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Greening program MARAWI City -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DENRARMM) further intensifies its greening program to reduce the effects of climate change in the region.

Kahal Kedtag , Regional Environment and Natural Resources Secretary, said DENR-ARMM, will plant one million trees starting in Maguindanao.

“Ang ginagawa natin dito ay ang pagsulong at pagtulong sa climate change mitigation (Our objective is to help in climate change mitigation),” Kedtag said.

The reforestation is in line with the National Greening Program.

By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews

ROWNOUTS have continued to bug Cagayan de Oro City even as Aboitiz Power Corp. has resumed operations of its coal-fired plant on Monday to help stabilize power supply in Mindanao reeling from the effects of the El Nino phenomenon.

Briefly DAVAO City -- The Davao Light and Power Company mulls of imposing an hourpower interruption as the power supply in Mindanao remains to be tight.

Ross Luga, chief of the communications division of the DLPC said rotating brownout will continue to be imposed this time reducing it to one hour after one of its power sources, the coal-fired Therma-South resumed operations 12:11 am December 7.

He said the DLPC monitors the situation every hour.

“We see the continuous rotating power interruption for one hour during peak and off-peak periods,” Luga said.

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CHRISTMAS TREAT. Customers flock to a food stall selling hot puto bumbong beside City Hall in Cagayan de Oro on Dec. 7, 2015. mindanews photo by froilan gallardo

Wilfredo Rodolfo III, communications manager of Aboitiz Power said unit 1 of their Therma Marine South which generates 150 megawatts went operational at 8am Monday.

Rodolfo said their other coal plant, also generating 150 MW, is expected to be operational by February next year.

Both Aboitiz-owned coal plants in Toril, Davao del

Sur were shutdown only a few months after it went operational in August this year.

The shutdown worsened t h e p ow e r o u t l o o k i n Mindanao whose hydropower plants are grappling with the effects of the El Nino.

Marilyn Chaves, spokesperson of the Cagayan Electric Power and Light C o m p a ny ( C E PA L C O ) brownouts/PAGE 7

ARMM attracts P471-M energy investment COTABATO City — An energy company is pouring in PhP471 million in investment to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

This, according to the Regional Board of Investment (RBOI), is despite the uncertainty of the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic

Law (BBL) by the Philippine Congress.

RB OI-ARMM in its meeting last Wednesday energy/PAGE 7

Customs officials claim release of sodium cyanide in order

By CHENG ORDONEZ Executive Editor

THE Bureau of Customs at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) vehemently denied prejudicing the alleged inadvertent release of the controversial seven containers of sodium cyanide, earlier impounded and has been the subject of an alert order.

Acting district collector Atty. Ruby Claudia M. Alame da on D e cemb er cyanide/PAGE 7

UNSPOILED BEAUTY. The sugar-fine white sand in Bitaog Beach in Barangay Rizal, Basilisa town in Dinagat Province offers tired souls an idyllic refuge from the hustle and bustle of daily life. mindanews photo by roel n. catoto

Mega Harbour bags P40-B Davao reclamation project

By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO, Correspondent

The 35 tons of Sodium Cyanide worth millions of pesos ceased Bureau of Customs in Cagayan de Oro City. cheng ordoñez

DAVAO C I T Y - - T h e proposed P40-billion reclamation project in Davao City is expected to take off early next year with the original proponent, Mega

Harbour Development Corp., poised to bag the contract after no counter-bids were submitted in a Swiss challenge last month. project/PAGE 7

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PAMANA project set to release P63M in 2016 C O N F L I C T- a f f e c t e d communities in Northern Mindanao is set to receive P63.5 million in 2016 through the PAyapa at MAsaganang PAmayaNAn (PAMANA) convergence program.

Dr. Ulyssess P. Ortega, Department of Agriculture

Regional Field Office (DARFO 10) PAMANA focal person reported that as of December this year, some 157 projects were identified, 23 of which have been completed, 94 are on-going and 40 are yet to commence. pamana/PAGE 7

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Nutrition council keen on reactivation of NorMin Bantay Asin Task Force ILIGAN City -- The National Nutrition Council (NCC) region 10 is putting effort on the reactivation of the Northern Mindanao Bantay Asin Task Force (RBATF).

During the multi-sectoral forum on ‘Saktong Iodine sa Asin’ or Adequate Iodine in Salt in Iligan City on 24 November 2015, NNC reiterated that they are working on making the RBATF active again as a network of agencies to act as the watchdog and the first of line of defence that will ensure that only adequately iodized salt reaches the households.

