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Murad says: Peace is life. No peace, no life. KIDAPAWAN City--“Peace is life. No peace, no life. Peace to everyone,” Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) wrote on the ‘peace wall’ of Museyo Kutawato on Saturday, January 12. North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza toured Ebrahim and Presiential

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JV Ejercito favors Duterte’s approval on hiking sin taxes INCREASED sin taxes would allow the “sustainable implementation” of the universal healthcare bill (UHC). This was echoed by Senator JV Ejercito as he welcomed the approval of President Rodrigo Duterte on the proposal to raise excise tax on alcohol and tobacco products. “The President’s approval to increase sin taxes would buttress the efficient and sustainable implementation of the UHC that would inclusively benefit all Filipinos,” Ejercito said in a statement last week.

President Duterte has approved the proposed increase of excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco products . The imposition of higher excise taxes was proposed also by the Department of Health and Department of Finance. An additional tax of P2.50 on every pack of cigarettes was imposed in the House version of the sin tax reform bill, which was passed on third and final reading. However, the Senate bill that

‘Fake documents’ used to ship garbage: BOC-10 See PEACE, page 11

See TAXES, page 11

By DIVINA SUSON, MARK FRANCISCO and GERRY GORIT Correspondents

TAGOLOAN, Misamis Oriental--The Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Northern Mindanao on Sunday said the tons of waste from South Korea were illegally shipped into the country. Based on its investigation, sub-port Collector John Simon of the Mindanao Container Port Terminal (MCPT) said the BOC found out that fake documents

Misamis Oriental second district Rep. Juliette Uy talks with Bureau of Customs’ Mindanao Container Terminal sub-port Collector John Simon regarding the tons of plastic garbage that were shipped back to South Korea during the send-off ceremony held at the MCT port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on Sunday (January 13).

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Greenpeace hails PH move to return trash By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent CAGAYAN de Oro City--The international environmental group Greenpeace has lauded the move of the government to return the 6,500 tons of plastics and other wastes back to South Korea. The plastic trash, imported by a company whose business is into recycling, arrived at the Mindanao Container Terminal

in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on two occasions last year. The shipments were held by authorities after the Bureau of Customs-10 (BOC-10) and the Environmental Management Bureau-10 (EMB) allegedly found Verde Soko Philippines Industrial Corp. violating Philippine laws when it imported the plastics from Pyongtaek City, South Korea. After a bilateral meeting between Philippine and South Ko-

rean government officials last December, the countries have agreed to re-ship the trash back to its country of origin. “This action by the Bureau of Customs sends a very strong message to the world that the Philippines is not a dumping ground and together, Filipinos are fighting plastic pollution,” said Angelic Pago, media campaigner Environmental activists hold placards during the sendoff ceremony of the Greenpeace for 1,400 tons of Verde Soko-owned trash that are shipped back to See TRASH, page 11

its origin in South Korea Sunday at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit

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SP backs operation of pharmacy at CHO

City all set to rebuild amphitheater

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Operation of a pharmacy soon at the City Health Office (CHO). Through an ordinance, the 18th City Council in its regular session, presided over by Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy authorized the City Health Office to apply for a License to Operate for its pharmacy with the Food and Drug Administration/ Department of Health (DOH), as a mandatory requirement of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Under the guidelines of the DOH, Congress passed landmark

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The city government is now preparing to rehabilitate the multi-purpose building at Plaza Divisioria and rebuild the Amphitheater, one of the city’s historic landmarks. The 18th City Council during its regular session enacted an ordinance authorizing the Department of Public Works and Highways-Regional Office No. 10 (DPWH-10) to include the demolition of the existing ramp in the scope of work of the project. DPWH regional director Zenaida T. Tan informed the City Council that the agency cannot include the demolition unless authorized by the legislative body. Councilor Zaldy Ocon

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RDC-X approves partnership agreement between PCW, RGADC

CdeO CADAC brings home award for performancea

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -– The Regional Development Council of Northern Mindanao (RDC-X) approved the proposed partnership agreement between the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and the RDC-X Regional Gender and Development Committee (RGADC). The partnership aims to strengthen inter-agency collaboration and convergence on GAD interventions between and among the PCW, RGADC-X, regional line agencies (RLAs), and local government units (LGUs) in

promoting gender equality and women empowerment. Under the agreement, an RGADC Secretariat shall be created to coordinate with PCW on the implementation of activities under the partnership. The RGADC shall also orchestrate mainstreaming of GAD in various development initiatives of the region; institute monitoring mechanisms of its GAD efforts, provide the RDC-X with regular reports, and elevate GAD-related issues and concerns for RDC’s action. It shall also sustain its capacity development

programs to strengthen its capability towards providing GAD-related technical assistance to LGUs, RLAs, and state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the region. Furthermore, the RGADC shall utilize and mobilize available expertise, facilities and other resources that can support GAD programs and projects and the implementation of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) and other GAD-related policies, among others. The PCW, on the other hand, shall assign a staff to coordinate with and assist the RGADC in the conduct

of the activities under the partnership. The PCW shall also support the capacity development program of the RGADC to strengthen its capabilities in providing technical assistance and training to LGUs, RLAs, and SUCs; assist RGADC in organizing and providing GAD-related technical assistance and in developing GAD training designs and modules. Also, it shall support the RGADC by linking it to the appropriate institutions/ organizations to access additional resources/programs or projects on GAD; and

co-sponsor with RGADC and provide counterpart funds as needed for selected activities, among others. The RDC-X also issued a resolution expressing support to the RGADC Indicative Plan and Budget for CY 2019. Wit h an e s t i m ate d funding requirement of P949,000.00, the RGADC Indicative Plan for 2019 is expected to facilitate the continuing efforts in mainstreaming gender in the various development processes to ensure the full implementation of the MCW in Northern Mindanao. (APB/ PIA-10)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the city-run J.R. Borja General Hospital will

be functional by the first week of March this year. This was manifested by Amelia Milvar, finance of-

ficer of JRBGH, in response to the query of Councilor Reuben R. Daba during the meeting of the City Council

committee on health and sanitation and health insurance chaired by Councilor Maria Lourdes S. Gaane on

Thursday. The committee tackled the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Health (DOH) and city government for the Health Facility Enhancement Program (HFEP) at the JRBGH amounting to P198 million. During the meeting, Councilor Reuben Daba, chair of the committee on social services, expressed concern over the delayed opening of the ICU. He said the people of the city are clamoring for the opening of the said facility. Milvar said the JRBGH had already discussed the opening of the ICU. However, the city hospital is still in the process of completing all the deficiencies and other minor repairs of the facility, she said. “Naa man gyu’y mga tiles nga naay mga deperensya, mao nang gipang-repair lang sa tanan,” she explained.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Cagayan de Oro City gained the Silver Award for 2018 National Anti-Drug Abuse Council Performance. This was announced by Councilor Romeo V. Calizo on the council’s regular session presided over by Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy as he congratulated and thanked all the members of the 18th City Council for their support. “As one of the supporters of the administration in the National Campaign against illegal and prohibited drugs and with all the council’s personality points, CADAC has gained the Silver Award for 2018 National ADAC Performance Award. Having a score of 85-99 percent, it has achieved the adjectival rating of the ideal functionality based on the 2017 performance audit,” Calizo narrated. According to Calizo, co-chair of the City Anti Drug Abuse Council (CADAC), the citation/award was achieved because of the accomplishment of the council’s two general missions, drug supply reduction, and drug demand reduction. Through the use of the four-weapon system, Reduction, Intervention, Prevention, and Community Support, tasks were smoothly undertaken and carried out, he further stressed. “We used the four-weapon system, reduction, so we imply enforcement by PDEA, police and with the employment of the military intelligence and barangay tanods. Intervention, with the health of our families because drugs is basically a health problem but have become a social problem where drug-related crimes occur out of it. Then we have prevention, we teamed up with

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Lawmen rescue 6 children from Cybersex operators Tuesday, January 15, 2019

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LIGAN City- Au t h o r i t i e s arrested on Wednesday (Januar y 9) a 59-year old mother and her 24-year old daughter after they were confirmed to have been running a cyber crime activities at their house in Purok 5, Barangay Saray, here.

