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1 dead, 37 hurt As magnitude 5.9 quake strikes Surigao areas

By Roel Catoto of MindaNews

SURIGAO City––Surigao del Norte Governor Sol Matugas has ordered the suspension of classes in all levels in public and private schools here Monday and in four neighboring towns here follwoing the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that jolted this city at 8:08 a.m. Sunday, leaving one person dead

and 37 injured.

Only four of the 37 injured remain confined in the hospital while the rest returned home after treatment.

Residents here have been experiencing a series of aftershocks since the magnitude 6.7 quake struck the city late evening of February

10. Nine persons were killed while at least 200 others were injured. Several structures were damaged.

The governor suspended classes in Surigao City and the towns of San Francisco, Sison, Tagana-an, Malimono and Mainit to allow school administrators to assess the condition of their buildings.

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Petron to roll back pump prices Today Due to the fluctuation in international oil prices, Petron announced yesterday that it will roll back prices by 55 centavos per liter for Xtra Advance, XCS, and Blaze 100; 10 centavos per liter for Turbo Diesel and DieselMax; and 20 centavos per liter for kerosene.

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In its advisory, Petron said it will implement the price rollbacks effective 12:01 a.m. Today.

Last week, diesel prices went up by 35 centavos per liter while gasoline prices decreased by 40 centavos per liter. philippine news agency

Aguirre orders NBI to probe killing of barrio doctor/p.2

AFTER THE QUAKE. A house (top photo) along Surigao River in Kaskag, Barangay Washington, Surigao City leans after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck at 8:08 a.m.

Sunday, March 5, 2017. A resident succumbed to cardiac arrest while 37 others were injured but only four remain confined in the hospital. Right, cases of soft drinks were broken while Carlita Awatin (above, left) of Barangay Washington leaves the Caraga Regional Hospital in Surigao City after getting treatment.

MindaNews photos by Roel Catoto

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Probe killing of barrio doctor, Aguirre tells NBI

By Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan of PNA

Justice Secretary Vitaliano N. Aguirre II on Monday ordred the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct a probe on the killing of a barrio doctor in Lanao del Norte last March 1.

“The National Bureau of Investigation through Director Dant Gierran, is hereby directed and granted authority to conduct investigation and case build-up over the death of Dr. Dreyfuss “Toto” Perlas who was shot dead in Lanao Del Norte,” Aguirre said in issued Department Order no.

141 dated March 4.

Last Wednesday evening, Perlas died after he was shot at the back.

Perlas, the municipal health officer of Sapad town, Lanao del Norte and a native of Batan, Aklan, was on his way on board his motorcycle to his rented house in Kapatagan town when the incident happened along the

national highway in Purok 4, Maranding, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

The PNP recovered from the crime scene an empty shell of a caliber .45 and Perlas’ blue motorcycle with plate number KA 98877.

Call for justice “I condemn the killing of Dr. Dreyfuss Perlas, a well-loved Doctor to the Barrio in Sapad Municipality, Lanao del Norte,” said Senator JV Ejercito in a news release posted on the Senate’s website yesterday.

“I condole with his family, medical peers, and with the community whom he served for years,” added Ejercito.

He said: “I trust that the authorities will do all they can to bring the perpetrator to justice.”

Whether Dr. Perlas’ murder was professionally related or not, such violence against medical workers,

Black Monday. Doctors from the Iligan Medical Society wear black on Monday (6 March 2017) in protest over the killing of Dr. Dreyfuss Perlas, the municipal health officer of Sapad, Lanao del Norte, who was gunned down in the municipality of Kapatagan last March 1, 2017. Dr. Perlas was a volunteer for the DOH’s “Doctors to the Barrios” program. Contributed photo Republic of the Philippines Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT Regional OfficeAND No. 10

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Division medical team visits Merangeran Elementary School By: Russell A. Ruiz Elementary School Principal-1 Merangeran Elementary School Quezon District -1

Division Medical Team composed of one physician Dr. Maya Luna, one dentist Dr. Rico Soler, one dental aide, Mr. Nilo Galorport together with our District nurse Ma’am Methel Jean Polinar made a visit at Merangeran Elementary School just recently.

The team conducted physical check-up and tooth extraction for our wasted and severely wasted pupils and all preschoolers last January 26, 2017. The team diagnosed and interview our beneficiaries as to what their physical problems

that made them absent sometimes. Usually they cannot go to school when they experience toothache and severe flu. The team gave advises on what to do and what to take as first aide just to ease their pain.

After checking pupils’ teeth who complain of having a toothache, they were given anaesthesia and wait their turn for tooth extraction. After a while when their gum is getting numb they will undergo tooth extraction. Our district nurse, ma’am Methel Jean gave medicine for treatment and medication for those who undergo tooth extraction.

Delicious vegetable soup, camote tops salad, sweet and sour, and with pineapple fruit were served. The team went on their way home with full stomach and satisfaction.

That is how we felt blessed on that special day.

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31 Barangays synchronized BDRRM planning and budgeting CY 2017

By Russell A. Ruiz Elementary School Principal-1 Merangeran Elementary School Quezon District -1

All members of Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council in the Municipality of Quezon hold a three-day synchronized planning and budgeting at Hotel Koresco Cagayan de Oro City-last February 8-10, 2017. It was spearheaded

by Honorable Gregorio Lloren Gue together with MDRRMC Officer, Mr. Paul Anthony Abalde.

The participants are the Barangay Chairman, Barangay Secretaries, BDRRMC Coordinators, and school Heads. The budget for registration, meals and snacks and for two- night’s stay was taken from the barangay fund intended for the said activity.

In the morning of February 8, 2017 which is the first day is the arrival and

check-in. After lunch, the opening program and orientation began, it was about 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon.

After the program with the mayor, we proceed to the PAGASA Region X at 21 Salvador City, Cagayan. We were oriented by the PAGASA Personnel about the pressure. They explain the indicator during low Pressure and its Area using high technology equipment’s and its corresponding alert level status of weather conditions that our country usually experience every year.

On our second day, we were given time to make a plan on what possible action we need to prepare with a scenario of Low Pressure Area. Some barangays were given the chance to present their organizational structure and plan of action in the Evacuation Center. In the afternoon, they shared about Global warming and Damage Assessment Needs Analysis.

In the evening, there was socialization together with our speakers and MDRRM officials. In the third day, a short closing program that includes giving of certificates and pack lunch.

