Mindanao Daily Set A (March 14, 2017)

MINDANAO DAILY T H E P U RV E YO R O F T R U T H , J U S T I C E , A N D D E V E LO P M E N T

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DepEd: Summer job program for students now open to 15-year-olds/p.6 n

DepEd to schools: ‘Keep graduation rites simple’ plan, or from schools with permit to operate Senior High School 2014, or from International schools with K to 12 program. Graduates are entitled to a high school diploma.

The closing ceremonies, or Moving Up, should be simple involving only the learners, the parents, and

the school.

The DepEd also reiterated that non-academic projects such as attendance to field trips, film showing, junior-senior promenade, and other school events should not be imposed as requirements for graduation or completion.

“Too much work will kill you.”

Sen. Grace Poe issued this stern warning as more Filipinos may be working their way into an early grave.

Poe filed Senate Resolution 316 seeking a legislative inquiry into the dramatic rise in the number of overworked Filipinos--employed persons who worked for more than 48 hours a week-in the past 20 years.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), based on the report on Decent Work in the Philippines, indicated that there were some 8.105 WOMEN’S MONTH. The women legislators took over Congress on March 6, 2017 in commemoration of Women’s million overworked FiliMonth where Misamis Oriental second district Rep. Juliette Uy was designated as a Deputy Majority Leader for the pinos in 2015 in primary

jobs, which represented an increase of 41.2 percent or an additional 2.363 million from 5.742 million overworked Filipinos recorded in 1995. Employed persons with excessive hours of work per week in all jobs were around 8.845 million in 2015, higher by 4.5 percent or 378,000 from the 8.467 million in 2005.

“Several studies have shown that excessive work hours could trigger serious health problems and even cause death. Chronic overworking, as various research suggest, can lead to threatening levels

THE Department of Education (DepEd) is reiterating its call to all elementary and secondary schools to keep its graduation or completion rites simple.

In the recently issued Department Order (DO) No. 8, series 2017, Secretary Leonor Briones said that this is in line with the govern-

ment’s austerity program.

“Graduation rites should be simple but meaningful which encourage civil rights, a sense of community and personal responsibility.”

Briones added, “While these rites mark a milestone in the life of the learners, these should be conducted without excessive spend-

ing, extravagant attire, or extraordinary venue.”

For school year 20162017, the DepEd is announcing the conduct of the following end of school year rites: • Graduation ceremony for Grade 6 learners who completed elementary education and are entitled to

an elementary certificate • Moving Up or completion for Grade 10 learners who completed Junior High School and are entitled to a Junior High school Certificate • Graduation ceremony for Grade 12 learners from schools with DepEd-approved K to 12 transition

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CEB resumes daily operations in Surigao LEADING Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific Air (PSE: CEB), through its whollyowned subsidiary Cebgo, resumes regular flights to and from Surigao City. Cebgo resumed commercial operations on its Surigao route on March 11. Cebgo

operates two daily flights via Cebu, with the first flight departing at 10:25 a.m., and the second at 1:35 in the afternoon.

Cebgo resumed regular flights following a thorough assessment of the Surigao Airport runway, which

had been damaged after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the city last February 10, 2017. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) had earlier released a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) restricting operations at the

Surigao Airport after the quake partially damaged the 1700-meter runway. CAAP noted then that repairs may take between 28 to 30 days.

“After assessing the repairs done on the Surigao Airport runway, See resumes, page 7

See simple, page 7

Burnout fatal: Poe seeks probe as more Pinoys overworked

See probe, page 7

MINDANAO DAILY SECOND FRONTPAGE mark francisco, Section Editor EDITOR: RUEL V. PELONE

Tuesday

Employer raising fund for slain coed

By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City--The family of the employer of a working student who was raped and murdered last Friday has raised funds as financial assistance for her loved ones.

In a social media post, Robert Balinado, who is now residing in Canada, said he has initiated a fundraising campaign in hopes of collecting about US$20, 000 (about P1 million) to be given to the family of Cherrymae Dayo.

According to police, Dayo was raped then stabbed to death by a group of young individuals who entered the house the victim was living in.

Dayo was a senior student taking up Bachelor of Elementary Education at Southern Philippines College while working as caretaker of a house owned by the Balinados at JR Borja-Burgos Sts. Senior Inspector Maricris Mulat, Divisoria police station chief, said Dayo was able to run and cry for help and was brought to a nearby hospital. She died hours

later.

Shortly after the incident, Mulat said all the five suspects were rounded up and will be facing rape with homicide charges.

Balinado described Dayo as a “sweet young lady whose only dream was to get a college degree as an elementary school teacher.

She was a smart girl with a great future ahead of her. She had worked hard for it balancing her work, family obligations and schoolwork.

When Balinado’s mother died in 2013, Dayo chose to stay on and take care of the family’s house. She

even passed up an opportunity to immigrate to Canada on invitation from the Balinados.