The operatives of the Regional Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (RIACAT) and personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 10, found positive that the mother and daughter has continuously doing online sexual acts with the children related to them. During the operation, six children, four girls and two boys, were rescued aged one year and 11 months to 10 years old. Four of them were girls, two were boys. Jec Sacan, center head of City Social Welfare and Development’s Pag-asa Youth Home Center, said four of kids are children of the 24year old suspect while the other two are her nephews. “Mother and daughter ang mga suspects. Four of the kids are childrend of the daughter na suspect, ang dalawa ay apo nung mother sa ibang anak The kids were immediately brought to the regional office of DSWD10,” Sacan said. Children at risk Senior Inspector Russel Tuliao, head of the Women and Children Protection Center - Mindanao Field Unit (WCPC-MFU) said the younger suspect would take video of herself nude and doing obscene actions. The WCPC-MFU and the RIACAT rescued the children because they were considered in risk See RESCUE, page 11

Dimaporo meets Bravo. Lanao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Abdullah ‘Bobby’ Dimakuta Dimaporo (R) and Abdullah G. Makapaar alias Commander Bravo (L), commander of the Northwestern Mindanao Front of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces meet at the MILF’s Camp Bilal in Munai, Lanao del Norte on Sunday January 13, 2019. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Carlito Galvez, Jr., who was present during the meeting, said both agreed to set aside their political differences and work for peace and development. Photo courtesy of the Brig. Gen. Thomas Sedano, Jr. of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army

Commander Bravo, Rep. Dimpanoro meeting By Divina M. Suson Correspondent

ILIGAN City--The Office of Presidential Affairs on the Peace Process announced on Sunday, January 13, its successful meeting with Lanao del Norte (2nd District) Congressman Abdullah Di-

maporo and Hadji Abdullah Makapaar, also known as Commander Bravo, the commander of the North Western Mindanao Front of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at Camp Bilal in the town of Munai in Lanao del Norte on January 13.

Peace Secretary Carlito Galvez said he initiated the meeting of the two known personalities in Lanao del Norte to set aside their political differences and help each other for the peaceful and orderly conduct of the plebiscite of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) in

February 6. “During the said meeting, both sides have agreed to work collectively for peace and bring development in the area,” Galvez said in a statement send to the media, Sunday evening. He said, he facilitated the meeting because it is part

of the OPAPP’s mandate to bring peace by building relationships. “It is worth noting that this is the first time both parties have met after four long decades,” Galvez added. “It is also not a surprise that Congressman See MEETING, page 5

Grand rally for BOL ratification set in Maguindanao COTABATO City--At least 50,000 Bangsamoro residents on Sunday joined a caravan that traveled across three provinces in Mindanao as part of the campaign for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).

The day-long caravan, involving over a thousand vehicles, started in this city and motored to Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, and North Cotabato and the back to this city. The participants aboard

the vehicles chanted, “Yes to BOL!” “Mabuhay and (Long live) BOL!” “BOL is the only way to peace!” and “Mabuhay ang (Long live) Bangsamoro!” On Tuesday, Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangu-

dadatu will host the grand rally for the ratification of BOL in the town of Buluan, the province’s capital, which Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana is expected to attend as guest of honor. “The projection is 90

percent of Maguindanao will go for “Yes” vote. I would like 98 percent go for it after the grand rally,” Mangudadatu said Monday. Mangudadatu said he expects about 500,000 See RALLY, page 11

Bring birth certificate: DFA to Pinoys renewing passports FILIPINO applicants renewing their old passports are required to bring the original copy of their birth certificates, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. “Applicants renewing brown or green passports or maroon machine-readable passports are required to submit birth certificates because we need to capture and store the document in our database,” Foreign Affairs As-

sistant Secretary Elmer Cato said in tweet Friday. According to Cato, the agency no longer possesses the physical copy of the document submitted by applicants when they first applied. He said the DFA stopped issuing the maroon machinereadable passports in 2010 or 2011, which was replaced by the upgraded and more secure

e-Passport. The reminder came following the perception that the submission of birth certificates for passport renewal is a new requirement. “We have clarified that only those holding expired machine readable ready and machine readable passports issued before we initially launched the electronic passport in 2009 would have to

meet this requirement,” Cato said in a separate statement Saturday. “All the valid passports in circulation now are e-Passports,” he added. Earlier, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. disclosed that the previous outsourced passport maker did not transfer the previously acquired data back to the government when their contract was terminated.

“Because (the) previous contractor got pissed when terminated, it made off with data. We did nothing about it or couldn’t because we were in the wrong. It won’t happen again,” Locsin said. “Passports pose national security issues and cannot be kept back by private entities. Data belongs to the state,” he added. A report culled from the Philippine News Agency

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‘Ouster’ of City Mayor seen anytime in January MISAMIS Oriental observes its 89th founding anniversary this year. What makes the celebration relevant is the adoption of a new trademark that would depict a new image of the province and its people. It is the now popular “Kuyamis Festival.” The idea of conceptualizing a potential event that could entice both domestic and foreign tourists is not easy. First, will the people support and patronize the project? What if the project fails? Provincial governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano knows that a project of immense importance has to be nurtured with diligence and patience. Besides, there is a need to get the right people to carry out the project. The “Kuyamis Festival” project would later on demonstrate the resiliency of Emano’s administration and the faith of the people of his administration. The birth pains and the infantile stage of the “Kuyamis” definitely taught the organizers a thousand lessons.

With a few supporting local government units (LGUs), coupled with limited resources to begin with, the destiny of the “Kuyamis” project hanged in the balance. Gov. Emano’s persistence and constancy of purpose were the only weapons left to endure the pain of nurturing the growing “Kuyamis.” After six years of doubts and suspicions, the Kuyamis organizers finally heaved a sigh of relief. This year, about 20 towns, including the component city of El Salvador joined the festival at the provincial capitol ground. The festival showcases the various agricultural products that the coco tree, known as the “tree of life,” has to offer. Without doubt, the growing numbers of LGUs who joined the festival indicated that the people have already accepted “Kuyamis” as part of the province’s largest annual festival. Kudos to Jeffrey Saclot, a young lawyer, who heads the Provincial Tourism Office (PTO), of Misamis Ori-

ental. Saclot’s dedication to his mission as Emano’s tourism officer finally paid off. Everyone is optimistic that the “Kuyamis Festival” would become of the major tourist attractions in Northern Mindanao in the coming years. -0The politics in Cagayan De Oro City are getting feverish. One camp is now on the offensive and the other is in the defensive mood. High emotions seem to explode anytime as the political trail is getting closer. The incumbent appeared to be in control of the political surroundings. However, the supporters of the opposition are getting larger and bigger every day. There is no doubt that when the political condition swells into a full-blown rift, the opposition would potentially gain an upper hand. T he d e cl ar at i on of Cagayan De Oro City as one of the “places of concern” in the scheduled midterm election this year is an “omen.” The CYNOSURE is reserving its thoughts about

By Brady Eviota MindaViews

their family – including kasambahays and hangers-on — to an expensive dinner in a restaurant. A one-time P30,000 groceries bill? Chicken lang daw yan. I know of someone who has brought a dozen of her family to a trip to Bohol and back, expenses all hers. And someone claims that he had spent in a one-month binge of a vacation in his home province in Agusan and in Manila, something close to a million pesos! Incredible? I believe these stories to be true. It seems that when it is fantasy that wills the Filipino balikbayan, there are no boundaries. There are countless stories of balikbayans spending money like they were bigshots. One is that of a Batangas couple playing hermana mayor and mayora in their hometown’s fiesta and feeding the townsfolk for three straight days. A common story is that of hosting nightly eating and drinking sprees for family and drinking buddies. How about the trips to the mall, compete with meals, ang cine and playland treats for the kids? Sagot lahat ni kuya o ate. Why do the balikbayans do it? There are various reasons and motives. What I can cull out from them is that splurging is their way of giving thanks for their “blessings” and sharing it with others they feel are less privileged. For others it is a compensation thing – trying to give back the time they spent away from

their families with material things. For others, it is bragging rights: ‘I was once deprived, now I can indulge,’ they can now say. These are reasons and motives that I do not question, even if I do feel that hard-earned money should be spent more prudently during vacations. Families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) should always be made aware and learn that the money is hard-earned; that it is spent for a reason; that it is not boundless; and that there should be savings for the harder times. Alas, it seems that the OFW forgets that even in Fantasyland, reality will bite. He delights in the high exchange rates, pleased that his Swiss franc money transfer will bring his family more; maybe not realizing that a weaker peso only makes imports more expensive. Indeed, in our globalized world, what item is not imported? Packaged food and canned goods, clothing, school supplies, machine parts, house amenities — everything imported that is needed daily in the Filipino household will turn out expensive from a weaker peso. The OFW delights that almost everything in the Philippines comes cheaper, certainly much cheaper than good and services in Europe. He does not discern that higher inflation may have actually made his last vacation more expensive. The taxes on aviation fuel and gasoline and oil; the taxes

