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By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent

MINDANAO Development Authority (MinDA) chair Abul Khayr Alonto said he is seriously considering the possibility to launch a probe on the Cagayan de Oro flood incident last Monday.

Speaking to reporters last Tuesday, Alonto said that he is just awaiting reports from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) regional office in Northern Mindanao before making a decision.

Alonto was dispatched by President Rodrigo Duterte to see for himself the flooding in Cagayan de Oro, believed to be the worst since tropical storm Sendong struck in 2011, killing thousands.

Hundreds of students from the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) were stranded and Stranded. A military truck ferries commuters and workers in Cagayan de Oro City on January, 17, 2018. Sevwere forced to wade eral people were stranded overnight because the highways and roads were made impassable by flash floods that See probe, page A7

hit the city on Monday, January 16. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

LPA’s death toll rises to 4, student missing

By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City--The death toll in Monday’s flood brought by the Low Pressure Area (LPA) has risen to four following the recovery of an Octogenarian who was declared missing Monday afternoon, the rescue group said Tuesday.

A 15-year-old Grade 9 student in Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School was also missing since Monday night, the parents reported Tuesday morning.

The body of Virgilio Turno, 84, a Tuba gatherer in the village of Bulua here, was found Tuesday morning by a neighbor who was inspecting the damaged wrought by the flood Monday night.

Turno’s son said that his father was missing last Monday afternoon at the height of the heavy rain while FLOODING IN ORO. Rescue teams transport stranded residents of Cagayan de gathering Tuba in the neighborhood.

Oro City via speed boats, Monday night (Jan. 16, 2017), when the city submerged in The three other victims of drowning were rainwater due to torrential rains spawned by low pressure area, affecting mostly parts of See missing, page A7

Northern Western and Western Mindanao. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit for Mindanao Daily

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Oro placed under state of calamity

Cagayan de Oro City has been placed under a state of calamity after several parts of the city and its rural barangays were flooded due to heavy rains on Monday afternoon brought by a low pressure area over the Visayas and Mindanao.

The city council issued the declaration early Tuesday morning.

On Monday night, the city government ordered the forced evacuation of residents in 10 barangays, including Bulua which lies along the national highway.

The LPA and the tail end of a cold front also caused flooding in Iligan City, Oroquieta City in Misamis Occidental, parts of Zamboanga Peninsula as well as in Cebu and other parts of the Visayas.

Some schools in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan suspended classes on Tuesday.

Alexandria Mordeno, a student of Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology texted MindaNews that flood waters outside her boarding house in Tibanga reached kneehigh on Monday night.

MSU-IIT declared a suspension of classes on Tuesday.

Also on Monday night, the flood in Cagayan de Oro stranded several students, faculty members and other employees of University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines.

(MindaNews)

Hotel ‘boso’ scandal rocks Agusan del Sur town

By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Regional Editor-Davao

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur--- A nephew of a hotel owner here has been the talk of the town after he was caught in the act

of taking video to a hotel guest while she was taking a bath in her room last week.

The incident spread like wildfire on Facebook after local radio hosts posted the initial details of the story after the victim who is

the wife of a retired American navy came out in the open to the public and formally filed formal charges against 22-year-old James Emerson Yap. Yap is now languishing in jail after Rosemarie Plaza Marx, 36,

filed a case on the violations of Anti Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009 after police found the iPhone mobile phone he used in taking videos, an iPad tablet and an external hard drive in the adjacent room of the victim where

he was hiding.

Marx said she was taking a bath on Room 24 of Paseo de San Francisco Suites where she and husband Ron were checked in on January 13 when she See scandal, page A7

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WWII vintage bomb found in Surigao City Thursday, January 19, 2017

By Roel Catoto of MindaNews

SURIGAO City––He thought it would make him rich, but the “treasure” that a construction worker unear thed on Tuesday turned out to be a World War II vintage bomb.

Julito Calimpong, who did excavation work at the construction site in Surigao del Norte National High School three days earlier, said he discovered the bomb after his backhoe hit a metallic object and he decided to see what it was.

“I found it covered with soil six meters deep,” he told RPN-DXKS in an interview.

He added he informed his employer, former Bacuag, Surigao del Norte mayor Danilo Orquina about the bomb and surreptitiously brought it inside the latter’s compound in Bernadette Village.

O r q u i n a , h o w e v e r, saw the “treasure” and warned Calimpong and other workers not to touch it saying it was a vintage bomb.

“I was told that they’re going to break the object

vintage bomb. Members of the 4th Infantry Division Explosives and Ordnance Team measure the WWII vintage bomb found in Surigao City on Tuesday.

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with the use of backhoe or use a gas powered thermal torch and I told them not to do it,” he said.

Orquina contacted his son Ryan Orquina, who then asked Johanne Jake Miranda, a Philippine Military Academy graduate based in Surigao City to take a look at the object.

Miranda said the bomb measured 54 inches long with a diameter of 14 inches and a circumference of 44 inches and has retained its original olive drab color.

Th bomb was reported to be an AN-M43 or M64 (Army Navy designation) 500 pounder containing

HE/TNT/Almatol which is indicated by a visible 1-inch yellow stripe. It was used by naval aircraft like the SBD and SB2C dive bombers and the TBM/ TBF torpedo bombers.

“The pin that was removed was actually part of the arming wire which in this case is also part of the triggering mechanism,” Miranda said.

Explosive and Ordnance Division personnel of the 4th Infantry Division arrived at Bernadette Village on Tuesday morn-

ing to remove the bomb.