Meanwhile, Shiella Rose Cuñada, Nutrition Officer of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 10 discussed the status of Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD)

required amount of iodine in household sat should be 16.4 PPM. The right amount of iodine in salt prevents serious health risks like goiter, low birth weight, reproductive failures like miscarriage and stillbirth, and congenital anomalies like deaf-mutism, squint, poor growth, and mental retardation. The right amount can be measured in Parts-per Million (PPM) in a salt testing.

Iodine in salt is tested through the rapid test kit or the RTK a qualitative method of testing iodine content in salt or through WYD iodine checker which is a more sophisticated device which can quantitatively measure the amount of iodine in salt.

“The lack of Iodine also

in Region 10 and the salient features of Republic Act (RA) No. 8172 or “The ASIN Law.” The core and essence of RA 8172 is the mandatory iodization of all salt for human and animal consumption, referring to salt that is locally produced, imported, and distributed to retail. The ASIN Law also requires the use of iodized salt in processed food and in food establishments.

According to the latest National Nutrition Council Reg ion 10 s alt test ing monitoring in Northern Mindanao, Alubijid, Misamis Oriental, who is also the producer of solar salt in the province and neighboring cities bare the lowest Iodine content with only -2.1 parts per million (PPM). While the

affects the intelligence by reducing the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) to an average of 13.5 points” according to Cuñada.

Not only the refined salt is the only one that has the right amount of iodine but also some other types of salts like rock salt, solar salt and other organic salts and other food sources like seaweed, golden snail, crab, mussel, etc.

The Multi-Sectoral Forum on “Saktong Iodine sa Asin” is organized by Philippine Information Agency (PIA) region 10 in partnership with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and National Nutrition Council (NNC) region 10. (Jonathan Macas/ JMOR/PIA10)

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How to Right Wrongs Think a minute…Edwin Thomas was one of t h e g re at e s t a c t or s i n the 1800’s. He became world-famous for his acting performances in Shakespeare’s plays.

E dw i n’s t wo brot h e r s , John and Junius, were also actors, but they were not as talented as Edwin.

Then one night, almost like a Shakespearean play, tragedy hit their whole family. The brother, John Wilkes Booth, shot and killed the American President, Abraham Lincoln, while Lincoln was in a theatre watching a play.

After that night Edwin Thomas Booth’s reputation was greatly hu r t . I n f a c t , s h o r t l y after his brother killed President Lincoln, Edwin actually quit acting and ended his very successful career. Many years later E dw i n t r i e d to re tu r n to acting for a time, but he was never the same b e c au s e h e w a s f i l l e d with terrible shame and guilt f rom his brother murdering the President.

One night, Edwin was getting on a train when it suddenly moved and jolted forward. A young

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man next to him slipped and fell down onto the track by the moving t r a i n . Ve r y q u i c k l y, E dw i n r iske d h is ow n life to reach down and pu l l t h e m an b a ck up to s afet y. A fe w d ays later Edwin received a letter of thanks from the man whose life he had saved. The man had recognized Edwin as the famous actor and wanted to thank him again in a letter. Amazingly, that young man w hos e life E d w i n h a d s av e d w a s Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of the man Edwin’s brother had killed. S o while one brother had killed the President, the other brother had saved the President’s son.

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What have we learned being at war?

What have we learned in Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq? International military interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya have led to some of the worst possible outcomes. While analyzing every day’s news, we might ask: Will the United States and Europe repeat their past mistakes in their war on the “Islamic State”?

Let’s remember scenes from September 11, 2001, vaguely resemble those of November 13, 2015: Terrorists carr y out an u nt h i n k a b l e at t a c k i n a countr y that had not expected one. Anger ensues after the shock and horror, and subsequently a war on terror is declared.

Just over 14 years after the attacks on the twin towers in New York City, after largescale wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and after the rise of the so-called “ Islamic State “ (IS), peace and an end to terrorism have hardly come about.

“Political decision-makers are evidently not willing to learn from mistakes made in the past,” said Michael Lüders, a German political scientist and Islam scholar.

He is referring to military intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq.

International missions in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa have not fostered stability, but instead sped up the deterioration of the nations affected.

We all noticed more and

more exploitable power vacuums. In the early stages of the relevant conflicts, intervention often appeared s u c c e s s f u l . “It u s u a l ly achieved the set military goals very quickly: the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the fall of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Moammar Gadhafi i n L iby a ,” s ai d Jo che n Hippler, of the Institute for Development and Peace at Germany’s University of Duisburg-Essen.

