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Unity crucial to addressing environment woes, says DENR

By MIKE BAÑOS Editor at large

IT is paramount that Filipinos unite their efforts if expect to successfully surmount the challenges posed by a degrading environment over the long term.

This was the gist of the keynote address of Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu read on his behalf

by Undersecretary for Policy Planning and International Affairs Juan Miguel Cuna during the opening program of the 3rd Philippine Environment Summit which got underway at the Grand Caprice Restaurant

and Convention Center in Cagayan de Oro City.

“Our environment is what we make it. Unfortunately, we have not yet achieved that level of united consciousness needed to save our environment from the problems that humanity has caused.”

Cuna noted that the call for unity had been previously expressed in the first two summits held in Metro Manila on 2016 and again in Cebu City on 2018.

“Our envisioned unity is taking quite long to achieve, that is why we are intensifying this call,” Cuna stressed.

See UNITY, page 15

Environment Advocate Joey Ayala leads participants to the 3rd Phil Environment Summit in a lively rendition of KAUGNAYAN during the opening program.(RMB Photo)

Press freedom ‘very much alive’ in PH: Andanar

By RUTH ABBEY GITA-CARLOS

MANILA — Media outlets in the Philippines currently enjoy press freedom under the watch of President Rodrigo Duterte, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said Tuesday.

During a media engagement at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland, Andanar stressed that press freedom is “very much alive” since Duterte became President in 2016.

Andanar noted that the DENR Usec Juan Miguel Cuna reads the keynote speech in behalf of Sec.Roy A. Cimatu Duterte government has durng the opening program of the 3rd Phil Enivronment Summit. (RMB Photo)

See FREEDOM, page 15

PRESS FREEDOM ALIVE. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Tuesday (Feb. 25, 2020) reassures that press freedom in the Philippines is “very much alive”. During his roundtable discussion with media in the United Nations, Andanar guarantees that there is no attempt to control the media under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo courtesy of PCOO)

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Intimacy with God first

INTIMACY is the ideal condition in all our relationships. But we have to be intimate with God first before we can be intimate with everybody and everything else in the proper way.

This need for intimacy is, of course, a necessary consequence of being a person and not just a thing.

We are meant to enter into relationships because that is how we are designed. We are, in fact, meant to live in communion with God and with everybody.

It’s when we get intimate that we achieve the best condition in our relationships.

As I wrote in a previous article some time ago, the simple reason is that we need it. It is in our intimacy where we can really see ourselves and others as we truly are, in our rawest and unvarnished selves.

Intimacy is where the most fundamental expressions of our humanity are made, where we become aware of our personhood, and where our identity is established and defined.

It’s where we know and uphold our uniqueness and

distinctiveness. At the same time, it’s where our need to relate ourselves to God and to others is felt primarily and properly. It’s so important and indispensable that without it, we certainly would compromise or at least damage and harm our personhood and humanity, and our relationships.

We have to understand that we have to exert conscious effort to develop our proper sense of intimacy.

We should not allow it to develop simply by chance or by some random initiatives.

We have to be very serious about it, always coming up with concrete plans and strategies to put it in place and to keep it going.

And the reason for this is that especially today, with so many things grabbing our attention, we always have the tendency to treat God and others in a very casual way, if at all. And so our relationships will most likely remain in the superficial level and are mainly driven by self-serving motivations and not by love, which is the proper spirit that should animate our

relationships.

We have to do everything to grow in our intimacy with God everyday. This should be a constant concern of ours. This is the most ideal condition that we can and should be in, and we just have to figure out how it can be achieved.

To be sure, this is no pipe dream. This is not only possible and feasible. It is first of all God’s will and he has given us everything so that we can truly get intimate with him, and be privy to his will and ways.

Let’s remember that the world gives us a lot of options to do what we want to do. And though we are given an autonomy to do what we want, and all of them can be moral, valid and legitimate, we should try our best to choose the one that we are convinced is what God wants us to do in a given moment.

This is to make sure that what we are doing is always in synch with God’s will and ways. Our life is always a life with God. It is supposed to be the time of our corresponding to God’s

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continuing work of creating and redeeming us until we become to be what he likes us to be — his image and likeness, his children in Christ.

That is why we always need a period of serious, more direct and personal conversations with him in our mental prayers or meditations and other spiritual exercises so that that ideal intimate relation with him can be established, nourished and maintained amid the drama of life.

With that very intimate relationship with him, we would know how to react and behave in every situation of our life, as well as how to shape and direct our life properly. *** Fr. Roy Cimagala is the Chaplain of the Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise, Talamban, Cebu City

FROM WHERE I SIT

What EDSA means to me

I WAS at EDSA 34 years ago when we successfully overthrew a dictator without a drop of bloodshed. Thirtyfour years have since passed and some things I believe about EDSA remain.

And some things I no longer buy and even if you held a gun to my head, I would say, “Please pull the trigger.” – because there is no way I would say I still believe the same things I believed a lifetime ago about EDSA. And you know what they say about fools: they’re the ones who don’t change their minds no matter if the evidence screams bloody murder and stare at them like a specter impatient at their stupidity.

I no longer believe Cory Aquino is the saint I thought she was, for one thing. And for another, her son is, for me, the worst president this country has ever had.

Far worse than the powerhungry dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, who held on to power for 21 years but who, arguably, got some important things done. I’ll give that to my Marcos loyalist friends.

And still, I believe Ferdinand Marcos and his family committed crimes against the Filipino people for which they must be made to account for. That, to me, has remained immovable.

What has changed is how I no longer carry the burden of hate I had for them that crusted my heart

and hurt me far more than it hurt any of the Marcoses (if at all). Life taught me.

If, after 34 years, I continue to remain proficient in the language of hate brought on by radicalism and extremism I was taught

by CPP NPA NDF fronts in UP where I studied, like LFS, ANAKBAYAN, CEGP, then how different am I from those who are in deep slumber about these terrorists?

And what kind of offers can I give my deeply wounded country if my own heart remains wounded with hate? I would wound her even further. This much I know.

I no longer believe the Aquinos are virtuous symbols of democracy. Time has unmasked them for who they truly are: products with slick packaging manufactured by oligarchy-own media for whom they gave obscene preferential treatment to at the expense of the Filipino people. And for which they must be held accountable.

And Noynoy Aquino?

I’d be hard-pressed to find a lesser qualified human being for the presidency than this elitist with half a brain and no heart-- no one a more egregious choice than this tragic excuse for a human being.

Who, by the way, I voted for. Like I voted for the worst vice-president this country has ever had. The most treasonous traitor to

her own country—Leni Robredo. That was how blind I was then. And yet I went to EDSA this morning to celebrate the 34th People Power Anniversary.

What is there to celebrate about EDSA? The job of rebuilding a country, restoring its democracy and making lives better for Filipinos---more so those who have been left behind—is too huge for one revolution. Especially a revolution that, as its name clearly states, happened in just one spot of the country.

One thoroughfare to be more precise — however major that thoroughfare is.

And we would have been spared the terrible feelings of betrayal and disappointment we felt when corruption and poverty not only continued but flourished post-EDSA if we had known this simple fact: that part of the job is knowing that the job never gets done.

And that we each had to do our share. That we — all of us, not just our leaders -- need to keep waking up, rolling our sleeves up and working.

Work for peace. Work for social justice. Work for our country to move forward.

The one big fatal mistake of EDSA was when we thought our struggles were over because the dictator had been booted out—only to have him replaced by far worse presidents. Corrupt, indifferent, incompetent.

Another fatal mistake

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would be if we take a president such as this — President Rodrigo Duterte -- for granted and not do our share in taking our country as far as this President can take her because this singular President will take our country as far as he can humanly take her.

I see how this President works himself to the bone.

I see, how, late at night, everything about him that can get wrinkled is wrinkled: his pants, his barong, his socks. I didn’t even know hair could get wrinkled until I worked for this President.

Tunay na pag-aalay ng sarili para sa Bayan. Yan ang ginagawa ng ating Pangulo.

I see the grim look on his face. And I know what that look means. It means he knows time is fast running out. In a blink of an eye, 2022 will be upon us and he will step down.

Already, he has stopped being so jolly and his usual solicitous self with me.

Where before he would ask if I had eaten, where I am billeted, is it comfortable, he no longer has time for all those niceties. We are no longer there, my President and I. If before he was there to defend me, now I am left to my own devices.

See EDSA, page 15

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Seven Seas Waterpark & Resort:

Mindanao’s Showcase of Sustainable Tourism

By MIKE BAÑOS, Editor at large

THE Seven Seas Waterpark and Resort in would be more than happy to conduct history Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental is slowly but buffs and students through the pages of the surely carving a niche in the world tourism map back story behind the park’s theme. for its nearby cities and Northern Mindanao, Or environmental planners, government but there’s more to it than its famous slides executives and students have a first-hand look and crystal blue water pools. at just how sustainable tourism is actualized For one, history teachers and professors in the design, engineering and operation of can bring their classes on field trips to view the waterpark. the replicas of the Dutch privateers which Sustainable Tourism are the centerpieces of the pirate themed Sustainable tourism is defined as an water park, as first-hand references of the industry committed to making a minimal Eighty Years War between Spain and the impact on the environment and local culture, Netherlands in the 1600s. Local historians while helping to generate future employment clarity of the pool water that guests for local people.

Sustainable tourism ensures will experience. that development is a positive “You will notice our crystal experience for local people; tour- clear blue water in our pools. ism companies; and the tourists We spent money to make our pool water not only safe, but its themselves.