Some residents of the village were frightened upon being told to evacuate for their safety.

Saint Paul UniversitySurigao City in Barangay Luna campus suspended classes this morning and sent back the students home.

Miranda said the EOD team confirmed that the bomb was live with its nose, tail booster fuses and body in pristine condition.

The team initially planned to do a controlled detonation in the area but decided later to transfer the bomb to a more remote area where they would explode it.

Acting mayor Alfonso S. Casurra, who headed the City Crisis Management Team, helped facilitate the removal of the bomb with the use of a boom truck owned by City Councilor Baltazar Abian.

The bomb was safely removed from the residential area at around 11:30 am Tuesday with the use of military truck.

L i e ute nant C ol onel Rico Amaro, commanding officer of the 30th Infantry Battalion based in Bad-as, Placer in Surigao del Norte said they have with them the vintage bomb which will be detonated in a safer place later.

Chester Clark Yee, a military reservist and one

of those who secured the area during the removal of the bomb, said there could have been a carnage had the bomb exploded.

He suggested that the area where the bomb was found must be searched thoroughly saying there may be more of it left there.

Several people have asked authorities not to detonate the bomb but instead have it defused so it could be displayed at a local museum.

Local historians said the bomb was among those that were dropped by the US bombers during WWII. “A bombing raid was conducted by such aircraft from carriers USS Essex and USS Lexington in Surigao City on September 9, 1944. This particular bomb was aimed at a Japanese Army garrison located on a hilltop, which is now Surigao High School,” said Miranda who contributed significant work to the Battle of Surigao Strait Museum. Dino Robert, a local historian based in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur showed a picture of the bombing run in Surigao which he had been keeping for years.

“This bomb could have been among several bombs that were dropped at Japanese soldiers,” he said.

“The bombings in Surigao ended on April 1945 after the Japanese soldiers surrendered,” he added.

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Trillanes, Zubiri almost figured in a fistfight over BI scandal probe Senators Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV and Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri had a heated exchange in the Senate after the former called the latter a “cheater” during a plenary session on Tuesday.

Trillanes accused Zubiri and Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon of trying to “whitewash” the proposed Senate probe into the alleged bribery attempt by Chinese

businessman Jack Lam to some officials of the Bureau of Immigration.

These BI officials also happened to be fraternity brothers of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte.

Zubiri insisted that the inquiry should be conducted by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chaired by Gordon.

A resolution earlier filed

by Senate Pres. Pro Tempore

Franklin Drilon referred the inquiry to be moved to the Senate Committee on Civil Service Government Reorganization and Professional Regulation chaired by Trillanes.

In a 14-7 vote on Monday, however, the Senate voted to remove the resolution to probe the BI scandal from Trillanes’ committee.

Zubiri took offense to Trillanes’ whitewashing

comment and Trillanes responded by saying that his remark was “meant to be offensive.”

Zubiri finally lost his nerve when Trillanes called him a “cheater” referring to a poll fraud allegation that led him to resign as Senator in 2011.

He meanwhile shot back by pointing out that Trillanes was also accused of “rebellion and treason” re-

ferring to the 2003 Oakwood mutiny which Trillanes led.

The clash between the two senators, which almost got physical, prompted their colleagues -- including boxer-senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao -- to come between them.

After almost an hourlong suspension to allow both senators to cool down, Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III moved

to strike off the record of the heated exchange except the line where Zubiri said he had “nothing to do with any whitewash”.

Zubiri said that he and Trillanes, during the suspension, agreed that he was not part of any whitewash and also agreed to an investigation. The two senators later shook hands. A report culled from the Philippine News Agency

By Walter I. Balane of MindaNews

tional Power Corporation’s hydroelectric power plant.

She already had no clothes on when found and brought to neighboring Barangay Panadtalan for identification.

Ma. Leah Barquez, coordinator of the Provincial DRRMO said Tuesday that a team from San Fernando DRRMO brought a relative to confirm if it was indeed Balode’s body.

Balode and her family were crossing the river on their way home when the flash flood occurred.

But her three children, the youngest about two years old, were all safe as her husband made them cross the river first while the water was still three to four feet deep.

Flash flood claims one casualty in Bukidnon

MALAYBALAY City––A woman farmer in San Fernando, Bukidnon who was carried away by flash flood while trying to cross the town’s Tigua River around 4:30pm Monday was found dead in Maramag town Tuesday.

Ai-ai Balode, 22, was from Sitio Balacayo, Barangay Namnam, Rou Francis Piscos, San Fernando Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) coordinator told MindaNews via telephone.

The municipal DRRMO of Maramag said Balode was found dead in the man-made Damaged Bridge. With its foundation weakened by the flood that hit Iligan City Monday evening (16 Janu- lake in Barangay Tubigon ary 2017), authorities closed this Bailey bridge in Barangay Palao to vehicular traffic. Residents nearby said the that draws water from the Pulangi River for the Naflood was chest deep. MindaNews photo by Bobby Timonera

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Dried up

“But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.” 1 Kings 17:7 God blesses us with provisions daily, whether we recognize them or not.

Sometimes the provisions God gives us dry up. Maybe a car breaks down, a job is lost, or a tree falls on your house. The important thing to remember is to not panic.

God will make a new

Remedy against the floods in Misor

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from the private sector who could stop the floods and the rains that caused them.

Truly, our people never learned. The fact is, we have been relentlessly writing here for the past several years about the coming of destructive and deadly rains, floods, and strong winds, which will not only damage properties but kill people as well, as prophesied by one of the greatest books ever written on earth.