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Bukidnon coffees win in PH’s first ever ‘cupping’ competition

By Bobby Timonera of MindaNews

ILIGAN City––Bukidnon coffees topped the country’s first ever “cupping” competition held at the Cavite State University from March 1 to 4, according to the Philippine Coffee Board, Inc. (PCBI).

The Inhandig Tribal Multi Purpose Cooperative (ITMPC) of Malaybalay City won this year’s Kape Pilipino Green Coffee Quality Competition in the Arabica category while Kape Maramag won in the Robusta category.

Although there are more than 100 coffee species, the most popular are Arabica (Coffea Arabica) and Robusta (Coffea Canephora).

Arabica, usually grown in the highlands and more prone to diseases and thus needs more attention from farmers, has generally been regarded as the best coffee; whereas Robusta, which can grow in the lowland with little care, is popular among instant coffees.

The two winners will be sending representatives to Seattle, Washington this April for the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) expo, said the PCBI website.

“These coffees will now

Processing coffee at the Hineleban Foundation in Bukidnon, one of the players in the Philippines’s emerging specialty coffee industry. MindaNews file photo by Bobby Timonera

command a higher price in the specialty coffee market,” the PCBI added.

The PCBI said 78 coffee samples were submitted for the competition, with participants from as far as the Cordillera Administration Region up north to Sulu down south.

The winning Arabica coffee scored 85.84 points while the Robusta got 83.75 from judges, among them international experts from the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI). The panel of judges was headed by Samuel Gurel of Torch Coffee, which is

helping empower coffee farmers with trainings.

Chit Juan, PCBI president and co-chair, said in a Facebook post Sunday that to be considered “specialty” grade, a coffee has to score at least 80.

“It’s a scale up to 100 where trained palates called Q graders taste the coffee, smell the grounds, the brew and slurp as much as they can to describe its ‘notes’.

Notes are the reminders of floral, caramel, chocolate, spice, fruits that a grader may associate the taste and smell with. It can also be

earthy, grassy or simply unacceptable as a fine coffee,” she added.

One of the judges, Mbula Musao of Kenya, a Q grader herself, said “some flavor notes reminded me of Ethiopian Sidamo.” She added that the winning Robustas are like “fine coffees” from Uganda.

“I’m totally amazed by the taste profiles of the winners,” Gurel was quoted by PCBI as saying.

Both winners, Juan said, were “processed naturally.” “ This means it was picked ripe, dried in the sun and allowed to develop its flavors naturally…. That shows we can do good coffee even without water in the processing. Just picking ripe and drying well,” she added.

Juan said it is “good news for mountain communities who have no access to running water.”

“I am ecstatic because we found samples from all over the country – far and wide like Palawan, Laguna and Bulacan for Robusta.

Benguet, Mountain Province, Bukidnon and Davao for the Arabicas,” she said.

“This may be the start of the rebirth of the Philippine coffee industry…. And this is the start of a new coffee revolution,” Juan said.

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AN admiral of the US, aboard a mammoth aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, that arrived in the disputed seas declared “we will be here to maintain peace and freedom of navigation of commercial ships. Rear Admiral James Kilby said aboard the carrier is F-18 fighter jets, missiles, helicopters and others. There was no immediate comment from China, which rejected the UN permanent Arbitration giving favorable judgment that the area belongs to the Philippines. It has been noted that China has been bullying other claimantcountries like Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and others. *** Two persons were killed in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental while two others in Opol of the same province as the war on drugs was ordered resumed by President Duterte. As I said earlier, the total number of deaths in the drug war will climb up from 8,000. The suspension gave way for the embalmers and funeral homes to take a break and dispose of cadavers that could hardly be handled.

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I am afraid the mass murder of alleged drug suspects in our country will bring President Duterte to jail once his presidential immunity cannot protect him anymore. I mean, if his term as president ends. He should know that the people who watched him when he went up will be the same people when he goes down. History and legend have taught us so much about the past regimes that included the ancient civilizations. The time of kings and kingdoms have long been gone and in today’s culture and system, nobody is above the law.

I wish to reiterate my stand that if the death penalty does not include murder, rapes and plunder, the lawmakers involved in passing it, better get back to college.

Or, if they have not been to college ever in their lives, they should enroll now. I was just horrified that only drug-related cases shall be punishable by death. I see no reasons why the politicians should not celebrate for such blunders in congress. To the old saying, “what are we in power for?”

A medical doctor gunned down in Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte for no apparent reason was a tragedy to many residents. The place never had a doctor before, except a nurse and a midwife

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who attended to the health needs of the residents. I suggest the police should not sleep on the issue and see to it the culprits in the murder be brought to justice fast. It would take a lifetime for other doctors to venture in such a dangerous place. *** President Duterte was in Cagayan de Oro City to talk to soldiers wounded in the battle with the NPA rebels in Salay, Misamis Oriental.

At least three soldiers were killed and an undetermined number of rebels who normally are carried by their comrades when they retreat to the mountains. *** People in the Philippines were complaining about heavy rains and floods in many areas few months ago. Now summer days are here and I urge everyone to be ready. Be reminded that we have only two seasons in the country the wet and dry both of which we badly need. We must adjust to our environment and refrain from complaining all the time, especially if nature is involved.

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down drug peddlers. This developed even as President Duterte ordered the resumption of his drive against the use of illegal drugs in the country. From this day on it is expected that the number of deaths in the drug war will rise from 7,000 to 8,000. I warn peaceful citizens in our country to be alert all the time because nobody knows for whom the bell rings. Everybody is vulnerable “to whom it may concern bullets.” *** I don’t see any justification why the inmates of the provincial jail in Cebu City should be brought outside naked while government agents were allegedly searching for drugs.

I never heard this ever in my life and I was certainly puzzled. It is true prisoners are violators of our laws, but still they are entitled to respect the mere fact that they are human beings. They should not be humiliated.

Of course, the report did not mention how women inmates were searched too.

If they were disrespected the same way as the male prisoners, I would say it is time that those provincial guards should be sent to Jolo to fight the Abu Sayaff bandits.

There can be no worse thing on this planet than what they have done.

tal--A watered-down bill on the re-imposition of death penalty in the country may soon be passed by the House of Representatives on 3rd or final reading. The approved version of the bill makes the death penalty an option for judges to impose on those convicted only for drug-related offenses.

