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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH)-10 warns those unvaccinated individuals, especially the senior citizens and persons with chronic disease or comorbidities, that they might be severely infected by the Delta variant of COVID-19. In an emergency press conference with the Mindanao Task Force for COVID-19 on Saturday, Northern Mindanao health authorities described Delta strain as having the strength to double transmissibility when compared to other existing variants of coronavirus. Dr. David Mendoza, Local Health Support Division chief of DOH-10 said the Delta variant is more aggressive and can severely infect those who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, especially the senior citizens and persons with chronic disease. “If the Alpha and Beta variants can generate fifty percent increase in See RISK, page 11
SUPPORT FOR SARA. Marawi City – The SIAP PARTY, LMPLDS- League of Municipalities of the Philippines Lanao del Sur Chapter signing the manifesto of support for Mayor Sara Duterte- Carpio. The Local Chief Executives of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines and the officers and members of SIAP PARTY
Co- Chairman SIAP Party, Pre of League Municipalities Lanao del Sur Chapter Mayor of Butig Lanao del Sur, Hon. Mamintal A. Adiong JR., Co-Chairman OF Central Committee, Governor of Lanao del Sur, and Atty. Amino Macalandap SP. Secretary and Legal Counsel of SIAP Party. (Photo by Sony Sudaria)
MANOLO FORTICH, Bukidnon -- AboitizPower’s Cleanergy unit Hedcor is allocating P17 million to its corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities for 2021. In the previous year, Hedcor opted to reallocate its funds to immediately provide COVID-19-related needs such as the provision of personal protective equipment and relief goods to those affected by the lockdowns. A year into this pandemic, Hedcor now resumes the implementation of CSR projects that were previously put on hold. “The CSR project lineup for 2021 prioritizes those related to Education, Enterprise Development, Environment, and other projects. In this ongoing pandemic, community recovery can be best fuelled through these aforementioned fields,” said Rene Villarente, Hedcor’s External Relations Manager. In line with this goal, Hedcor ensures to support new learning methodologies such as the reproduction of modules for its host schools. The group is also looking into equipping barangay health centers with medical equipment and the construction of local isolation
and OMPIA PARTY stated thus: “We hereby manifest our wholehearted support for Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte- Carpio.” The manifesto was signed July 19, 2021 at gymnasium capitol compound Marawi City. Their statement added: “Like her father, Mayor Inday Sara is a strong fierce and independent leader who chooses to do what
she thinks is right for her constituents. Mayor Inday Sara is an effective leader as embodied in her excellent track record as three-timer mayor of Davao City.” The Signing of the Majifesto was led by Hon. Mohammad Khalid R. Adiong, President of SIAP PARTY Vice Governor of Lanao del Sur center, right side Hon. Atty. Dimnatang Pansar, Regional
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Since Cagayan de Oro City has been identified as one of the closely monitored areas in the country as part of the NCR plus 8 plus 10 categories, the city government will start its vaccine rollout for the A4 category gradually. “We are now filtering data from pre-registration, that is why we encourage those 18 and above to preregister; since we are now starting the A4 and A1.1 or the immediate family of
our healthcare workers. We will determine who amongst the A4 and A1.1 categories are at high risk so we could prioritize accordingly. Those aged 50 and above for the A4 type will be on top of the list because they are nearing the senior citizen age and their risk factor is higher; that is where we will start,” Dr. William Bernardo, Cagayan de Oro City health officer, said. de Oro City Health Officer Dr. William Bernardo He emphasized that they Cagayan says the city government would gradually begin its A4 could not simultaneously type vaccination, starting with individuals aged 50 and
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Oro conducts gradual jab for A4
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DOH Normin expects regular vax delivery CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- fear of vaccine shortage also haunts the local government units (LGUs). To allay the LGUs’ fears, the Department of Health (DOH)-10 announced that the region is expecting more vaccines delivery in July. “Vaccine Czar Secretary Carlito Galvez told us in one of his TV shows that we will have a regular supply of vaccines for the next several weeks or months,” DOH-10 Regional Director Dr. Jose Llacuna, Jr. said. The vaccine czar’s pronouncement was hailed by the health executive, who said this is good news as the region pushes its vaccine rollout. Llacuna said the influx of vaccines can meet the public’s growing need for their jabs. In fact, he said, more vaccines started to arrive last July 12 with 10,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines for the region, in addition to the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce’s purchase of 4,919 doses of the same kind. Likewise, on 13 July, 1,500 doses of Sputnik V arrived intended for those who are due for the second dose. On the same day, some 15,000 doses of Sputnik V and 6,000 doses of See EXPECTS, page 8
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The City Government of Ozamiz led by Mayor Sancho Fernando Oaminal, Medical Center Chief Dr. Jesus Sanciangco III, Second District Rep. Henry Oaminal and Molecular Biology Laboratory Head Dr. Harold Tee spearhead the blessing and ribbon cutting of MHARSMC Asenso Ozamiz Molecular COVID-19 RT-PCR Laboratory testing, July 19 at City Health Compound, Ozamiz. (AONC)
OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental -- A molecular diagnostic laboratory for coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 testing is inaugurated at City Health Compound, here, July 21. The COVID-19 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) laboratory is targeted to help solve the city’s difficulty in processing swab FDA Regional Supervisor Merla K. Araña and DOH Local Health Support Division Chief tests among residents for Dr. David Mendoza inspect the new packaging of AstraZeneca vaccines as it arrives the new COVID-19 variant. It will also accommodate in the region, July 13. (JAKA/PIA-10)
residents of neighboring cities, municipalities and provinces. Medical Center Chief Dr. Jesus Sanciangco III said the global pandemic caught everyone unprepared and even rocked the foundations of the medical profession as manifested in how COVID-19 cases are being handled. “It’s already 16 months since the start of this COVID-19 pandemic, March See OPENS, page 8
Over 100 B’non bikers join the nation’s Bike for Peace See FLED, page 11
CABANGLASAN, Bukidnon -- One hundred eightyfour cyclists from various towns and cities in Bukidnon gathered in Cabanglasan townhall and made a loud show of solidarity to express their outrage at the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) atrocities that killed the Absalon cousins in Masbate 40 days ago. Cabanglasan town mayor Renante Inocando and Pro-
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Cabanglasan mayor Renante Inocando and Bukidnon Police Director Colonel Jun Mark Lagare lead 184 bikers on a 50-kilometer trip Saturday morning to Barangay Zamboanguita, Malaybalay, passing along seven barangays where resident-spectators flash peace signs while waving posters denouncing the CPP-NPA’s killing of the Absalon cousins in Masbate. (BGE/PIA-10/Bukidnon)
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vincial Police Director Colonel Jun Mark Lagare led 184 cyclists on the 50-kilometer trip, exemplifying the need of community participation for peace. The bikers traveled from the townhall grounds to Barangay Zamboanguita in Malaybalay, passing along seven barangays where resident-spectators flashed peace signs while waving posters condemning the CPP-NPA for the murders in Masbate. “Personally, I enjoy biking with my children. As bikers—as civilians—the death of our fellow riders in Masbate should never have happened. Their goal would have been very simple. They had a good day riding their
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bikes around with their buddies. However, when a terrorist-planted device burst, the bikers were killed,” Inocando explained. We all know that national football player Kieth Absalon, 21, was cycling with a team that included his 40-year-old cousin, Nolven Absalon, when a landmine exploded by the roadside in Masbate City on June 6. The Absalon cousins were killed, while Nolven’s 16-year-old son was injured. The mayor explained that the “Sikad Alang sa Hustisya ug Kalinaw (Bike for Justice and Peace)” event is not a race, but was conceived in an effort to stir people’s awareness of the CPP-NPA’s brutalities. Eye-opener In a short ceremony before the bikers got off the grounds, former rebel Jennel Cabugsa aka Jasmine recounted her pains as a witness of CPP-NPA’s cruelties. “We gather here today to denounce the NPA’s brutality. I strongly condemn the murder of the Absalons in Masbate. Terrorists felt that they would no longer be able to recruit kids, particularly those interested in sports. So, NPAs did kill the students in order to instill fear among young people’s groups,” Jasmine explained
in dialect. Recognizing the former rebel’s gory details, Regional Director Manuel Ordoña of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency in Region 10 (NICA-10) said Kieth Absalon’s parents hoped his death would serve as an eye-opener for the people and the world that the CPP-NPA can harm even innocent children. TF-ELCAC at work Former rebel Armando Daluniag, likewise, urged everyone to withdraw their support for the CPP-NPA and join in the government’s efforts to end the killing of civilians. He urged his former comrades to surrender, live peacefully and productively, as he had done, since the government’s Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (TF-ELCAC), he added, had been working hard in carrying out development projects in communities that had previously been neglected. Assistant Regional Director Yvette Sunga of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), visibly pleased with the town’s support for the Bike for Peace event, emphasized that the people of Cabanglasan support the ELCAC’s mission to synchronize the See JOIN, page 8
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Marawi residents celebrate Eid al-Adha amid pandemic By DIVINA SUSON
MARAWI CITY – Hundreds of Meranaws flocked on Tuesday morning to the Lanao del Sur Provincial Capitol grounds here to say their prayers for Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice. Despite the movement restrictions due to the pandemic, elderly men and women, as well as children, gathered at the Capitol complex to perform the prayer while facing the masjid. Police Col. Rex Derilo, director of the provincial police, said Lanao del Sur, including Marawi City, is under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine. The mass gathering has been allowed provided they maintain the 50 percent capacity of the venue and observe standard health protocols. Aleem Alibasher Abdulatif, the Imam who led the prayer, said the subject of their prayer is to ask for forgiveness and to do sacrifice like what the Meranaws did in the past five celebrations of Eid al-Adha. “Itong mga ginagawa natin ay humihingi tayo ng patawad sa mga nagawang pagkakamali dahil marami sa atin ang nagkakamali. See CELEBRATE, page 9
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Sec. Duque tells hospitals, inventory oxygen supplies By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
Village officials in Macasandig in Cagayan de Oro City lead by village chief Amor Sanchez , (examining the motorist identification card), personally directs an emergency Quarantine Check Point as the “enhance community quarantine” (ECQ) goes high gear in the city following discovery of the deadly Delta Variant virus in city. Photo by C ris D iaz
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Health Secretary Francisco Duque III directed local government units (LGUs) and health officials to conduct an inventory of the availability of oxygen for hospitals here. “We have to prepare for the worst if the deadly Delta variant spread in the locality,” Duque said in a press conference Tuesday attended by local officials in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental. Duque expressed the alarm about confirmed reports of the presence of the deadly Delta Variant virus in Cagayan de Oro City and Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental. The Depar tment of Health (DOH) central office in Manila reported about the detection of five Delta Variant virus cases in Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City. The cases were traced to a family in Macanhan, Carmen in Cagayan de Oro City and in Gingoog City who were already confined in an isolation center.
