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RTA OFFICIAL
‘We will not be cowed’ By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
Across Mindanao
CAGAYAN de Oro City-The Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) leadership on Wednesday said they will not be cowed in the wake of the death of traffic enforcer Cris Cabingas who was killed while on duty outside the Cogon public market last December 30. To show they were unfazed by Cabingas’ death, the more than 400 RTA personnel staged a protest march on Wednesday as they took to the streets leaving some of the city’s major roads with no enforcers for half a day. Lawyer Jose Edgardo Uy, chief of the RTA, the city’s traffic management body, said the “solidarity walk” was to show the people they are not intimidated by the death of Cabingas as they vowed to continue doing their job. “We are not cowed. We PROTEST. Traffic enforcers belonging to the government-run Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) take to the should not fear because we streets of Cagayan de Oro on Wednesday (January 4) to protest the killing of their fallen comrade Cris Cabingas, who was shot to death while on duty outside the Cogon public market last December 30. are the authority whose See cowed, page A7
158 inmates escape jail; guard, kagawad killed
Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit for Mindanao Daily
See killed, page A7
BIFF behind NorCot jail attack, says BJMP
See attack, page A7
ZAMBOANGA City––The National Food Authority (NFA) has advised rice and corn retailers here to renew their grains license with the agency on time to avoid payment of penalty and surcharge. Nieves Toca, NFA provincial manager, said that grains retailers in this city’s first district have until January 31 from January 3 to renew their license. Toca said the renewal of license for the second district starts February 1, with the deadline set on February 28. The fee for renewal as well as for the new applicants of grains retailers’ license is P550. (PNA)
Anti-poverty
KORONADAL City––The Department of Agriculture in the SOCCSKSARGEN region has released Tuesday P75 million worth of funds to be used in bringing poor provinces out of poverty. Three checks worth P25 million each were released by DA-12 officials to provincial local government units identified as recipients of the government’s Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) program. (PNA)
Displaced
DAVAO City––At least 158 inmates at the North Cotabato District Jail in Amas escaped when at least a hundred armed men clad in black suits and military uniform stormed the jail at around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, killing a jail guard and later in the pursuit operations, a barangay kagawad allegedly mistaken to be the leader of the armed group, the Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation’s Radyo Bida reported. NCDJ provincial jail warden, Superintendent
KIDAPAWAN City––Military and police authorities here said outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were the culprits in the daring attack on the North Cotabato provincial jail facility in the early hours of Wednesday. Supt. Peter John Bungat, provincial jail warden, said three of those “rescued” were members of the outlawed armed men involved in bombings in North Cotabato. Many of those who fled were also facing
NFA license
Hot Pursuit. Combined elements from the Army and the Cotabato Provincial
Police Office Office patrol the national highway near Amas Capitol Compound in Kidapawan City as they search for the 158 escaped inmates following a raid by at least 100 armed men at the provincial jail inside the capitol compound dawn on Wednesday (January 4, 2017). Mindanews photo
DAVAO City--About 80 families in the city and different towns in Davao region sought safer areas when rivers overflowed brought by intermittent rains that started Sunday. Office of Civil Defense (OCD)Region 11 Regional Director Leoncio Cirunay told PNA the big number of affected families were those living along the riverside of Matina Pangi with 62 families or 310 individuals. Fifteen individuals from Barangay Kabinuangan in New Bataan town were temporarily displaced; 15 families or 40 individuals from Nabunturan in Compostela valley province; and a five-member family from Nacio, Manay in Davao Oriental. Other areas affected by floods were Puroks 5, 6 and 15 in Lubogan, Toril and Purok 10 in Mintal. (PNA)
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In Focus
Year-old PH Eagle rescued in Maitum Thursday, January 5, 2017
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AVAO City-An estimated year-old Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) rescued in Barangay Batian in Maitum, Sarangani Monday arrived at the Philippine Eagle Center here at 2 a.m. Wednesday, for examination and rehabilitation.