“We wanted to invite her to come to Canada to stay with us but her calling was strong to stay in the Philippines and teach young children in the rural areas.

Her heart belongs to these poor children she had hoped to teach someday,” he said.

“This [fundraising] is a cry for justice. This is a cry for compassion. This is a cry for survival of those whose lives depended on her,” he added.

Longer days, earlier sunrises ahead Increasingly longer daytime and earlier sunrises will occur beginning this month in the Philippines and other Northern Hemisphere countries.

Such developments will follow the annual vernal or spring equinox that will occur on Monday (March 20) at 6:29 p.m. (Philippine Standard Time), said weather observer Rex Guerrero of the state weather bureau, PAGASA. “The length of day and night will be nearly the same during the equinox and daytime in the Northern Hemisphere will begin lengthening while sunrises here will increasingly occur earlier,” he said.

Guerrero said the equinox this March will have no effect on the country.

“Equinox is a normal See longer, page 7

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Poster-Making Contest highlights Rabies Prevention. As the month of March is

declared as Rabies Awareness Month through Executive Order No. 84, the City Veterinary Office of Cagayan de Oro City and supported by the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) staged a PosterMaking Contest on March 7, 2017, held at the City Central School, in Don Apolinar Velez St., in this city. It was participated by Grade 6 elementary school pupils from the 20 different schools of the City Division. Nicole Ashley Y. Gallardo of City Central School surfaced as the contest winner as she depicted and interpreted her poster creation, anchoring on this year’s theme: “Rabies ay Iwasan, Alaga ay Pabakunahan”. For coveting the top spot, she was awarded P2,000 cash prize while the second (Dave Rovie C. Pilar – Gusa Elementary School) and third (Shakira Bruas – South, City Central School) placers also received P1,500 and P1,000, respectively. Meanwhile, consolation prizes amounting to P100 were also handed-over each to the rest of the participating students. Of which, the cash awards were sponsored by the Philippine Veterinary Medicine Association in region 10. Through the activity, it is seen that youngsters will know more and adopt responsible pet ownership, in tending to their respective pets and animals, and eventually, contribute to the goal of preventing/eliminating rabies in the country. (JLOlson, DA-RFO 10)

Senate oks free tuition for students THE Senate approved yesterday on third and final reading a landmark bill that would help accelerate universal access to tertiary education by providing tuition subsidies and financial assistance to students in state universities and colleges (SUCs) and private higher learning and vocational institutions.

Senate Bill No. 1304 or the “Free Higher Education for All Act” was approved with 18 affirmative votes, no negative vote and no abstention. The bill was sponsored and authored

by Senator Bam Aquino IV, former chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture.

Apart from Aquino, the bill was co-authored by Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, along with Senators Sonny Angara, Leila de Lima, Win Gatchalian, JV Ejercito, Dick Gordon, Loren Legarda, Kiko Pangilinan, Cynthia Villar, Joel Villanueva and Migz Zubiri.

Recto, Angara, Ejercito, Legarda, Villanueva, Gatchalian, and Zubiri also served as the bill’s co-sponsors during its deliberation at the Senate floor.

Tuition subsidies According to Aquino, the bill primarily seeks to make “higher education accessible to financially disadvantaged but deserving students,” through tuition subsidies and financial assistance to SUCs. “In line with the mandate of our Constitution, the State must uphold the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels,” he said in his sponsorship speech.

Recto expanded the bill to cover students in “public and private higher education institutions (HEIs) and technical-vocational (TVIs).”

Under the bill, all Filipino citizens See free, page 7

Due process respected in mine closures, DENR officials say TOP Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) officials on Sunday belied claims made by the Chamber of Mines against DENR Secretary Gina Lopez during last week’s confirmation hearings that she did not follow due process in the cancellation of 23 mining permits last February.

The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP)

is one of the most vocal oppositors to Lopez’s appointment. Its representative read a statement during last Thursday’s Commission on Appointment (CA) hearing at the Senate, and stated that the DENR Secretary was unfit to lead the environment agency.

DENR Undersecretary Arturo Valdez, who led the first successful Phililppine expedition to Mount Ever-

est in 2006, said that the mining sector is reeling and overreacting to the recent mass cancellations, which has happened to the industry for the first time.

“The audit results were unfavorable to several mining companies, which may have shocked them because they’re not used to an Environment Secretary who stops at nothing and actually is the first one to publicly

declare that she will strictly enforce our environmental laws,” Valdez noted.

DENR Undersecretary Maria Paz Luna, engaged in environmental law and policy practice for two decades before joining the department, meanwhile, clarified that DENR followed all due process requirements in the mine cancellations.

“The audits for mines See officials, page 7

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Dads push strict implementation of billboard law in Cagayan de Oro CAGAYAN de Oro City-Local legislators here are pushing for the strict implementation of the billboard law, especially in overpasses.

