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Digong, Marcos take early lead in partial, unofficial count By Kris M. Crismundo of PNA

MANIL A--Partial and unofficial results of 2016 National Elections are now coming in at the Commission on Election (Comelec). Figures from Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) based on Comelec Transparency Server showed that PDP-Laban candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Dutere is leading the presidential race with votes reaching to 1,311,236 as of 5:50 p.m. This is followed by Senator Grace Poe with 757,055 votes; former Secretary Mar Thousands of supporters of presidential candidate Mayor Rodrigo Duterte join the Roxas with 748,482 votes; synchronized miting de avance in Cagayan de Oro City, Saturday (May 7), marking the Vice President Jejomar end of the campaign period for national and local candidates. See lead, page A11

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Cops replace 200 teachers as members of BEI in five Lanao Sur towns

FINAL TESTING. A technician from Smartmatic checks the Vote Counting Machine (VCM) together with policemen and poll watchers at the Lanao del Sur provincial gym in Marawi City, on Sunday, May 8, 2016. Some 200 policemen will take up poll duties to replace teachers who expressed fear of violence during the election on Monday. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

MARAWI City--Fearing for their lives, 200 teachers from five municipalities in Lanao del Sur are boycotting their poll duty on Monday prompting the Commission on Elections to deploy policemen to replace them. Senior Insp. Barlowe Espiga, said they are fielding 200 policemen to replace the teachers who will not be reporting tomorrow as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) in the municipalities of Butig, Maguing, Sultan Dumalondong and Bacolod-Kalawe in Lanao del Sur. Espiga said the policemen who will be deployed are from Tawi-tawi, Sulu

Duterte calls out for nat’l healing; offers hand to presidential rivals DAVAO City--Presidential aspirant Mayor Rodrigo Duterte offered a hand of reconciliation to his presidential opponents and other candidates and “let us begin the national healing now.” In his talk with members of the press at the DuterteCayetano Media Center, Duterte called out to presidential aspirants Vice Presi-

dent Jejomar Binay, Senator Grace Poe, former Interior secretary Mar Roxas and Senator Miriam DefensorSantiago including Senator Antonio Trillanes, who have filed plunder charges against him, to begin the healing, saying, “the black propaganda and false accusations are just clearly part of the See calls, page A11

No areas declared failure of election, says Comelec By Kris M. Crismundo and Priam F. Nepomuceno of PNA

COMMISSION on Elections (COMELEC) Chair Andres Bautista said there are no areas that declared failure of and other provinces in the election this 2016 national Autonomous Region in Mus- elections. lim Mindanao (ARMM). In a briefing at the Na The five-province ARMM – Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-tawi – is also electing its regional governor, vice governor and members of the Regional Legislative Assembly. “We can understand the fears of the teachers so our men will take over the slack, “Estiga said. Estiga said the policemen had hooked up with Smartmatic technicians to test the machines at the Provincial Capitol Gym in Marawi City on Sunday.

tional Canvassing Center at Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Bautista mentioned there have been reports that wrong ballots were sent in polling centers in Cebu. “There have been reports, for example in Cordova, See says, page A11

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Davao City fails to break record Voting delayed on singing of national anthem for 3 hours in ComVal village DAVAO City -- Even if the event gathered close to 300,000, Davao City did not make it to the Guinness Book of World Record with the most people singing simultaneously the national anthem for one single location but organizers are optimistic the city created a new record for multiple location. Arnold Garbanzos, who is one of the organizers of the event, said the unofficial count stands at 94,000 but there were also many people who entered the venue without the bar code. The traffic has also prevented other people including the mayoral candidate Sara DuterteCarpio and family to make it on time due to traffic. Thousands were still walking to the venue and stranded in the traffic along Carlos P. Garcia

Highway. Sara has to ask organizers to repeat the singing of national anthem so that they can also experience participating in the historical event. “Dili ta mu-qualify sa singng in a single location (We will not qualify singing in a single location) but we can qualify under multiple locations,” said Garbanzos adding that he is just waiting for feedbacks from other municipalities and cities. Other participating cities and municipalities were Bislig, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Tagum City, Panabo, Iligan, Baguio, Surigao, Digos, General Santos, and Melbourne in Australia. Garbanzos said he is just awaiting feedback from these areas. Garbanzos said among the reasons are the short notice as preparations were done less than a

month and the traffic that prevented other people to make in time for the singing. He said it would have been better if it was also done during school days to gather more students. Garbanzos said they should also be stricter in the bar-coded entry because many people entered the venue without registering through the scanner. In total, the crowd estimate was close to 300,000 inside the venue. But Garbanzos said they are still successful in developing patriotism among the people. “Many were teary-eyed after the singing. We are all proud to be Filipinos,” Garbanzos said. Last Sunday’s event was the city’s entry to the Guinness Book of World Record for the Most People Singing Simultaneously the National Anthem.

The event, which will be held on May 7 at 5 p.m. in Crocodile Park, Maa, Diversion Road, targets to gather 300,000 participants in a single location. The current record held by Bangladesh last year was 264,000. Aside from breaking world record, the event is also a show of unity and mark the end of the political campaign although it is not a political exercise. T h e s i mu l t a n e o u s singing of the national anthem for the Guinness was started by Israel in 2008. In 2009, Iligan vied for world record with 5,248 participants. This was followed by India with 145,000 then Pakistan. India was however disqualified after six months. Morales is one of the organizers of the event.(PNA) JMC/LILIAN C. MELLEJOR/LDP

DAVAO City -- Voting in rebel-infested Brgy. Manurigao in New Bataan town, Compostela Valley was delayed for at least three hours due to the late arrival of the Boards of Election Inspectors and the vote-counting machines. Voting was supposed to start at 6 a.m. and end by 5 p.m. In a press conference on Monday morning at the Philippine Information Agency XI, Major General Rafael C. Valencia, commander of the 10th Infantry Division said the BEIs and the VCMs were still on their way to the barangay. He said voting there was expected to start between 10:30 and 11:00 a.m. “The nearest road from where they are now is about three hours ago,” he said New Bataan, with around

900 registered voters, was earlier placed under category 2 of the election watch-list due to the presence of the armed groups, he said. Valencia said Tagum and Kapalong towns in Davao del Norte and Digos City and Malalag town in Davao del Sur were placed under category 1 due to the presence of intense political rivalry. The areas under category 3 include Monkayo town, Compostela Valley due to political rivalry and the presence of armed groups. Under category 2are 218 barangays in the region and some parts of Region 12, Valencia said. The 10th ID covers the Davao Region and parts of Region 12. The Commission on Elections in Davao Region See voting, page A6