The rescued national bird, a cricitically endangered species, was brought to the Center by representatives from Maitum and Sarangani province, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Dr. Jayson Ibanez, Director for Conservation of the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF). The Sarangani Information Office quoted Maitum Mayor Alexander Bryan Reganit as saying the eagle’s rescue “only proves that Maitum still has a thick for-
RESCUED. Farmer Gibson Badal of Barangay Batian,
Maitum, Sarangani, found this year-old Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) on January 2 and turned it over to the team sent by Mayor Alexander Bryan Reganit on January 3. A team from the mayor’s office and the Philippine Eagle Foundation brought the bird to Davao City, arriving there at 2 a.m. January 4. Photo courtesy of Rey Balazon/ Maitum Information Office
est that we ought to preserve and protect.” “I will do my best to protect the endangered species of Maitum as our legacy to the future generations,” he said. Reganit expressed hope the rescued eagle would be named “Maitum.” Farmer Gibson Badal, 26, of Barangay Batian found the eagle standing in his area at around 9 a.m. on Monday. He said the bird appeared weak and did not move when he approached it. The bird was fed live
chicken. It ate half on Monday and the other half on Tuesday. Alver Caasi, who happened to visit Batian on Monday was informed by residents that they were selling the bird but he warned them they would be jailed if they did that. Caasi took photographs and a video of the eagle and sent it to Maitum Information Officer Beth Ramos, who happens to be his relative. Ramos told MindaNews
that she immediately informed the DENR which immediately sent a team to rescue the eagle. The DENR suggested to the mayor to bring the eagle to the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao City. MindaNews forwarded to Dennis Salvador, Executive Director of the Philippine Eagle Foundation which runs the Philippine Eagle Center, the photographs and video Ramos sent to MindaNews. Salvador told MindaNews on Tuesday that he would send a team to Maitum to fetch the bird or if the team had left for Davao, to meet them halfway. Ramos said PEF director for conservation Ibanez pro-
ceeded to Maitum, arriving there at 8 p.m.. The team left Maitum for Davao City at 9 p.m. and dropped by a hospital in Calinan, Davao City for an X-Ray of the bird. The team arrived at the Philippine Eagle Center at 2 a.m. Wednesday. Ibanez told MindaNews in a telephone interview Wednesday morning that the bird, estimated to be a year old and still dependent on its parents for food, will undergo examination and rehabilitation. He said the X-Ray results show a pellet in the left groin area. The bird was also severely dehydrated. Ibanez said they hope to return “Maitum” to Maitum within three weeks to reunite with its parents. The Sarangani press release said Ibanez visited Batian in 1996 and confirmed the presence of a pair of Philippine Eagles there. It also noted that Barangay Batian, where “Maitum”
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was found, is within Mt. Busa complex, a priority conservation and protection biodiversity study area. It is one of the remaining forests in the province. Mt. Busa (Area: 114,144 hectares) was declared as a key biodiversity area (KBA 116) and an important bird area (IBA PH0105) in 2001. It harbors critically endangered, threatened, vulnerable and rare bird species and connects several conservation priorities. The Env ironment a l Conservation and Protection Center (ECPC) of the provincial government has reported sightings of tarsier, wild deer, pigs, monkeys, bats, civets and endangered species of birds at the foot of Mt. Busa. It said Mt Busa, which straddles the towns of Maitum, Kiamba and Maasim, “is threatened by land conversion (to farmland), kaingin (slash-and-burn), wildlife hunting, illegal logging and mining.”
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IP community energized using solar facility LAST December 22, just before everyone started celebrating the most wonderful time of the year, Davao Light and Power Co. officially turned over a Solar Charging Station to the Indigenous Peoples of Sitio Malambuon in Malabog, Paquibato District, Davao City, which is roughly 15 to 20 kilometers away from the nearest Davao Light pole. The 40 direct household beneficiaries also received solar power or deep cycle
batteries that they will use to power up small household appliances and lights. The 72-kilometer distance f rom downtown which is a two hour travel where one hour is a very bumpy ride were not hindrances for the Davao Light team as headed by Daniel Cabigon, Manager of Streetlights and Pole Utilities Department and Fermin Edillon, Community Relations Manager to deliver a Christmas gift to
the community. It took Davao Light team almost two months to erect the structures and prepare the houses ready for the solar electrification. With the help of many Davao Light employees who volunteered to do the house wiring and putting up of LED bulbs, switches and outlets in the 40 dispersed identified households, success was ensured. Davao Light’s project partner, Ateneo de Davao’s
Mindanawon Initiative for Cultural Dialogue will do the capacity training to the community to make the project more sustainable. The community prepared a simple salo-salo to
celebrate their appreciation. A tribal ritual was also performed called “padugo” or sacrificing of a duck, which they did to bring prosperity to their land and to show value for the gift that they
have received. “The smiles in the faces of the Indigenous Peoples of Sitio Malambuon painted a picture of a bright and meaningful way to celebrate Christmas,” said Cabigon.