Duque said that the local goveenent and health officials must inventory the oxygen supplies for medical use to be able to address the need should the Delta variant virus spread uncontrollably in the locality. “We do not want to experience the oxygen shortages in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand when cases of the Delta variant virus spread in their countries,” Duque said. Duque also reiterated to strictly observe the health protocols: washing of hands, social distancing, face mask and crowd avoidance as an effective COVID virus deterrent. According to Joselito Retuya, the city’s epidemiologist, said that the Delta variant traces were found when the samples of COVID-19 positive patients
here were sent to Manila for genome analysis in June 2021. He said that the COVID -19 positive patients who were found to bave traces of Delta Variant virus were already recovered when the DOH reported the cases. Retuya, however, said that the family were immediately recalled to the isolation center and were found to have been COVID-19 positive of again. Duque, chairman of the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Recurring Infectious Diseases (IATFMERID), was in Cagayan de Oro together with members of the IATF-MERID officials to personally assessed and institute measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 Delta Variant virus in the city and its neighboring towns and cities.
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The Awakening Process Has Now Begun THE statement that globalization creates a knowledge society because of so-called technological advancement is nothing but a myth. The glaring truism is that we are not living in a knowledge society if we don’t have the very basic choices that allow us to lead a human life, a life of dignity: allow us to know the horrible “faces” of social injustice in the life of the workers, farmers, indigenous peoples, fisherfolk and the common “tao” in a country that declares in the Fundamental Law (Art. II, Sec.10) that, “The State shall promote social justice in all phases of national development.” The workers are producers of the wealth of the nation, yet, they live in dire poverty. In fact, they are leaving in droves, as if jumping from a “sinking ship,” to find jobs in foreign lands, leaving their love ones behind at so much social cost. Food comes from their farms but the dining tables of the farmers fall short of it, tilling lands not their own and if they do, tiedup to costly seeds and technologies that adhere
to conventional agriculture which is beyond their control. They sell their products under the mercy of “compradors,” following an oppressive marketing system that makes their farming non-viable. Aptly described as the “unsung heroes” and the “backbone” of the country, yet, they wallow inside the vicious cycle of poverty. What makes it more painful is that there are agricultural programs designed to somehow alleviate their economic difficulties to increase their productivity (i.e., financial assistance for farm inputs and post-harvest facilities), yet, could not reach them as these are trapped in the pockets of those who cannot moderate their greed. Based on a Study of the World Bank as reported by the Food Agriculture Organization of United Nations, “in the Philippines only .02 percent is the growth of the agriculture in the Gross Domestic Product in the last decade.” Poverty is indeed worse in the rural areas which is even aggravated by the Climate Crisis as the ecological people are the victims of ecological
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degradation. According to the same Study, the rural people are the most affected by protracted war and violent extremism. As farming has become nonviable anymore, 3 out of 4 farmers have already left farming, going to the urban centers to work as janitors, drivers, waiters and what have you. How about our indigenous peoples? Well, they have become “squatters” in their own native land as the ancestral land which their forefathers had occupied for hundreds of years are now converted into massive plantations. These are the “blessed lands” of our indigenous peoples and these are the choicest of land. According to a Study of the Development Academy of the Philippines, some 63% of Mindanao is now under the control of Trans-National Corporations (TNCs) and our IPs find themselves farming marginalized and highly steep mountainous areas. “Gamay lang nga tulod, ang kabaw moligid See PROCESS, page 11
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Man at work and money at work: How to do both
GROWING up, the only way I know how to earn money is by working. Either one gets employed or one puts up a business. In most of the families I know back then, the only source of income was the MAN AT WORK, referred to as the breadwinner. During that time, double-income families were not yet common. The father was usually the breadwinner. Meanwhile, the mothers helped by running the household and/or doing buy and sell activities to add to the family’s income. Everyone was busy working on their office jobs or businesses to earn and support their families. And they did just that. They were able to put food on the table, send their children to school, and afford them some leisures. Having someone (breadwinner) in the family with a good and stable job almost guarantees a comfortable life for the family members. Everything was okay until the man at work (breadwinner) stops working. Three reasons which may cause this: he gets sick, he retires (or loses employment/business) or he dies. When any of these 3 happens, the family’s financial means are adversely affected for sure. I saw these happened to the
people I know. When one of our relatives was forced to return from his overseas employment because he got very ill and was not able to get another employment, they had to rely on whatever savings they had to fend for the family. From having a very comfortable life which most OFW families enjoy, they had to live a very modest life just so they can stretch their savings for his medication. As no other substantial income was coming in to replace what’s being spent, their savings were gone way much faster than they built it. The same thing happened to our family friend who worked for 3 decades in a government agency. When he retired, he and his wife had little savings and had to rely on his GSIS pension to pay for their monthly rentals and bills, medications and to support their child’s family. Now, we all know that a government pension is not enough. Sad to see that already in their 70’s, they both still have to do some menial jobs to augment their monthly pension. And then, there’s this girlfriend of mine who lost his husband two years ago. Her husband was the sole breadwinner of the family. Savings was not enough so
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she had to transfer her two kids to another school, move to a smaller apartment and ask help from her parents while she looks for a job. The above are just some of the realities we have to face when the only source of income in the family stops. When the man at work stops working, it’s as if the family has to stop living as well. But should this really be the case? I am blessed and lucky that I landed a job in the life insurance industry which introduced me and gave me access to the other source of income — MONEY AT WORK. I learned that while the man at work is the biggest income source especially during the early years of our working life, it should not always stay that way. There should come a point when you are able to put a portion of the money you earned into financial instruments that can earn money for you, even without you working on them. This is what we call money at work. Thanks to this, while me and my husband were See MONEY, page 11
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DA-10 caps Php10.81-M indemnity payout to 637 CdeO hog raisers CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - A total of 637 hog raisers received P10.81 million worth of African Swine Fever (ASF) indemnity from the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 as the agency capped the first batch of ASF payout in 17 barangays in Cagayan de Oro City, Friday, July 16. The DA indemnifies P5,000 for each pig culled on account of the ASF contagion. Aside from the DA’s payout, the hog raisers also received P2,000 cash assistance from the City Government of CdeO earlier this year. The indemnity rollout is undertaken in close coordination with the City Agriculture Office, particularly in registering the bonafide hog raisers to DA’s official farmers and fishers’ registry, Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture. Validation of the ASF-affected areas and profiling of hog raisers are jointly conducted with the City Veterinary Office. The DA is optimistic such assistance will help hog raisers to start alternative livelihood as means to recuperate from the ASF infestation, especially since they are temporarily prohibited to raise hogs until their area is cleared for swine repopulation. Elsira Niebla, a 51-year-
On July 16, DA-NorMin caps its first batch of ASF indemnity assistance distribution to the affected barangays in CdeO.
old hog raiser from Barangay Tumpagon said the P10,000 indemnity she received out of two pigs culled is helpful enough for a livelihood amid the ensuing COVID-19 pandemic. [Pasalamat mi sa DA. Bisan tuod gikuha ang among baboy, gibayaran mi para makabangon mi sa among panginabuhian. Akong gamiton kini nga hinabang para mag.negosyo sama sa pagpangompra sa lubi og saging.]
SSS self-employed, voluntary membership up by 20.2% THE number of self-employed and voluntary members (SEVM) of the Social Security System (SSS) increased by 20.2 percent to 8.43 million, as of May 2021. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora C. Ignacio said the double-digit jump in voluntary and selfemployed membership is a clear indicator that more individuals now recognize the value of SSS coverage, particularly the benefits and privileges the pension fund offers, more than ever during these challenging times. “While mobility is affected as a result of community quarantines and lockdowns, the pandemic did not stop SSS in its campaign for universal coverage, especially for those in the informal sector. We made sure that our online facilities—particularly our social media accounts, online seminar sessions, and e-learning portal—remained active and widely accessible to continuously inform the public and our members that social security protection is an affordable investment and savings option during this pandemic and in the future,” Ignacio said. Of the 40.52 million total covered SSS members as of May 2021, about 8.3 percent or 3.36 million are
self-employed, while 12.5 percent or 5.07 million are voluntary members. “It is also important for SSS to focus our promotion to self-employed professionals and non-working spouses who are not yet SSS members, as well as employees who were separated from employment, so that they can benefit from social protection. Being part of the 3.73 million unemployed individuals (per the latest Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority, as of May 2021), See VOLUNTARY, page 8
“We are very grateful of DA. Although our pigs were culled, we were paid so that we can go on with our livelihood. I am planning to use the assistance in trading coconut and banana,” Niebla averred, saying that she will be raising pigs again once they are permitted. The first two ASF cases in CdeO City were reported in barangays San Simon and Mambuaya and this was confirmed on February 8 this year, following
the issuance of confirmatory laboratory test result by DA-10. Thereafter, the cases ballooned, affecting 17 barangays in the city and resulted to depopulation of a total 3,783 hogs, as of date. “We are concerned that our hog raisers’ livelihood was compromised, but we have to do what is best to protect the region’s hog industry,” said DA-10 Regional Executive Director, Carlene C. Collado.
