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Senators push for BBL to prevent another siege

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18 Reds killed in first 3 weeks of January

By Froilan Gallardo, MindaNews

ARAWI City--After seeing the destruction of this city, talking to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leadership and listening to the people in the public hearing on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), senators said on Friday that they will push for the passage of the law before Congress goes on recess on March 24.

“Hindi ko ma-imagine ganoon pala pagkasira.

Nakakalungkot (I did not imagine that was the extent of the damage. It was heartbreaking), Senator Cynthia Villar, member of the Senate Sub-Committee on the BBL said. “We have to pass a relevant BBL to prevent another Marawi from happening,” she said.

The senators were given a tour of the former “Ground Zero” or what is now re-

ferred to as the MAA or ‘main affected area’ where they saw the effects of the five-month fighting between government troops and ISIS-inspired Maute Group, Abu Sayyaf and their allies.

The Sub-Committee, chaired by Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri held a public hearing at the Mindanao State University in Marawi on Friday, a day after holding a similar hearing in See BBL, page 11

“NO BBL, NO PEACE.” Various groups stage a rally outside the Dimaporo Gym at the Mindanao State University in Marawi City on Friday, January 26, 2018, while the Senate Sub-Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) is conducting a public hearing on the Bangsamoro law inside the gym. mindanews photo by froilan gallardo

Senate President Aquilino Martin Pimentel III is being given a copy of the petition for President Duterte from the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) community demanding justice for slain President Ricardo Rotoras. The petition contained 5,000 signatures representing more than two-thirds of the students.

Almost two months have already passed after Rotoras had been shot yet police have still to pinpoint a suspect in the December 2017 assassination. photo by mark francisco

No darkness shrouding PH, just ‘political guts,’ analyst says PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has moved the Philippines away from the usual foreign policy and in turn “defined national interest”, a political analyst said Friday.

Retired political science professor at the University of the Philippines Clarita Carlos said noting that Duterte had “his own way” of tracking foreign policy.

“He moved us away from the usual foreign policy where we are so linked to American politics. That means he had his own way of tracking our foreign policy

and we are neither pro- in a phone interview.

China, pro-Russia or anti- “We are really what is this and that,” Carlos told good for us, he defined the Philippine News Agency See political, page 11

Ghazali Jaafar, 1st vice chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and concurrent chair of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission that drafted the Bangsmoro Basic Law, discusses some points with Senator Joseph Ejercito (left) and Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino (center) before the start of the public hearing of the Senate SubCommittee on BBL in Marawi City on Friday, Jan.26, 2018. photo by froilan gallardo

FOCUSED military operations against the New People’s Army (NPA) have neutralized 18 communist rebels during the first three weeks of January.

The 18 include two ranking NPA leaders killed during a warrant operation in Tarlac early this week, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Emmanuel Garcia said Friday.

Garcia attributed the military’s success to the close coordination between the security sector and the local communities who informed the soldiers about the presence of NPA rebels, especially those conducting extortion.

During a Joint Command Conference in Compostela Valley province last week, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the AFP to crush the NPA so that peace and economic progress would prevail, especially in the countryside.

Garcia said the AFP had been winning the fight against the communist rebels since the termination of the peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front last year. A total of See reds, page 11

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Residents in Marawi’s ‘Ground Zero’ have 10 days in April to recover what can be salvaged from the rubble of their homes

By Carolyn O. Arguillas, MindaNews

AN estimated 11,000 families in 24 barangays in the former “Ground Zero” in Marawi City (now referred to as MAA or ‘most affected area’) will finally be able to return to their villages for a week or up to 10 days in April to “recover personal belongings na puwede pa nilang magamit” (that they can still use) — before the clearing of the rubble starts GROUND ZERO, MARAWI. The military opened portions of Marawi City’s Ground Zero on 25 October 2017 for journalists to see what it took in the last five months, to liberate the third week of April, the country’s lone Islamic City from ISIS-inspired terrorists. mindanews photo by manman dejeto chair of the Task Force

Bangon Marawi (TFBM) said Friday.

But visiting residents have to sign waivers that if something explodes or something untoward happens, it will not be the responsibility of the TFBM as well as the local Marawi City government, TBFM chair and Housing Secretary Eduardo del Rosario told the Bangon Marawi press briefing in Malacanang on Friday.

Del Rosario said he was assured by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that their clearing operations in the 250-hectare MAA will end first week of April.

The troops are clearing the area of unexploded ordnance (UXOs) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

By April, it would have been 11 months after these families fled their homes starting May 23, 2017, when the Maute Group and its allies laid siege on the city following a failed attempt of government to arrest the Abu Sayyaf ’s Isnilon Hapilon.

“I will give one week

to 10 days gap para yung lahat ng residente, 11,000 families, makapunta doon sa kanilang mga buildings, sa kanilang mga bahay if they would like to recover personal belongings na puwede pa nilang magamit,” del Rosario announced.

He described the buildings and houses in the MAA as “90 to 100% destroyed.”

He said residents in the MAA will be given “from the first week to second week of April” because on the third week, land development will start.

The TBFM chair explained that the total debris estimate in the MAA is “about 3 million tons” and he was informed that clearing the debris would take two to three years. But del Rosario said the big developers, whom he did not name during the press briefing, assured them they can do it “in less than a year.”

Del Rosario added that the “total rehabilitation” of the MAA — land development, basic facilities – water, power and telecommunications which will make use of underground cables — “will take about four years or by See marawi, page 11

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Solar slowdown?

IN my opinion: solar is the best. But, even living in the Philippines for 19 years now, it seems to be so difficult to get solar panels installed.

One thing is - of course - the question of price and the terrible price gaps.

Just now, the United States, the European Union and India are all slapping tariffs on Chinese solar panels, accusing Beijing of dumping. Does this trade war risk killing the nascent solar power industry?

The global solar industry is reeling this week following the Trump administration’s announcement that it will impose a 30 percent tariff on imported solar panels, mainly from China.

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— selling them at artificially low prices and taking a loss in the short term in order to kill competitors in rival markets.

Indeed, China’s solar industry has benefited from export. But when consumers, like you and me, get even a small breath of chance of benefits?

That’s how we stand today: SolarWorld Americas, the largest US solar panel manufacturer, first called for the US to impose such tariffs three years ago. The move fits with US President Donald Trump’s protectionist promises.

But other parts of the US solar industry have been pleading with the administration to not fol-

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low Europe’s lead, saying it would cripple their young but fast-growing businesses.

They convinced a bipartisan group of 16 US Senators and 53 House members to write to Trump last year asking him not to impose the tariffs.

The US has set such tariffs before, in 2014, but ran afoul of World Trade Organization rules. South Korea has said in will likely challenge these new tariffs See solar, page 11

The worm’s eyeview

Cha-cha at this time would be travesty

CAGAYAN de Oro City-Before Congress succeeds in railroading the shift to federalism, its proponents should be asked to produce whatever empirical evidence they have of its desirability, acceptability, and viability.

Given such a momentous proposal, no credible studies and surveys have been undertaken or made generally available. Yet the proponents make preposterous claims about how urgent it is to rush Charter Change.

How many Filipinos express a desire for such a radical change?