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To the New Fraternal Order of Eagles NMR-1 ASSEMBLYMAN Bringing light to homes. Some 40 Lumad (IP) households received Deep Cycle Batteries which will be charged thru the Solar charging station installed by Davao Light and Power Co at Sitio Malambuon, Malabog, Paquibato District, Davao City. The stored power in the batteries will be used to fuel their house lights and small appliances.
BFAR 11 to distribute 4500 fiberglass boats DAVAO City––The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 11 will distribute some 4,500 fiberglass boats within three years. BFAR-11 director Fatma Idris told a press conference on Monday that at least 1,500 units that are sturdier than wooden boats will be given to fisherfolk this year. She said each fiberglass boat will cost about P60,000, and will be distributed to fishers who are cooperating with the agency’s coastal management and protection campaign. The same fishers will receive a cash incentive of P3,000 a month, she said. “We can see here that they can take care of the sea because these beneficiaries
will be tools to maintain the cleanliness of the Davao Gulf,” she said. Idris said Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol wanted to replace the 8,000 wooden boats fishing in the gulf before the end of the term of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. She added that they estimated the fish catch for 2017 will reach 65,597 metric tons (MT), following a successful implementation of a fishing ban in the Davao Gulf in 2016. Records from BFAR 11 showed that the fish catch in the region as of third quarter of 2016 reached 43,567 MT. But the fish ban has been implemented See BOATS, page A7
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IT is imperative that all nations, especially ASEAN member countries, focus on human resource development. Recently, I was amazed with one of the speakers from the Philippines, Prof. Atty. April Alcazar, PhD, the President of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig (PLP) University of Pasig City, the Philippines. She presented evidence, among others, that about 60% of university graduates are not employed. The university graduates are not absorbed by the fields of jobs. What was the recommendation during that presentation? She said there are about 17 points but the most effective strategy is quality education. Having quality education means that the country or government should focus on the human resource development. This program must be approached by the betterment of education system. Quality education is the panacea to solve the problem of unemployment. In another occasion, I was also one of the speakers in that international event. I talked about the world education system for peace. But, one of the points I asserted during the discussion was also about quality education. In order to solve the unemployment, the education system should be improved. The unemployed university graduates must be related to the interrelationship. It
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is the relationship between the education process and the reality. The best way to make the graduates employed, the curriculum must be designed based on the real need analysis. This needs analysis is based on the skills and competencies required by the real world of the business in any country. For ASEAN, the member countries have similar characteristics. If the evidence of 60 % unemployed university graduates is true, there must be a missing link. The link between the skills or competencies in education environment is not relevant to the reality of the job fields’ requirements. For most ASEAN member countries, the problem of unemployment is crucial, especially to the countries with densely populated. Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam need to focus on better implementing the quality education system. The best panacea to overcome the unemployment is quality education. We all agreed in that forum that only quality education
system and the curriculum with the business world, unemployment will still rise more and more. Last but not least, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, as well as other ASEAN member countries can collaborate to benchmark one another for quality education system. Human resources and the unemployment can drag any nation into big national burden. Unemployment can be one of the components of determining the per -capita income figure of the countries. They contribute to either increasing or decreasing the per-capita income of the countries. Again and again, ASEAN should collaborate one another so that they can be mutually and well-harmonized member countries. We can learn from the Brexit case recently. But, ASEAN countries can build their mutual benefit collaboration for strengthening the ASEAN existence. ••• Dr. Djuwari Sarkawi is the Head of Research Journal and Publishing Department, at STIE Perbanas Surabaya. He is also the guest lecturer at Ottimmo International Master-gourmet Academy, Surabaya; The advisor of Indonesia Association of Press Practitioners/ Journalists in East Java province (HIPSI), Indonesia. He is also the president of the International Association of Scholarly Publishers, Editors, and Reviewers (IASPER).