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Defective VCMs, erroneous Ballots mar voting in Region 12 GENERAL Santos City-The conduct of the elections in Region 12 has been “generally smooth” despite the reported technical problems with the vote-counting machines in some polling precincts, a Commission on Elections official said. Lawyer Francisco Pobe,

Comelec Region 12 director, said voting is currently ongoing in majority of the 3,438 clustered precincts in 1,158 barangays in the region. “It’s been generally smooth as of this time. There were usual problems like missing names and voters who had difficulty finding

their precincts while a number of precincts encountered technical glitches with the VCMs but they were mostly manageable,” he said in an interview as of 10 a.m. over radio station Brigada here. For instance, the official said the VCMs in some precincts did not immediately start or power up and there

CAGAYAN de Oro City -- The Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) rang the bell at exactly 5 p.m. to signal the end of the national and local elections Monday. Although the election has been officially closed, the voters within the 30-meter radius of the polling precincts could still vote. Election officials said that the voting within the polling precincts would continue even until 9 p.m. Monday and the official generation of votes could be done Tuesday morning. Except for the usual

problem of the missing names of voters in the master list, the jamming of the vote counting machines, and the failure of the machine to issue receipts, the election was generally

peaceful. Cagayan De Oro City has a total of 80 urban and rural villages with 305,322 registered voters, 1095 precincts, and 448 clustered precincts. (PNA)

Voting closes at exactly 5 p.m. in Cagayan De Oro

were units that jammed up and failed to read the ballots. He said a number of precincts in this city and nearby Sarangani province recorded these problems. In North Cotabato, he said a VCM encountered system errors after scanning or processing 40 ballots.

In Koronadal City, voting was delayed in five polling precincts due to “scanner errors” with the VCMs. But Lawyer April Mitchor, Koronadal City election officer, said they proceeded with the voting in the affected precincts after the voters agreed that the ballots would just be

scanned in batches once the replacement VCMs would arrive. She said there were available standby VCMs at the Comelec-South Cotabato provincial office in Koronadal City but they were still waiting for the decision from the central office regarding their deployment.

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(SGD.) MARLON C. FLORES NDA-MFO BAC Chairman 4 May 2016 MDN: MAY 4 - 10, 2016

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RP hit by massive failure of elections?

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…However, if you no longer listen to the Lord your God, and no longer obey His commands… all of these curses will come upon you and overtake you… He will send rebuke, confusion and dissension, and failure in everything you do…” (Deuteronomy 28:15, 20, the Holy Bible). -oooRP EXPERIENCES MASSIVE FAILURE OF ELECTIONS? If I were to believe the reports being blurted out from almost all radio stations two hours before the May 09, 2016 election was to close, there was no doubt at all that a massive failure of elections took place on that day. This was on account of irremediable defects and deficiencies in the vote counting machines (VCMs) that were used for the electoral exercise, and the inability of many voters to vote in the whole country, largely because they couldn’t find their names and precincts where they were supposed to vote. The projected cheating and fraudulent manipulation of results of voting, counting, and transmission may not have happened alright, contrary to the expectations of many poll observers, but then, something graver and far more sinister appeared to have taken place right under

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our very noses, and it is the disenfranchisement of the whole Filipino nation, resulting in the nullification of the entire May 09, 2016 electoral exercise. -oooCONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS LOOMS AS POLLS SUFFER FROM DEFECTS: Now, where would a failure of elections on a nationwide scale, heaven forbid, lead our nation to? First and foremost, I believe it would certainly result in a deep Constitutional crisis, which can be remedied only by the immediate holding of another elections. But then, the logistics required for another national elections may prevent that from happening very soon. In the meantime, there would be an unavoidable power void. Under the Constitution and existing laws, there is no right nor power on the part of President Aquino, Vice President Jejo-

mar Binay, Senate President Franklin Drilon, and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. to either continue being president or to assume power as acting president. The reason is that their respective terms will all expire on June 30, 2016. What is more problematic is that there is going to be no Senate president nor House Speaker who can become acting president, because the senators who will continue to serve after June 30, 2016 will not be numerically sufficient to elect a new Senate President. The House shall not have even a single congressman who can become acting House speaker. -oooMAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US! This situation invites adventurism on the part of individuals or groups who are of sufficient wealth and who have armed partisans which may decide to grab political power. This individual or group could set aside the 1987 Constitution and declare a revolutionary government which will have no rules to obey except the whims and caprices of its leaders. This could of course be chaotic and could lead to national anarchy, as persons and groups opposed to those who have earlier taken over the reigns of government may be prompted to assert See batas, page A11

Stop that stupid war

The war between the government and the NPA rebels PAT SAMONTE CHRIS PANGANIBAN is pure and simple stupid Regional Editors-Caraga that must be stopped now. This is one conflict that JOE PALABAO MARLON GAYOG cannot be won by either Rene Michael BaÑos Regional Editor-Davao side. This is one war that Regional Editors-Northmin has victimized thousands AL JACINTO JOE FELICILDA of civilians, soldiers, rebRegional Editor-WestMin Editorial Consultant els and cost millions upon millions of public funds. ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI Tears flowed like rivers NOTARY PUBLIC- JUNI LAW OFFICE as graveyards were filled CELL NO: 09352379999/ (088) 8573595 CRUZ TAAL ST., CAG. DE ORO CITY with victims - - the result Legal Counsel of more than forty seven --------------------------------------------------------------years of fighting, ambushes, bureau and mktg staff treacheries, misunderstandcandy macabale - 09161326483 ED A. MAINIT - 09156590273 ing. etc. . It definitely is a RIZA O. ARES - 0915-9753-277/0926-2242-653 useless war that it seems MISOR - LOLONG NABONG - 0906-875-8650 GINGOOG CITY-MANNY ANSIHAGAN-0936-287-7788 nobody understand. One North Buk. - DAHLIA S. BENEMERITO-0936-303-0410 deadly conflict that can be VALENCIA CITY - PHILIP PHIL CALUMBA-0905-652-5407 settled with smile and peace MARAMAG - TITA FINA CUALES - 0926-336-1585 quezon, buk. - ROSE GENON if both sides try to sit don Iligan City - JEFFREY OPONDA-0936-1174378 in a peace meeting. The tangub city - bobby mag usara OROQUIETA CITY - PJ TREMEDAL-0919-3452375 battleground is the PhilipOZAMIZ CITY - VICTORIO D. ESTUDILLO - 0926-321-9389/0923-839-5137 pines and the combatants ARMM - Sony Sudaria-0947-4810371 are all Filipinos. cotabato - ANALISA ESPAÑOLA-0916-9351714 davao - MARLON GAYOG-09276314995 I am sure everybody davao - tom a. caballero-09105783126 lost track of the number davao - tomas canoy avancena jr.-09177017010 davao del norte - sarah castor - 09263988293 davao occidental - alma ORTIZ - 09058532215 davao city/island samal - jessie palabao -0935-874-9825/ -0946-242-6672 digos city, dvo sur & kidapawan - romeo d. sanchez davao city - flaviano mahinay davao city - rene s. arias (Photo Journalist,) mati, davao - ronald “sanchez” sicad - 0936-704-2580 tagum city, davao del norte - rhodel javier - 0939-509-2970 comval province - mike sumapig lupogan - 0926-182-3005 Davsur, davao occ., gensan and saranggani province: butuan - PAT SAMONTE-0912-8091093 san frans - CRIS PANGANIBAN-09277974193 San Francisco - deding PANGANBAN-0927-7974193 Pagadian City - GRACE FRANCISCO