Vice Mayor Raineir Uy on Friday, however, emphasized that the national law on billboards should prevail over the local law.

Uy made the statement in response to allegations

by City Councilor Teodulfo Lao that there is an existing city ordinance on billboard with provisions that run in conflict with the national law.

“When there is doubt between the implementation of the national law against the local law, automatically the national law will prevail,” Uy said.

Lao said that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has issued a memorandum about some prohibition under the billboard law.

In the DPWH memorandum, the local government units were informed that overpasses, streets and roads could not be used for any commercial undertaking

other than for public use.

However, Lao said that violations are still being committed in defiance of the DPWH memorandum.

Lao said that there is a need to review all existing ordinances on billboards and advertisements in order to find out the provisions that run in conflict with the national billboard law.

“It is high time to review our ordinances and implement it to the fullest for the safety of our people,” he added. A report from the Philippine News Agency

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The war of ideas and claims

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IN THE digital society, many people are trapped in the war of ideas and claims. Unfortunately, it is the psychic war, not creating ideas for the projects that make the people busy.

Mostly, the politicians and the leaders in any regions as well as the president are trying to claim their opinion to be right. This had never occurred in the past where internet was not available like today. The digital society brings the people into the global massive society.

The war of ideas and claims can go virally.

Claiming the programs to be the best compared to those in the previous period of leadership has become very common. In any country, the new leadership in the new national administration has always tried to assert that the economic condition is better. The social condition is improving more and more. The poverty percentage has decreased.

And, the unemployment has decreased either.

All the above claims are prevailing in any nation.

These claims are intended to make the people’s highly trust toward the government. However, they forget the philosophy of the quality

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leadership.

The war of ideas should be alerted by the best leader for the people. The war of ideas is the people being empowered to do all projects. It leads all the cabinet members to have ideas.

They have to create ideas to cultivate the country’s potentials. Yet, the new leaders in any region in a country and even the president tend to claim that their program is better than the previous. Unfortunately, when facing a big problem, they very often shout that it is because of the previous administration.

There must be a change in leadership. There is nothing to say that the problem is due to the previous leadership. If having been elected a leader, he or she must be ready whatever the condition is. He or she must be able to make all the present better but not by claiming the success is their own while the failure is due to the previous leadership.

It is the symbol of having no good strategy. It is the expression from the inner heart that he or she is not capable to create a strategy.

The war of ideas is better than claiming their own success but blaming

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the previous government when having failed to overcome the national problem.

Ideas should be created but claiming must be ended. By creating ideas, the leaders can make the people empowered. The people are busy with the projects. But, blaming others can only create discrepancies and make the people hopeless.

••• Editor’s Note: Dr. Djuwari Sarkawi is the Head of Research Journal and Publishing Department, 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).

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Sandra Cam’s reaction to criticisms pure hogwash

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culture. In a quality-culture leadership, there is nothing to say about blaming others. There is nothing to talk about blaming the previous leadership. There is nothing to say about blaming the previous leaders or administration.

The only thing better to say, in quality leadership, is a good program. The only strategy in quality leadership is the starting point of the self evaluation. From this, any leaders or president should start from the best planning from the present condition. That is the continuity of leadership in any nation. There is no way to talk about the blames.

Blaming others means showing the self-weaknesses. It shows the new leadership being unable to see the opportunity. The opportunity is taken by trying to see the gap between the present condition and the future. The future is the description in details of the presidential campaign.

The future is executing the slogan as well as the vision and mission that have been spoken. The future is about the strategy to do all the promises spoken during the political campaign. That is the real leader in a quality

Cam is accusing to be behind the criticisms against her, but I can rightfully say that even if that party truly wanted to destroy those close to Duterte, as Cam is saying, it would not have any means of doing so if those close to Duterte are acting within the bounds of decency, and are not projecting themselves as kings and queens who are spoiled with powers which they don’t even have.

-oooRP TROUBLED BY ITS CITIZENS WHO “FEEL ENTITLED”: Indeed, the Philippines is troubled with citizens, native or otherwise, who feel they are entitled to perks and privileges because of their money, power, and influence. Because many citizens have money, power, and influence, they think everybody owes them respect and deference, and for all others to give way to them.

We can see this in many situations. In our roads, for example, vehicles which can be bought only by the rich are driven recklessly and without regard to traffic rules and regulations, weaving left and right, and cutting other vehicles just to enable them to be ahead of everyone. This kind of driving creates monstrous traffic jams, but the owners

of expensive vehicles don’t care one bit.

In government offices and in places where people have to queue or line up before they can be attended to, the rich and the powerful disregard the line and demand that they are served right away, never mind the other people who have patiently waited for their turn. And when they are faced with legal and judicial problems, they get their way around all the time through dubious machinations.