“Iraq is an example of a how a brutal dictatorship became a global breeding g round for ter ror ism,” Hippler said. The power vac uum t hat had b e en left in Iraq and now the destabilization of Syria have led to the formation of IS, and now IS is also finding a home in Libya.

I strongly agree with German author Christoph Ricking in saying that after the attacks in Paris last month, many indicators show that the international community in general and Europe and the United States in particular are repeating mistakes made in recent years.France has stepped up its airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. President Francois Hollande wants to defeat IS on a military level and is campaigning from Moscow to Washington for a strong coalition against the organization. An overwhelming majority in the House of Commons approved Britain’s participation in the

airstrikes in Syria . Germany also wants to contribute to the anti-IS forces. At the beginning of the week, Germany’s cabinet decided to send Tornado reconnaissance jets to Syria.

Is the west falling into a trap? The political scientist Lüders warned against the deployment of ground troops in Syria: “It will not achieve any objectives because IS is following a clear strategy of compelling Western states to take part in ground operations in which they cannot succeed.” Lüders said a regular army had never managed to defeat guerrilla troops. “Even though the IS is pursuing an obvious strategy, the West will be falling into a trap,” Lüders said. He said the best thing that could happen is that international forces prevent IS from expanding its sphere of influence - “and airstrikes have achieved a substantial part of this goal.”

Military operations would quickly reach their limits in the battle against IS. It is particularly important that large groups of the population in Syria and Ir a q b e c ome i nvolve d, said Wolfgang Richter, of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. And, he said, there would need to be a Sunni-led alternative to groups such as IS, rather than governments heavily i n f l u e n c e d by f o r e i g n interests.

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War and peace. Peace and war. Foreign ministers led by US Secretary of State John Kerry try to forge a Syria peace deal. It looks like plans for a political solution are in the making.

In mid-November in Vienna, 17 states agreed to negotiate a truce between the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and moderate rebel groups. By the middle of next year, a transitional government comprising the old regime and opposition forces will be installed under the auspices of the United Nations. Elections are to follow 18 months later, and the millions of Syrians who have fled abroad would be allowed to vote. That would be a step in the right direction in the battle against IS. +++ Email: dor ingklaus@ gmail.com or follow me in Facebook or Twitter or visit www.germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com or www. klausdoringclassicalmusic. blogspot.com.

Morales demeans her office in Abaya case LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… maintain justice in the courts…” (Amos 5:l5, the Holy Bible).

-ooo MORALES DEMEANS HER OFFICE IN ABAYA CASE: Sen. Grace Poe has a point, whether or not she will continue being a presidential candidate i n t h e 2 0 1 6 e l e c t i on s : Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales showed favoritism once again in her de cision excluding Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya from the graft charges stemming f rom t h e m i l l i on - p e s o maintenance contract for the MRT, which she found to be reeking with graft.

Clearly, the decision o f Mo r a l e s i s a n o t h e r manifestation of her (and the Aquino government’s) double standard of justice, especially since she chose to sue only the former MRT General Manager, Al Vitangcol, in connection with that contract. This is a clear giving of unwarranted favor and benefits to people who enjoy close relationships with President Aquino.

As Poe observed, it was Abaya who consented to the maintenance contract, and it was his signature that sealed the effectivity of that

agreement. Why then, all of a sudden, did Morales remove the secretary from those whom she sued for graft and corruption over the issue? Clearly, Morales not only abused her office.

She also demeaned her position in her desire to favor a fellow official.

-ooo C OR RU P T ION IN OMBUDSMAN’S DECISION: The truth is that, what Morales did in giving favor to Abaya also constituted graft and corruption. This is what Section 3 (e) of Republic Act 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, provides, when a government official, like Morales, gives undue a d v a nt a g e i n f av o r o f another government official in the discharge of his or her functions.

I am con f id e nt t hat af ter President Aquino steps down from power in 2016, there is no more official who will cover up or protect Morales, who faces the prospect of being sued herself for graft and corruption, including p o s s i b l e i mp e a c h m e nt from her post courtesy of Congress (just like what the allies of Aquino did when he became president).

As far as I see it, it would

be to the best interest of ever ybody if Morales is sued over her actions as Ombudsman, not only so she will have the chance of proving that she acted above board all the time, but, likewise, so her detractors can prove their accusations against her, if there be any.

-ooo NO DOUBLE JEOPARDY YET IN THE CASE OF ABAYA: On the other hand, is t here any remaining re m e d y for t h o s e w h o wanted Abaya included in the graft charges pertaining to the MRT maintenance contract, now that Morales already cleared him? The answer is, yes, he can still be sued all over again in the future, especially after Aquino leaves Malacanang, and after Ombudsman is gone from her post.