BERN--To someone just back from vacation in the Philippines, we use this queer remark: “Welcome back to reality!” We call this world where we live and work in “Reality” and the Philippines as “Fantasyland.” At the least that tells us that our boots are squarely on the ground in our adopted country, as some people call it. We do not romanticize living in a foreign land, we are used to the challenges of living in a wealthy but cold and sometimes alien alpine land. But to call the Philippines “Fantasyland” tells us something about the mindset of the immigrant. In our heads, the mother country is still the best—where we were born and grew up in; had the first or the best experiences; or where the life is still viewed as easy and carefree. I even heard Surigaonons call the Philippines as the “P.I”. It sounded incongruous to me, like it was an Ilocano working in the pineapple fields of Hawaii calling his homeland two centuries ago. But fantasy land it is, a place where the homesick Filipino plays the daydreams he has, putting into reality the scenes and situations that he has imagined he would do when he goes home to visit. And that translation to reality is oftentimes expensive, sometimes even too steep. I have heard Filipinas who brag that they treated

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-0There are indications that a political event would take place in one of the cities in Misamis Oriental this week or end of January. A bird told the CYNOSURE that a City Mayor is going to be ousted. The CYNOSURE is not in the position to divulge the details of the ouster. However, there are indications that the court would order the City Mayor to vacate the post. Well, the last recourse is “due process.” What “due process?” When the people no longer trust the elected public official, due process becomes irrelevant. That is the problem with some lawyers, they think they can always fool the people out of “legalese.” Everybody believed that “due process” becomes moot and academic when the people unite to oust a leader who losses the moral ascendancy of his position. -0- Email reactions/ comments: crisguardian@ yahoo.com

on sugar-sweetened drinks; more items on value-added tax – all may have conspired to make him dig deeper into his pockets. He marvels at the plans and the initial infrastructure build-up that is taking shape, and imagines his family enjoying the benefits of modern infrastructure. Maybe he is not aware – or conveniently forgets – that this massive infrastructure leap is funded by foreign loans that will be paid back with up to 3% interest. Everything – even development – comes at a price. Higher inflation, low dollar reserves, a bigger accounts deficit, a jobs crisis – all means little or nothing to the OFW who is in Fantasyland. Sadly, the realities in Fantasyland may soon pull the OFW back to land. Kung ang pamilya na mismo ang dumadaing, kung ang mga gastos na mismo ang umaaray- that moment may prick the bubble that we OFWs have created for ourselves. Mindanawon Abroad is MindaNews’ effort to link up with Mindanawons overseas who would like to share their thoughts about their home country and their experiences in their adopted countries. Brady Eviota wrote and edited for the now defunct Media Mindanao News Service in Davao and also for the SunStar Cagayan de Oro. He is from Surigao City and now lives in Bern, the Swiss capital located near the Bernese Alps)

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THE WORD, in other words Joel 2:12-13. Now, therefore says the Lord turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. So vend your heart, and not your garments, Returns to the Lord your God for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. And He relents from doing harm my breatheren; The word of God tell us and invite anyone who turn away

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from Him to return back to God with humble heart, God is always there for you to Love and embrace you, considering the story of the Prodigal Son.

The training gymnasium of the Davao City-University of the Philippines (UP) Sports Complex in Mintal, Davao City in this photo taken 2 January 2018. The gym is already being used for physical education classes of UP Mindanao. MindaNews photo by Manman Dejeto

PSC official says Davao City ready to host BIMP-EAGA Games in 2020 DAVAO City--It’s high time for Davao City to host the Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Friendship Games in 2020, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) commissioner Charles Raymond Maxey said. Maxey on Monday said Davao has never hosted the Games since its maiden edition in 1996 or two years after the economic subregion was established in the city. BIMP-EAGA includes Brunei Darussalam; provinces of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, West Papua and Papua in Indonesia; states of Sabah and Sarawak and the federal territory of Labuan in Malaysia; and Mindanao and the province of Palawan in the Philippines. But the PSC official said General Santos City was the only city in Mindanao that hosted the sports event – the maiden game in 1996 and again in 2012, some 16 years later. Puerto Princesa City in Palawan hosted it

in 2003. Davao was supposed to host the sports event in 2010 but it did not push through. Maxey said he has no idea what happened then. He said the PSC had already presented Davao as venue for the Games in 2020 through an audiovisual presentation played during its Brunei edition in 2018, although they have yet to submit a formal offer to the city government. City Mayor Sara Duterte said she is already considering to host international sports events with the sports complex at the University of the Philippines Mindanao campus slated for opening during the Davao Regional Athletic Association (DAVRAA) Meet 2019 from January 27 to February 2, 2019. But Duterte, who is running for another three-year term in May this year, said they would like to rest after hosting DAVRAA and the Palarong Pambansa in April and use the second half of 2019 to map out plans for

2020 to 2022. “That is in or minds, of course, yes, but as to a very specific event, wala pa (none so far),” she said. The sports complex has a training gym, multipurpose building, football field, track oval equipped with FIFA-tested and certified artificial turf, and Aquatics Center. Maxey said he believes the city will be ready by 2020 since it has sufficient accommodations and facilities such as the 20-hectare world-class Davao City-UP Mindanao Sports Complex in Tugbok district. If push comes to shove, Maxey said the around 1,500 participants and delegation officials will converge in Davao for the BIMP-EAGA Friendship Games in 2020, a development that will strengthen the city’s bid to become a premier sports tourism destination. City Tourism Office head Generose Tecson said the idea of hosting various major sports events like the BIMP-EAGA Friendship Games is no longer

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was also joined by Brigadier General Thomas Sedano Jr., commander of the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army and Butch Malang, chairperson of the MILF’s Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities, as the military and the MILF have strengthened their coordination under the existing peace mechanisms.

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PEZA ends 2018 with P140-B investments By KRIS CRISMUNDO

MANILA -- The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has approved a total of PHP140.24 billion worth of investments in 2018, the agency reported. According to PEZA, investment pledges last year dropped 40.97 percent from PHP237.57 billion. Value of investment commitments decline after the number of projects registered with PEZA also decreased by 4.51 percent from 554 projects in 2017 to 529 projects in the

previous year. “The drop is for new investments caused by the uncertainties of change of policies,” PEZA Director General Charito Plaza said, as she clarified that existing locators were not pulling out their investments in the country. “Ne w i nv e s t m e nt s dropped also because of the forthcoming election where the next Congress might change again the policies,” she explained further. Despite the decline in investment pledges, investment approvals by