“As for now, we will be implementing recovery programs that would help our hog raisers, especially the backyard raisers, to gain their livelihood. Part of the program is strict implementation of the Bantay ASF sa Barangay and the rollout of Swine Insurance Program of the Philippine Crop Insurance, Corp.,” Director Collado furthered. Currently the DA-10 is processing the second batch indemnity worth P6,650,000 for the 1,330 culled hogs of 306 hog raisers in the city. It is eyed that the fund will be ready for release within the third quarter of the year. Meanwhile, Director Collado is calling out the support of the region’s hog industry stakeholders to beef up the DA’s campaign to contain the ASF infestation in the region. “To contain and manage the spread of ASF requires immediate and coordinated action,” he stressed. “And so we are calling for the continued support and active participation of the hog raisers, the private sector and the local governments in the implementation of DA’s projects and programs to revitalize Northern Mindanao’s hog industry,” Director Collado concluded.# (ATalib)
DSWD XI joins observance of disaster resilience month
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office XI joins the rest of the nation in observing the annual National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM) in July. The observance of the NDRM is provided for under Executive Order No. 29, issued on 28 July 2017. With the theme “Tamang Pamamahala’t Kahandaan, Kaalaman at Pagtutulungan sa Sakuna at Pandemiya’y Kalasag ng Bayan,” the ob-
servance of the NDRM aims “We will be able to en- most especially the people to emphasize the important hance our collaboration with in the community. This is a role of disaster risk gover- our stakeholders, partners See DISASTER, page 9 nance and collaboration of all Filipinos to overcome the challenges of this pandemic emphasizing resilience to a new normal. In a recorded message delivered during the regional virtual opening of the NDRM, DSWD XI Regional Director Raquel E. Nuñez emphasized the importance of the observance of the NDRM.
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Groceries, supermarkets to remain open during ECQ CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Public markets, supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, and even water-refilling stations can continue to operate at full capacity in Cagayan de Oro City and Gingoog City, despite both cities being placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until the end of July 2021, following the recently released InterAgency Task Force (IATF) Resolution No. 127-E. Pe r D e p ar t me nt of Trade and Industry (DTI) Memorandum Circular 2128, health and emergency frontline services; manufacturing of medical supplies and devices; and essential
retail trade and service establishments can continue to operate at full capacity in areas under ECQ. Food preparation establishments such as kiosks, commissaries, restaurants, and eateries can also open at 100% operational capacity, but its services are limited to delivery and takeout only. Outdoor or indoor dine-in services are not allowed. Other establishments/ industries allowed to operate at 100% capacity include: agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; logistics providers (delivery and courier services; cargo handling; warehousing; trucking; freight forwarding; ship-
ping); manufacturing of food and other essential goods such as but not limited to soap and detergents, diapers, personal hygiene products, etc.; public and private financial service providers involved in the distribution of government grants and amelioration subsidies; Business process outsourcing establishments (BPOs), and export-oriented businesses, including mining and quarrying activities; manufacturing, distribution and/or supply of equipment or products necessary to perform construction or maintenance works (cement and steel, or spare
parts), essential and priority construction projects, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Department of Public Works and Highways, and public transport providers and operators subject to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) guidelines. Media establishments and their total permanent staff complement, inclusive of reporters and other field employees can continue their operations in areas under ECQ but at 50% operational capacity. Meanwhile, the following business establishments, persons, or activities are See REMAIN, page 9
#BrigadangAyala: Ayala Land turns over free COVID-19 2022 polls seen to boost economic recovery vaccine doses, cash donation to Hero Foundation MANILA – As Rothlie Khy Vidal prepares for work each day, the Negros Polymedic Hospital nurse reminds herself that despite the country’s ongoing struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic, every day is a new blessing and a new beginning that gives us hope. Rothlie is the only daughter of Sgt. Rolly P. Vidal, who was killed in action when she was only three years old. She became a Hero Foundation scholar in 2012, and with the help of the foundation and its donors, she graduated from her BS Nursing course at the Saint Paul University Dumaguete in 2019 and is now a medical frontliner. As part of Ayala Land Inc.’s (ALI) continued support for the Hero Foundation and its scholars, the company has turned over its annual donation of P2.5 million in cash as well as 600 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the foundation in connection with its Alagang AyalaLand program. Under the united effort of ALI’s Alagang AyalaLand and #BrigadangAyala, vaccine doses will be offered to 300 Hero Foundation scholars through the Ayala
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Vaccination and Immunization Program. A scholar who is 18 years old and above or one adult member of his or her immediate family may avail of a free COVID-19 vaccine. The Hero Foundation, which ALI has supported since its inception in 1988, is a non-profit organization that provides educational assistance to children of Filipino soldiers killed in action or totally incapacitated while in the line of duty. The educational stipend from the foundation helps augment their resources, allowing the children to finish their schooling and pay for other school-related expenses, such as uniforms,
meals, transportation, and school supplies. Through the years, ALI has sustained its support for the Hero Foundation by providing annual monetary donations, and more importantly, by encouraging employee volunteers and other companies as well to share their time and talent with the orphans. Aside from these, ALI also offers internship and employment opportunities to the foundation’s scholars at various Ayala Land companies, and makes HERO donation boxes available at Ayala Malls nationwide. ALI’s commitment has helped to advance the Hero Foundation’s mission of
providing educational subsidies, tuition fees, books, and other miscellaneous support to military orphans. The foundation, with the help of its corporate and individual donors in the private sector, has supported and served a total of 2,702 orphan scholars since 1988. “We hope to make a difference in the lives of the children of our soldiers through HERO Foundation, and will strive to further contribute to its mission of providing scholars with educational support as well as job opportunities when they graduate from school,” said ALI President and CEO Bernard Vincent O. Dy. See VACCINE, page 11
MANILA – An economist is projecting the economy to return to pre-pandemic growth levels by 2022 due partly to the impact of the May 2022 national polls. In a report Tuesday, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) chief economist Michael Ricafort said inflation and interest rates are also expected to be back to pre-pandemic levels next year. “Economic recover y could accelerate shortly before or during the 2022 election year (as early as the latter part of 2021 or about a year from now),” he said. Last year, growth, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), contracted by 9.5 percent due largely to the impact of the pandemic. This is a far cry from the 6-percent growth the domestic economy has been posting for several years
RCBC chief economist Michael Ricafort (File photo)
now. Ricafort said he expects government spending, especially on infrastructure, to increase a few months before the national polls so as not to violate the election spending ban. He said some incumbent officials rush to complete various government projects before the election ban. “Consumer spending could increase during the campaign period shortly before the May 2022 See SEEN, page 7
STATEMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS SECRETARY MARTIN ANDANAR ON THE DEATH OF FORMER CEBU GOVERNOR EMILIO “LITO” OSMEÑA We extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones on the passing of former Cebu governor Emilio “Lito” Osmeña. His commitment to public service will be remembered by the constituents he served throughout his tenure, and everyone he has helped along the way, especially the underprivileged. He has done much to serve and help the growth and development of his province, particularly when he advocated for and initiated CEBOOm, which led to the rapid economic development of Cebu in the early 1990s. May his legacy continue on and may he continue to be a source of inspiration to all Cebuanos, for the continued progress of the province, especially in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. We pray for the eternal repose of his soul and for his family, friends, and loved ones to find strength in this time of grief.
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Tomas Cabili National High School leads in Virtual Graduation FB Live cast By ANA MARIA S. TIMOGAN, JD
Tomas Cabili National High School (TCNHS) and its Central School Elementary Level led the Facebook Live broadcast of its 2nd Virtual Graduation (VG) for School Year 2020-2021. This event is stipulated in the Division Memorandum on End of School Year Rite within the week of July 16-21, this year. The event which highlights the Graduates of Class 2021, Completers (Grade 10) and Movers (Kindergarten) was feed on Facebook Live last July 14, Wednesday, 8AM and 10 AM respectively. The stated graduation platform was virtually spearheaded by the Chief Executive Service Officer V, Superintendent Roy Angelo E. Gazo, Assistant Superintendent Shambaeh Abantas-Usman, West1 Public School District Supervisor, Amelita M. Laforteza, EdD, School Principal -Ana Maria S. Timogan, JD and Brgy Tomas Cabili Captain, Cesarve Siacor, SK Chair Kyle Duane Jayma, Federated PTA President, Maureen Casia, TCNHS GPTA President, Rey V. Casia & Tomas Cabili Central School GPTA President Louie Bantigue. The Teaching and Non-Teaching Personnel were equally recognized with the Graduates and Completers by event’s hosts Engr. Gillian Amba, Daven Saga, and Ms. Nikki Orel L. Aniñon. Anchoring on this year’s theme on Reidine Mae D. Casia, Humanities, Humanities and Social Sciences Strand, With Honors remarked that TCNHS never get tired of giving the best shot to learners adapting to the Modular and back up On Line Learning platform. The Region X
Director, Arturo B. Bayocot CESO III exclaimed that the successes of our learners, teachers, leaders and the of the DepEd in delivering the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) and unwavering support of parents/guardians and stakeholders amidst difficulties are product of collective decision to succeed as one family. It was emphasized also by DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones quoting the words of Jose Rizal that “Without education and liberty, which are the soil and sun of man, no reform is possible, no measure can give the result desired. Let the ceremony be a reminder that we can overcome anything through our concerted efforts.” This was affirmed by 2nd Lt Jake O. Baraccion (SC) PA that “collective hard work of students, adaptability and shared commitment of teachers and supportive parents amidst the challenges of today’s new platform of learning delivery. We are still on a gradual process of making bigger strikes towards our educational journey. Ipagpatuloy ang pagsusumikap sa buhayand and believe in the wonders of education can offer to you.” The school administration is indebtedly grateful to our VG-Technical Team led by Information Technology Senior High School Teacher, Mark Anthony Ermac with the craftmanship of Ms. Marie Christne Pastor and event members and all Teacher Advisers of the Graduates and Completers and the Working Committees with the concerted efforts of stakeholders from different sectors in the community.