First, the decisison of Morales favoring Abaya can still be set aside by the incoming Ombudsman.

The truth is that, Morales’ decision cannot b e c ons i d e re d t o h ave completely cleared Abaya, because that is a decision of a mere prosecutor or fiscal only, not of the courts. As it were, there is as yet no double jeopardy in his favor.

Second, it is also clear that the right of the government to run after

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Atty. Batas Mauricio those who committed corruption while they were in office is not easily removed. The government has a long period of time to review a case involving corruption, exactly in the manner that the AquinoGalman double murder case was reviewed when the first Aquino presidency took over.

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‘RICEponsible’ Forum caps in MisOcc The Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) continues its advocacy to help achieve rice self-sufficiency, to improve the income of rice farmers and to promote better health among rice consumers, in the last leg of its conduct of a ‘RICEponsible Forum’, in the province of Misamis Occidental. About 150 rice farmers from the different towns and cities of the province attended the event, where they were urged to also play their roles in the bid of attaining rice self-sufficiency throughout the country. In particular, they were encouraged to promote responsible rice consumption by eating brown rice, alternative food staples and rice mixes, adopting to recommended farming technologies and reducing rice wastage. Additionally, the farmerparticipants through their local officials were persuaded to create resolutions to serve healthier rice options (Brown Rice and Rice Mix) and to create ordinances requiring food establishments the serving of half cup of rice and making it the default serving for plated meals. Amid the challenges of climate change, the department has also presented the positive and negative impact brought about El Niño, particularly highlighting mitigation and adaptation plans which will help them surmount any challenges brought about the said phenomenon.

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ULFILLING its c om m itm ent to t h e a g r i c u l tu r e s e c t o r, S e c r e t a r y Pro c es o J. Al c a l a of the Department of Agriculture (DA) once again turned over various agri support to Caraga Region amounting P216 Million as he graced the farmers forum and techno clinic attended by more than a thousand p ar ti cip ants hel d in one of the University Gyms in Butuan City on Monday, November 23.

These include the P208 Million worth of Farm to Market Road Subprojects under t he Phi lippine Rural Development Project (PRDP). The five FMRs with Notice to Proceed from the project is aimed at providing infrastructure support to the development of a g r i e nt e r pr i s e s u c h as Abaca for Santiago and Kitcharao in Agusan del Norte and Rubber Production and Marketing in Agusan del Sur.

“The DA is committed to provide resilient and quality roads for our farmers by providing concreted FMR that can withstand any weather conditions ensuring the flow of goods from farm to the market,” Secretary Alcala said.

Alcala added that FMR concreting only started during the Aquino administ rat ion w ho’s clear instruction is to take care of the needs of the farmers. With that, Alcala pushed for

the implementation of the said guideline to e nsu re sust ai nabi l it y of such project helping t he far mers gain t he optimum benefit of DA’s infra interventions.

Aside from the support from DA-PRDP, Alcala also turned over farm equipments amounting to P7.8 Million such as Rice Reaper, Corn Picker, and Hand Tractor to various far mers’ ass o ciat ions and cooperatives. Said equipment are in support to the mechanization

BOC files P33-M smuggling raps vs. 2 sugar importers THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) a P33-million smuggling case against two importers of sugar.

In a press conference, BOC Commissioner Alberto Lina said they charged Trisho General Merchandize (TGM), lo cated in San Ildefonso, Bulacan, and R ainb ow Holdings Inc. (RHI), located in Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa City, for allegedly smuggling

P33 million worth of sugar misdeclared as bitumen, an oil substance used for road surfacing and roofing.

Charged were Eunkyoung Son, RHI president and chief executive of f icer ; Soon Seung Joon, senior adviser; Diosdado Serbio, Jr., executive vice president; Rolando Ambrosio, corporate financial officer; Kathleen May Uy, corporate secretary; and several John and Jane Does.

Likewise charged were

TGM owner/proprietor Patricia Manahan Ong and Cleth Jay A. Bacay, licensed customs broker and several John and Jane Does.

B oth importers were charged with violation of Section 3601 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines (TCCP); Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) Rule and Regulations and Joint Memorandum Order No. 4002; and Article 172 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).

Twenty-one 40-footer cont ainer vans ar r ive d in Manila International Container Port (MICP) on July 29 to Aug. 21, 2015 declared as bitumen but found to contain “refined sugar” under the consignee RHI. Likewise, one 40-footer cont ainer van declared as bitumen but found to contain “refined sugar” arrived in MICP on May 25, 2015 under the consignee TGM.