PEZA has continued to create jobs for Filipinos. As of October 2018, jobs within PEZA-registered economic zones increased by 7.33 percent with nearly 1.5 million jobs compared to 1.4 million jobs at end-October 2017. Export revenues of PEZA locators grew by 6.58 percent as of October 2018 to USD45.18 billion from USD42.39 billion revenues in the same period in 2017. Meanwhile, investments in the sector of information technology (IT)

improved by 32.2 percent in 2018 amounting to PHP25.56 billion from PHP15.56 billion in 2017. A total of 188 IT projects were registered with PEZA last year. Number jobs also rose 8.05 percent to 733,479 in 2018 from its previous count of 678,799 jobs at end-2017. Export revenues of IT and business process outsourcing firms registered with PEZA increased by 9.33 percent to USD9.82 billion in 2018 from USD8.98 billion in 2017. (PNA)

batons in his luggage. The Filipino student bound for Canada was transiting through Hong Kong when he was arrested and detained by airport authorities who found two extendable batons in his check-in luggage. In an advisory issued Friday night, Consul Gen-

eral Antonio Morales said personal defense weapons such as stun guns, pepper spray, tear gas, extendible batons, flick knives, and knuckledusters are considered dangerous weapons in Hong Kong. Unlicensed possession of these items is punishable by a fine of HKD100,000 and

maximum sentence of five years imprisonment upon conviction. Alonto said the student was held on January 8 but was allowed to leave Hong Kong on Friday, January 11, after legal representation and assistance were provided by the Philippine Consulate General. (PNA)

Filipinos warned vs. carrying personal defense weapons to HK By JOYCE ANN L. ROCAMORA

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Palace rejects birth certificate requirement for passport renewal By AZER PARROCHA

MANILA -- Malacañang on Monday described as “cumbersome” the ongoing practice of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to require applicants renewing their passports to bring their original birth certificates following the agency’s declaration it lost passport data to its old contractor. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark as the DFA vowed to address its passport data loss after a previously outsourced printer allegedly took off with passport holders’ documents when its contract was terminated. “Applicants should not be burdened by submitting original copies of their certificates of live birth, obtaining which requires another application process before the Philippine Statistics Authority, to renew their passports just because the producer lost their relevant data,” Panelo said in a statement. Panelo said that the submission of the old or current passport, which the applicant seeks to renew “should suffice for the purpose.” “The ongoing practice is not only cumbersome

to everyone affected but is a form of red tape which this administration frowns upon and will not tolerate,” he added. Panelo described the passport data breach as a “serious and grave matter” and assured that the National Privacy Commission (NPC) is determining whether there were any violations to the Data Privacy Act 2012 (R.A. 10173). “The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has been directed to investigate the incident in the Department of Foreign Affairs and ascertain whether certain provisions of Republic Act No. 10173, otherwise known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012, have been violated, particularly with respect to the personal information of the data subjects,” Panelo said. Panelo, however, emphasized that the current arrangement for the printing of passports should also be examined to determine if there are violations of pertinent laws, which may be detrimental to the public. He also assured that the Palace would not treat the issue lightly. Earlier, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin See REJECTS, page 10

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POWER PARTNER OF CHOICE. Among all the electricity suppliers in the country, The Net Group (TNG) renews its power supply deal with AboitizPower for its reliability as a partner, as well as high quality product and service. TNG and AboitizPower celebrate their renewed partnership through a ceremonial contract signing and awarding of Cleanergy plaques on January 10 at Net Park, Bonifacio Global City. (L-R) Sandro Aboitiz (AboitizPower First Vice President for Energy Trading and Sales), Raymond Rufino (TNG Co-President), Maria Cristina Samson (TNG Co-President), and Emmanuel Rubio (AboitizPower Chief Operating Officer)

BEFORE “green” development became trendy, The Net Group (TNG) has long been leading the way, making it the Philippines’ largest green office building developer and operator today. Nearly 20 years after it was founded by real estate connoisseurs Jacques Dupasquier and Carlos Rufino, TNG now has seven “green” buildings with almost three million square feet gross leasable area and are home to Fortune 500 companies and many other multinational organizations. These pioneering developments of TNG have been powered by Cleanergy, AboitizPower’s brand for clean and renewable energy, since 2013. Raymond Rufino, TNG co-president, said that their decision to switch to Cleanergy was driven by their long-standing commitment to sustainability. “We want to give our customers an overall “green” experience – from the design and architecture of our buildings, up to the power supply that we use. We don’t

just rent out office spaces, we provide a sustainable work experience that is good not only for our tenants but also for our environment,” Rufino said. In its mission to continue revolutionizing the workplace, TNG has recently renewed its partnership with AboitizPower. TNG co-president Maria Cristina Samson commended AboitizPower’s continued quality performance. “AboitizPower has been a dependable power supplier since the beginning of our partnership five years ago. Their Cleanergy, as well as other value-added services, are of high quality and reliability. We are a happy customer and look forward to more years of excellent partnership with them,” Samson said. With the renewed power supply agreement, AboitizPower will continue to “Cleanergize” TNG’s seven buildings namely Net Park, Net Lima, Net Plaza, Net Quad, Net Cube, Net Square, Net One Center, with an aggregated demand of 13.5 See CHOOSES, page 10

DAR provides DAR launches official mascots hauling trucks to Caraga farmers B U T UA N C I T Y- - T h e Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) yesterday turned over six hauling trucks to six agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBO) here. Agrarian Reform Undersecretary for Support Services Emily Padilla said the machinery, provided under the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCESS), will address the farmers’ need for cheaper transportation of their produce. “These hauling trucks will serve as an added service of ARBOs to its members and non-member farmers. The earnings from the low-rate rental of the trucks

will be used as business asset of the organization and for the maintenance of the trucks,” Padilla added. The six hauling trucks totals P21.2 million and were distributed to the following ARBOs: Palmavera Small Coconut Farmer Beneficiaries Coop of Las Nieves, Baleguian Organic Farmers Irrigators Association of Jabonga, Cebolin Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Trento, La Fortuna MultiPurpose Cooperative of Veruela, Esperanza Farmers Credit Cooperative of Del Carmen, and San Isidro Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Gigaquit. DAR Regional Director Leomides Villareal said the See PROVIDES, page 10

THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) debuted today the agency’s official mascots in the first “infographic issue” of its official newsletter, Balitang DAR. In the cover of Balitang DAR, the characters, named Darwin and Darla, are seen beaming with smiles alongside a cartoon version of Agrarian Reform Secretary John R. Castriciones. The two are dressed as frontline service workers of the department, sporting a stalk of rice tucked on their ear. “Makakatulong ko (sina Darwin at Darla) sa paghahayag ng mga mensahe ng ating kagawaran sa ating mga farmer-beneficiaries at sa buong Pilipinas,” Cas-

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Republic of the Philippines 4th Shari’a Judicial District FOURTH SHARIA DISTRICT COURT Hall of Justice, Bangon Marawi City Re: In the matter of Judicial declaration As Legal Beneficiary of deceased SPO3 INIDAL B. ALAUYA

Specl. Proc. No: ML-18-2018

BUKAY LALIA MACABINTA Petitioners. X ----------------------------------------------------------/ ORDER Before this Court is a verified petition for Judicial declaration to declare petitioner as legal beneficiary of deceased SPO3 INIDAL B. ALAUYA and further alleging among others: that petitioner is a Muslim, of legal age, widow and a resident of Barangay Pagalongan, Ganassi, Lanao del Sur ; Petitioner was legally married to late SPO3 Alauya on January 20, 2000 after the death of first wife Sindab Arabia and said Alauya died on November 16, 2016; Late Alauya was in service with the PNP on January 1, 1978 until had two (2) children during the subsisting of their marriage and also said late Alauya had four (4) children with his first wife Sindab Arabia; When late Alauya died the receipt of pension was suspended until such time that the PNP Retirement and Benefits Administration Service, Camp Crame, Quezon City had requested petitioner to submit proof of affiliation or legitimacy in order to declare her as legal beneficiary through court order; hence, this petition praying that after publication and trial, an order be issued granting the petition by declaring petitioner as legal beneficiary of late SPO3 Alauya; directing the PNP Camp Crame, Quezon City as custodian of the records of late SPO3 Alauya to make necessary entry on its records that petitioner be judicially declared as qualified legal beneficiary/surviving spouse of SPO3 Alauya entitling her for claims of transfer of pension. Finding the petition sufficient in form and substance set for hearing on January 21, 2019 at 8:30 O’clock in the morning at Hall of Justice, Marawi City and anybody interested in the petition should appear and show cause, if any, why it should not be granted. Petitioner must publish this order in any accredited newspapers of general circulation in Mindanao or any local newspapers once a week for three consecutive weeks. Furnish copies hereof to the petitioner, her counsel, the office of the PNP, Camp Crame, Quezon City. SO ORDERED. Marawi City, Philippines, December 6. 2018. (SGD.) HON. RASAD S. LAGUINDAB Presiding Judge MDN: Jan 15, 22 & 29, 2019

cians included in the alleged narco-list submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte are offering support for his senatorial bid. “Hindi ko naman po makikilala (lahat) kung sino-sino ‘yung nagpapapicture sa akin, tumatabi sa akin, at sino ‘yung sumusuporta sa akin. Pero kung nasa droga po kayo, no compromise, salamat na lang po. Pakiusap ko lang, lumayo kayo sa akin at lumayo kayo sa droga dahil mas delikado po ang buhay ninyo d’yan,” Go said. Go said that while he is trying to win the support of the people as well as of other local and national leaders, he does not want to have to do anything with politicians or community leaders linked to the illegal drug trade. “Basta narco-politician, wala pong compromise diyan. Hindi po ako tumatanggap ng anumang suporta mula sa narco-politicians.

