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Ship chief mate recognized as hero commendation and a cash award during the inaugural session and state of the municipal address as the local government of Naawan changed its administration.

Rudyard Payusan, now 52 years old, said he did not expect he would be recognized as hero of his hometown, almost four years after the tragedy

By DIVINA M. SUSON, Correspondent

NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental--The ship chief mate who lost his right foot while rescuing passengers of a motorboat that sank off the seas between Cebu mainland and Camotes group of islands in 2015, was given on Monday (July 1) a certificate of

that caused him physically disabled for the rest of his life.

That caused him stop working and the schooling of his second child, who was in a second year college that time, stopped.

Payusan recalled that early morning on October 17, 2015 while the See HERO, page 11

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By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor

INGOOG CITY - Newly elected City Mayor Eric Cañosa batted for a “transparent” and progressive administration while promising to improve the delivery of the basic services to the lowest constituents of the city’s more than 122,000 people.

Cañosa made the statement in an inaugural speech, witnessed by the city hall department heads and employees, residents, and leaders of the tribal community, in the sprawling city hall ground here Monday.

Accompanied by his running mate and elected Vice Mayor Peter Unabia, members of the elected city council, the city police chief, fire Marshall, invited guests, and visitors, Cañosa reported to the Office of

the City Mayor after the inaugural ceremony.

Cañosa’s was accompanied by a special guest, the old “Datu Yukmo,” leader of the Higaonon tribal community, who came down from the hills to witness the inauguration of the newly elected city officials.

Cañosa said that “Datu Yukmo” exemplifies the frustration of the indigenous community toward the officials of Gingoog City for the city’s failure to look into the welfare of the tribal community.

He said that for the past two decades “Datu Yukmo” has never set foot in Gingoog City because he lost his trust and confidence of Newly elected Gingoog City Mayor Eric Cañosa delivers his inaugural speech amid a the city officials. cheering crowd in the sprawling City Hall ground witnessed by members of the city “I have to personally council, leaders of tribal community, city hall department heads, and employees, See JOBS, page 10

IMPORTED TRASH. An employee of Verde Soko Philippines in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, sorts through the mounds of trash imported from South Korea. file photo by jigger jerusalem

Cotabato governor vows to improve health services SEE STORY ON PAGE 3

guests and visitors.

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Solon seeks hold departure order against Sokor nationals

By JIGGER JERUSALEM, PNA

CAGAYAN de Oro City--A lawmaker from Misamis Oriental on Monday has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to issue a hold departure order against officials of Verde Soko In-

The challenge of the first 100 days in office

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dustrial Philippines in the aftermath of their indictment.

Verde Soko executives are facing charges for violating Republic Act 6969 or the Toxic Substances and

Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990, for the transport and entry of the trash to country.

Both the company’s Filipino and South Korean officials have recently been indicted by prosecutors in connection with the illegal

importation of tons of trash from South Korea last year.

Misamis Oriental 2nd District Rep. Juliet Uy, one of the complainants in the case, said a hold departure order would ensure that the respondents remain in the See ORDER, page 10

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Tourism Promotions Board urged to include Davao in int’l campaign said on Monday.

Tecson was reacting to international promotion reports from delegates to campaign, City Tourism Of- local government-interfice head Generose Tecson national investment and

tourism roadshows that tour operators in Japan, Singapore and South Korea didn’t know about Davao as it was not among the places

promoted by the board.

“How come they don’t promote us? They should DAVAO City--The Tourism include us? Ang nangyayari Promotions Board should ngayon inaasa sa Davao include Davao City in its City (what is happening is that it leaves everything to Davao City). We cannot do it alone because this is not only for the city but also for the whole region,” she said.

According to the agency’s website www.tbp.gov.ph, the TPB, an attached agency of the Department of Tourism, markets and promotes “the Philippines domestically and internationally as a world-class tourism and meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) destination, in strategic partnership with private and public stakeholders to deliver a unique high-value experience for visitors, significantly contributing to increased arrivals, receipts, and investments to the country.”

Tecson said the TPB should promote Davao as a destination to help make the international flights Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and Kaua’i County of Hawaii Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. show their signed sister more sustainable by luring city agreement on February 5, 2018 in Davao City. Carvalho said tourism and agriculture, particularly on cacao and in more foreign visitors, coffee farming, can be areas that Davao and Kaua’i could work on together. Duterte, on the other hand, said both which comprise a measly

By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews

cities can “mutually benefit” from each other’s agriculture, tourism, culture and trade. mindanews photo by manman dejeto

DavOr guv takes oath, vows to sustain gains

By CHE PALICTE

MATI CITY, Davao Oriental -- Governor Nelson Dayaghirang vowed to sustain the gains of the past years as he gets a fresh mandate to lead the province in the next three years.