Our columns have been repeatedly saying that more rains, floods, and strong winds will come, but nobody listened. If Filipinos will continue to ignore the prophecies about these natural disasters, we will continue to suffer needlessly.

We will continue to miss out on the truth that there is a remedy against rains, floods, and winds, or that we can at least be saved from

their destructive effects.

-oooIF WE WANT TO BE RICH…: The news story about only eight people owning the wealth of all other human beings here on earth is a sad commentary about the imbalance on ownership of the world’s resources and wealth. Yet, many will simply dismiss it by saying that some are luckier and smarter than others and therefore acquire more money.

T he re may b e s ome great truth in that rationalization of this unequal wealth distribution, but the greater truth is that the ultimate secret about achieving financial success and economic victory had already been disclosed in the pages of a book that had swept through most of the countries we have in this world now.

According to this book, there is a need to listen to God and obey His commands if we want to be rich.

One particular command there is that, we should not forget that it is God who allows us to produce wealth, and that we should seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, that we should listen and obey His commands, and all our

needs will be given to us.

-oooGALILEE, THE CITY OF PROPHECY: In Luke 1:26 of the Bible, there is an emphatic reference to where the angel Gabriel was sent to talk to Mary, the woman who was to conceive and give birth to God the Father and would name Him Jesus, and it is in a place called Galilee.

Galilee was an important place, because it was part of the prophecy made by the Prophet Isaiah where God was to be born.

This is how Isaiah wrote about it (in Isaiah 9:6): “In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations…

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given… And he will be called… Mighty God, Everlasting Father…”

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island of Luzon and placed it under his empire. The Chinese called the island “Lusong” from the Chinese characters Lui Sung. The biggest settlement of Chine s e was in Lingayen in Pangasinan. Lingayen also became the seat of the Chinese colonial government in Luzon. When Yung Lo died in 1424, the new Emperor Hongxi, Yung Lo’s son, lost interest in the colony and the colonial government was dissolved.

However, the Chinese settlers in Lingayen — known as “sangleys” — remained and prospered. Our national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal descended from the sangleys.”

It was during the reign of Yung Lo that Admiral Zheng He led several expeditions to many parts of the world. Hundreds of ships were built including large vessels called “treasure ships.” Yung Lo also built the Forbidden City; and went to war against his neighbors

including Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. In 1424, he died after falling ill during a campaign in Mongolia.

Yung Lo’s son Hongxi inherited an empire that was almost bankrupt. He implemented drastic fiscal measures to stop inflation.

His first edict was an order stopping Zheng’s expeditions. Zheng was then retired and his treasure ships were moved to Nanjing where they were left to rot.

Hongxi’s reign lasted only a year. He died in May 1425.

China then ceased to be a maritime power.

Fast-forward five centuries. In 1949, Mao Zedong and his communist People’s Liberation Army (PLA) came to power after defeating Chiang Kai Shek and his nationalist Kuomintang forces in a bloody civil war. Chiang and his forces fled to the island of Taiwan where he established a government-in-exile. Mao took control of mainland China and established the People’s Republic of China

(PRC). He claimed Taiwan as part of China’s territory.

But Chiang also claimed the mainland as part of the Republic of China (ROC) based in Taiwan.

Upon Mao’s death in 1976, Deng Xiaoping took power and instituted market-economy reforms, which is a combination of socialist and capitalist systems.

For the next four decades China progressed into an economic power. Today, China’s economy is second only to the U.S. Chinese Dream When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, he immediately pursued his “Chinese Dream,” which is the revival of imperial China that had maintained Chinese hegemony in Asia during the reign of the Ming Dynasty.

“The great revival of the Chinese nation is the greatest Chinese Dream,” Xi said before taking office.

Two years later, China started building seven artificial islands on

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AL JACINTO Regional Editor-WestMin

way. This is not the time to question God’s goodness, because the brook dried up.

It is the time to trust that God will show you His love for you by preparing a new source of provision.

Atty. Batas Mauricio

China’s colonization of the Philippines

By Perry Diaz

SINCE the early 15th century, before Spain took possession of an archipelago in what is now the Philippines, China had claimed the entire island of Luzon as her territory.

However, China’s presence in Luzon was limited to what is now the province of Pangasinan. But now — 592 years later — recent events are raising the specter of Chinese colonization of the Philippines for the second time in history.

In my article, “Who discovered the Philippines?”

(April 13, 2007), I wrote: “Chinese traders — who were also involved in the Spice Trade — started coming to the Philippine archipelago in the 11th century.

They went as far as Butuan and Sulu. However, most of their trade activities were in Luzon.

“In 1405, during the reign of the Ming Dynasty in China, Emperor Yung Lo [also Yong Le] claimed the

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4ID troops rescue studes, residents trapped in flood Thursday, January 19, 2017

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AMP Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City--In support to the Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Councils of the different Local Government Units in Northern Mindanao, the 4th Infantry Division units in this area actively undertook Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response Operations during the recent hit of a Low Pressure Area (LPA) that affected majority of the low lying communities and those that are near the bodies of water in Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City.

As of press time, a total of 2,577 families or 9,415 individuals have been rescued and were transported to the 53 evacuation centers in these areas.

Major Gen. Benjamin R. Madrigal Jr., 4ID Commander said: “I commend all the key players for the swift and effective conduct of HADR in the area.”

Madrigal said: “The impact of the LPA have been mitigated due to the concerted efforts of everyone, especially with the leadership of our political leaders.”