-oooTHE RICH AND POWERFUL PINOYS THINK THEY ARE NOT BOUND

BY GOOD MANNERS: We can go on with this, but the truth is much evident for everyone to see: rich and powerful Filipinos, native or otherwise, believe they are not at all bound by rules of decency and good manners.

They are of the perception that only the poor and the lowly must obey these rules on decency and good manners, especially when face to face with the rich and the mighty.

This is perhaps the reason why many of the poor and the lowly are now starting to wise up and have been doing similar mockeries of the law. “If the rich and the powerful can disregard the law, then the

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poor and the lowly could do the same thing,” seems to be the prevailing thought of everyone these days, as exemplified by the forcible seizure of so-called “urban poor” citizens of housing units in Pandi, Bulacan intended for the military.

This display of arrogance and rudeness, and this feeling of being “entitled” in disregarding even the most basic rules on decency and good manners that seem to have engulfed Filipinos at this point in time could only lead to more chaos and more anarchy in our midst and, therefore, would produce more greatly difficult lives for all of us. I could only hope that parents nowadays would strive to teach their children better manners, lest we all go to the dogs in the days to come.

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The Striker

Gen. Douglas McArthur Ben Emata Jr.

WHEN Gen. McArthur made a sentimental journey in Leyte sometimes in 1962, he passed by Cebu City for his return trip to Manila and to the United States of America. I was then in my pre-law study and working at the Earnshaws Docks and Honolulu Iron Works (HONIRON), an American firm located just a stone’s throw from the Bureau of Customs (Aduana) fronting the Plaza Independencia and Fort San Pedro..

The Cebu City government honored the general with a banquet preceded by a motorcade around the queen city of the south that included Magallanes Street where the Magellan Cross is located just across city hall.

Fortunately, the motorcade passed by our office and there I saw the aging World War II hero, less his famous tobacco pipe, military cap and dark sunglasses, on top

of a truck adorned with flowers and decorations followed by military bands and the general public. I was about five meters from him and one of those in the cheering crowds that lined up along Briones Street.

I looked at McArthur as a happy person, all in smile, waving slowly his right hand to the people he passed by. He was so admirable like a long-lost son of the country. I felt he was enjoying the hospitality of the residents who were waving and shouting as they sang old guerrilla war songs I could hardly remember now which place the grand banquet was held but surely I can recall his speech “my friends I aged so much and with deepening shadow of my life, I may not be able to promise again I shall return”. This portion of his talk drove hundreds of Cebuanos to tears. Many unashamedly wiped their eyes as teardrops ran down like rivers of aching emotions. To them McArthur was a great man and a true hero. In Cagayan de Oro, a public park in front of

the provincial capitol was named McArthur Park. In San Francisco, California, a tunnel along freeway 101 is called McArthur, In many places in the Philippines are towns that carry the name of the hero. Some boys and girls born during the war were named Wartwo, Warlina, Warmina, etc. He was revered as the liberator of our country from the wild fights of World War 2, the war that many veterans do not want to remember for its cruelty and inhumanity.

McArthur indeed was a giant and great man to the Filipino people. It was him who reversed the history of that great war that could have made Japan the master of South Asia. We would have knelt to them as they shout “Banzai” to us.

I agree, war is a foolish recourse and the Japanese soldiers did their best to win it. The greatest blunder though was the atrocities they committed, the unreasonable attack on the civilians especially granting the “huez de kutsilyo” or judgment by the swords that frightened the Filipinos.

Agree or disagree

Why those lying tongues lie no more Demosthenes P. Maglasang Sr.

ILIGAN City Mayor Celso G. Regencia will not succumb and keep quiet in the face of the lies that the Radio Commentators of former Congressman Vicente Belmonte Jr. have exposed.

He will continue to make his voice heard and he will continue to insist on his righteous truth. According to Proverb 20:21: “The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.” In the final analysis,

“No man is most hated than he who speaks the truth.”

Radio commentators should act professionally.

Their commentaries should be based on truth not merely based on gloomy speculation or anticipation, and make it appears as if true based on hard evidence(s), the way the radio commentators of former Congressman Vicente Belmonte, Jr. did to the imprisoned City Mayor Celso G. Regencia before. Their commentaries were below-the-belt even according to cynics and pundits alike. As liars then, they

know how to turn things around and make it seems like it’s all the fault of City Mayor Celso G. Regencia, the falsely accused mastermind of the ambush of former Congressman Vicente Belmonte Jr. They never hesitate to use indecent and cruel language without feeling guilty whatsoever. They ought not to be spoken over the air waves by professional radio commentators. Their being unprofessional, they opened their mouths widely open and recklessly, without compunction

Infants in the cradles and in the hands of their mothers were tossed to the air and met with the sharp edge of bayonets. It was really horrible as the epics do not deserve to be true. It look fiction but was true.