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of deaths involved and of the amount of money spent for coffins, burial, insurance and many things. Every week there is news of skirmishes, ambushes, heavy fighting, dozens of people killed or whatever and still the conflict goes on even before the smoke of firefight could disappear in the skies. This stupid war has produced thousands of teary-eyed widows and orphans in both sides. This is absolutely an stupid war. Because of the conflict that dragged more than 47 years, it has become part of our lives and explosions, gun fires and street fights are just ordinary to us. The worst scenario is the war is played by Filipinos in both sides and as such nobody wins - - both are injured in any kind of battle. This makes it stupid or plain foolish action that could

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not end. This kind of war is for the comics or in the movies. It should not be in reality when bloodsheds are genuine I don’t see Filipinos as stupid people who could not see eye-to-eye if they meet for peace. Why don’t we sit down one day and shake hands to settle the conflict. Or are we that foolish that we cannot unSee emata, page A11

Think A Minute

Jhan Tiafau Hurst

The right motivation THINK a minute. A school teacher was complaining about a little boy in her class who was not showing any interest in learning. She said: “That boy David just will not do his school work. He’s not even motivated enough to try!” But a famous education professor says there is no such thing as a person who is not motivated. So what that teacher should have said is: “David just is not motivated to learn with me.” Because that same boy, David, will jump out of bed early in the morning if he’s going fishing or to play with his friends. Everyone can be motivated. We just need to be motivated for the right things. Just watch people leaving work on Friday, rushing off for a weekend of fun. They don’t look unmotivated or lazy then! Maybe you had a schoolteacher who really made a certain subject interesting even exciting to you. They made you want to learn more, and they explained things so you could really understand. Then you ended up doing much better in that teacher’s class than you did in the other ones. But then it’s not possible for our children’s teachers to know our own kids as well as we do. That’s why we their parents are their most important teachers. It is mainly our responsibility to motivate our children so they want to learn and do their best. And to do that, we must let our kids know that we believe in them. We watch them closely so we can help them know what they’re naturally talented and good at doing. Then we need to encourage them in that area so they can fully develop their own special abilities, whether it’s academics and school, sports, cooking, music, business, relating to people, or something else. You and I can motivate our children by always See hurst, page A11

God is timeless

“God meets daily needs daily . . . Not weekly or annually. future. He wants us to depend upon He will give you what you need when it is needed.” -Max Lucado Him for our needs Watch for His hand Most of us operate in the tomorrow... How much of your as He orchestrates time is spent on any of these. . . Worrying, planning, circumstances in thinking, dreaming, working for the future, building, your life. Don’t see anxious waiting and dreading? God is timeless and any? Thank him does not want us to operate in the future or the past. for the beauty of He wants us to trust Him in the moment with our his breath inside you!

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2.7 million worth of drugs seized in Butuan City BUTUAN City -- Around 2.7 million pesos worth of shabu (Methamphetamine Hydrochloride) along with two suspects were apprehended here by a joint operation of the Police Regional Intelligence Division (RID) and the City Anti-Illegal Drugs Operations Task Group (CAIDSOTG), Friday afternoon. Police Senior Inspector Arvin Hosmillo, team leader of the Regional Anti-Illegal Drug Special Operations Task Group (RAIDSOTG) under the RID said they seized from the raid around 235 grams of suspected shabu from 57 pieces of heat-sealed plastic sachet, which the Dangerous Drug Board said is valued at 2,773,000 pesos. “We had been monitoring this group for the past two months and we are glad that we were able to get a warrant and test buy that led to the successful

raid,” Hosmillo said. From the police report, the operation was given a green light with the implementation of Search Warrant Nr 17062016 against Nasrodin Mohamad also known as Nash and Hanadheng Mohamad for violation of Sections 11 and 12, Article II, RA 9165 issued by Hon Judge Godofredo Abul, Jr., RTC Branch 4, Hall of Justice, Libertad, Butuan City dated April 29, 2016. “About 30 police personnel including officers that handled perimeter security took part in the raid last May 6, at around 2:40 in the afternoon in Purok 7, Brgy Limaha. Our team was supplemented by the personnel from the Butuan City Police Office headed by Police Superintendent Rowena Martinez of the CAIDSOTG. We placed our personnel properly making sure that the sus-

pects were not able to find ways to escape,” explained Hosmillo. Senior Supt. Fernando Dungo, Jr, acting city police director narrated that when they had a big raid back in March, “I said that it was just the beginning. Now we have in our hand the number 10 in our top priority target for the first quarter, which is Nash Mohamad. And we are pursuing and

continuously building up our intelligence on other identified targets here in Butuan,” said Dungo. On March 15, 2016; the CAIDSOTG team apprehended Baelawan Gogo Rascal also known as Baelawan Amin and seized around 2.3 million pesos worth of shabu in one of the drug hot spots barangays in Butuan City. Dungo added that the success in the latest opera-

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Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late Domingo Arao, left a real property known as parcel of land with Lot No. 852, under Tax Declaration No. 04000103199, with an area of 872 sq. meters more or less, Located at Ibabao, Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS, WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS BY WAY OF DONATION, executed by HEIRS/(DONORS) of Santiago Arao, Ricardo Francesco D. Arao, and Lynn Arao Reale, as DONEE. Under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. VITO M. CARILLO, per Doc. No. 357; Page No. 71; Book No. 89; Series of 2014.

