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AGAYAN de Oro City--A man has bitten a python to death on a classic “man-beast” duel to death on the outskirts of Cagayan de Oro City Monday evening.

Alfredo Edrote, 40, a farmer, who lived in Indahag, a mountain village Southeast of the city, was on his way home Monday evening when waylaid by a two-meter-and-a-half python by the road. A reticulated python (Python Reticulatus), is a non-venomous snake found in Southeast Asia, considered as the world’s longest snakes and longest reptiles.

Edrote said that he has an earlier drinking spree with friends and was on his way home when he noticed the snake blocking his way. “It was pitch dark, and I suddenly noticed that the snake was in front of me, ready to attack. Without hesitation, I grabbed the snake, which bit my hand and tried to constrict me,” Edrote said. See bites, page 11

PCOO gaffes have ‘no malicious intent’ PRESIDENTIAL C ommunications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Tuesday admitted that his agency had made mistakes in the past but stressed that these mistakes had no “malicious intent.” Andanar made this remark during the second Senate panel hearing on fake news noting that the mistakes should not be the sole basis of the PCOO’s performance. “We have made mistakes in the past and we have been held accountable for

them. But these were honest mistakes with no intention to malign anybody and with no malicious intent,” Andanar said in his speech. “ T h e s e s h ou l d n o t overshadow or speak for the work of thousands in government who work tirelessly to provide the public the right and useful information,” he added. Andanar also told the committee that the agency should not be judged on the personal blog ran by its Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson. See pcoo, page 11

The Norfolk City Sister City Delegation joins city officials led by Mayor Oscar Moreno and former Mayor Constantino Jaraula at the MacArthur Marker in Bgy Macabalan last March 13, 2017. cio photo

Apply now for Oro-Norfolk high school student summer visitor exchange program will have its initial run on Oro-Norfolk High School July 1-15, 2018 in Norfolk, Student Summer Visitor Virginia, USA. See student, page 11 Exchange Program which

By Imma Rae D. Gatuslao

The city government is now accepting applications for the first Cagayan de

Duterte named Taosug lawyer as ambassador to Czech Republic PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has named Taosug lawyer Ombra Jainal as Ambassador to the Czech Republic. Jainal, a native of Siasi, Sulu is a member of the Peace Implementing Panel of the Moro National Liberation Front under founding chair Nur Misuari. Jainal is a former regional

director of the Department of Labor and Employment and was Solicitor-General of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) from 1996 to 2000 when Misuari was ARMM Governor. He finished Law at San Beda, Duterte’s alma mater, and passed the bar in 1975. See ambassador, page 11

Taosug lawyer Ombra Jainal, a native of Siasi, Sulu has been named by President Rodrigo Duterte as Ambassador to the Czech Republic. photo courtesy of jainal ’ s fb page

A BLOGGER that passes on false information should be held accountable, Senator Grace Poe said Tuesday. Poe made this remark in her opening statement at the second hearing on fake news, reminding bloggers that they are not above libel laws. “Though we support a person’s right to freedom of expression, once that writer defames the subject of his article, that writer must be held liable in accordance with our laws,” Poe said in her speech. She said that a blogger could not just attack a person without basis, and then hide behind the skirt of free expression. “I think one must have the courage to stand by what he has written and posted publicly,” she added, stressing that bloggers could not claim that their posts were not subject to a journalist’s code of ethics. During the last hearing on fake news, there was a proposal to regulate fake news through legislation. However, Poe and other participants expressed alarm See bloggers, page 11

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Shabu, guns seized from state college prexy house KIDAPAWAN City--Anti-narcotics agents, backed by soldiers and police, raided on Monday a state college in North Cotabato, arrested five staff members of the school president and seized almost P500,000 worth of prohibited drugs and high powered firearms. The raiding team, led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement

Agency (PDEA), seized 13 assorted high powered firearms from the home of Dr. Samson L. Molao, president of Cotabato Foundation College for Science and Technology (CFCST) in Doroluman, Arakan, North Cotabato. Arakan, a mountain town in North Cotabato is about 164 kilometers from Cotabato City

or about a three-hour drive. Molao was not in the house during the raid, but PDEA agents, backed by police and Army, recovered from the staff house assorted firearms and ammunition, including AK-47, M-14 and M-16 Armalite rifles. Director Valente Cariño of PDEA-12 and Levi Ortiz, the director of Special Enforcement

Service of PDEA central office, led the operation at past 3 a.m. Monday. They were armed with search warrant issued by Judge Alandrex Betoya of the Regional Trial Court based in Kabacan, North Cotabato. Ortiz said joint police, PDEA agents and the military were now hunting down Molao who was

reportedly out of town during the raid. “We came here all the way from Manila because there is very strong information about the involvement of the school president in illegal drugs trade,” Ortiz told reporters. Ortiz has appealed to Molao to surrender and prove his innocence in court. (PNA)

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AKILALA, North Cotabato -- Police on Monday raided a house here before dawn, arrested a suspected drug peddler and seized illegal drugs and high powered firearms, police said. C h i e f I n s p. J h o n Rick Felongco Medel, Makilala town police chief, ident if ie d t he susp e c t as Ji m Yr ay Rulona who was the subject of a search warrant issued by Judge Ar vin B alagot of Regional Trial Court Branch 17. Armed with a legal document, the raiding team, composed of personnel from Makilala PNP, North Cotabato Police Of f ice and elements of the Army’s 39th Infantry Battalion, barged inside Rulonoa’s house at Purok Talisay, Barangay Malasila at around 3:20 a.m. Rulona, according t o Me d e l , i s f a c i n g charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002). Seized from the suspect were two 12 g au g e s h o t g u n s , 2 2 pieces shotgun bullets, a fragmentation grenade, two huge sachets of sh abu and sh abu paraphernalia. Aside from violation of RA 9165, Rulona is also facing charges for violation of RA 10691 or Illegal Possession of Firearms and Explosives. A day earlier, elements

of Nor th C otabato Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-12), also busted a big time drug syndicate operating in North Cotabato. In a statement, PDEA1 2 D i re c tor Va l e nte G. C ar iño, s aid t wo members of “Baliwan Drug Group” were killed while three others, including women, were arrested, during an anti-drug operation on Sunday in Barangay Batulawan, Pikit town. Arrested were Johaina Labarios Ayunan, Samer Tanden alias Samir and Baina Tanden Abdulla, all members of Baliwan Drug Group whose female leader was arrested late last year in Cotabato City. G ove r n m e nt operatives recovered a total of 45 sachets of methamphetamine hydrochloride from the suspects. The Baliwan Drug Group is the one supplying prohibited drugs in the towns of Kabacan, Pikit, Matalam, Mlang, Tulunan and Kidapawan City, all in Nor t h C ot abato and in the adjoining towns of Datu Montawal and Pagalungan in Maguindanao. (PNA)

Urban category winner. Barangay 22 hails as the winner for the Urban Category of the Oro Kalimpyo Awards 2017 and receives a plaque and P150,000 cash prize from the city government on January 25 at Centrio Mall, Cagayan de Oro City. (RTP/PIA10)

DAR 11 plans to distribute 10,000 hectares to beneficiaries By Antonio L. Colina IV

DAVAO CITY – Department of Agrarian Reform-11 Regional Director Joseph H. Orilla said on Monday that a total of 10,000 hectares of privately owned agricultural lands would be distributed to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Davao Region. Orilla said in an interview that the distribution for at least 5,000 hectares is “doable” within the next three to five years, but he could not determine when

for the remaining half as these properties are steeped in legal disputes between landowners and ARBs. He assured the ARBs that lawyers of DAR-11 are already studying several cases of land disputes, so that they can facilitate the turnover of the disputed properties from landlords to the beneficiaries. Orilla added they are working on the documents for the release of certificates of land ownership awards