The bill authorizes hanging, firing squad, and lethal injection as modes of execution.

The pro-death penalty in the Senate are also inclined to limit the coverage of death-punishable crimes to offenses related to illegal drugs.

The adoption of the 1987 Constitution put a sudden halt to death penalty, the imposition in the country of which was allowed under the 1935 Constitution. Yet the 1987 Constitution does not totally prohibit but in fact allows the imposition of death penalty for heinous crimes. Section 19, Article lll of the Constitution stipulates that death penalty shall not be imposed, “unless for compelling reasons

Commentary involving heinous crimes, the Congress hereafter provides for it.”

A year and a half after he assumed office, President Ramos signed into law RA 7659 in December 1993. This was followed in 1996 by another law RA 8177 providing for lethal injection as the method of execution for crimes punishable by death. Under RA 7659, crimes are considered heinous for “being grievous, odious and hateful offenses and which, by reason of their inherent or manifest wickedness, viciousness, atrocity and perversity are repugnant and outrageous to the common standards and norms of decency and morality in a just, civilized and ordered society.”

The Supreme Court did not declare RA 7659 as unconstitutional, thus the death penalty became final and executory. However, upon assumption to office, President Gloria Arroyo issued a “moratorium” suspending or putting on hold the death penalty. This explains the reasons why there was no execution carried

out for a number of years.

In June 2006 President Arroyo signed RA 9346 abolishing the death penalty in the country. She said: “the abolition of death penalty in the Philippines ends an era of retributive justice and paves the way for restorative justice.” She added that “we have seen a strong hand against the threat to the high moral imperatives dictated

by God to walk away from capital punishment.”

I am personally convinced that killing people regardless who does it, whether the State, some lunatics or terrorists, will not solve anything in this world. Thus, I am against death penalty, but if its restoration in the country cannot be avoided at all because Congress cannot afford to displease the blood-thirsty tenant in Malacanang, then it should not be confined to drug-related offenses only but ought to cover all heinous crimes possible.

To limit to drug offenses the death-punishable crimes suggests that these are the only worst of crimes contemplated in the Constitu-

tion, a myopic view and approach that weakens the ardent campaign of President Duterte for retributive justice to flourish in our country.

The narrow confine for death penalty exempts terrorists who kidnap and mutilate their captives alive and who bomb to smithereens innocent civilian populations. This may yet further embolden the Abu Sayyaff bandits, who have always been cornered by the military but incredibly to this day still behead hapless victims, into plying their wares without let-up thinking that the government has either given up on them or is scared to touch them.

Exempted likewise from death penalty are murderers and human traffickers, bestial psychopaths who rape even infants, likewise plunderers who ravage the people by depriving them of much needed resources intended for education, health, social and infrastructure services.

Actually in the advent of the government’s war on drugs, death penalty has already been passionately imposed, even without See POOR, page 7

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Sen. Ejercito unmasks Lascanas as ‘sour-graper’

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

Be sure to keep the commands of the LORD your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you…” (Deuteronomy 6:17, the Holy Bible).

-oooSEN. EJERCITO UNMASKS LASCANAS AS “SOUR-GRAPER”: If there was anyone whose star brightly shone during the Senate hearing on March 06, 2017 where former SPO3 Arthur Lascanas resumed testifying on the supposed involvement of President Duterte with the alleged Davao Death Squad (DDS) when he was still mayor, it would be Sen. Juan Victor Ejercito.

Obviously, Sen. Ejercito did a meticulous research and a thorough sleuthing on what Lascanas did after appearing for the first time before the Senate in 2016, during which first appearance he denied vigorously both the existence of the squad, and the claims that then Mayor Duterte used the DDS to kill his critics and political opponents.

That research by Sen. Ejercito had the effect of unmasking Lascanas as a “sour-graper”, someone who did a 360-degree turn on

his earlier Senate testimony out of spite and vengeance, ostensibly because all his maneuvers to enable his friends and associates to obtain financially-rewarding contracts from the Duterte government, which would have given him financial rewards as well after his retirement, were all rebuffed in his face.

-oooLASCANAS WAS REBUFFED BY DUTERTE FOUR TIMES: By Sen. Ejercito’s virtual cross-examination, he managed to compel Lascanas to admit that the first attempt of the retired policeman was to secure for himself and his partners whom Sen. Ejercito referred to as the “Davao group” a franchise to operate “small town lottery” (STL) outlets in several localities that are “juicy” (meaning, yielding so much profits).

Then, Lascanas and his friends also tried to secure contracts for the operation of a port, and a transport terminal in Davao City, and for another project whose details I could not recall as I was writing this column. Unfortunately for him and his associates, the government of President Duterte did not look with

favor upon their overtures.

These revelations based on Sen. Ejercito’s questioning elicited a query from Sen. Panfilo Lacson, the chairman of the Senate committee on public order and illegal drugs which is investigating the claims of Lascana: did the former police officer get mad at President Duterte and his government as a result of the unfavorable actions on his projects, so that he is now testifying against the man he has served since the 1980s?

-oooAQUINO TO BLAME FOR NOT PROBING D U T E RT E E A R L I E R : Expectantly, Lascanas answered “no”, but many of those who were with me who listened to his testimony last Monday almost howled in unison: “liar”.

Well, whether he lied or not would be a question for the proper prosecutorial and judicial authorities to pass upon later, if and when the appropriate legal actions are undertaken against him.

At this point, however, it is clear that all of these investigations now are, to use Sen. Lacson’s word, “all against the wall”---meaning that, since the person sub-

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ject of the supposed disclosures now is clothed with an impregnable immunity from suit, nothing good is ever going to come out of the inquiries.

In fact, Lacson publicly blamed on Monday the Aquino government for its failure to prosecute Duterte when he was still mayor for these alleged killings through the DDS, even if Aquino and his officials claimed they were already were in possession of testimonial and other evidence that could have been sufficient to indict and jail the then mayor.

That, indeed, is a twist of fate that could only be providential, indicative of God’s will and plans!

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He needed his wife to wake him up early the next day to catch a plane for an important business trip. But not wanting to talk to her and lose the fight, he put a note on the kitchen table. It read: “Please wake me up at 5AM tomorrow morning.”