It is very difficult to estimate how many Americans and Filipinos who died in that war especially in that notorious death march under the blistering heat of the sun from Capas, Tarlac to San Fernando, Pampanga, a stretch of about 200 kilometers; the battle in Bataan; the beginning of the resistance movement organized by the guerrilla groups. To the minds of the average Filipinos, being dead was much better than life with extreme bitterness.

I was a little boy during World War II and to be precise in 1942, I was six years old. I did not know anything about war but I can recall those dark moments in our country when Japanese forces came to our land.

We kept on running nearly everyday until we reached the farthest area in our town known as Kihawas. The Japanese were very far from us but the “magahats” (local bandits) were so near and were attacking the fleeing civilians with spears

and bolos. When the war was ending, my parents and other refugees built a chapel in the wilderness of the jungle where a catholic priest came to say mass..

From our home in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, we first evacuated to sitio Benser, a distance of about three kilometers.

My grandfather owned a wide sugar plantation and had that old sugar-making carabao-drawn machine that produces brown sugar.

My father who was a public school teacher together, with his colleagues, was sent to Camp Keithley in Dansalan, Lanao, now better kown as Marawi City undergoing military training. He was a soldier for a while but later released to support the family amidst thunders and smokes of war.

Besides, the government had plans to open schools in the mountain ranges for the growing kids.

The story of war in our country was terrifying but believe it or not I enjoyed so much, At my young age, I learned how to swim in rivers, climbed guava trees, so many kinds of wild fruits, saw crawling snakes, went fishing in creeks, hide in makeshift foxholes and above all hid behind big trees when passing Japanese

planes hovered above us.

I heard about the bombings of Cagayan de Oro, and in our town that nearly flatten our house when one solid bomb landed just few meters away and sharp nails were scattered in our white and red hard wood floors.

Part of our ceilings went down and everything got messy.

I remember so well, my uncle who was a captain in the army organized the guerrilla movement in our town. I saw flying bullets in red lights along our street.

Our Spanish-built church was burned because three Japanese officers were hiding at the bell tower and were shooting people nearby. My uncle came to our house in the middle of the night and gave my father an automatic submachine gun to protect the family. My grandparents were with us as we evacuate day and night to nowhere. My life was filled with thrills, suspense and horror but I enjoyed it for no other reasons except that I was so young and knew nothing about the conflict. (Post script: This article is purposely written in conjunction with Cagayan de Oro celebrating the war years with McArthur in our city on his way to the United States via Australia)

Republic of the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU Office of the Regional Director CARAGA Region XIII

CEASE AND DESIST ORDER (CDO) DENR Case Nos. EMB R13.009.17 to EMB R13.081.17 February 28, 2017 Notice to : 73 Commercial Sand and Gravel (CSAG) Permittees All operating in Cabadbaran River Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte Subject

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: For violations of Presidential Decree (PD) 1586 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations, all seventy-three (73) CSAG Permittees operating in Cabadbaran River, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte are hereby ordered by the DENR-EMB Caraga to immediately Cease and Desist from further conducting any excavation/digging or any activity related to quarrying within the river until such time the Provincial Mines and Regulatory Board (PMRB) thru MGB 13 shall issue an Area Status Clearance establishing a new extraction zone.

The Order shall take effect immediately.

MDN: Mar 14, 2017

WILSON L. TRAJECO, PME, Ph.D. Regional Director

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Regional Office No. 10 Monte Carlo Bldg., RER Phase I Subd., Kauswagan Highway Cagayan de Oro City Telephone No. (088) 857-1930/Fax No. (08822) 72-76-82 NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION FOR ALIEN EMPLOYMENT PERMIT (AEP)

Notice given that the following companies/employers have filed with this Regional Office application/s for Alien Employment Permit/s.

March 13, 2017 SGD. RAYMUNDO G. AGRAVANTE

Regional Director

If you have any information / objection to the above-mentioned application(s), please communicate with the Regional Director.

To avail free job referral, placement and employment guidelines services, visit the nearest Public Employment Services Office (PESO) or log on at www.phil-job.net MDN: Mar 14, 2017

DepEd: Summer job program for students now open to 15-year-olds THE education department has lowered from 18 years to 15 years the minimum age requirement for students who wish to join the upcoming summer employment program.

“Under this year’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES), we are allowing students aged 15 years old and above to join the program. Previously, they must be at least 18 years old. This is to accommodate students in Senior High School,” Dr. Juan Araojo, officer-incharge of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Youth Formation Division (YFD), said in a news release issued Wednesday.

The SPES trainees will be employed at the DepEd for 40 working days under the supervision of the YFD. The department announced that those who want to join the program have until March 27 to apply. The program is open to students and out-of-school youths aged 15 to 24 years old. Students who want to participate in the SPES must have obtained at least an average passing grade during the past school year, while out-of-school youths must have the intention to enroll next school year. Applicants must possess office skills, such as knowledge in computer applications, and their parents’ combined an-

nual net income must not exceed PHP143,000.