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TO fulfill their aspirations, productivity by 9% and hire workers. With the increase firm opened a branch in D’Hermanos Pizza applied 10 additional production in sales and demand, the See HELPS, page 11 for the Department of Science and Technology’s Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (DOSTSETUP) in 2019. The firm was located in Tangub City, Misamis OcRTWPB-X’ GREEN MY ENTERPRISE (GREEN ME) cidental, and started with IN THE NEW NORMAL PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY humble beginnings. CASCADED TO MSMEs in REGION 10 In 2014, using conventional and manual produc The Regional Tripartite Wages gave positive feedback on the said tion equipment, the firm and Productivity Board - X (RT- webinar. started baking for family WPB-X), as part of its mandate and close-knitted friends in to promote productivity improve- It was also timely for the RTsmall quantities, but orders ment in the workplace, was able WPB-X to be invited as one of the kept pouring in for their to cascade one of its program, the resource speakers in the 2021 pizza. Hence, the owner, Mr. Green My Enterprise in the New National MSME (Micro, Small and Raymond Lanzado, with his Normal, in a webinar on June 29, Medium Enterprise) Week Celebrawife, Mrs. Patrocenia Lan2021 and in DTI’s SME forum on tion of the Department of Trade zado, decided to increase its and Industry (DTI), with a theme July 12, 2021. production volume to cater “Makabagong MSMEs, Bagong to orders from the locals of Tangub City and tourists. The Green My Enterprise is Pag-asa Laban sa Pandemya,” The increasing number a basic program on Green Pro- last July 12, 2021. of customers propelled the ductivity (GP) which offers low owner to improve its procost, simple and easy to under- RTWPB-X had the opportunity duction plan. The goal was sand green concepts and prac- to discuss the topic on Green My to upgrade its production tices. It incorporates the impact Enterprise in the New Normal equipment, establish a Good of pandemic to the environment with a widely reached audience Manufacturing Practice and how MSMEs can reduce the of MSMEs in Region 10 with al(GMP)-compliant producenvironmental impact in their most a hundred participants who tion facility, and acquire a activities, products and services registered and attended. License to Operate (LTO) while enhancing profitability and from the Food and Drug With the hope that the MSMEs competitive advantage. Administration (FDA). would be able to apply and practice A month after its applicaGreen Practices in their workplace, RTWPB-X was able to suction, the firm received the in both activities, the RTWPB-X cessfully conduct the Green My DOST-SETUP assistance concluded it by echoing to the Enterprise program last June 29, to realize its production 2021 to around fifteen (15) MSMEs participants that “What saves the plan as well as enhance its who interactively participated and planet, will save our health.” packaging and labeling. Through SETUP, the pizza’s baking time was reduced from 20 minutes to 3 minutes, thus, increasing the firm’s production volume from 3 to 100 pizza formulations per day with improved quality. The firm was also able to increase its
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Play-based learning By ROUSSELL P. SUMANDO Teacher III Bulua Central School
ONE approach gaining momentum in early childhood education is playbased learning. Research shows play-based learning enhances children’s academic and developmental learning outcomes. It can also set your child up for success in the 21st century by teaching them relevant skills. What is play-based learning? Children are naturally motivated to play. A playbased program builds on this motivation, using play as a context for learning. In this context, children can explore, experiment, discover and solve problems in imaginative and playful ways. A play-based approach involves both child-initiated and teacher-supported learning. The teacher encourages children’s learning and inquiry through interactions that
aim to stretch their thinking to higher levels. For example, while children are playing with blocks, a teacher can pose questions that encourage problem solving, prediction and hypothesizing. The teacher can also bring the child’s awareness towards math, science and literacy concepts, allowing them to engage with such concepts through hands-on learning. While further evidence is needed on cause and effect relationships between play and learning, research findings generally support the value of good quality play-based early year programs. Play-based learning has traditionally been the educational approach implemented by teachers in other countries such as Australia.
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AstraZeneca also arrived at the Laguindingan Airport. “We’ve already had vaccines arrival for two days in a row. With this trend, we expect a weekly supply of it. But as to the date of arrival and type of vaccine, we are still dependent on the schedule and what is provided to us [Region 10] by the national government,” Dr. David Mendoza, DOH10 Local Health Support Division chief said. Mendoza further said 70,400 AstraZeneca doses will be arriving later today, July 15, at the airport. Latest DOH-10 data showed that 103.08 percent of the target A1 category received their first dose but only 73.26 percent are fully vaccinated; the A2 category received 34.13 percent of their first jab and only 9.69 percent completed the two doses. For the A3 group, the region had inoculated 32.99 percent for the first dose and 8.91 percent of them completed the vaccination. Mendoza said despite a growing proportion of the Normin population getting immunized, herd immunity has a long way to go until it is fully achieved. The Department of Health is now urging everyone to get vaccinated. (JAKA/PIA-10)
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2020, knowing that MHARS Medical Center is a DOH referral hospital from the start of this pandemic. Of course the basics is to test all our patients, positive or negative of COVID and our frontliners will be able to segregate the patients. We have to send our swab test in Cagayan de Oro City every day or twice a day to test and it was our dream in MHARS MC that we could
set up a laboratory testing here in Ozamiz.” He said the MHARS Medical Center silently worked to fill in the gap in health care deliveries and gave in to the call to take care and save lives of the people of Ozamiz City, of the province and the nearby provinces. For his part, Mayor Sancho Fernando Oaminal said the MHARMC Asenso Ozamiz laboratory is another testament of the strong partnership of MHARS MC. All operational expenses of COVID testing lab will be shouldered by the LGU. The administration also will help and support MHARSMC in everything they need for a smooth transition and development. “We have done this because of our strong partnership and we have accomplished this together despite the pandemic and imagined what else we can do moving forward if we continue this strong cooperation and partnership that we have now,” he said. MHARSMC–As ens o Ozamiz Molecular Biology Laboratory Head Dr. Harold Tee said after a very strict, detailed and sometimes confusing virtual inspection by the Department of Health (DOH), MHARS MC is finally established. “For this, we are very thankful to the City of Ozamiz for providing us the perfect location for renovation of this building, complete with power generator and air conditioner and also to Dr. Sanciangco and Mr. Roque Roa for their continued support to make this laboratory operational. In the coming days, probably by Wednesday we will start accepting samples from our admitted patients only,” Tee said. Tee announced that MHARSMC still has to fi-
nalize the memorandum of agreement between MHARS MC and various municipalities and hospitals. With the partnership, Tee said they can improve the quality and dynasty capability for their COVID-19 patients and this will also maintain and sustain the quality of health care that they give to the Ozamiznons and Misamisnons. “The partnership between MHARSMC and LGU Ozamiz comes at the perfect time where commitment, cooperation and support are badly needed,’’ he added. As regulated by DOH, the examination fee or maximum cost for the RT-PCR test is pegged at P3,800 and the LGU is hoping that the Asenso Ozamiz Molecular Biology Laboratory could still lower the price. The City Government of Ozamiz led by Mayor Sancho Fernando Oaminal, Second District Rep. Henry Oaminal and Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center (MHARS MC) Chief Dr. Jesus Sanciangco III and Asenso Ozamiz Molecular Biology Laboratory Head Dr. Harold Tee spearheaded the blessing and ribbon cutting of MHARSMC Asenso Ozamiz Molecular COVID-19 RT-PCR Laboratory testing. (SMRN/PIA-10/ Misamis Occidental)
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government’s capabilities and resources in order to eliminate the CPP-NPA and, eventually, end insurgency in the country. Building peace Brigadier General Ferdinand T. Barandon, commander of the 403rd Infantry “Peacemaker” Brigade, announced just before the program ended that the event proves the people’s will to oppose terrorism by courageously exposing CPP-
NPA atrocities. Indeed, he said, without Kieth Absalon’s knowing, he has risen to the ranks of heroes by once and for all declaring clearly that the time has come for the people to break niceties in dealing with communist terrorists. As the ‘Bike for Justice and Peace’ event winds up, Mayor Inocando, the host, thanked the POINTY (Propelling Our Inherited Nation Through Our Youth) cyclists and all the participating biker clubs from Talakag, Lantapan, and Cabanglasan, as well as his fellow bikers from Malaybalay City and Valencia City. “With so much going on around the country—the pandemic and the tragic murder of the Absalon cousins—this ride takes on new meaning. I hope this inspires people to start their own movements to show others that we are one; we are together in ending violence. To the DILG, NICA, AFP, media, and PIA, among other organizations that got together in peacebuilding to bring the country’s 53-year-old communist terrorist insurgency to an end, Daghang Salamat,” the mayor said. (RLRB/PIA-10/ Bukidnon)
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they are deemed as the most vulnerable members of the society. SSS coverage is the most affordable form of social security they can avail of,” Ignacio said. A self-employed member should not be over 60 years old and has no employer other than himself/herself, and derives a monthly income of P3,250 below from trade, business or occupation. These include self-employed professionals; partners and single proprietors of businesses; actors and actresses, directors, scriptwriters,