Thank You Teacher!

MARITES R. BILLONA, T-I

As we all know our Teachers play a great and most important role in the lives of the pupils/students. They help improve the knowledge, skills, confidence as well as mold the minds of the young ones to be successful.

Being a Teacher is a noble profession where i n he r /his d ay to d ay activity is to face different individuals and challenges of pupils/students attitude and character towards life.

According to some a good Teacher is someone who make their pupils /students excel academically and do well on their test; in like manner also inf luence and shape the totality of

his well-being through succeeding generations.

And because of these there are pupils/students who wanted to express their gratitude to their Teachers and consider them as their hero because of the love, kindness, care, concern, and who have done great things to them in terms of difficulties and problems encountered in their studies.

Fortunately, the DepED order mandated by t h e d iv i s i on of f i c e to celebrate World Teachers Day. Last October 5, 2015, Our school Sacred Heart Village Elementary School celebrated the said activity.

program of the department.

In addition, DA Caraga regional director Edna Mabeza also prepared agricultural goodies for farmers to take home after the one-day event where six carabaos with i mp l e m e nt s , b a g s of

registered rice seeds and open-pollinated variety (OPV) corn seeds are raffled off while every farmer received assorted vegetable seeds for their household gulayan project. (Emmylou Presilda, DA-13/PIACaraga)

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12th Judicial Region OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF Tubod, Lanao de Norte NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF No. 200-07-2015 Upon the Extra Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135/1508, as amended, filed by the 1st Valley Bank Inc., Baroy, Lanao del Norte against CAROLINA BIRONDO CABALLERO, Sto. Niño Village, Baroy, Lanao del Norte to satisfy the indebtedness which as of December 27, 2014 amounting to TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (Php 250,000.00) excluding penalties, changes, attorney’s fee and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on 7th day of January 2016,at 10:00 AM or soon thereafter at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 07 Provincial Capitol of Lanao del Norte, Pigcarangan, Tubod,Lanao del Norte, to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit: TCT No. T-23,886 A parcel of Land Lot 1983-B-6-H Psd 10-049871 being a portion of Lot 1983-B-6, Psd-10-040703 situated in Barangay Sto. Niño, Mun. of Baroy. Province of Lanao del Norte, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the NE., along line 1-2

by Lot 1983-B-6G, of the subdivision plan Psd-10-049871; SE., along line 2-3 by Lot 1983-B-5 Psd-10-040703; SW., along line 3-4 by Lot 1983-B-6-I; NW., along line 4-1 by Lot 1983-B-6-J (ALLEY), also both of the subdivision plan Psd-10-049871 (over). Beginning from a point marked “1” on plan being N. 45 deg. 08’W., 623.55 m. from BLLM No. 109 Pls-13, Lala Public Land Subdivision.

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S.36 deg. 10’E., 24.04 m.

S.45 deg.07’W., 16.00 m.

N.38 deg. 45’W., 25.62 m.

N. 50 deg. 54’W., 17.00 m.

Containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT (408) SQUARE METERS, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground points all are Ps Cyl. Conc. Together with all improvements found thereon.

“All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, this 12th day of November, 2015

It was being coordinated by the SPG adviser (Mrs. Marites R. Billona) together w it h t h e of f i c e r s an d members. Program were held, there were giving of f lowers, cards, and gifts as way of thanking

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Ex-Officio Sheriff (SGD.) CONRADO V. HINGCO, JR.

Sheriff IV

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confirmed they have started receiving additional supply from Aboitiz, first at 3 MW and then 10 MW by 7pm Monday.

But Chaves said the extra allocation from Aboitiz was not enough for the city which is running on a deficit of 52 MW daily causing four-hour daily brownouts.

“The most it can do is shorten our daily brownouts to two and a half hours,” she said.

She said the Christmas tree made by CEPALCO in Divisoria in Cagayan de Oro—a source of pride for the residents—remained u n l i g ht e d o n Mo n d a y night despite the additional electricity from Aboitiz.

R ome o Monteneg ro, director of Mindanao Development Authority’s Investment Promotions and Public Information said major Mindanao cities like Cagayan de Oro and Davao would suffer the most because Christmas is when demand for electricity is highest.

“S m a l l e r c i t i e s a n d towns can easily offset their electricity demand for Christmas by tapping to their modular generating sets,” he said.

Montenegro said the dry spell brought by El Nino has lowered the water elevation

of Lake Lanao to 700.88 meters and Pulangi River in Bukidnon to 282.5 meters on Monday.