(CLOAs) to individual farmer beneficiaries of the 5,000 hectares of land “doable” for distribution, including the verification of “erroneous” documents and identities of the beneficiaries. He added one of the challenges they are facing in the verification is the identification of the ARBs because they found it difficult to determine the members of the cooperatives that are eligible beneficiaries under the Republic Act 6657, or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

of 1988. The law intends to redistribute “public and private agricultural lands to farmers and farmworkers who are landless, irrespective of tenurial arrangement. CARP’s vision is to have an equitable land ownership with empowered agrarian reform beneficiaries who can effectively manage their economic and social development to have a better quality of life.” Orilla said their pool of lawyers is studying the See disrtibute, page 11

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Cinemagis X awards outstanding local films By Angelo Lorenzo

This year’s Cinemagis Northern Mindanao Digital Short Film Festival officially announced the list of winning films among the entries during its annual awarding ceremony that took place at SM City Cagayan de Oro Event Center on Saturday evening, January 27. Films produced by Ozamiz City’s Illustrado Productions dominated the list with Edmund Telmo’s “Redempsyon” bagging 1st Place in the Best Short Film under the Professional / Senior Category. “Thank you, Cinemagis, for giving us the platform to share our voices,” Telmo said in his acceptance speech onstage, along with his crew and team of fellow filmmakers comprising their springboard production organization. Prior to being an official entry in Cinemagis 2018, “Redempsyon” was a selection in Western Visayas’s Cinekasimanwa Film Festival, Mindanao Film Festival (in which it earned the Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay Awards), and Salamindaw Asian Film Festival (where it was recognized as the Best Mindanao Short Film along with the Golden Durian Prize). CDO filmmakers shone during the ceremony with Reena Dunque’s undergraduate thesis film, “AyoAyo,” emerging as 2nd place and Tat Soriano’s romantic drama, “Good Night” landing 3rd in the same category.

CINEMAGIS 10. Filmmakers receive their plaques of appreciation for participating in this year’s CIinemagis Northern Mindanao Digital Short Film Festival during the awarding ceremony at SM City CDO Event Center on January 27. The festival celebrated films made by local filmmakers, totaling to 16 entries this year in the Student and Senior Categories, and with six additional films in the Special Features and Special Citation Categories. photo source: facebook page of cinemagis

“This is an affirmation of the passion that I have in filmmaking,” Soriano stated with his 6-member team after he accepted the award. Meanwhile, Iligan City’s Christian Alan Toring triumphed with his film, “Simulacrum” – a cinematic take on the prevalent extrajudicial killing issue – as it earned 1st place in the Student Category. Reyan Amacna’s “Baslay-

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an” achieved 2nd, while Miguel Fernandez’s “Kita Nakita” made it to the 3rd place. Both filmmakers come from Ozamiz City. Northern Mindanaoan voices “CDO has long been known as rich in culture and the arts,” Film Development Council of the Philippines chairperson and chief executive officer Liza Diño declared in her speech. She was represented

by FDCP executive director Wilfredo Manalang who read her message during the ceremony. This year’s jury, composed of filmmakers whose films were shown during the festival in the noncompeting Special Feature Films Category, encouraged participants to use their unique voices in filmmaking. “Be honest about who you are,” said Sheron Dayoc,

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director of “The Crescent Rising.” “You must have a stance.” For the same reason, “Baboy Halas (Wailings in the Forest)” director Bagane Fiola claimed that genuine filmmaking demands originality. “All of us are capable of doing something new.” This was also agreed by this year’s resource speaker Dr Patrick Campos. A film critic who takes charge of NCCA’s National Com-

mittee on Cinema’s Film Education Sector, Campos implied that a filmmaker’s voice – based on life’s experiences and location – is a cherished value in the film. “When you have opinions, you put it in film,” he stated. As far as the competition in Cinemagis goes on to showcase the filmic voices of the artists, festival director Hobart Savior said See cinemagis, page 11

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What magic spell does Faeldon have on Malacañang? LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… And Jesus said (to Thomas), `I am the sole way, the truth, and the life’…” (Jesus, our God and Savior, in John 14:6 of the Holy Bible). -ooo LAWMAKERS ASKED NOT TO WASTE TIME IN THEIR QUESTIONS IN THE SERENO CASE: Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Farinas, the majority floor leader of the House of Representatives, hit the nail in the head in his suggestion to his fellow lawmakers at the Committee on Justice who are investigating the impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno: congressmen should be asking better and more sensible questions, to avoid wastage of time. What Farinas (a bar topnotcher in 1978) was referring to was the style of some House lawmakers in asking associate justices of the Supreme Court appearing before the Committee as resource persons whether they agree with the view of some Committee members that the evidence already in their possession would already be sufficient to file the impeachment complaint against Sereno with the Senate, for a formal hearing. Indeed, the only ones that have the right to calibrate the evidence now before

the Committee on Justice against Sereno would be the lawmakers themselves, not the justices of the court. Whatever the justices may say would be useless, and nothing but empty opinions. What the lawmakers should be busying themselves with should be the facts, and the evidence, not opinions, right, Rep. Rodante Marcoleta? Or, this is something beyond some lawmakers? -ooo IF THERE IS A LAW ALLOWING THE LUXURY CAR OF SERENO, WHY STILL SUE HER? During the hearing of the House Committee on Justice on Monday, January 29, 2018, an earth-shaking piece of evidence surfaced, based on the interrogation congressmen were conducting on members of the Supreme Court. It now appears that there is an existing law granting permission to the Supreme Court to buy a luxury vehicle for a chief justice like Sereno. Immediately, many raised the question: If there is a valid law upon which the purchase by the Supreme Court of a luxury vehicle for Sereno was anchored, it would logically follow that the buying of that vehicle was legal, there being no prohibition against it. So, what is it that the complainant against Sereno yakking about?

The only problem here of Sereno is that, while there are points like this which favor her position that she did not violate any rule or regulation, they would amount to nothing because many of the House lawmakers seem already committed to bring the impeachment complaint against her to the Senate. Whatever Sereno would be minded to do now, nothing will come out of it, as her goose is already cooked, so to speak. -ooo WHAT MAGIC SPELL DOES FAELDON HAVE OVER MALACANANG? I caught only a very minor part of the hearing which the Senate Committee on the Accountability of Public Officers (or the Blue Ribbon Committee) headed by Sen. Richard Gordon conducted on Monday, January 29, 2018, because I got busy the whole afternoon on account of a hearing I attended for a client at the Olongapo City Municipal Trial Court in Cities, but I do agree everything that I heard Gordon said. Gordon lashed out anew at former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and even against Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, on the issue of Faeldon’s acquittal from the case involving the smuggling of some P6.4 billion worth of

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shabu, which smuggling was coursed through the Bureau of Customs when Faeldon was still the Bureau head. The Olongapo lawmaker’s question was correct: if the poor who were merely suspected of involvement in shabu were relentlessly killed under the government of President Duterte, it would be greatly difficult to accept that Faeldon was allowed to go scot free from the charges against him and his men about the P6.4 billion worth of shabu. What magic spell does Faeldon hold over Malacanang that it even asked for his release from detention by the Senate? -ooo FOR QUESTIONS, REACTIONS: If anyone would like to ask me any question about what the burning issues of the day mean, or what we have discussed here, or to consult on any problem, whatever it maybe, please call 0917 984 24 68, or email me at batasmauricio@yahoo. com, or
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Grand deception WHEN Rappler, through its president, Maria Ressa, was caught trifling with an important tenet in the Philippine Constitution that mandates that Philippine media should be 100% owned by Filipinos, the Securities and Exchange Commission ordered it closed. Rappler was parading like it is wholly owned by Filipinos but turned out it accepted investment from Omidyar Network which is known for its notoriety in destabilizing heads of state that are not docile to America. It tried deception by claiming that the Philippine Deposit Receipts (PDRs) it issued to ON money was for philanthropic contribution. The attempt dragged them deeper in shit as the PDRs were actually commercial instruments. When this trick did not work, Ressa again tried another act — this time claiming that Omidyar signed a waiver on its veto power. Again, this did not pass scrutiny of the SEC because the said waiver was discovered to be just a scrap of paper as the document was not notarized.

