains of Caraga is deplorable and it will take more than a decade to rehabilitate these areas,” the statement said. Caraga Watch supported Lopez’s order to shutdown “abusive” 23 large-scale mining companies, 14 of which are in Caraga region. The green group refuted the claims of the mining industry about the loss of at least 1.2 million jobs saying most of the mine workers are low-paying contractual , employed only for 3-6 months a year and work under hazardous working condition. Caraga Watch cited a report by militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno which disclosed for ever 8 mine workers, only one is regular while the rest are contractual workers. Pastor Pio Mercado, Caraga Watch spokesman, said the mountain operated by HMC in Talavera has already mined out and it is just timely that Lopez has issued the closure of the company apart from serious violations of the MPSA. Mercado said Talavera has been a rich fishing village which serve as one of the main supplier of quality fish and sea foods to Surigao City while others were gainfully engaged in coconut farming before HMC came. “Who were better off now there? It’s only those who benefited the business from the operations of HMC,” Mercado said as he singled out the village chairman as the one who became rich for monpplizing the mooring services of commercial products transported by big passenger pump boats from Surigao City.

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agreements (MPAs). He said the private sector is wary over the possible effects of the closure to the host communities and to the workers who may lose jobs and livelihood. “We strongly believe that the welfare and livelihood of millions of poor Filipino families in the affected mining communities should take precedent over the advocacy of a single cabinet secretary who has manifested gross bias against the operation of a lawful industry that has contributed greatly to the upliftment of the lives and future of poor Filipinos in the countryside,” Lao said. He said that they are calling for equal procedural transparency, fairness and observance of the rule of law in the audit of mining operations. L ao added that the council acknowledges the

importance and huge potential of the mining industry in its contribution to the development of the country, describing mining as a “critical ingredient” that will facilitate “greater economic growth, attracting investments, creating jobs and reducing poverty in the region, particularly in the rural areas.” He assured the government that the council will continue its advocacy to promote responsible development of the mineral resources in Mindanao and optimize the industry’s contributions to the country’s development. “The MBC will continue to clamor for transparency and stronger accountability among the key players in the mining industry as we continue to monitor their social, environmental, and economic performance,” he said. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)

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violations worries some foreign investors. According to reports, some investors are now “worried on putting their money on business ventures, as they might lose their investments overnight.” But Lopez said foreign investors should not be worried if their businesses do not cause environmental degradation and suffering in areas they operate. “If they invest and rape the country, I prefer that they go away,” Lopez said. She added: “We want investments that will help us, like investments in our biodiversity, investments which will pay our people well. We welcome investments in area development where they can make money, but they are helping everybody else improve also.” As for mining, Lopez said studies have shown that 82 percent of the net revenue goes to the investor and 95 percent of which goes out of local economy. This is despite the fact that mining activities leave massive and long-lasting damage to the environment and communities, she added. Last Tuesday, Lopez announced that 75 mineral production sharing agreements or MPSAs for mining sites within or near watersheds face cancellation. She said that if the government allows mining in a watershed area, rehabilitating it will be almost impossible. Mindanao Daily TARPS -STICKERS -NEWS

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