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL SUR 12TH Judicial Region BRANCH 10 Hall of Justice, MArawi City IN RE: CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN Spl Proc. No. ML-379-2018 THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF SALIM ARAGON H. NOOR JR. IN FOR: CORRECTION OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF YEAR OF BIRTH MARAWI CITY, LANAO DEL SUR AND FROM 1988 TO 1999 PHIL. STATISTICS AUTHORITY (PSA) SALIM ARAGOM H. NOOR , JR. Petitioner, - Versus THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MARAWI CITY, LANAO DEL SUL, AND ADMINISTRATOR AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES STATISTICS AUTHORITY (PSA) Respondent/s. X -------------------------------------------------------------- X ORDER Before this court is a verified petition for the correction of entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of Salim Aragon H. Noor, Jr. dated November 14, 2018, which reads in part:

1.

Petitioner is of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Barangay Lilod Saduc, Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Philippines, where he may served with notices, orders, and court processes of this Honorable Court. 2. Respondent Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur is the custodian of all records of birth of persons born in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, and may be served with notices, orders and other court processes at the Ground Floor, City Hall Building, Tucaban Street. Bangon, Marawi City; 3. On the other hand, respondent National Statistics Office and Civil Registrar General and administrator of the Philippine Statistics Authority is the central custodian of all records of birth in the country and may be serves with others and other court processes at the NSO Building, East Avenue, Diliman, Quexon City; 4. Petitioner was actually born on April 07, 1999 at Mapandi, Marawi City and the fact of his birth was registered in the Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City, which was finally recorded in the National Statistics Office (NSO) now, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA); 5. The certificate of Live Birth of herein petitioner as registered had however, contained erroneous entry. The error being committed through honest mistake and sheer inadvertence, pertained to the year of birth, more particularly underscored, as follows: a. Year of Birth: April 07. 1988.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF NAIMAH PANANTAON BENT HABIB BALINDONG/NAIMAH PANANTAON HABIB REGISTERED IN THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF MARAWI CITY,

SPL PROC NO. 2453-17

NAIMAH P. BENT HABIB BALINDONG, Petitioner, -versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF MARAWI CITY AND THE NATIONAL STATISTICAL AND CIVIL REGISTARAR GENERAL, PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY (PSA), Respondents, X -------------------------------------------------------------- X ORDER Before this court is verified petition for cancellation of certificate of live birth of Naimah Panantaon Bent Habib Balindong dated April 28, 2018 and which read in part:

1. Petitioner is 29 years old, married and resident of Gata, Buadipuso Buntong, Lanao del Sur where she may be served with the orders and other processes of this court; 2. Respondent of Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City is the custodian of all records of the birth in Marawi City, whose office is located at City Hall Compound, Bangon, Marawi City where he/she may be served with the orders and other processes of this court; 3. Respondent National Statistician and Civil Registrar General is the central custodian of all records of birth in the Philippines and he/she may be served with summons and other processes of the court at NSO Building, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City; 4. Petitioner was born on 24 June 1987 at Marawi City to parents AISAH MAMAO PANANTAON and HABIB IBRAHIM BALINDONG and the facts of her birth was belatedly registered by her mother with the respondent on August 25, 2003 under registry No. 2003-5888, a copy of her birth certificate is hereto attached as Annex “A”; 5. In the above birth certificate, the surname of the petitioner is entered as BENT HABIB BALINDONG, a Muslim name which means “daughter of Habib Balindong”; 6. Later, my mother decided to change my surname from BENT HABIB BALINDONG to HABIB in order to shorten my name by filing another Certificate of Live Birth with the Respondent on August 1, 2006 which is an erroneous remedy because she should have corrected the previously registered certificate of live birth; Nevertheless, my mother acted in good faith when she filed my second certificate of live birth as she unaware of the rules of civil registration, a copy of my Certificate of Live Birth with Registry No. 2006-5823 is attached as Annex “B”; 7. And aside from my surname, the birth date of the petitioner is erroneously recorded therein (second birth certificate) as 24 June 1989 instead of 24 June 1987; 8. Petitioner has been consistently and habitually using her surname BENT HABIB BALINDONG and date of birth 24 June 1987 since elementary up to her college education and all her records bear such name date of birth as evidence by the following documents: Official Transcript of Records and Diploma from Mindanao State University (MSU)- Marawi City, PRC License ID and Certification of Marriage, copy of which hereto attached as Annexes “C”, “D”, “E” and “F”, respectively; 9. The erroneous registered second birth certificate must be cancelled in order to avoid any legal problem that may adversely affect her in the future and, more importantly, so that her first birth certificate which contains the correct spelling of her surname name will be issued to her by the PSA. Cancellation of the second birth certificate that were being registered with the respondent; 10. Finally, the petitioner submits that she has no pending criminal or administrative case and that nobody will be prejudiced by granting this petition.

Finding the aforesaid petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that the same be set for hearing before this court on February 6, 2019 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

Let a copy of this order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in Lanao del Sure of Marawi City for three (3) consecutive weeks.

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in Lanao del Sur or Marawi City or Iligan City for three (3) consecutive weeks. The Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City and the Civil Registrar General, or any person who has interest in the petition, may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition or from the last day of publication of this Order.

Further, let this Order be posted for fifteen (15) days prior to the date of hearing in the Bulletin Board of the Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur and the Bulletin Board of this Court, also at the expense of the petitioner.

Further, let this Order be posted for fifteen (15) days prior to the date of hearing in the Bulletin Board of the Civil Registrar of Marawi CIty and Bulletin Board of this Court, at the expense of the petitioner.

The petitioner is directed to notify this court of the publication of this order not later than three (3) days before February 21, 2019

The petitioner is directed to notify this Court of the publication of this Order not later than three (3) days before February 6, 2019.

Furnish copies of this order, together with the copies of the petition to the Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, the Hon. Solicitor General, Makati City, and the Administrator and Civil Registrar of the Philippine Statistics Office (PSA), East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Manila/

Furnish copies of this Order, together with the copies of the petition to the Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City, the Hon. Solicitor General, Makati City, and the Hon. Civil Registrar General, Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA), Sta. Mesa, Manila.