During his oath-taking on Monday that also coincided with the 62nd founding anniversary of the province, Dayanghirang called on the newly elected officials to continue

working where they can deliver, operate and keep the province growing.

“As we come together for the next three years as the elected officials of the province, we put aside everything that might hinder us from doing the best we can for our province,” he said.

Dayanghirang, together with the newly elected government officials, took their oath that was administered

by Hon. Judge Emilio Dayanghirang III, executive

judge of Regional Trial Court (RTC) 11, Branch 6, in Lupon.

Dayanghirang vowed to continue implementing the programs and initiatives, which are already in place during his first term as governor of the province.

“We will focus on promoting an environment that will spur economic development over the next three years,” the governor added.

He cited various projects See SUSTAIN, page 10

share of the city’s total tourist arrivals.

According to the data released by the local tourism office on Monday, foreign tourist arrivals had only reached 78,254 or 7.5 percent of the 1,037,792 tourists from January to May 2019.

The tourism office recorded 939,094 domestic tourists or 90.48 percent and 20,444 visiting overseas Filipinos or 1.96 percent in the same period.

Tecson suggested to the TPB to not only look at the city’s foreign tourist arrivals before making a decision to include Davao in its international marketing promotions.

She said the agency’s help would complement the international investment and tourism roadshows of the local government to position Davao as a premier investment and tourism hub of the country.

The local tourism office targets to hit the target of 3 million arrivals this year from 2.39 million tourists last year.

The City Government held missions in Japan in See PROMOTIONS, page 10

Technology versus humans?

Which will prevail?

By MICHELLE B. ORDENIZA Teacher I Sixto Maghanoy Sr. Central School

SCHOOLS are hoping that new technologies will ease rapidly growing demand for student mental health services. How schools can use data to identify at risk students, whether new apps developed to support those with mental health problems actually work and what the benefits and limits of technology may be is the subject of discussion.

Mental health is com-

plex and you cannot isolate it. You have to think about whole people and you have to work with their work lives, school lives, social lives. The whole context is complicated.

Technology can only provide part of the solution. Students experience a variety of stresses at school which all require different kinds of help. A counselor may be a better option for some people than a digital

solution. The reality is, we are humans and like talking to other humans.

But not always. Most students are attracted by the offer of anonymity and that young people can talk just as easily through technology. Young people needed to be involved in researching and testing mental health apps properly and in understanding what the real chances of success are.

The advantage of K to 12 basic curriculum to 21st century learners

By JOCELYN O. ABAO Principal II Mahinog Central School Poblacion, Mahinog, Camiguin

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EACH K-12 learner must be able to acquire and develop in them the 4Cs. Communication, cooperation, collaboration and coordination are the skills that must be given focused on in every class activity. Every learning institution – including private ones – must see to it that its vision, mission and strategies are geared towards the realization of the K-12 curriculum.

Both parents and aca-

deme must work towards the development of the 21st century learners who can be at par with their counterparts abroad. It may sound cliché but together working together, this curriculum will progress and help our youth.

The K-12 curriculum aims at providing sufficient mastery of every skill and concept in developing lifelong learning skills among its graduates.

Furthermore, this program

aims at preparing every K-12 graduate to become globally competitive and ready for tertiary education so as they graduate, they have equal chances of acquiring a better and higher paying jobs both locally and internationally.

Education is vital and a necessity for personal and social development. It is then just but proper to continuously innovate and innovate the curriculum at the classroom level.

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Gov. Nancy A. Catamco talks to a patient during a visit at the Cotabato Provincial Hospital on Monday (1 July 2019). photo courtesy of nancy catamco supporters facebook page

Brainwaves

By JAMES P. JARRA Teacher I Sixto Maghanoy Sr. Central School

THE age of downloading experience and expertise directly into our brain mainframe is coming. So is downloading professional training including everything from becoming a police officer to practicing medicine or investigative journalism.

For many, I think this is the first time considering this can become a reality in our lifetime.

But in plenty of instances, brainwave tech is already here. People fly drones using mind-reading headsets. Parkinson’s disease patients can use brain chips to calm shaking attacks. Machine interfaces let people silently communicate mind to mind with one another or with devices.

Brainwave technology works by recording the

brain’s thought patterns – configurations of neurons that fire in distinct ways for different thoughts – and replicating those patterns back into the brain via electrical stimulation from a nonbiological device.

The amount of money being poured into electroencephalogram technology and other brainwave science is up in the last few years. That amount is likely to increase dramatically now that FDA has created guidelines for regulating brainwave interface technology.

Google, Apple and Facebook have people on staff to gauge how type of technology works and will affect the world. Technology entrepreneurs think this technology will eventually end up inside our heads.