Applicants must accomplish the SPES application form and submit a certified true copy of their birth certificate, as well as a photocopy of the latest income tax return of parents or certification issued by the BIR that the parents are exempted from paying taxes, or Original Certificate of Indigence, or Original Certificate of Low Income issued by the barangay.

They may submit their application form and requirements enclosed in a brown envelope to the Office of the Youth Formation Division, 3rd Floor, Mabini Bldg., DepEd Central Office, Meralco Ave., Pasig City. They may also scan and email their application and requirements (zip file SPES2017) to blss.yfd@ deped.gov.ph.

Republic Act No. 7323 s. 1999, as amended by Republic Act No. 9547, seeks to encourage the employment of students in government offices during summer, through an incentive granted by the DepEd and the Department of Labor and Employment.

The SPES targets poor but deserving students so they could earn some income that would enable them to pursue their education. A report culled from the Philippine News Agency

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http://www.mindanaodailynews.com/online-publication/ Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Agusan del Norte City/Municipality: Butuan City Publication Notice R.A. 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-025-2017 (R.A. 10172)

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that ROMANITO CALA BARING has filed with this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error of the child’s sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of STEPHEN JOHN PEPITO BARING who was born on 31 May 2000 at Taligaman, Butuan City, Philippines and whose parents are HERVIE DUAN PEPITO and ROMANITO CALA BARING.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 28 March 2017.

(SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LlB, MPA

City Civil Registrar MDN: Mar 14 & 21, 2017

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL SUR MUNICIPALITY OF MAGSAYSAY OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Publication Notice R.A. 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Date: March 3, 2017 CCE-007-2017 R.A. 10172

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that CRISTIAN TANDUYAN MADERA has filed with this, a petition for correction of entry in the sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the certificate of Live Birth of CRISTIAN TANDUYAN MADERA at Mabini, Magsaysay, Davao del Sur and whose parents are CRISCENCIO C. MADERA and ANITA B. TANDUYAN.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file their written opposition with this Office not later than 99.

(SGD.) ANASTACIA B. DENSING

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Mar 11, 13 & 14, 2017

MDN: Mar 7 & 14, 2017

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we have determined that we may resume safe flight operations. We laud CAAP for its expedient action to restore the runway after just 12 days of repair. We are very pleased to once again be of service to everyJuan in the City of Island Adventures,” said Atty. JR Mantaring, CEB Vice President for Corporate Affairs.

“We would also like to extend our appreciation to our valued passengers for their utmost understanding. Trust that we will continue working with the relevant authorities in order to hasten full restoration, and further improve our services,” added Mantaring.

Passengers who needed to fly Surigao City, after operations of the airport was suspended due to the quake, had to fly in from Butuan City, then travel by land to Surigao for about three hours. With the reopening of the airport, it will be more convenient to travel direct to Surigao City, for as low as for as low as P1,882.

CEB currently operates flights out of five other strategically placed hubs in the Philippines: Manila, Davao, Clark, Kalibo, and Iloilo. The airline’s extensive network covers 66 destinations with over 100 routes, spanning Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and USA. CEB’s 59-strong fleet is comprised of four Airbus A319, 36 Airbus A320, seven Airbus A330, eight ATR 72500 aircraft and four ATR 72-600. Between 2017 and 2021, CEB expects delivery of one more brand-new Airbus A320, 32 Airbus A321neo, and 12 ATR 72600 aircraft.

For bookings and inquiries, guests can visit www.cebupacificair.com or call the reservation hotlines (+632)7020-888 or (+6332)230-8888. The latest seat sales can be found on CEB’s official Twitter (@ CebuPacificAir) and Facebook pages.

Guests may also download the Cebu Pacific official mobile app on the App Store and Google Play.

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Anchored on this year’s graduation theme, “Sabaysabay na Hakbang Tungo sa Maunlad na Kinabukasan,” the DepEd is stressing the importance of collaborative efforts of the stakeholders and learners in achieving the shared vision of quality, accessible, relevant, and liberating basic education for all.

“It emphasizes the significance of unity in forging a better and progressive future for the Filipino youth,” Briones said.

The graduation rites are scheduled on or before April 7, 2017. However, for schools divisions with an extended school year, the schools should be guided by their approved revised

school calendar.

The DepEd is also reminding all public schools that expenses for graduation activity should be charged to the School Maintenance and Operating Expenses (MOOE) under its 2017 budget.

Briones said that any DepEd personnel should not be allowed to collect any graduation fees or any kind of contribution. However, the Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) may give donations in cash or in kind. Moreover, contribution for the yearbook will be on voluntary basis only.

“As we usher in more innovations in our educational system, I enjoin everyone to contribute in making our basic education services geared towards the benefit of all Filipino children,” Briones said.

In Zamboanga City, parents of graduating students in public schools in the city will have lesser or no expenses at all in this year’s commencement exercises.

