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Bong Go bares back to prove he has no tattoo

By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor

PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur -- Former Special Assistant to the President and senatorial bet Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go took off his shirt and bared his back to prove he has no tattoo before reporters here to debunk allegations on his links to drug lords.

After undressing, he then changed clothes with a jersey bearing number 34, his number in the ballot in the coming May 13 elections.

Saying in jest that he

only have pimples, moles stretch marks and skins on his chest , Go told reporters in a press conference on the sidelines of Hugpong ng Pagbabago senatorial slate campaign rally in Agusan del Sur that he hoped the allegations are clear by now.

A YouTube viral video circulating in social media entitled “Ang Totoong Narco List –Episode 3” has cl;aimed drug money has been funnelled into Go’s bank account.

The alleged video expose bared by a certain “Bikoy” who was hooded and his FULL STORY ON PAGE 3

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P15.00 Fireman hurt, P6m worth of properties destroyed in Oro fire

By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City-A fire official sustained a minor injury while P6.1 million worth of properties were destroyed in two fire incidents that happened on Wednesday.

Supt. Allan Cabot, district fire marshall of Cagayan de Oro Fire Station, said SFO3 Samson Velarde sustained a minor injury during a fire that See FIRE, page 11

BONG GO addresses crowd in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. Dr. Manny Jaudian (Center) again represented Sen. Koko Pimentel as speaker during the rally.

Marina on alert in Lent

STORY ON PAGE 2

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Germany’s exit on the use of coal NO other country burns excessive coal as Germany. Around a quarter of German electricity comes from the carbon-heavy fuel, also known as brown coal. Coal is cheap, mined domestically and responsible for around 20 percent of Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions.

If Germany is dead serious about its target of cutting emissions to half what they were in 1990 by 2030, dirty coal has to go.

FULL STORY ON PAGE 4

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PNP: Salvador election ‘hotspot’ in Lanao del Norte LANAO DEL NORTE -Due to a shooting incident during a local campaign, Philippine National Police (PNP) has identified Salvador town in Lanao del Norte as number one hot spot for May elections.

Fou r p e rs ons we re wounded during the shootPhilippine National Police in Lanao del Norte conducts ing incident. a Press Conference held at Police Headquarters, Tubod, P/Maj Salman Saad, Lanao del Norte regarding the shooting Incident last April during a press conference 3, 2019 in the town of Salvador. (Supplied Photo) at Police Headquarters in

Tubod, said the incident transpired during a motorcade of Bebot Umpa Party on April 3.

A commotion occurred at about 10:30 in the morning in front of the Municipal Hall where gun fires were shot. It was learned that these fire exchanges were between Umpa and Tawantawan parties who are both running for Mayor in Salvador.

According to P/Maj Saad, two were wounded from the Umpa Party who were brought to Bontilao Community Hospital and the other two from the Tawantawan Party who were now in custody of Kapatagan Provincial Hospital.

Meanwhile, P/Maj Arnold T Lao of Provincial Investigation Detection of PNP Lanao del Norte said that both parties are willing

to give statements on the incident.

Oplan Bakal Sita, conduct of checkpoints, provision of additional troops, are some of the preparations and solutions to assure peace and order of the town.

Further, P/LTC Nicomedes A Olaivar Jr said Pantar and Nunungan towns follow Salvador as election hot spot in Lanao del Norte.

(HMPF/LDN)

Police hails Tangub as first drug-free city in NorMin TANGUB CITY, Misamis Occidental -- Tangub City is declared as a drug-free city in northern Mindanao.

“Out of the nine cities in Northern Mindanao, I am happy to announce t h at Tang u b C it y h a s earned the distinction as the first “drug-free city in Northern Mindanao,” Police Brigadier General Timoteo Pacleb said during a ceremony held at Tangub City recognizing the successful multi-agency drug clearing campaign of the city.

The declaration came after Tangub City complied with all the requirements set forth by the Dangerous Drugs Board Resolution No. 03, Series of 2017, including non-availability of drug supply; absence of drug den, pusher, user; absence of clandestine drug laboratory; active involvement of barangay officials in anti-drug activities; existence of drug awareness, preventive education and information; and existence of voluntary and compulsory drug treatment and rehabilitation processing desk.

The “drug-free” declaration was made official through an oversight committee resolution approved

by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 10 Director Wilkins Villanueva, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 10 Dir. Arnel Agabe, Police Regional Office (PRO) 10 director Brig Gen Pacleb, Department of Health (DOH) Region 10 Dir. Nimfa Torrizo and Tangub City mayor Atty.

Philip Tan. Pacleb said the challenge for Tangub City now is to sustain this status and serve as benchmark for other cities to follow.

“On our end, PRO10 will continue to reach out to Tangub City to sustain its ‘drug-free’ status and compliment it with corresponding aggressive antiillegal drugs operations in the adjoining cities and other areas in Misamis Occidental and the rest of Northern Mindanao,” Pacleb said. (PIO, PRO10)

Marina on alert in Lent CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Personnel of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) in northern Mindanao on heightened alert during Oplan Semana Santa 2019 starting April 8 to 25 at major ports in the region.

This is in view of the expected heavy influx of ship passengers to occur in various ports in the region including in port of Cagayan

de Oro to include docking areas in Agutayan Island and Opol Beach; ports of Balingoan in Misamis Oriental; Balbagon in Camiguin, docking areas in Yumbing and San Roque; port of Mukas, Lanao del Norte and port of Ozamiz in Misamis Occidental.

In coordination with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Philippine Ports

Authority (PPA), Marina X Director Felisa N. Orongan said they would conduct maritime safety monitoring activities to ensure the safety, security, reliability and comfort of passengers traveling this season.

Orongan said monitoring activities would include random inspection onboard passengers’ vessels as directed by the Department

of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary, per Special Order 041 series of 2019 dated March 27.

Under the oplan, all the attached agencies under DOTr, will implement safety and security precautions including running 24/7 operations, manning hotlines and passenger help desks in all transport hubs and keeping websites and social media

pages active for real-time reporting and information dissemination.

Public advisories such as safety tips, common types of violations, documentation requirements and safety and security regulations at airports, seaports and other transportation hub would also be sent out to provide information to all travelers. (eor/PIA)

MisOr sees tourist influx in Lent for faith tourism

CAPITOL COMPOUND, Misamis Oriental -- Influx of tourists in the province of Misamis Oriental this Holy Week 2019 is seen to flock for the faith tourism destinations catering to devotees and pilgrims.

Misamis Oriental Tourism Department head, lawyer Jeffrey Saclot said they are expecting more than 500,000 devotees and pilgrims to visit various different faith tourism destinations and sites to experience Holy Week in the province.

Saclot said Divine Mercy schrine is the most tourist-drawer site in the province for faith tourism which is already a established and known in the

country.

Divine Mercy Shrine The Divine Mercy Shrine is a Catholic monument in El Salvador City, which features a 50-foot statue of Jesus at the Divine Mercy as the focal point of Divine Mercy Hills, a tract of land overlooking Macajalar Bay on the southern island of Mindanao.