Running out of deceptive tricks, Ma. Ressa went berserk when she was served the closure order and went about town crying her freedom is being curtailed by Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, no less. Her partner Pia Ranada did the same screaming that she will be jailed by Duterte’s military. The grandstanding, it was obvious, was to stonewall the criminal violation they committed and to paint Rappler and its staff headed by Ressa as victims of oppression and dictatorial regime of Duterte. Contrary to its claim that they have lost their freedom of expression, more than ever Rappler had increased the crescendo of its unfettered attack on no less than President Duterte himself. Ressa spearheaded a Black Friday movement supported by a handful of students from where else, the University of the Philippines campus and the usual garrulous but moribund Liberal Party stalwarts headed by VP Leni Robredo. They were joined in by UN Rapporteur Agnes Callamard and her local

counterpart Chito Gascon in denouncing the Duterte government for curtailing the freedom of the press. Other foreign-funded media outfits joined the fray for obvious reason. Theirs is a cacophony of ridiculous chants. Robredo warned that the closure of Rappler is a symptom of a dark future of the country. The juvenile delinquents in the UP campus joined pip s q u e a k a s s e m b l i e s with screaming placards denouncing Pres. Duterte and his “malignant forces that continue to peddle lies to justify their tyranny and dictatorship”. They cut classes to face the TV cameras and klieg lights unmindful of yet another spectacular grade of survey firms Social Weather Station and Pulse Asia showing an “excellent” grade on the sustained trust and popularity of the nation on Duterte which they had been flagellating no end. No one seems to mind their issue about tyranny and dictatorship as the World Bank (WB) grudgingly declared that “DDS killed democracy in the

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Philippines but they haven’t killed the country’s vibrant economy”. Forbes, an international business magazine, likewise quoted WB on its Global Economic Prospects, which asserts that “Duterte Philippines is the 10th fastest growing economy in the world”. The statistics is a slap on the face of VP Robredo who remains to be an incurable pessimist despite the figures that cannot lie. She continues to see the future of the Philippines in dark glasses forgetting that she is a Vice President and therefore should have celebrated with the rest for the gains that the country achieved. For her part, Maria Ressa simply ignored what Forbes and WB declared. Maybe out of outrage that the Robredo seemed to be out of sync and blinded by sheer politicking and negativism, UP Political Science professor and political See deception, page 11

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KAGAY-ANON DELEGATE. Development Communication (DevCom) senior Marvin Pamisa of Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan Pamisa officially completes the four-phased 5th Asia Pacific Youth Exchange program. He’s pictured here after the closing ceremony of the program at the Asian Development Bank Headquarters. contributed photo

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AGAYAN de Oro City--Development C ommuni c ati on (DevCom) senior Marvin Pamisa of Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan was one of the students who attended the 5th Asia Pacific Youth Exchange (APYE) from January 9 to 20 at the Asian Development Bank Headquarters. The APYE, organized by the Urban Youth Academy and the Asian Development Bank Headquarters, “is a program that responds to the global need of meaningfully including the youth in Sustainable Development Goals initiatives. By simulating SDG policy formulation and project execution, youth delegates are given a unique opportunity to learn and hone the skills necessary to participate in sustainable development initiatives.” After learning about APYE in October 2017 from a friend and program alumnus from the University of Santo Tomas, Pamisa initially applied for the 50% scholarship from APYE’s organizing community since “the 1000 USD participation fee seemed too much to source from a single pocket.” Upon qualifica-

tion, he thought that the 500USD was still a challenging amount to raise. He then also applied for South Korea’s Hanyang University Changemaker’s Scholarship, which is also part of the APYE program. It is a full scholarship that is awarded to 10 deserving applicants for the APYE across Asia and the Pacific with brilliant social venture idea. Pamisa’s social venture pitch called “I Am Mindanao,” a one-year-old social campaign that seeks to address violent extremism and promote lasting peace in Mindanao, was able to make it to the Top 10 – eight of which awarded in APYE Manila, and two in APYE Thailand, which is currently ongoing. “I took the opportunity to represent the ‘I Am Mindanao’ peace advocacy, Xavier University, and Mindanao,” he said. “Much as the scholarship was there before my midst, I wanted to really deepen my understanding on the SDGs especially that [these global goals are] very close to my heart as a proud DevCom student of XU.” APYE is characterized by four main components,

namely, the Leadership Development Training, Local Immersion, Asia Pacific Youth Symposium, and the Fellowship program. Pamisa was assigned to the seven-member team on SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. The team immersed with the community of Barangay Bayabas, Doña Remedios Trinidad in Bulacan province. After the needs assessment, the group pitched the Project Patak, which is a proposed dripped irrigation system among the farmers of the barangay who constitute approximately 90% of the barangay population. During the pitching sessions of the Asia Pacific Youth Symposium and the SDG fair, the project was given the One Meralco Foundation Award. The team behind Angat Buay, the biggest anti-poverty program of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) also expressed intent to fund the project for implementation. “[I joined because] I knew this was an opportunity to grow, excel, and develop the necessary skills in doing development work. Truly, I gained more than enough,” Pamisa said. But his most glaring problem during those two

weeks was the amount of schoolwork he was missing, as the exchange happened over Xavier Ateneo’s midterm examinations week. “When I was in the event I was always thinking about what was going on here (at XU), the [TV Production] classes and the exams I was missing, and the classes I wasn’t able to attend,” Pamisa related. “[But] I enjoyed [the Exchange], and I had to make it count.” Pamisa praised the twoweek event as, “very insightful, very well thought-out and very well-strategized. Truly, I have gained the deeper understanding on the SDGs and have become an advocate of SDG 12, too.” He considers the local immersion the heart part of the program. “The local immersion part was very eye-opening because I got to realize my role as a youth in achieving the SDGs. In the community, I saw and felt that the realities that we have are different from the realities of those people who live in [the] grassroots. And I realized I should do something.” Pamisa and his SDG 12 team are now preparing for the initial steps in officially launching the project in their target farming community.