“However, we still remind the public to be extra cautious, especially in areas that were badly hit by the flash floods,” said Madrigal, adding, “we also ask for the public’s cooperation, espe-

Soldiers from 4ID carry a rubber boat used for disaster rescue operations along the highway of Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City on January 17, 2017.

Stranded individuals get a lift from 4ID Soldiers who responded in the midst of a flash flood along CM Recto Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City on January 16, 2017.

cially to all announcements coming from the competent authorities for us to ensure everyone’s safety.”

The last batch of students

and faculty members that are stranded due to the flash flood at the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines

4ID Soldiers assist the stranded students and Faculty Members of the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines in Cagayan de Oro City on January 17, 2017.

in Limketkai, CM Recto Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City, were all rescued as of 9am today.

Troops are still deployed

in communities near the river banks and coastal areas in Misamis Oriental for the HADR. All major roads in Misa-

mis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City that were affected by flash floods are now passable to all types of vehicles.

Stranded individuals rejoice in relief as they ride a 4ID military truck inside the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines Campus and along CM Recto Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City on January 17, 2017.

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Soldier-peacebuilder is new Westmincom chief DAVAO City--A bemedalled soldier who is active in peace-building activities in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao is the new commander of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom).

Major Gen. C arlito Galvez, Jr., 54, commander of the 6th Infantry Division, took over the post of Maj. Gen. Mayoralgo Dela Cruz during installation rites in Zambaonga City Tuesday morning, January 17.

Dela Cruz, a member of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class 1985 was installed Westmincom chief on November 21, 2015 and will now serve as Inspector General of the Armed Forces NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of LOLITA AYENTO LIM, who died intestate in Butuan City on January 24, 2006, consisting of one-nine share over a real property consisting of a residential house and a commercial building built over a parcel of land situated at 044 Montilla Boulevard, Butuan City, containing an area of 500 square meters, more or less, covered by TCT No. RT-9506 and more particularly described as “A parcel of land (Lot 29 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Bsd-32206, being a portion of Lot 445-A described on plan Bsd-4934, LRC (GLRO) Cad. Rec. No. 321) with all improvements thereon situated in the city of Butuan, Island of Mindanao, Philippines. Bounded on the N., points 3 to 4 by Lot 30 of the subdivision plan; on the E., points 4 to 1 by Lot 295, Butuan Cadastre (Montilla Boulevard); on the S., points 1 to 2 by Lot 79 of the subdivision plan; and on the W., points 2 to 3 by Road Lot. Beginning at the point marked “1” on plan being N. 56 deg. 17’W., 302.36 m. from B.L.L.M. No. I, Butuan Cadastre,” containing an area of 500 square meters, more or less, is the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE made and entered into by and between deceased Lolita Ayento Lim’s legitimate children and sole heirs, namely, Diana Ayento Lim and Venus Ayento Lim Garcia, agreeing to equally divide and adjudicate among themselves their mother’s one-nine (1/9) share of above-mentioned parcel of land, which is equivalent to 55.5 square meters, more or less, per Doc. No. 681; Page No. 137; Book No.8; Series of 2017 of the Notarial Registry of Atty. Jose B. Guibone, Notary Public in the City of Butuan, Philippines, until December 31, 2017.

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of the Philippines (AFP).

Westmincom has command over the 1st and 6th Infantry Divisions of the Philippine Army and the Naval Forces Western Mindanao. Its base is in Zamboanga City which also hosts the Philippine Air Force’s 3rd Air Division in Mindanao’s lone air base, the Edwin Andrews Air Base.

Westmincom’s operates in areas where major threat groups operate: the Abu Sayyaf terror group in Basilan and Sulu, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao, the Maute Group in Lanao del Sur; and the New Peoples Army in the Zamboanga region.

The government is currently talking peace with the National Democratic Front-Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA. The Westmincom area is NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of MARGARITA R. VDA. DE AYENTO, who died intestate on July 27, 2009, consisting of her conjugal share over a real property, consisting of one part of nine (1/9) share over a real property consisting of a residential house and commercial building built over a parcel of land located at 044 Montilla Boulevard, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines, containing an area of 500 square meters, more or less, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-9506 issued by the Registry of Deeds for the City of Butuan and declared for tax purposes as Tax Declaration No. 08-03-0003-00638 at the time of her death; one-storey residential building with floor area of 100 square meters declared under Tax Declaration No. 08-03-0003-0069; and one-storey commercial building with floor area of 137.54 square meters declared under Tax Declaration No. 08-030003-00640, are the subjects of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MARGARITA RADAZA VDA. DE AYENTO made and entered into by and among deceased Margarita Radaza Vda. De Ayento’s only surviving and lawful heirs, per Doc. No. 371; Page No. 76; Book No. XXV; Series of 2016 of the Notarial Registry of Atty. Gil M. Cembrano, Notary Public until December 31, 2017 at Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.