The nine-hectare land for the shrine was purchased for a nominal amount and the complex was paid for by donations. Completed in 2008, it serves as a pilgrimage site for Divine Mercy devotees.

The shrine is both a sacred and pilgrimage site, visitors are warned not to wear shorts or any other

Divine Mercy Shrine

The Passion of Christ.

revealing clothing. In case a visitor arrives dressed as such, they will be required to cover themselves with a blue cloth that is provided by the administrators of the shrine.

See TOURIST, page 11

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Sipaka Point

Immaculate Conception Church

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Bong Go bares back to prove he has no tattoo

By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor

PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur -- Former Special Assistant to the President and senatorial bet Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go took off his shirt and bared his back to prove he has no tattoo before reporters here to debunk allegations on his links to drug lords.

After undressing, he then changed clothes with a jersey bearing number 34, his number in the ballot in the coming May 13 elections.

Saying in jest that he only have pimples, moles stretch marks and skins on his chest , Go told reporters in a press conference on the sidelines of Hugpong ng Pagbabago senatorial slate campaign rally in Agusan del Sur that he hoped the allegations are clear by now.

A YouTube viral video circulating in social media entitled “Ang Totoong Narco List –Episode 3” has cl;aimed drug money has

been funnelled into Go’s bank account.

The alleged video expose bared by a certain “Bikoy” who was hooded and his face hidden in silhouette claimed that bank accounts are allegedly under his kin’s name who supposedly cornered multi-million peso government contracts in Davao City when President Duterte was still mayor.

He dismissed the video as mere black propaganda out to besmirch him and other pro-Duterte candidates in the heat of the campaign trail.

“We know that this is just black propaganda because Bikoy knows the how strong is the endorsing power of the president in the election,” Go said.

“This Bikoy is becoming a kengkoy (clown),” God said as he dared the man in the video who claims to be record keeper of narcotics ring in Southern Luzon and Visayas to come out in the open.

He said poilitical detrac-

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Police arrest elderly, ‘teacher’ for drug selling

By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent

ILIGAN City--Police arrested Tuesday afternoon (April 9) a 60-year old businessman and a “nonprofessional teacher” for allegedly selling “shabu” in a buy-bust operation in Purok 4, Barangay Muslim in Wao town, Lanao del Sur. Police Captain Jemar Delos Santos, information officer of Police Regional Office Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim See ARREST, page 9

Police nab police for eluding checkpoint; sachets of shabu seized

By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent

Former presidential assistant and now senatorial bet Bong Go shows to reporters his bare back to refute claims that he has tattoo that linked his to drug syndicate.

tors wanted to besmirch the name of the president, his son Paolo, Sarah and even did not spare the 13-year-old Kitty Duterte, the youngest sibling of the family.

The senatorial bet has warned “Bikoy” that his day

will come and soon he will get caught by the authorities.

“We know that Filipinos are now intelligent that the cannot be easily swayed by the desperate opponents,” he said.

Go reiterated the stand

of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte that her younger brother Paolo reserves the right to privacy amid calls that he will bare his tattoo on his back that supposedly establish his link to the illegal drug trade.

ILIGAN City--Police arrested Wednesday afternoon a fellow police when he was about to elude a PNPCOMELEC checkpoint, past 3 p.m. on Wednesday (April 10) in Barangay Pagalongan, Marantao, Lanao del Sur. Patrolman Alrajhi Londo Hadji Yasser, 34, was arrested when the blue Toyota Revo, bearing plate number XAF 567, he was driving attempted to elude the See NAB, page 11

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Germany’s exit on the use of coal

NO other country burns excessive coal as Germany.

Around a quarter of German electricity comes from the carbon-heavy fuel, also known as brown coal. Coal is cheap, mined domestically and responsible for around 20 percent of Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions.

If Germany is dead serious about its target of cutting emissions to half what they were in 1990 by 2030, dirty coal has to go.

That said, the Movement for Blackout-free Mindanao is sending this distress call to President Duterte: make Mindanao completely free as well on the excessive use of coalfired source of power under your watch.

Mindanaoans have suffered so much, Mr. President. We badly need your intercession to address with a sense of urgency the island’s power headache by presenting renewable power solutions acceptable to the people of Mindanao.

After all, Mindanao is your adopted homeland.

You promised us about the changes we fought side by side during the campaign, and one of those was to provide Mindanao with suf-

ficient, adequate, sustainable, environment-driven and reliable power supply for the island’s inclusive growth.

But to address Mindanao’s power lack through the dumping of coal plants all over the island is another story and something we are dead serious about.

We feel worried about what this coal would bring as far as protecting our people from the discord of environmental collapse.

Fact is, there are new coal-fired power plants being built right now in Mindanao, some are already in, while others are in the pipeline.

Given this development, these plants would definitely translate into additional capacities the island would need to meet its growing demand in the next five years and beyond.

But in this case, Mindanao consumers would have to pay the price of development: toxic emissions and greenhouse gases.

Now, we would like to invite the President to take a pause and think for a moment. Do we really need these coal-fired power plants for Mindanao?

We the Movement for

a Blackout-free Mindanao, as volunteer watchdog for the efficient and uninterrupted delivery of electricity in Mindanao supports this move of ridding the island free from dirty coal unconditionally.

A win-win solution is what it takes to strike a sustainable, efficient and environment-driven power supply for Mindanao.

The previous administration had been working on a 30-30-30 fuel mix goal to reduce the country’s coal dependence. The remaining 10 per cent comes from oilbased power plants.

The country’s energy policy is primarily focused on sourcing out about 30 per cent of its energy requirements from coal, 30 per cent from renewable energy, and another 30 per cent from natural gas.

Energy sources has revealed that 70 per cent of the 5,000 megawatts (MW) of power-generating capacity that are being built and will be built until 2020 are coal-based.

To date, some 20 coalfired power plants are operating in the country today.

Yet, some of the developed countries are slowly getting away from the use of coal.

Ruffy Magbanua

Environmentalists had openly opposed for the use of coal, it being tagged as “dirty energy” because of its toxic emissions.

The use of fossil fuels like coal as an energy source is the number one driver of global warming being a top emitter of greenhouse gases.

We are all aware that the cheapest of all fossil fuels is natural gas, and this kind of power source is aplenty elsewhere in the country. Why have we not tapped fully the geothermal sources of electric power?

Mindanoans deserve the full attention of the government. Imperial Manila’s second class treatment is a thing of the past.

Let’s not relive this culture of arrogance and deceit. (ruffy44_ph2000@yahoo. com).

Ruf f y Mag b anu a i s chair of the Movement for a Blackout-free Mindanao, a volunteer watchdog for the efficient and uninterrupted delivery of power supply in Mindanao.

Speaking Out

Transforming lives

SEVEN years ago, preschooler Cheska Parabolis was a very quiet and shy child. She did not know how to interact with peers and teachers and struggled a little with kindergarten academic requirements. But under the patient tutelage of her teachers, she began to blossom.