Dr. Pedro Melchor Natividad, city schools division superintendent, on Monday said that school principals have been directed to use their respective Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) involving expenses for the graduation ceremony, including the use of the sound system.

Natividad said the directive is contained in DepEd Order No. 8, but Natividad said the alumni association or the Parents-Teachers Association may shoulder “any extra expenses, such as snacks during the graduation ceremony.”

“Even if the students do not have togas and can’t pay contributions, should there by any, they can join the graduation ceremony since these are not requirements to be able to receive a diploma or certification,” he added.

He advised the school principals, heads and teachers to adhere to the DepEd order since “whatever happens at the end of the day, it’s the same policy that will protect as well as can be used against us for violation of the directive.”

There are 19,667 Grade 6 students who will graduate for school year 2016-2017 in public schools and 1,178 in private schools or a total of 20,845 in the city.

Natividad said that 11,212 Grade 10 students in public schools and 1,861 in private schools, or a total of 13,073, will have their moving up ceremony to Grade 11, the first year of senior high school.

There are 172 public elementary schools and 38 public high schools in this city. For local private schools, there are 40 elementary and 32 high schools.

He said this year’s graduation rites are anchored on the theme “Sabay-Sabay na Hakbang Tungo sa Maunlad na Kinabukasan.” A report from the Philippine News Agency

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

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of stress,” said Poe. She said a comprehensive review of company policies requiring employees to work excessively long hours should be undertaken. Further, plans to overhaul labor laws and propose legislative measures are necessary to ensure the constitutionally guaranteed “just and humane work conditions.”

“Napakaimportanteng bigyang halaga ang worklife balance dahil hindi lamang sa trabaho umiikot ang mundo ng ating mga manggagawa. Bagama’t kailangang kumita, walang lugar ang pang-aabuso sa kanilang karapatan. Sa ganitong paraan, mas mapagtutuunan nila ng pansin ang kanilang sarili, kalusugan at pamilya,” said Poe. More than half of the total workers with excessive hours of work were wage earners and salaried workers, according to the PSA study.

“Excessive hours of work is one of the primary indicators of decent working time. Having more than the usual hours of work may interfere with the balance between personal life and work, may increase injury hazard risks, may signal an inadequate pay, and in the long term, pose a threat to workers’ physical and mental capacity to work. It may also be connected to the reduction of the productivity of workers,” the PSA report noted.

An article from the British Medical Journal conclusively stated that “overwork can kill” based on several empirical and follow-up studies on workers from different sectors.

Also, a book by sociologist Randy Hodson titled Dignity at Work said overwork is one of the major obstacles to human dignity in the workplace. Source: Senate.gov.ph

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whatsoever, believing that they were also untouchables like their master, without knowing in the end that they will be humiliated like an unwanted leper, like their masters also who are now languishing in shame and ignominy. It would be better if they would limit their words in insulting others, because the words they were using to insult, were the very words that describe them. Such indecent language used was in violation to the ethical standard of the “Kapisanan Ng Mga Broadcaster ng Pilipinas.” They appeared to be cruel, ruthless and brave, as if they were members of the dreaded Gestapo of the Nazi Rule. Indeed, they were cowards anyway because, when they were being kicked out by the manager of the Love Radio they were like dumb driven cattle and sheep going to the slaughter house to be slaughtered,

speechless. Their silence does not imply as an act of bravery, but rather an act of cowardice.

But when their lies had already travelled halfway around the world, the truth was revealed. City Mayor Celso G. Regencia was exonerated of all the fabricated cases filed against him on the strength of the DOJ Resolution dated December 9, 2016 and the promulgated landmark decision of Judge Ferdinand C. Baylon of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 77, Quezon City.

Those commentators, the four of them, namely: Boy Decena, Boy Altres, Albert Loyola and Abondio Alandia, who were so critical against City Mayor Celso G. Regencia before, are in tightlip now—shamed. They ought to scale the sentiments of the Iliganons on how they feel that their beloved City Mayor is already free to rule with order and reason of Iligan City as City Mayor.

Did they not notice how the people of Iligan welcome him with joy and with fanfare like the father that welcome his prodigal son, the very example made by Jesus Christ in the Bible?

Our beloved City Mayor Celso G. Regencia is sober, vigilant; because his enemies are the devils like you perhaps, as roaring lions, walking about, seeking whom they may devour. Those devils cannot devour him because he is as impregnable as that of the iron curtain and the great walls. Accordingly, the king must be feared because whoever provoke him to anger may lose his own soul.

Why should your lying tongues lie no more? Would it be because your lying business is now closed? I would suggest to file your business bankruptcy now with the Bureau of Internal Revenue to avoid penalty for not informing them that you are closing your business and to pay your taxes, otherwise you will be penalized. (Demosthenes P. Maglasang Sr. is currently City Information Office, Office of the City Mayor, city of Iligan).