regard to the prevailing economic difficulties our countrymen have been suffering through the years. Deregulation, though it was intended to help Filipinos, actually was transformed into an instrument to fleece us. -oooWHY NOT REPEAL THE OIL DEREGULATION LAW? Now, why are our lawmakers and the Duterte government refusing to review or modify or ultimately remove the Oil Deregulation Law? The silence of our top officials on this issue is deafening, to use a cliché. And Vic Somintac is right: if oil deregulation is a law that had been duly passed, why not pass a law that would repeal it now? Why was there not one single lawmaker who sought the repeal, or the amendment or modification of that law? Whose interests are our lawmakers and top officials of the Duterte government serving---the Filipino people or the oil companies and other oil players? What benefits are our lawmakers and top officials getting from increased oil prices? Then, I am also constrained to ask: is the silence of our politicians on the
evil effects of the Oil Deregulation Law due to the fact that campaign funds have been given them by oil companies, whether the big players or the small entrepreneurs? Is this the reason why many of them are silent even if the Filipino people are already groaning in hardship with each gas price increase? -oooANNUNCIATION OF JESUS’ COMING TO JOSEPH: The first specific Annunciation, or announcement of God’s coming to earth as Jesus, can be read at Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6. We have discussed this point in previous columns already, so we will not deal with them anymore here. I wish to explore next the Annunciation given to Joseph by an unnamed angel, to dissuade him from divorcing Mary. In Matthew 1:18-25, we see the story of Joseph who was readying to divorce Mary because she was found to be pregnant, even if they didn’t have any marital relations yet. But an angel came to Joseph in a dream, and told him not to separate from Mary, because the baby she was pregnant with, who was to be named Jesus, was in
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can solve the problem of unemployment. The root cause is the human resources. These three countries have a huge number of human resources but they might not be employed because of the lack of skills or competencies required by the world business. This should be discussed by the number-one leader with the congress or legislatives. They have their obligation to solve this problem. Competition in political arena should not drag all the policies into a wide gap between the education system and the business world reality. First of all, the president and the congress should sit on the table side by side and talk a lot about the human resource quality. They can talk about the improvement of quality education system with the university professors and also the business people. They can discuss a collaboration of making the best link and match between education system and the business world. Chamber of commerce members and the government should hand-in-hand to formulate the strategy of quality education. Secondly, the result of the discussion should produce a grand-design of the national education system. This formula can be broken down and implemented by the university professors or education policy makers. Without synchronization between the education
`Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus’…” (Matthew 1:20-21, the Holy Bible). -oooTHERE ARE THREE ANNUNCIATIONS IN THE BIBLE: To the Catholic believers who are reading this column, I have a question for you: did you know that there are three Annunciations (or the announcements that God is coming to earth in the form a human being) in the Bible? They are to be found in Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6, Matthew 1:18-25, and Luke 1:26-37. -oooW H Y I S T H E OI L DEREGULATION LAW UNTOUCHABLE? Vic Somintac, my co-anchor at “Tambalang Batas at Somintac” (aired at DZEC 1062 kHz, Mondays to Fridays, 6 to 7 a.m.), had a valid question during our program’s episode last January 03, 2017, addressed to the Duterte government
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and its allies in the House of Representatives and in the Senate: why is the Oil Deregulation Law, or RA 8479, being left untouched? Somintac had a valid point: ever since the Oil Deregulation L aw was passed in 1998 during the time of President Fidel Ramos, the pricing of oil and other oil products in the Philippines, though it affects all of us Filipinos who are now around 110 million in all, had been left entirely in the hands of businessmen whose only concern is how to jack up their personal profits from gasoline. The net effect of all these? Gas prices are increased regularly, without actual regard to international and local market conditions, and without
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Enforcers and symphatizers of the Roads and Traffic Department (RTD) stage an indignation rally on January 4, 2017 seeking justice for RTD enforcer Cris Cabingas who was shot dead at Cogon Market in the line of duty last week. (Mike Baños, NPN)
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midst the heightening concern about “extra-judicial killings” (EJKs) and the death penalty bill, a prominent family and life advocate warned “the greater threat is actually the push for the distribution of condoms” planned for immediate implementation by the Department of Health (DOH).