The environment is obviously clarity is at par with what you see important to tourism – without in water parks abroad, in fact we it, tourism would not exist. Both are the first resort in the country the natural environment (such as which uses industrial grade UV beaches, forests, and waterways) (Ultraviolet) technology to kill and the built environment (such bacteria and pathogens in our as historic buildings and ruins) pool water,” he noted.

Carbon footprint must be managed conservatively for an area to be environmentally “Five Million Liters Daily (MLD) of water is processed sustainable.

The 12 aims of sustainability and recirculated by our filtration in tourism have been defined by systems. For most of the day we the UNWTO as: economic viability, use solar energy to reduce our local prosperity, employment qual- cost of electricity and minimize ity, social equity, visitor fulfillment, our carbon footprint because it’s local control, community wellbeing, mostly electric pumps that do the cultural richness, physical integrity, work for us.” biological diversity, resource ef- Paras said the waterpark ficiency, and environmental purity. further reduces its carbon footprint “The preservation and sus- by using a deep well to replenish tainability of the environment the water lost due to evaporation is a rising trend among theme in the pools. Well water is filtered parks abroad,” said Engr. Elpie and treated before it is distributed M. Paras, president and CEO of to the park’s water laden features.

Energy Efficiency UC-1 Corporation which owns and operates Seven Seas in an In its effort to reduce its usinterview with the CDO Bloggers age of electricity, Seven Seas at the waterpark. “Seven Seas is invested heavily on energy efficient one of the first theme parks in the Inverter Drive Controls for its pump Philippines to employ sustainable and process motors. Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) motor solutions.” control systems convert the more Solar energy Paras cites Seven Seas’ ini- common (Alternating Current) AC tial deployment of solar panels into DC (Direct Current) electricity producing at least 250 kilowatt enabling motors to soft start and hours (kWh) of electricity daily in adjust their RPM depending on four locations in the parking lot, their application. function room and landing pool. “We have reduced our electrical “These are just the start. We consumption monthly by at least intend to cover the entire parking 30%,” Paras disclosed. Our bill lot with solar panels to help us for April 2018 was around P1.6M, reduce our P1 million monthly but in 2019 our bill went down to electric bill. If we can save 30% below P1M,” says Paras.

Solid Waste Management a month that’s a lot of money we The six hectare waterpark can use elsewhere.” generates almost one truckload Closing the Loop Another sustainability feature of waste each weekend. Seven of the waterpark is its treatment Seas used to bring the segregated of used water to make it safe for solid waste to the Opol Municipal dumpsite every few days. recycling.

“To be able to reuse water that “We are soon bringing suscomes from our toilets, washrooms tainability to the next level, by and food establishments, it goes segregating the organic/food waste to a tank and is processed by our for composting and gathering the sewage treatment plant (STP). All plastic cups, containers and water of this is collected, processed and bottles for recycling.” impounded. Nothing is thrown into Biodegradable material like paper wrappers and food containthe sea.”

“The processed water is not ers will be packed and bound for yet potable but it’s very good sale to local recycling outfits. Used for our plants because it’s full of cooking oil will be collected and phosphates and nitrogen so you sold to recyclers. can see how our greenery is all “We are now building an onsite blooming despite the dry spell.” garbage segregation facility which Besides treating its waste- will also include a composting bin.” water, Seven Seas also uses Bio Paras dreams that one day engineered enzymes to break down even the garbage can be repurfats and organic materials coming posed to generate electrical energy from the restaurant kitchen sinks, within the park premises. reducing the clogging of its sew- For field trips to Seven Seas age pipes and use of detergents Sustainability Programs please which may contaminate the grey contact Ms. Eva Jamis at mobile # 0917-677-7678, 0917-777-6795 water.

Paras said the waterpark or email eva.jamis@sevenseasspends some P300, 000 a month waterparkresort.com for further just for chemicals to ensure the details.

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‘Most beautiful bays’ declaration seen to boost Mati tourism

By CHE PALICTE and PREXX MARNIE KATE TROZO

DAVAO CITY — The inclusion of the Pujada, Mayo and Balete bays in Davao Oriental into the “Most Beautiful Bays in the World (MBBW)” is seen to boost the province’s tourism sector, especially its capital, Mati City.

This was according to

Mati City Information Officer Ben Jason Tesiorna, who said in a press briefing on Monday that the recognition only served to challenge local officials to protect the three bays even further.

Originally, the provincial government and the City of Mati only applied for the inclusion of Pujada Bay in the prestigious list,

but MBBW Association validators included the other two bays as well during their onsite assessment in January this year.

“We did not expect that the other two bays [Mayo and Balete] will be considered since we only applied for the inclusion of Pujada Bay. This will eventually boost our tourism industry, mean-

ing, we can expect more tourists to come to the newly-recognized MBBW bays,” Tesiorna said.

He said Mayor Michelle Rabat is fast-tracking the master plan for the protection of the bays, including the establishment of sewage treatment and a catchment basin to make sure that pollutants would not leak into the bays.

Mikabat P4 milyones pundo’s proyekto, gitunol sa MisOr SULOD lamang sa usa ka adlaw ug usa ka higayon, mikabat sa P4,112,533.36 nga pundo ang gitunol sa pamunuan ni Gobernador Bambi Emano ngadto’s kabaranggayan sa Misamis Oriental.

Pito ka barangay nga adunay tagsa-tagsa nga gihang yo’ng proyekto ubos sa programang Barangay Empowerment ni Gobernador Emano ang mapasalamaton uyamot

sa ilang pagpamauli bitbit ang tubag sa ilang yangongo ug hangyo gikan’s kapitolyo niadtong Pebrero 24, 2020, atol sa sinemanang pagpakayab sa nasudnong bandila.

Nakadawat ang Brgy.

Alagatan, Gingoog City, og P887,803.36 para sa c onst r u c t i on s a i l ang multi-purpose hall, phase 3; P300,00 alang sa Brgy.

12, Gingoog City para sa concrete canal cover project; P600,000 sa Brgy.

Mahayag, Talisayan, para sa konstruksyon sa multipurpose building; P300,000 sa Brgy. Artadi, Magsaysay, para sa repair sa barangay stage ug improvement sa basketball court; P300,000 sa Brgy. Mapulog, Naawan, para sa improvement sa multi-purpose building; P600,000 sa Brgy. Sinai, L aguindingan, para sa konstruksyon sa 2-storey function hall; ug P1,124,730 sa Brgy. Andales, Initao,

para sa konstruksyon sa covered court.

Sa matag semana, naandan na nga adunay susama nga pagtunol sa pundo alang sa pagpatuman sa mga proyekto nga mao gayud ang gikinahanglan sa mga tawo sa ilang tagsa-tagsa ka barangay.

Dili susama niadto nga imbes covered court ang gikinahanglan, hatagan na hinuon sa classroom bisan dili pa angayan.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. Ben Jason Tesiorna, Mati City Information Office head, says the inclusion of the Pujada, Mayo and Balete bays in Davao Oriental into the ‘Most Beautiful Bays in the World’ is seen to boost the city and the province’s tourism sector. During a press briefing on Monday (February 24) in Davao City, Tesiorna says they see the recognition as a challenge to do more to protect the three bays. (PNA photo by Che Palicte)

“It is our top priority and its establishment would also be job-generating,” Tesiorna added.

In a previous interview, Rabat stressed the need to establish a sewage treatment plants to ensure that wastes from the households going out to Pujada bay are treated first before ending up in water bodies.

“Here in Mati, everything leads to the bay. We have to make sure that all water leading to the bays

be treated and recycled,” she said.

Rabat said the inclusion of the three bays into the MBBWA has become “a challenge for us to do more and persevere in our efforts for the protection and preservation of our environment.”

The official awarding for the MBBWA certificate is set to take place during the MBBWA’s annual congress in Morocco this October.

(PNA)

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DTI Normin launches first teleradyo program CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Northern Mindanao launched its first teleradyo program on February 21, 2020, in RPN DXKO Cagayan de Oro. Dubbed as “Para sa Negosyo ug Konsumante”, it is an interactive 30-minute program that

is simulcasted live in television, radio, and Facebook in the entire region and parts of Bohol and Siquijor.

The program aims to increase awareness of the general public on the services and programs of DTI on the ease of doing business for micro, small, and medium

enterprises (MSMEs).

It is also intended to increase awareness of basic consumer rights and responsibilities.

The program will air every third and fourth Friday of the month in RPN DXKO 1368 kHz and Parasat Cable Channel 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (DTI-10)

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THE XU Philippine Association of Agriculturists Juniors (PAA Juniors) have finished second as the Mindanao entry to the 1st Lockton Philippines Legacy Awards.

Sponsored by Lockton Philippines, the just concluded first half of the 1st Lockton Philippines Legacy Awards is a first of its kind college-based action research contest on environmental risk management where participants pitch solutions on how a particular community in their respective areas of concern can alleviate their pressing environmental concerns.

The young group of Agriculture students from Xavier Ateneo seeks to expand the use of innovation and new methods to the community.

Their action research entitled

“Promotion of Sustainable Adoption of Agricultural Technologies (Black Soldier Fly and Self-Circulating Hydroponics) to Students of Balulang Elementary School Cagayan de Oro City” talks about innovated agricultural technologies for food production activities and pollution prevention by creating an action plan to allow the youth to work with young kids and engage in a small scale vegetable production project for a more sustainable future.

The team is composed of Aliyah Cabilin; Kent Anthony Delgado; Vhone Fulgarinas; April Gador; Brix Mexy Palmes; and Jade Tagotongan, with Mr. Floro Dalapag, Adviser.

Five winning teams were selected from 36 participating

schools with 48 action research proposals as the pioneering batch of awardees.