and news correspondents who do not fall within the definition of the term “employee;” professional athletes, coaches, trainers, and jockeys; individual farmers and fisherfolks; workers in the informal sector such as market and ambulant vendors, transport workers, and those similarly situated. Contractual and job order personnel engaged by the government through a Contract of Service and who are not covered by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and other self-employed persons as may be determined by the Social Security Commission (SSC) are also included in this category. A voluntary member, meanwhile, could either be a non-working spouse (NWS) of an SSS member or a separated member. NWS members are those who are legally married to a currently employed and actively paying SSS member, devoting full time in the management of household and family affairs, and has never been a member of the SSS. Those separated from employment or have ceased to be self-employed, an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), or an NWS but intends to continue paying SSS contributions on his/her own account, falls under this category. Regularly paying, selfemployed, and voluntary members are entitled to the same social security benefits such as sickness, maternity, disability, retirement, death, and funeral benefits. They are also qualified to avail of member loans for salary, calamity, and educational assistance as well as pension loan once they become retiree-pensioners. “Like covered employees in the private sector and household workers, selfemployed members are now
covered as provided in the Employees’ Compensation Program (ECP) and now have additional benefits in the event of work-related contingencies such as sickness, injury, disability, or death,” Ignacio added. SEVMs are also encouraged to pay their contributions regularly—either on a monthly or quarterly basis on or before the deadline of remittance, which is on the last day of the month following the applicable month or calendar quarter. If the payment deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, payment may be made on the next working day. This also applies to loan repayments that must be paid on the last day of the month following the applicable month, to avoid incurring the 1% penalty per month. “Wit h t he g row i ng number of our payment partners, SEVMs may pay their contributions and loan repayments at their preferred channel at their convenience. An updated list of our official bank and non-bank collecting partners, internet banking, and mobile facility, is available online from our social media accounts and also downloadable on our official SSS website at www.sss.gov.ph,” Ignacio concluded. To facilitate payments, SEVMs are advised to register online at My.SSS to generate Payment Reference Numbers (PRNs) for transactions and update their contact information for timely receipt of statements and other notices. For more information and update, members may follow the SSS Facebook page at the “Philippine Social Security System,” Instagram account at “mysssph,” Twitter account at “PHLSSS,” and SSS Viber Community “MySSSPH Updates.”
NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Alsomavic Estate Development Corporation has filed with this Office a sworn registration statement for the sale of house and lot packages in LUCINA AQUINO SUBDIVISION locate at Barangay Poblacion (Bahbah), Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur and more particularly described as Lots 1-9, 26 of Block 1, Lots 1-12 of Block 3, Lots 1-20 of Block 4, Lots 4-20 of Block 5, Lots 4-18 of Block 6, Lots 1-11 of Block 7, Lots 4-6 of Block 8 all in Psd-10-014315 containing an area of 26,480 sq. m. and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) Nos. 22368, 22369, 22370, 22371, 22372, 22373, 22374,22415, 22416 and 22417. The foregoing project is utilizing Lots 10-25 of Block 1; Lots 1-3 of Block 5; Lots 1-3 of Block 6; Lots 1-3 of Block 8 of the same project and location, as its compliance pursuant to Section 18 of Republic Act (RA) No. 7279 as amended by Republic Act No. 10884. All papers relative hereto shall, upon request be available for inspection during business hours by any person having legal interest thereon. Absent any legal impediment, the above-cited project is deemed registered and a certificate, in evidence thereof, shall forthwith be issued after five (5) days from the last day of publication. Butuan City this 19th day of July, 2021. (SGD) ROSALIE I. VASQUEZ OIC, Regional Director MDN: July 22, 2021
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“Hiniling namin sa Al- maintenance of machinery lah na gabayan sila dahil and equipment; repair and from page 5 hindi nila (kaya) kung sila maintenance of motorized good platform in engaging lang (We pray to Allah to and non-motorized vehicles; the whole public advocating guide the health experts leasing of real and personal a disaster-resilient commubecause they can’t do it properties; employment nity,” Director Nuñez said. alone),” Abdulatif said. activities that involve the Also, she expressed the Sandosin Teraop, a senior recruitment and placement agency’s support for the citizen, said she joined the for permitted sectors; NDRM and the different gathering with her family Teachers, professors and activities lined up for the despite the risk to her health. other staff for purposes of month. “ This celebration is conducting online/offline, “Rest assured that DSWD important to the Muslims and flexible classes; lawwill always be a reliable because this is the time yers; other establishments, partner and ally in keeping from page 3 when we are going to ask to the extent necessary for up with the mandates of Ang ginawa ng Panginoon for forgiveness for the sins the buying and selling of disaster risk reduction and na isinakripisyo niya ang we have committed,” Teraop consumer goods or services management of efficient kanyang anak, yan din ang said. (PNA) via the internet; and payroll public service,” she added. nangyayari sa amin na dalamanagers, and such other DSWD is the lead agency wang taon, tatlong taon na, employees required for the for the disaster response nangyari ang Marawi siege, from page 6 processing of payroll, and pillar in the Regional Di- ito na namang pandemic. recommended to continue accounting firms. saster Risk Reduction Isang malaking sakripisyo with a skeleton workforce: Establishments under and Management Council ito para sa amin (What we dental, rehabilitation, op- Category 2, 3, 4 of the DTI (RDRRMC) and also leads are doing is ask forgiveness tometry and other medical MC such as non-leisure three (3) different cluster for the wrongdoings we have clinics for the treatment of under the disaster response made, as we have committed illness or injuries (limited umbrella, namely the provi- trespasses. God’s deed to to emergency cases only); sion of food and non-food sacrifice his son is similar veterinary clinics; banks, items, protection of inter- to our experience in the money transfer services, nally displaced persons, and past two, three years – the including pawnshops only the coordination as well as Marawi siege, the pandemic. insofar as performing money management of evacuation This is a big sacrifice for transfer functions; capital us),” Abdulatif said. camps. markets; water supply and As part of its observance He added that in their janitorial services; energy of the NDRM, the DSWD prayers, they seek more sector; telecommunications has engaged its media part- patience to endure the situ- companies; ners in disseminating in- ation of Meranaws who have Airline and aircraft formation on DSWD’s role been displaced by the siege maintenance; funeral and during disaster response and for the health experts embalming services; seoperations. Also, the De- to be guided in their efforts curity personnel; printing partment has harnessed its as they respond to the call establishments; repair and social media presence in to end the pandemic. Kristine Pawnshop Alunan Branch Republic of the Philippines SHARI’A DISTRICT COURT Alunan Ave., Koronadal City promoting disaster resilience, as well as educating on disaster preparedness. DSWD will also host a special episode of its online broadcast “DSWD Onse Live” on 16 July 2021 that will tackle the different activities of DSWD in relation to disaster preparedness, response, mitigation and rehabilitation.
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Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Marawi City
RE: Petition For Approval of the Will of Benedicto Calimlim Fernandez (Deceased) Petitioner, x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE
SPL. PROC. NO. 54-2021
ORDER Filed with this Court is a petition for approval of the Will of Benedicto Calimlim Fernandez (deceased). The petitioner alleged inter Alia: That the petitioner, Asila Jeresano Fernandez, and Benedicto Calimlim Fernandez got married on December 30, 2017 at Islamic Center, Pikit, Cotabato Province in accordance with P.D. 1083; That Mr. Fernandez died on March 12, 2018, survived by his wife-petitioner, John Paul Fernandez, Anthony Fernandez, and Grace Fernandez, who are residents of Asan Sur, Sison, Pangasinan City; That the petitioner is the only surviving spouse of Mr. Fernandez; That Mr. Fernandez left a will (last) dated October 3, 2017 and the executor in said will is the petitioner herein; that the petitioner asked the Court to issue Letters Testamentary to her; and That the late Fernandez left many properties, to wit:
All unredeemed jewelries and articles pledge loan from July 11, 2020 to December 21, 2020 will be sold at Public Auction on July 21, 2021 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning. Ang lahat na prenda na hindi natubos mula Hunyo 11, 2020 hanggang Disyembre 21, 2020 ay isusubate sa publiko ngayon Hulyo 21, 2021 sa ganap na ika-9:00 ng umaga.
(Sgd.) RASAD S. LAGUINDAB Presiding Judge MDN: July 15, 22 & 29, 2021
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that RITO A. SANCHEZ has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly DATE OF BIRTH from “APRIL 13, 1963” to “APRIL 3, 1963” in the Certificate live of birth RETO AYTA SACHEZ who was born april 3, 1963 at Jimenez Misamiz Occidental whose parents are Divina L. Ayta AND Patrocinio C. Sanchez. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than August 2021.
MDN: July 22 & 29, 2021
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that DANILO, JR. BACORNAY LABIS has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of child’s sex/gender from “Female” to “MALE”; in the certificate of live birth of DANILO, JR. BACORNAY LABIS who was born on April 02, 1997 at Campo 10, Guihing, Hagonoy, Davao del Sur and whose parents are Danilo Latayada Labis, Sr. and Zenaida dela Peña Bacornay. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than July 30, 2021.