In his message to pro-life advocates on the feast of the Holy Innocents, Frank Padilla, Servant General of Couples for Christ Foundation for Family and Life (CFC-FFL), cautioned that “acceptance of condoms – seeming to the general public as unharmful – is actually the start of the slippery slope
massacre of all the babies in Bethlehem two years old and under”, he recalled. Slippery slope “The culture of death includes abortion,” pointed out Padilla . “When it was first allowed, it started with ex-
ceptions, such as in cases of rape and incest. Then it was permitted up to the first trimester, then the second trimester, then the third trimester. And today for any reason whatsoever. “Abortion started with being illegal throughout
the world. Now it is not only legal, but is permitted anytime before birth, and now also after birth. “This is the slippery slope of the culture of death,” the pro-life advocate brought to mind. “We in the Philippines do not have legal abortion, yet. But it is coming,” Padilla forewarned, “unless we act decisively.” “We do not have child euthanasia yet, but that too will come, as indeed the slippery slope dictates unless we act decisively,” he reiterated. Call to decisive action While lauding moves such as the provisions on conscientious objection to the RH Law, the pro-life advocate called for “decisive action” and suggested the following moves: • Massive evangelization, as with the Live Christ, Share Christ (LCSC) movement; • Massive proclamation of the gospel of chastity for the youth, as with the Live Pure movement; • Massive teaching of
Senator Loren Legarda has supported calls to increase the maternity leave of employees in the government and private sector to 100 days as she filed the proposed Expanded Maternity Leave Law (Senate Bill No. 1262). Legarda said that the current maternity leave of 60 days for normal deliv-
ery and 78 days in case of caesarian delivery does not even comply with the international labor standards on maternal protection that recommends a minimum of 14 weeks or 98 days of maternity leave. “The proposed measure is imperative to ensuring the health and overall wellbeing of women and their
children by providing them ample time to recuperate after delivery, to increase the duration of breastfeeding and to allow women to spend adequate time to assume their roles as mothers and equal partners of men in nation-building,” Legarda stressed. The Senator cited Article XIII Social Justice and Hu-
Frank Padilla, Servant General of Couples for Christ Foundation for Family and Life (CFC-FFL). Photo courtesy of Jm Dequiña/CBCPnews.com
to the whole gamut of the culture of death”. “The culture of death has always been in the world. From the time Cain killed Abel. To the time Pharaoh ordered the new-born males of the Jews killed. In the time of Herod, he ordered the
Natural family Planning (NFP), especially among the poor, to reach the peripheries and grassroots; • Intensified formation work in parishes and by Church organizations and ecclesial movements “This, I know, is a great challenge, a big part of which is funding,” Padilla admitted, but he is optimistic that “the Council of the Laity of the Philippines (LAIKO) and pro-life groups can get together to see how this can be done”. The DOH announced in a briefing in Malacañang recently that it is pushing through with the plan to distribute condoms in public high schools. The plan, according to Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo, includes the government’s allocation of Php50 to 100 million for the procurement of condoms and their distribution for population control and for the HIV-AIDS awareness campaign. (Fr. Mickey Cardenas / CBCP News)
man Rights, Section 14 of the Constitution, which states that: “The State shall protect working women by providing safe and healthful working conditions, taking into account their maternal functions, and such facilities and opportunities that will enhance their welfare and enable them
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R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Agusan del Sur City/Municipality: San Francisco NOTE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice hereby served to the public that ANGELITO BENTULAN GERONGCO has filed with this Office petition for change of first name from “ANGELITO BENTULAN” to “ANGELITO” in the birth certificate of ANGELITO BENTULAN GERONGCO who was born on JUNE 6, 1980 at CAMBUAYON, PATIN-AY, AGUSAN DEL SUR whose parents are CARLOS TABA GERONGCO and CATALINA ESCOBIDO BENTULAN. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with in this LCR OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR.
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Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur CITY OF DIGOS OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ROSEMARIE W. SORIANO has filed with this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME (CFN) from “MARIA XXXXXX” to “ROSEMARIE” in the Birth Certificate of MARIA XXXXXX SARDIDO WENCESLAO who was born on 8-24-67 at Digos, Davao del Sur and whose parents are Francisco > Wenceslao and Elpedia M. Sardido. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than October 16, 2016. Issued this 26th day of September 2016 at Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines (Sgd.) MARISSA C. NEBRADA City Civil Registrar MDN: Jan 5 & 12, 2017
R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Agusan del Sur City/Municipality: San Francisco NOTE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice hereby served to the public that MARILYN DELOSO CARO has filed with this Office petition for change of first name from “MERLYN MARILYN” to “MARILYN” in the birth certificate of MARILYN MONTE DEROSO who was born on SEPTEMBER 24, 1966 at SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR whose parents are ALBERTO DELOSO and CARMELITA MONTE. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with in this OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR, SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR. (Sgd.) NIMFA PORRAS-TONO City/Municipality Civil Registrar
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‘Duterte top endorser of Davao City’ DAVAO City––The city’s tourism has benefited from the advantage of having become “Exhibit A” of the new administration with President Rodrigo R. Duterte himself as the “top endorser” to domestic and foreign tourists, according to City Tourism Office (CTO). CTO officer-in-charge Generose Tecson, said in EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTIOTION WITH AND SALE 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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R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Agusan del Sur City/Municipality: San Francisco