The action research is just the first part of this unique contest as the second half consists of a Student Partner Program where a participating

company may fund and support the proposals. This is a great opportunity for a business establishment or corporation seeking meaningful CSR activity to adopt one of the student proposals and contribute to

an important, longlasting initiative.

Victorio C Valledor, president and CEO of Lockton Philippines Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers Inc, awarded Xavier Ateneo through Roel R Ravanera, vicepresident for social

development.

Certificates and cash prizes were award ed to the student-researchers and their moderator during a ceremony held on Wednesday, February 12 at AVR 8, SBM building of Xavier Ateneo.

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For 2nd Public Auction Loans Remediation/Recovery Division Cagayan de Oro Housing Business Center 3rd Floor Pag-IBIG Fund Bldg., Jr Borja St., Cagayan de Oro

UPPER TIGNAPOLOAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

INVITATION TO BID

DepEd – CDO – SBM Validation 2020

By ETHELYN L. MANUKIL – Teacher I

Upper Tignapoloan Elementary School (UTES) is situated in the heart of Barangay Tignapoloan, Cagayan de Oro City and was founded way back 1995 as primary school of Tignapoloan Elementary School (TES) and now growing up with 326 enrolled pupils in this school year 2019-2020 with eight Teachers and School Head.

As the years goes by enrolment increased significantly vise – versa to the emergent needs of the school.

School Based Management System (SBM) was a long run preparation to collect indispensable artifacts for the four principles to complete the whole system headed by our new school

head Vaicar G. Mayake. For the past 3 years some documents are gathered basically and just last school year we got technical assistance from our SBM Validators. These things never stop us to dream big and soar high.

Indeed, we’re combat with strong determination to reach that goal to make UTES move forward from nothing to something with the technical expertise of our PSDS Porferio P. Padinit.

Apparently, this school year we’re so much blest with a positive result as we hit 2.42 Maturing– LEVEL 2 as the school SBM rating. Since then, this is the ace accomplishment of the school.

However, our triumph weap-

ons to hit that mark were our School Key Performance Indicators, Competitions, Innovations, Research Studies and Continuous Improvement still consider as challenges to do more with passion to do our best in harmony with selfless service “PARA SA BATA, PARA SA BAYAN.” Thus, the UTES pupils may have hundreds of dreams to achieve in life. Their dreams may beat your heart to find ways to reach out these children. May we plea and knock on your heart to be part in reaching forth their dreams come true and be one of our PILLARS and STAKEHOLDERS for the brighter future of these children! Let the beat of your heart ponder upon… counting forward on you.

Why teacher-student relationships matter

By ANELITA HALANDUMON SEDENIO, Teacher I Maningcol Central School Division of Ozamiz City

STUDENTS spend more than 1,000 hours with their teacher in a typical school year, whether you are in a public or private school. That’s enough time to build a relationship that can ignite a student’s lifetime of love of learning. And it’s enough time for the dynamic to go totally off the rails.

The relationship with a teacher can be critically important to how well students

learn. But emerging research is giving a clearer picture than ever of how teachers can build and leverage strong relationships with their students.

People sometimes mistake a kind of casual familiarity and friendliness for the promotion of really deep relationships that are about a child’s potential, his/her interests, his/her strengths and weaknesses. A lot of teachers have really strong

abilities to engage socially with the students but then it’s not enough. You have to go much deeper than that and actually start to engage with students around their curiousity, their interests and their habits of mind through understanding and approaching material to really be an effective teacher.

The relational part of teaching may very well be its most underrated aspect. Our first job as teachers is to make sure that we learn from our students.

What is the importance of MAPEH in other subjects?

By MARITES TANGALAN ESPIRITU, Teacher I Dona Consuelo Elementary School Division of Ozamis City

MAPEH is always connected to many other subject areas. MAPEH (which stands for music, arts, physical education and health) has great importance in every daily life. At the very least, music and arts provide an outlet for relaxation.

Physical education teaches the importance of keeping the body active and moving.

They are important because they culturally enrich students and help them en

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Franchising and Regulatory Office No. 11 Balusong Ave., McArthur Highway, Matina, Davao City

Petition for Extension of Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ DUAL Ordinary Regular Service.

ARVEN M. ABAPO, Petitioner.

Case No. R11-EV-PJ-2020-2-940 (2014-XI-00940)

NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioner 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: ACACIA 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 February 17, 2020. In the petition filed on February 17, 2020, 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 MARCH 25, 2020 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 general circulation in Mindanao.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file 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.

WITNESS Atty. ARMAND B. DIOSO, Regional Director, this 18th day of February 2020 in Davao City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) Atty. CATTLEYA B. ACAYLAR Attorney IV / Acting Chief Transportation Development Officer MDN: Feb 27, 2020

joy and learn new things. Motor skills are also important.

Physical education teaches the importance of keeping the body active and moving.

Health helps to teach one how to stay well and things that they must and must not do to their bodies.

A human being learns in many different ways. For instance, as you develop, you develop from the outside in. First come the gross motor skills (large arm/leg

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Franchising and Regulatory Office No. 11 Balusong Ave., McArthur Highway, Matina, Davao City

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a SCHOOL TRANSPORT SERVICE. DANILO D. SIQUIOCO, JR., CaseNo. R11-NC-SB-2020-2-012 Applicant.

NOTICE OF HEARING

In the application filed on February 14, 2020, Applicant requests authority for a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a SCHOOL TRANSPORT SERVICE exclusively for the transportation of Students / Pupils from their respective residences to DAVAO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL (V. MAPA CAMPUS), Davao City and vice versa with the use of One (1) unit.

NOTICE is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on MARCH 25, 2020 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 general circulation in Mindanao.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file 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.

WITNESS Atty. ARMAND B. DIOSO, Regional Director, this 17th day of February 2020 in Davao City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) Atty. CATTLEYA B. ACAYLAR Attorney IV / Acting Chief Transportation Development Officer MDN: Feb 27, 2020

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movements), then smaller and smaller until your fine motor skills (handwriting/ finger movements) are developed.

In elementary school, it is very important to have daily PE because this provides the physical movements that allow a child to develop the ability to write.

On the other hand, music and art are also important in brain development. Learning about and being exposed to these art forms trigger changes in the brain that allow greater learning.

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Franchising and Regulatory Office No. 11 Balusong Ave., McArthur Highway, Matina, Davao City

Petition for Extension of Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ DUAL Ordinary Regular Service.

LOIDA A. SNYDER, Petitioner.

Case No. R11-EV-PJ-2020-2-636 (2000-XI-00636)

NOTICE OF HEARING

February 24, 2020

The Pag-IBIG Fund Committee on Disposition of Acquired Assets shall conduct a second (2nd) sealed public auction for the sale of acquired properties at Conference Room 4th floor, Pag-IBIG Fund Building, Jr Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City on:

DATE

March 18, 2020

AREAS NO. OF UNITS Bukidnon 7 Cagayan de Oro City 15 Misamis Oriental 6 Lanao del Norte 2 TOTAL 30 GENERAL GUIDELINES

1.

Interested parties are required to secure copies of OFFER TO BID (HQP-AAF-103) from the Technical Working Group (TWG) on the venue or may download the form at www.pagibigfund.gov.ph.

2.

Properties shall be sold on an “AS IS, WHERE IS” basis.

3.

All interested buyers are encouraged to inspect the property/ies before tendering their offer/s. The list of the properties for public auction may be viewed at www.pagibigfund.gov.ph/aa/aa.aspx.

4.

Bidders are also encouraged to visit our website, www.pagibigfund.gov.ph/aa/aa.aspx five (5) days prior the actual auction date, to check whether there is any erratum posted on the list of properties posted under the sealed public auction.

5.

Bidders are advised to approach the Technical Working Group (TWG) for registration of their attendance on the system during the auction. Only bid offers from registered bidders shall be accepted.

6.

Sealed proposals shall be received by the Committee on Disposition of Acquired Assets’ Secretariat at the designated venue, starting after pre-bid conference which starts at 10:00 am but not later than 1:00 pm or upon declaration of the closing of bid acceptance by the Committee on the scheduled date; the said proposals shall be opened immediately in the presence of the committee and attending bidders. Bidders are advised to submit their proposals only on the scheduled date of batch. No proposals shall be accepted by the committee earlier or later than the scheduled date.

7.

The bidder shall state in words and in figures the amount of his/her bid offer and his/her chosen mode of payment in the Offer to Bid form. The BID OFFER shall not be lower than the minimum bid set by the Fund.

8.

In the absence of a chosen mode of payment, the default mode of payment shall be long-term installment. Likewise, change on the winning bidder’s mode of payment shall not be allowed.

9. Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a BIDDER’S BOND either in CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK issued by any commercial bank or in Philippine Currency, payable to Pag-IBIG Fund for an amount equivalent to 5% of the BID OFFER. It shall likewise serve as the down payment of the winning bidder.

10. For bidders whose bid bond is in the form of a MANAGER’S CHECK, are advised to adhere to the current Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) memorandum relative to the proper handling of checks: Do not staple, crumple, fold, bind or pin checks.