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Major Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr. receives guests in Camp Navarro, Western Mindanao Command in Zamboanga City Tuesday morning, January 17, 2017, shortly before his assumption as new commander. Galvez was 6th Infantry Division before his promotion as Westmincom commander. MindaNews photo by Ferdinandh Cabrera

also where the Moro Nation- tion Front (MILF) operate, al Liberation Front (MNLF) although both fronts have and Moro Islamic Libera- signed peace agreements with the government and are presently implementing NOTICE the agreements.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Galvez, a member of estate of FEDERICO PAREDES, who PMA Class 1985, spent most died intestate on March 23, 1989 at Magallanes, Agusan del Norte, consistof his military career in ing of a parcel of land the deceased Mindanao as company, batand his wife, Lucia Paredes, acquired talion, brigade and division in Taloao, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, with an area of 9,966 square meters, being a portion of the land registered under Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-7582 in the names of Zenona T. Pableo, Candida T. Pableo, Arcadio T. Pableo and Eligio T. Pableo under Tax Declaration No, 03-01-01400034-A and Property Identification No. 053-01-014-01-037, with the transfer in favor of the deceased annotated as Entry No. 33223 of TCT RT-7582 which mentions that a portion of 9,966 square meters of the land described therein was transferred by Arcadio Pableo in favor of Federico Paredes through a Deed of Sale executed on July 15, 1980 at Buenavista, Agusan del Norte and recorded as Doc. No. 682, Page No. 17, Book No. 7, Series of 1980 in the Notarial Registry of Atty.

Pablo P. Lapa, is the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE HEIRS OF FEDERICO PAREDES WITH ABSOLUTE SALE made and executed by deceased Federico Paredes’ compulsory heirs, namely, widow Lucia M. Paredes, heirs of Emmanuel M. Paredes represented by his widow, Verlin Paredes, Ildebrando M. Paredes, Federico M. Paredes, Jr., Angelito M. Paredes, Rodito M. Paredes, Maria Estella P. Dapar, and Pilarita P. Taclindo, adjudicating the conjugal share of deceased Federico Paredes on above-described property with all the improvements thereon in equal shares, pro indiviso, and for and in consideration of P50,000.00, selling, transferring, and conveying a portion of above-described land pertaining to the conjugal share of deceased Federico Paredes and his surviving spouse Lucia M. Paredes, with an area of 9,450 square meters unto LEONARDO M. KUIZON, married and a resident of Talo-ao, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, ESTRELLA K, GARCIA, married and a resident of Baan, Butuan City, and JOHVANI M. KUIZON, married and a resident of Quiapo, Tondo, Metro-Manila, per Doc. No. 393; Page No. 79; Book No. VIII; Series of 2016 of the Notarial Registry of Reggie E. Morales-Saludo, Notary Public at Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. Philippines.

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased REY O. DIFUNTORUM who died on April 2, 2003 at Iligan City; that the deceased left a parcel of land situated at Camague, Iligan City, which is more particularly described as follows: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-34,118 (a.f.); “A parcel of land (2-F of the subdivision plan Psd-12014035 being a portion of Lot 2, Blk. 11, (LRC) Psd-89917 situated in the Barrio of Camague, City of Iligan, Is. Of Mindanao; Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED (200) SQUARE METERS, more or less” ; is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION WITH AND SALE; made and entered into by and between namely; ROSEMARIE DIFUNTORUM, widow, LEO FRANZ DIFUNTORUM, and REY MICHAEL DIFUNTORUM, all of legal age, Filipinos, and EDNA O. DIFUNTORUM, of legal age, Filipino, and a residents of Iligan City,.; That WE, the abovenamed ROSEMARIE DIFUNTORUM, LEO FRANZ DIFUNTORUM and REY MICHAEL DIFUNTORUM being all of legal age, and with full civil capacity to contract, and EDNA O. DIFUNTORUM, hereby these presents, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND (Php100,000.00) PESOS, Philippines Currency, to us in hand paid by REY A. PANTINOPLE, likewise of legal age, Filipino, married to ERMA R. PANTINOPLE, both of legal age, Filipinos, and residents of Camague, Iligan City, receipt of which is hereby confessed to have received in full and in cash to our entire satisfaction do hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY absolutely and unconditionally unto said VENDEE, his heirs and assigns, the above-described parcel of land; free from any and all liens and encumbrances.; Under Notary Public of ATTY. BERNAGIFT C. GONZAGADIMACALING; as per Doc No. 498; Page No. 49; Book No. XII; Series of 2016.

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commander.

He also graduated from the Armed Forces of the Philippines Command and Staff College Class 47 as Class President and Valedictorian, and was awarded as one of The Outstanding Philippine Soldier (TOPS) in 2007.

The new Westmincom Chief had served as Commander of 104th Infantry Brigade under the 1st ID in Basilan; Deputy Commander for Peace Process of the Western Mindanao Command and concurrent chair of the government’s Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) in the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front; Deputy

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Chief of Staff for Operations from August 2015; was installed as the 33rd commander of the 6th Infantry Division on September 12, 2016 and Westmincom chief effective January 17, 2017.

Galvez was the CCCH chair who worked with his MILF counterpart, the late Rashid Ladiasan, in ensuring a ceasefire to prevent an escalation of conflict following the Mamasapano tragedy in Maguindanao on January 25, 2015, which left 66 persons dead — 44 from the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police, 17 from the MILF’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces, and five civilians.

While serving in Basilan, Galvez’ First Scout Ranger Battalion which operated against the Abu Sayaff in the island provinces of Basilan and Sulu, was adjudged the Best Scout Ranger Battalion for two consecutive years in 2000 and 2001 and the Philippine Army’s Best Battalion for Combat Operations in 2002.

Galvez has been awarded two Distinguished Service Stars, two Outstanding Achievement Medals, six Gold Cross Medals, eight Bronze Cross Medals, numerous military merit and commendation medals and a Wounded Personnel Medal.

He is also a recipient of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s “Salamat Po” Humanitarian Award and an is Outstanding Citizen of Taguig City

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top of reefs and shoals in the Spratly archipelago. Upon completion, the Chinese built airfields that could accommodate large aircraft and deep harbors where Chinese warships could dock.