Cheska gradually became sociable and even achieved honors in class. She loved to sing and dance. This year, she landed the lead role as “Rapunzel” in her school’s annual musical program which I was recently privileged to watch at the RCBC Theater.

Ramizza Reyeg also had a bad start. Ramizza suffered bullying by her former classmates. Some of her former teachers were less-thanpatient and even openly expressed their frustration at her communication skills and slow pace. But later, in a much different nurturing environment, Ramizza was able to catch up. She eventually finished regular elementary and high school.

Recently, she completed a 2-year Associate Degree in Computer Secretarial at St. Judel Institute of Technology and is currently working as a teacher aide to pursue a degree in Special Education.

Josh Raymundo, the first

and only deaf student accepted in the University of Santo Tomas, finished B.S. Library Science. Immediately after passing the Librarian’s Board Licensure, he was hired as librarian at Letran University in Calamba.

Mary Grace Laus finished computer technology in Miriam College. She is currently a member of the marketing staff at Enchanted Kingdom.

Cheska Parabolis, Ramizza Reyeg, Josh Raymundo and Mary Grace Laus all started with severe handicaps.

They were born profoundly deaf. By ordinary norms, they should have not been able to speak.

Luckily, their parents learned about the Philippine Institute for the Deaf (PID), housed in a twostorey building along Nagtahan Road, Pandacan.

At PID, they were taught to speak, to lip read and to succeed in mainstream school – as Ramizza, Josh and Mary Grace have already proven.

“Yes, these children are deaf, but they don’t have to be mute,” Julie G. Esguerra, PID’s founder said.

Julie, a licensed Special Education Teacher and Speech Therapist with an

MA in Special Education, inspired by her mother’s lifetime work – the late Dr. Sergia Esguerra, believed firmly: “Instead of sign language, we’d rather help them find their voice and teach them to speak.”

In 1954, Dr. Sergia Esguerra was sent by the Philippine Government to the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, to study the “oral method” in teaching the deaf. On her return in 1955 , she started the 1st experimental “Oral Program” class at the government School for the Deaf in Pasay.

The success of the six year oral training class inspired the creation of the Expanded Special Education Programs at DepEd which she headed. On her retirement from DepEd in 1986, she urged Julie, who was then a Speech Therapist in California USA, to come home and contribute to the country’s special education programs.

T he Ju l i e E s g u e r r a Speech Center was established in 1986 to provide speech rehabilitation programs for all types of speech disorders. Its success led Julie to found the non-profit Sergia Esguerra Foundation, Inc. in 1988, as a surprise honor gift for her

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mom’s 50-year dedicated service for special children in the country, and also to celebrate her 70th birthday.

The foundation’s flagship – the Philippine Institute for the Deaf (PID) - thus became the first oral school for the deaf in the Philippines accredited by DepEd. The demise of Dr. Sergia Esguerra in 1991 led Julie and the Board of Directors to amend the name of the foundation to Sergia Esguerra Memorial Foundation, Inc. In 1992, former President Fidel V. Ramos provided PID with a two-storey school building located at the AFP-PSG Compound beside Nagtahan Bridge near Malacañan via a 25year lease at P1/year.

The compound is now a fenced secured campus furnished with 16 classrooms, 5 speech one-on-one cubicles, an occupational room, a library and seminar room, an h.e. room, a science lab, a computer laboratory, a techvoc room, a guidance area, a multi-purpose gym with stage, and a small campus See LIVES, page 11

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STATE OF WORLD POPULATION 2019

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Unfinished Business: the pursuit of rights and choices for all

DESPITE remarkable achievements in the past five decades, much more must be done to break the barriers that prevent women, men and couples from fully exercising their reproductive rights and choices, says new UNFPA report released today The year 2019 is unique as it marks two important milestones in the field of sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights: 50 years since the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) began operations globally, and 25 years since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo where 179 governments agreed on a call for all people to have access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including voluntary family planning, and safe pregnancy and childbirth services. UNFPA’s State of World Population Report 2019 traces advances in reproductive health on the anniversaries of these two important milestones.

The fulfillment of sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights is key to reducing poverty in the country. Much has been achieved in the Philippines since 1969. The average number of births per woman was 6.0 in 1973. Today it is 2.7 , even though the country has the highest total fertility rate in the ASEAN region.

These two events—the launch of the first United Nations agency dedicated to addressing population dynamics and the reproductive health needs of the world’s people with Filipino national Rafael Salas as its first Executive Director, and the declaration of a global commitment to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights—have fundamentally shaped the lives of women and families,

and the societies in which they live, in the decades that followed. The revolutionary changes have been made in measurable and immeasurable, profound and trivial, permanent and fleeting ways.

Activists, advocates, government agencies like the Philippine Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) – which also celebrates its 50th anniversary this year

POPCOM Undersecretary Dr. Juan Antonio A. Perez III with UNFPA Philippines Representative Iori Kato at the turnover of the State of World Population 2019 Report, entitled “Unfinished Business: the pursuit of rights and choices for all”

- and UNFPA have jointly advanced the transformations that ordinary citizens see around themselves today and have helped tear down various and evolving social, economic and institutional barriers that women and young people have faced in exercising their reproductive rights over the past 50 years.

As a result, more women today have access to the information and services they need to decide for themselves whether, when or how often to become pregnant.

Much has been achieved in the Philippines since 1969. The average number of births per woman was 6.0 in

1973. Today it is 2.7 , even though the country has the highest total fertility rate in the ASEAN region. In order to reach the national target of 2.1 average number of births per woman under the Philippine Development Plan (PDP), the Philippines needs to step up its efforts.

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BUSINESS

More Minahang Bayan to boost small-scale mining watch

By CATHERINE TEVES

MANILA – The environment department’s Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) targets to intensify the regulation of small-scale mining in the country.

“We’re working to fasttrack the approval of applications for Minahang Bayan areas nationwide,” MGB Acting Director Wilfredo Moncano said in Quezon City on Thursday during the Philippine launch of the Global Environment Facility-funded USD11.70million project to help eliminate the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining sectors in the country and Mongolia.

He said the MGB already recognized and declared as

Minahang Bayan, areas cited in 26 of the 141 applications the bureau has received so far.

Minahang Bayan areas are where small-scale miners can operate legally, enabling the government to better monitor and regulate their extractive activities while helping promote the safety of these workers, protect the environment, and generate revenues for government.

Declaring more Minahang Bayan areas nationwide increases the opportunity for government to track small-scale mining.

“It’s difficult to monitor small-scale miners if they’re operating outside Minahang Bayan areas,” MGB Small-Scale Mining Development Section chief

Joel Natividad said.

According to Republic Act 7076 or the People’s Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991, small-scale mining “refers to mining activities which rely heavily on manual labor using simple implement(s) and methods and do not use explosives or heavy mining equipment.”

“Small-scale mining is applicable to gold, silver and chromite only,” Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Assistant Secretary Nonita Caguioa clarified during the launch. She, however, cited a restriction on extracting metallic minerals.

Executive Order 79 series of 2012 prohibits the use of mercury in small-scale mining, she also said.