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late CRUSELA CABALDE left a parcel of land, identified as Lot No. 5096-B, under Tax Declaration No. 07000201790, w/ OCT No. 1118, with an area of 1.4596 has located at Alga, Catarman, Camiguin, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PORTION OF LAND, Sold in Favor of the Spouses Agapito M. Borres, and Edna B. Borres, (sold portion identified as Lot No. 5096-B1, with an area of 2,022 sq. meters), executed by Sofia A. Sabud, HEIR/ VENDOR, under the notarial Registry of ATTY. VITO M. CARILLO, per Doc. No. 421; Page No. 87; Book No. 81; Series of 2016.

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Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES RAYMUND E. LACORTE AND LESA MAISARA GRACE C. AKIL-LACORTE,

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ARTHUR Y. ALIMO-OT AND MARIA LUZ LUNGAY ALIMO-OT,

RAYMUND E. LACORTE AND LESA MAISARA GRACE C. AKIL-LACORTE,

JARTHUR Y. ALIMO-OT AND MARIA LUZ LUNGAY ALIMO-OT,

Petitioners. X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /

CIVIL CASE NO.2016-043

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed in two (2) rites one is a Muslim rited celebrated on April 8, 1997 at Palandok, Leon B. Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte and subsequently a civil rite celebrated on July 28, 1997 at Bacong, Negros Oriental, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents of Bliss Bindoy, Negros Oriental and Camague Hi-way, Iligan City respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to inability of petitioners to perform their respective essential marital obligations such as mutual fidelity, love, respect, support for each other, and irreconcilable differences, the petitioners only lived together for eight (8) years now and they decided to part ways and still separated at the present, thereby, they executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, surviving their marriage bond on July 28, 1997 , so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on May 27, 2016 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 21st day of April, 2016.

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rites on April 27, 1991 at Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at c/o LARA-MAAGAD Law Office, 109 Tiano-Kalambaguhan St., Cagayan de Oro.

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

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IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES GOLAM KIBRIA AND JANICE DEL PILAR-KIBRIA,

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on May 30, 2016 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 22nd day of April, 2016.

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Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City CIVIL CASE NO.2016-041

GOLAM KIBRIA AND JANICE DEL PILAR-KIBRIA, Petitioners. X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - / ORDER

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge MDN: Apr 26, May 3 & 10, 2016

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao del Norte City/Municipality: Iligan City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A.9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that MERJORIE C. TAN has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “VENARANDA” to “VIRGINIA” in the Certificate of Live Birth of VENARANDA ORELLANA DE LA CERNA who was born on 10 October 1957 at Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte and whose parents are Aurea S. Orellana and Manuel B. De la Cerna. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than May 2016. (Sgd.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARIÑAS City Civil Registrar MDN: May 10 & 17, 2016

R.A. 9048 Form No.10.1 (LCR O) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao del Norte City/Municipality: Iligan City

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A.10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that JADE C. BERAME has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JADE CUI BERAME who was born on 24 April 1993 at Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte and whose parents are Rita M. Cui and Edgar G. Berame. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than May 2016. (Sgd.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARIÑAS City Civil Registrar MDN: May 10 & 17, 2016

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region Branch 28 Mambajao, Camiguin

DRA.AMIDA A. MACALIMBON, Petiotioner, -Versus- ALLANODIN A. SANGULINGAN A.k.a FAHAD M. ABDUL JABBER Respondent. X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /

CIVIL CASE NO.2016-037 FOR: Divorce by FASKH, SUPPORT and Support-in-arrears

By virtue of the Court Order dated April 7, 2016, You are hereby required to appear or file with this court within ten (10) days from the date of the last publication of this summons, either personally, through counsel or with the assistance of the Clerk of Court at 2nd Floor, Nancy Bldg., Camague Hi-way, Tomas Cabili, Iligan City (in front of Shell Station), your answer to the petition filed by your wife (DRA. AMIDA A. MACALIMBON), which substance she prays for grant to Divorce by Faskh on the ground of failure of the husband to support for the family and unusual cruelty under Arts.52 &53 of the P.D. 1083. You are hereby required to serve a copy of your answer upon petitioner at his residence Palao, Iligan City. You are reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in the filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the answers. Should you fail to come personally or through a representative of file your answer to the petition within the aforesaid period, the Court shall proceed to receive the evidence ex-parte upon which judgement shall be rendered. Iligan City, Philippines, April 22, 2016

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SPL. PROC. NO. 2013-477

CATALINO E. CHAN III, Petitioner. X -------------------------------------------/

In the Amended Petition which they filed on January 29, 2016, the petitioner, Catalino E. Chan III, prayed that judgment be rendered granting the adoption of minor Aldrich Hans Gacus Romo and declaring the latter as his legitimate child with right to use his surname. Finding the Amended Petition and its annexes to be sufficient in form and substance, the Court hereby gives due course to the same. The petition is set for hearing on June 15, 2016 at 8:30 a.m.

TO: ALLANODIN A. SANGULINGAN A.k.a FAHAD M. ABDUL JABBER Pasayanon, Matungao, Lanao Del Norte GREETINGS:

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF A MINOR CHILD, ALDRICH HANS GACUS ROMO,

ORDER

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rites on September 22, 2004 at Vincenzo E. Sagun, Zamboaga del SurTagoloan, Misamis Oriental, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at c/o LARA-MAAGAD Law Office, 109 TianoKalambaguhan St., Cagayan de Oro. That said marriage did not last long due to inability of petitioners to perform their respective essential marital obligations such as mutual fidelity, love, respect, support for each other, and irreconcilable differences, the petitioners only lived together for ten (10) years now and they decided to part ways and still separated at the present, thereby, they executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, surviving their marriage bond on September 22, 2004 , so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on May 30, 2016 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 22nd day of April, 2016.

R.A. 9048 Form No.10.1 (LCR O)

That said marriage did not last long due to inability of petitioners to perform their respective essential marital obligations such as mutual fidelity, love, respect, support for each other, and irreconcilable differences, the petitioners only lived together for ten (10) years now and they decided to part ways and still separated at the present, thereby, they executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation.Since their separation they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, surviving their marriage bond on April 27, 1991 , so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

a common goal, making it sure that even with most of our personnel are busy preparing for the election, we are continuously pushing our drive against illegal drugs,” he said. (Erwin Mascarinas / MindaNews)

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City CIVIL CASE NO.2016-040

tion “is also because of the joint effort of the city police and the regional intelligence division.” “Since I came from the regional police office and worked with them in the past, it was a good way of linking resources for

(Sgd.) NASRODING A. ALI Clerk of Court

The petitioner is directed to cause publication of this Order before the date of initial hearing at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Camiguin. He is likewise directed to furnish the Office of the Solicitor General and the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Camiguin with a copy of this Order and the Amended Petition.