He said the Pulangi hydropower plant was only producing 60 MW instead of 255 MW that it produces in normal times.

On the other hand, he said, the Agus hydropower plants, a complex of six plants, was only producing 269 MW instead of its capacity of 700 MW. (Froilan Gallardo/ MindaNews)

Energy... from page 1

in Cotabato City has provisionally approved the registration of the investment of Southsea Industrial Energy Corporation amounting to US $10.

S outhsea Industrial Energy Corp. will put up a mini-oil refinery and storage depots Tubig-Indangan, Simunul, Tawi-Tawi.

Since Southsea, a 100% Filipino-owned company, will put up the first of its kind mini oil-refinery in the country using a new and innovative technology from South Korea, with the assistance of a South Korean technical partner, the board provisionally approved the project pending the release of the endorsement of the project by the Department of Energy by the end of the

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City Branch 22 OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF SHERRIF’S NOTICE OF SALE EJF File No. 2015-285 Upon Extra-Judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended filed by BALIKATAN PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC., mortgagee, with postal address at 22/F RCBC Savings Bank Corporate Center, 26th & 25th Streets, Bonifacio South,Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City against SPS. CESAR L. HAO & MANOLITA T. HAO, mortgagor/s, of legal age/s, Filipino/s with postal address at Block 4, Lot 3, Virginia Homes I, Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgaged indebtedness which as of March 31, 2014 amounts to TWO HUNDRED SIXTY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY PESOS AND 57/100 (P262,620.57) Philippine Currency excluding interest, penalty charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned sheriff will sell at public auction on January 11,2016 at 10:00 a.m. or soon thereafter at the RTC Branch 22 Office, City Tourism Hall, City Hall, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the herein described property and all existing and future improvements thereon to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO T-93783 A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 3, Block 4, Psd-104305018798, being a portion of lot 3656, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre), situated in the Barrio of Iponan, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of EIGHTY SIX (86) SQUARE METERS more or less.

Prospective buyer/bidders may investigate for themselves the title of the herein described property and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be on the next working day without further notice.

Cagayan de Oro City, November 16, 2015

FOR THE PROVINCIAL EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF:

(SGD.) JOEL LYDVEL G. PAKINO

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month.

It is expected to start commercial operations in the last quarter of 2017 and will provide 100 jobs.

Earlier, there were fears raised by investors in the ARMM, particularly through the Promotion of Investment Sustainability Organization (PISO) in the ARMM that the draft BBL, which has been substituted in both houses of Congress with the draft Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BLBAR), had been watered-down making the region less autonomous than under the ARMM Organic Act. PISO lead convener Edgar Bullecer, who belongs to the growing banana export industry in the ARMM, said that if the draft BLBAR, which provides less powers than the ARMM Organic Act, is passed, it will surely discourage and unsettle investors and affect the ease of doing business in the region as the investment rules will be changed by the BLBAR so that the power to issue permits and approvals for projects, which the ARMM already enjoys, will revert back to the central government.

Per PISO’s independent evaluation of the draft BLBAR, particularly the House of Representative version, it will also take away “vested rights” already being enjoyed by investors in the ARMM, such as the fiscal and non-fiscal incentives issued by the RBOI. For his part, ARMM Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman said that with the registration of Southsea, the private sector investment in the ARMM has reached a total investment of P6.5 billion this year. This figure is the highest ever recorded in the 26-year history of the ARMM. In 2 0 1 5 , R B O I h a s recorded an increase of 70% in the total value of investments as compared to last year’s P3.867 billion.

Likewise, a total of 4,894 jobs, which is 43% higher as compared to last year’s 3,433 jobs, were created this year.

“This means that even with the delay in the passage of a BBL faithful to the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), t he p e ace pro cess w i l l continue to bring stability to the region since both the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front are committed to the full implementation of the CAB”, Hataman added. (RBOIARMM/DEDoguiles-PIA12)

Cyanide... from page 1

3 issued a memorandum a d d re s s e d t o t h e p or t collector, deputy collector, chief assessment division, appraiser-on-case, examineron-case and chief of cargo control, all based at MCT subport in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, “to submit an explanation on the release

of the shipment of seven containers sodium cyanide subject of Alert Order No. 10/262015-09.”

It can be recalled that on October 26, 2015, Intelligence Officer II Alvin Enciso, acting chief of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Services (CIIS), has requested the issuance of an alert order for the seven containers of sodium cyanide af ter re ceiv ing rep or ts that the shipment, which arrived at the MCT from Japan on October 23, 2015, was devalued and with no pertinent documents from the Environment Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

Atty. Alameda then issued the alert order holding the shipment consigned under the name “Acestar International Service Corporation”, with Bill of Lading (BL) No. APLU014021866, which arrived from Japan via Sima Sapphite V024.

