Mindanao Star (November 16-17, 2013)

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Volume II, No. 132

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Mindanao Star The Purveyor of Truth, Justice and Development

CDO chosen as pilot city of ADB-funded project

City Mayor Oscar Moreno’s thrust on transparency and good governance got a big boost as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) selected Cagayan de Oro City as one of its project partners.

In a recent e-mail message to the City Mayor, Dante de los Angeles, ADB project grant manager, confirmed the city’s selection as project partner in the implementation of the ADB-funded project entitled “Strengthening Citizen Involvement in Mitigating Governance Risks in Local Government Units in the Philippines”. “We are pleased to advise that Cagayan de Oro City has been selected by the Project Steering Committee as one of the projects sites in Region 10 to pilot the engagement initiative in the area of budget formulation and execution or public procurement monitoring and evaluation,” de los Angeles informed Mayor Moreno. The project which is aimed at enhancing productive and successful LGU-citizen engagement in local governance will be supported by a grant from the Asian Development Bank under its Small Grant Facility, he added. With the city’s selection as ADB project partner,

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Mayor Moreno said he is extremely pleased and grateful as he looked forward to working with the Asian Development Bank on the project implementation. “We are all very happy for Cagayan de Oro City and its people for this project,” the City Mayor concluded. In the wake of this development, the ADB will invite city representatives to a workshop to be held later this month to discuss the salient features of the project. It can be recalled that about a month ago, Ms. Claudia Buentjen, ADB Principal Country Specialist and De Los Angeles visited ten local government units in North Eastern Mindanao purposely to identify and select potential partners for the ADBfunded project. (CIO)

“Kung walang agrikultura, walang magandang ekonomiya,” said Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos (top left) as he lauded the significant contribution of the prime movers of the agriculture sector to the country’s economy in his keynote speech during the opening of the 2013 Mindanao-wide Makina Saka or Agri-Machinery Road Show held in Cagayan de Oro City. As a member of the House Committee on Agriculture and Food, Marcos expressed his full support to the Department of Agriculture (DA) in its effort to intensify agricultural production particularly in the rehabilitation and construction of irrigation systems as farmers faced the challenge of climate change. Makina Saka is the DA’s initiative in promoting modern and cost-efficient technologies, methodologies, machinery and farm equipment to increase farmer’s productivity and income. This is also udertaken to strengthen the implementation of the Agri-Fishery Mechanization Law or RA 10601 that aims to gear up the level of mechanization in the country in support to food security and sufficiency. Director Rex L. Bingabing (bottom photo, 2nd from left) of the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) also cited the importance of Makina Saka in helping the farmers choose the appropriate technologies that suit the needs of their respective farming areas. Moreover, DA-10 Regional Executive Director Lealyn A. Ramos also stated the importance of modernized agriculture for the agriculture industry to be globally competitive. Also present during the opening ceremony were (from left) DA-10 Regional Technical Director for Research and Regulatory Constancio C. Maghanoy, Jr.; CDO Mayor Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano; Engr. Roxana H. Hojas, DA-10 Regional Technical Director for Operations; and Mayor Maximino Seno of Opol, Misamis Oriental. More than 700 people witnessed the showcase of technologies, including farmers and members of irrigators associations (IAs), small water impounding systems associations (SWISAs), farmers associations (FAs), Regional Agricultural and Fishery Councils, local government units and provincial/municipal/ city agriculturists from all over Mindanao. Over 50 exhibitors consisting of distributors, manufacturers and suppliers also showcased the latest model of farm machinery and equipment available in the market. # (VANESSA MAE S. SIANO, DA-RAFID 10)

RPN’s Talent Search captures the heart of Cagay-anons Privilege Speech on Automotive Manufacturing Industry. Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez delivers a privilege speech in the plenary of the House of Representatives in connection with automobile industry in the country. He is pushing for the passage of his bill protecting the local automotive manufacturing industry. He is also pushing for the passage of his bill on granting tax breaks on hybrid vehicles. With these bills, he hopes that our country will be the ones exporting automobiles to our neighbors instead of the Philippines importing from Thailand and Indonesia among others.

Despite the ill-effect of typhoon Yolanda, still a number of Cagay-anons went out of their homes and witnessed the Quarterly Finals of RPN’s Acappella launched singing contest at Limketkai Shopping Mall, Saturday afternoon of November 9. There were six participating groups vying

to represent Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental for the national search to win One (1) Million in cash and prizes with a recording contract awaits the grand champion. The local winners who brought home cash prizes and bags of giveaways were siblings from barangay Ca-

maman-an this city namely Vincent Jojemar, Vron Jessah and Ma. Vien Vholet Suizo, for the trio category. Bestfriends Michael Aput and Carlito Mercedes of Jasaan, Misamis Oriental bagged on the other hand the top prize for the duet category. Even the non-winning groups were not empty handed as they

were also given consolation prizes. The winners for duet and trio will perform during RPN’s Christmas Party in Manila, free of expenses before joining the national contest of this talent search sometime March next year competing against the champions from See talent, page 7


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