11. Payment of the remaining ninety percent (95%) bid offer balance may either be thru any of the following modes:

a. CASH – on which the approved purchase price shall be paid not later than thirty (30) calendar days from date of receipt of Notice of Award (NOA).

b. SHORT-TERM INSTALLMENT – on which payment shall be in equal monthly installment inclusive of interest and provided the chosen payment term shall not exceed twelve (12) months subject to an interest based on the Full Risk Based Pricing Framework for three-year fixing period.

c. LONG-TERM INSTALLMENT – payment shall be in the form of monthly amortization based on the approved term, which may be up to a maximum of thirty (30) years with the following considerations:

c.1. Approval and term shall be subject to eligibility requirements stipulated under the Circular 428 Guidelines on Sale of Pag-IBIG Fund Real and Other Properties Acquired;

c.2. The amount shall be the bidder’s bid offer, net of the 5% downpayment;

c.3. In case the application has been disapproved due to bidder’s fault, the 5% bidder’s bond shall be forfeited in favor of the Fund.

c.4. The buyer shall be required to file his/her Long-Term Installment application and pay the following incidental expenses within thirty (30) calendar days from auction date:

- Processing fee of Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) shall be paid upon submission of complete requirements;

- Equity, if applicable;

- One-year advance insurance premiums (sales redemption insurance as well as non-life insurance);

c.5. In case the Bid Offer, net of the five percent (5%) bid bond and additional discount, is still higher than the appraisal value of the property, the amount in excess of the appraisal value shall be treated as equity. It shall be paid by the buyer within thirty (30) calendar days from auction date.

c.6. Original Borrowers who wish to participate on the Sealed Public Auction shall not be allowed to bid thru long term installment availment. They may only bid thru cash or short-term installment basis.

12. Additional discounts shall be given to winning bidders depending on their chosen mode of purchase, as follows:

MODE OF PAYMENT ADDITIONAL DISCOUNT

CASH 20%

SHORT TERM INSTALLMENT 10%

LONG TERM INSTALLMENT None 13. The Bidders shall be present at the opening of bids. Bidders may designate their Authorized Representatives, provided they shall issue the following documents:

a. Notarized Special Power of Attorney (SPA) for individual-bidder. The SPA for bidding may be downloaded at www.pagibigfund.gov.ph (Other properties for sale-Disposition of Acquired Assets for Public Auction). Also, if the bidder is based or is currently working abroad, SPA must be notarized at the Philippine Consular Office.

b. Secretary’s Certificate for company-bidder

NOTE: The template of the said documents may be downloaded at www.pagibigfund.gov.ph/aa/ aa.aspx.

14. The Opening of Bids shall commence from 1:01 pm or upon declaration by the Committee until completion.

15. The bidder who offers the highest bid shall be declared as the winner.

16. In case there are identical offers constituting the highest bids, the tie shall be resolved by considering the Mode of Payment. The priority in terms of mode of payment shall be as follows: a. Cash;

b. Short-Term Installment;

c. Long-Term Installment.

Petitioner 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: TAGUM CITY – GOVERNOR GENEROSO (DAVAO ORIENTAL) AND VICE VERSA 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 July 13, 2020. In the petition filed on February 14, 2020, 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 MARCH 25, 2020 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 general circulation in Mindanao.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file 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.

WITNESS Atty. ARMAND B. DIOSO, Regional Director, this 17th day of February 2020 in Davao City, Philippines.

17. If there is still a tie after considering the mode of payment, it shall be resolved immediately through toss coin. However, in case there are more than two (2) highest bidders, the tie shall be resolved thru draw lots.

(Sgd.) Atty. CATTLEYA B. ACAYLAR Attorney IV / Acting Chief Transportation Development Officer

ATTY. MARIE ANTONIETTE D. DIAZ Chairman, Committee on Disposition of Acquired Assets

MDN: Feb 27, 2020

18. The non-winning bidders’ respective bid bonds shall be returned to them immediately together with an Acknowledgment Receipt once a winning bidder has been declared.

19. If the winning bidder fails or refuses to push through with the purchase of the property, or fails to pay in full the remaining balance within 30 calendar days from receipt of the Notice of Award (NOA), he shall lose his right as winning bidder and the 5% bidder’s bond shall be forfeited in favor of the Fund.

20. The Fund shall declare the next highest bidder as the winning bidder in case the sale to the original winning bidder is cancelled. He shall be required to pay a down payment of 5% of the offer price within 15 calendar days from notification and the remaining ninety percent (95%) of his/her bid offer within the approved payment period. In the event there are two (2) or more complying bidders, the same rule on resolving ties shall be applied.

21. Interested parties may visit the Acquired Assets Management at Ground Flr., Pag-IBIG Fund Bldg Cagayan de Oro Housing Business Center Jr Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City or contact Mr. Don Dino D. Gonzalez, Mr. Jamaluddin S. Moti and Mr. John E. C. Mercado at tel. no. 722800/ 726348 / 8561860 / 8561861 / 8561862 local 125 and cellphone numbers 09503530644 / 09177085026. You may also email your inquiries for further details at cdohbc.lrrd2@pagibigfund.gov.ph PAG-IBIG FUND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS, TO WAIVE ANY FORMALITY THEREIN OR ACCEPT SUCH BIDS AS MAY BE CONSIDERED MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE FUND. THE DECISION OF THE FUND IS FINAL AND BINDING.

MDN: Feb 27, 2020

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Thursday, February 27, 2020

The WAND Family: Protecting the Ecosystem& its People with Organic Agriculture:

Closing the Loop between Sanitation, Disaster Resiliency and Food Security for the ‘Base of the Pyramid’

By MIKE BAÑOS Editor at large

A local foundation based in the boondocks of Mindanao was awarded the 2011 Raanan Weitz International Competition on Integrated Development Projects in Israel.

Elmer Sayre and his sonJed Christian Sayre of the Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development (WAND) Foundation based in Libertad, Misamis Oriental received the award at the Weitz Center for Development Studies in Rehovot, Israel on December 19.

“The design of the project focuses on ecological sanitation and the prevention of the spread of diseases, including the conservation of water, minimizing pollution and conservation of valuable fertilizer,” said Elmer Sayre.

WAND Foundation is a local NGO that promotes social development via ecological sanitation (EcoSan), by addressing climate change and extreme poverty through sanitation, food security and biodiversity improvement.

Elmer Sayre, WAND inhouse consultant, said the project aims to address the sanitation needs of the “base of the pyramid” (BoP): households too poor to buy their own toilets, those in remote areas not reached by government services, those with inadequate or no access to clean potable water, and those in conflict and/or disaster-hit areas.

National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Region 10 statistics show a slow uptake in this regard especially in the rural areas where the proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities over the last decade hardly approached the target reduction of 50 percent from 2000 (59%) to 2008 (69%).

Present sanitation systems based on the flush-pour toilet as the main technology operate on the premise that human wastes are better off disposed.

But it is not effective in areas where there is no water or

WAND’s Response to Yolanda

The WAND Foundation & Samaritan’s Purse teamed up to sponsor gardens in bunkhouse communities around Tacloban, Leyte.

where septage is difficult to build as in slums or flooded zones.

EcoSan has addressed sanitation issues in a sustainable manner by using dry or waterless toilets and recycling and reusing nutrients in human wastes in a hygienic way rather than disposing them where they can contaminate groundwater aquifers, rivers and seas.

Mr. Sayre startedEcoSan in 2007 when the concept of “closing the loop” was first introduced to him by Peter Wychodil of the German Doctors for Developing Countries.

He gained more knowledge from Ulrike Lipkow, GTZ adviser to an ecosan project in the Visayas, and Dr. Robert J. Holmer of the Peri-Urban Vegetable Project in Cagayan de Oro City.

In 2008, WAND built some 17 double-vault ecosan toilets with fund support from the German Doctors for Developing Countries. Most of these were located in elementary schools in the Misamis Oriental towns of Initao, Libertad and Manticao.

But the P28, 000 cost of the double vault model was too expensive for its target

Elmer Sayre & WAND Foundation, designed a wateless toilet that closes the loop between sanitation & food security.

users. In 2009, Mr. Sayre won a research grant from the Science and Technology Innovations for the Base of the Pyramid in Southeast Asia (iBoP-Asia) to explore alternatives to the double-vault model.

Now four EcoSan models are available from the hanging ecosan toilet for coastal communities; lightweight, mobile arborloo toilets for mountain areas; single-vault ecosan toilets suitable for households and deployment during conflicts or calamities; and urinals (EcoPees).

Mr. Sayre’s custom-designs dry toilets that can be used by those living in urban slums, uplands, marshy areas, river settlements and coastal areas (flood-prone areas), and dry toilets for persons with disabilities and young children.

The designs were executed at the WAND demonstration area in Libertad and pilot-tested in Barrio Tuod in Manticao municipality, Barrio Oguis in Initao and a coastal area in Initao municipality.

Michael Brown, project manager of the Floating Community Waste Management Project in Cambodia, noted the high acceptance rate of ecosan in the primary school, beachside and mountain communities where it was piloted.

Brown is a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Engineer by profession, and is also affiliated with Live & Learn Environmental Education, and Engineers Without Borders, Australia.

“Every user of the ecosan toilet was very happy with the toilet and spoke very positively about their experience with it,” Brown noted.

Local beneficiaries, who were mostly poor farmers and fishermen, were able to use, manage and take good care of

the pilot units with little fuss.

Most of the materials used in the designs were indigenous materials like bamboo, coconut palm fronds, wooden poles, gmelina wood and rattan baskets. Recycled drums, containers, black plastic sheets and heavy-duty Manila hemp sacks were sourced from a junk store in Cagayan de Oro. The design of the dual chamber ecosan and hanging toilet for beach communities was very innovative, and made excellent use of local materials and skills for construction, noted Mr. Brown.

“The special ecosan bowl is produced by our local masons,” Mr. Sayre said. “The result is a much cheaper ecosan toilet.”

“Some of the biggest obstacles facing the ecosan design are misconceptions about the smell and dirtiness of the toilet,” Mr. Brown noted.