MDN: July 15 & 22, 2021
(Sgd.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARIÑAS City Civil Registrar
Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province : AGUSAN DEL SUR City/ Municipality : SAN FRANCISCO
July 12, 2021
(Sgd.) PUREZA S. CABARDO Municipal Civil Registrar
MDN: July 22, 29 & Aug 5, 2021
MDN: July 15, 22 & 29, 2021
SUPPLEMENTAL EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS OF ROBERTO S. SEMILLA KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
Publication Notice R.A. 10172 Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: COTABATO City/Municipality: CARMEN
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao Del Norte Municipality of iligan city
Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Davao del Sur Municipality of Hagonoy
CCE-0025-2021 R.A. 10172
MDN: July 15, 22 & 29, 2021
NOTICE is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late spouses EUTROPIO A. MIGRIÑO and HERMINIGILDA ARADO MIGRIÑO consisting a parcel of land designated as Lot No. 4844-C, IRC, Psd-184647 containing an area of more or less 1,250 square meters located at Pisaan, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-2370 in the Registry of Deeds of Agusan del Sur in the name of Eutropio Migriño is the subject of Deed of Extra Judicial Settlement Among Heirs with Deed of Absolute Sale under the notarial registry of Atty. Filomeno P. Cadiz per Doc. No. 377. Page No. 76, Book No. 91, Series of 2018.
Date: 13 July 2021
R. A 10172 Form No 10.1 (LCRO)
Publication Notice R.A. 10172
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
That the late ROBERTO S. SEMILLA, died intestate on January 27, 2021, in Davao City, Philippines, at the time of death, leaving the same as his estate and as their only heirs are as follows SHARA P. SEMILLA, widow, ROSHA S. BELENO, married, DIANA S. BORBON, married, and SHARON P. SEMILLA, single, the deceased was the absolute owner of the bank accounts with Landbank Savings Account Name- 1471-1759-82, Amount- Php 5,540,585.30 and Veterans Bank Account Name- 0022-661576-100, Amount- Php 976,129.59, and has been the subject of an SUPPLEMENTAL EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS OF ROBERTO S. SEMILLA, filed by the heirs of ROBERTO S. SEMILLA, per DOC #285; PAGE #58; BOOK #26; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. SHERRYL JOY N. CASTILLO,CPA.
NOTICE
By. Management
In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that MARJORIE R. NUER, has filed with this office a petition for correction of entry in the Date of Birth from “MAY 25, 1961” to “FEBRUARY 28, 1961” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MARJORIE POCDOL ROTANTE, who bas born on FEBRUARY 28, 1961 at San Francisco, Agusan del Sur and whose parents are JULIAN D. ROTANTE and MATILDE Q. POCDOL. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with the Office of the Municipal Civil Registrar, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. MDN: July 15 & 22, 2021
Extra Judicial Settlement of Estate with Absolute Sale Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late spouses FLORENCIO A. CUARTEROS and NATIVIDAD M. CUARTEROS who died on August 6, 2018 and June 27, 2012 respectively, all died at Hubangon,Mahinog, Camiguin, That the said deceased spouses died without any will or testament and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity. That at the time of their death left a parcel of land known as Lot No.107 situated at Sn.Isidro,Mahinog, Camiguin particularly described as Follows; A parcel of land known as Lot No.107,Gss-10-000052, Covered under Katibayan ng Original na Titulo Blg. P-15777 in the name of the Late FLORENCIO A. CUARTEROS married to NATIVIDAD M.CUARTEROS, containing an area of 5,849 Sq.Meters, situated at San Isidro, Mahinog, Camiguin. That all of the surviving legitimate children and only the sole Heirs of the aforementioned late spouses pursuant to section 1 of Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, the Heirs being all of legal age with full civil capacity to contract and equipped with authority, adjudicate unto their selves the above- inherited parcel of land of equal shares; Further,for and in consideration of the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php500.000.00) Philippine currency in hand paid in full through a manager’s check and receipt is confessed to their entire satisfaction from JULIE JANE M. FORTERRE of legal age, Filipino citizen,married to DORIAN CLAUDE RENE FORTERRE and resident of Blk.1,Lot 97 Kensington Subd.Phase17.Brgy. Navarro, Gen.Trias,Cavite 4107, do hereby Sold,Ceded,Transferred and Conveyed in a manner irrevocable and by way of Absolute Sale the abovementioned parcel of land with all the improvements thereon unto the said Vendee her heirs and assigns,free from all liens and encumbrances. That the Heirs/Vendors hereby warrant their ownership over the said realty and the authority given and shall undertake to defend the said Vendee against all claims that may be laid by the third parties. Executed by all heirs, Under the Notarial Registry of Atty. RENATO A.ABBU,per Doc.No.308; Page No.63; Book No. 1; Series of 2021.
MDN: July 22, 2021
a. T. C. T. No. 20150501189 at Brgy. Dipaculao, Baler, Aurora; b. T. C. T. No. 303754 at Brgy. Sobol, San Fabian, Pangasinan; c. T. C. T. No. 142157 at Canlubang, Laguna; d. T. C. T. No. 139737, Bagabag Nueva Viscaya; e. BDO Urdaneta Pangasinan Branch Safety Deposit Bank No. 1567; f. RCBC Makati City Trust Agreement No. 16712 – OR No. 03386; g. PHILIAM LIFE Insurance No. 007380236 BGC, Taguig City.
The Court finds the petition sufficient in form and substance, hence, let it be heard on August 23, 2021 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. The petitioner is directed to cause the publication of this Order once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation. Anybody who may be prejudiced by this petition may fil his/her written opposition or appeared on the said hearing and show cause why this petition should not be granted. SO ORDERED. Marawi City, Philippines, June 30, 2021.
wholesale and retail establishments (mall-based or otherwise), driving schools, testing and tutorial centers, outdoor or indoor sports, social events, beauty salons and barbershops, cinemas, and amusement parks are not allowed to open during ECQ. (DTI-10/PIA-10)
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(Sgd.) TITA APURA PRADO Municipal Civil Registrar
In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementatiom of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that LEOCEL SAPICO ROMANO has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of LEOCEL SAPICO ROMANO at Carmen, Cotabato and whose parents are Leonardo L. Romano and Virginia V. Sapico. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 27 July 2021.
(Sgd.) ROSIE A. TOMELDEN Municipal Civil Registrar
MDN: July 22 & 29, 2021
Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JONGECE JEVALAN R. BARROQUILLO AND RHOMEY ANN PEDRALVEZ-BARROQUILLO,
CIVIL CASE N0. 2021-072
JONGECE JEVALAN R. BARROQUILLO AND RHOMEY ANN PEDRALVEZ-BARROQUILLO, Petitioner. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x ORDER Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on June 30, 2001 at Cagayan de Oro 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 summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at 3738 T. Curato St., Batitang Subd., Brgy. 5, Cabadbaran City and Zone 6, Bagong Silang, 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 twelve (12) years already, 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 June 30, 2001 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 August 13 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 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 13th day of July, 2021.