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Authority (NEDA) DirectorGeneral, said there are other kinds of manufacturing products that needed to be developed apart from electronics. “We have to diversify our manufacturing sector. We have to specialize in something where we have our inherent expertise. So in trade among countries, there will be specialization in terms of strengths and weaknesses,”

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he said. Pernia earlier attributed the slowdown in the exports of services to the weakening of the BPO industry, an indication the sector was ripe to move into higher value-added services. The NEDA chief thus urged BPO industry players to “equip themselves appropriately, so they can continue to be in business.” “What we are saying is, you have to be conscious now of the technological advances, innovations. AI (artificial intelligence), for example, is a major challenge to an industry like BPO because then, there will be less need for people in the BPO if these things can be done by robots or machines,” he added. (PNA)

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Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late GLORIA ROLUNA LEGASPI who died intestate in the City of Cebu, Philippines; The said heirs received two (2) transfer certificates of title in the name of the late Gloria R. Legaspi, married to Rogelio P. Legaspi, which are more particularly described as follows: 1. “A Parcel of Land (Lot 28, Block 1, PSD-10-037341, being a portion of PCN-10-000251, situated in the Barrio of Lumbia, City of Cagayan De Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of NINETY SIX (96) square meters, more or less. This covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-1372016002614. 2. “A Parcel of Land (Lot 29, Block 1, PSD-10-037341, being a portion of PCN-10-000251, situated in the Barrio of Lumbia, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of NINETY SIX (96) square meters, more or less. This is covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-137-2016002615. Is the subject of SUPPLEMENTAL EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF SALE, made and entered into by and among: ROGELIO P. LEGASPI, widower; and MA. ROWENA R. LEGASPI, single; all of legal age, Filipinos and residents of Purok 3,

It is a major step toward improving the battery life of consumer electronics. “If you have a cell phone, you likely need to charge its battery every day, due to the limited capacity of the battery’s electrodes,” said Esther Takeuchi, a distinguished State University of New York professor at Stony Brook University and a chief scientist in the Energy Sciences Directorate at Brookhaven Lab. “The findings in this study could help develop batteries that charge faster and last longer.” See charging, page 10 Ambangan, Ambago, Butuan City, Philippines; For and in consideration of the foregoing premises, and invoking the provision of Section 1, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court the parties hereto have agreed as they hereby do so agree to divide, partition and adjudicate the above real estate between themselves in pro indiviso equal shares (or in the following proportion) to wit: 1. To Rogelio P. Legaspi-One Half (1/2) of the decedent’s estate (real property); and 2. To Ma. Rowena R. Legaspi-One Half (1/2) of the decedent’s estate (real property); That WE, the HEIRS, for and in consideration of the sum of ONE MILLION PESOS (PHP 1,000,000.00) Philippine Currency, to us in hand paid by the Vendee, RYANNE VINCENT G. TE, Filipino, of legal age, married to DELLIAH ZORAIDAH HONTIVEROS, with residence and postal address at Block 2, Lot 34, Scions, Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City. DO HEREBY SELL, TRANSFER AND CONVEY unto the said vendee the above-described real property. That all the expenses incurred/to be incurred in connection with this transaction shall be charged to the account of the Vendee. Under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Paul R. Azura; as Per Doc. No. I; Page No. I; Book No. XXI; Series of 2017. MDN: Jan. 17, 24 & 31

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Teaching journalism in Filipino By GERSHWIN P. CONCEPCION Teacher I Mabatao Elementary School District of Salvador

BECAUSE journalism is an elective in junior high school here in the country, Filipino high school graduates are quite adept in feature writing. But only few graduates are fluent in the mother tongue which is Filipino. Thus, it is imperative that in the new K-12 curriculum,

journalism must be taught in Filipino, too. Ched identifies the UP journalism program as the country’s best. Naming the SUC’s journalism course anew as the only center of excellence in its league, Ched recognizes the program for having the highest standards in instruc-

tion, research, community extension and professional development. The program has been known as a pioneers in courses such as journalism ethics, environmental reporting and online journalism. Other colleges in the country which are also the best when it comes to Filipino journalism studies are PUP and UST. All three named programs are potent catalysts for world class scholarships,

best practices, innovative curriculum, research and professional development in journalism. These three teach journalism not just in English but in Filipino as well. Journalism programs cut out to become centers of excellence have industry recognition, evidence of innovation, academic research and output, local and international partnerships, active alumni programs and a graduate program.

Painting national heroes in a new light By ELBE G. PUEBLA Teacher I Mabatao Elementary School District of Salvador

THE Philippines is a young country with a long and complex history. While Philippine history continues to be written and rewritten based on new research and fresh insight, it is unfortunate that most people’s first experience of this narrative is often traumatic because of a boring

textbook that oversimplifies the multifaceted story that draw cardboard versions of the people who figure in the birth of this nation. When you are a good Araling Panlipunan, you will make an impression upon your students that will last even in adulthood. It used to be called Social

Studies. It is the subject where students learn to understand the historical background behind diversity. It is here where acceptance of different perspectives is nurtured. With proper training, students can now find the best answer to any history question literally with a click of a finger. History teaching, coupled with the Internet, must proceed to the next step – find-

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION CIVIL CASE NO. 2018-009 TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES VIRGILIO RICARDO FAUSTO RIGOR III AND ROSARIO LEONARDO ARENAS-RIGOR, VIRGILIO RICARDO FAUSTO RIGOR III AND ROSARIO LEONARDO ARENAS-RIGOR, 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 October 8, 2005 at San Rafael, Bulacan, 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 processes relative to this case at their residence at 1st East Rosario Heights, Tubod, Iligan City and Caloocan, Metro Manila respectively. That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for seven (7) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their 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 October 8, 2005, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had 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 23, 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 19th day of January, 2018. (Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

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ing connections between and among the who, what, where and how to answer the more important question why? After all, it’s not hard to study Araling Panlipunan at home. Study Buddy PH is a digital platform for learning which provides reviewers for Araling Panlipunan. It allows parents to select their preferred material and assign them to their children.

NURSING is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families and communities so they may attain, maintain or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care, training and scope of practice. Nurses practice in many specialties with differing levels of prescription authority. Many nurses provide care within the ordering scope of physicians and this traditional role has shaped the public image of nurses as care providers. However, nurse practitioners are permitted by most jurisdictions to practice independently in a variety of settings. In

the postwar period, nurse education has undergone a process of diversification towards advanced and specialized credentials and many of the traditional regulations and provider roles are changing. Nurses develop a plan of care, working collaboratively with physicians, therapists, the patient, the patient’s family and other team members that focuses on treating illness to improve quality of life. Nurses may help coordinate the patient care performed by other members of a multidisciplinary health care team such as therapists, medical practitioners and other dietitians. Nurses provide care both interdependently for example with physicians and independently as nursing professionals.

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION CIVIL CASE NO. 2018-011 REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES ERNESTO B. PIELAGO, JR. AND CHERYL VENCI PIELAGO,

IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION CIVIL CASE NO. 2018-010 REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JOEMAR P. VALDEVILLA AND AUBREY BABE MUECO-VALDEVILLA,

ERNESTO B. PIELAGO, JR. AND CHERYL VENCI PIELAGO, Petitioners. x---------------------------------/

JOEMAR P. VALDEVILLA AND AUBREY BABE MUECO-VALDEVILLA, Petitioners. x---------------------------------/ ORDER

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on September 18, 2004 at Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, 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 processes relative to this case at the address of the undersigned counsel at 109 Tiano Bros St., Cagayan de Oro City. That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for ten (10) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their 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 September 18, 2004, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had 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 26, 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 22nd day of January, 2018.

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 18, 2009 at Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, 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 processes relative to this case at their residents at Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental and Purok 5, Tambacan, Iligan City respectively. That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for six (6) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their 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 18, 2009, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had 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 26, 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 22nd day of January, 2018.