“WAND has done an excellent job educating the communities on the use of the toilets and the ecosan process, and users were happy to have the ecosan toilets in their homes, which in my experience is very challenging.”

With proceeds of a grant from Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE), an initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, WAND is conducted an innovative global health and development research project entitled Ecological Sanitation for the Base of the Pyramid.

GCE funds scientists and researchers worldwide to explore ideas that can break the mold on persistent global health and development challenges.

To win the grant, Sayre had to demonstrate the viability and potential impact of EcoSan to address pressing issues in sanitationand family

health technologies, one of five critical global heath and development areas.

“These grants are meant to spur new discoveries that could ultimately save millions of lives,” said Chris Wilson, director of Global Health Discovery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

These ecological sanitation initiatives aim to help those at BoP by making available much needed fertilizer for plants to improve nutrition, income and biodiversity; prevent the spread of diseases due to open defecation; and prevent contamination of the water table and water sources.

When Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) ran amok in Southern Philippines in November 2013, WAND was one of the first NGOs in the disaster areas, training survivors to plant their own gardens and become self-sufficient.

Typhoon Haiyan caused over 5,000 fatalities and displaced some 4 million Filipinos, and affected 14-16 million more, according to the Government of the Philippine’s Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC).

With donations from all over the world, the WAND Foundation trained 120 survivors/trainees in Ormoc City, Leyte, with trainees required to train their neighbors back home.

The core training was led

by WAND staff, Annie Jane Lagawan, who undertook a 9 month Rural Leaders Training Program at the Asian Rural Institute in Japan. Training included active labor and theory that familiarized trainees with concepts as plant growth, agronomic requirements, organic fertilizer, soil conditioners, vegetable harvesting techniques, vegetable planning and budgeting and preservation of vegetables.

Apart from training survivors with gardening and harvesting knowledge, Lagawan set forth ARI’s philosophy called Enrichment of Foodlife, an ideology that encouraged the ‘value of producing and sharing healthy food in a manner sustainable to the environment and to the community, through the cooperative efforts of the community’ With the aid of private donors, the food resiliency

program implemented by WAND provided displaced households with proper farming training, vegetables seeds, garden materials and garden tools, helping over 440 families, with each of the original participant trainee reaching out to 3-4 other families in Leyte.

This has allowed bunk-house residents to raise crops in small family plots, communal gardens and in containers when space became an issue.

Now, previously idle lands have developed into lush gardens yieldingpotatoes, kangkong, onions, peppers, okra and squash. Families with a surplus of vegetables are able to generate extra income.

With gardening, WAND, has not only provided survivors with a source of sustainable nutrition and income but has also built a sense of community.

People share what they have planted and gardens have become a communal point of conversation, meeting and work.

As a tool of therapy, harvesting, has helped millions of people cope with the misfortunes and hardships in life, germinating seedlings of hope. URL: https://www.wordsinthebucket. com/philippines-post-haiyangardening-tool-social-impact Samaritan’s Purse, an international nonprofit based in North Carolina, partnered with WAND to scale up Sayre’s attempts to provide toilets to neighborhoods at risk for contaminating fresh water sources and to provide tools for the gardens.

Sayre provided the design for an efficient toilet and Samaritan’s Purse provided the resources and hired Filipinos in the disaster area to produce donated bathrooms, said program director Gavin Gramstad.

Toilets made by WAND and Samaritan’s Purse are made through sweat equity. Families are provided assistance and materials but must build the toilet themselves.

“He is so tied into the community. Elmer says exactly what the needs are and how to address them directly,” said Yen Pham, a 2009 UCLA alumna who worked with Samaritan’s Purse in Tacloban.

The toilets are crucial to keeping illnesses like cholera out of communities that are already very vulnerable to infectious disease, Sayre said.

Samaritan’s Purse See LOOP, page 13

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Data... from page 14

trained in data science and analytics, she said, adding that this will be a breakthrough of a “knowledge economy”.

Guevara noted that people use data every day -- to move around traffic, to order food or clothes online, among many others.

Director Enrico Paringit, of DOST’s Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology (PCIEERD), emphasized that AI aims to develop smart solutions to the challenges that various industries are facing.

These industries include the health and education sectors, information technology (IT), and business process outsourcing (BPO).

Data science, on the other hand, will provide opportunities for innovation, he added.

The DOST developed the SPARTA program, in partnership with the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), Analytics Association of the Philippines, and CourseBank.

DOST Secretary Fortunato dela Peña earlier said the agency has allotted PHP50.84 million for this project that would run for three years.

He added that DAP was tasked to choose the trainees.

On Monday, dela Peña said he was told that priority would be given to those working in the BPO sector, government workers who use data analytics in their jobs, and the academe.

“This program intends to create 30,000 data scientists, he reiterated.

Dela Peña continued, “Data can fast-track Philippine growth, in every aspect. In the ease of doing business, for instance, we could do many things using data”.

Meanwhile, those interested to undergo the training must first create an account at www.coursebank.ph.

A link to “become a SPARTA scholar” would appear upon registration. Follow the step-by-step guide for application. (PNA) EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

That the late CONCISO L. WABAN and CASILDA B. WABAN who died on September 23, 2010 and May 23, 2002, respectively in Sumpong, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, That said deceased died without any will or testament and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity; the said deceased, at the time of their death, left a certain real property, situated in Cagayan de Oro City and more particularly described as follows, to wit: a parcel of Land Lot 28, Block 6 of Cons. Subdivision Plan, Pcs-10-001308, being a portion of Lot 4317-A & Lot 4317-B, Psd-10-014007.

Situated in the Barangay of Bulua, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY per DOC #02; PAGE #2; BOOK #124; Series of 2020 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. BUENAVENTURA E. SAGRADO. MDN: Feb 27, Mar 5 & 12, 2020

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Camiguin steps up measures to act on crimes, drug abuse CAMIGUIN -- Curbing crimes to 400 percent from last year’s comparative 8 focus crimes and transforming 80 reformists with its newly established Balay Silangan, the Provincial Government of Camiguin along with the national line agencies heightens its campaigns and programs to attain peace and sustainable development.

With the implementation of Disiplina Muna advocacy campaign of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Gov. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo said a lot of peace and order problems in the province will be addressed such as illegal gambling, road safety, and exploitation during the Joint Meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC), Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC), Provin-

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yet as the government still imposes a travel ban to and from China as well as Hong Kong and Macau to prevent the spread of the Covid-19.

“We are still committed to our target of 1,000 to 1,200 megawatts of renewables,” Singson said.

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF SPOUSES ANTONIO M. LEYTE AND JULIETA GULLE WITH SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This Deed of Estrajudidical Settlement of Estate with Sale is entered into by among:

EMILIANO GULLE LEYTE, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of San Jose, Maalaybalay City, Bukidnon, herein referred as Heir; MARIO GULLE LEYTE, of legal age, Filipino, single, and a resident of San Jose, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, herein referred as Heir; ISIDRO GULLE LEYTE, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of San Jose, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, herein referred as Heir; BENITO GULLE LEYTE, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of San Jose, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, herein referred as Heir;

ROEL GULLE LEYTE, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of San Jose, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, herein referred as Heir; -and VIRGINIA LEYTE GALUS, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Colonia, Valencia City, Bukidnon, herein referred as HEIRS, W I N E S S E T H:

That the above-named parties, all of legal age, are the legitimate sons and

cial Task Force for NCoV (PTF-NCoV), Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC), and Provincial Task Force for Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC), February 24.

For peace and order and public safety index, Lt. Col. Rolando Cuya, Jr. said the province has only recorded 13 incidents since January 1-February 14 which is lower compared to 17 incidents tallied on the same period last year.

Cuya further said the Camiguin Provincial Police Office also strengthens its campaign against wanted persons where they arrested 13 most wanted and other wanted persons, and its campaign against illegal gambling where they were

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With the implementation of Disiplina Muna advocacy campaign of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Gov. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo (3rd from right) says a lot of peace and order problems in the province will be addressed such as illegal gambling, road safety, and exploitation during the Joint Meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC), Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC), Provincial Task Force for NCoV (PTF-NCoV), Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC), and Provincial Task Force for Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC), February 24. (RTP/PIA10) Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Regional Office No. 10

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MGen targets to install 1,000 MW renewable energy projects over five to seven years.

“We are trying to do more renewable these coming months,” said Singson.

He added that the company aims to develop a portfolio of utility-scale solar, wind and hydropower projects to the Luzon grid. (PNA) daughters and sole heirs of Antonio M. Leyte who died on April 27, 2006 in Malaybalay City And Julieta Gulle who died on July 25, 2013 in Malaybalay City without leaving any will and testament, as evidenced by the hereto attached certificate of Death issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) as ANNEXES “A”, “A-1”;

That the said deceased at the time of their death left a parcel of land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No, ET-5829 issued by the Register of Deeds for the Province of Bukidnon, containing an area of Forty One Thousand Three Hundred Sixty One (41,361) square meters, more or less, located at Barrio of San Jose, Malaybalay City and more particularly bounded and described as follows; Lot 747-C Bsd-10-001043 (OLT) A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 747-C, Bsd-10-001043 (OLT), being a portion of Lot 747, Pls800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision), situated in the Barrio of San Jose, Municipality of Malaybalay, Province of Bukidnon.

Is subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTELEMENT OF ESTATE OF SPOUSES ANTONIO M. LEYTE AND JULIETA GULLE WITH SALE. Under the Notarial Registry of Atty. SAMUEL B. ARNADO, Notary Public, per Doc. No. 050; Page No. 91; Book No. XL; Series of 2018.