RA 7076 established the people’s small-scale mining program, saying this aims “to achieve an orderly, systematic and rational scheme for the small-scale development and utilization of mineral resources in certain mineral areas in order to address the social, economic, technical, and environmental connected with small-scale mining activities.”

The program features identification, segregation, and reservation of certain mineral land as people’s small-scale mining areas or Minahang Bayan, notes RA 7076.

Minahang Bayan “refers to the entire area declared as people’s small-scale

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year’s stock balance during the same period,” said Serafica in a statement.

Also, the mill gate prices of the commodity have been holding steady between PHP1,450 to PHP1,550 per 50-kilogram bag for the past five months.

“I have been going around inspecting sugar mills’ warehouses and traders’ warehouses and many of the imported sugar have not been used. In fact, over

R. A. 10172 Form No 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao Del Norte City /Municipality: Iligan City

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In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that KAREENFAITH R. RAMOS has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “KRISZIEL SHANE” to “KRISIA KATE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of KRISZIEL SHANE REMOLO who was born from 03, FEBRUARY 2014 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are KAREENFAITH MALMIS REMOLO and XXXXXX.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than MAY 2019.

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that REXIL S. VIERNES has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in in the Certificate REXIL SORIA SUMAYLO who was born from 05, NOVEMBER 1981 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are MARTA M. SORIA and LEONARDO P. SUMAYLO.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than MAY 2019.

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(SGD.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARINAS City Civil Registrar

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is seeking to complete this year the coverage of the estimated 4.8 million residents of Region 12 or Soccsksargen into the government’s health insurance program.

Engr. Eugenio Donatos, PhilHealth-12 field operations chief, said Thursday they have so far covered about 97 percent or nearly 4.7 million of the region’s population. He added that enrollment is ongoing for households that have not yet accessed the program.

Donatos said they are currently targeting to expand their coverage to over 100,000 residents in the coming months.

“That’s more or less 20,000 members that we should enroll and we’re hoping to realize that before the end of this year,” he said

in an interview over a local television show.

The agency’s enrollment target covers both prospective direct contributors or paying members and indirect contributors or sponsored program members.

The direct contributors are the employed, voluntary or self-employed and overseas workers while those under the indirect category are the indigents and members of the government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program.

PhilHealth-12 has automatically renewed this year the membership of around 121,000 CCT beneficiaries.

Donatos said they are continually enrolling the new members through the Point-of-Care service facilities in local hospitals.

He said the move aims to ensure that no one would be See EYES, page 11

See BARES, page 11

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao Del Norte City /Municipality: Iligan City

PhilHealth eyes 100% coverage for Soccsskargen before yearend

SRA bares attempts to manipulate sugar prices MANILA -- Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) chief Hermenegildo Serafica said there are some sectors trying to manipulate the market by spreading rumors that may lead to higher retail prices of sugar.

“There is no reason for sugar prices to go up since sugar stock balance is at an all-time high of over 1.1 million metric tons (MT) that is 143 percent of last

R. A. 9048 Form No 10.1 (LCRO)

See BOOST, page 11

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(SGD.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARINAS City Civil Registrar

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMISION

MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY PANGASIWAAN NG KALAKALANG PANDAGAT

Regional Office XI 2nd Floor, Davao Ching Printers, Inc. Bldg., Lakandula St. corner Dacudao Ave., Agdao, Davao City

IN THE MATTER OF APPLICATION FOR THE RENEWAL CASE NO. MROXI-19-010-R OF CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE (CPC) FOR PERSUANT TO R.A. 9295 AND THE 2014 AMENDMENTS MBCA “OTSENRE” TO THE REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING R.A 9295.

ZALDY L. MADRIGA, Applicant.

NOTICE OF HEARING

Before us is an application for the renewal of Certificate of Public Convenience of the above-named applicant, to operate the vessels MBCA”OTSENRE” in an island tour operation for the carriage of passenger only, on a daily deregulated sailing schedule, from 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM, in the following routes and rates:

MDN: Apr 13 & 20, 2019

R. A. 9048 Form No 10.1 (LCRO) 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 MONALINANG A. BACARAMAN has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “CON-CON NORALDIN” to “NORALKHAIR” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CON-CON NORALDIN ALONTO BACARAMAN who was born from 02, DECEMBER 1994 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are MONALINANG D. ALONTO and COSAIN C. BACARAMAN.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than MAY 2019.

MDN: Apr 6 & 13, 2019

MDN: Apr 13 & 20, 2019

Notice is hereby given that the said application will be heard by this Authority on 17 April 2019 at 2:00 PM at the MARINA RO XI Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Davao Ching Printers, Inc. Bldg., Lakandula St. corner Dacudao Ave., Agdao, Davao City.

The Applicant shall publish this Order once in a newspaper of general circulation or shall post this Order in the MARINA website at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled date or hearing.

Parties opposed to the grant of the Application must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date, furnishing a copy of the same to the Applicant, and may, if they so desire, appear on said date and time.

Applicant shall submit a written Formal Offer of Evidence (FOE) during the hearing of five (5) days thereafter.

Done this 10th day of April 2019 at Davao City, Philippines.

(SGD.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARINAS City Civil Registrar MDN: Apr 13, 2019

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Malasakit Centers now in ComVal hospitals NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley -- Hospitals owned and controlled by the provincial government of Compostela Valley open this April its Malasakit Centers.

Presently, the provincial government of Compostela Valley has hospitals in Montevista, Maragusan, Laak an-d Pantukan.

Josephine Frasco, provincial social welfare and development officer, stressed that the centers will boost the Pagkalinga sa Bayan program, a local initiative that provides medical assistance to indigent and in-crisis patients towards accessing quality healthcare, in support to the No Balance Billing Policy of President Rodrigo Duterte.

For 2019, the Pagkalinga sa Bayan program has an annual budget of PhP 200-million, she disclosed.

Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy said in his State of the Province Address last September 2018, that the program has helped more than 20,000 patients for the period July 2017 to June 2018.

Frasco revealed that the center also gets an PhP 8-million monthly budget from the Office of the President.

According to her, the funds from the Office of the President will be divided by the four hospitals based on its capacity, in which Valley Provincial Hospital in Montevista now has a Malasakit Center with Montevista will get PhP Compostela funding from the Office of the President, and the provincial government under its See MALASAKIT, page 10

Pagkalinga sa Bayan program.

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EastMinCom ‘EMBRACEs’ waste management

PANACAN, Davao City -- Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) received waste bins and receptacles from EMBRACE Project of Jaime V. Ongpin Foundation, Inc. and Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation (PMFTC), Inc. during a simple ceremony at the Headquarters Eastmincom, Naval Station Felix Apolinario (NSFA), Panacan, Davao City on April 10, 2019 The turnover of bins and receptacles is in line with the Eastmincom’s transformation objective of transforming the Command into an eco-friendly unit and in compliance to See WASTE, page 10

Pres. Duterte’s EO 70 is piloted in Davao Oriental

Whole-of-Nation approach to attain sustainable peace, ending insurgency BARANGAY NEW TAOKANGA, Manay – The Province of Davao Oriental takes its peace and development efforts one step further as it successfully held the pilot implementation of President Duterte’s

Executive Order 70 which bids to build sustainable and peaceful communities that will ultimately end the long-running Communist insurgency in this part of the country.