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Why do we find it so hard to say those 2 little words, “I’m sorry”? If we’re honest, most of us are better at remembering the people who should tell us they’re sorry than we are at paying our own “sorry” debt.

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...both extremes of always being a blame taker or a blame shifter are not healthy.

A British study showed that 37% of people who had sued doctors or hospitals in court would not have done it if their doctor had simply apologized to them.

You know, when it comes to taking the blame for something, most people fall into 1 of these 2 groups.

The first group almost never thinks that they caused any of the problem. It’s always someone else’s fault and they should apologize to you.

The second group often blame themselves for causing the problem and they apologize quickly.

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Call to Order Proof of Due Notice Determination and Declaration of Quorum Consideration and Approval of the Minutes of the March 19, 2016 Annual General Assembly by Cluster Matters arising from the Minutes of the March 19, 2016 Annual General Assembly by Cluster Confirmation of BOD Resolutions: January to December 2016 Presentation of Officers and Management’s Reports a. Chairperson b. Joint BOD and Management c. Audit d. Election e. Credit f. Other BOD Committees 8. Presentation of Audited Financial Statement of 2016 Financial Condition of Operations 9. New Business: a. Approval of Strategic Plan for 2017-2019 b. Approval and Confirmation of Budget for 2017 c. Appointment of External Auditors for 2017 d. Proposed New Sunshine Guidelines e. Proposed Amendments of the Bylaws f. Presentation and Confirmation of the Newly-elected Coop Officers 10. Other Matters 11. Adjournment BRANCH General Santos City (Cluster 6)

DATE February 25, 2017

TIME 7 AM – 12 NOON

Davao City (Cluster 6)

February 26, 2017

7 AM – 12 NOON

Cagayan de Oro City (Cluster 3) Bulua, Cogon, Carmen, Puerto and Laguindingan Butuan City (Cluster 5)

March 4, 2017

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March 5, 2017

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Maranding, Tubod LDN, and Pagadian (Cluster 4)

March 11, 2017

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Iligan City (Cluster 2) Pala-o, Buru-un, Tubod, SuarezTominobo, Poblacion and Bacolod LDN Iligan City (Cluster 1) Tibanga Main, Kiwalan and Manticao

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VENUE Robinson’s Mall Activity Center, General Santos City USeP Social Hall, Obrero St., Davao City Brgy. Nazareth Gymnasium, Cagayan de Oro City FSUU Gymnasium, Butuan City Christ the King College de Maranding, Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte MSU-IIT Gymnasium, Tibanga, Iligan City MSU-IIT Gymnasium, Tibanga, Iligan City

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On drug addiction, Oplan TokHang and vigilante killings

By Carolina Villanueva Peralta of MindaNews

NEW York--A drug addict mother shot in front of her children prompted me to write with hopes that this will reach families, schools, churches, drug dealers, vigilante killers, our police officers and General Bato de la Rosa, a fellow MSUan (Mindanao State University) whom I respect.

Let me be clear. I fully support the anti-drug campaign but in a humane way. Addicts who recover become strong assets to the

community and YES- there is a highway to recovery.

Drugs addiction is a disease, mostly caused by problems due to poverty and deep seated issues that affect a human being mentally, physically and emotionally.

Many people turn to drugs not because they want to get high but because they want to fill in a deep longing for acceptance, to feel valuable, to feel loved. Most turn to drugs as a cheap

means to escape pangs of hunger, to escape the pain of no gainful employment, most with no future in sight due to extreme poverty and lack of skills and opportunities.

Some have to deal with deep emotional issues like separation, death of a loved one, abuse – to cure a loneliness and feeling of hopelessness so deep only they understand. Drugs become a cheap escape coupled with the social acceptance offered by fellow addicts who understand

what they undergo. Fellow drug addicts become a support system where society views them as “walang kuwenta.”

Policy makers and enforcement officers need to understand one thing – if addiction is a disease, there is a cure and that nobody should be killed for this reason. Killing will only create a bitter society with deeper problems to deal with in the long run due to trauma.

Understanding the timeline to wellness is crucial.

Home-school collaboration: key to effective child education

By Edwin L. Vasquez, PhD, DM

Child development is not the same as growth. It encompasses physical, social, emotional, and intellectual dimensions. Child development involves changes and process. Each developmental stage proceeds in predictable directions towards greater complexity, organization and internalization.

Though development proceeds at varying rates from child to child as well as evenly within different areas of each child’s functioning, parents and teachers have one common direction, and that

is, to develop the child into perfection.

Human development is made possible through education. It is in education where a person is developed into a well-rounded person.

It is the joint effort of the home and the school to produce well-rounded individuals. Parent’s support should not only focus in providing for the material needs of the children.

According to Dr. Torralba in his book “The Joys of Teaching”, home-school collaboration has two aims.

One is the optimum involvement of parents in the

education of their own children, both in the academic and the personal areas, for its own sake; and the other one is the optimum

involvement of parents in school life for the sake of education of their own children.

The importance of home-school collaboration cannot be over emphasized if one fully grasps the meaning of education.

Since education involves the teaching of the child from infancy to adulthood and even up to the time he takes leave of his earthly life, it becomes imperative that at any stage of his learning, there should be a cohesive integration of his realities whether he is at school getting formally educated, or at home, the root of his education.

Parents’ formation for effective home-school collaboration

By Ben John S. Balili, School Principal I Kalugmanan Elementary School

In order for parents to know their responsibilities with regard to the integral education of their children, there must be a formal formation of parents. According to Hymes, home-school relations are regarded as equivalent to parent’s education. The parent is always the learner, always on the receiving end.

The school relations must mean a two-way process.

The flow of ideas, energy, creativity, and leadership

must be in both directions at all times. “Effective relationship demands a free and easy give and take between the family and the school. No one way streets are allowed”.

It is the responsibility of the parents to collaborate in the praxis of the school.

Parents should be made aware of the academic objectives of the school. Their contribution for the attainment of the said objectives should be clearly stated.

Home environment is one factor of academic achievement of their children. The teachers must encourage parents to provide an environment conducive to good study. Teachers must encourage parents to communicate to the school whatever problem may arise regarding the pupil. Giving of suggestions and positive corrections must be encouraged by the teacher during the formation program.

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order for parents to understand better their role as primordial educators of their children, teachers should deliberately dis c uss s ome p arenting principles. Teachers should make it clear that the role of the school is just to complement what the home has started and that teachers are partners of parents in the education of the children. The formation program should also stress some valuable tips in order for homeschool collaboration to be successful.