(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge MDN: July 15, 22 & 29, 2021
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Shophouse Revival in Uptown Metropolis By MIKE BAÑOS Editor at large
THE shophouse that was so common all-over South-East Asia and the Philippines’ leading urban centers will soon be having a revival in Uptown Cagayan de Oro. The shophouse which did double duty as a residence and business was once ubiquitous in Southeast Asia and also found in Southern China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and as far as Sri Lanka. . Shophouses were a convenient design for urban settlers, providing both a residence and small business venue, often designed to be narrow and deep so that many businesses can be accommodated along a street. Each building’s footprint was narrow in width and long in depth, not unlike those found in modern townhouses. Traditional Shophouses Traditional shophouses usually have one to three floors. The front of the shop on the ground floor along the street in most cases is used for commer-
cial purposes as a formal space for customers, with the upper floors intended for residential use. The ground floor usually serves as food and drink shops, offices, shops, or workshops. Merchandise was usually displayed in front of the house, and was protected by a veranda from rain and sunshine, and also served as a reception for customers. If the ground floor included living spaces, these were usually located in the rear with reception, guestrooms, informal spaces for family members, toilets, bathrooms, kitchens, and infrastructure. The upper part of the house was used as living quarters, usually with an inner courtyard (air-well) midway between the front and rear of the house for ventilation. “ The shophouses in Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia tried as much as possible to have the residences up on the third floor. Big wholesalers such as rice and such commodities
used the second floor as bodegas,” noted Charles Lim, a Singaporean tourism and marketing consultant now based in Cebu. “They lived a very principled life they prioritized their jobs/ businesses to be able to feed their families.” As the town prospered and population rose, some front shops were put to professional uses such as clinics, drugstores, law offices, pawnshops, or travel agencies. Street corners were prized as the best location for food and drink shops. Food and drink shops usually served snacks or ready cooked viands in the turo-turo or carenderia traditions. Such stalls have now been replaced by food courts. Manila Shophouses In the Philippines, shophouses were especially prevalent in the Rosario area of Binondo, mainly due to the limitations imposed by our Spanish colonizers on where the Christianized Chinese were allowed to settle,” said Kenneth Irving Ong, a life-
An old photograph of Colon, taken between 1917 and the late 1920s. Note the long stretches of sidewalk covered by its distinctive tile-roofed and hardwood post awnings, the result of numerous two-storey shophouses with uniform shaped entrances forming a continuous arcade parallel to the street. Old sidewalk paving was made of either piedra china (granite) blocks, or more commonly coral stone faced with lime plaster. The street was still unpaved, and the occasional electricity pole has already begun to snarl its visual frontage. (Photo courtesy of Lucy Urgello Miller from Glimpses of O ld C ebu , USC P ress )
style writer and blogger from Davao currently doing research on the history of Chinese immigrants in the Philippines. “Chinese who did not convert to Catholicism were not allowed to venture outside of the Parian around Intramuros as well as ply their wares outside it as well. But once they were baptized Catholics, they were then allowed to practice their professions and businesses in Binondo, Tondo and Sta. Cruz. Of course being pragmatic, these individuals would choose to live where they work since it was cheaper and more efficient. This is the case for Manila’s Chinatown,” he added. Parián (or Pantin, also Parián de Arroceros) was an area adjacent to Intramuros built to house Chinese merchants in Manila in the 16th and 17th centuries during the Spanish colonial period. According to a blog post from ParianSugbu, shophouses also flourished in Cebu, the country’s oldest city where the Chinese Mestizo-dominated Parian district had become the most dynamic commercial area in the city by the middle of the nineteenth century,
At the same time, it became more of a suburban residential district rather than a trading ghetto. Parian began to evolve from a commercial to a semi-residential district, evident on the old pictures of the Parian shop houses. Some of the residents of Parian created various businesses and establishments, such as bakeries, specialty shops, theatres and movie houses, printing presses, and hardware stores. These establishments lined the street of Colon, making it one of the most progressive commercial areas of the country. The Bahay na bato But in the more progressive and urban centers outside Manila and Cebu, esteemed Kagayanon Architect Edwin Uy said shophouses were often found in the ground floor of the ubiquitous Bahay na bato (or Balay nga bato hereabouts) that was the status symbol of the elite or prosperous merchant middle-class, which integrated the characteristics of the nipa hut with the style, culture and technology of Chinese and Spanish architecture. The 19th century was the golden age of these
houses, when wealthy Filipinos built fine houses all over the archipelago. These were mostly characterized by an elevated, overhanging wooden upperstory nipa hut (with balustrades, ventanillas, and capiz shell sliding windows) and grounded on Spanish-style solid stone blocks or bricks and posts as foundation instead of just wood, bamboo stilts, or timber posts. They are usually roofed either by Chinese roof tiles, nipa or cogon thatch, and had the bahay kubo’s icon features such as open ventilation and elevated apartments used as living spaces, with the ground floor used for storerooms, cellars, and other business purposes in the traditional shophouse layout. This type of construction was soon known as the bahay na bato, or as Jesuit Ignacio Alzina calls it, arquitectura mestiza (mixed architecture). Like bahay kubo, much of this ground level was reserved for storage, or in business districts, were rented out to shops. Horses for carriages were housed in stables called caballerizas. Bahay na bato had a rectangular plan that reflected vernacular Austronesian Filipino traditional houses integrated with Spanish style. These quaint mixes give the Bahay na bato an architectural style that evolved from both East and West, and thus makes it truly Filipino, as it corresponds to Philippine history of being born through a melting pot of east and west. Although retaining the basic form, the 19th-century bahay na bato reflected changing tastes through the incorporation See REVIVAL, page 11
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na.” AGAW LUPA. AGAW TUBIG. AGAW BUHAY. That is now the order of the day in the life of the Indigenous Peoples in Mindanao. The hundreds of thousands of hectares of the Ancestral Domain have been land-grabbed by powerful corporations in cohort with power-that-be and when the IP leaders would stand to resist, they are killed. In fact, in the last 5 years, some 63 IP leaders have been murdered including a lady datu for fighting for the IP’s water rights. Fear is indeed being used as a means to control the mind and to abuse the rights of the Indigenous People. In all of those killings, no one has been arrested. Thus, the killings continue without let-up. The “blessed lands” have ceased to be so because these lands, where plantations have loomed, reek with poisons, having been bombarded for several decades with multifarious toxic chemicals, 8 of which are already internationally banned (based on the examined samples of water, air and soil in Davao.) Certainly, these chemicals are carcinogenic, the reason why cancer has become a common disease of the Mindanawons. As for our fisherfolk, they are the ones catching fish, yet their children are hungry as malnutrition is highest in the coastal communities. This is so because the grandeur of the Philippine bays is now fast disappearing as they undergo progressive state of impairment and with it, the marginalization of the coastal populace. Unlike before when fish would literally jump into their “banca,” fish now can hardly be caught. Why? What are the fatal blows causing the death of the once mighty marine and fishery ecosystem? Well, the bays are treated as waste pits. First is industrial pollution. Chemical waste from industries and factories are dumped in the bays. Other silent killers are the internationally banned chemical fertilizers and insecticides which are heavily used in surrounding plantations. These non-biodegradable, petroleum-based agricultural inputs are washed from the soil into rivers and into the sea, entering food chain and polluting the watersheds. I am very certain that these toxic chemicals are already in our water system, in the water that we drink or bath and water we use for cooking. Other countries have banned these chemicals, why are these being used by big plantations? Are we Filipinos guinea pigs? It is about time that we stop these plantations. For heavily using these toxic chemicals that have harmed the health of the people, some of these plantations are barred to operate in their own respective countries. In Puerto Rico, these big plantations now operating in Mindanao were disallowed, that is the reason why they are operating (and expanding at that!) here in the Philippines particularly in Mindanao. What a tragedy! Gumising na po tayo!
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were earning from our respective jobs, our money was also working and earning for us. There are various ways how our money can work for us. Here are the most common. Money in the bank. We earn interest income from our money in the bank. Interest income comes from lending money. It’s what we get when we put money in the bank because technically, we are lending our money to the bank when we deposit it. The bank, in turn, loans our money to other borrowers who pay back with interest too. We get a portion of that interest. The longer the bank is able to loan out money, the higher the interest they can give us. That’s why the interest rate for a 3-month time deposit is lower than a one-year TD. Just by putting our money in a bank savings instrument, it’s earning interest income for us.
This was my first money-at-work instrument. Later on, I discovered that there are other alternative investment instruments that can better cater to our long-term requirements. We were introduced to mutual funds, the investment-laden insurance products called Variable Unit Link (VUL), and stocks trading. These instruments, aside from providing a higher yield, also offer diverse funds, more flexible asset allocation, and management and the expertise of a Fund Manager. But when going into these instruments, always be mindful to be clear with your investment objective (why and what are you investing for?), time frame (when will you need the money? These are usually for the mid to long term), and risk appetite (how much loss can you tolerate?). We should also know when to get in and get out of the market. These have been our guides. So far, our investments have worked the way we intended them to. Some even during this volatile and challenging market environment. Rental income is what we get from renting a property. A property can be a house, land, apartments, building, vehicles, etc which earns you income because somebody else is using it. That’s why we always hear this sound advice from the learned investors, “Only put your money on properties that can potentially earn income for you. Otherwise, you might just be acquiring a white elephant”. We invested in a townhouse and a condominium which served as our residence for some time and which we were able to rent out after. That gave us a good steady stream of monthly income. You can also experience a windfall income thru capital gains. When your assets increase in value and you’re able to sell them at the current market value, you earn what is called capital gains. This usually applies to real estate. I have a friend whose family is one of the landed clans here in Davao City. Just from the capital gains, the family earned when their properties were bought by the top condo developers, they need not work in their whole lifetime. A number of investors are purchasing preselling condos to realize capital gains when they are able to sell the finished product at a much higher price. We hope to realize some capital gains in due time. My husband and I are now both retired. The man and woman at work in our family have stopped working. But because we were able to put some money at work, we did not have to make a drastic change in our lifestyle. We live comfortably…sakto lang (just enough)! And the best part of it all, we are even able to share and help. You too can start building your money at work while the man is still at work. Note that the operable word here is “build”. Very few can do this big overnight. But everyone can start small early on. What matters is your resolve, commitment, and discipline to start and stick to it. So that one day, when you decide to stop working, you can rely on your money to work and earn for you…and enjoy life to the fullest!