It’s important to question what’s going on because it’s not clear how it will really benefit society. The only thing one can be sure of is that the people behind federalism (mostly trapos) will benefit most from a

federal system.

In other words, those who already rule the regions and provinces and cities and municipalities today will be the oligarchs and dynasties controlling the federal states tomorrow!

Going federal will ensure that they will remain in power indefinitely.

Change requires a period of adjustment, especially systemic change. To familiarize society and get people adjusted to the new order will take time. Who do you think will run things while everybody else is adjusting to it?

The adjustment period is what the trapos refer to as the “transition period.”

Now they’re making noises about suspending elections during the transition. After consolidating their power,

who’s to say they won’t do away with elections altogether?

It’s a sinister gambit: Change the whole system and load the dice to favor the incumbents and their dynasties while the process of change takes place.

Note that they’re not even bothering to launch a credible information campaign.

Their real motives are hidden from view. In control of the House, gamblers that they are, they know the saying “the House always wins.”

Do they care that people still have no clear understanding of what they’re proposing? Do they know that even the 1987 Constitution is familiar to just about one-third of the population? Combine that with the poor enforcement and

A VIEW FROM THE CENTER:

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compliance with the Local Government Code, and you have a citizenry that is powerless and groping in darkness of ignorance.

Bottom-line: Philippine society is not ready, not capable, of making federalism work properly. Not if they can be roundly manipulated and driven towards unfamiliar territory where only the driver knows what to expect.

It’s not too late to open opportunities for a hands-on experience of autonomy. The people need familiarizing on the basics of governing themselves.

Unless initiated and familiarized with the proSee cha-cha, page 10

By LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Is federalism dead?

(1st of two parts)

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bureau and mktg staff

Association said this will result in the delay or cancellation of billions of dollars in solar investments, and the loss of 23,000 US jobs this year.

Despite the dramatic predictions, the solar industry likely knew the announcement was coming.

The European Union has set roughly equivalent tariffs on imported Chinese panels, which were renewed in September 2017.

Another indication was how earlier this week, India set a whopping 70 percent import duty on Chinese and Malaysian solar panels.

Brussels, Delhi and Washington all allege that China has been “dumping” the panels on their markets

If we gauge by the coverage of major dailies these days, the debate on Federalism is nowhere it should be – it is off-tangent. Of late, major focus is on the spat between two co-equal institutions, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The former threatening to boycott the Constituent Assembly (ConAss) if voting is not done separately; the latter going ahead with ConAss with or without the Senate’s participation.

Speaker Alvarez wants to rush the revisions to the 1987 Constitution for a plebiscite in early May 2018 (in five months) simultaneous with the barangay

and Sangguniang Kabataan elections and a shift to a Federal system by 2019.

There is even a proposal to postpone midterm-elections next year and allow a 10-year extension of the terms of elected officials, including the President’s, for a transition to Federalism.

These scenarios could spell the death of Charter Revisions and Federalism in the country, as what happened in the past. The first attempt to revise the 1987 Constitution by FVR (Fidel V. Ramos) in 1997 through the People’s Initiative for Reform, Modernization and Action (PIRMA) failed.

People suspected Ramos of

wanting to extend his term.

President ERAP’s (Joseph Estrada) pathetic attempt in 1999 through his Constitutional Correction for Development (CONCORD) to amend the constitution to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of business on mining, mass media, public utilities, etc. did not even gain traction before he was booted out while undergoing impeachment trial.

During the administration of President GMA (Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo), a 50-man Consultative Commission (2005 ConCom) was created to propose constitutional revisions through a shift from Unitary to Fed-

eral System, a Presidential to Parliamentary form of Government and the liberalizing of the economy lifting restrictions to foreign direct investments (FDI); much like what PRRD (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) is doing today.

This too was aborted principally on the issue of the abolition of the Senate through the shift to a unicameral parliamentary form of government. All these past failures are merely alibis perpetrated by the main opponents of CharterChange and Federalism: the oligarchy and the traditional politicians out to maintain See view, page 9

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Del Rosario: government can’t pay for looted belongings in Marawi T HE chair of the Task Force Bangon Marawi on Friday said government cannot compensate Marawi residents whose personal belongings were looted during the five-month siege.

In response to a query from Marawi if they will be compensated for items looted from their homes during the siege such as jewelry, refrigerator, TV and other appliances, TFBM chair and Housing Secretary Eduardo del Rosario told the Bangon Marawi press briefing in Malacanang, “hindi natin babayaran” (we cannot pay for that), “Number one, hindi natin babayaran actually, dahil mahirap i-validate kung totoo ba yung allegation na may nawala ngang alahas, totoo ba yung allegations na nawalan siya ng pera?” (we cannot pay for them actually, because it is difficult to validate allegations of missing jewelry or money), del Rosario said.

He also noted that in siege situations similar to Marawi’s, “no country in

the world ay nagbibigay ng ayuda (gives aid) or assistance for alleged stolen properties. So, that is not part of the assistance that will be provided by the government.”

Residents fled their villages in Marawi when the Maute Group and its allied terrorists laid siege on Marawi City on May 23 last year, after a failed attempt on the part of government to arrest the Abu Sayyaf ’s Isnilon Hapilon.

G over n ment forc es hunted down the terrorist groups aided by daily air strikes that destroyed the city’s commercial center.

Isnilon and Omar Maute were killed by government forces on October 16. A day later, on October 17, President Rodrigo Duterte declared the city “liberated from the terrorist influence” and on October 23, exactly five months to the day the siege began, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana terminated all combat operations in the city.

At least 360,000 residents from Marawi fled to

College scholarships in the Philippines

By IAN LEMON TABOR SHST II Ozamiz City National High School

AS graduates of senior high school begin trickling in, colleges and universities from all around the Philippines are bracing for the influx of new enrollees next semester. And what better way to entice potentials than luring them with scholarships?

There are scholarships that are coursed through foundations. These foundations were created by their mother companies in return for tax incentives.

Some of them are Lamudi,

Aboitiz Future Talents, Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Jollibee Group Foundation, Cebuana Lhuillier Foundation, Edukasyon. ph, Aboitiz Foundation, STEP UP, Ayala Foundation, city government of Muntinlupa, Vicky SyCip Herrera Scholarship Foundation, PHINMA Foundation, among many others.

Scholarships are a great way to fund your education dreams. Here are some things to consider when searching for scholarships:

level/type of study, course of study, financial need, academic merit, school acceptance and coverage.

Coverage largely depends on the scholarship.

There are full scholarships which cover full tuition.

Although they are full, some will only cover tuition while others will cover tuition and provide extra money for school supplies and transport. There are also partial scholarships.

These will cover a part of your tuition costs.

Valuing Life is Valuing Health By: Anna Rhea A. Pepito

Life is indeed beautiful.

So having a good health merely the key of having a so called “Beautiful Life”, it is the most precious possession of man. Life needs to be nurtured with love, care and concern.

Everything starts with valuing once health.

In our everyday living our way to enjoy life these days is through eating foods that satisfies our stomach, and gives pleasure in our mind, but as we took those foods in our body are we rationalizing the effects of those?

I think that is the factor we tend to forget that after the satisfactions we got from those intakes it is our body that is greatly affected.