Many try to kick off addiction but fail because they are not aware of the critical periods of the withdrawal process where the first 30 days is the most crucial.

The first few weeks without drugs in the system is characterized by extreme depression because the brain has been depleted of dopamine or the happy hormone. This is a period where most suicides occur because aside from the depression, lack of sleep and nutrition and very low self value/esteem, anxiety and hopelessness kick in.

The lack of education for families to render support due to ignorance exerts too much pressure – addicts take the path to destruction.

The first few weeks of withdrawal require medical supervision where mood stabilizers are given to counter depression, sleep aid and proper nutrition is provided. Research shows that after a month, they generally begin to feel better but the craving continues.

Mega nutrition becomes necessary to restore brain power affected by drug use.

Good news is research shows that after three to

six months, the craving for the drug becomes less.

It is a must that drug supply should be cut off permanently, otherwise the cycle continues. Narcotics Anonymous provides a support network for addicts to prod them to full recovery.

Sponsors are available to personally render support.

Addressing the root cause of the problem and why an addict turned to drugs in the first place ensures full recovery. This is where counseling, mentoring, coaching, life planning and discipleship come in.

Again, trained professionals are needed in this area.

The Philippines has the support system in place – closely knit family ties and church. A massive education and training of professionals can be made.

Support group in churches and schools can come in – not as pious holier than thou teachers/mentors but like Jesus himself has personified when he washed the feet of his disciples.

We need servants who are able to empathize, to understand the deeper problems addicts encounter, See killings, page 7

Rabies awareness and control program

By Anita T. Damaolao- Teacher III Quezon Central Elementary School

Rabies Awareness Month is annual campaign held every March to increase people awareness on the danger and prevention of the disease as well as the measure taken in case one has been bitten by a suspected rabid animals.

Other than free rabies vaccination drive program pet own are held according to Department of Health (DOH), the Philippines aims to be rabies free by 2020. Rabies which is one of most dangerous of viral disease infect the central nervous system of animals and spread to human through bites, scratches, and exposure to infected saliva. What makes rabies very danger-

ous is that death usually occurs within days in the onset of symptoms Early disease include fever, headache and general weakness with discomfort. As the disease progresses rabies in a majority of cases is high Avoidable, keep away from stray animals and avoid exposure to wild animals. People who are risk to exposure like veterinarians should take the pre-exposure vaccine.

Pet owners should be responsible by having their pets vaccinated 14th to 16th month and receive an annual shots. Owner should also not allow their pets to roam around freely outdoors.

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Poor... from page 4

any existing law allowing it, on poor drug offenders in their stinking abodes, in dark alleys and corridors.

As always, the poor, who cannot afford to hire good counsels or bribe corrupt law enforcers, prosecutors and judges, are at the receiving end of any concerted effort to cleanse society of criminals perceived to have disturbed the peace and security and impeded the country’s steady march to progress and development.

The passage of a death penalty, if ever, would accomplish nothing but legitimize the assault on the poor by moving to the courts the venue to decide on expunging them from society and by transferring their execution to government poison, toasting chambers or killing fields. (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. William R. Adan is a retired professor and former chancellor of the Mindanao State University Naawan campus in Misamis Oriental).

Coffees... from page 3

Sylvia Okinlay-Paraguya, an advocate of the cooperative movement, said the ITMPC, composed of Higaunon farmers, has now become a “superstar cooperative.”

“I’m very happy to note that it is a tribal cooperative.

A model to other tribes. Super proud Higaunon here,” she said in a Facebook post.

The Kape Pilipino, said the PCBI, is part of the project MinPACT or Mindanao Productivity in Agriculture, Commerce and Trade. It is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and implemented

by ACDIVOCA. Though now known only by its acronym, ACDIVOCA is a result of the merger of the Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance, both nonprofit international economic development organizations.

PCBI is the grantee or-

ganization which conducted the coffee trainings.

Other coffee growing countries in South and Latin America and Africa have long been conducting annual coffee competitions dubbed “Cup of Excellence,” with the winning coffees commanding high prices in an auction shortly after the contest.

Juan said the PCBI started “cupping” classes way back in March 2016 so the Philippines will have certified Q graders and improve the country’s specialty coffee industry.

She noted that before the classes, farmers knew little about the quality of their coffee and were at the mercy of the big buyer or trader who subjectively graded their coffee.

“Now, farmers can grade their own coffee before even pricing it. Buyers, beware.

Farmers now know about their quality and the price they can fetch given correct processing techniques,” Juan said. (Bobby Timonera / MindaNews)

Surigao... from page 1

suffered a cardiac arrest when the quake, recorded at Intensity 6 here, struck, her granddaughter Nona said.

Renato Solidum, director of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said a 5.9 magnitude stuck in Surigao City. Intensity 6 was felt in Surigao City.

Trauma At the Caraga Regional Hospital, injured residents rushed to the emergency section while patients confined in the hospital rushed outside. It was the same situation at the Surigao Medical Center.

Carlita Awatin, 62, of Purok 6, San Juan in Barangay Washington was preparing breakfast and was about to pour boiled water on a cup when the quake struck.

She suffered burns on her head, arms and body. Her nine year old grandson, Bryllzeus Paredes who was beside her was not spared.

Both sought treatment at the Caraga Hospital.

Norbina Ramirez, 76, of Ferdinand Street in Baran-

gay Washington was pinned down by a concrete wall of her house that crashed.

Her daughter Dahlia Padal with her husband came to rescue her underneath the rubble and rushed her to the hospital.

Residents have been suffering from trauma here since the February 10 quake and its aftershocks.

Damaged Houses Two houses were reported to have partially collapsed — one along Narciso corner P. Reyes Streets and the other in Kaskag, Barangay Washington.

In San Franscico, Surigao del Norte, houses that suffered damages during the Feb. 10 quake have become more precarious.

Some residents who were crossing the bridge that collapsed on February 10, jumped off the bridge when the quake struck.

“Isig pangambak kay basin malumpag ang tulay” (They jumped thinking the bridge will further collapse, said Raffy Perez, a tricycle driver waiting for passengers at the end of the collapsed bridge.

In Surigao City, the Bureau of Fire Protection responded to a report of gas leakage along Narcisco corner P. Reyes Streets.