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF BRYAN SARION MANLOZA Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased BRYAN S. MANLOZA, who died on May 03, 2016 at Davao City respectively; the said deceased died intestate without: leaving any “LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT” and leaving a debts, hospital bills balance of P 35,000.00 and P 22,000.00 cash from his friend; is the subject of the EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF BRYAN SARION MANLOZA; made and executed by and among the parties namely: JOSEPHINE S. MANLOZA, of legal age, singled, Filipino, and with residence and postal address at # 16 Damaso Suazo Extension, Barangay 25-C, Davao City, Philippines; MARINELA S. MANLOZA, of legal age, single, Filipino, and with residence and postal address at Damaso Suazo Extension, Barangay 25-C Davao City, Philippines; KRISTINE S. MANLOZA, “DECEASED”; all the parties herein have affirmed as they hereby affirm that they have executed their instrument out their own voluntary free will, without force, intimidation or violence upon their persons that they have received their just, legal and proper share, and that they have no claim or demand against one another; Under Notary Public of ATTY. SALVADOR M. BIJIS; as per Doc No. 43; Page No. 9; Book No. 103; Series of 2016. MDN: Jan. 5, 12 & 19, 2017
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an email that they expected a 15- to 17-percent increase in tourist arrivals for 2016 but added the hotels are yet to submit reports. “PRRD (President Rodrigo R. Duterte) has been the city’s no. 1 endorser, so who could resist him?” she said. She said more conferences took place in the city in 2016, as private tourism partners made efforts to push the city as a premier location for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE). MICE Davao chair Ken Kapulong said at least 13 major conferences were held in 2016 compared to nine in 2015 that availed of the MICE program of the Department of Tourism (DOT) 11. MICE allows visitors to
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OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that MERCEDITA ALBERCA-AQUINO has filed with this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME (CFN) from “MERDEDITA” to “MERCEDITA” in the Birth Certificate of MERDEDITA RAMOS ALBERCA who was born on 4-14-1974 at Malalag, Davao del Sur and whose parents are Jesus Alberca and Matilde T. Ramos. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than January 18, 2017. Issued this 29th day of December 2016 at Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
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Bangoy International Airport, specifically the rehabilitation of its terminal and additional taxiway. “Then, of course, we need help with more connectivity especially international (flights), although we also need to encourage more investments in the area of accommodations – more hotel rooms preferably international hotel chains in the city as well as convention facilities,” she said. She added the new administration must put in place a more sustainable tourism development plan. “They need to help LGUs understand that there is more to tourism than putting up of hotels & resorts or opening up of new destinations, because we need to take care as well our natural resources, so the tourism development can be beneficial to the communities,” she said. (Antonio L. Colina IV/MindaNews)
LGU, military observe Rizal Day
Malaybalay City--Thousands of people gathered as the City Government of Malaybalay together with 403rd Infantry (Peacemaker) Brigade commemorated the 120th Anniversary of Jose Rizal Martyrdom at Plaza Rizal, Malaybalay City at 7a.m. on December 30, 2016. The commemoration was made possible through the strong collaboration of different stakeholders such as the local government unit, line government agencies representatives, academes, and clergies joint together to pay their tribute in respect of our national hero who fought for the rights and the freedom of all Filipinos. Most of the Filipinos still believed on the effort bestowed by Doctor Jose Rizal, for his loyalty, ingenuity, honesty, courage and unfaltering determination that made a strong influence to us and towards our future generation. “I am encouraging everyone to look the life See RIZAL, page A11
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RA 10172/9048 Form No. (LCRO) NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 7 of RA No. 10172 and Section 5 of RA 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ERES DAVE CLAUS CUEVAS has filed with this office a petition for correction of clerical error particularly on GENDER from “Female” to “Male” and change of first name from “ERES DAVE” to “DAVID” in the certificate of Live birth of ERES DAVE CLAUS CUEVAS who was born on July 15, 1966 at Wao, Lanao del Sur and whose parents are MIGUEL CUEVAS and ANGELINA CLAUS. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than January 12, 2017. (SGD) PERLA A. INIEGO Municipal Civil Registrar
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Publication Notice R.A. 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. ____ Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Office No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that MONLITA AWADO LEOPOLDO filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name from “_________” to “__________” and correction of entry in sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” or correction of entry of birth from “___________” to “____________” in the certificate of live birth of MONALITA AWADO LEOPOLDO at San Francisco, Agusan del Sur and whose parents are APOLINAR A. LEOPOLDO and DEMETRIA BAROTO AWADO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with in this OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR, SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR.
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enjoy a slew of incentive travel packages aimed at encouraging event organizers to hold their conferences and events in the city. “The list (2016) does not include those conventions that did not avail of the program but still materialized,” Kapulong said. DOT 11 director Roberto Alabado III said the entire Davao Region as well experienced a deluge of tourists and added that it must sustain its promotion campaigns on MICE program. “PRRD’s various meetings in Davao has increased the MICE tourist arrivals which in turn provided business to our tourism stakeholders – hotels, restaurants, convention centers, transportation, resorts and even our pasalubong vendors and spa services,” he said. Tecson added that the Duterte administration must work on improving the F.