And t he s e c e r t ai n things are bad for our health. Our lifestyle too is a factor. Sleeping late, drinking liquors, smoking and engaging in prohibited drugs, which is very rampant nowadays. And by doing all these negative things in our body it means forgetting the value of life.

Increasing mortality rate due to different diseases in result in continuously engaging the bad lifestyle habits. Good health cannot be had on demand. People tend to forget the value of life, a wakeup call or us that we must know the different dimensions of quality life with considerations. And these considerations are

siege, complaints about alleged looting of their houses, had been aired by the displaced residents.

Reacting to Del Rosario’s response on the looting issue, Drieza Lininding of the Moro Consensus Group, told MindaNes, “we’ve been persistent in appealing to the Government to lead the investigation on massive lootings. Nobody came to us to investigate, only human right groups and RHRC-ARMM (Regional

SOME 10,111 people were found to be infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) from January to November last year, with 1,277 found to be suffering from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the Department of Health’s Epidemiology Bureau reported Thursday.

A total of 428 deaths were also recorded in the first 11 months of 2017, said the latest HIV/AIDS and ART Registry of the Philippines (HARP) report.

A total of 8,514 HIV cases were logged in the first 11 months of 2016, and 49,733 since HIV was first reported in January 1984.

In November alone, 894 were found to be HIV-positive, 127 were found to have full-blown AIDS, and 13 had died of the disease.

Of the total, 859 were male and 35 were female; 288 belonged to the 15-24 age bracket, 436 to the 25-34 age group, and 144 to the 35-49 age bracket.

The chief mode of transmission remained to be sexual contact, with maleto-male contact accounting for 90 percent.

The National Capital Region had the most number of reported cases with 303, followed by Calabarzon

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See hiv, page 8

Housing Secretary Eduardo del Rosario visits Barangay Sagonsongan, site of the transitional shelters for displaced Marawi residents, on October 25, 2017. mindanews photo by manman dejeto

evacuation centers or their relatives’ houses in neighboring towns and cities in Mindanao and even in the Visayas and Luzon. Most of them brought belongings good only for a few days.

No one thought it would last five months.

Residents in villages inside Ground Zero (now

certain things that are essential in having a good health.

It’s never too late to start loving ourselves, start with healthy lifestyle habits. Nutritious and healthy food consumption comes first, taking in fresh air is vital in our body system, be an active person plays a big role in becoming a healthy human being, and eliminate the engagement of smoking, drinking liquors and prohibited drugs.

By doing so, we can appreciate life. For if health is lost, everything is lost.

Life is so beautiful, so start coloring it, and you will have the most precious ownership of a man which is Good Health.

referred to as MAA or “most affected area”) can finally enter the MAA for a week or up to 10 days in April, after the area shall have been cleared of improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, Del Rosario said. (see other story) Residents in villages outside the MAA returned to Marawi by batches starting late October, a number of them complaining their houses were looted.

During the five-month

10K HIV -positive cases recorded in Jan.-Nov. 2017

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Suzuki PH receives multiple recognitions in 2017, sales up by 34 percent

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ioneer compact car distributor Suzuki Philippines (SPH) ends the year remarkably, posting 34 percent year-on-year (YOY) growth, expanding in key cities across the country and receiving back-to-back recognitions from renowned award-giving bodies.

The strong performance of several of the company’s best-selling vehicles fueled the continued sales growth.

The popular life utility vehicle (LUV) Ertiga was SPH’s chart-topping vehicle last year, contributing the biggest to sales with a 34 percent share. The all-time favorite hatchbacks Celerio and Swift followed, contributing 15 percent and 13 percent, respectively.

Continued expansion initiatives brought the total number of dealerships opened last year to 11. Suzuki now has 66 dealership outlets across the country. Strategic brand-building efforts throughout the year also enabled the company to increase awareness about the different vehicles and their respective features. These brand-building projects include SPH’s influencer marketing campaign and

sustained efforts such as those for the company’s car clubs, Team Suzuki Philippines (TSP).

Before closing the year, Suzuki successfully launched the highly anticipated new Vitara. Known for enhanced driving performance, this new-generation subcompact SUV incorporates modern elements with strong personalization features to make city driving even more enjoyable for Filipino drivers, specifically millennials. This was proven in a successful media drive that showcased the new Vitara’s top-ofthe-line driving and safety features and stylish design.

Recognitions from several award-giving bodies affirmed SPH’s efforts to offer only innovative and reliable vehicles. Seven of the company’s popular, well-loved vehicles won accolades in the annual DOE Fuel Economy Run, 2017–2018 Auto Focus People’s Choice Awards (AFMCA), Car Awards Group, Inc.’s Car of the Year (COTY) awards and the 12th C! Magazine Awards.

The significant growth in sales, continuous market expansion, and successive awards and accolades

prove Suzuki Philippines’ stronger foothold in the PH automotive market.

The Celerio, one of Suzuki Philippine’s bestselling hatchbacks, bagged the Best Value-for-Money award in the standard mini category in last year’s Auto Focus People’s Choice Awards (AFMCA). The AFMCA aims to recognize the efforts of the automobile industry to provide best on-board features, style, performance and overall value.

The Suzuki Vitara GLX won in the recently concluded 2017 CAGI Car of the Year awards under the Subcompact Crossover Category. The Ciaz was named Best Personal Commuter in the 12th C! Magazine awards for its fuel efficiency, roomy interiors and enhanced driving experience.

In the 13th DOE Fuel Economy Run organized by the Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with Petron Corporation, Suzuki Philippines’ entries— hatchbacks Alto 800 M/T and Swift M/T, Euro-4 equipped light commercial vehicle Super Carry and the recently launched subcompact SUV Suzuki Vitara GLX A/T—were

recognized in their respective categories.

The Alto 800 M/T and Swift M/T placed fourth and sixth, respectively, in the gasoline category with fuel economy ratings of 24.81km/L and 23.27km/L. The allnew Vitara was the second subcompact SUV to enter the top 15 gasoline-powered vehicles with a 20.57km/L fuel economy rating.

In the diesel category, the Super Carry performed well among the pickups and placed second with a fuel economy rating of 19.19km/L. The 2017 event, which ran by the theme “E-Power Mo” from November 20 to 21 in Clark, Pampanga, identifies fuel efficiency ratings for cars recently sold and made available in the Philippines. It aims to encourage car manufacturers and distributors to bring in more fuel-efficient vehicles in line with the common goal of environment conservation and wiser use of energy.

Backed by its strong performance in 2017, Suzuki Philippines is confident of sustaining market momentum this year. The company is gearing up for more product launches and dealership

openings as it aims to continue brand-building and expansion initiatives.

SPH General Manager for Automobile Shuzo Hoshikura acknowledges the continued support given to Suzuki Philippines as the company marks a successful 2017 and looks forward to an equally, if not more, fruitful 2018.

“It has been a great year for Suzuki Philippines. We saw our efforts of bringing the Suzuki Way of Life closer to more Filipinos bear more fruits. As we move forward to another year, we shall bring with us the successes we achieved and the lessons we learned from last year, and use them to continue doing better, bringing more innovative vehicles to the Philippines,” Hoshikura added.

Cecil Capacete, SPH Assistant General Manager, added: “We look forward to another great year. With the continued support of the Philippine automotive industry, the Suzuki teams and our network of partners and dealers, we are confident of reaching more milestones and delivering more innovative vehicles to the market.”