Authorities said tanks of acetylene and oxygen fell as a result of the quake.

A primer on the February 10 quake released by Phivolcs on February 11 reminded residents “to be cautious of structures visibly weakened or with signs of damage by the 10 February 2017, as these may be further damaged by aftershocks.”

“In case of houses and other buildings with visible damage, it is best to contact the Municipal/City Engineering Office for advice. Engineers from the local government, other agencies and organizations should inspect buildings and other infrastructures to determine their integrity, and recommend appropriate actions to concerned affected groups or individuals. Slopes should be checked for tension cracks that may have resulted from the strong ground shaking.

Tension cracks may make slopes more susceptible to landslides. These areas should be avoided,” the primer said. (Roel N. Catoto /MindaNews)

Probe... from page 2

particularly for Doctors to the Barrios volunteers, undermines the government’s effort in providing health care services in marginalized communities, said the senator. “It also mars attempts to entice more doctors to be immersed and serve the poor with this program.” --with a report the PNA

Words... from page 5

But both extremes of always being a blame taker or a blame shifter are not healthy.

The key in each situation is to be honest. Then admit that since it took both of you to cause the problem of offense or misunderstanding, it will probably take both of you to get out of it. Jesus Christ promises that if we’ll give Him total control of our heart and attitude, He will help us to start seeing and understanding ourselves honestly and responsibly, so we’ll know when and how to apologize in each situation. He’ll help you to forgive those people who wronged you, so you’ll finally be free from the heavy burden of blame.

Just Think a Minute.

Killings... from page 6

the loneliness they feel, the agony and the burden they bear. We need mentors who have felt how it is to be hungry, to be jobless, without nothing much in life to hope and live for.

We need enforcers who understand the value of life more than the promotion or monetary award they get from killing an addict.

We need to build a society that brings about healing not hatred.

We call on our police to stop the violence – see addicts as needing help not judgment. We call on families to get educated

On values and teaching

By Edwin L. Vasquez, PhD, DM

Teaching as a profession is entrusted with the molding of the minds and character of children, infusing them with wholesome ideas and attitudes. Hence, teachers must possess profound dedication and devotion to service, firm and unshakable strength of character and, above all, a desirable sense of values.

Teaching is a lifework in the service of society, country and humanity. It is practiced by a disciplined intellect and personality in full enjoyment of constitutional liberty towards the creation of rapport, mutual understanding, respect and cooperation between the teachers and the learner

and between coworkers in education. Teaching is a field of endeavor in which its practitioners, according to their best knowledge and noblest aspirations, formulate, practice, and defend the highest standards of quality in preparation, performance, and self-governance. These lines carry the message that no profession is nobler, no service more significant, and no task more vital than teaching.

As the teacher continues his career, he needs to examine his values critically. As he gains experience and as his knowledge increases, he needs to know how to integrate such knowledge into

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his basic beliefs and values.

Values are freely chosen from alternatives and are acted upon by the individual as being part of his creative integration into his development as a person. Values can

never be static but must be continually rechosen as the person grows old.

As a teacher who impart learning and knowledge to students, the values he has will serve as his model to the learners. For this reason, the Department of Education issued a framework in conducting Values Education in all levels – elementary, secondary, and tertiary. This framework stipulates the values that are the bases for judging attitudes and behavior that are desirable. The launching of the Values Education Program translates values into action on the premise that values education is formed in the school under the teacher’s guidance.

– to love more. We call on drug suppliers to stop their greed for money at the expense of lives and society. We call on government to work on common good so that poverty and the need to deal drugs may not proliferate. We call on everyone to be a support system – not a judge.

We call on everyone to practice what they go to Church for. To love fully is the capacity to appreciate the beauty of life God has given to each of us made manifest by our active service to others.

The 12 steps to addiction recover y which is accepted worldwide is a wholistic approach used by professionals where addicts turn to God as the healer and redeemer. What better cure and hope than to feel the love of One who loves unconditionally.

••• [MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Carolina Villanueva Peralta of Kiamba, South Cotabato (now part of Sarangani province) presNOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late LEONILO A. LOLONG consisting parcel of land known as Lot No. 6150-A, Csd13-003342-D identical to Lot 13021, Pls-67, containing an area of Two Hundred Forty Seven (247) square meters more or less covered and embraced by Original Certificate of Title No. (P-46274) registered in the name of LEONILA A. LOLONG issued by the Registry of Deeds of Agusan del Sur is the subject of Deed of Extra Judicial Settlement among Heirs with Special Power of Attorney under the notarial registry of Atty. Geraldine Chee Samson per Doc. No. 174, Page No. 35, Book No. 25, Series of 2016.

MDN: Feb. 21, 28 & Mar. 7 , 2017

ently resides in New York but is actively involved in development efforts in her Sarangani. She is a member of the Board of Kiamba Sarangani Development Foundation Inc. (USA).

She believes that peace is attainable in Mindanao] NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of RUBEN TUMULIN BUCONG, who died intestate on 15 February 2017, consisting of: 1) a land property with a residential building constructed in it (Lot 6, Blk 5, Psd-13-004070, being a portion of Lot 4453. Pls-22) situated at Barangay Ambago, Butuan City, containing an area of 80 square meters, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-17609 registered under the name of deceased Ruben Tumulin’s wife, Teresita C. Bucong; and 2) Bank deposits in Metro Bank – Butuan Montilla Blvd. Branch, with Savings Account No. 713-3-71312691-9 in the name of Ruben Tumulin Bucong and Teresita Carlos Bucong in the amount of Php325,508.94, and RCBC Account No. 9006162278, where the SSS Monthly Pension of the deceased is deposited, with a balance of Php3,219.25 as of 27 February 2017, is the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED WITH SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY made and entered into by and among deceased Ruben Tumulin Bucong’s only legal heirs, namely, widow Teresita Carlos Bucong, Thesben Carlos Bucong, Benjieboy Carlos Bucong, and Rutess Bucong-Santisas, agreeing to settle/divide and adjudicate above –described house and lot property and money deposited at Metro Bank – Butuan Montilla Blvd. Branch and RCBC, and giving authority to Teresita Carlos Bucong with Special Power of Attorney, per Doc. No. 30; Page No. 6; Book No. 60; Series of 2017 of the Notarial Registry of Atty. Vincent Jose C. Fortun, Notary Public for Butuan City and Agusan del Norte.