However, last week, Enciso has discovered that despite the Alert Order, the seven containers had been released from MCT. In their affidavit, the respondent officials said s aid t he shipment was released because the alert order intended against the shipment was not reflected in the E2M System and, therefore, passed the scrutiny of the MCT officials who were the signatories of the release order.

Also, “the alert order was intended for Acestar International Ser vice Corporation as consignee with the corresponding House Bill of Lading. However, Acest ar Inter national Service Corporation is a mere forwarder with mother BL. When the shipment was released, it was in the name of the consignee, Greenstone Resources Corporation, and bearing a different BL number.”

The officials also explained that the alert order was “premature”, in the sense that it was directed to an international forwarded, Acestar International Service Corporation with mother BL. As regard the question on why the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Caraga issued the environmental clearance instead of the Northern Mindanao office, the officials said it was proper, because Greenstone Resources Corporation is operating in Surigao, and the EMB that should release the certification must be from there, because they have to check whether Greenstone has the capability to store the chemicals safely and properly.

The BOC-MCT officials’ explanation regarding the EMB permit runs counter to the stand of Enciso and the CIIS though.

Enciso claimed the EMB permit must come from the port of entry, which is EMB10.

The officials also vouched for the credibility

of Greenstone based on the record it has in terms of importing sodium cyanide via the MCT. Enciso also said the shipment was released despite the fact that the container numbers, which were alerted upon, remained the same.

The questioned officials, however, said alert orders do not usually reflect the container numbers, but rather the consignee and the BL. A notice posted by the chief of the Assessment Division at MCT regarding alert orders says the same.

The officials also explained that there was nothing erroneous in the value being declared for the shipment in reaction to Enciso’s statement that it was devalued three times. The shipment’s worth has been placed at P1.2 million.

The officials clarified that there was nothing wrong in the alert order and that Enciso was acting in good faith to protect the interest of the government and the general public.

Project... from page 1

“No ot h e r c omp any expressed interest in the project, although there was one which sought that the period to challenge the project be extended,” Ivan C. Cortez, acting head of the Davao City Investment Promotion Center (DCIPC), t o l d B u s i n e s s We e k Mindanao.

The request for extension, however, was not granted as the unnamed company submitted it to the PublicPrivate Partnership (PPP) Center under the national government instead of the city government, which is the lead implementer and will serve as the project partner.

Mega Harbour, owned by the group of businessman Reghis M. Romero II, had submitted an unsolicited proposal to the city government to develop a 200-hectare mixed-use project via reclamation.

This triggered the Swiss challenge, which was held last month. Under the Swiss challenge mechanism, Mega Harbour as the original proponent of the project i s a l l owe d t o m at ch a challenger’s bid.

Mr. Cortez said the city council is now reviewing the resolution that would grant Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte the authority to sign a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Mega Harbour to get the project underway.

“Because this is a local project, the mayor cannot sign without the authority of the city council,” he explained.

The project, covering 200 hectares from the existing Sta. Ana Wharf to the Bucana area where the Davao River flows out to the Davao Gulf, would be a joint venture between the company and the city government. The contract would be under a

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“perpetual” term unless the MoA is revoked.

Under the plan, Mega Harbour will begin with the reclamation of four islands, with the first to be developed as a modern port that “will service all kinds of vessels” with a berthing length of about 2.5 kilometers, which will make it the longest in the Davao Region.

The second and third islands will be for mixeduse development, including commercial components.

The city government will get about five hectares for public offices in either of these two islands.

“The city government is given the privilege to choose where to locate,” Mr. Cortez said.

The first three islands will be interconnected and will have a common access to the mainland.

The fourth island will fe atu re t h e re s i d e nt i a l component, including the relo cation housing site for affected settlers in the project area. It will not be connected to the other three islands and will have its own access to the mainland.

Mr. C or te z s aid t he reclamation project would practically render the planned P18.99-billion Sasa port modernization project “useless.”

“It might become (a white elephant) if it would not be more efficient than the other ports as well as the port that would be built in the reclamation project,” Mr. Cortez said.

The DCIPC official noted that the Sasa Port project has yet to secure an endorsement from the city council, which is a required under the law.

The Sasa modernization project, to be rolled out by t h e D e p a r t m e nt of Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d Communications (DoTC) under the public-private partnership (PPP) program, has met opposition from the local business community and local governments units.