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL SUR 12TH Judicial Region Branch 10 Hall of Justice, Baungon, Marawi City IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION AND/OR CHANGE OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF DALIMA M. AZIS

SPL PROC. No. ML-130-2017

DALIMA MABA AZIS,

Petitioner.

-versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF BALINDONG, LANAO DEL SUR

Respondent x---------------------------------------/ ORDER

Date of interview: Feb. 5-6, 2018 “WELDERS & CIVIL WORKS” Feb. 16-17, 2018 “CIVIL WORKS ONLY” @ EEI CDO SATELLITE OFFICE

Before this Court is a verified petition for correction of entry in the certificate of live birth of DALIMA MABA AZIS dated December 6, 2017, and which reads in part:

1. That petitioner is of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of 005 A. Gingco Street, Rosario Heights Subdivision, Tubod, Iligan City where she may be served with processes of the Honorable Court;

2. That herein respondent may be served with summons and other processes of this Honorable Court at the Office of the Local Civil Registrar, Municipal Hall, Balindong, Lanao del Sur;

3. That petitioner was born on September 10, 1960 in the Municipality of Balindong, Lanao del Sur to spouses Azis Bocor Liwaleg and Calima Bato Maba, and that her birth was belatedly registered with the Local Civil Registrar of Balindong, Lanao del Sur per Certificate of Live Birth which is hereto integrally attached as Annex “A”;

4. That herein petitioner was lately secured a true copy of her birth certificate for her personal file and has discovered that her date of birth as reflected/appearing thereon is September 10, 1958 instead of September 10, 1960;

5. That since the time petitioner first enrolled in school to pursue formal education up to the time she had graduated in high school and college, she had been using September 10, 1960 as her date of birth and not September 10, 1958 as erroneously entered in her birth certificate abovementioned. In fact, a Certification dated December 1, 2017 issued by Iligan Capitol College underscored, confirmed and certified that per petitioner’s Collegiate Permanent Record with the school where she finished her bachelor’s degree, her date of birth is September 10, 1960. Moreso, her voter’s registration records in the Commission on Elections and her Passport issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs, all showed that September 10, 1960 is indeed her true and correct date of birth and not September 10, 1958;

6. That the erroneous entry in her certificate of live birth as herein-above spelled out might have been due to an honest inadvertence on the part of the person who prepared it;

7. That the correction/change in petitioner’s date of birth herein sought for is primarily destined to once and for all underscore her true and correct date of birth as reflected in her school records, voter’s registration records, and Passport and other documents;

8. That the grant of the instant petition will not in any manner prejudice anybody, she being not connected with any government or private agency.

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 22, 2018 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 or Marawi City or Iligan City for three (3) consecutive weeks.

The Local Civil Registrar of Balindong and the Civil Registrar General, or any person or party 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 Balindong and the Bulletin Board of this Court, 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 22, 2018.

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

SO ORDERED.

Marawi City, Philippines. January 5, 2018.

Sgd.) WENIDA B.M. PAPANDAYAN

Presiding Judge

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the status quo.

Pre s i d e nt D ut e r t e’s election campaign with Federalism as one of the major flagship programs, was attractive to the electorate. The intricacies of Federalism as a system is not much understood but the slogan capturing the idea of freedom from the clutches of “imperial manila” struck the right chord. Although its impetus was the demand for the Mindanawnons to extricate themselves from the political and economic dominance by the center, this is also true for the Visayas, the Bicolanos and even the Tagalogs; provinces, islands and areas in the periphery of the epicenter of the political universe – in Metro-Manila.

What has been left out in the debate today is the more important issues of how Federalism can bring about a better life to the citizenry. In short,

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what’s in it for them! This column will not go into the specifics of the issues.

Please refer to my Manila Times articles (Oct 27 & Nov 3, 2016 on Social Market Economy).

What is urgently needed now is the full attention of DU30 and compose the 25-man C onsultative C ommission (ConCom) that will help guide him on a clear path toward Federalism.

This band of experts will prov i d e t h e pre s i d e nt the arguments to steer the debate towards the advantages of a shift from the Unitar y system we have now to a FederalParliamentar y government. But more importantly, the bureaucracy of government needs to be harnessed to elucidate and educate the citizenry how this new paradigm can advance social just ice, a l le v i ate p over t y and hunger ; eliminate corruption; and making their lives better. This should be the core of the citizen’s education and

Publication .Notice R.A. 9048

debate and the Deegong has to reset the mode for the political conversation.

At the same time, he needs to reconcile the ste p s l e a d i ng tow ard s Federalism, through a “simple parliamentar y unicameral form” (CDP position) or through a so called “semi-presidential or hybrid-parliamentary bicameral system” (PDP Laban)”. Even his own party is ambivalent on t he rol e of t he f utu re S e n at e . S e n at or Ko k o P i m e nt e l , P D P L a b a n president naturally wants the retention of the Senate, although regionally elected; Speaker Bebot Alvarez, PDP Laban secretary-general opts for a unicameral body, similar to CDP’s position. The Pre s i d e nt c an’t af ford discordant voices in his own political party and among his allies.

The outcome from the 25-man ConCom should be the position of DU30 and presented to the constituencies in palatable

dishes. It would be dangerous and self-serving to allow exclusive input by the two houses of Congress in a ConAss. Let’s learn from the lesson of the “Anti-Dynasty” 1987 constitutional provision that couldn’t pass muster, since 1987.

The Senate and House of representative can disregard the Constituent Assembly mode (ConAss) and pass a law for a Constitutional Convention (ConCon) with a twist.

Allow both elective and DU30 appointees to sit in as delegates to revise the 1987 Constitution.

The argument for this is simple: those running for ConCon delegates mostly would be politicians and re l at ive s out t o c ar ve out or defend their own p olitical turf. Allow a percentage of presidential app ointed exp er ts to the mix. The Concon can thus be created simultaneous with the Baranggay elections by May 2018. They have a year within which to revise the

Publication Notice R.A, 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that HELEN HURTADO GALILI has filed with this Office, a Petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME (CFN) from “HELEN LAURENCE” to “HELEN” in her Certificate of Live Birth bearing Registry No. 962, who was born on SEPTEMBER 11, 1960 at GINGOOG, MIS. OR., whose parents are LAURIANA BALAN and NORBERTO HURTADO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than FEBRUARY 3, 2018.

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 R.A. 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that ALMA MODINA PULGO has filed with this Office, a petition for Correction of Clerical Error to correct the Child’s Sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ALMER MODINA PULGO bearing Registry No. 2008-2631, was bom on JULY 1, 2008 at Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental to parents ALMA P. MODINA and DECIMAR G. PULGO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than NOVEMBER 1, 2017.