Just recently, the Pro-

vincial Government led a large team composed of the heads and representatives of different provincial government offices and partner agencies in an immersion activity held in Barangay New Taokanga, a

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remote village perched on the mountains of Manay town, known for its hidden gem – the pristine Lake Diomaboc and known as the gateway to the majestic Mount Campalili frequented by many mountain climbing

enthusiasts.

The two-day community engagement, which served as the first step of a broad peace process, saw government entities communicating with the Mandaya villagers about their com-

munity’s vital needs which requires urgent government interventions.

Diagnosing the Ills of the Community With focused-group discussion as a major tool

DAVAO CITY -- A Lumad rights group condemned the killing of Datu Kaylo Bontolan, a community leader who was killed in a military encounter in Sitio Ngaran, Barangay Kipilas, Kitaotao in Bukidnon last April 7.

Jong Monzon, secretary general of Pasaka Confederation of Lumad Organization in Southern Mindanao, said in a statement on Thursday that the Lumad leaders of the Salugpongan Ta Tanu Igkanugon in

Talaingod expressed grief over the death of Datu Bontolan, a council member and deputy secretary general of Pasaka.

Monzon claimed Bontolan was checking on the condition of the Manobo evacuees, who fled their homes in Talaingod, Davao del Norte due to alleged military operations and bombings, when the firefight between the New People’s Army (NPA) and government forces erupted.

“We mourn the death of

Kaylo, who at his young age has sacrificed much for the defense of our ancestral land and the Lumad schools in Talaingod. He could have contributed more for the Lumad,” he said.

A photo released by the Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) dated April 9, 2019 showed a slain NPA member in combat attire, bearing resemblance to Bontolan.

Monzon confirmed it was the slain Datu leader, who

DAVAO CITY -- City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) has asked drivers and commuters to be more patient when the city implements a traffic rerouting system to give way for the repair of Talomo Bridge 2 starting on Sunday, April 14.

City Traffic Chief Dionisio Abude said, “We ask for the public’s understanding because the rerouting is necessary for the rehabilitation of the bridge to better

serve the public.”

He said the Talomo Bridge 2 will be closed for an indefinite period until repair works will be completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

Starting on Sunday, the vehicles from Calinan will detour to Magtuod-Tugbok Road and exit to Carlos P. Garcia Highway or Diversion Road.

Vehicles coming from Mintal may pass the road to

Elenita Heights, Catalunan Grande and exit Carlos P. Garcia Highway.

Those coming from Toril or Puan will take Talomo Road to Ortiz St., Mitra Compound, Taal St., and exit to Central Park or Matina Aplaya.

Vehicles coming from Matina or Bangkal areas may take Central Park, Cordillera St., Taal St., to the Bailey Bridge and exit to Talomo/ Puan area.

See PEACE, page 10

Pasaka condemns killing of lumad leader

See LEADER, page 9

Talomo rerouting starts on Sunday (April 14)

April 12, 2019 SGD. ATTY. JOFFREY M. SUYAO, CESO III Regional Director MDN: Apr 13, 2019

See REROUTING, page 9

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appeared mostly in forums and media interviews on the plight of the Lumads.

“Oo si Kaylo na, pero pwdi nila himuon ang biskan unsa, sa usa ka maayo nga leader ug dili nana bago sa ilang hinimuan (Yes, it’s Kaylo. But they can always do anything to a good leader and that’s nothing new from what they usually do),” he said.

Lt. Col. Ezra L. Balagtey, EastMinCom spokesperson, said troopers of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Battalion, who were validating information on the presence of an armed group in the area, clashed with communist guerillas at 9:50 a.m. after the NPA members fired at government forces.

Another clash erupted at 10:15 a.m.. and lasted for two hours, he said.

Balagtey said the military recovered an AK-47 rifle, an M653 rifle, an M16 rifle, three caliber .45 pistols, one improvised explosive, combat pack, personal be-

longings, and subversive documents.

Monzon said: “Our plight in Talaingod is comparable to ants being trampled and forced to scatter anywhere, because of Martial Law in Mindanao, where soldiers and the paramilitary Alamara have attacked us no end.”

He said Lumads would continue to stand united for their tribe and ancestral domain even if their leader died.

“Like ants we unite and resist the militarization in our communities. We know their aim is to seize Pantaron Range in our ancestral territory, which they want to plunder for mining and other ventures,” he said.

(Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)

Rerouting... from page 8

Meanwhile, the vehicles coming from BuhanginC.P. Garcia Highway may pass the Magtuod-Tugbok Road via Biao Escuela, exiting to Tugbok or may take via Biao Joaquin exiting to

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Sat-Sun, April 13-14, 2019 Calinan Area, while those from Quimpo Boulevard may take Matina Aplaya Relief Bridge to Cordillera St., Taal St., Bailey Bridge and exit to the Talomo/Puan area.

Abude said the re-opening of the Talomo Bridge 2 will depend on the notice from DPWH. (CIO/PIAETI)

Pamaloy and Saripada are both residents of the area.

Police poseur-buyer was able to buy from the suspect a small sachet containing white substance believed to be ‘shabu’ and confiscate

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. XI Davao City Petition for Extension of Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate an PUJ DUAL Ordinary Regular service.

JIMMY M. OPORTO, Case No. R11-EV-PJ-2019-4-1785 Petitioner. (2000-XI-01785)

Arrest...

NOTICE OF HEARING

from page 3

Petition is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ DUAL Ordinary Regular service on the route: MAGSAYSAY (DAVAO DEL SUR) – DAVAO CITY and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on November 27, 2020.

In the petition filed on April 5, 2019, petitioner requests authority to extend the validity of said Certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on April 30, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least TEN (10) Days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a newspaper of local circulation.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must filed their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

Davao City Philippines, April 8, 2019.

Mindanao (PRO BARMM), identified the target as the 24year old Arbol Saripada and an accomplice, Abunsalam Cato Pamaloy, 60.

Saripada is a “non-professional teacher who teaches children” according to Delos Santos.

“Guro siya ng mga bata pero hindi siya professional (teacher),” Delos Santos said in a text message, without giving details of what school the suspect is teaching.

Pamaloy, who owns a sari-sari store in the area, was arrested because he was the one who handed the ‘shabu’ to the police poseur-buyer.

(Sgd.) Atty. CATTLEYA B. ACAYLAR OIC-Regional Director MDN: Apr 13, 2019

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Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Province of Lanao del Norte MUNICIPALITY OF BACOLOD RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) R.A. 10172

the 500-peso bill used in the buy-bust transaction.

The arrested suspects and the confiscated evidences are now in the custody of Wao MPS for investigation and proper documentation.