I D A PA WA N City--Newly elected Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco vowed to improve health services for her constituents after visiting the Cotabato Provincial Hospital in Barangay Amas here on Monday and finding it in a sorry state.

Catamco noted that the hospital was declared as a 150-bed capacity medical facility five years

ago. But now, it can attend to only 50 patients.

The governor visited the hospital after leading the convocation and flag ceremony at the capitol’s gymnasium on her first day of office.

She was told funding for the operation was one of the challenges.

“I just don’t rely on reports. Visits like this will be a regular activity in my administration as this will make me understand the issues

faced by my constituents so I could find ways to help resolve them,” she said in Cebuano.

Catamco said upgrading the province’s eight district hospitals, including the provincial hospital, and improving the basic health services are part of her development roadmap.

“The people of Cotabato deserve better services,” she stressed.

(Malu Cadelina Manar / MindaNews)

LPCC Iligan conducts 2nd Operation Timbangan ILIGAN City— Seven out of 10 local vendors in Iligan City or 69.3 percent have weighing scales that complied with the standards of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

This was the finding of the Local Price Coordinating Council (LPCC) through the License and Permits Division OfficeCity Mayor’s Office (CMO) which took the lead during the “Operation Timbangan” at Iligan’s local markets to check their weighing scales.

Three teams consisting of member-offices from the Philippine National Police-Iligan City Police Office (PNP-ICPO) and from the local and national government lined agencies.

The teams were assigned in two main areas, two teams at the Iligan City Bus and Jeepney Terminal (IBJT) ‘relocation’ market and another team at the Central Market, Poblacion.

A total of 305 weighing scales are checked with 159 all compliant while 146 noncompliant. pia gic iligan city

Prop e rly - c a l ibr ate d weighing scales were monitored and defective and unsealed ones were confiscated and brought to the Permits and Licenses Division office

for recalibration or sealing.

This operation aimed at protecting the consumers from exploitative vendors at local markets.

Meanwhile, the remain-

ing 41.7 percent or three out of 10 vendors were all violators of DTI’s weighing scale standards.

Sections monitored most See TIMBANGAN, page 10

Gulayan sa Paaralan

By DITMA JACALAN WASIL Teacher I Balintad Elementary School Manticao District Manticao, Misamis Oriental

DEPED through the School Health Division – Bureau of Learner Support Services shall implement the school-based feeding program for SY 2019-2020 to address undernutrition and short-term hunger among public schoolchildren. The program will cover an estimate of 533,425 severely wasted and 1.3 million wasted children from kindergarten to Grade 6. The program primarily aims to improve the nutritional status of the beneficiaries by at least 70 percent at the end of 120 feeding days. Secondarily, it aims to increase classroom attendance by 85 percent and improve the children’s behavior.

S cho ol h e a d s an d principals are expected to monitor the feeding activities and program

implementation on a daily basis. With that, all schools shall establish and maintain the Gulayan sa Paaralan as a source of ingredients for the feeding program and shall encourage the families of the beneficiaries to have their own home gardens so that nutritional improvement is maintained at home. Along that line, the school district supervisor shall coordinate with local agriculture officials to provide training and seedlings for their home gardens. Bio-intensive gardening is an ecological approach which makes the best use of available natural resources and does not rely on any chemical inputs. Batao, sigarilyas, patani, kadios, alugbati and malunggay are among the 22 indigenous vegetables planted in their garden.

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The challenge of the first 100 days in office

Newly elected public officials reported to their respective offices Monday as the voters expressed a feeling of mixed optimism.

For the reelected incumbents, there is not much to be done other than slight changes to further enhance public service.

On the contrar y, it would be a lot of jobs for the newly elected public officials. The days of adjustment would be arduous albeit challenging.

Likewise, both of them deserve a break. The people would watch them closely as they sail across the turbulent seas of public service.

How the elected public

officials accomplish the campaign platform would serve as the barometer of their performance in office. In this arena, both the elected incumbents and the newly elected public officials would be answerable to the constituents.

Will the elected public officials be true to their campaign platforms? The question would linger until the next election period nears. By then, the people would be ready to submit their ratings. Those who would be able to deliver the campaign promises would certainly get higher ratings.

By now, the people would wait for the next

100 days. Certainly, the first 100 days in office would be very crucial. The 100 days would provide a concrete assessment of the public official’s capability to pursue and accomplish the people’s mandate.

At the start of the administration, big words and promis es prov ide excitement and hopes to ever y constituent. The reckoning, however, would be determined as the days dragged while the ugly heads in running the affairs of the government appear.

In house squabbling and a slight misunderstanding would be blown out of proportion. With-

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out doubt, the wheels of politics will start to roll.