PAMANA... from page 2

Ortega said these consist mostly of livelihood projects, construction of farm-tomarket roads, mini-rice mills and small-scale irrigation projects mostly in placed in Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon.

He however clarified that the agency has no hand in the process of identifying what projects to take, and it is the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), together with the government security sector, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Army (PA) who identifies what development interventions to take to improve the quality of life in the communities identified.

He stressed that strengthening the economic activity of these communities, impacts on the government’s peace building efforts. (JCV/ PIA)

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Centrio introduces Christmas platters

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OR this year’s yuletide season, TGI Fridays brings you a new set of platters which suits your budget, shareable to your family and friends, and a taste like heaven that you shouldn’t missed.

TGI Fridays Centrio branch launched its new sets of platter and considered to be their holiday treat for their valid customers.

Promo started last December 8,2015 until February 2016.

Vin Fuentes, TGI Fridays Centrio restaurant manager, shared their thoughts about their newest menu.

Basically, it has two platter menus - Smokehouse Platter and Jack Daniel’s Platter.

Their platters can serve at least three to four persons.

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UNAHCO ventures into crops with organic-based liquid fertilizers

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n line with its thrust to become the country’s leading agribusiness conglomerate, Univet Nutrition and Animal Healthcare Company or UNAHCO has successfully introduced a new line of organicbased liquid fertilizers to rice, corn and vegetable farmers in Cagayan Valley and Nueva Ecija, signalling its entry to the very competitive crops sector.

A subsidiary of pharmaceutical leader Unilab, UNAHCO has formed UNAHCO Agronomy or UNAGRO to handle its agricultural product lines, according to President and COO Ricardo C. Alba.

“UNAGRO shall be our vehicle not only to distribute and market our new organic-based fertilizer products but to also promote organic farming as part of our commitment to sustainable food production and overall food security for the

country,” Mr. Alba said.

Overseeing the new Business Unit Cluster is Rebecco “Jun” Remorque, a senior manager of the Business Development Group.

Mr. Remorque said UNAGRO is now looking to expand to the rest of Luzon after their successful foray in Cagayan Valley and Nueva Ecij a, both major rice and corn producing areas, where many farmers have switched to the company’s organicbased liquid fertilizers.

“We have successfully demonstrated initially in Cagayan Valley and Nueva Ecija that, with the use of our fertilizers, farm yields have significantly increased while reducing the use of inorganic farm inputs that are detrimental to the environment,” Mr. Remorque said.

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OPAPP builds P50M farm-to-market roads in R10

By Mark D. Francisco

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A program of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) called Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) has resulted to the construction of farm-to-market roads in Northern Mindanao totaling P56 million in 2015.

These projects are concentrated in five municipalities in Lanao del Norte – Bacolod, Kauswagan, Munai, Sultan Naga Dimaporo and Tangcal.

In a press conference last Monday, Department of Agriculture (DA) 10 director Lealyn A. Ramos explained that they are merely an implementing agenc y and that it was OPAPP which scouted which municipalities and barangays are supposed to receive the projects.

It was learned that PAMANA

is a nationwide converged peacebuilding project and constructing farm to market roads is just one of them.

In 2016, DA 10 is expected to implement a total of P63 million worth of farm to market roads.

This time, several barangays in Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental are recipients of the projects.

PA M A N A e x t e n d s development interventions to isolated hard to reach and conflict affected communities, ensuring that they are not left behind. A complementary track to peace negotiations, the program is anchored on the Aquino administration’s strategy of winning the peace by forging strategic partnerships with national agencies in promoting convergent deliver of goods and services and addressing regional development challenges in conflict-affected and vulnerable areas.

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CDO public school teachers hold yearend assessment Story by MARK FRANCISCO

PUBLIC school teachers from both the elementary and secondary levels attended the 2015 Year-end Assessment & Performance Management held last Monday at Limketkai Atrium.

Former Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr., who graced the event as guest of honor and speaker, praised Mayor

Oscar Moreno for building more than 400 public school classrooms in the city during his first term that started in 2013.

The fund used to construct the classrooms came entirely from the Local School Board.

In turn, Moreno thanked the more than 3,000 teachers who filled the capacity of Limketkai

Atrium because of the high performance level that the public school students have achieved in the latest National Achievement Test (NAT). Besides, public school students from the city have also excelled in extra-curricular academic competitions both here and abroad for the past year or so.

Cagayan de Oro City Schools Division superintendent Elena Borcillo (left) is joined on stage by guest of honor and speaker former Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (center) and assistant superintendent Reynaldo Manuel (right). CIO

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