SO ORDERED. Mambajao, Camiguin April 11, 2016.

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(Sgd.) NANNETTE MICHOTE E. LAO Presiding Judge

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Over 400,000 voters troop to poll precincts in Zambo City ZAMBOANGA Cityn -Over 400,000 registered voters trooped to the polling precincts on Monday to choose the country’s leaders for the next six years. Commission on Elections (Comelec) records showed that 213,715 of the 412,795 registered voters will cast their votes in the first district while the remaining 199,080 in the second district. They will elect a president, vice president, 12

senators and a partylist representative in the national level. In the local level, they will elect a mayor, vice mayor, 16 city councilors -- eight in District I and eight in District II and representatives -- one for each district. Atty. Stephen Roy Cañete, second district election officer, said there are a total of 115 polling clustered precincts in this city. Cañete said that 41 of the 115 polling precincts

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are located in District 1 while the remaining 74 are in District II. Each precinct has three board of election inspectors (BEIs). Cañete said for the barangays affected by the 2013 siege, the polling centers will be at the Zamboanga State college of Marine Sciences and Technology (ZSCMST) for the barangays of Mariki, Rio Hondo, Sta. Barbara and Zone IV and Don Gregorio Evangelista Memorial School (D ON GEMS) for Sta.

Catalina and Kasanyangan barangays. The polling precincts opened at 6:00 a.m. and will close at 5:00 p.m. Following the official closing of the polls, the Board of Canvassers will convene at the Sangguniang Panlungsod at the R.T. Lim Boulevard to canvass the votes. The board is composed of Cañete as chairperson with City Prosecutor Ricardo Cabaron and Division of City Schools Superin-

tendent Pedro Melchor Natividad as members. Meanwhile, the Comelec has designated Omar Hamja, as the election officer in the first district since Atty. Lerdo Matildo, Jr. has been reassigned to Dipolog City, the capital of Zamboanga del Norte. Hamja is not new in this city since he has served as the election officer years ago when Zamboanga City was still then a lone congressional district. (PNA) BNB/TPGJR

ZAMBOANGA City -Voting in three of this city’s 115 polling precincts have finished early with more than 70 percent voters turnout in Monday’s local and national elections. The early finisher polling precincts are located inside the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-administered Zamboanga City Reformatory Center (ZCRC)

located in Barangay Zone I. Supt. Julius Arro, ZCRC warden, told the Philippines News Agency that voting inside the detention facility ended at 9 a.m. Voting started at 6 a.m. Arro said that 93 of the 128 registered voters have cast their votes. They are registered in this city’s first district. Arro said the remain-

ing 35 inmates were not able to cast their vote at the detention facility since they have been released. He said voting went on smoothly and orderly at the detention facility. Of the 115 polling precincts, 41 are located in the first district while the remaining 74 in the second district. (PNA) FFC/TPGJR/R .G. ANTONET A. GO

BJMP: 93 Zambo inmates cast vote in Monday’s polls

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Zamcelco: No blackout on Monday polls ZAMBOANGA City -- The Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) has assured that this city will be power outage-free during Monday’s local and national elections. Omar Sahi, Zamcelco board president, said the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has approved on Saturday the request of the cooperative for its 16-megawatt (MW) modular generator sets to be connected to the Mindanao grid. Sahi said the Zamcelco engineers have already tested one of the generator sets that fed one MW into the grid. “Finally we are free to connect our generators to the grid anytime,” Sahi said. At present, Sahi said, the cooperative has sufficient supply of power coming from its suppliers like the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management corporation (PSALM) which is providing 20 MW, Therma Marine Inc. that gives 20 MW, Western Mindanao Power Corporation, 46 MW and from Mapalad which allocates 12 MW. “We now have sufficient supply of electricity that reach 99 MW. The city only needs 97 MW,” he said. He said Monday which is a holiday, big loaders such as sardines companies will not be operating their plants thus, Zamcelco’s power supply will be stable. “The only danger if there will be destruction of power pylons, there will power shortage,” he said. (PNA) JMC/TPGJR

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requested the military to airlift the VCMs on Sunday. Valencia said they had two sorties but failed to penetrate the barangay due to thick clouds. “So we decided to go on foot. They were supposed to leave by 3 a.m. but they left at 5 a.m.,” he said.. “The area has presence of the New People’s Army but we have enough forces securing the road,” he said. (Antonio L. Colina IV/MindaNews)

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PHILIPPINE DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION NOTICE TO THE DEPOSITORS OF THE CLOSED Surigao City Evergreen Rural Bank, Inc. (SCERBI)