SO ORDERED. Marawi City, Philippines, December 10, 2018

MDN: Jan 15, 22 & 29, 2019

WENIDA B.M. PAPANDAYAN Presiding Judge

SO ORDERED. Marawi City. January 9, 2019

MDN: Jan 15, 22 & 29, 2019

See BLOCK, page 10

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL SUR 12th Judicial Region BRANCH 10 Hall of Justice, Marawi City IN THE MATTER OF CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF PRINCESS SAMARAH D. DIACAT,

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MARAWI CITY, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES STATISTICS AUTHORITY, SPOUSES ABDULLAH AUTHORITY, SPOUSES ADBULLAH AND CAIRON DIACAT Respondent/s X -------------------------------------------------------------- X ORDER Before this court is a verified petition for cancellation of Live Birth of Princess Samarah D. Diacat dated September 28, 2018, which reads in part:

WENIDA B.M. PAPANDAYAN Presiding Judge

1. Petitioner is of legal age, Filipino, single, and a resident of Ambolong, Marawi City where she may be served with the orders and other court processes of this court; 2. Respondent Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City is the custodian of all records of birth of persons born in the City of Marawi, Lanao del Sur and may be served with the orders and other court processes at his/her office in City Hall compound, Marawi City; 3. Respondent Civil Registrar General and Administrator of the Philippine Statistics Authority is the central custodian of all records of birth in the country and may be served with orders and other court processes at the NSO Building, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City; 4. Petitioner was born to parents SAAMINA C. DIACAT and AMINOLLAH MALIC DIMAKUTA on July 26, 1996; 5. Petitioner’s adoptive mother, CAIRON C. DIACAT, belatedly registered the fact of birth of petitioner in the year 1999 with respondent LCR of Marawi, hence, the existence of COLB No. 99-1794 (Annex “A”); 6. Nonetheless, petitioner’s aunt, RASMIA DIACAT, likewise belatedly registered the fact of her birth with respondent LCR of Marawi on May 15, 2012, a copy of her Certificate of Live Birth (COLB) under Registry No. 2012-5270 is hereto Attached and marked as Annex “B”; 7. Petitioner has been consistently using COLB No. 2012-5270 from the time that she started schooling up to these days; 8. Due to the belated registration by her adoptive mother, COLB No. 2012-5270 has been locked up in the system of the Philippine Statistics Authority; 9. Unfortunately, COLB under Registry No. 99-1794 is inconsistent with petitioner’s scholastic records and other documents. The following entries are inconsistent to what the petitioner has been consistently using: first name is entered as SAMARA C. DIACAT; her birth order; entries pertaining to petitioner’s father and mother; 10. The following documents are hereto attached to prove that COLB under registry no. 99-1794 contains entries inconsistent with what the petitioner has been using: a. DIPLOMA (Adventist Medical Center College) Annex “C” b. Transcript of Records (Adventist Medical Center College) Annex “D” c. Professional Identification Card Annex “E” d. High School Diploma (SNACF) Annex “F” 11. COLB under Registry No. 99-1794 should be cancelled, not only because it contains erroneous entries but much more because it raises an unreasonable confusion as to the identity of the petitioner; 12. Further, this petition is never intended to defraud anyone, much more the government of the Republic of the Philippines but solely for the purpose of straightening the records of the petitioner; 13. Lastly, petitioner submits that nobody will be prejudiced by the granting of this petition.

Finding the aforesaid petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that the same be set for hearing before this court on February 07, 2019 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Let a copy of this order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in Lanao del Sur of Marawi City for three (3) consecutive weeks. The local civil registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur and the Civil Registrar General, or any person or party who has an interest in the petition, may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition or from the last day of publication of this order. Further, let this Order be posted for fifteen (15) days prior to the date of hearing in the Bulletin Board of the Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur and the Bulletin Board of this Court, also at the expenses of the petitioner. The petitioner is directed to notify this court of the publication of this order not later than three (3) days before February 07. 2019. Furnish copies of this order, together with the copies of the petition to the Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, the Hon. Solicitor General, Makati City, and the Administrator and Civil Registrar of the Philippine Statistics Office (PSA), East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Manila.

ay natin na cash assistance, grocery, pagkain po (ay ipinamahagi natin sa mga taga-Daliao). Pinakain din po natin sila,” Go said. Go also assured uniforms for students and workers who were affected by the fire so that they could go back to school and their workplaces as soon as possible. “May mga estudyante na kailangan pumasok sa eskwelahan; nagpabili na ako ng uniporme (para sa

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Finding the aforesaid petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that the same be se for hearing before this court on February 21, 2019 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

The local civil registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur and the Civil Registrar General , or any person or party who has an interest in the petition, may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition or from the last day of publication of this order.

bisyo sa inyo. Wala kaming ibang hangarin ni Pangulong Duterte kundi ang magsilbi sa kapwa Pilipino,” Go said. Go, a staunch supporter of President Duterte, has been drumming up support for the administration’s campaign against illegal drugs, crime and corruption. Meanwhile, Go and his supporters distributed clothes, shoes, grocer y items, food packs, meals, and cash assistance to residents affected by the fire. “As usual, ‘yung ibinibig-

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A copy of his certificate of Live Birth is attached and made a integral part hereof as Annex “A “while, the erroneous entry is marked as Annex “A-1”;

6. The following documents which are attached and marked respectively, will show the petitioner’s correct year of birth, as contra indicated in his Certificate of Live Birth; a. MSU-Lanao National College of Arts and Trades JHS FORM 137-A, as ANNEX “B”; b. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance as ANNEX “C”; c. Certification issued by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) as ANNEX “D”; d. Police clearance as ANNEX “E”; e. Community Tax Certificate as ANNEX “F”. 7. The correction of entry in the Certificate of Live Birth issued by the NSO and Local Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, is in order. Petitioner has not deliberately caused the recording of the above-cited erroneous entry; 8. Petitioner instituted this action to correct the foregoing erroneous entry in his Certificate of Live Birth, and thus, puts his birth and other records in proper respective.

Kung nasa narco-politics kayo, layuan niyo na lang po ako,” Go said. The former presidential aide made this vow during his visit to fire victims as he reached out to the community of Barangay Daliao in Toril, Davao City to give assistance. Barangay Daliao in Davao City is the site of the Jan. 8, 2019 fire that destroyed at least 34 houses, left 40 families homeless, injured two people and caused property damage amounting to PHP400,000. He said he is humbled by the latest senatorial surveys showing him making a big jump in the ranking, adding that it only served to inspire him to work harder in serving the Filipino people. “Ako naman nakakataba ng puso ‘yung suporta na ibinibigay ng kapwa kong Pilipino, lalo na mula sa mga supporters po ni Pangulong Duterte. Patuloy po akong mag se-serbisyo, magse-ser-

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PH electronics industry players to push for trade, investments promotion in Silicon Valley THE Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation Inc. (SEIPI), in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry-Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB), Industry Development and Trade Policy Group (IDTPG), Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC), as well as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), will promote the capabilities of Philippine electronics industry players through a mission to the Silicon Valley this January 2019. As the first unified approach for the government, academe, and industr y players, the mission breaks through the promotion of the Philippines as a strong player in the global electronics supply chain. It also aims to help them spur new business leads, partnerships for direct contracts, joint ventures, investments, business expansions, and exchange of technology. “The mission will take place in the same week as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas,” said SEIPI President Dan Lachica. “It presents the delegation an opportunity to network with key industry players from around the

world and be updated on technology trends, innovations, and supply chain developments of a variety of global electronic brands,” he added. With strong research and development (R&D) support and partnership with Philippine academic institutions, SEIPI and the DTI are have been actively campaigning to boost trade for the electronics industry. The mission is a part of the industry’s roadmap “Product and Technology Holistic Strategy” or PATHS which identifies niche products and technologies the Philippines should focus on in the next five years. Philippine companies Fastech Advanced Assembly, First Asia Venture Capital, Integrated MicroElectronics, Ionics EMS and Testech aim to develop business leads with key players in Silicon Valley through info-sessions and business matching activities. Apart from individual client meetings, business fora, networking activities, and company visits, the mission includes innovation culture and supply chain discussions with global hardware line, which will be accompanied with industry competitiveness

strategy pitch from a global leader in semiconductors, technology session with venture capital firm, and meeting with the global headquarters of a large industry association. Meanwhile, the DTI, Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC), and the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco are eyeing a networking night with Silicon Valley-based start-up firms. Aligning with its role to support the country’s major R&D activities such as smart agriculture and renewable energy, the DOST also coarranged a meeting with the University of California, Berkeley to benchmark industry-academe partnerships that equip universities to become the research arms of industries. The delegation has also set a visit to the Marvell NanoFabrication Lab and a meeting with global Filipino technology innovator and 2018 Ramon V. Del Rosario Sr. awardee Dado Banatao. The said activities aim to enable Filipinos to gain insights in the development of the SEIPI Science and Technology Center in the Philippines that will house the future IC Design Center, Lab-Scale Wafer Fab,

and R&D Lab, which are proposed in the PATHS. Funded by the DTI, the industry roadmap is administered by the DOST-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development. It is implemented by SEIPI through the Silicon Valley mission. According to DTI-EMB Executive Director Senen Perlada, the mission is pursuant to the Philippine

Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022 and the Philippine Export Development Plan (PEDP) 2018-2022. “It aims to meet the PDP objectives and export targets by improving the overall climate for export development, exploiting existing prospective opportunities from trading arrangements, and designing comprehensive support for selected products and services sectors, among others,” he said.