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12th Judicial Region Branch 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte In re: Petition for correction of entries Spl. Proc. No. 333-07-2017 in the Certificate of Live Birth of JUVY GALABIN JUMALON under the Date of Birth from March 15, 1962 to March 15, 1966 and under the Date of Marriage of Parents from September 25, 1981 to October 21, 1965, and to cancel “X” under Entry No. 2 which refers to “Sex” of the child which was doubly marked with X, and retain the “X” under FEMALE, as gender of the child. JUVY JUMALON-REQUINA,

ORDER This is a petition for Correction of Entry in the Birth Certificate filed by the herein petitioner, JUVY JUMALON-REQUINA. Petitioner alleges that he is of legal age, married, Filipino and a resident of Manlegro St., Gango, Ozamis City. Respondent is sued in his official capacity. Petitioner was born to spouses Montgolfier P. Jumalon and Diosdada G. Jumalon. However, the registration of the facts of his birth was only done on November 20, 1984 by her mother. Unknown to her, her mother registered the Date of her birth as 15 March 1962 instead of 15 March 1966 as it can be gleaned in all her documents of importance. Hence, this petition for correction of entry. Furthermore, there is also an error in the entry of the Date of Marriage of her parents, as it was entered as September 25, 1981 instead of October 21, 1965 as reflected in the Marriage Contract of her parents. In the same Birth Certificate, under Entry No. 2 of the SEX of the child, the two spaces for 1. Male and 2. Female were both marked as “X”:, that gives confusion as to the real gender of the child. That the “X” entered in the space of Male should be deleted, as the petitioner is obviously a FEMALE. That the petition is filed in good faith and is not intended to conceal the commission of a crime and/or defeat the investigation and prosecution of the same. But its sole intention is to straighten her record of birth, to avoid confusion and future inconvenience that it may cause. Set the initial hearing of the petition to March 26, 2018 at 8:30 O’clock in the morning before the sala of this Court. The petitioner is hereby directed to publish copy of this Order to a newspaper of general circulation for three (3) consecutive weeks, at her expense. Any person/s interested to the petition may come to Court on said date and time to show cause why said petition should not be granted. Furnish copy of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General at 134 Amorsolo St., Legazpi Village, Makati City, to the Office of the Public Prosecutor in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, to the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Baroy, Lanao del Norte, to Atty. Dorothea Basalo, counsel for the petitioner and to the petitioner herself at her address at Manlegro St., Gango Ozamis City. SO ORDERED. January 26, 2018 Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

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Improving access and financial literacy are key to financial inclusion in PH—PIDS study IMPROVING financial literacy and broadening access to financial institutions like banks and insurance companies, especially in the rural areas, are key to achieving financial inclusion in the country. This was according to

a study by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) on factors affecting financial inclusion in the Philippines. The research showed that more educated individuals living in urban areas, wherein most financial institutions

SI ELLA By: LEONIE R. DULALAS T-3 Initao Central School

Si Ella ay isang masayahing bata, Matalino’t maliksi at laging masigla, Mahal siya ng kanyang mga kakilala, Hatid sundo siya ng kanyang lola sa eskwela. Tinuturuan siya ng kanyang lola Na maging mapagmahal sa kapwa at sa kanila, Matapat at matulungin na bata, Siya si Ella, ang batang kahangahanga.

Teaching Filipino in the 21st century By LEA C. ADALA Teacher I Bulacon Primary School District of Salvador

IN the age of globalization with English being perceived by many as a language of empowerment and barometer for success and intelligence, is teaching Filipino to this generation still an important part of their learning? Do they still need to develop this skill for them to become competent individuals and well-rounded individuals? Teaching Filipino hasn’t been all that bad even though it may seem harder to do in an environment where students come from more affluent and supposedly English-speaking families. Start your Filipino classes with the goal of enhancing and leveling up your students’ skills. That means also going

beyond the goal of simply letting them appreciate the Filipino subject. The Wattpad phenomenon can be a boon or bane when it comes to teaching Filipino to our junior high students. Since Wattpad circumvents traditional publishing which vets on which authors deserve to be published, it can be said that many of the Wattpad writers are amateur. I know most established writers have qualms about this phenomenon but Filipino teachers can actually take this to their own advantage. Just inject your tried-and-tested techniques amidst the phenomenon. Your students will soon be steered in the right writing path.

No youth left behind By IAN LEMON TABOR SHST II Ozamiz City National High School

THE Philippines education sector has seen quite a number of changes in the past six years but none of them are as dramatic and controversial as the shift from a ten-year to a 12year basic education cycle. DepEd started preparations for the additional two years of high school as soon as the Enhanced Basic Education Act was signed in 2013. The last five years saw a rise in the education budget, the crafting of a new curriculum, the training of teachers and the construction of classrooms. To the mind of education officials, learners are at the center of this educa-

tion reform. By the end of 12-year basic education, high school graduates are expected to have the basic skills needed in the workforce. The ideal scenario is that every student who completes Grade 10 – fourth year high school in the old cycle – will continue studying in Grade 11. DepEd’s senior high school voucher program offers an alternative for students who want to pursue Grade 11 in non-DepEd schools. The national government allocated P12 billion for the program of which P11.2 billion will be for enrollees in private nonDepEd schools.

like banks are situated, are more likely to have savings and insurance than their less educated counterparts in the rural areas. The World Bank defines financial inclusion as a situation where people and businesses have access to useful and affordable financial products and services that meet their needs. Financial products and services include payments, savings, credit, and insurance. Authors Gilberto Llanto and Maureen Ane Rosellon, PIDS president and

research associate, respectively, emphasized that access to finance allows the poor to accumulate assets like savings and insurance to protect them from potential risks and shocks, and to invest in income-generating activities. However, access to financial products and services remains a big challenge in the Philippines as shown in the latest data of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). According to BSP, only about 43 percent of Filipino adults have bank savings while 72

percent of those who borrow, transact with informal financial institutions. Also, only about 30 percent of small and medium enterprises have formal lines of credit and/or bank loans. One of the main factors that limits people’s access to formal financial institutions, according to Llanto and Rosellon, is their remote location in the rural areas. “For example, data on bank network vis-à-vis population on a regional level indicate a great difference between urban areas like the National

Capital Region (ARMM) and highly rural regions like the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM),” they explained. Citing statistics from BSP, they noted that the number of banks per 10,000 adults in the NCR is estimated at 3.6 in 2010 and 2015 compared to only one bank per 100,000 adults in ARMM for the same period. “Due to the absence of banks, people would usually just keep their money at home or join informal group See improving, page 10

Nursing drawing in more men than ever By ANJO BOTILAO EPE Nurse I Kapatagan Emergency Hospital Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte

MURSE used to be a derogatory term for male nurses but now we’re seeing the stigma surrounding men in nursing disappear more every year. More men than ever are going into the nursing

profession over the last decade. Around 15 percent of nursing students each year are men. That number follows a yearly trend. From the beginning of time, we can look at it until about the end of the

1800s. Nurses were men, mostly faith-based sectors, but typically the nurse was a male. The stigma around men in nursing has dropped off in recent years. He says while he enjoys his career and there are more men in it every year, he does still feel some of the old cultural stigma from where

there were only a few men in nursing. Going into nursing and being around all the different cultures in nursing helped me break out of my shell. So I really thought that was a great thing for me so I’d encourage those who may be in that shell or want to see something different to do that.

Plug into the world By EMILYN G. TORRION Teacher I Mabatao Elementary School District of El Salvador

TEACHING English must be beyond what is academically confined in the classroom. Students must learn on their own through actual interactions outside the classroom. For example, one can interact with English speakers in social media or even engage in chatrooms, fora

discussion, etc. The aim here is to boost the communication skills of the students and at the same time raise their global awareness which is critical in international settings as far as non-native speakers are concerned. There needs to be a globally oriented

approach to education. Teaching English and educating the youth about global challenges ultimately leads to strengthen the country’s foreign relations. The students must learn and engage in discussions on worlds news and debates on various sociopolitical topics around the country and even the world. Through English, people around the world must

make an effort to gain mutual understanding instead of fighting over differences in religion. There are children who have no access to education. We are lucky here in the Philippines that English is taught in our schools because it is the universal language. People from other non-native English speaking countries can communicate through this language alone.