(SGD.) ATTY. MARGIE LUSTRE LUMA-AD

City Civil Registrar MDN: Jan 22 & 29, 2018

(SGD.) ATTY. MARGIE LUSTRE LUMA-AD

City Civil Registrar MDN: Jan 22 & 29, 2018

Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Norte City of Panabo -oOoCITY CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE Publication Notice R.A 10172

Publication Notice R.A 10172

Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Norte City of Panabo -oOoCITY CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION January 16, 2018 CFN-_________ CCE-011-2018 R.A 10172

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION January 19, 2018 CFN-_________ CCE-019-2018 R.A 10172

In the compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, the guidelines in the implementation of Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR of R.A 10172), notice is hereby served the public that JOIVE A. BARQUILLA has filed with this office, a petition for correction of entry in Date of Birth from “MAY 28, 1967” to “APRIL 28, 1967” & Correction of Entry in sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JOIVE AMBROSIO BARQUILLA who was born on May 28, 1967 at Panabo, Davao Del Norte and whose parents are FELIXBERTO M. BARQUILLA & CONSUELO C. AMBROSIO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may filed his/her written opposition with this office not later than February 8, 2018.

In the compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, the guidelines in the implementation of Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR of R.A 10172), notice is hereby served the public that RUCILE PAICAN NARCICO has filed with this office, a petition for correction of Entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of XXXXX LUCILE POLICAN NARCISO who was born on June 19, 1979 at San Vicente Panabo, Davao Del Norte and whose parents are Romeo T. Narcisco & Constancia M. Polican.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may filed his/her written opposition with this office not later than February 9, 2018.

MDN: Jan 22 & 29, 2018

(SGD.) DENNIS B. DEVILLERES, LLB City Civil Registrar, Panabo City

MDN: Jan 22 & 29, 2018

Republic of the Philippine’s SUPREME COURT 4th Sharia’ a Judicial District Iligan City IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION TO APPROVED AND REGISTER THE DIVORSE OF SPOUSES EDWARD S. ABELLAR AND LOVELY JENNIFER T. JUARIO-ABELAR

Republic of the Philippine’s SUPREME COURT 4th Sharia’ a Judicial District Iligan City CIVIL CASE NO.2018-001

EDWARD S. ABELLAR AND LOVELY JENNIFER T. JUARIO-ABELLAR Petitioners.

X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -/ ORDER Before this court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others.

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on February 27,2013 at Carcar City, Cebu , both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith , by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal process relative to this case at their residence at Purok 5,Palao, ,Iligan and # 1083 P Vasquez St. Carcar City,Cebu respectively ; That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separate for more than four (4) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board , thereby , executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since there separation , they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on February 27,2013 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Recompilation between them has already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 12, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED Iligan City,Philippines, this 9th day of January, 2018.

MDN: Jan 15, 22 & 29, 2018

(SGD.) DENNIS B. DEVILLERES, LLB City Civil Registrar, Panabo City

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION TO APPROVED AND REGISTER THE DI VORSE OF SPOUSES JECTOFFER T. SAYRE AND AURA MAE C. PINEDA

CIVIL CASE NO.2018-001

JECTOFFER T. SAYRE AND AURA MAE C. PINEDA Petitioners.

X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -/ ORDER Before this court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others.

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on April 24,2004 at Iligan City , both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith , by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal process relative to this case at their residence at Adelfa West,Mahayahay ,Iligan City and Purok 3, Kiwalan , Iligan City respectively ; That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separate for more than eight (8) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board , thereby , executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since there separation , they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on April 24,2004 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Recompilation between them has already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 12, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED Iligan City,Philippines, this 9th day of January, 2018.

MDN: Jan 15, 22 & 29, 2018

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

1987 Constitution; and

by May of 2019, call for a plebiscite simultaneous with the mid-term elections in May 2019.

Those elected will hold office only for a year up to May 2020, when the 1st Parliament is elected and subsequently constituted (or a transitory provision can be written into the new constitution defining the role of those elected in 2019; please refer to Manila Times article, Jan 18, 2018) – The Centrist Proposals).

(This column first app e ared in The Manila Times issue of 25 January 2017, http://www. manilatimes.net/is-federalism-dead/376308/.

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MindaNews was granted p e r m i s s i on to re pr i nt this. Lito Monico C. Lorenzana, a Dabawenyo based in Manila, served under four Phi lippine Presidents as a member of the Cabinet and several Commissions. A Harvard Kennedy School of Government-educated political technocrat, he was one of the prime movers of the Citizens Movement for Federal Philippines, Secretary General of the 2005 Consultative Commission, and one of the founders of the Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines, Ang Partido ng Tunay na Demokrasya and the Centrist Democracy Political Institute)

RA Form No. 10172 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Cotabato CITY OF KIDAPAWAN In compliance with R.A. Act No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that Rey Jen A. Saramosing has filed with this Office a petition for change of SEX from MALE to FEMALE in the birth Certificate of REY JEN AJERO SARAMOSING who was born on 02 June 1996 at Kidapawan, Cotabato and whose parents are Reynaldo R. Saramosing and Jeneth M. Ajero.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than _______________

(SGD) RAUL A. MALALUAN City Registrar

MDN: Jan 29 & Feb. 5, 2018

Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR CITY OF TAGUM -oOoPublication Notice R.A 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC January 15, 2018 CCE-0020-2018 R.A 10172

In the compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, the guidelines in the implementation of Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR of R.A 10172), notice is hereby served the public that AMIEL REY J. MARIN has filed with this office, a correction of entry in Sex/Gender “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of AMIEL REY J. MARIN at TAGUM, DAVAO and whose parents are REYNALDO REFIL MARIN & AMELITA ALLERA JANCINAL. Any person adversely affected by said petition may filed his/her written opposition with this office not later than FEBRUARY 2, 2018.

MDN: Jan 22 & 29, 2018

(SGD.) FLORDELIZA J. ZULUETA, DPA City Civil Registrar

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late EVELYN PATRICIA C. LONGOS, who died on July 10, 2016 at Cebu City; That the decedent left the following parcels of land which are conjugal and others co-owned with the decedent’s siblings, the herein parcels of land are covered by: TITLE NO. T-63345 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01700, AREA (SQ.M): 528; TITLE NO. T-60068 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01644, AREA (SQ.M): 172; TITLE NO. T-60067 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01642, AREA (SQ.M): 100; TITLE NO. T-60064 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01640, AREA (SQ.M): 228; TITLE NO. T-35164 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01646, AREA (SQ.M): 223; TITLE NO. T-60063 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01648, AREA (SQ.M): 217; TITLE NO. T-60062 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01650, AREA (SQ.M): 193; TITLE NO. T-60214 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01672, AREA (SQ.M): 1002; TITLE NO. T-70033 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01652, AREA (SQ.M): 1218; TITLE NO. T-26048 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01310, AREA (SQ.M): 242; TITLE NO. T-26049 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01311, AREA (SQ.M): 264; TITLE NO. T-26047 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01312, AREA (SQ.M): 357; TITLE NO. T-65048 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01392, AREA (SQ.M): 431; TITLE NO. T-65049 (AF), TAX DECLARATION: 14-0040-01393, AREA (SQ.M): 432; That the decedent, at the time of her death, also left a parcel properties, to wit: A. MOTOR VEHICLE ( Description: HINO TRUCK, Motor number: EH700-219217, Chasis Number: FF177-11466, Plate No.: TFJ-630, Year Model: 1992) ; B. SHARES OF STOCK (Business Entity: BROTHER BREW BROTHERS CORPORATION, No. of Shares: 2000, Par Value: P100.00); Is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, made and entered into by; MANUEL E. LONGOS widower of EVELYN PATRICIA C. LONGOS,and ANA KATRINA C. LONGOS, single, JOSE MANUEL C. LONGOS, single, who are all legal ages, and residents of Celdran Compound, Macapagal Ave., Tubod, Iligan City, Philippines; That pursuant to Section 1, Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, and the parties herein being all of age and full civil capacity, they have agreed to divide as they do hereby divide and adjudicate, the real properties, above-described EQUALLY; Under the Notarial Registry of Atty.