The semiconductor and electronics industry remains as the Philippines’ top exporter today. In 2017, the country’s electronics exports posted double-digit growth of 11.16 percent to reach $32.7 billion—the highest in the industry’s history. The United States also ranked as the Philippines’ third market in 2017 with a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent from 2013-2017, which is valued at $4.39 billion.

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legislations, namely: Food, Drugs and Devices and Cosmetics Act, Food and Drug Administration Act of 2009, Food Safety Act of 2013, and Universally Accessible Cheaper and

Quality Medicine Act of 2008, mandating FDA to regulate establishment engaged in health products to ensure consumer safety, welfare protection, and fair trade practice. Councilor Maria Lourdes S. Gaane, chair of the City Council committee on health and sanitation and health insurance, said the License to Operate is purely for social services of the people of Cagayan de Oro, not for economic enterprise. “It is a social services nga gaipanghatag sa City Health Office and barangay health centers and kailangan nato ang license kay naa man ta’y pharmacy,” Gaane stressed. (It is a social service that will be provided by the City Health Office and barangay health centers and we need the license as we will be having a pharmacy) The ordinance was reviewed and endorsed by the committees on health and on laws and rules, respectively chaired by Councilors Gaane and Ian Mark Q. Nacaya. (SP/JBD)

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(There are defective tiles, that is why these are repaired first) She said the equipment is already set but other deficiencies should be repaired as one of the requirements for a License to Operate (LTO). “Dili pa makakuha og LTO kung naa pay mga deficiencies makit-an. (LTO would not be issued while there are still deficiencies). We already presented this to the Local Finance Committee during the recent budget deliberation,” she added. Daba expressed gladness for the said development and assured that the City Council will support the opening of the ICU. C ou n c i l or s Su z e tt e Magtajas-Daba and Jay R. Pascual also attended the meeting.(SP/JBD)

kanila). Sa mga namamasukan naman po sa trabaho (katulad ng) mga security guard, bibilhan kaagad natin sila ng uniporme para makabalik na agad sila sa trabaho,” Go told interviewers. Go also informed residents that he will try to seek additional assistance from them from his former colleagues in various government agencies, including the National Housing Authority. He also took the opportunity to remind members of the Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (TODA) in the area to stay away from drugs. Go had assured them that their concerns would be tackled in the forthcoming TODA summit organized by the national government. Go also told fire victims that they can seek assistance from the Malasakit Center in the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City should they need medical attention. The Malasakit Center is a one-stop shop bringing together in one room government satellite offices of PCSO, DOH, DSWD, PhilHealth, and other concerned agencies to make it easier and faster for poor patients to avail of medical and financial assistance. Go is proposing a law mandating the establishment of a Malasakit Center in all the provinces and urban centers of the country. His legislative agenda also includes programs for agriculture, housing, long-term sports development, localized peace talks, barangay welfare, creation of a Department of OFWs, and senior citizens. (PR)

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with the education family and religious group to prevent the youth especially the minors from getting afflicted with the health menace. The last one is community support where we are undertaking the community-based rehab programs,” the councilor manifested. Calizo also said that the city now only has 1,700 responders out of the 5,000 profiled users as reported several months ago. This is along with the present status of our barangays having no built-in pushers. “B efore almost all barangays have built-in pushers now no barangays have built-in pushers. The pushers that come in are already walk-ins or street pushers. That’s a big

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Ejercito proposed sought to raise the sin tax to P90 per pack. Ejercito says the tax hike could bolster funds for the universal healthcare (UHC) bill, which he said would make healthcare available to all FIlipinos. “Isa po talaga ito sa nakikita kong mapagkukunan ng pondo para sa UHC, and at the same time, will reduce cigarette smoking in the country,” JV said. After ratification by both Senate and the House of Representatives, the said bill will be submitted to President Duterte for his approval. The universal healthcare bill’s reconciled version was approved during the bicameral conference committee on November 27, last year.

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were used in importing the garbage. Aside from using fake documents, Simon said the company that imported the garbage is not authorized to ship such kind of cargoes–– and it did not go through the right process. “Sila ay nagpadala ng mga basurang ito na hindi dumaan sa proseso. Pineke ang mga dokumento na pinadala sa Pilipinas at hindi sila utorisado para magpadala ng kargamentong ganito sa Pilipinas,” Simon said. “Mga tiwaling tao na nakipagsabwatan sa mga tiwaling dayuhan,” he added. On one hand, Simon lauded the media for exposing the real situation despite threats of his life. “Maraming boses ang pumapasok, ‘tumahimik ka nalang diyan, meron ka rin naman niyan, total di pa naman sa panahon mo pumapasok yan’... Pero hindi po kami natatakot! Hindi po kami tatahimik! Hindi kami titigil hangga’t lahat ng mga basura sa buong Pilipinas ay naitatapon pabalik kung saan nanggaling na bansa ang mga basurang yan,” Simon said. “Isang grupo ang unang naniniwala sa amin nung sumabog (ang isyung ito) nung October (2018), maraming salamat sa inyo. Kayo ang nagpakita ng hubad na katotohanan sa buong Pilipinas at sa buong mundo,” he added. Environment advocate EcoWaste Coalition declared that the return of the garbage is a “triumph for environmental justice, morality and the rule of law”. Aileen Lucero, National Coordinator of the EcoWaste Coalition, underscored that “the waste shipments violated Korean and Philippine customs and environmental laws, as well as the International Basel Convention” and “sending the garbage back to its origin is just, moral and lawful.” “Our resolute stance to get the garbage returned to

its sender shows how much we, the Filipino people, want our fragile ecosystems to be protected against the adverse effects of waste trafficking, which is a seriour threat to our people’s lives, their health and the environment,” Lucero said. A total of 1,400 tons of plastic trash believed to be adulterated with other wastes was successfully shipped out of the country back to its origin in South Korea Sunday (January 13, 2019). The 51 container vans containing the garbage were loaded in MV Kalliroe V8525 at 10 a.m. at the MCPT in an exclusive Phividec Industrial Estate in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. The send-off ceremony was supervised by Simon and witnessed by Misamis Oriental second district Rep. Juliette Uy, provincial board member Gerardo Sabal III and Tagoloan Councilor Ignacio Factura II who were all the main oppositors of the entry of the shipment to the country. The wastes, consigned to Verde Soko Industrial Philippines Corporation purportedly to be recycled, arrived in the country in October and was held at the Mindanao Container Terminal after an earlier shipment was already questioned. As early as July, local legislators led by Vice Governor Jose Mari Pelaez and Sabal had already conducted monthly inquiries on the matter upon learning that a shipment of 5,100 tons of wastes already arrived in the country and stored idly at a spacious lot within Phividec Industrial Estate in barangay Sta. Cruz of the said municipality. Uy, whose district covers the municipalities of Tagoloan and Villanueva where the July shipment arrived at Philippine Sinter Corporation’s private port, claimed that had she known about the Provincial Board inquiries earlier, the second shipment might have been stopped. Philippine Sinter Corporation is located within the spacious Phividec economic zone premises, which spans the two municipalities. At the congressional level, Uy said she has rallied all the congressmen from Mindanao to support her calls for a congressional inquiry on the matter. Uy said that the return of the garbage shipment is not an end of the matter and promised that any individual or entity responsible for bringing them here must be held legally liable. She added that officials of the Bureau of Customs, Phividec Industrial Authority and Verde Soko will be summoned in the impending congressional inquiry. In particular, Uy pointed at Customs district collector Floro Calixihan Jr. as the one responsible for the release of the July shipment from the Mindanao Container Terminal to Verde Soko’s

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 facility in barangay Sta. Cruz. Calixihan, who was present during the send-off ceremony, was the subport collector at the time. He was replaced by Simon later that month. The latter was instrumental in holding the second shipment at the port, pressuring the South Korean government to take back their rubbish cargo and asking the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct a probe on the matter. In his response speech, Calixihan said he would cooperate during the congressional inquiry. This, as Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 10 office-in-charge Abbas Lao confirmed during Sunday’s ceremony that the first shipment was indeed adulterated with other household wastes and could not be recycled into plastic products as declared earlier by the consignee. Lao has likewise already ordered Verde Soko to contain the remaining 5,100 tons of wastes within their premises and prevent its movement to another location pending their shipment back to South Korea. Simon said he is pushing for the remaining waste to be returned to South Korea within the end of the month. “This was what was agreed during our meeting with the representatives of the South Korean government last December,” he said. For his part, Sabal said he is not opposed to any new investments within the Phividec Industrial Estate provided that they must operate within the law. It was learned that Verde Soko’s entry at Phividec had the approval of Phividec Industrial Authority officials, who continued to defy the Misamis Oriental Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s summons.