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Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Province of Lanao del Norte MUNICIPALITY OF BACOLOD RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) R.A. 10172

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048/10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that DESEDITA BILIRAN OPOLENTISIMA has filed with has this office a petition for CHANGE OF NAME from “DESIDERIA” to “DESEDITA” in the Certificate of LIVE BIRTH of the petitioner who was born on February 11, 1963 at LIANGAN, BACOLOD, LANAO DEL NORTE whose parents are ELIAS PASANTING BILIRIAN and REMEDIOS PADILLA CAMACHO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048/10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that BALDOMERO LAMAYO OLEDAN JR. has filed with has this office a petition for CHANGE OF NAME from “BALDEMAR JR.” to “BALDOMERO JR.” in the Certificate of LIVE BIRTH of the petitioner who was born on August 18, 1959 at LIANGAN, BACOLOD, LANAO DEL NORTE whose parents are CIPRIANA LAMAYO and BALDOMEROS SR. OLEDAN.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that JANELLE BULLO LOOD has filed with has this office a petition for CORRECTIOON OF CLERICAL ERROR particularly SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of LIVE BIRTH JANELLE BULLO LOOD who was born on February 28, 1991 at BACOLOD, LANAO DEL NORTE whose parents are SUCUANO LOOD and ROSITA SUANGCO BULLO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office.

(SGD.) EMILY B. CABUG Municipal Civil Registrar

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(SGD.) EMILY B. CABUG Municipal Civil Registrar

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Republic of the Philippine’s SUPREME COURT 4TH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Sharia’ a Judicial District Iligan City

(SGD.) EMILY B. CABUG Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: Apr 6 & 13, 2019

Republic of the Philippine’s SUPREME COURT 4TH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Sharia’ a Judicial District Iligan City

IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION TO APPROVED AND CIVIL CASE NO.2019-030 AND REGISTER THE DIVORSE OF SPOUSES EDDIE FERNANDEZ, BABAISON JR. AND MARILYN G. BACANGGOY-BABAISON,

IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION TO APPROVED AND AND REGISTER THE DIVORSE OF SPOUSES TAKESHI TAKASU AND ANNA LIZA G. SOLIS – TAKASO,

EDDIE FERNANDEZ BABAISON JR. AND MARILYN G. BACANGGOY-BABAISON,

Petitioners.

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TAKESHI TAKASU AND ANNA LIZA G. SOLIS – TAKASO,

Petitioners.

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Republic of the Philippine’s SUPREME COURT 4TH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Sharia’ a Judicial District Iligan City CIVIL CASE NO.2019-031

IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION TO APPROVED AND CIVIL CASE NO.2019 – 029 AND REGISTER THE DIVORSE ‘BY VIRTUE OF AN AGREEMENT (MUBARA ‘AT) MUTUAL FREEING BETWEEN SPS. ALVIN DWIGHT L. MAPUTOLAND NORHAYA C. AMPUAN Versus PHILIPPINE STATISTIC AUTHORITY (PSA) AND LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MARAWI CITY, LANAO DEL NORTE

Petitioners.

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ORDER

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 under Civil rite on January 18, 2005 at Iligan City both petitioners had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal process relative to this case at their residents at Purok 2, Brgy. Santiago, Gingoog City and Purok Waling Waling Acmac, Iligan City respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for six (6) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since there 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, severing their marriage bond on January 18, 2005, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them has 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 April 23, 2019 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 newspaper 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 March , 2019.

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 rite on July 29, 1996 at Pasig City, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal process relative to this case at their residents at Brgy. Kapitolyo, Pasig City and Purok 19, Dalipuga, Iligan City respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for Nine (9) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since there 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, severing their marriage bond on July 29, 1996, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them has 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 April 23, 2019 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 newspaper 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 march, 2019.

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 rite on DECEMBER 10, 2003 at Marawi City, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to the case at residence at Tubod, Iligan City respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for one (1) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since there 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, severing their marriage bond DECEMBER 10, 2003, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them has 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 April 17, 2019 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 newspaper 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 19th day of March, 2019.

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HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

ORDER

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

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to assess the situation at the grassroots, the activity enabled the participating agencies to listen to the voices of the people in order to diagnose the community’s ills.

Among the many gaps identified that urgently need to be addressed is the strengthening of the barangay-based institutions such as the councils on anti-drug abuse, peace and order, and disaster risk reduction and management.

Department of Interior and Local Government Provincial Director Yvette Tolentino-Sunga said that based on her department’s discussion with the barangay council, workers of the barangay need to undergo capacity development trainings that will guide them on how to do proper plans as well as basic legislations fundamental in pushing their priority development projects.

“We can still do a lot for our people in the remotest of barangays,” she said, noting the importance of government agencies and offices conducting regular barangay visitations and consultations to monitor

the progress, capacitate, and mentor the workers of the barangays, especially those that belong to the Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) that are seldom reached by government services.

Governor Nelson Dayang h i r ang has a lw ay s stressed the need for the government to look at barangay governance first since the barangay, as an institution, is the government’s first line of defense against Communist influences which preys on the insecurities of the masses.

Other areas which require government interventions here include concerns in the livelihood sector such as provision of livestock, seedlings, and technical trainings on farming, particularly in growing abaca which is the village’s primary produce and mainstay crop.

Tourism is also another potential area to pursue here. This Mandayan village boasts of breathtaking landscapes of verdant green mountains of the distant Mount Campalili and the mesmerizing beauty of Lake Diomaboc. The Provincial Government sees this potential as an opportunity for

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development that will drive tourism which, in turn, will boost local economic activities.

Aside from tourism and agriculture, the Yamog Foundation, being supported by the European Union, also sees the potential of tapping the village’s abundant water resources to put up micro hydroelectric systems to provide enough power to all households here which are currently dependent on power generators and solar panels to generate electricity.

Whole-of-Nation Approach to End Insurgency Widely known as “Institutionalization of the Whole-of-Nation Approach in Attaining Inclusive and Sustainable Peace, Creating A National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, and Directing the Adoption of a National Peace Framework”, the Executive Order 70 signed by the President on December 4, 2018, aims to address the root causes of insurgency by bridging the critical gaps in the community.

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and development which calls for the government’s intensified efforts to fight insurgency.

As Governor Nelson Dayanghirang had always put it, “the success of the anti-insurgency efforts all boils down to the effective delivery of public services.”

The Governor says that since resolving insurgency has now become a key national policy, the Provincial Government has also been pouring a lot of efforts and resources for this cause, this time in building a “climate of good governance” as a widely-recognized potent weapon to counter insurgency.

“The country’s decadesold insurgency had always been seen through the military perspective,” said the Governor’s Chief of Staff Ednar Dayanghirang. He said that through President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order 70, the nation’s peace and counter-insurgency efforts have essentially evolved.

“We are still partnering with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police but it is us in the local government who will take the lead. Our drive is a peace effort that is civilian- led. This is the new strategy which will help end the Communist armed conflict,” he said.

The Pilot Area Despite its rich potentials, Barangay New Taokanga, which is part of the Mandaya ancestral domain, was used to be influenced by the Communist insurgency—the reason why the Provincial Government

opted to make it the pilot area for its Barangay Outreach Caravan in 2016.