1. Pursuant to Monetary Board Resolution No. 647 dated April 14, 2016, ordering the closure of Surigao City Evergreen Rural Bank, Inc. (SCERBI), the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) through its authorized representatives has conducted the onsite servicing of claims for insured deposits on the said closed bank on April 28 and 29, 2016. 2. Depositors with valid deposit accounts with balances of P100,000.00 and below need not file deposit insurance claims, except when they (a) have outstanding obligations with Surigao City Evergreen Rural Bank, Inc. (SCERBI), or acted as co-makers of these obligations, (b) have incomplete mailing address found in the bank records and/or have not updated through the Mailing Address Update Form (MAUF) and (c) have been evaluated to be not eligible for early payment. Postal Money Orders (PMO) have been sent to said depositors at their respective mailing addresses found in the bank records or updated through the MAUF. 3. Starting May 9, 2016 all depositors of Surigao City Evergreen Rural Bank, Inc. (SCERBI), who were not able to file their claims during the onsite servicing of claims may submit their claims personally at PDIC, Public Assistance Center, 3rd Floor, SSS Bldg., Ayala Avenue corner V.A. Rufino Street, Makati City, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM; or thru mail at PDIC, Claims Processing Department, 4th Floor, SSS Bldg., Ayala Avenue corner V.A. Rufino Street, Makati City. 4. Depositors are advised to present the following minimum requirements to the PDIC representatives when filing their claims: a. ORIGINAL evidence of deposits such as: Savings Passbook or Certificate of Time Deposit. b. TWO (2) VALID ORIGINAL PHOTO-BEARING IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS (IDs) with signature of depositor (e.g. Driver’s License, SSS/GSIS ID, Senior Citizen’s ID, Passport, PRC ID, OWWA/OFW ID, Seaman’s ID, Alien Certificate of Registration ID, Voter’s ID). If filing personally, the original IDs must be presented. In case of filing thru mail, photocopy of IDs must be submitted. c. For depositors below eighteen (18) years old, photocopy of Birth Certificate from the National Statistics Office (NSO) or duly certified copy issued by the Local Civil Registrar. d. Original copy of a notarized/authenticated Special Power of Attorney (SPA) of depositor or parent of a minor depositor, if claimant is not the signatory in the bank records. 5. The Claim Form shall be signed by the depositor during the filing of claim. In case of filing thru mail, a duly accomplished, signed and notarized Claim Form should be submitted together with the documents mentioned in item number 4. 6. The signature of depositor on the Claim Form should be similar to the signature in the bank records and valid ID to be submitted. For Depositors below eighteen years old, parent should sign on the Claim Form. For By or ITF accounts, the agent as disclosed in the bank records may sign on the Claim Form. For joint accounts: “OR, AND/OR, AND”, each depositor in the joint account should sign separate claim forms. 7. PDIC will not accept claims which are incomplete/lacking in requirements. Other documents may be required by PDIC in the course of processing of claims. 8. There are no fees or charges for the processing or payment of all deposit insurance claims. PDIC Claim Form, pro-forma affidavits and documents are given free of charge. The Claim Form and SPA may be downloaded from the PDIC website at www.pdic.gov.ph. 9. The public is advised to transact only with authorized PDIC representatives. 10. In accordance with the provisions of R.A. 3591, as amended, the last day for filing claims (prescriptive date) for insured deposits in the closed Surigao City Evergreen Rural Bank, Inc. is on April 16, 2018. After April 16, 2018, PDIC, as insurer, shall no longer accept any claim for insured deposits maintained with the said closed bank. PHILIPPINE DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION MDN: May 3 & 10, 2016

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The Philippines’ leading airline, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), will add a frequency between Manila, Philippines and Doha, Qatar beginning July 9, 2016. CEB is the only Philippine carrier flying non-stop between these two cities. CEB’s additional flight between Manila and Doha will operate every Saturday, increasing its services to three times a week. The new flight will depart Manila at 2:45PM, and arrive in Doha at 7:15PM. The return flight will depart Doha at 8:55PM, and arrive in Manila at 11:25AM the next day. CEB also operates Manila-Doha flights every Monday and Thursday, and

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visit Doha, gateway to the Gulf countries in the Middle East. Travelers from the Philippines may book more affordable, direct flights to Doha via CEB, to explore the country’s metropolitan museums, visit its sprawling architectural wonders, and take part in its rich Islamic culture,” adds Reyes. The additional flight will be utilizing CEB’s widebodied Airbus A330 aircraft, with a configuration of 436 all-economy class seats. Hot meals, seats with extra legroom, and onboard Wi-Fi, among others, are options Doha-Manila flights every also look forward to en- that can be added to the fare. abling more Filipinos to Qatar has the thirdTuesday and Friday. “CEB remains committed to bringing the Philippines closer to the growing Filipino community based in Qatar. We hope that with our By Lidelyn Jane Bagamano additional frequency and lowest year-round fares, they The K-12 education government in carrying out will be encouraged to fly curriculum is a promise the new curriculum with back home and reunite with of ample time for stu- lack of preparedness and their families and friends dents to acquire complete readiness. Nonetheless, more often. Travelers from knowledge or skill vital in the government pushed it Qatar who wish to visit the attuning them to the 21st through presuming that it Philippines’ many exquisite century. With its imple- would advance the quality island destinations may also mentation, Philippines is of education and acquisitake advantage of CEB’s no longer the only country tion and mastery of skills, convenient, same terminal in Asia with only 10 years which will all pave way to making Filipinos more connection via Manila,” says in basic education. globally competitive. Social groups, parents, Alex Reyes, CEB General Why become globally even students, react to its Manager for Long Haul competitive? implementation differDivision. G l ob a l c omp e te n c e ently. Many dissents the “In the same way, we

largest Filipino community in the Middle East. CEB already serves the other markets for Global Filipinos: United Arab Emirates via direct flights to Dubai, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via Riyadh. CEB is also the only Philippine carrier flying direct between Manila and Kuwait. CEB’s 57-strong fleet is comprised of 7 Airbus A319, 36 Airbus A320, 6 Airbus A330, and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft. It is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2016 and 2021, CEB expects delivery of two more brand-new Airbus A320,

30 Airbus A321neo, and 16 ATR 72-600 aircraft. The airline offers flights to a network of more than 90 routes on 64 destinations, spanning Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and USA. 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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equates to elevating knowledge and interest on different situations worldwide, which widens people’s horizon about the world and how it really works. It enables people consolidate their own perspectives with others, a way for better stances to surface. It makes people more effective in communicating, verbally and non-verbally, which is significant in bridging cultural and other differences. Most of all, it will drive to acquire skills and

augment them to not only contribute but make a difference in the world. The enactment of K-12 is indeed not only adding years of schooling but providing the kind of education that will make students lifelong learners deserving of opportunity to contribute and succeed not just locally but globally, and an education playing an overriding role in instilling global competence and its significance.

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founded upon a rock. And every one that heard these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a “foolish” man, which built his house upon the sand: How genius you are? Do you use your mind for the right things? Matthew 5:13-14””You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by

Child protection policy By BEVERLY HAZEL T. SALIGUMBA Principal I Esperanza National High School

ANYWHERE in the world, whether you’re in the Philippines or some other countr y, protection of children in schools must be an utmost priority not just by government but by everybody including the parents of course. Here in the Philippines, we have policy and guidelines on protecting children in school from abuse, violence, exploitation, discrimination, bullying and other forms of abuse. This policy aims to protect the child from all forms of violence that may be inflicted by adults, persons in authority or even by fellow students, including bullying. If the violence is committed by a minor, then the minor must have corresponding punishment which is accorded his/her age. To provide special protection to children who are gravely threatened or endangered by

circumstances which affect their normal development and over which they have no control and to assist the concerned agencies in their rehabilitation. To ensure that such special protection from all forms of abuse and exploitation and care are necessary for the child’s well being, the policy is formulated, taking into account the primary rights and duties of parents or guardians and other persons who are legally responsible to exercise custody on the child. We must likewise remember that the Philippines is a signatory of the Convention on the Rights of Child. Thus, we are duty-bound to protect children from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury and abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment and exploitation, including sexual abuse.