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NOTE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice hereby served to the public that MA. ALVENIA LEAH CUSTODIO-BUÑAO has filed with this Office petition for change of first name from “ALBINA MARIA” to “MA. ALVENIA LEAH” in the birth certificate of MA. ALVENIA LEAH SENILLO CUSTODIO who was born on APRIL 14, 1958 at SAN ISIDRO, AGUSAN DEL SUR whose parents are VICTORIO CUSTODIO and GONZALA SENILLO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with in this LCR OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR.
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fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy that God Himself will come to earth in human form. More of this next time, God willing. -oooPLEASE LISTEN: “Ang Tanging Daan” (The Sole Way): a Bible study and prayer session online could now be heard, 24 HOURS a day, in the Philippines and the world at www. facebook.com/angtangingdaan or www.facebook. com/ANDKNK (and look for “Ang Tanging Daan” broadcasts). Phone: 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0977 805 9058. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com.
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since 2014 after the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Interior and Local Government issued joint Administrative Circular No. 2 prohibiting fishing in the gulf from June 1 to August 31 of every year. Commercial fishing vessels from 3.1 to 150 gross tons are banned from fishing in the gulf. The ban prohibits the use of bag nets and ring nets. Idris urged the fishers to refrain from using bag nets and ring nets as they would also catch the fingerlings. She said fishers in Mabini in Compostela Valley and San Isidro in Davao Oriental claimed they had reported an increase of 2-10 kilos a day in their fish catch a day after the ban. She urged the operators of fish cages mounted at the shorelines of the gulf cities and municipalities not to overstock to prevent polluting the seawater. (Antonio L. Colina IV/MindaNews)
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only mandate is to implement the city’s traffic laws,” Uy said at the sidelines of the protest rally. Cabingas, who was the RTA team leader at Cogon, was walking along Guillermo St. to monitor the traffic situation there when somebody shot him from behind. He died hours later. Wearing their standard yellow uniform and carrying placards, RTA enforcers began their march from Gaston Park to Velez St. before proceeding to the Cogon public market where they lighted candles on the spot where Cabingas was killed. RTA workers have also expressed their dismay for a radio commentator who said on air that Cabingas deserved to be killed. On Wednesday afternoon, police has filed a murder complaint against the suspect who authorities have yet to identify at the City Prosecutor’s Office. It was reported that prior to his death, there had been talks of killing Cabingas but he ignored it. Other RTA enforcers have so far not received threats, Uy said.
Since Uy took over as the RTA chief in 2013, his implemention of Mayor Oscar Moreno’s traffic program called “Hapsay Dalan” aimed at clearing the streets of vendors and illegally built structures was met with opposition. He was also criticized for imposing anti-jaywalking penalty for the first time at the Divisoria area. Uy admitted he received death threats when he started as the city’s traffic czar but said he has remained committed to enforcing “Hapsay Dalan.” Instead of being cowered by Cabingas’ death, Uy said the RTA will now be stricter in implementing traffic rules. He said Senior Supt. Ronnie Francis, the police city director, has promised to assign police officers to assist the RTA personnel and to secure them in case there is an attempt on their lives while in the line of duty.
