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P1.34-B BUB projects up for implementation

By Cheng Ordonez, Business Editor

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AGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- A total of 873 projects under the Bottom Up Budgeting (BUB) program will be implemented in Region 10 for the year 2015, Atty.

Rene Burdeos, Department of the Interior and Local Government in Northern Mindanao (DILG-10) said.

Atty. Buredos said, at least, nine cities and 84 municipalities in the region have been given fund allocation amounting to P1,337,017,357.50 from participating National Government Agencies (NGAs) this year for their respective BUB projects.

Around 164 of these projects are under the Department of the Interior and Local Government Region 10 (DILG 10) with a total budget allocation of P391,320,994.75, broken down as follows: P61,571,600 for

Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) related projects such as construction/ rehabilitation of evacuation sites, flood control infrastructures and rescue equipment; P207,176,720.83 for Water System Projects; P42,890,500 for Local Access Roads, and; P79,682,173.92 for other BUB

projects, he said.

DILG 10 ensures the continuous implementation of these various poverty reduction projects under the BUB Process.

T h e BU B P r o c e s s i s a grand design of the Aquino administration in attaining the Philippine Development

Plan’s goal of inclusive growth and poverty reduction and promoting good governance at the local level.

Dir. Burdeos said since 2012, and after five Joint Memorandum Circulars, it has expanded its coverage and is now on its 4th run as a banner Budget and Governance Reform program.

Furthermore, BUB Process aims to contribute to making governance responsive to the local needs and making public resources allocation more efficient and effective by engaging and empowering communities in designing the NGAs’ Budget, with needs identified at the grassroots level, he added.

SSS opens another branch in Cagayan de Oro

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Social Security System (SSS) has expanded its presence in northern Mindanao as it opened another branch in this city.

The new branch located at the ground floor of Agora Market City Building in barangay Lapasan was inaugurated recently by top SSS officials led by its President and Chief Executive Officer Emilio De Quiros, Jr. De Quiros said SSS has been very aggressive in opening branches and service offices to bring its services closer to members.

He said SSS has many good programs that need to be communicated to the public and opening branches is one of the solutions to better serve the needs of its members.

“Rest assured, we will continuously improve our services so that our members can say “buti na lang at may SSS!” he added.

Valentine Viajar-Aunzo, head of the newly-opened branch, said the Lapasan Branch is strategically located because its proximity to the Agora Public Transport Terminal makes it accessible to members in ten municipalities in the eastern part of Misamis Oriental and some parts of Bukidnon province.

“We are spreading our coverage throughout the province and we hope to reach more vulnerable sectors as well as job order and contractual workers of local government units with the best service they deserve,” she further said.

The SSS Lapasan Branch is the second SSS branch office in Cagayan de Oro. The inauguration ceremony was also graced Cagayan de Oro City mayor Oscar Moreno and other local chief executives of the municipalities that will be served by the newly-opened branch. (APB/PIA-10)

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I am just popcorn ENDING up in a toilet bowl in Bulua would’ve hardly come as a surprise. But it still did to me considering the amazing things that I’ve been through. You see, I started out as a seed – yes, a mere popcorn seed in a plantation in Calhoun County, Iowa.

For seven days, I was pampered like a human baby in the womb. It is the moisture of the soil such as nitrogen, phosphate and potash which caused me to germinate and emerge after ten days. Then sugar from my leaves eventually caused me to grow ears of popcorn.

Once I was ripe for harvesting, we kernels were

separated from the cob and stored for eight more months until we were ready to be processed as popcorn. First, we were cleaned using a vibrator to remove small pieces of the cob that we used to be attached onto.

Then we were polished and put inside a huge bag for bulk distribution. We were loaded into a huge cargo rig ready to travel 110 miles onto Des Moines Airport. At the airport, we were roughly pushed along with other bags onto several planes. Some of my batchmates would eventually wind down in India, others in Mexico. The bag I was into was destined to Manila,

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the Philippines and we had to endure the long 16-hour flight in the cargo plane.

In Manila, we were separated into smaller bags, where others would eventually go to other domestic destinations.

As for my batchmate kernels, we were loaded onto a smaller van straight into a RORO vessel bound for Cagayan de Oro where we spent an overnight trip in the ferry.

Docking at Macabalan port the next day, we were then repacked into still smaller bags. Some of my batchmates would eventually end up in Bukidnon, others in Naawan.

As for me, I was destined to be sold at Gaisano Cinema.

February 12, 2015. The popular erotica Fifty Shades of Grey was opening that day.

In anticipation of the deluge of customers, hundreds of us kernels were cramped in a heater. At a temperature of 180 degrees Celsius, the starch inside me gelatinized, softened and expanded into an airy foam. Upon cooling down, I became your edible popcorn where I was mixed with cheese. Since I was at the bottom of the heater, it was not until the last full show that I was picked up and put with dozen others onto a bag into the waiting arms of a moviegoing trio – Mark, Stella and a third

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My next destination? The sewers. Because I am just popcorn. As for the human who consumed me, he would continue living and loving, hoping that Stella or someone else would become his Anastasia Steele.

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wheel. With Stella seated in center, she decided to put the popcorn bag in her lap so her two companions could easily reach out for us the popcorn.

While Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey were making love on screen, I could easily feel the slowing tightness of Stella’s upper thighs. It almost removed the air out of me. Then Mark came to pick me up. I was thrown inside his digestive system – one hour in the stomach, another hour in the small intestine and 12 hours in the large intestine, exiting into the toilet bowl thereafter.

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Fresh Gospel of the day: (February16, 2015-Monday) Mark 8:11-13”The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him. Sighing deeply in His spirit, He said, “Why does this generation seek for a sign?

Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” Leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.

The Pharisees came forward and begin to argue with Jesus. But Jesus never argued with them since he knew that it will lead to nonsense ending. 2 Timothy 2:16”But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness. In the case of the Pharisees, they had already seen miracles of every imaginable type: the blind see, the deaf hear, lepers are cleansed, the mute speak, the paralyzed walk, and the demon possessed are made whole. The reason why they argued Jesus because they wanted more proofs but

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AISANO Puerto opened its doors last Monday to thousands of people who flocked to the momentous event.

G ai s an o Un ip a c e marketing manager Gabby Bacarro reported that Gaisano Puerto will cater residents from the eastern part of the city as well as the neighboring provinces of Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon to the south and transients coming from Caraga and Camiguin from

the east and the Davao region from the south.

With this, the four-level complex is the biggest in Gaisano Unipace’s history outside its flagship Gaisano City Mall.

For n ow, on l y t h e supermarket at the first level is open but pretty soon, Gaisano Puerto will

roll up its second to third levels which are dedicated to its department store and the fourth level which will be the activity area and food gallery.

The supermarket is a fully operational one with sections for wet market, fruits and vegetables and imported goods. The Great Value Packs is offered here only in Gaisano Puerto which is ideal for sari-sari store owners.

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coffee shops and fastfood outlets at the first level although Dunkin Donuts and Goldilocks had already

opened kiosks there.

Also, Bacarro said that Gaisano Puerto has an interior design unique from

its sister malls.

For a sound shopping experience, visit the new Gaisano Puerto.

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