Situated 25 kilometers from the town center, this village is farthest among the 17 barangays in Manay town, making government services such as health, education, and livelihood out of reach for most of the residents, thus, predisposing the community to Communist group which formerly have large strongholds in mountainous remote areas.

Philippine Army 701st Brigade Commander Col. Manuel Sequitin said that with the Whole-of-Nation initiative and with all the key players coming in, the villagers here can now see new horizons for development.

“The government is expected to pour down projects such as construction of roads and provision of livelihood opportunities to prevent the resurgence of insurgency here,” he said, adding that the security sector will focus more on organizing people’s organizations who will be the government’s main allies to protect the community against Communist influence.

Meanwhile, as the participating agencies headed back to their respective offices in the City of Mati, they are expected to come up with plans based on the gaps they have identified. While it will take time before projects will be implemented on the ground, it is expected that the initial interventions will be felt within one month.

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4-million, Pantukan with PhP 2 million, and PhP 1-million each to Maragusan and Laak.

For now, she said, the center is manned by personnel from the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Center.

Frasco said that they will also coordinate with other funding agencies like the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office to beef up the centers. (PIA11 DabaweNEWS, Michael Uy)

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United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and Republic Act 9063 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act. As environmentalist himself, Lt. Gen. Felimon T. Santos Jr., Commander of Eastmincom, reiterated the previous Command directive on the adherence of environmental policies and laws in NSFA and other Military Camps in Eastern Mindanao.

Prior to the arrival of the waste bins and receptacles, Col. Francisco D. Millare (Ret), the Agro-Forestry and Solid Waste Management Officer of Sunshine Philippines Movement Davao Chapter conducted Troop Information and Education on Waste Management to the personnel of all units in NSFA. NSFA has been declared by the City Council of Davao as “Eco-tourism and Environment-friendly Military Installation” on September 25, 2012. (PR-EMC)

Behavior management in the classroom

By JOVEN P. IHONG Teacher II Puerto Elementary School

WORDS are powerful in the classroom but teachers must not forget that body language is important, too.

In the classroom, teachers spend plenty of time concentrating on what we say: the quality of our explanations, the way we approach questioning and the language we use to manage behavior.

But can all this focus

on our words mean that we forget about what we are doing with our bodies?

Body language makes up a huge proportion of what we actually communicate.

And having an awareness of this can greatly improve your classroom practice.

The expression on your face can often tell a very different story to the words you are using. In fact, facial expressions is one of the most powerful methods of non-verbal communication

that we have – this makes it a really valuable teaching tool.

With the right facial expression, you can deliver three quarters of the message before you say a thing. Think carefully about the stock of facial expressions at your disposal and how you can use them to preempt having to utter a single word.

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Immaculate Conception Church The Immaculate Conception Church is a Baroque church located in Poblacion, Upper Jasaan. It was declared by the National Museum as a National Cultural Treasure in northern Mindanao due to its artistic design and cultural values.

Saclot said the property is not only a faith tourism destination but also a cultural site.

Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine The Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in Binuangan town is one of the most visited pilgrimage sites during Lent.

There’s also a healing pool.

The water of Lourdes has become popular for miracles. Accordingly, the water flowing out from the feet of the Birhen sa Lourdes apparition situated beside the church is miraculous.

Sipaka Heights Ta l i s a y a n’s S i p a k a Heights features a breathtaking scenery of the province from the 500 meter elevation hill. The 14 stations of the cross at Sipaka is a must for the “It’s Pamalandong sa Sipaka.”

Saclot said more tourists climbed to Sipaka Heights during Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday or Good Friday for penitence.

Christ the King Shrine Saclot said emerging faith tourism is the first Christ the King Shrine in Asia being built in the Philippines.

The 75-foot Christ the King statue is the tallest of its kind in Asia. It is located in Gingoog City.

‘Hinuklog’ street play: The Passion of Christ Local parishioners and Medinhanons as actors, the street play of “Pasyon ni Kristo” or Passion of Christ highlights the events that brought Christ before the council of elders, tried, persecuted and put to death by way of crucifixion.

It is not just a destination, but the people involved in this production. There is community involvement coupled with faith. This street play was done during Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

Saclot also cited there are some faith tourism sites in Laguindingan and Lagonglong towns and Cagayan de Oro City, among others.

Safety Misamis Oriental Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), in coordination with the Misamis Oriental Provincial Police Office and army’s 58th Infantry Battalion, readied measures to ensure safety of tourists especially those who will visit mountainous areas. (eor/PIA)

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“UNFPA takes pride in having partnered with the Philippines and witnessed together so many remarkable achievements together

in the areas of sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights in the last five decades. And yet, there should not be complacency.

Much more needs to be done to empower those who are not yet able to enjoy their rights and whose choices are still constrained,” says UNFPA Philippines Representative Iori Kato.

According to the 2017 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey, about 17 percent of currently married women aged 15-49 have expressed intention to space or limit their children but are not using any method of family planning.

Such proportion of unmet need for family planning services is highest among adolescents at 28 percent.

The fulfillment of sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights is key to reducing poverty in the country. The PDP 20172022 contains a specific chapter on Reaching for the Demographic Dividend; this chapter emphasizes the fact that reducing fertility through increasing access for young people to reproductive health information and services is a necessary pre-condition for the demographic dividend to be realized.

The Philippine Government is a champion of the ICPD and President Rodrigo R. Duterte is committed to ending the unmet need for family planning, reflected in the recently revamped National Program on Population and Family Planning (NPPFP) to accelerate the full implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act. “The Philippine Government remains strong in its commitment to fulfill the promise of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action, to put people at the center of sustainable development and to pursue the realization of every Filipino’s sexual and reproductive rights,” said Dr. Juan Antonio A. Perez III, Under-Secretary for Population and Development and Executive Director of POPCOM. To finish the unfinished business of the ICPD, governments, activists and stakeholders will rally at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 to be held on 12-14 November to sustain the gains made so far, and fulfill the promise of the ICPD agenda.

Most countries, including the Philippines, need to build on the foundation of the past achievements to reach those who have been left behind and make sexual and reproductive health and rights a reality for all.

Facts and figures on the Philippines: • Number of deaths of women from pregnancyrelated causes per 100,000 live births: 121 in 1994; 114 in 2015 (SWOP, 2019) • Modern contraceptive prevalence rate among currently-married women: 11 in 1973; 25 in 1993; 40 in

Sat-Sun, April 13-14, 2019 2017 (NDS, 1993; NDHS, 2017) • Total fertility rate, or average number of births per women: 6.0 in 1973; 4.1 in 1993; 2.7 in 2017 (NDS, 1993; NDHS, 2017) • Percent women 15-19 years old who have begun childbearing: 6.5 in 1993; 8.6 in 2017 (NDS, 1993; NDHS, 2017)

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for sports activities.

PID is now home to a hundred deaf students, and other special learners and “miracle worker” special education teachers. Most of the students, like Cheska, belong to very poor families and depend very much on generous sponsors to be able to stay in school.

After 31 years, Julie remains as strongly committed in transforming deaf speech-handicapped children to become regular productive citizens.