Understanding the Differences: Leadership vs. Management By JOYLANE S. PANGASIAN School-in-Charge Mabatao Elementary School District of El Salvador

THE main difference between leaders and managers is that leaders have people follow them while managers have people who work for them. A successful business owner needs to be both a strong leader and manager to get their team on board

to follow them towards their vision of success. Is a good manager automatically a good leader? What is the difference between leadership and management? Leadership is about getting people to understand and believe in

your vision and to work with you to achieve your goals while managing is more about administering and making sure the dayto-day things are happening as they should. While there are many traits that make up a strong leader, some of the key characteristics are honesty and integrity, vision, inspiration, ability to challenge

and communication skills. Honesty and integrity are crucial to get your people to believe you and buy in to the journey you are taking them on. Know where you are, where you want to go and enroll your team in charting a path for the future. Inspire your team to be all they can by making sure they understand their role in the bigger picture.

Help kids learn math by being the students By DARRYL L. DEMAPITAN Teacher I Mabatao Elementary School District of El Salvador

IN an experiment, math teachers in an elementary school became students themselves, opening their notebooks and laptops and delving into the mysteries of dividing fractions. A remedial math class? Hardly. The all-day professional development session in a conference room was

part of a new initiative that helps improve kinder to fifth grade mathematics instruction. The goal is to deepen teachers’ mathematical proficiency while providing them with more responsive teaching methods that encourage exploration and reflection. It’s a simple equation: fluency

plus pedagogy equals stimulating math lessons. You need mathematical content expertise to teach mathematics effectively. The workshops focus not on the mechanics of elementary math but the logic behind concepts. It’s not just sometimes you do this and sometimes you do that but there is a cohesive understructure to how everything connects. Knowledge by itself

however isn’t enough. Teachers must be able to translate their heightened understanding into effective instruction. There must be a recommended approach in workshops – analyzing problems, considering multiple pathways, comparing work. One of the things to the problem-first approach is it’s a student-centric model. The experiment has been going on for quite some time.

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He that humbled himself shall be exalted The Gospel of Jesus C hrist ( J a n u a r y 3 0 , 2018-Tuesday) Luke 18:914” Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men [are], extortionist, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the

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lattice -- a periodic structure with gaps between the atoms. When a lithium-ion battery supplies electricity, lithium ions flow into empty sites in the atomic lattice. “Previously, scientists assumed that the concentration of lithium would continuously increase in the lattice,” said Wei Zhang, a scientist at Brookhaven’s Sustainable Energy Technologies Department. “But now, we have seen that this may not be true when the battery’s electrodes are made from nano-sized particles. We observed the lithium concentration within local regions of nanoparticles go up, and then down. It reversed,” Zhang added. “Similar to how a sponge soaks up water, the overall level of lithium continuously increases inside the nano-sized particles,” said Feng Wang, the leader of

week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a “sinner.” In Luke 18:14’I tell you, this man went down to his house justified [rather] than the other: for every one that exalted himself shall be abased; and he that humbled

himself shall be exalted. The major reasoned of Satan’s rebellion was pride in his heart. He aimed to replace the throne of God. But he was mistaken in that move since God is more powerful than him. Satan is destined already for eternal fire. 2 Peter 2:4”For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness,

reserved for judgment.To do evil has a price. This means let us do what is best and right to avoid punishment. Every wrong act has a corresponding consequence. The Pharisee was right in doing his religious practices and supposedly, all of us will do the same. But because of comparing himself to a certain sinner, his good deeds diminished in the sight of

God.The best thing he did was to pray for the forgiveness of the sinner instead of condemning him. This man made a human judgment to this sinner which he was not entitled to do so. In Matthew 7:1-4””Do not judge so that you will not be judged. “For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.

this study and a scientist in Brookhaven’s Sustainable Energy Technologies Department. “But unlike water, lithium may preferentially move out of some areas, creating inconsistent levels of lithium across the lattice.” The scientists explained that the uneven movement of lithium could have lasting, damaging effects and can lead to fatigue failure of the battery. “Before lithium enters the lattice, its structure is very uniform,” Wang said. “But once lithium goes in, it stretches the lattice, and when lithium goes out, the lattice shrinks. So each time you charge and drain a battery, its active component will be stressed, and its quality will degrade over time. Therefore, it is important to characterize and understand how lithium concentration changes both in space and time,” Wang added. While the study focused

on lithium-ion batteries, the scientists say the observed phenomenon may also occur in other high-performance battery chemistries. (Lily Ramos/Xinhua)

people to access banks and other formal financial institutions is to improve people’s education. “A higher level of education increases the likelihood of saving and borrowing from a formal financial institution. Educational attainment can be an indicator of the knowledge and level of understanding of credit options and opportunities, and confidence to apply for a loan,” they pointed out. Furthermore, the authors highlighted the importance of looking at potential barriers to access, which includes, among others, cost or proximity to providers of financial services. Meanwhile, banks have recently introduced electronic banking (e-banking) to the market as a proper response to global innovations in banking. According to the study, e-banking has started to penetrate “unbanked” markets. Still, poor people in far-flung

areas are unable to access this technology as it requires suitable electronic devices and strong Internet connection. “Although mobile financial services have taken a foothold in the financial markets, the majority of retail transactions by individuals and businesses

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savings in the community, such as rotating savings and credit associations locally called “paluwagan”, the authors concluded. Also, data from BSP show that majority of adults (about 70%) find pawnshops as the nearest and easiest to reach among financial products and service providers. Likewise, nonstock savings and loan associations, payment centers, and remittance agents take the shortest time to reach at 17 to 18 minutes. The cost of a round-trip travel to these establishments is also the lowest, at PHP 31 to PHP 37. Llanto and Rosellon said the first step to encourage

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He said that despite the wounds and the constriction, he struggled to free himself and bit the snake’s head, which resulted in the loosening of the constriction and the death of the python. “I bit and cut the head of the snake and exhibited it to the doctors when I sought treatment of the bite wounds in a government hospital Monday evening,” Edrote said. The doctors noticed that the snake was nonvenomous. Edrote was prescribed with an anti-biotic meds and given appropriate vaccination before he was sent home Monday evening. According to reports, some people who went to the place where Edrote and the python fought each other took and cook the python, considered a delicacy by the Filipino tribesmen. The case of Edrote where a man has dueled with a Philippine python who feeds on animals, monkeys and games was the first ever reported incident in Northern Mindanao.

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Deadline for submission of applications is Thursday, February 15, 2018. The student exchange program is an initiative of the sister cities relations of Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines and Norfolk City, Virginia, USA. It is aimed at bringing the youth from both cities closer together in a brief yet rich summer program that promotes cultural awareness, and intercultural understanding. The high school students will stay with “host siblings” who would allow them to experience family life in an American setting, hone their interpersonal skills, and cultivate life-long friendships. The first visit will come from Cagayan de Oro. For our students, the Norfolk Sister City Association has prepared an itinerary which will enable delegates opportunities to appreciate a new culture as well as our very own on a fresher and deeper level. The delegation will visit parks, monuments, museums, and historical and cultural sites like the Norfolk Naval Station, considered the largest naval base in the world, and The Mermaid Shop, where they will have a hands-on experience creating their own version of the Norfolk Visitors Bureau’s mermaid icon. A visit to the Philippine Embassy Washington, D.C. will also be included. For this first run, the program will have six participants. Qualified to apply for the program are high school students in any public or private school in Cagayan de Oro, who have not yet graduated from high school; not below 15 years of age and above 18 years old during the program; must have

good communication skills, and whose verbal English capability is intermediate or above average; must be mature enough to handle life away from family and friends, a resident of Cagayan de Oro, and a Filipino citizen. The student must have the potential to benefit from the experience and show commitment to be part of the sustaining mechanism of the CDO-Norfolk Student Visitor Exchange Program. Those interested to apply may send their applications to the CDO-TRADE & INVESTMENT PROMOTIONS CENTER, 3rd Floor, New Legislative Building City Hall Compound, Gen.., N. Capistrano-Archbishop Santiago Hayes Streets, 9000 Cagayan de Oro City. They may also call the office at (088) 857-3057, or email their applications to: investcdo@cagayandeoro.gov. ph. They may also download the form from the city government’s website at www. cagayandeoro.gov.ph. Cagayan de Oro City and Norfolk City forged a sister city relationship on June 18, 2008. In the resolution signed by then Mayor Constantino G. Jaraula of Cagayan de Oro and Paul D. Fraim of Norfolk, both cities recognized their shared similarities as major port cities with maritime and tourism related activities and businesses. Both cities also share a treasured historic significance in that Norfolk is the seat of the General Douglas McArthur Memorial, and Cagayan de Oro has the word’s largest replica of the general’s famous “Wheeler Cap”. Since the twinning agreement was signed, delegations from Norfolk have visited the city, and Cagayan de Oro has also reciprocated such visits. (IRDG/Oro TIPC)