MDN: Mar 7, 14 & 21, 2017

German national’s remains recovered

DAVAO City––The remains of the German national who was kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf last year and beheaded on February 26 have been recovered by the Joint Task Force Sulu, the Western Mindanao Command said.

The remains of Juergen Gustav Kanttner, 72, were recovered at 6 p.m. of March 4 in Sitio Talibang, Barangay Buanza, Indanan, Sulu and will be kept at the morgue of the Kuta Heneral Teodulfo Bautista Hospital pending completion of the documents needed for transport.”

No details were given on how the remains were recovered.

WestMinCom chief Maj. Gen. Carlito Galvez, Jr., said they will “oordinate with the appropriate offices for the disposition of the remains of the victim.”

“Once again, the command is sending its deep regrets to the family for not being able to rescue Mr. Kantner on time and expresses its deepest sympathy to his family,” Galvez said.

“Rest assured that the AFP and the entire WestMinCom will maximize all means and efforts to rescue the remaining kidnapped victims,” he sid.

During the search and retrieval operations, some two dozen troops were wounded during series of encounters with the ASG in Sulu Province that has also left 16 Abu Sayyaf members dead, six wounded and four apprehended, the WestMinCom said. (MindaNews)

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Republic of the Philippines SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD Region 10 Oroquieta City City of Good Life Telephone No. (088) 564-0734; eMail – sp_oroquieta@yahoo.com

Republic of the Philippines SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD Region 10 Oroquieta City City of Good Life Telephone No. (088) 564-0734; eMail – sp_oroquieta@yahoo.com

EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THIS CITY HELD AT THE SESSION HALL, OROQUIETA TOWN CENTER, CANUBAY, OROQUIETA CITY ON FEBRUARY 2, 2017 ORDINANCE NO. 678-2017

EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THIS CITY HELD AT THE SESSION HALL, OROQUIETA TOWN CENTER, CANUBAY, OROQUIETA CITY ON JANUARY 19, 2017 ORDINANCE NO. 674-2017

Section 1. x x x

AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION, SALE AND USE OF SPIDERS IN GAMBLING, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE SPIDER ORDINANCE”, AND FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES.

xxxx Section 7. Enforcement Agency - The Philippine National Police shall enforce this Ordinance together with all barangay officials concerned.

Section 8. Penalties. - Any individual person found violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be subject to the following penalties: a) First Offense- A fine of Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) shall be imposed; b) Second Offense- A fine of Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) shall be imposed; c) Third Offense- A fine of Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) shall be imposed; d) In case the violator is a minor, the parent/s shall pay the corresponding fine or render the mandatory community service through the City Agriculture & Fisheries Office (CAFO). The minor offender shall be turned over to the City Social Welfare and Development Office for appropriate counseling.

For Community Service Required Number of Hours First Offense 16 hours Second Offense 64 hours Third Offense 80 hours Fourth and succeeding offenses- A penalty of Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) shall be imposed or thirty (30) days imprisonment or both at the discretion of the court; Approved: January 19, 2017 xxxx

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

ATTESTED: LEMUEL MEYRICK M. ACOSTA City Vice Mayor Presiding Officer

AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING MINORS FROM DRIVING ANY TYPE OF VEHICLES WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF OROQUIETA CITY, PROVIDING PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS THEREOF, AND FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES

xxxx

Section 4. PROHIBITION. a.) It is strictly prohibited to minors who are below 18 to operate/drive any type of vehicle within the territorial jurisdiction of the Oroquieta City. b.) Owners, parents and guardians are hereby liable for allowing minors to operate /drive any type of vehicle. Likewise, the owner, parents and guardians of the minor operating /driving any type of vehicle without their consent shall also be held liable and shall be penalized.

Section 6.Any person found violating the provisions of this ordinance, shall be administratively fined the following: a.)For violations of Section 4a and 4b 1st Offense---------------------------------------P 500.00 2nd Offense--------------------------------------1, 000.00 and two (2) hours community service 3rd Offense-------------------------------------- 1, 500.00 and four (4) hours community service The administrative fine enumerated above shall be paid by the owner, parents and guardians of the offender to the City Treasurer’s Office within 72 hours from the date of apprehension and citation of ticket. In addition, the owner of the vehicle and the parents/guardians of the offender under Section 4a 2nd and 3rd offense shall be obliged to render community service supervised by the PNP. In addition, the offender which will render community service shall be supervised by the PNP. PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the collection of penalties shall be shared on the following scheme: 50% (fifty percent) ------------City Government 50%(fifty percent) ------------ apprehending officer xxxx Section 8: Vehicles used in violating Section 4 of this ordinance shall be impounded; it shall only be released to the owner upon payment of administrative fine to the City Treasurer’s Office. Failure on the part of the violator to pay the administrative fine as provided for in the immediately preceding Section shall cause the filing of a case in proper court and, upon conviction, shall suffer the following penalties: (a.)For violations of Section 4a and 4b: 1st Offense - fine of Php 500.00 and/or imprisonment of 5 days at the discretion of the court.

2nd Offense - fine of Php 1,000.00 and/or imprisonment of 10 days at the discretion of the court.

3rd Offense - fine of Php 1,500.00 and/or imprisonment of 15 days at the discretion of the court.

Provided, that in the case falling under Section 6 if after 72 hours a case is not filed with proper Court and the violator opted to pay the administrative fine, the City Treasurer’s Office shall accept the same with corresponding surcharge of five percent (5%) per month.