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Choosing the Right Track in Education Curriculum By Lidelyn Jane Bagamano

June 2016 is remarkable. In a month or less we are to welcome the very first batch of Philippines’ Senior High School students who will carry the flagship of the Department of Education’s new education curriculum. Languages, Literature, Communication, Mathematics, Philosophy, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences are the Learning

Areas under the Core Curriculum. Along with these are the three tracks students can choose from that include the Academic, TechnicalVocational-Livelihood, and Sports and Arts. All of these will prepare and hone each student for the career they will make in the future. For months or days now, you have probably been weighing what track to

choose from as it plays a crucial part in putting the pieces of your future career together. But are you still one of the undecided? Then try the following simple steps: 1. Gather information on each track for full understanding of each. 2. Make a list of your interests. 3. Review and find the track that best matches your most favored interest.

4. Find the school that will best provide the quality of education needed for your chosen track. 5. Take a reality check by evaluating your own capacity and qualifications. Remember that what you choose now will be the road you will walk through to get to your destination. Let your passion guide you. At the end of the day, your passion is what will make you love the job you do.

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loving and accepting them without conditions, no matter what they do. Even when we don’t approve of everything they do, we must still accept them so they know they are always loved. And when our kids do something well, we should encourage them by letting them know how very pleased we are with them. Maybe you yourself never had someone who believed in you or motivated you to be your best in life. But today, you can ask Jesus Christ to take charge of your life. He will help you start seeing and using your own special abilities He’s given you. Jesus will also help you start encouraging and motivating others to be their best. Just Think a Minute.

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their own supremacy and grab power from the earlier power grabbers. It may also lead to the dismemberment of the country, with regional interest groups wanting to lead in their own localities. This kind of a scenario could also ignite intervention by foreign powers, especially those who already have physically staked their claims over parts of our territory, whether land or water. It may even cause a global war, participated in by those which possess weapons that could obliterate the earth. May God have mercy on us! -oooPLEASE LISTEN: “Ang Tanging Daan” (The Sole Way): a Bible study and prayer session online could now be heard, 24 HOURS a day, in the Philippines and the world at www.facebook.com/angtangingdaan or www.facebook.com/ANDKNK (and look for “Ang Tanging Daan” broadcasts). Phone: 0922 833 43 96, 0918 574 0193, 0977 805 9058. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com.

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another? In today’s newspaper I read about the police officer held captive released from custody by the NPA rebels in Banglay, Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental. I know where Banglay is as I had been there many times hunting for birds when I was a little boy. It is a top most mountain of Lagoglong just few miles from Omagus that overlooks the poblacion and as far as the barangay of Napaliran, in Balingasag. The police officer revealed he was treated well by the rebels and even attended to his illness of high blood pressure. With this relation, why should we fight? For one thing the rebels need help in terms of food, education for their children, medical and dental cares, etc. that the government must help. Instead of buying guns and bullets, why don’t we give the funds

to the needy rebels? Why don’t we give them lands to work on and produce food for the country, or give them loans in government banks to help their families become productive. Why can’t we give their children free education and books to turn these young boys and girls useful citizens of tomorrow? Is our government timid of its obligations to its people? Right now it seems our leadership is confined to helping the business sector that included foreigners while giving a sour look at our people. Not so many are rebels but for sure I knew it because they told me their rancor and heartaches to some leaders. This is definitely a reverse action of our former leaders’ program of Filipino First. This kind of treatment towards our people is definitely one reason why discontentment and dissatisfaction flowed freely thus driving into the hells some of our disgruntled brothers. As an active journalist some years ago I met many rebels including kumanders and shook hands with them. They come to towns and cities and walk around, mingle with everyone as if there was no pains in their hearts. Nobody knows they were rebels although the big ones are identified by the military. In the other side I had many military generals as friends. I just sat on the fence and stayed neutral as possible. I never passed words or information from one side to the other. I urge our government to make an order for the NPA rebels to come down with safe passage and into a conference room to discuss issues involved in the controversy. We have wasted so much blood and bullets, guns and money. The time has come when things must end and let the rebels join society with peace and smiles. Arrogance in the government side must end. The rebels are taxpayers too like me and anyone of us. Many people are tired of this ugly and unnecessary war. It is so expensive and deadly. If we really want to fight then we should wait for the real enemy - - the communists who might come to our soil to disturb us. Let us wait for them who plan to grab our soil and annex them to their country. It is sweeter to fight a real enemy. BEN EMATA Bennex News Service

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Binay with 457,575 votes; and Sen. Miriam DefensorSantiago with 149,973 votes. Deceased presidential candidate Roy Señeres, on the other hand, got 1,923 votes. For the vice president post, Sen. Bongbong Marcos led the partial tally with 1,273,595 votes; followed by Representative Leni Robredo with 1,108,160 votes; Sen. Alan Cayetano with 456,277 votes; Sen.

Chiz Escudero with 382,629 votes; Sen. Antonio Trillanes with 64,982 votes; and Sen. Gringo Honasan with 56,081 votes. On the other hand, top 12 in the senatorial race as of 5:50 p.m. are Joel Villanueva, Franklin Drilon, Tito Sotto, Panfilo Lacson, Richard Gordon, Risa Hontiveros, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Francis Pangilinan, Manny Pacquiao, Sherwin Gatchalian, Ralph Recto, and Leila de Lima. At the moment, votes from 7,456 or 8.06 percent of the total 92,509 clustered precincts nationwide were Armored personnel carriers move closer to the gates of Guindolongan Elementary counted. (PNA) School in Guindolongan town, Maguindanao province after a supporter of a local can-

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clearly part of the days’ work in an election.” Duterte is offering his hand to the four of his presidential opponents especially the past few days have been virulent for all of them. He said all of them have been ruffled terribly and hurt by the black propaganda including the “whole kitchen sink to his direction. “Let us forget and start the healing. Let us be friends. Let us forget the travails of the elections,” he called out. When asked if no one of his opponents wanted to accept the goodwill, Duterte said, “Fine.” He said he has deep and abiding faith in God although he admitted, “I am a free-range believer in God.” He said he believes in the “eternal law of karma”, do good and you will be rewarded with goodness… do bad and karma takes over. While this election is his 11th with zero defeat, Duterte refused to answer any possible victory. “I ain’t there until I am there,” he told the press, emphasizing delicadeza as it is still too early to give everybody the crisps. Duterte said he can go down in defeat and go up in victory. “I am hopeful and I pray to God. IF he wants me there I will accept it. I will retire from public life,” he said. (PNA)

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Cebu, wherein ballots were sent there were wrong ballots and we want to know how it would impact the elections,” he said. “There were other misdeliveries (of ballots) but they were corrected in time,” he added. Common glitches reported on Monday’s election were related to vote counting machines (VCMs). The COMELEC chair mentioned that as of 4 p.m., only 2.55 percent of total 92,509 VCMs or 2,363 were called in this year. In 2013 elections, 4,760 out of 77,829 machines were called in or a high of 6.11 percent, Bautista added. “So you could see that it is much lower than of 2013 and almost similar to that of 2010,” he said.