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charges of illegal drug pushing. The three inmates of Cell No. 8, later known as Tamayan and Salic brothers, were the prime object of rescue, Bungat said. Abu Misry Mama, BIFF spokesperson, denied his group was involved but admitted some of those who fled belonged to the BIFF. Only 21 jail officers are guarding 1,511 inmates on shifting basis. It was not clear how many guards were on duty during the attack. Supt. Emmanuel Peralta, North Cotabato police director, said joint police and military operations are ongoing in the borders of Kidapawan City and the towns of Matalam and M’lang. One jail officer was killed and an inmate was wounded. Numbering about 100, the armed men first shot a power transformer that sent the jail facility in darkness. It was followed by a series of gunfire, according to Felix Capalla, one of the inmates’ leaders. Among those who fled were followers of big time drug lords Renz Tukuran and Mox Masgal, former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members engaged in illegal drugs in North Cotabato. “It was not a jailbreak. It was a planned rescue of high profile detainees,” he told reporters. The jail facility, also known as the Cotabato District Jail, is located at the back of the provincial capitol compound in Barangay Amas in Kidapawan City. Before the raid, Capalla told Bungat of what he heard among the inmates - a plot that they will be rescued on New Year’s Eve. This led to the deployment of Army and police forces as augmentation force on December 31. However, the reinforcement was recalled on January 1 when no attack hap-
Thursday, January 5, 2017 pened on New Year’s Eve. A village official was killed by government forces when he was seen transporting two inmates in Matalam, North Cotabato. Mayor Joseph Evangelista of Kidapawan City has ordered the suspension of classes in public schools in Barangay Amas to ensure safety of children during manhunt operations. (PNA)
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Peter John Bungat said 158 out of 1,511 inmates escaped, three of them recaptured during pursuit operations.The armed men first hit the power source and immediately went inside the facility, he said. A press release from the Bureau of Jail Management National Headquarters issued at 7:15 a.m. said about a hundred inmates “took the opportunity to escape through the back portion of the facility while the rest of the personnel were retaliating to hold their ground and protect other inmates.” The January 4 jail escape is the biggest jailbreak in North Cotabato since 2000, when more than 40 inmates, most of them considered high-risk, escaped from prison. The NDBC Radyo Bida quoted Felix Capalla, one of the leaders of inmates at the NDJC as saying the attackers “rescued” detained members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), among them the Tamayan brothers who are both facing murder charges, and Salik brothers who are charged for drug trafficking. It added that Capalla had tipped off Bungat, of the possible escape between December 31 and the first week of January. “I gave him (Bungat) an information that some of the inmates have told us to prepare for rescue and escape. This was last December 31. I saw additional troops deployed in the area from December 31 up to January 1. But after that, I saw few people manning the jail, then came the attack,” NDBC Radyo Bida quoted Capalla as saying. Capalla said the inmates prepared for the attack. He said many of the inmates who escaped “were the ones who destroyed their prison cells using iron grills and other hard objects they collected and stored since October last year.” “But Bungat did not take my information seriously. Bungat and his personnel just prepared from December 31 until January 1. When nothing happened, they started pulling out from the facility,” he said. Capalla said loose security preparations and other safety lapses were among the reasons why the attackers were able to enter the jail’s premises. Mistaken for leader Killed during the jailbreak was Jail Officer 1Excell Ray Vicedo died dur-
ing the firefight which the provincial police said lasted two hours. In the pursuit operations, Star Manalundong, number 1 Kagawad (councilor) of Barangay Patadon, a known supporter of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was killed after he was allegedly mistaken for a leader of the armed men that stormed the jail. Manalundong on his motorcyle and two others were on their way to the barangay hall in Patadon when operatives of the Special Action Forces (SAF) of the Cotabato Provincial Police Office (CPPO) and elements of the 39th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, shot him dead. The NDBC Radyo Bida cited reports that government troops noted Mamalundong’s companions were among the fugitives they were pursuing since dawn. The two managed to flee but Mamalundong was hit in different parts of his body and died on the spot. Manalundong’s wife denied the allegations her husband was harboring escapees. “Tutulong pa nga ‘yun para maibalik sa kulungan ang mga tumakas na preso, tapos, gano’n pa ang nangyari,” she said. She also denied accusations that her husband was the Commander Derby of the BIFF that led the jail attack. Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph Evangelista directed
city police director, Superintendent Leo Ajero, to investigate the killing of Mamalundong. Evangelista also ordered the suspension of classes in schools near the jail. (MindaNews)
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to realize their full potential in the service of the nation.” SBN 1262 seeks to amend existing laws to increase the maternity leave period to 100 days with pay for female employees both in government and in the private sector. In addition, the employee can, at her option, avail of the additional 30 days maternity leave without pay, subject to the condition that she notifies her employer in writing of her intention to go on further leave at least 45 days before the end of her regular maternity leave. “It is important to ensure a smooth transition for a mother who is an employee in the workplace to adopt a maternal role. Thus, working mothers shall be entitled
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to 100 days paid leave regardless if the delivery was normal or caesarian to give them more time to nurse and care for their newborn babies,” Legarda concluded.
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of Dr Jose Rizal and other heroes to know the value of freedom and love of country. It is important for us to know our National Hero’s life to appreciate their struggles and their sacrifices in the past to fight for the freedom that we enjoy today.”, said Colonel Eric C Vinoya, Commander of 403rd Infantry Brigade. “ To t h e p e o p l e o f Bukidnon, I vow to exert more efforts with your help and support for a genuine peace and sustainable development. Just like in the story of Rizal that the “Youth is the Hope of Our Nation” and I also believed that through our common cause, we will be united as one in achieving change for our country’s progress,” Colonel Vinoya added.
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