With the militarization of these islands, which are less than 200 miles away from the province of Palawan, Chinese forces are now at the doorsteps of the Philippines ready to strike when the time is ripe.

According to a reliable source in Manila, most of the Chinoys (short for ChineseFilipinos) are patriotic and loyal to the Philippine flag.

However, some of them are believed to be pro-China “sleepers” ready to act when called upon by their PLA handlers. Some of them are sons of rich taipans who sent them to China to study. Allegedly, some of them took PLA officer’s training. It is also alleged that units of the PLA have already infiltrated the country posing as foreign workers.

It is interesting to note that prior to the outbreak of World War II, thousands of Japanese nationals were working in the Philippines.

Many of them were sleepers and once war broke out, they put on their military uniforms and joined the invading Japanese forces.

Meanwhile, the anticommunist forces in the Philippines have organized themselves as the “Save Our Soldier” Movement. Interestingly, the acronym for “Save Our Soldier” is SOS, which is the international code signal of extreme distress and an urgent appeal for help. The question is: Is the SOS Movement poised and ready to act if Duterte forms a pro-communist revolutionary government?

One can only surmise that the probability increased due to recent confluence of events.

If these rumors are true and come to fruition, then China’s timetable for control of the First Island Chain could be achieved. In an article titled, “China to take Second Island Chain by 2020,” published in 2013 in the Want China Times, it said: “In 1982, Admiral Liu Huaqing, the former commander of the PLA Navy and the mastermind of China’s modern naval strategy, said that it would be necessary for China to control the First and Second Island Chains by 2010 and 2020. The PLA Navy must be ready to challenge US domination over the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean in 2040. If China is able to dominate the Second Island Chain seven years from now, the East China Sea will become the backyard of the PLA Navy.”

If the South China Sea totally comes under Chinese control and the First Island Chain is broken with the occupation of the Philippines, China would then be

in a position to challenge the U.S. for control of the Second Island Chain. If China prevails, it would bring China right into Uncle Sam’s doorsteps, Guam.

Possession of the Philippines would be a triple victory for China and, conversely, a triple whammy for the Philippines – politically, militarily, and economically.

Indeed, the economic value that China would gain is immeasurably humongous.

Rich in oil, gas, minerals, and marine resources, the Philippines would make China far less dependent on oil and gas from the Middle East and Africa.

However, the price that China may have to pay could be very stiff. Predictions for 2017 – Year of the Fire Rooster – don’t bode well for China. Although the Fire Rooster is the sign of dawn and awakening, it is said, “The union of the Fire elements with the Rooster’s Metal during 2017 will create great tensions, this will create an electric atmosphere that will intensify the actions of the leaders of several nations and in the economies that will generate even more deterioration in the political climate. Further migration is thought to be caused by strong wars and climate change. It is predicted that some governments will take a tough line of mandate, there will be a lot of authoritarianism and there will be many threats of various kinds that could be the cause of more clashes between nations.”

Now that we have a glimpse of what the Year of the Fire Rooster would bring, perhaps China should take heed and get the hell out of the Philippines. Xi should concentrate in fixing China’s economic problems and clear the toxic air that is killing the Chinese people.

Xi must remember that in this day and age, colonialism is a thing of the past. Meanwhile, Duterte should lead the Filipino people within the legal framework of the Constitution. He must remember: What goes around comes around. (PerryDiaz@ gmail.com)

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awardee.

Galvez is the firstborn among 12 children of Carlito Galvez Sr and Lourdes Guansing from Bustos, Bulacan. He is married Marissa Pascua, an international flight purser of Philippine Airlines. The couple has a daughter, Mary Frances Therese.

His fields of specialty include Leadership Development, Counter-terrorism, Humanitarian Assistance, Strategic Thinking/Decision-making, Systems Dynamics Modeling, and Negotiation and Mediation (“Rido” Settlement).

Galvez completed his Masters in Project Management at the University of New South Wales, Australia in 2004, and was a fellow

Thursday, January 19, 2017 at the Kennedy School of Government Leadership Executive Education at Harvard University, Massachusetts.

Galvez was also a Fellow at the Asian Institute of Management Bridging Leadership program, took a course on Leadership and Values at the University of Asia and the Pacific, Negotiation and Mediation at the National Security at the National Defense College of the Philippines, and Leadership and Laws by the Australian Defense Course Program.

He also took an Infantry Officer Advance Course in Fort Benning, Georgia; attended a Military Operation Research Symposium in Singapore, Comprehensive Crisis Management Course in Hawaii and Rules of Engagement at the Institute of International Humanitarian Law in San Remo, Italy.

Galvez also attended the United States Eisenhower Fellowships Multination Program in 2006. (MindaNews)

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When he returned to fetch his wife, the water was already chest-high. He saw the water carry away his wife who was wearing a black jacket.

Piscos said the incident happened shortly after a downpour Monday. He added that search and retrieval operation was still ongoing.

He said the rest of the town’s 24 barangays experienced heavy rains but there were no reports of untoward incidents.

Barquez said the rest of Bukidnon was safe from the heavy rains that lasted from late afternoon Monday to dawn Tuesday.

She noted however that 16 families were evacuated to the barangay hall in Maluko, Manolo Fortich town as a preemptive move because their area was identified as landslide prone.

She noted that the families lived along a diversion road in the area.

In Valencia City, a total of 13 families from the lower portion of Barangay Catumbalon were also evacuated as the water level of the Pulangi River started to rise.