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that a new law could lead to censorship. Poe said that fake news could only be addressed by “a cocktail of solutions” particularly an “educated and vigilant citizenry.” Tuesday’s hearing is meant to tackle three issues which are the extent of responsibility and accountability of bloggers and journalists in spreading misinformation, the effect of online platforms like Facebook in shaping public opinion and facilitating the spread of misinformation and the accountability of government for the use or misuse of resources in spreading disinformation or suppressing the truth. Present at the hearing are Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Martin Andanar, PCOO Assistant Secretary Marie Rafael-Banaag, and members of the academe, and media. (PNA)

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“If we judge PCOO based on Mocha’s blog, I think it’s also unfair for thousands of workers of government

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 media who work so hard para po lumakas ang ating plataporma (to strengthen our platform),” Andanar said. He said that the PCOO and its attached agencies including the People’s Television Network, Philippine Information Agency, Philippine News Agency, among others should be the basis of the agency’s performance. “The Mocha Blog does not represent PCOO. Ang ating iba’t ibang media platforms ang opisyal na government platform. Ito ang dapat basehan ng scorecard ng PCOO (Our various media platforms are the government’s official platforms),” he added. Andanar, meanwhile, assured the PCOO and its attached agencies and the over 1,000 employees would continue to work very hard to communicate and promote the government’s programs and policies. The Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media hearing is ongoing as of posting time. (PNA)

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Jainal’s nomination, subject to the confirmation of the Commission on Appointments, was signed on January 24 and released by Malacanang on January 29. In April last year, Duterte named a Moro lawyer from Lanao del Sur who lived for two decades in the United States and renounced his US citizenship in 2016 as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Duterte nominated Adnan Villaluna Alonto for the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Yemen. The then 58-year old son of the late Senator Domocao Alonto and brother of Lanao del Sur Governor Soraya Alonto-Adiong, actively campaigned for Duterte in the United States and was overall North America coordinator for the Brotherhood for Duterte USA. He got the nod of the Commission on Appointments in May last year. He is the second Alonto appointed by President Duterte. His first cousin. Abul Khayr ALonto, was appointed chair of the Mindanao Development Authority in 2016. (Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews)

and they plan to distribute another 1,000 hectares this year. Agrarian Reform Undersecretary Karlo Bello said they would no longer distribute collective land titles but individual land titles to ARBs to prevent issues in the ownership, as mandated by President Rodrigo R. Duterte. Bello, former councilor of Davao City, said they distributed 34,000 hectares in 2017 and they target to distribute between 46,000 and 48,000 this year nationwide. He added they have 584,000 hectares up for distribution nationwide. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)

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that collaboration is key to making a local film. “ We n u r t u r e a n d strengthen the community,” Savior noted. “Film is a combined art.” Cinemagis 2018 spanned January 24 to 27 where entries were shown at the Xavier Ateneo’s Little Theater and SM CDO Cinema 1. An annual film festival under the banner of Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts, Cinemagis (which celebrates its 10th year this year) has become an avenue for aspiring and professional filmmakers in the region – “those who dream and those who live the dream in cinema where voices, images, and narratives prosper.” List of Cinemagis X Winners Best Short Film Student Category Winners: 1st Place: SIMULACRUM (Christian Alan Toring) 2nd Place: BASLAYAN (Reyan Amacna) 3rd Place: KITA NAKITA (Miguel Fernandez) Senior Category Winners: 1st Place: REDEMPSYON (Edmund Telmo) 2nd Place: AYO-AYO (Reena Bianca Dunque) 3rd Place: GOOD NIGHT (Tat Soriano) Best Director Student Category Winner: Christian Alan Toring (SIMULACRUM) S enior Categor y Winner: Edmund Telmo (REDEMPSYON) Best Art Direction Student Category Winner: SIMULACRUM (Melcris Opon and Jenn Estose) Senior Category Winner: AYO-AYO (Aaliyah Rojo)

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analyst, Clarita Carlos, made a five-worded message to The Vice President, thus: “President Duterte moves the Philippines forward”. To those who denigrate Duterte from cutting the country’s umbilical cord to America, Professor Carlos had this to say, “Duterte has moved the Philippines away from the usual foreign policy and in turn ‘defined national interest’ by tracking his own way of foreign policy”. She admired Duterte for his political guts and courage. It is indeed pathetic that while the Philippines rise several notches higher in political and economic arena, the opposition and foreign-aided media outfits shamelessly continue to belittle these achievements. It is no small feat that the Philippines came out stronger in economic growth than

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remaining of the 10,000 hectares as they find it “problematic” due to the legal impediments they encounter with owners of the disputed lands. He added some of the cases have already been brought to the courts. Each beneficiary can own up to three hectares, Orilla said. Last year, he said DAR 11 distributed 1,400 hectares

Best Cinematography Student Category Winner: BASLAYAN (Matthew Lim) Senior Category Winner: REDEMPSYON (Jun Abao, Earl Hendrix Reyes, and Vern Ostia) Best Story Student Category Winner: KITA NAKITA (Miguel Fernandez, Jason Lim, and Kim Christian Jayme) Senior Category Winner: AYO-AYO (Reena Bianca Dunque) Best Editing Student Category Winner: SIMULACRUM (Christian Alan Toring) Senior Category Winner: AYO-AYO (Augusto Adre) Best Sound Scoring Student Category Winner: SIMULACRUM (Christian Alan Toring) Senior Category Winner: BETWEEN THE LINES (Nebula Studios) Best Actor Student Category Winner: Dominic Elcarte (BASLAYAN) Senior Category Winner: Quiel Quiwa (AYO-AYO) Best Actress Student Category Winner: Samantha Launo (TULDOK KUWIT) Senior Category Winner: Chriscel Ann Maribojoc (REDEMPSYON) Best Poster: KITA NAKITA (Miguel Fernandez) Best Trailer: REDEMPSYON (Edmund Telmo) Audience Choice Award: TULDOK-KUWIT (with a total of 581 votes) SM’s Choice Award: PA DYAK (Leo Marie Fabre) Female Star of the Night: Kissie Anne Fudolin Male Star of the Night: Isaiah Edwin Mari Adajar

Notice of publication In compliance with section e5 of R.A 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that LUISA V. LARGO-BATON has filed with this office a petition for change of first name CFN-0262-2018 in the Child’s first name from “ROSITA” to “LUISA” In The of Live Birth of ROSITA V. LARGO who was born on March 8, 1965 at DAVAO CITY and whose parents are ALBERTO LARGO and LUCRESIA VERANO. Adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than FEBRUARY 16, 2018. Issue on 29nd day of JANUARY, 2018 at Davao City. MDN: Jan. 31 & Feb. 7, 2018