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started in July 2016 and it took all of eight months.

Sixteen teams went to the field. DENR Regional Directors were in fact assigned to areas not within their jurisdiction. We made sure to have a cross-regional check and balance. There were representatives from civil society and other agencies of government were present in the mine examinations,” Luna stressed.

“The audit was conducted by going to the operations of the mines themselves. The mining companies knew of these audits; they allowed these audits. After tests were conducted by the teams, the DENR sent the companies the audit reports,” explained Luna.

Luna said that the af-

fected mining firms were given an opportunity to respond to the findings of the DENR. “From those responses, the Secretary made her own assessment and came out with a decision which is her discretion to do,” said the lawyer.

Lopez informed CA members that as DENR Secretary, she was bound to comply with due process in the cancellation of mine operations and that she performed her duties with social justice, the common good, the general welfare, and passion for protecting, preserving and promoting the environment in mind.

The COMP accused Lopez of bias, which the group said prevented the Secretary from appreciating the mechanics of the Mining Act. Undersecretary Luna countered by stressing that “there’s no one else who can enforce our environmental laws without fear or favor as much as Sec. Gina Lopez can.”

“Someone with integrity and with political backing from the President can finally do what this country has been waiting for in a long time, and that’s the enforcement of our environmental laws.”

Luna further branded as patently untrue the various oppositors’ claims that there was no transparency in the DENR audit results.

“The technical review reports have been posted online. People can also go to the office and request for access to the information that we have under our Freedom of Information policy at the DENR. The technical review committee results and the closure orders are all for the public to see. There’s nothing to hide.”

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astronomical occurrence,” he said.

According to experts, the sun shines directly on the Earth’s equator during an equinox so daytime and nighttime will be of almost the same duration.

The equator is the imaginary line dividing the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere, where the Philippines is, and the Southern Hemisphere.

Guerrero said the sun will “move” northwards through the Northern Hemisphere after this month’s equinox, enabling countries there to increasingly experience longer daytime and earlier sunrises.

Northern Hemisphere daytime will continue increasing and reach its peak during the summer solstice this June, then begin shortening afterwards until again becoming of near-equal length as nighttime during the autumnal or fall equinox in September and reach its minimum duration during the winter solstice in December, he explained.

He said the cycle repeats

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afterwards as the Earth’s tilt and motion in orbit cause the annual equinoxes and solstices.

The Southern Hemisphere meanwhile experiences the opposite of what happens to the Northern Hemisphere, he noted.

In the Southern Hemisphere, equinoxes in March and September are known as the autumnal and spring equinoxes while solstices there in June and December are called the winter and summer solstices, respectively. (PNA)

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currently enrolled at SUCs and other covered institutions, as well as those who will enroll in the future in courses in pursuance of a bachelor’s degree, certificate degree, or any comparable undergraduate degree in any SUC can qualify for the tuition subsidy “provided that they meet the admission requirements of the SUC.” In line with this, the bill would establish a SUC Tuition Subsidy Fund, a fund for the implementation of the full tuition subsidy for eligible students, which will be administered by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

“This bill is for the Filipino youth who are struggling to finish their college education, and as well as their parents who are working hard to pay for the expenses of their schooling,” Aquino said.

However, people who had attained a bachelor’s degree or any equivalent degree, as well as people who had been discharged from any higher education institution, or those who “failed to complete their degree or non-degree within a year after the prescribed period in their program” would be ineligible for the proposed tuition subsidies.

Aquino said the bill could complement other existing policies and laws on scholarship programs such as the Iskolar ng Bayan Act, streamlining the Student Financial Assistance Program (StuFAP) found in the United Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UNIFAST) in the UNIFAST Law, and other scholarships offered by the Commission on Higher Education, Department of Science and Technology, Department of National Defense, among other agencies.

Fair price for youths’ dream Aquino said it was high time for the country to “invest boldly” in education, and that the country has an opportunity to unlock a brighter future for more Filipinos.

He noted that there were 645,566 students in the country’s SUCs, and that it would likely cost about P 16 billion annually to make tuition fees free across these institutions, given that the annual Weighted Average Tuition in SUCs is P9,407 per year.

“It’s a fair price to embolden and empower more Filipinos to achieve their dreams - for themselves, for their families, and for their country,” he stressed.

“If we pass SBN 1304, we’re investing in the future of your promising Filipinos,” he concluded. (Jardine Chua)

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Some scenes of the reenactment of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur’s breakout at the Macabalan Port in Cagayan de Oro City.

RECOGNIZING THE LIVING HEROES OF WORLD II. As one of the organizers of the 75th year of Gen. MacArthur’s breakout to Australia, the local government of Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon presented its five living veteran soldiers who fought in WWII. Mayor Clive Quiño (first from right to left) led the recognition ceremony. Photo courtesy of Mike Villa Real of the Philippine Veterans Bank