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Paper made from pineapple waste wins D & AD Future Impact Award

By MIKE BAÑOS Editor at large

A collaboration between Design Center of the Philippines and Cagayan de Oro-based specialty paper innovator and producer Oro Handmade Innovations (formerlyCDO Handmade Paper) has been awarded by the D and AD Future Impact Awards for its Pinyapel in the Environment and Sustainability Category last October 25, 2019 in New York City.

According to F & B Report. PH, Pinyapel (a portmanteau of pinya for pineapple, and papel meaning paper) is a locally-processed and manufactured specialty paper from locally-sourced waste pineapple leaves from plantations in Bukidnon.

“When the Design Center of the Philippines (DCP) approached me for possible project collaboration, I immediately said yes because we have the same goal, that is the protection of our environment,” said Lolita Cabanlet, general manager of Oro Handmade Innovations DCP is an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry committed to strengthening the Philippines’ design ecosystem, “DCP’s Materials Research and Development Division prepared the technical study and we produced the paper according to the DCP formula,” Cabanlet said. “Nature’s Fresh provided the pineapple leaves for experimentation and Ideatechs Packaging Corporation the technology to utilize pinyapel for consumer and packaging products,” .

Reflecting on being part of the D&AD Future Impact Cohort, Rolyn Lomocso of The Design Center of the Philippines said, “Our ambition is for Pinyapel

to be commercially and industrially available and to be the impetus to spark innovation in using agricultural wastes to replace forest trees in producing paper. The Future Impact Programme shall provide the Design Center and its collaborators with the necessary guidance, mentoring, network, and funding to take Pinyapel to the next level, which is to be commercially and industrially available.”

With the growing demand for sustainability locally and globally, the Pinyapel development is aimed at encouraging a circular economy that increases livelihood in farming communities and generates commercialization opportunities while giving new value to agricultural wastes.

“We drew inspiration from promoting a plasticfree lifestyle, “Cabanlet said.

“With Pinyapel, we aimed to create a paper that dissolves into the waterways, leaves no trace and should be a product from recycled farm wastes.”

According to Windowseat.PH , pineapples are huge local commodities, with plantations found all over the country. Region X (Northern Mindanao) is the Philippines No. 1 producer of Pineapples.

Over 706,046 metric tons of pineapples were produced in the fourth quarter of 2018, and with those came millions of disposed pineapple leaves. Rather than leaving them to rot, local innovators have found another purpose for them: paper.

The best part is that the material can be used for packaging, particularly in the food service industry.

Besides reducing the amount of agricultural waste produced, the project has also become a means of

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income for farmers.

“For every cycle of drying, collecting, and bagging of five tons of pineapple leaves, approximately P1, 753 is added to the weekly income of every seven pineapple laborers,” says Aleli Mae Uy, chief operating officer of Nature’s Fresh Pineapples, Pinyapel’s supplier of pineapple leaves.

Cabanlet notes how timely Pinyapel’s development is given the growing discussion on ecological consciousness and sustainability.

“Aside from the local market, there is a huge demand for a food-safe pineapple paper itself from other countries, thus, export opportunity for it is bountiful,” she added.

Moving forward, Del Monte Philippines Inc. has expressed their support and willingness to supply the needed requirement for pineapple leaves as Ideatech converts Pinyapel into consumer and packaging products.

Cabanlet foresees Pinyapel scaling up production to a commercial volume to attain favorable price points even as it replaces nonbiodegrable plastics what has become a worldwide threat to the environment.

D&AD Impact exists to recognize creative ideas that are driving positive change. It does so by elevating purposeful products, initiatives and campaigns; by accelerating projects with the potential for impact through a 12-month Future Impact programme; and by educating brands and entrepreneurs on incorporating purpose into their business strategy.

The program’s website explains: “Through our Future Impact Programme, we aim to support great ideas that have the potential to

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L-R: Ideatech CEO Helen Lising; DCP Exec Dir. Rhea Matute; GM Luchi Cabanlet, Oro Handmade Innovations; ConGen Claro Cristoba and Nic Bautista, Coml Attache, PH NYC Consulate.

change the world.”

“Up to 10 winners will have access to a shared prize fund worth $150,000 and delivered over 12-months. The fund combines consultancy, mentoring, master classes and development grants, as well as access to a creative, peer-driven network.”

“Our mission? To enable our first cohort of Future Impacters to deliver tangible

impact in their category area within 12 months.”

The Future Impact Programme is supported by McCann Worldgroup, Makerversity, BLOOM.SPACE, Year Here and Social Impact 360.

This award-giving body, which formally honored Pinyapel in an awarding ceremony last November 6, 2019, recognizes “creative

ideas that are driving positive change” by “elevating purposeful products, initiatives, and campaigns,” as well as “educating brands and entrepreneurs on incorporating purpose into their business strategy.”

For a better understanding of Pinyapel, follow to the following link to this video. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=fOMTPN2dTR0

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outfitted four municipalities with Sayre’s septic tank and bowl designs so that the towns were completely free of raw sewage by 2016.

The whole process requires 10,000 donated toilets.

Samaritan’s Purse enrolls every recipient of a toilet in a class on the role of proper sanitation in water-borne illnesses like cholera that can devastate communities in the Philippines.

For now, the people who have learned to garden from WAND’s trainings are reaping the rewards of their newfound green thumbs. With harvests once or twice a month, people have plenty of vegetables to eat, and enough left over to sell sometimes, Sayre said.

Already, the Eco-San project has taken wings and diversified into organic agriculture with the next generation.

Jed Christian Sayre, Elmer’s son, was awarded a grant from The Pollination Projecton May 21, 2016 for his Philippines Heirloom Vegetable Seeds Project, which sought to restore essential micronutrients lost by Typhoon Haiyan’s destructive passage in the town of town of Albuera, Leyte.

Je d re c o g n i z e d t h e importance of vegetable farming to help bridge this gap and thus created the Philippines Heirloom Vegetable Seeds Project, providing open pollinated high-valued vegetable seeds to 750 youth backyard gardeners. While the project addressed food security and nutrition, it also provides economic security for its participants.URL: https://thepollinationproject.org/grants-awarded/ jed-christian-sayre-philip-

pines-heirloom-vegetableseeds-project/ Two years later, it was Elmer’s wife Cora to be selected as one of GlobalGiving’s ten 2018 Disaster Feedback Fellows from community-based nonprofits spent who spent one week in Washington, D.C., in early October 2018 learning from each other, promoting their disaster recovery projects to peers and funders, and speaking at and attending the 2018 Feedback Summit.

The Disaster Recovery Network at GlobalGiving funded the fellowship to foster collaboration and community feedback in disaster recovery projects around the world. “ T h e re i s n o m ore crucial time to foster this exchange than now, as disasters are increasing in frequency and severity around the world,” said Britt Lake, GlobalGiving’s DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL WITH SALE, made and entered into by and among: PATRIA TARAY BAUTISTA, of legal age, Filipino, widow; GHIDEL LOU TARAY BAUTISTA. Of legal age. Filipino, single; and RIA MAE TARAY BAUTISTA, of legal age, Filipino, single and all residents of P-15, Bonifacio Street, Valencia City, Bukidnon, now and herein after called as the HEIRS-VENDORS, and FELIPA C. REGIDOR, of legal age, Filipino, married to RENERIO C. REGIDOR and a resident of P-4, Poblacion, Valencia City, now and hereinafter referred to as the VENDEE. WITNESSETH:

That the above-named HEIRSVENDORS such as PATRIA TARAY BAUTISTA and the rest are the surviving spouse and the legitimate children and the only heirs of the deceased GIDEON VILLAROSA BAUTISTA, who died on September 5, 2009 at Valencia City, Bukidnon, whom GIDEON VILLAROSA BAUTISTA is the only and compulsory heir of the deceased spouses NARCISO TALITA BAUTISTA, who died on January 1, 2005 at Valencia City, Bukidnon and CAROLINA VILLAROSA BAUTISTA, who died on March 6, 2011

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Thursday, February 27, 2020 Chief Program Officer and the Director of the Disaster Recovery Network, which pioneers a model of effective, community-led relief and recovery through locally focused grants, information exchange, and training programs.

During the Feedback Summit, fellows shared the innovative ways they collect feedback from the people they serve and learned new ways to integrate feedback into their everyday work.

“I am very greatly honored to be chosen as one of the fellows. I’ve learned so much, especially about interventions other NGOs use,” said Cora who cofounded WAND with Elmer in 2008.https://www.globalgiving.org/learn/2018fellow-cora-sayre/?rf=cm Cora has seen the increasing intensity of typhoons over the last decade—and made it her life’s mission to help rural at Valencia City, Bukidnon without leaving any will and left no known debts; That said deceased at the time of his death, left that certain property, more particularly described as follows;

“A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Poblacion, Valencia City, Bukidnon, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO (182) Square meters more or less, known as Lot No. 7170, Cad. 791-D, Lot No. 2, Psu-211607-Amd., covered by Original Certificate Title (OCT) No. P-51.”

That no personal properties are involved in this extrajudicial settlement;

That to the best knowledge and information of the parties HEIRSVENDORS hereto, the said deceased left no known debts; That the parties HEIRS-VENDORS hereto being all of legal age and with full civil capacity to contract, hereby by these presents agree to divide, settle and adjudicate, as they hereby divide, settle and adjudicate among themselves, the above-described Residential House & Lot, EQUALLY PRO-INDIVISO; and by way of sale, Is subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE. Under the Notarial Registry of FRANCISCO L. VASIG, JR., Notary Public. Per Doc. No. 163; Page No. 34; Book No. 332; Series of 2019.