Macacuna B. Macadato; as per Doc. No. 383; Page No. 67; Book No. XXII; Series of 2017.

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nance, they will be helpless against trapos. The trapos are practically unbeatable from years of playing political monopoly. Their dynasties will lord it over the federal states and districts. They will prevail.

Seasoned manipulators that they are, they will fill flood politics with their dynasties and surrogates.

They will exploit the resources of their districts.

They will control the wealth of the community as never before. They will abuse and misuse the powers delegated to them by the people.

There’s every reason to expect them to do so.

They are adept in the uses of political power. They’re routinely engaged in social manipulation to suit their purposes. They’re already spoiled by it. So they’ll keep on doing it.

Unless the administration has political will to implement this Local Government Code effectively and properly, no way can the electorate choose reliable, competent, or honest candidates during elections. For three reasons:

Section 38 of the Omnibus Election Code expressly prohibits partisan campaigning and voting during barangay elections; but, as in all previous elections, it will be shamelessly ignored, violated, and bastardized.

This non-partisan nature of barangay elections is habitually violated by candidates of every stripe and—just as in past elections—the voters won’t be able to do anything about it, nor can the NAMFREL or the PCCRV and other so-called election watch-

dogs.

The incumbents at national and local levels, the main instigators of election violations, are aided by conniving officials in barangay precincts. Being in power, they have the means and the guns and the goons.

So there you have it: Voter ignorance of Constitutional issues, combined with their apathy, compounded by their amoral view of vote-buying (and vote-selling!), would only make a travesty of this ad-

ministration’s drive towards charter change.

Manny is former UNESCO regional director for Asia-Pacific and the PPIUNICEF awardee as outstanding columnist. He is chairman/convenor of the Gising Barangay Movement Inc. valdehuesa@gmail.com

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cesses of autonomy, they won’t develop a feel for self-governance. They need to be rescued from their condition of powerlessness. Now, not later. It has been a quarter of a century since the enabling law (the Local Government Code) has been on the books. It is unconscionable that Congress should superimpose a new system on one they haven’t made to work.

The root of the people’s powerlessness, even in their own small community (barangay), lies in the poor enforcement of the Code.

It is exacerbated by the people’s inability to perform their mandated role (due to the government’s failure to orientate and educate them on it).

They need to be empowered first; at the least to be inducted into the ranks of the barangay government—in which there is a moribund parliament awaiting activation, their Barangay Assembly.

Unless the people are initiated in local gover-

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by TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-45935 issued by the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Misamis Oriental”. Is the subject of AFFIDAVIT OF SELF ADJUDICATION WITH ABSOLUTE SALE, made and entered by the HEIR, PRIMAVERA PADILLA ARAÑAS, of legal age, married to JUDY M. ARAÑAS and a resident of Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental; That for and in consideration of the sum of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P400,000.00), Philippine Currency and receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the Heir-Vendor/s, I/we hereby SELL, TRANSFER, CEDE and CONVEY unto SPOUSES EDMUNDO SEETO GUSTILO and CHRISTINE DOONG GUSTILO, both of legal ages, Filipino citizens and residents of Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, their heirs and assigns the above described parcel of land including all improvements found thereat, free from all liens and encumbrances, whatsoever.

Under the Notarial Registry of Atty.

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Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late spouses GERARDO D. PELONGCO, who died on March 2, 2000 at P-7, Laligan, Valencia City, Bukidnon and ANGELES VENTURA PELONGCO, who died on February 11, 2012 at Bukidnon Provincial Medical Center, Malaybalay City, without leaving any will; That said deceased spouses at the time of their death, left those certain properties more particularly described as follows, to wit: 1. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Laligan, Valencia City, Bukidnon, containing an area of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE (17,973) SQ. M. more or less, known as Lot no.

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by TCT NO. P-24344.” Is the subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDCIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS, made and entered by the HEIRS, GERRY VENTURA PELONGCO, RITCHIE VENTURA PELONGCO, JUDE VENTURA PELONGCO, LEA ROSE PELONGCO PEREZ, AILEEN PELONGCO OCHAVEZ, ADONES VENTURA PELONGCO, DENNIS D. PELONGCO, ALEXIS VENTURA PELONGCO, LEO VENTURA PELONGCO, REY P. PELONGCO, MIRIAM P. PELONGCO, TADEO VENTURA PELONGCO and VIVIAN PELONGCO PULIDO; That the parties HEIRS 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 real properties, EQUALLY PRO-INDIVISO. Under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Francisco L. Vasig, Jr.; as per Doc. No. 166; Page No. 35; Book No. 288; Series of 2018.

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Cotabato City and meeting with the MILF leadership in Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.

Villar said the extent of damage in Marawi City has moved her to vote for the passage of the proposed BBL draft of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission.

She said she is confident that the Senate will pass the BBL before the Senate goes on recess on March 24.

“We must put a stop to violent extremism. Dahil sa ginagawa po nating status quo, lalong lumalakas ang violent extremism. Kasi sinasabi po ng mga taong ito, tignan ninyo napabayaan na ang peace process.

Lahat ng ipinangako nila hindi natupad ng gobyerno.

Kaya subukan po nating pigilan ito. And this is the best time to do it. Dahil ang ating Pangulo, tubong Mindanao” (The status quo is strengthening violent extremism. These peopel are saying, ‘look, the peace process has been ignored, what was promised to them were not fulfilled by government. That’s why we should try to prevent this), Zubiri said.

Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Commitee on Local Governments, said: “I’d like to commit to Senator Zubiri. We will support the hard work of the chairman and assure that the proposed BBL be reflective and inclusive of all the ambitions and aspirations of the Bangsamoro people.”

Enough votes Senator Joseph Ejercito said he, too, is confident that the BBL draft submitted by the Bangsamoro Transition Commissionl will muster enough votes at the Senate.

Ejercito said the only obstacle for the passage are some “key constitutional questions” that he expects senators will ask before casting their votes.

“This might be the one instrument that could give lasting peace to Mindanao,” he said.

Ghazali Jaafar, the MILF’s 1st vice chair and concurrent chair of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) that drafted the BBL said they are confident that the senators will make good on their promise.

Jaafar said they think President Rodrigo Duterte has enough clout to persuade the Senate and House of Representatives to vote for the passage of the law.

“We have to trust them,” Jaafar said.

In his opening speech at the public hearing, Jaafar said what happened in Marawi City “was caused not because Muslims do not like Christians. What happened in Marawi City is what we are going to address through the Bangsamoro Basic Law.” He emphasized the BBL is a political solution to the Moro struggle.