Julie explains: “Whenever a deaf child comes to us, we’re challenged, because he shouldn’t be mute. He has a voice, and all we need is…. to look for that voice…..and listen!”

At the Philippine Institute for the Deaf, a deaf child enrollee first undergoes hearing and aptitude evaluation.

Then there is the regular 3 times a week one-onone speech therapy. This is supplemented by the K-12 Curricular Programs and activities designed to encourage the students to express themselves such as basic computer skills, home economics, P.E. and sports, dance and theater arts, painting, gardening, crafts, cooking and baking .

PID also regularly holds an annual musical play where the students are encouraged to participate, as part of their special curriculum, to showcase their speaking skills progress.

Watching this year’s play “Rapunzel”, I was amazed to see the students dance in sync with the music and the beat a single note of which they could not hear.

PID believes in a holistic approach so it conducts workshops for parents, brothers, sisters, yayas and neighbor peers so everyone will know how to teach and motivate the deaf child even at home and in their social activities.

“With hard work and full cooperation from the communities, these children leave PID ready to enter regular schools, like regular students. …. This is probably what we could call our contribution to the country,” Julie said.

Julie, who has been described by associates as a “miracle worker”, can look back with justifiable pride at how PID has transformed lives.

Philip Olivan is now executive manager of the CBD Plaza Hotel in Naga.

Janice Lim owns A&J Café.

Kisha Batuigas is Officer II at DFA. Chrissy Camello

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Scrap travel tax – Koko Pimentel SENATOR Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III wants the 42-year-old presidential decree abolished to free Filipinos traveling abroad from paying travel tax. The said decree imposes travel tax for traveling Filipinos going abroad.

In his Senate Bill No. 1841, Pimentel cited that the provisions of the Marcos-era legislation no longer apply at present.

Pimentel argued that travel tax should have been scrapped way back in November 2002 when the Philippines, along with other member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), signed the ASEAN Tourism Agreement.

The said agreement has already removed travel levies and taxes on nationals of member-states traveling within the region.

“It has been almost 14 years since the Philippines signed the ASEAN Tourism Agreement but as of date, travel taxes are still imposed upon individuals traveling to other ASEAN member-States,” he said.

Pimentel’s remedial legislation seeks to totally remove the imposition of travel tax on Filipinos who wish to travel to any other country around the globe.

Travel tax , which ranges from

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checkpoint.

“When the operating personnel flagged down the vehicle and one of the troops approached the driver, the latter attempted to pull his weapon but was barred by operating team that prompted them to put said driver under arrest,” report of Marantao Municipal Police Station stated.

Police Major Nelson Madiwo, chief of Marantao Municipal Police Station, said Yasser has been under surveillance for almost a year now because of his involvement in illegal drugs.

“Matagal na namin minanmanan pero hindi namin makuha-kuha. Kahapon lang na-tsambahan namin ang sasakyan niya, nakita namin.

Hindi sana namin i-hold pero iba ang actuation niya nang na-checkpoint. Guilty talaga!

Muntik pa ngang tumakas.

Nagpakilala na pulis. Nung tinanong namin bakit nag u-turn, bumunot ng baril, so inaresto na namin bago sin-search. Ultimo ang lolo niya, sabi ‘bakit hindi ninyo kayang hulihin ang apo ko para tumino’?” Madiwo said in a phone interview.

Yasser is a PNP member assigned at Pantao Ragat Municipal Police Station in Pantao Ragat, Lanao del Norte and a resident of Barangay Bubong Madanding of Marantao town.

PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE raising the han ds of senatorial candidates. On his left is Sen. Koko Pimentel, and on his right is SAP Bong Go.

P300 to P2,700, was originally imposed to prevent unnecessary foreign travels and to conserve foreign exchange during the period of Martial law.

This provision no longer applies today, the Senator said.

Pimentel also cited that then President Ferdinand Marcos imposed travel tax in 1977 “in order to provide adequate funds for tourism-related programs and projects to enhance the country’s competitiveness as a major tourist destination.”

However, the Senator argued that Section 73 of RA 9593 or the Tourism Act of 2009 already provides for alternative funding sources for tourism-related programs and

projects funded by the travel tax in the event that the collection of such is halted.

Pimentel added that traveling Filipinos should not be made to carry additional burden in providing funds for projects supposedly shouldered by the government such as tourism facilities and infrastructure.

Likewise, he noted that agencies like the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) shouldn’t be getting a percentage from the travel tax collection as their functions are not related to travelling.

These agencies should be receiving funds directly from the General Appropriations Act (GAA).

He was dismissed from the service in 2017 for ‘serious neglect of duty’.

Madiwo said, Yasser went on absent without official leave (AWOL) but was reinstated after in 2018.

During the conduct of the search in the vehicle, police operatives confiscated seven sachets of believed to be ‘shabu’, disposable lighters, a strip of aluminum foil, an UZI pistol with inserted magazine with ten rounds of live ammumitions.

Police also arrested Yasser’s companion identified as Sowaib Baraocor Boransing, 29, single, jobless and a resident of Barangay Campong Inudaran, Marantao town.

Several identification cards such as the PNP ID, AFPSLAI ID, PAG-IBIG ID and a postal ID, owned by Yasser, an upper GOA “C” uniform with name plate MAMLE with pant, athletic uniform, RIG belt and ball cap were also recovered from the vehicle.

Arrested suspects are now detained at Marantao MPS detention cell for filing of appropriate cases against them.

some technical assistance.

He said among such assistance is teaching them how to mine without using mercury. (PNA)

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mining area pursuant to RA 7076,” reads the law’s Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).

“No small-scale mining shall be undertaken outside a Minahang Bayan and that no entity shall engage in small-scale mining without a small-scale mining contract,” the revised IRR states.

RA 7076’s revised IRR cites the DENR Secretary, through this person’s representative, as having direct supervision and control over programs and activities of small-scale miners within Minahang Bayan areas.

Since MGB knows where declared Minahang Bayan areas are, Natividad said it is easier for the bureau to provide small-scale miners

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left out, especially the poor, from the health insurance program.

Of the region’s 4.8 million population, around two million indigent residents are covered by the sponsored program based on the National Household Targeting System of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. (PNA)

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133,500 MT of imported have not been withdrawn from the warehouses,” said Serafica.

“Those who are spreading rumors of sugar prices increasing are trying to manipulate the market so they can increase their profits at the expense of the consumers and producers,” he added.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) earlier said the agency will be monitoring the prices of sugar following reports that the prices of sugar went as high as PHP68 per kilo compared to the usual price range of PHP50 to PHP55.

“DTI continues to monitor sugar. We have included that in our list. And we insist that price of sugar should only be at PHP50, maximum at PHP55 per kilo,” said DTI Undersecretary Ruth Castelo.

She said the agency will also be issuing notices of violation to retailers selling sugar above the allowed retail price.

“The DTI, in our efforts to help the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the SRA, we (will) issue notices of violation, actually, to retailers selling sugar at a higher price than PHP55,” she added. (PNA)

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