And, if the case has been filed in Court and the accused opted to pay the fine in accordance with Section 8 hereof, the City Treasurer’s Office shall likewise accept the same as an administrative fine, with the corresponding surcharge of ten percent (10%) per month. Provided, further, that in the computation of the fine and the surcharge thereof under Sections 6 and 8, a fraction of a month shall be consider xxxx Approved: February 2, 2017

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

CONCEPCION N. MAISLING Secretary to the Sanggunian /mls

APPROVED:

ATTESTED: LEMUEL MEYRICK M. ACOSTA City Vice Mayor Presiding Officer

JASON P. ALMONTE City Mayor

CONCEPCION N. MAISLING Secretary to the Sanggunian /mls

APPROVED:

JASON P. ALMONTE City Mayor

MDN: Mar 7, 14 & 21, 2017

MDN: Mar 7, 14 & 21, 2017

Republic of the Philippines SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD Region 10 Oroquieta City City of Good Life Telephone No. (088) 564-0734; eMail – sp_oroquieta@yahoo.com EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THIS CITY HELD AT THE SESSION HALL, OROQUIETA TOWN CENTER, CANUBAY, OROQUIETA CITY ON FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Republic of the Philippines SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD Region 10 Oroquieta City City of Good Life Telephone No. (088) 564-0734; eMail – sp_oroquieta@yahoo.com EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THIS CITY HELD AT THE SESSION HALL, OROQUIETA TOWN CENTER, CANUBAY, OROQUIETA CITY ON FEBRUARY 2, 2017 ORDINANCE NO. 680-2017

ORDINANCE NO. 679-2017 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING NAKED AND HALF-NAKED PERSON ROAMING IN PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE URBAN BARANGAYS OF OROQUIETA CITY, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES xxxx Section 7. PENALTY. Any person found violating the provisions of this ordinance, shall be administratively fined the following: a.) For violations of Section 4: P 200.00 and two (2) hours of community service 1st Offense----------------------------------P 500.00 and four (4) hours community service 2nd Offense---------------------------------P 1,000.00 and eight (8) hours community service 3rd Offense----------------------------------The administrative fine enumerated above shall be paid to the City Treasure’s Office within 72 hours from the date of apprehension. Furthermore, the implementing agency who apprehended the violator shall receive 50% of the administrative fine; the funds generated by the barangay or police office shall be allocated for peace and order purposes, ie. equipment but not limited to. Provided, that in the case wherein the apprehending officer is from the barangay, they are to turn over the offender to the PNP. In addition, the offender which will render community service shall be supervised by the PNP. Provided, further, minors apprehended shall be taken to the CSWD or PNP station. Their parents shall be notified and summoned immediately for disciplinary actions. The offending minor shall not be released without the presence of the parent/guardians. Parents and guardians shall be liable for the payment of the corresponding amount of the offense under Section 4.

PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the collection of penalties shall be shared in the following schemes: 50% (fifty percent) --------------------------------- City Government 50% (fifty percent) --------------------------------- Apprehending office/agency Section 8. Failure on the part of the violator to pay the administrative fine as provided for in the immediately preceding Section shall cause the filing of a case in proper court and, upon conviction, shall suffer the following penalties: a.) For violations of Section 4: 1st Offense-fine of Php 200.00 and/or imprisonment of 5 days at the discretion of the court 2nd Offense - fine of Php 500.00 and/or imprisonment of 10 days at the discretion of the court.

3rd Offense - fine of Php 1,000.00 and/or imprisonment of 15 days at the discretion of the court Provided, that in the case falling under Section 7 if after 72 hours a case is not filed with proper Court and the violator opted to pay the administrative fine, the City Treasurer’s Office shall accept the same with corresponding surcharge of five percent (5%) per month.

And, if the case has been filed in Court and the accused opted to pay the fine in accordance with Section 8 hereof, the City Treasurer’s Office shall likewise accept the same as an administrative fine, with the corresponding surcharge of ten percent (10%) per month.

Provided, further, that in the computation of the fine and the surcharge thereof under Sections 7 and 8, a fraction of a month shall be considered as one (1) month. xxxx Approved: February 2, 2017

AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE DRINKING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS OF THE PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE URBAN BARANGAYS OF OROQUIETA CITY, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREOF AND FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES xxxx Section 7. Any person found violating the provisions of this ordinance, shall be administratively fined the following: a.) For violations of Section 3: 1st Offense-------------------------- P 200.00 and two (2) hours of community service 2nd Offense------------------------- P 500.00 and four (4) hours community service 3rd Offense--------------------------P1,000.00 and eight (8) hours community service The administrative fine enumerated above shall be paid to the City Treasure’s Office within 72 hours from the date of apprehension. Furthermore, the implementing agency who apprehended the violator shall receive 50% of the administrative fine; the funds generated by the barangay or police office shall be allocated for peace and order purposes, ie. equipment but not limited to. Provided, that in the case wherein the apprehending officer is from the barangay, they are to turn over the offender to the PNP. In addition, the offender which will render community service shall be supervised by the PNP. Provided, further, minors apprehended shall be taken to the CSWD or PNP station. Their parents shall be notified and summoned immediately for disciplinary actions. The offending minor shall not be released without the presence of the parent/guardians. Parents and guardians shall be liable for the payment of the corresponding amount of the offense under Section 3.

PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the collection of penalties shall be shared in the following schemes: 50% (fifty percent) --------------------------------- City Government 50% (fifty percent) --------------------------------- Apprehending office/agency Section 8. Failure on the part of the violator to pay the administrative fine as provided for in the immediately preceding Section shall cause the filing of a case in proper court and, upon conviction, shall suffer the following penalties: a.) For violations of Section 3: 1st Offense-fine of Php 200.00 and/or imprisonment of 5 days at the discretion of the court 2nd Offense - fine of Php 500.00 and/or imprisonment of 10 days at the discretion of the court.

3rd Offense - fine of Php 1,000.00 and/or imprisonment of 15 days at the discretion of the court Provided, that in the case falling under Section 7 if after 72 hours a case is not filed with proper Court and the violator opted to pay the administrative fine, the City Treasurer’s Office shall accept the same with corresponding surcharge of five percent (5%) per month.

And, if the case has been filed in Court and the accused opted to pay the fine in accordance with Section 8 hereof, the City Treasurer’s Office shall likewise accept the same as an administrative fine, with the corresponding surcharge of ten percent (10%) per month.

Provided, further, that in the computation of the fine and the surcharge thereof under Sections 7 and 8, a fraction of a month shall be considered as one (1) month.

Approved: February 2, 2017

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

ATTESTED: LEMUEL MEYRICK M. ACOSTA City Vice Mayor Presiding Officer

CONCEPCION N. MAISLING Secretary to the Sanggunian /mls

APPROVED:

ATTESTED: LEMUEL MEYRICK M. ACOSTA City Vice Mayor Presiding Officer

/mls

APPROVED:

JASON P. ALMONTE City Mayor

JASON P. ALMONTE City Mayor MDN: Mar 7, 14 & 21, 2017

CONCEPCION N. MAISLING Secretary to the Sanggunian

MDN: Mar 7, 14 & 21, 2017