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farming communities in the Philippines become more resilient to devastating disasters and volatile economic conditions.

“Both of us were born poor,” she said, “and it kindled a desire in our hearts to really uplift ourselves and help other people who are like us to gain their voice and be active partners in their development.”

The destructive power of typhoons in the Philippines has intensified by 50% in the past 40 years due to warming seas, according to a North Carolina at Chapel Hill study.

As a resident of rural Philippines, she noticed major gaps in disaster re-

covery services after Typhoon Haiyan. WAND filled the gaps, bringing water and sanitation solutions, as well as food security programs, to remote villages. Because they’re based in the Philippines, they’re able to provide long-term support.

Building community resilience to disaster, Cora explained, doesn’t happen in a matter of days or months. It takes decades.

“It’s not only about tree planting,” she said, using one of WAND’s Typhoon Haiyan projects as an example. “It’s about tree growing. You have to monitor the trees you planted to make sure they grow.”

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Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Alubijid, Misamis Oriental -0O0 February 24, 2020 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that ERNIE LOU ELLEVERA CANON has filed with this office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error/s in the entry of the child’s sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” and the birth date from altered date “October 3, 1997” to “October 3, 1997” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ERNIE LOU ELLEVERA CANON who was born at Taparak, Alubijid, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are ERNESTO LAGO CANON and ELMA JANUBAS ELLEVERA.

Any person having knowledge and / or claiming interest of may be adversely affected by said petition may, within ten (10) calendar days, file his/her written opposition with this office.

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Reforestation is important, Cora said, but the people WAND collaborates are the real key to disaster resilience.

“Before, the rural folks used to only be on the sidelines, but now because of our engagement, training, and partnering, some of them have become village leaders and counselors.

Women are involved in cooperatives. They are now agents and stakeholders in their communities.”

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AND PARTITION WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALE is made and entered into by and between;

VEVENCIA G. SICALAN, of legal age, married, and a resident of Kapitan Anghel, Malaybalay City, BEBOY G. GANAHON, of legal age, married and a resident of Kulaman, Cabanglasan, Bukidnon, MARTINA G. PEPITO, of legal age, married, and a resident of Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon and HERBERT M. DACO, of legal age, married and a resident of Poblacion, Lantapan,Bukidnon.

DECLARE AND MAKE MANIFEST That the above-named parties are legitimate sole and exclusive heirs of the late spouses VICTORIO GANAHON, died on May 16, 1994 at Lantapan, Bukidnon, and EFEPANIA GANAHON, died on September 9, 2016 at Lantapan, Bukidnon.

That the said deceased, at the time of their death, they left a parcel of land situated at Babahagon, Lantapan, Bukidnon and more particularly described as follows, to wit:

“A parcel of land, located at Babahagon, Lantapan, Bukidnon, containg an area of THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY NINE (38,829) SQ. M., covered by Original Certificate of Title No. P-18379.

Bounded on NW by Lot 2170,Cad 653, on NE by Lot 2187,Cad 653 0n SE by Lot 2172 Cad 653,on SW by Lot 1112,Cad 653.

That the parties herein have agreed, as they hereby agree, to divide and settle the aforementioned estate among themselves.

Is subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AND PARTITION WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE. Under the Notarial Registry of Atty. ASIS G. CUBILLAN, Notary Public. Per Doc. No. 93; Page No. 20; Book NO. XXVI; Series of 2019.

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

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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that KAN DANIEL B. ROMERO has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth KAN DANIEL ZAMUDIO BALTAZAR who was born on 29 May 1999 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Eleonor Z. Baltazar and Unknown.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than february 2020.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ADELA G. HUGARIO has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “FEDILA” TO “ADELA” in the Certificate live of birth FEDILA GONZAGA who was born on 02 February 1951 Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Manuela Mabanog and Jose Gonzaga.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than February 2020.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that MARIZA C. LAWAS has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “JOSE” to “EDWIN” in the Certificate live of birth JOSE PULIQUIT CONDEVILLAMAR who was born on 28 august 1969 Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Zosima Polinar and Mauricio Condevillamar.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than february 2020.

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

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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that ANGELOU D. NARSICO has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth ANGELOU DELA CERNA NARSICO who was born on 01 November 1997 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Helen M. dela Cerna and Jose S. Narsico Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than March 2020.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that HANIYA SORAYA M. UNTE has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “SITTIE HAPZA” to “HANIYA SORAYA” in the Certificate live of birth SITTIE HAPZA NAGA MASORONG who was born on April 26, 1982 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Norma U. Naga and Jamael B. Masorong.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than March 2020.

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Republic of the Philippines Province of Misamis Oriental MUNICIPALITY OF CLAVERIA Local Civil Registry Office NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that MARY JANE SAGA LAGAT – BONAYOG has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from “CHYNTHIA” to “MARY JANE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CHYNTHIA SAGA LAGAT who was born on OCTOBER 3, 1980 at CLAVERIA, MISAMIS ORIENTAL and whose parents are ANTONIO BALANTAC LAGAT and FELICITAS SAGA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than FEBRUARY 23, 2020.

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Covid-19 outbreak delays 2 solar projects

By KRIS CRISMUNDO

MANILA – Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) is delaying the commissioning of two solar projects in the latter part of the year, its president and chief executive officer Rogelio Singson said on Monday.

In Man i l a E l e c t r i c Company’s (Meralco) media briefing, Singson said these solar projects are in Tarlac and Bulacan with a

combined capacity of 135 megawatts.

Singson said the photovoltaic panels from China are not yet shipped out due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Only 30 percent of the solar panels for the Tarlac project was delivered.

Chinese engineers contracted by MGen for the Bulacan solar project could not come to the Philippines See SOLAR, page 11

DOST launches ‘SPARTA’ for data analytics training

By MA. CRISTINA ARAYATA

RENEWABLE ENERGY. Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) president and chief executive officer Rogelio Singson (left) on Monday (Feb. 24, 2020) shares the company is still committed to deliver its target of installing 1,000 to 1,200 megawatts of renewable energy projects over a period of five to seven years. Aside from solar power, other renewable energy sources can also be tapped such as wind and hdyropower, he said in a media briefing at Meralco headquarters in Pasig City. (PNA photo by Kris Crismundo)

MANILA – The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) “Smarter Philippines Through R&D, Training and Adoption” (SPARTA) program, which aims to produce 30,000 data scientists via online learning, was officially launched on Monday in Makati City.

“In 1992, I was a scholar of DOST at a university in Michigan. I studied signal processing, and part of our

work was AI (artificial intelligence). When I came back in 1997, I taught many students on signal processing and AI, but there was no job for them. They ended up going abroad,” remarked DOST Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara.

She said the DOST is developing human resources through SPARTA which was designed to retain the trainees in the Philippines.

About 30,000 will be See DATA, page 11

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“The 3rd Philippine Environment Summit hopes to address this divisiveness by building unity among all stakeholders of the environment.”

In fact, Green Convergence Philippines President Dr. Angelina P. Galang, Ph.D. disclosed that the unity and cohesiveness shown by civil society, local and national agencies, the academe and other sectors of society in Cagayan de Oro in addressing environmental issues in their locality was crucial in their decision in choosing the city as the venue for the 3rd Philippine Environment Summit.

Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar S. Moreno admitted the unity of environment stakeholders in Cagayan de Oro and Northern Mindanao is best demonstrated by the partnership of the academe with other sectors and even schools abroad such as th0e research project, “Building up an Integrated Methodology for Water Resources Assessment and Management in Urban Coastal Areas” (BIMWAM), a joint undertaking of Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan, University of St La Salle, Université de Namur, Catholique Université de Louvain, and Université de Mons of Belgium.

Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J.D.D., also cited the Cagayan de Oro River Basin Management Council (CDORBMC) as another example of how a multisectoral group of concerned individuals, agencies and institutions have converged to protect, preserve, rehabilitate and manage the watersheds, rivers, and forests of the Cagayan de Oro River Basin.

The CDORMBC includes Government Agencies, Local Government Units, Non-Government Organizations, private sectors, religious groups, People’s Organization/Indigenous People (PO/IP), Security and Academe that seek to improve the quality of life of the stakeholders by upholding and implementing appropriate interventions to enhance better utilization of natural resources and to boost biodiversity along the watersheds and the rivers.

Created in November 16, 2010 under the active leadership of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro (ACDO) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

Early on, the CDORBMC was chaired by ACDO and DENR with the latter acting as the ad hoc secretariat.

Later Xavier University - Research and Social Outreach (XU-RSO) with the help of the Ecosystem Alliance – International Union for Conservation of Nature (EA-IUCN) volunteered to preside as the council’s official secretariat in November of 2011 to further strengthen the operation

and management of the CDORBMC through facilitation of meetings, consolidation of council documents and coordination with other member agencies/groups.

In closing, Cuna stressed how the partnership between DENR and Green Convergence through the biennial summit is proving crucial in generating the groundswell of support needed to unite the various sectors of society in meeting the challenges of environment degradation and its attendant problems.

“The 3rd Philippine E nv i ron m e nt Su m m it showcases achievements in environmental programs and projects at the national and local levels. This is an important way of informing the public of the reforms underway, and inspiring them to be part of the restoration of the grandeur of our environmental heritage, through the pursuit of sustainable development.”

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created an “enabling media environment” and a “safe space for journalists.”

“The Philippines enjoys a long-standing history of press freedom. This should attest that press freedom is very much alive in the Philippines,” he said.

His statement came as critics slammed the current administration’s supposed attempts to curtail press freedom.

Some have claimed that the alleged effort to block the renewal of local broadcast firm ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise, which expires on March 30, is clearly an issue of press freedom.