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Southeast Asia-Philippines, in her message, during the ceremonial closure and sealing of the last three containers of the 51 containers that are to be brought back to South Korea at the MCT on Sunday, Jan. 13. The dozens of container vans were loaded onto the vessel Kalliroe V852S. The cargo ship was expected to depart the MCT port on Sunday. The reshipment of the plastic trash, Pago said, “also sends a message to developed countries, to stop putting their responsibility onto other countries for their own plastics problem. These developed countries should put in place policies to reduce single-use plastics and aim to address the problem from its source, instead of passing the burden to developing countries like the Philippines.” Greenpeace, she said, hopes that the repatriation of the South Korean waste would inspire a similar ac-

tion to finally address the Canadian waste dumped in the country, although fours late. “We look forward to a day like this, where we celebrate and bear witness to the repatriation of Canadian waste,” Pago added. The group noted that recycling alone cannot fix the country’s plastic pollution problem fast enough as globally, only 9 percent of plastic waste ever produced has actually been recycled, 12 percent has been incinerated, and the remaining 79 percent has ended up in landfills of the natural environment. In this specific case, the environmental watchdog added, 51 containers of South Korean waste has found its way to Philippine shores. “Clearly, recycling is just a myth and it’s time that governments and companies work towards reducing their plastic production. Reduction in the only way to solve this plastic pollution crisis and a solution that should be done with haste,” Pago said. Meanwhile, MCT subport collector John Simon said they are coordinating with the National Bureau of Investigation-10 (NBI-10), which was tasked with the case build-up of persons and entities responsible for the importation of the plastics. Simon said they are providing the NBI-10 with all the necessary information and documentary evidence needed to fast track the investigation leading to the filing of appropriate charges against the perpetrators.

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Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez inside the museum, which features the history of the then Cotabato empire. Murad was ecstatic after earning the assurance from the local government officials for their full support to the ratification of RA 11054 or the Organic Act for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The tour concluded the half-day gathering at the provincial gym where some 5,000 Moro residents joined local government officials in manifesting their support. Like Murad, Galvez, Undersecretary Nabil Tan and other Bangsamoro Transition Commission officials also left a note on a piece of cardboard posted on the ‘peace wall.’ During the gathering, the governor expressed a full support for the ratification of the BOL as she urged constituents of seven towns to vote ‘yes’ in the coming plebiscite on February 6. The seven towns are Aleosan, Carmen, Kabacan, Matalam, Midsayap, Pigcawayan, Pikit and Tulunan. Mendoza, who hails from Carmen, called on her constituents to support the ratification of the law as it will help pave the way for

genuine and lasting peace not just in the province but as well as in the entire region. Murad, who was the last to speak in the jampacked gymnasium, thanked the provincial government for its overwhelming support to the Bangsamoro. He recalled the harmonious relationship of Christians and Muslims in the village he grew up in. Even in Darapanan, where the MILF camp is, Murad recalled the harmonious relationship. “This law is not only for the Bangsamoro people but for all,” he said. Pigcawayan Mayor Eliseo Garcesa Jr. also told the crowd that since the fighting is over, it’s time to unite for a common cause to address the roots of the conflict. In a separate statement, former Aleosan town Mayor Loreto Cabaya Jr., also called on his townmates to give what is due to the Muslim communities saying: “Ako ay sumusuporta sa pag ratipika ng BOL dahil hatid nito ay kapayapaan at magbibigay pagkakataon sa ating mga kapatid na Moro upang pamahalaan at pagsilbihan ang Bangsamoro.” When Cabaya was still a mayor in 2008, it was also in Aleosan where then MILF commander Amiril Umra Kato attacked civilian communities following the aborted signing of the controversial Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD). The fighting escalated in different towns of Central Mindanao and led to the evacuation of at least 600, 000 residents. On January 21, a plebiscite will be conducted in the provinces Maguindanao, Lanao del Sr, Sulu, Tawi-tawi and the cities of Cotabato and Isabela. On February 6, the plebiscite will be held in the six towns of Lanao del Norte and in North Cotabato’s Aleosan, Carmen, Kabacan, Matalam, Midsayap, Pigcawayan, Pikit and Tulunan. “Panahon na para tuldukan ang paghihirap ng mga bata kababaihan at matatanda sa kaguluhan. Ang BOL ang magbibigay daan sa tunay na kapayapaan sa Probinsya ng Cotabato” (It is time to put an end to the sufferings of the children, women and the elderly due to the conflict. The Bangsamoro law will pave the way for genuine peace in the provine of Cotabato), Mendoza said. (MindaNews)

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people to join Tuesday’s rally in Buluan, his hometown. On January 21, voters in the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu, and TawiTawi as well as the cities of Isabela and Cotabato will join the plebiscite for the ratification of the BOL and whether they want to join the new political entity —

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The BARMM, once ratified in a plebiscite, will replace the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (PNA)

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situation according to Tuliao. “Once they are in within the area we considered them in a risk situation so after all the proper processing made by the DSWD, they will decide on the situation of the children,” Tuliao added. Connections Chief Inspector Allan Abalde, chief of Iligan City Police Station 5, said the two suspects were connected with another suspects arrested in a separate operation in Barangay Tambacan few years ago. “ These mother and daughter suspects we arrested the other day were connected with those we arrested in 2015. They were being paid as suppliers of nude photos and lewd videos. When those suspects in Tambacan were jailed, these latest arrested mother and daughter suspects took over as direct contacts to the foreigners who bought nude photos and porn videos,” Abalde said. Tuliao said the suspects (they arrested in Saray) were making several (social media accounts). It happened we entrapped one of his accounts and while engaging with her, she made a nude show and later she offered the children to do same thing. Under the law of trafficking in person, we have the act, means and purpose but when it comes to children means need not to prove so merely offering the children in sexual show is already a violation,” Tuliao said. EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late GABRIEL QUIROZ, who died intestate on the July 28, 2005 at Cagayan de Oro City, the place of our residence; that the deceased at the time of his death left a parcel of land with a house constructed thereof, particularly described as follows to wit; TCT No. T-165917; Lot No. 9 Block 27; Area: 250 sq.m.; Location : Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City; are the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE; DAYLINDA V. QUIROZ, of legal age, widow, Filipino and a resident of Reyes Village Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, and children, namely: GLENN V. QUIROZ and GLADY’S Q. PANGILINAN, both of legal age, married, Filipino and residents of Laguna, herein-after referred to as the HEIR-VENDORS; That for and in consideration of the sum of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND (P400,000.00) PESOS, Philippine currency, receipt in full is hereby acknowledged from the Vendee, LORIBETH P. RIVERA, through her Atty-in-Fact, REMY RIVERA TAGUD, of legal age, married, Filipino and a resident of Villa Trinitas Subd., Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, we hereby, SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY to the Vendee, LORIBETH P. RIVERA, the above described parcel of land together with a house, her heirs, and assigns; Under Notary Public of ATTY. BUENAVENTURA E. SAGRADO; as per Doc No. 483; Page No. 97; Book No. 120; Series of 2018. MDN: Jan. 1, 8 & 15, 2019

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