As of 8a.m. Tuesday, Barquez said water level was still around seven feet, just short of two feet which is identified as the critical point that requires forced evacuation.

The residents stayed at the covered court of the village as authorities continued monitoring the water level.

The evacuation alarm was also initiated in nearby Barangay San Isidro but was stopped as the water level started to subside.

In Malaybalay City, DRRMO personnel expressed relief that the water level had subsided in key riverside points. The water level in Sawaga River at the diversion road in Barangay

Sumpong measured two meters as of 5p.m. Monday but did not go higher.

Jesusa Aquino of the City DRRMO said they were monitoring the frequently flooded areas of Panamucan, Barangay San Jose and Bongbongon, Barangay Sumpong.

She said that at around 5:25p.m. Monday, Panamucan purok chair Romeo Abellanosa told the CDRRMO that the water level in a creek rose due to heavy rain.

She said they were placed on alert but Abellanosa later called up to report that the water had subsided.

The City DRRMO received the same report from Bongbongon, but the water level there subsided around 7p.m.

There were no reports of landslides as of Tuesday morning from the rest of Malaybalay’s 46 barangays, except in Apo Macote where a small slip was reported, Aquino added. (Walter I. Balane/MindaNews)

Scandal... from page A1

suddenly saw a protruding hand from an open glass window holding a black mobile phone taking a video on a selfie mode.

“I saw my face and my naked body on that cell phone that leads me to shout and cried for help,” Marx said in his statement on the complaint sheet.

What irked the Marx couple to pursue the case was the dilly-dallying among hotel staff to act on their complaint and it took the police 30 minutes to respond and opened the door of Room 26 where Yap was hiding because they had a hard time to give them the master key.

A repentant Yap tried to ask the victim for forgiveness and plead not to pursue the case with the assurance that he already deleted the video file on his iPhone.

But investigators found and confiscated the two other gadgets inside the room fueling speculations that he might have transferred the video file on the hard drive or iPad considering the length of time before his room was opened.

Police Chief Inspector Sandro Santillan, local police chief, said the gadgets are being kept while awaiting for an IT expert from the National Bureau of Investigation to check if the video was transferred there.

Ron, a 69-year-old retired US navy soldier, said he is committed to pursue the case as he expressed worry that the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Rosemarie has been suffering might recur and become severe again.

He said they spent so much for her treatment and medication in the United States in the last seven years for her to recover from her childhood and teenage

sexual molestation apart from being a battered wife to her former live in partner in her early teens.

Marx admonished the authorities not to whitewash the case still being processed at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office saying sexual offense in the US has been considered a serious crime.

“Sexual offenders in my country have to report to the police whenever they travel and move to another place where they are required to leave their phone numbers and address where they would visit,” Marx said.

The Midnanao Daily tried to get the reaction from Juvy Cebritas, the hotel manager, but to no avail.

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Rudy Boy Cabido, 14, in the village of Agusan, east of this city, found Tuesday morning and the body of Zian Angel Montesino, 10, of the village of Awang in the town of Opol, Misamis Oriental, Monday evening.

Rescuers also fished out the body of Franklin Ociosbello, 59, of the village of Balulang in Cagayan De Oro City River Tuesday morning.

Roy Leonen, of Lapasan, was expected to be home about 6 p.m. Monday after attending classes at the MOGCHS, but has not gone home until Tuesday morning.

Leonen’s mother appealed for help over the local radio station here to locate her son whose whereabouts remained unknown until Tuesday.

The worried family members hoped that the young Leonen might have decided to spend the night with one of his classmates at the height of the heavy rain Monday night.

More than 5,000 individuals in Cagayan De Oro City were reportedly moved to various evacuation centers here due to rising flood water at the height of the heavy rains Monday night, the city’s disaster officials reported Tuesday.

The Depar tment of Health (DOH) would conduct medical checkups and distributes medicines for children and adults in the various evacuation centers here Tuesday, the local health officials said.

In Misamis Oriental, more than 4,000 individuals living near the rivers and creeks were also evacuated to higher grounds amid an upsurge of the flood water due to heavy rains brought by the Low Pressure Area (LPA) Monday.

Provincial governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano has declared a “no classes” in all levels of public school Tuesday as the Provincial Dis aster, Risk Re duc tion Management Office (PRDRRMO) continues to assess the damage brought about by the flooding Monday.

The city government of Cagayan De Oro City has

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also declared the city under the “state of calamity” after the heavy rain Monday turned the city’s urban villages and downtown area into a complete mess.

Stranded and stuck up vehicles, mostly luxury cars, carried by the rampaging flood waters, piled up along and beside the city’s major thoroughfares apart from mud and debris, which depicted an otherwise abandoned metropolis.

Disaster officials in the city and the province of Misamis Oriental continue to monitor and assess the damage to properties as the aircraft of the Philippine Air Force conducted an aerial survey of the flood’s aftermath here.

As of 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, both the city and provincial disaster officials have yet to issue an estimated value of the damage to properties and agriculture in the affected areas.

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t h rou g h w aist - h i g h floodwaters towards the elevated university gym, awaiting to be fetched by rubber speedboats. The rescue was completed the morning after.

Alonto explored the possibility that the calamity was man-made and stranding the college students could have been prevented.

“We need to know the caus e of t he problem, whether it’s the sewage system or PAGASA or LGU or whoever. This is one thing that I can assure you – MinDA will be at the forefront of this as mandated by law,” he said.

MinDA was created in 2010 to coordinate and integrate development efforts that bring about the accelerated socioeconomic development of Mindanao.