Andanar said the narratives against Duterte and his administration are “written out of context, some without basis, and others, outright lies.”

“There are a lot of stories criticizing the government of President Rodrigo Duterte, including issues regarding media information… It is our job to challenge and to clarify these inaccurate stories, and to simply tell the truth,” he said.

Andanar denied that private media companies are under attack.

He said the existence of baseless and false reports to discredit Duterte merely proves that Philippine media can freely exercise the freedom of the press.

“The fact that such articles, reports, and accounts exist, indicates that there is a free press in the Philippines — no censorship, no persecution,” Andanar said.

There are around 2,501 private media outlets and 34 state media outlets, as of 2018, according to the data cited by Andanar.

Protection of media rights Andanar assured the Duterte administration is exhausting all efforts to protect the rights of the media.

He said the government

Thursday, February 27, 2020 sought the passage of the proposed Media Workers’ Welfare Act that will give media workers equal protection, security, and benefits.

“At present, the Duterte administration is now pushing for the passage of the (proposed) Media Workers’ Welfare Act in Congress, a bill which seeks to address the vulnerabilities of the media by uplifting their economic welfare, benefits, and skills, thereby creating an environment that is conducive to an empowered, independent and free media,” Andanar said.

House Bill (HB) 2746 or the Proposed Media Workers’ Welfare Act filed in July 2019 seeks the granting of mandatory additional insurance benefits by the Social Security System and the Government Service Insurance System, including death and disability benefits, and reimbursement of medical expenses.

HB 2746 also creates a Commission on Press Freedom and Media Security that will serve as media workers’ safeguard from all forms of attacks and as a development center for journalism.

To date, cases of media killings and reports of threats against journalists are being addressed by the Presidential Task Force on Media Security, which was created through Administrative Order 1 inked in 2016. (PNA)

EDSA... from page 4

It is as if he is saying to me, I have taught you all that you need to know. You got this now.

And it is true. This President has changed me. I am no longer the baby I was 3 years ago when he asked me to join him in rebuilding our country, For my country, I have become stronger, braver, more cunning and I pity anyone who tries to stop me. I am steel now.

I see it is the same for the overwhelming majority of Filipinos. We have been transformed by this President.

We are no longer the same people we were before this President walked into Malacañang. We have become braver. We know our worth now because of the beautiful way he loves and serves us: humbly, completely. We look at our wrists and the chains that used to bind us are no longer there.

The scales have fallen off our eyes too so that the dilaws and the pretentious hypocrites in our midst-- the terrorist CPP-NPA-NDF and their above-ground organizations like IBON, GABRIELA, LFS, ANAKBAYAN, CEGP, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, NUPL, NUJP, etc have become a laughingstock. Even as they try to claim EDSA as their own.

We have become free and empowered.

And so I went to EDSA today to celebrate, what, to me, is the real meaning of PEOPLE POWER: a

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475 displaced/disadvantaged Oro workers employed in TUPAD CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-X)Cagayan de Oro City Field Office (CDO FO) conducted an orientation on Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program to 475 beneficiaries of the various barangays of First District of the city on 10 February 2020 at Barangay Covered Court, Carmen, here, marking also their first day of employment.

“It is gratifying to see that these beneficiaries are employed, even for just a short span of time, through our TUPAD Program especially that they needed it most as victims of various calamities and tragedies, b oth man-made and natural that hit our city recently. We want to ensure to everyone that the main concern of our Department is to promote gainful employment opportunities especially to the vulnerable sector,” people who can chart their own course, who can look the greedy oligarchs, the treacherous terrorists in the eye and say, “Yes, you may have billions.

And you may have guns and your lies. And you may try to use all that to scare me into submission. But I know what it is I am made of and what it is I am capable of. And I will kapit bisig with my brothers and sisters Filipinos and I will stand my ground peacefully but resolutely. And you will not pass.

I will end your reign of greed. I will end your reign of terror. And when this President steps down in 2022, we will be handing to our children a country in much better shape then we found it in 2016.

That, to me, is real People Power.

I celebrate it.

Measures... from page 11

able to arrest one person and confiscated P866 in January 1-February 14.

Together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the province doubles its effort to condemn violent and terrorist acts of CPPNPA through the issuance of barangay and municipal resolution, conduct of youth leadership summit, and encouraging local government units to declare persona non grata.

Lt. Col. Ricky Canatoy, 58th Infantry Battalion commander, said it is also essential to have a clear view of every situation that may arise affecting security, impart CPP-NPA strategy,

DOLE-X CDO FO Chief Ebba Acosta (standing) gives her message to the 475 TUPAD beneficiaries of Cagayan de Oro City on 10 February 2020 at the Barangay Covered Court, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. ( DOLE-X/CDO FO)

DOLE-X CDO FO Chief Ebba B. Acosta said.

TUPAD or Tulong Pa n g h a n ap b u h ay s a Ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced Workers is a community-based package of assistance that provides emergency employment for displaced workers, underemployed and seasonal workers, for a minimum period of 10 days, but not to exceed a maximum of 30 days, depending on the nature

of work to be performed which shall be paid 100% of the prevailing regional daily minimum wage.

The 450 beneficiaries are engaged in works on social community projects like street cleaning, de-clogging and maintenance of canals, barangay beautification for a period of ten working days and the other 25 beneficiaries for 15 days for the same tasks.

(DOLE-10/CDO FO)

and activate the local task force to end local communist armed conflict at the municipal and barangay levels.

As for aiding reformists to reintegrate back to the society, the provincial government in partnership with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) crafts daily activities for the reformists in Balay Silangan as well as leads the training on therapeutic community ladderized program.

Simplicio Bautista Jr. of PDEA said out of 58 barangays, 55 are already declared drug-free, 2 are unaffected while only 1 barangay is still uncleared.

“To maintain the drugfree status of the province, we should conduct drug awareness seminar in all high school and colleges in Camiguin, conduct trainer’s training at the municipal

level and a seminar for a drug-free workplace, and barangay level reporting and monitoring of drug personalities,” Bautista said.

For his part, Romualdo said the provincial government will also act on illegal gambling as they received reports that some children do not attend school regularly because they guard the vehicles of those who are involved in derby betting in exchange for a meager income.

He also added that illegal parking in such areas along with the non-usage of a helmet while driving a motorcycle will be prohibited as part of the Disiplina Muna implementation. (RTP/PIA10) NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late PONCIANO O. BALABA SR., who died intestate without leaving any will or testament left a certain Parcel of Land still declared in his name identified as Lot. No. 2820, bearing Tax Declaration No. 1-1114089, embraced under TCT/CLOA-2675 containing an area of 2,085 square meters, located at Pandan, Mambajao, Camiguin. Now the subject of Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Absolute Sale of Portion of Land, sold in favor of JOSELITA L. AMBAL of legal age, Filipino, widow and resident of Pandan, Mambajao, Camiguin sold portion - 274 square meters only.

Executed by legal heirs of abovementioned late PONCIANO O. BALABA, namely: DELIA C. BALABA, ALEXIS C. BALABA and GRACE B. SAGARINO, under the notarial registry of Atty. VITO M. CARRILLO, per Doc. No. 423; Page No. 22; Book No. 29; Series of 2015.

Notice is hereby given that the late spouses MACARIO M. ABUCAYON and FORTUNATA ECONAR ABUCAYON who died in Camiguin without leaving a will nor incurred indebtedness during their lifetime left a real properties still declared in their names, identified as follows: Property of late MACARIO M. ABUCAYON

Lot. No. 3221 with Tax Dec. No. 524; with an area of 2,000 square meters; located at Owakan, Mahinog, Camiguin.

Properties of FORTUNATA E. ABUCAYON

Lot. No. 1069 with Tax Dec. No. 510; with an area of 2,195 square meters; located at Jopocan, Mahinog, Camiguin and Lot. No. 3; with Tax Dec. No. 22599; with an area of 4,132 square meters; located at Capagong, Hubangon, Mahinog, Camiguin, now the subject of Extrajudicial Settlement with adjudication of ownership by succession, executed by heirs of the said late spouses MACARIO M. ABUCAYON and FORTUNATA ECONAR ABUCAYON namely: ESTERLINA A. SEMITARA, MILAGROS A. ARAT and ROQUESA A. CARTAGENA under the notarial registry of Atty. VITO M. CARRILLO, per Doc. No. 136; Page No. 29; Book No. 105; Series of 2019.

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Thursday, February 27, 2020

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Toyota hybrid electric vehicles tour at Xavier University event also as part of the educational AS part of their institution’s drive to promote Engineering Days sustainable 2020. mobility, Toyota The activity Motor Philippines capped with a brought their symposium on hybrid electric the last day about vehicle campus tour hybrid electric to Xavier University vehicles at Grand in Cagayan de Oro Caprice Restaurant City from February and Convention 17 to 21 with the Center here which

By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent

was attended by around 250 Xavier University engineering students.

Toyota Motor Philippines is initiating this series of activities nationwide to boost its efforts in bringing vehicle electrification closer to the public.

This partnership with the academe is made to bringing the education sector closer to the latest automotive industry trends and direction.

The half-day symposium was conducted by Toyota’s technical experts which focused on the beneficial effects of Toyota hybrid technology on the evinronment.

Common misconceptions about hybrid electric vehicles were also discussed

there.

“Our continuous activities on HEVs are geared towards the youth because they are the ones who will benefit most from this technology.

With enough support and proper implementation, the untapped potential of hybrids can improve our transportation systems and our environment in the long-run,” said Cristina Arevalo, first vice president of Toyota Motor Philippines.