“This problem is a political problem. So it cannot be

solved by means of social solution or military solution. It can only be solved through a political solution,” he said, citing the need to pass the BBL. Four versions, Eight versions The Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) submitted its draft BBL to President Duterte on July 17 last year, in ceremonial rites witnessed by Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, Jr. There are four bills on the Bangsamoro that are pending in the Senate, authored by Pimentel, Zubiri’s which he later withdrew and substituted with the BTC draft, Senator Bam Aquino and Senator Risa Hontiveros.

The Senate Sub-Committee’s task is to consolidate these bills.

At the House of Representatives, there are also four versions that the House Sub-Committee on BBL is consolidating — bills filed

by Reps. Bai Sandra Sema, Deputy Speaker for Mindanao; Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo, and the BTC draft filed by Alvarez and co-authors.

The proposed Bangsamoro law is part of the political settlement agreed upon by the government and MILF in the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB). The CAB provides for the creation of a new political entity that would replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), a regional entity that is “autonomous” in name but is dependent on the national government as the present structure has no fiscal autonomy.

BTC Commissioner Atty.

Maisara Latiph said the new draft includes 18 new provisions that give more protection to the Lumads and Christian settlers. “The lumads and the settlers are better protected now,” she said.

Lanao del Norte Rep. Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo (1stdistrict), author of one of the four Bangsamoro bills pending at the House, vehemently opposed the inclusion of six Lanao del Norte towns—Baloi, Munai, Pantar, Nunungan, Tagoloan and Tangcal—into the proposed core territory of the Bangsamoro territory without a new plebiscite.

But Munai town Mayor Casan Maquiling and Nunungan town Mayor Marcos Mamay pointed out their towns had already voted to be part of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in a plebiscite in 2001.

“We should respect that vote,” Maquiling and Mamay told the senators.

The BBL hearings will continue on January 30 at the Senate. Other Mindanao hearings will be held on the second week of February in Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-tawi and Zamboanga. (Froilan Gallardo / MindaNews)

Reds... from page 1

163 NPAs had been killed in various operations nationwide, while 188 rebels had surrendered to government forces in the first three weeks of January. (PNA)

Political... from page 1

our national interest and our national interest is to get all those eight million domestic workers home.

That means to create jobs.

That’s what he’s been doing since,” she added.

Carlos, who is also a consultant for Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol, said that despite what critics’ say, she believed that Duterte has been serious about “losing his seat as president. “ “He doesn’t mind if he loses his job. He keeps on saying that. He has the political guts. The commitment might be there but of if you don’t have the courage it’s nothing also,” Carlos said.

Carlos acknowledged that not all of the reforms under the current administration have been successful but said that the chief executive has only been in office for only one and a half years.

She also reminded the public that it was worthy to note that the current ills of the country have been long-standing problems.

“It will take some time, remember we are still one a half years’ time to this administration. There are many, many other things which we needed to change.

Transport for one, there’s a lot to be done there,” Carlos said.

“But let’s not be in a hurry because all these things which are ills of our society have been planted there for decades already,” she added.

Carlos, meanwhile, welcomed Duterte’s visit to India to attend the 2018 India-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Commemorative Summit noting that it was part of his efforts to push for an economic alliance.

“Where is he right now?

In India and it seems like India, the US, Australia and Japan are trying to form a quad-alliance and that’s not a political or military alliance, that’s really an economic alliance and it’s best for us to link ourselves with this type of alliance since India will have the biggest population and that’s a huge market,” Carlos said.

Time for federalism Carlos said that if it were not for Duterte’s political guts, then the proposal to shift into a federal form of government might not happen.

“We really have to federalize especially since a lot of things that we will do when we compete in the ASEAN regional integration would be localized for most part,” Carlos said, describing the Philippine hosting of last year’s ASEAN Summits as putting the country “on the center of regional states.”

Monday, January 29, 2018 “There will be advantages, there will be disadvantages but there will be more pluses than minuses because we’ve had a unitary system since the time of Spanish colonization,” she added.

Although Duterte, a federalism advocate, said that Filipinos “might not be ready for a new form of government” despite the fact that it was needed, Carlos said that nobody could tell when the Philippines would be ready.

“Nobody knows when we are ready. Was Europe ready for the European Union?

We cannot set a date and say ‘okay we’re ready for this,” Carlos said. ”You go through certain steps and you’re ready. No one is ready, you have to take the bull by its horns and go for it, make sure there are more pluses than minuses,” she added.

Essence of democracy While entitled to their own opinions, Carlos said that it was wrong to think that there is a “darkness” that envelops the nation under the current administration.

“Maybe they’re entitled to their opinion. What can we do? I don’t think that is the case especially if you know what all the president’s cabinet members have been doing in their own respective departments,” Carlos said.

“They have a right to say that. Whether they have a basis for saying so, I don’t think so,” she added.

She made this remark in response to the recent statement of Vice President Leni Robredo where she rallied her partymates in the Liberal Party to remain hopeful in face of darkness shrouding the nation.

Carlos said that results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) 2017 Fourth Quarter Survey showed that the president has regained his “excellent” trust rating at 83 percent.

“Maybe because the public would see that the President is working very hard and is trying to his best to solve many, many of our challenges. The public are several public. It’s not that there is just only one public but these several public seem to feel that things are moving for them, maybe not as fast as they want to but yes, things are changing,” Carlos said.

She also said that it was not necessary to question the surveys noting that the survey was conducted among a sample that was representative of 107 million Filipinos. (PNA)

Marawi... from page 2

the end of December.. 2021.”

Asked who the developers are, del Rosario told MindaNews: “we will inform the public once we have selected the winning developer.”

Waiver Residents who want to visit the MAA in April will have to coordinate with their

barangay officials because “we need a waiver through their barangay captains that if ever something will explode, something will happen that will endanger their lives, it will not be responsibility of the Task Force Bangon Marawi as well as the local government unit of Marawi City government.”

Del Rosario explained that what they really want is for residents not to return to the area. “Ang gusto namin talaga, hindi na sila babalik. But because of the tremendous pressure ng 11,000 (families) who would like to see, we will allow it, provided they issue a waiver,” he said.

Sought for clarification on the waiver, Del Rosario told MindaNews: “before they can be allowed to enter the MAA in April, they should sign a waiver first stating therein that they are solely responsible if ever an accident occurs during their one week visit.”

Asked why they have to sign waivers when the AFP is supposed to have cleared the area of UXOs and IEDs by first week of April, he replied: “the AFP said they can only clear 80 to 90% of the whole MAA.” (Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews)

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with the WTO. Are we experiencing a global solar slowdown? I am afraid, yes. Heaven forbid!

While US and European solar panel manufacturers have said the tariffs are necessary to make a level playing field, solar installers, generators and users say thanks to the tariffs, those manufacturers may not have any customers left.

“While tariffs in this case will not create adequate cell or module manufacturing to meet US demand, or keep foreignowned Suniva and SolarWorld afloat, they will create a crisis in a part of our economy that has been thriving,” said Abigail Ross Hopper, president of the Solar Industries Association.

This “will ultimately cost tens of thousands of hard-working, blue-collar Americans their jobs,” she added.

She predicted that the tariffs could cut forecast solar installations this year by nearly 20 percent, to 9 gigawatts from 11 gigawatts. “It’s just basic economics: If you raise the price of a product, it’s going to decrease demand for that product.”