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China in the 3rd quarter of 2017. On the 4th quarter moreover, China rallied (6.9%) and landed on top of Asian countries followed by Vietnam (6.8) and Philippines 6.7%. The Philippines, however, has been growing more than 6% for nine consecutive quarters and that sustained growth is best among Asean nations. Any which way you look at it, that spells economic stability and investment grade for investors service firms like Moody’s and other international credit rating institutions. Cause and effect is a simple gauge to measure the impact of the tyranny and dictatorial regime that Rappler and its sympathizers have been accusing the Duterte regime of. But as I always say, no one can quarrel with success especially when institutions of unquestionable stature put the positive figures across. Expect the economy to grow even faster in 2018 when infrastructure spending commences under the Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” program. As we all know, the government had earmarked P8.4-trillion to achieve the mega infrastructure projects comprising of railways, highways and bridges, irrigation’s, airports and seaports, to name a few. The job opportunities that these programs will generate are equally mind-boggling. Nothing in these statistics is fake and neither are the future possibilities. As we write this piece, the Philippine Stocks Exchange Index is rallying to breach 9,000 points. The Duterte government is working hard to liberate us from want and stagnation. In the meantime, Rappler and the rest can go rally even without permit and rant for as long as they want. The Philippine is a free country. AFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATION BY SOLE HEIR Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late FELIPE E. ESPERA, who died intestate without issue on May 9, 2010 on board MV Red Gardenia Berthed at Estanio, Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. That the deceased left an estate consisting of a parcel of land and a residential building constructed thereon which is more particularly described hereunder: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE (No. T-23839) under TAX DECLARATION NO. 08-05-000300392 “A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 4, Pcs-10-000570, being a portion of Lot 3327-D, Psd-10-009652) situated in the Barrio of Bading, City of Butuan, Province of Agusan del Norte, Island of Mindanao; containing an area of THREE HUNDRED FIFTY ONE (351) SQUARE METERS, more or less.” ; Is the subject of AFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATION BY SOLE HEIR, made and entered into by; FLORDELIS M. ESPERA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, widow and a resident of Purok Santol, San Isidro, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur, after being sworn according to law, hereby depose and say; That the Assessed Value of the parcel of land is P21,130.00 while that of the residential building is P231,950.00; That pursuant to the Rule 74, Sec. 1 of the Rules of Court, I hereby adjudicate unto myself the above described real estate including the improvement existing thereon; That I execute this affidavit in order to attest to the truth of all the foregoing facts. Under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Miguel M. Sabacajan; as per Doc. No. 191; Page No. 39; Book No. 65; Series of 2018. MDN: Jan. 24, 31, & Feb. 7, 2018

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he country faces a big challenge to integrate digital education mainly in public schools with the elementary pupilsto-computer ratio in the Philippines at a high 412 to 1 as late as 2014, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; French: Organisation des Nations unies pour l’éducation, la science et la culture) a specialized agency of the

United Nations (UN) based in Paris. AboitizPower and its partners are helping tip the balance especially in Mindanao. Some 16 public elementary and secondary schools in the island group from such far corners as Sultan Kudarat, Zamboanga del Norte, Surigao del Sur, and Davao Oriental have received a total of 160 computer sets from AboitizPower in 2017, as part of the group’s effort to grow its

READY TO LEARN. Students of one of AboitizPower’s school beneficiaries started using their brand new computer units.

business alongside its customer communities. The project, in partnership with Aboitiz Foundation, Department of Education, and AboitizPower’s customer electric cooperatives, gave 10 computer units per school, a printer set, along with tables and chairs to aid in the students’ computer education. “Our power plants provide reliable power at reasonable and competitive prices to help our customer electric cooperatives advance the economic potential of the service areas. We push this partnership further by providing computer and classroom equipment to aid in the education of their youth and to prepare their students to become solid members of the workforce and future leaders of their communities,” said Sandro Aboitiz, First Vice President for Energy Trading and Sales of AboitizPower. In addition to the computer donations, AboitizPower also upgraded the electrical wiring of eight classrooms in North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Zamboanga

SM Love Strings Acoustic Music Fest call for entries SM City Davao opens a live acoustic music competition for aspiring musicians this love month. Groups composed of 2 to 4 members, ages 13-25 years old are encouraged to join the Valentine’s music fest on February 10 at the Annex Event Center. To audition, interested groups may submit a link of their performance video along with their group name, members’ details and contact information to smcitydvo@gmail. com. Only the top 10 entries will be invited to perform live at SM City Davao’s Love Strings on February 10. The best acoustic group will take home P10,000 in cash while the second and third placers will win P7,000 and P5,000, respectively. Celebrate love and music at SM City Davao. For inquiries, call 297-6998 local 31. Like SM City Davao on Facebook and follow @SMDavao on Instagram.

FUTURE LEADERS. Pupils from one of the school beneficiaries were all smiles as they welcome the AboitizPower team to their school during the project turnover ceremony.

del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, Agusan del Sur, and Misamis Oriental. The project partners were Cotabato Electric CooperativeMain (COTELCOMAIN), Cotabato Electric Cooperative-PPALMA (COTELCO-PPALMA), South Cotabato I Electric Cooperative (SOCOTECO I), South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (SOCOTECO

II), Sultan Kudarat Electric Cooperative (SUKELCO), Davao Del Norte Electric Cooperative (DANECO), Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative (DORECO), Misamis Occidental 1 Electric Cooperative (MOELCI 1), Zamboanga Del Sur Electric Cooperative 1 and 2 (ZAMSURECO 1 and 2), Zamboanga Del Norte Electric Cooperative (ZANECO),

Agusan Del Norte Electric Cooperative (ANECO), Siargao Electric Cooperative (SIARELCO), Surigao Del Norte Electric Cooperative (SURNECO), Surigao Del Sur Electric Cooperative 1 and 2 (SURSECO 1 and 2), Agusan Del Sur Electric Cooperative (ASELCO), Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company (CEPALCO), and Philippine Sinter Corporation (PSC).

A chocolatey change comes to Krispy Kreme as it introduces three new, mouth-watering variants: Chocolate Glazed, Chocolate Glazed with Sprinkles and Double Chocolate Cake all available from January 6, 2018 up to a limited time only. On a mission to create the perfect Krispy Kreme doughnut experience for its customers, the home of worldfamous doughnuts and coffee transforms the glaze curtains of its doughnut machines into rich, velvety chocolate curtains, creating that incredible chocolate moment for every chocoholic who will stop by its factory stores. To make things even better, Krispy Kreme shares the fun by serving hot, fresh Chocolate Glazed Doughnuts starting

January 6, 2017! When the Hot Light turns on at Krispy Kreme’s factory stores in Bonifacio High Street, SM Mall of Asia, Evia Life Center Las

PHP48 each and PHP430 for a dozen, munch on a sweet, velvety Chocolate Glazed Doughnut, the classic you love turned into a chocolate ring doughnut and made even better with a smooth chocolate glaze. Feeling a bit more playful? Indulge on a Chocolate Glazed with Sprinkles and savor the creamy, rich chocolate doughnut topped with chocolate sprinkles for that added crunch. For those craving for a more serious chocolate fix, there’s the Chocolate Double Cake, a rich and moist cake doused in chocolate glaze that will give you chocolatey goodness in every bite. Watch out for the Hot Light! Drop by Krispy Kreme’s factory stores from 6PM-7PM daily to get a free Chocolate Original Glazed doughnut! PR

Piñas, Greenhills Shopping Center, IT Park Cebu, Limketkai Center Cagayan De Oro, SM Bacolod, SM Baguio, and SM Ecoland Davao from 6PM-7PM daily, customers can get Chocolate Glazed Doughnuts fresh from the luscious chocolate curtain, for free! Take a joyful bite of Krispy Kreme’s chocolate transformation! Priced at