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of motifs from the prevalent styles such as Victorian. The Bahay na bato also has several variations along ethnic lines. The Bahay na bato in Cebu,
Thursday, July 22, 2021 for example, differs from the one in Ilocos, and so on. Today, these houses are more commonly called ancestral houses , due to most ancestral houses in the Philippines being of bahay na bato architecture. The Cagayan de Oro/Misamis Oriental Tradition Indeed, there is one major difference between the bahay-na-bato and the traditional shophouses found elsewhere in South East Asia, Manila and Cebu. The upper residential spaces of the bahay na bato was mostly contiguous and occupied by the extended family landlord/owners, while those in other countries were usually laid out as self-contained units with the merchant/resident occupying all floors, similar to how presentday townhouses are designed. In Cagayan de Oro, one of the best examples of the bahay-nabato is the Casa del Chino Ygua at the corner of Hayes and Velez streets, often acknowledged as one of the oldest residences in the city. Constructed in 1882 as a “Bahay na Bato” by the Chinese merchant Sia Ygua who originally came from Xiamen, China, the original structure was built from bricks transported from China aboard Chinese junks. The house has been renovated twice, once after World War II when it was badly damaged, and again more recently, but still retains the shophouse tradition of renting its ground floor to various merchants. Another, is the Mariano Canoy residence along Velez street constructed during the 1930s for his wife Laureana Rabe, which still stands to this day. According to their apo Rhona Canoy, the leftmost stall in the ground floor use to be rented by her Lola Aning for her sari-sari store. Later, the Canoy Furniture Shop of Mariano took over the entire ground floor. Still later, the leftmost stall was rented by Mindanao Motors before they moved to the lot along CM Recto Avenue now occupied by Centrio Mall. Eventually, the ground floor was used by Radio Mindanao Network’s flagship radio station dxCC before network founder Henry Canoy and family resided in the rear area. Still another is the residence of Mariano Itoy Velez and Patricia Cocay Velez which housed the iconic Ah Fat Bakery at the corner of Capistrano and RN Abejuela streets. Shoppe Houses Uptown Now, a real estate developer is seeking to revive the shophouse tradition with the first commercial-home development in the region. Dubbed The Shoppe Houses, the development will be located in its Uptown Metropolis and is envisioned to be a commercial space and a home at the same time. The Uptown Metropolis in Upper Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City is a master planned development located at the premium view of Xavier Estates. “This is a two-area metropolis,” said developer A Brown Co., Inc. (ABCI) “Area A shall house the central business district with an Information Technology Block for offices, shopping center or mall, commercial spaces, and institutional facilities such as a hospital and a school, while Area B complements the opposite side with The Shoppe Houses, townhouses, and the twin-tower condominium at its highest point.” “This 3-storey building re-
sponds to the present needs of the contemporary businessman and will initially feature 25 units structured in clusters of 2, 3 or 4 units,” said Robertino E. Pizarro, ABCI President and CEO. Each Shoppe House will have a total floor area of 231 square meters (70sqm ground floor, 80.5sqm 2nd floor, and 80.5 sqm 3rd floor with veranda), and a 32sqm Promenade Space and a parking area opposite the location. Like traditional shophouses the ground floor shall be exclusively used for business with the 2nd and 3rd floors usable as either commercial or residential use at the owner’s discretion. ABCI recommends best uses for the ground floor commercial spaces for offices, spas, banks, pharmacies, doctor’s clinics, grocery stores, coffee shops and restaurants. “The Shoppe Houses will complement existing schools, churches, tertiary hospital, accommodation and recreation facilities, and other commercial establishments located within its 5-kilometer radius,” Pizarro noted. “It also complements the growing number of residents in Xavier Estates and Ignatius Enclave, Adelaida Park Residences and other neighboring subdivisions.” ABCI touts The Shoppe Houses accessibility which is a mere 7 kms from downtown Cagayan de Oro via Fr. Wm. Masterson SJ Avenue, or 9 kms from downtown via the South Diversion Road. It is likewise only 2 kms from the proposed Balulang-Macasandig Bridge leading to downtown, and the same distance from the proposed PN Roa Avenue-Upper Carmen Diversion Road leading to the Laguindingan International Airport. With a panoramic view of the hills surrounding the city, a flood-free location, complete drainage system and favorable geo-hazard analysis results, The Shoppe Houses in the Uptown Metropolis is expected to lend further impetus to the already burgeoning Uptown Cagayan de Oro property boom.
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added. The Mindanao Halal Culinary Tourism is a project of the DOT with the Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMPEAGA). Aside from promoting the culinary heritage of Mindanao and familiarity to its culture, the project also aims to document culinary practices of the area; create experiences and attractions by local government units (LGUs) and private enterprises for tourists; and promote Halal Tourism industry in the regions of Mindanao through culinary and heritage mapping. Featured in the launching video of the campaign are Halalcertified and Muslim-friendly establishments across Mindanao Regions. These include: Black Seed Burger in Davao City, which features “black seed” on burger, a traditional herb among western Asian culture that is believed to have medicinal values; SpiChef in Davao City, which offers the Mango Pineapple hot sauce, an innovation of fresh and natural herbs and spices; Bay Tal Mal in Zamboanga City, which offers traditional Moro cuisines
like Tiyulah Itum that is usually served during special occasions; and Hashy’s Cuisine in Cotabato City in BARMM, one of the pioneering Halal-certified sites in the region. Its culinary highlight is Sinina Kambing, a traditional Maguindanaon dish. Also featured are: Babu Kwan and Torogan Kape in Cagayan de Oro City, Pater al-Kuwait House of Palapa in Iligan City, Dennis Coffee Garden in Zamboanga City, Mama Ping in Cotabato City, Tambilawan Kamayan Restaurant in General Santos City, and Radin’s Guinamos in Agusan del Sur. The Halal food tourism program promises to provide tourists with a unique and flavorful experience.
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transmissibility, the delta is twice as that. If the Alpha, Beta, and Theta can infect 2-3 persons, the Delta variant can infect 6-8 or twice of what the other variants can infect,” he said. Unlike the symptoms in the Alpha, Beta, and Theta variants—which are loss of taste or smell—Mendoza said that the Delta symptom mimics ordinary influenza-like signs such as fever, flu, or diarrhea. Despite the fact that the six reported positive cases have recovered, the health department is now taking rigorous measures to avoid the reoccurrence of the Delta strain. Mendoza emphasized that anybody who exhibits a symptom would be transported to isolation facilities to be tested, observed, and quarantined for 14 days. “As protection against the Delta variant, the government urges all the senior citizens and those who have a chronic disease or persons with comorbidities to get their jabs against COVID-19. There is no need to be afraid of the vaccines since it is already proven to be safe, effective, and free of charge,” he said. (JAKA/ PIA-10)
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conduct a mass vaccination due to an inadequate supply of vaccines. Bernardo, however, assured the public that doses of vaccines keep coming in anytime. “I assure the public, especially our senior citizens, that we are doing our best to be on track by following the priority groups set by the government so that we could hit our ‘herd immunity’ target,” he said. (JAKA/PIA-10)
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facilities. To boost livelihood, Hedcor will also be carrying out skills training and the provision of starter kits to its partner cooperatives. In Mindanao, Hedcor recently awarded financial assistance for 22 of its senior high school scholars from Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur. This is to ensure continued support for the qualified scholars of its host communities. Similarly in Luzon, it also awarded financial assistance to 13 senior high students from the different schools in Benguet and Mountain Province. Hedcor is currently supporting 59 senior high school students from Bukidnon, Benguet, Mountain Province, and Davao through financial assistance. It turns over a total of P430,000 annually to sup-
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port its scholars as they complete their high school education. Hedcor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AboitizPower. It specializes in generating renewable energy from run-of-river hydropower systems. Today, Hedcor manages and operates 22 hydropower plants located in Bukidnon, Ilocos Sur, Mt. Province, Benguet, and Davao. They continue to supply the country with 278 megawatts of clean and renewable energy. With 42 years of experience, Hedcor is one of the leading run-ofriver hydropower operators in the Philippines. (Hedcor-AboitizPower/ PIA-10/Bukidnon)
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Ozamiz City. “Salamat kaayo sa DOST, sa natabang sa pag improve sa among operation. Kung kami lang dili namo ma improve amo facility ug dali. Salamat sa mga technology nga gihatag ug gishare ug Salamat sa technical na tabang kay na approve amo application sa FDA”. (We are grateful to DOST for helping us improve our operations. We cannot improve our facility this fast if we are only on our own. We are thankful for the technology and the technical assistance we received to have our FDA application approved.),” said Mrs. Patrocenia Lanzado, owner of D’Hermanos Pizza. DOST-SETUP is a nationwide strategy encouraging and assisting micro, small, and medium enterprises to adopt technology innovations to improve their operations and thus boost their productivity and competitiveness. (Rogelyn Calago, DOST-Misamis Occidental)
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Alagang AyalaLand is a broad community engagement program organized by the company to support COVID-19 response efforts, promote disaster preparedness, and create livelihood through social enterprises. It has recently offered its full support to local government efforts towards the efficient roll-out of the vaccination program in the country. Its various developments, such as Ayala Malls Manila Bay, Circuit Makati, and South Park Center, among others, were utilized as vaccination centers by their LGUs, in collaboration with the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force and the Department of Health. #BrigadangAyala is Ayala Group’s united contribution to serving people and communities nationwide. It is Ayala Group’s integrated response to its almost two century-old commitment to national development by doing various social development and corporate social responsibility initiatives—ranging from disaster relief and response, assistance for public education, championing of social enterprises, and public health advocacy, among others.
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FEATURE
Thursday, July 22, 2021
DOT Launches Halal Food Tourism COINCIDING with the celebration of the Muslim festival Eid’l Adha, the Department of Tourism (DOT) launches the Halal Culinary Tourism series that introduces the initiative and showcases unique culinary finds in Mindanao. The video series can be
viewed by the public on the Department’s social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube and Instagram starting today. Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said that the development of Halal Culinary Tourism aims to promote the culinary heri-
tage of Mindanao and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and consequently its destinations. “Food is an important part of a tourism experience. It gives us a glimpse of a place’s culture and heritage. Through the development
of Halal Culinary Tourism, we are encouraging the discovery and familiarity with the traditions of our Muslim brothers and sisters,” said Puyat. The Secretary explained that Halal, which means ‘permissible’, is something that is clean and good for
the health. “Halal is not what we want to introduce exclusive to Muslims, it through this project,” she See LAUNCHES, page 11 is for everybody. This is
Healthy herbs and spices used for cooking Halal dishes from Babu Kwan restaurant in Cagayan de Oro City.
Bay Tal Mal’s Tiyulah Itum, a stew dish with braised beef or goat, originated from the Tausug tribe.
The Sinina Kambing from Hashy’s Cuisine in Cotabato is a Maguindanoan delicacy. It is stewed goat meat cooked using local spices.
The Mango Pineapple hot sauce is one of the Halal based condiments made by SpiChef in Davao.
A hearty Halal dish is about to be served in Tambilawan Kamayan Restaurant in General Santos City. Photos
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