US solar companies have pointed to the experience of their counterparts in Europe, where anti-dumping duties have been in place on Chinese solar panels since 2013. The industry association SolarPower Europe has said the EU tariffs have added at least €500 ($622) to the cost of a household installation.

“These policies have been tried in many parts of the world, and in not one case have the measures lead to more jobs, more manufacturing and more value,” said James Watson, SolarPower Europe’s CEO. “In essence, trade measures are a blunt tool with many

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unforeseen consequences on solar manufacturers of other crucial elements of the value chain.”

Let’s face this: solar power has been massively expanded in the US over the past several years. How about in the Philippines?

The US is the world’s fourth-largest solar market after China, Japan and Germany. Zvi Schreiber, CEO of online freight marketplace Freightos, noted that the tariff is going to cause disruption in global trade patterns for these products — which could have the effect of shutting down new solar projects around the world.

“There will be shifts in demand,” he said in an interview. “It’s not just the solar panels themselves — today any product they manufacture includes dozens if not hundreds of materials.”

Even if the playing field isn’t level at the moment, Schreiber questions whether Washington and Brussels are cutting off their nose to spite their face, risking killing off an industry that does environmental good in the name of free trade — and risking a trade war with China in the process.

“Of course, the big loser is the environment,” he said. “If China is willing to subsidize solar panels, we should all say ‘thank you very much,’ because that’s going to help our planet — which is more important than whether it’s fair.”

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EXTRA-JUDICIAL ADJUDICATION AND SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late ROQUE C. EDOROT, who died intestate at Northern Mindanao Medical Center, Cagayan de Oro City without any will but leaving a Registered Real Property, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-90168 REGISTRY OF DEEDS FOR CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY “A parcel of land (Lot 11, Block 20, of the Cons. Subd.

Plan, Pcs-10-001207, being a portion of Lot 1 & 3, Pcs-104305-001147.

Situated in the Barangay of Carmen, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY (130) SQUARE METERS, more or less; Is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL ADJUDICATION AND SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS, made and entered into by and between; ANNABELLE MOCORRO EDOROT, widow of ROQUE C. EDOROT, and TRACY MAE M. EDOROT, single, all of legal age, Filipinos and residents of Block 20, Lot 11, Xavier Heights, Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City; At the time of his death, the decedent left a debt due against the estate, a loan obligation secured by a Real Estate Mortgage in favor of National Housing Authority in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Five Pesos (P156,975.00) annotated on the TCT No. T-90168, as Entry Number 206407; We the parties hereto and with full civil capacity, hereby CLAIMED and ADJUDICATE among ourselves the above-mentioned property and waiving rights over said loan obligation by means of this instrument without any further judicial proceedings; Under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Audie G. Paduganan; as per Doc. No. 196; Page No. 41; Book No. 55; Series of 2018.

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Indian investors not bothered by martial law in Mindanao: Duterte DAVAO CITY -- Indian businessmen are interested to invest their money in the Philippines despite the existing martial law in Mindanao, President Rodrigo Duterte said upon his arrival from his first official visit to India.

“They didn’t even mention it. They said, ‘We want to come [there],” the President said during a press conference at the Davao International Airport in Davao City upon arrival from India on Friday, January 26.

Duterte has spoken before a crowd of top Indian business executives in New Delhi as part of his threeday official visit.

“But I was the first to say that: Maybe just avoid that western portion of Mindanao, especially down to the archipelagic Zamboanga,” he said.

“If you have the map of the Philippines, your left is the Western side, just avoid it. Visayas, Luzon, and some parts of Mindanao

-- Davao, maybe Butuan, there’s a less… unless there will be something coming up in the days to come,” he explained.

During the press conference, the President reiterated his resolve to stop corruption.

He instructed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to make sure that projects are completed within a month.

“I am giving DPWH to tell the contractors to complete it within 30 days.

Pag hindi, I will give it to another contractor, cancel the contract and sue you,” he said, adding that he would only allow a delay of one month.

“I will remind everybody through the DILG, through the mayors na there should be no open holes or canals everywhere. And I’m giving everybody in government only 30 days. Either they cancel the contract and allow somebody else or somebody else’s endeavor to, kung meron siyang pera…”

he said.

“So henceforth, all projects of the Philippines would be something like a Swiss challenge. If I want building, if I want a highway, if I want

railroads built, ipakita ko sa inyo, there would be an open space for everybody,” Duterte said.

Meanwhile, the Chief Executive announced that

he is planning to visit the province of Albay, following the eruption of the Mayon Volcano.

On January 22, the Philippine Institute of Volca-

nology and Seismology (PHILVOCS) has raised the Alert Level of Mayon Volcano to Level 4 or “hazardous eruption imminent.”

(PND)

than President Rodrigo Duterte gave the green light to the revocation of the two PEZA-DOLE memoranda of agreement signed in March 2006 and June 2016 after the NCCC Mall Davao fire incident that killed 38 workers – 37 call center agents and one key custodian of the mall.

He s a i d t h e 2 0 1 6 agreement relegated f rom D OLE to PEZ A the function to conduct technical safety inspection, covering labor, occupational and health standards of the establishments under PEZA’s jurisdiction while the 2006 agreement covers the joint enforcement of labor law standards and maintenance of industrial peace and conduct of labor education program.

Bello said DOLE no longer had authority over t h e P E Z A- a c c r e d i t e d

4,000-square meter business process outsourcing facility occupied by the Survey Sampling International (SSI) at the NCCC Mall Davao since it started operations in July 2008.

The labor secretary wrote PEZA director general Charito Plaza on January 12, informing her that he is revoking the agreements DOLE signed with PEZA because the Labor Code of the Philippines gives DOLE the primary mandate over enforcement of labor laws and standards.

Bello also ordered DOLE’s regional offices to further intensify the “inspection of all establishments to strictly enforce general law standards, occupational safety and health standards, technical safety standards as well as the right of workers to security of tenure.”

He said DOLE will also

recommend to amend the charters of all the PEZAaccredited economic zones in the countr y, including that of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Clark Development Corporation, Bataan Export Processing Zone, Mactan Economic Zone, and Cagayan Special Economic Zone.

He said this will allow the department to reacquire its mandate to inspect and ensure security of tenure of all workers in all establishments inside the economic zones.

He s aid D OLE is planning to hire additional 2,000 inspectors this year to boost its inspection mechanism, and to ensure who among the companies have regularized their contractual workers.

The country has only 570 at present, 22 of them

in the Davao Region, he said.

Bello said at least 300,000 contractual workers will be regularized this year while 160,000 workers had been regularized in 2017.

He s ai d t h e y h ave re qu i re d a l l bu s i n e s s est ablishments in t he country to submit a list of their employees and nature of their employment.

“If you cou ld on ly promise me that you will regularize 10 percent of your employees every year, after 10 years all of them will be regularized or after term of the President Rodrigo R. Duterte, 60 percent of employees will be regular until we finally achieve the total regularization of all employees in the business establishments in the country,” he said.

(Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)

DOLE revokes agreements with PEZA following NCCC Mall fire

By Antonio L. Colina IV

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) — Labor secretary Silvestre B ello III has re voked agreements signed with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) to reacquire its functions

to inspect establishments op e r at i n g w it h i n t h e economic zones in the country on their compliance with labor standards.

Bello told reporters Saturday t hat no less

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