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1 killed as supporters of LP, UNA mayoralty bets clash in Guindulungan GUINDULUNGAN, Maguindanao -- A resident of a neighboring town was shot dead as supporters of rival mayoralty bets of the Liberal Party (LP) and the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) clashed inside the compound of the Tambunan Central Elementary School at around 6:20 a.m., barely half an hour after polls opened at 6 a.m. Police identified the victim as Uray Anta Usop, 20, a resident of neighboring Talayan town. He was hit on the left eye by what Guindulungnan police chief Sr. Insp. Zukarno Kunakon and Army Capt. Alan Gesulta of the 14th Mechanized Company said was “sniper fire.” Usop was shot on the slope between the main voting precinct centers and the hillside schoolbuilding. It is not clear why Usop, a resident of neighboring Talayan town, was in the school premises but Nelson Sangowan, secretary to Guindulungan Mayor Midpantao Midtimbang, Sr., earlier told MindaNews the victim was a supporter of the mayor. The spot report at the

police office said LP mayoralty bet Bobby Bondula arrived at the school to cast his vote, escorted by two “blue guards” (security guards in blue uniform). It said Bondula’s escorts pointed their firearms at the civilians, triggering a stone-throwing incident that was initially stopped by the firing of warning shots by the police and the military. B ondula is running against his cousin, Midpantao Midtimbang, Jr. (UNA), son of outgoing mayor Midpantao Midtimbang, Sr.. Gesulta told MindaNews that before violence broke out, the soldiers were not stationed by the main gate but spread at the back portion and on the side following reports of sightings of armed men in the vicinity of the school since Sunday. Kunakon said that during the commotion, a Glock 17 9 mm pistol was forcibly taken from PO3 Nasruddin Dalgan. Tawakal Midtimbang, municipal administrator, wants to know why armed escorts were allowed to enter the school premises. He told MindaNews that

Bautista, on the other note, said the poll body has yet to identify the turnout of elections this year. Elections, generally peaceful Despite 22 cases of election-related violent incidents (ERVIs) during Monday’s polls, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that the Monday’s polls were conducted in a generally peaceful and orderly manner. This was stressed by AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla during a news briefing. “Considering that we have 92,000 polling precincts nationwide, the number (ERVIs) have not reached (even) one percent, so overall, the conduct of the elections today is still

generally peaceful and orderly and what is important is that our citizens are able to get to the polling places even when polling precincts opened late due to some incidents,” he added in Filipino. These 22 ERVIs translated to 10 deaths and three wounded with most of the incident being recorded in the Western Mindanao Command area-of-responsibility. This is from midnight to 2:00 p.m. Monday. “What is important is that we (managed) to maintain the general peacefulness and orderliness of the elections,” Padilla stressed. This is of paramount importance considering that the entire world is observing the Philippine electoral process. (PNA)

a peace covenant for the elections was signed by candidates including Bondula. The covenant signing was on February 3. As of 5:30 p.m, Bondula could not be reached for comment. The stone-throwing incident prompted the two armored personnel carriers parked on the side of the highway to move to the center of the road. Traffic was stalled for about 15 minutes as soldiers and policemen tried to pacify the supporters of both camps. MindaNews was moving towards the school about a hundred meters away when the stone-throwing incident happened and vehicles were forced to stop. Three warning shots were heard, which the police and military confirmed came from them. A few minutes later, gunshots were again heard. The victim was rushed on a police patrol vehicle to the Regional Hospital in Cotabato City but expired along the way. Voting resumed shortly before 7 a.m. (Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews)

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While the policemen were testing the machines, political supporters figured in a fistfight inside the gym until they were set apart by the police. Tugaya town election officer Subair Randang said he expects the political tension to rise when the election starts Monday. Bandang said he asked for 75 policemen to act as members of the Special Board of Election Inspectors to replace the teachers in Tugaya town who will not be reporting for duty. ARMM has 1.69 million voters, 484,435 of them in Lanao del Sur. The province has 39 towns and one city. (Froilan Gallardo / MindaNews)

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Italpinas signs P350-million DBP loan for Cag. de Oro project ITALPINAS Development Corp., a developer of mostly green buildings, on Friday signed a P350million loan agreement with state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) to partly fund its project, in Cagayan de Oro City. Italpinas officials said the five-year, fixedinterest loan hopes to bankroll the P575million construction cost of the two towers of its project, called Primavera City in Cagayan de Oro City. “With DBP’s support, the available funding will ensure completion of the project on schedule,” said Jose Leviste III, the company’s president. The company hopes to raise P1.4 billion in sales from the initial towers of Primavera City, which includes 3,000 square meters of office space that will be available for lease as soon as the company receives a go signal from

government authorities to sell the units. At the moment, the company only has two projects, one each in Cagayan de Oro and Nasugbu in Batangas. It just acquired 1,868 square meters of land for the first two towers

of Primavera City. The company purchased the land for P24 million from Pueblo de Oro Development Corp., and was only paid in January this year. “Preliminary groundworks were already undertaken

at the project site. The construction of Primavera City A and B is scheduled as soon as the general/structural contractor is selected but not later than June 2016,” it said. The International Finance Corp., the

private- sector arm of the World Bank, has awarded the EDGE certification to Primavera City. Primavera is the first completed condominium project in East Asia to be certified by EDGE, which the IFC called its

“innovation,” as it helps property developers build and brand their properties “green” in a fast, easy and affordable way. EDGE is supported by a software that encourages solutions to reduce energy and water used to make building materials by at least 20 percent, which is the standard for the certification, IFC said. The company said Primavera, which will have 163 units for Tower 1 and 166 units for Tower 2, will be constructed at a cost of P670 million, including the land. Its second project, called Miramonti— located in Santo Tomas, Batangas—will be constructed for between P700 million and P750 million. It will sell the units of both developments to between P85,000 and P95,000 per square meter. Construction for both projects may start this year, but all the necessary funding for the project has already been settled, company officials said. To know more about IDC and its projects, you may contact them at (088) 880-5002 or (+63) 917-794-2221 or you may visit their website at www.italpinas.com.