If Alonto’s plan pushes through, this will be the first time that the agency would be involved in investigating a natural disaster.

Alonto said that based from what he initially observed during his visit to the calamity-stricken area within the USTP-Limketkai complex, he would propose that all local government units (LGUs) in Mindanao should have standalone evacuation centers.

Cagayan de Oro’s new public school buildings already have roof decks which double as evacuation centers. The city government also has an ambitious plan to create a modern evacuation center within the City Central School complex but this is still to be implemented.

Alonto also said that the government must have food, water and medicines stocked ahead before any emergency arises.

Many students stranded in Monday’s flooding complained that they were only given meager bun pieces and shared water bottles for two during their nightlong ordeal.

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Magtutudlo Sumbanan sa Kinaadman

By Warlita B. Jabla

Sa dili ko pa sugdan kining hamubong balak nga nakatunan Ako mangayo og katahuran Maayong Adlaw Kanatong Tanan!

Sa mga hurado gusto kong inyong mahibaw-an Kining gipamulong gikan sa akong alimpatakan.

Usa ako ka bata og linghod pag salabutan Dili pa unta mag huna-huna mga butang ning kalibutan Apan nag hatag ko tungod og alang kang “MAAM” Akong mag tutudlo nga sa kanunay gipangandaman.

Walay nagkulang sa akong kaugalingon Tungod sa magtutudlo kong maabtikon Wala magmakuli sa pagkab-ot sa katuyuan Modelo ug panag-ingnan namong mga kabataan.

Sa panahon nga kami gilisuran Sa mga leksyon nga among giatubang Wala ikaw kapuyi pagtabang Sa gagmay mong kabataan.

Ulan ug init imong gisagubang Maka-adto lang sa eskwelahan Aron kaming imong mga bata matudluan Sa maanindot ug maayong PAMATASAN. Sa panahon sa kagabhion ikaw mapulawon Pamilya og leksyon imong paga-andamon Sa imong pagmata trabaho ang nag una Kabataan sa eskwelahan maoy gihunahuna.

Ikaw bayani kung pagatawgon Sa piniliay ikaw gisaligan Kaisog og,sakripisyo gipakita sa kadaghanan Makab-ot lamang kaugma-on sa tanan.

Ang propesyon nga magtutudlo sa uban gipakamubo Apan kanamong bata nga nagtubo sa among pag tan aw kini dako Busa dili ikalilong og dili ikalimod ang magtutudlo gasa sa kahitas-an kanamo.

Hinigugma kong magtutudlo Ang pagpasalamat dili igo Sa tanang panahon nga imong gibobo Masapuwang lang among pagtubo Dili gyud namo hikalimtan Matam-is natong panag-uban Ikaw among handurawon Sa Malampuson namong Kaugmaon

National School Deworming Program

By HENRY J. LOOD School Principal II Imbatug Central Elementary School Baungon District

THE National School Deworming campaign aims to de wor m approximately 14 million school-aged children in public elementary schools in one day. As of today, 11,470,245 or 80 percent of enrolled students in public schools were dewormed nationwide. Most of the regions in the country accomplished more than the recommended target by the World Health Organization (WHO) which is 75 percent. The National School-based Deworming Day will be done every July and January to reduce the prevalence of soiltransmitted helminthiasis among schoolchildren.

Helminthiasis can cause poor physical growth, poor intellectual development and impaired cognitive functions in children.

For pre-school children aged one to four years old, deworming is done during the nationwide Garantisadong Pambata campaign during the months of April and October. The National School Deworming campaign is implemented in partnership with DepEd. Since the program launch in 2006, Unicef and WHO have reported that learners who had undergone the deworming treatment demonstrated significant improvements in language and memory development and had better iron and vitamin A absorption. School-aged children who are enrolled in private schools are also encouraged to participate in this activity. Private schools may coordinate with the DepEd regional office.

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HOLINESS

By Rovelyn S.Sorela T-I Sinayawan Elementary School Sinawayan,Sinuda , Kitaotao

Thessalonians 4:7 For God has not called us for uncleanness.

Hebrew 12:14 Strive for peace with all men and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

2 Corinthians 7:1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of the body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of the Lord.

Ephesians 4;24 And put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in the true righteous

FAMILY RUN

By Judith S. Casemero Teacher III Sinuda, Kitaotao, Bukidnon

They call it “ Family Run /Fun Run “ An activity launched during the Sinuda Central Elementary School Family Day. Everybody was invited to joined. The starting point was in Tawas Store,

Tawas, Kitaotao, a 1-km distance to Sinuda CES gate. It started at exactly 5:00 o’clock in . the morning. Police,barangay tanod also helped the teachers in guiding the participants as they run along the road so as not to create traffic and congestion of vehicles that were passing through the

and holiness 1Peter 1:15-16 But as he called you, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; since it was written “you shall be holy for I am Holy”.

1Corinthians 11:15 But if a woman has long hair, it is her pride? For her hair is given to her for her covering Deuteronomy 22:5

A woman should not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a womans garment for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God. Colossians:3 And have put on the new nature. Which is renewed in knowledge after the image of it’s Creator….

road until to the end point of the gate of Sinuda CES. Family Run? yes cause it’s really family running and have fun Well, the family was very cooperative in this program. The participants of the family run paid an amount to the organizers, which in turn used the proceeds for their projects. A very important commodity to be brought

by the participant is water. The family was very happy and enjoyed the said event For the family it is also bonding with their wife and children while running and walking along the way to finish line. Running is fun and its good for our body. It makes us fit physically, mentally and spiritually.