Its vicious teeth start to churn.

Matter of fact, the three years in office prior to the next election is so short a time. It would, however, be longer to those whose political candles start to drain.

At the moment, let everyone savor the taster of victory. Let everyone relish in the laurel of success.

Congratulations to the newly elected public officials. -0- Email reactions/ comments: crisguardian@ yahoo.com

The 4-IR, intellectuals, and social media Intellectuals and their activities in seminars and conferences need to be considered. Their decision by the end of such activities also need to be executed.

In fact, they are neither considered nor executed very quickly by the policy makers. People shouting in social media tend to be different. Their ideas always get quick attention. The fourth industrial revolution (4-IR) and the effect on lives is real and factual.

It is urgent. Again, social media is more powerful than the intellectual activities.

The intellectuals in universities have discussed the topic about the fourth Industrial revolution (the 4-IR). It can be either informal or formal discussions.

The informal discussions— e.g., in social media— tends to be less conceptual. But, it is influential. On the contrary, the formal discussion is different. Many of them have ended with no decision. If they get a conclusion, the concept has never been executed.

That is the result of formal discussion.

Howe ver, w hen we observe social media like tweeter, Facebook, Instagram, and the like, it looks different. More interestingly, the tweeter in Indonesian and America is influential.

The effect of this social media on the organization and government policies tend to be more powerful.

In the USA, the president always tweets his aspiration.

KISSA AND DAWAT:

The effect is not only on the national scale issue but even on the international issues (Dahlan Iskan, July 2, 20019), today.

He said that the USA president could meet the president of North Korea because of the tweeter communication. Yet, tweeter is just a social media that ordinary people can have and operate. In Indonesia, recently, all the internet connections for all social media had been “intervened.” During the intervention, all the account users got trouble. I myself also couldn’t operate my social media accounts for some time during that intervention.

The phenomenon above shows that social media and their interactions are much

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paid attention by the government or policy makers.

They feel “disturbed” when the social media users shout and express their intention.

Now, compare with the results of the intellectuals’ discussion. The participants—after finishing the conferences or seminars— go home without any follow up.

I used to be very active in operating my tweeter.

But, now I get lazy to do it. I am now active in using Facebook. Many of my friends are fond of using Facebook. More specially, See DJUWARI, page 11

By Noor Saada, MindaNews

Back to Bongao, the boom town B ONGAO, Tawi-Tawi-After a few months lull, I was finally back in Bongao, the boom town, in TawiTawi province, proverbially referred to as the land far, far away. These days it takes less than an hour to reach the capital town from Zamboanga City. Flights are daily and fully-booked most of the time.

Tawi-Tawi? Where is that? I was once asked this by a kababayan working in a duty-free shop at Melbourne airport. My best response was an analogy. Do you know Batanes Islands?

“Nasa tabi ng Batanes ang Tawi-Tawi?”. “No, ang gusto ko lang sabihin ay kung pinaka-norte ng Pilipinas ang Batanes, ang Tawi-Tawi naman ang pinaka-south

nito”, I explained. “Oh I see, so na ilalim pala ng Mindanao?”. She added, “parte pa ba ng Pilipinas ito?”

Tawi-Tawi used to be the southern part of Sulu until it was separated to become another province, with Batu-Batu as its original capital town in 1973.

Its creation is based on the clamor of the majority and largely pacifist Sama-Bajaw population for their own self-governance.

Its original capital BatuBatu is set in a cove on the eastern part of the mainland also called Tawi-Tawi and to the Sama-Bajaw locals as “Tana Mehe,” the big island.

The local name conjures magnanimity as the main island is a great provider

for the people when food becomes scarce in their small insular communities.

Over the years, its magnanimity created a unique land-based lifestyle – Sama Daleya, Sama engaging in upland farming, like wild rice varieties cultivating native fruits and veggies, and harvesting from the rich wildlife, from eggs of the native Tabon chicken to medicinal herbs – atypical for a cultural group largely associated with the marine world.

Tana Mehe is also home to sacred spots called “tampat” where pre-Islamic rituals are practiced to appease the spirit world, the mystical home of “kaomboan” or ancestors. As such, it conjures safety from major natural

and man-made calamities, such as big storms and refuge during colonial invasions from the Spaniards to the Americans and the Japanese.

However, after the Jolocaust of 1974, it was feared that Batu-Batu was highly vulnerable to be captured by the MNLF forces. The security decision was to transfer it to remote Bongao island at the southern tip of the mainland archipelago and to be constructed on a hill top. So, it is today.

Bongao’s metamorphosis started as a backwater village along the Aguada Bay. The Bongao Channel, the strait between Bongao and Sanga-Sanga islands, and the so-called “TawiSee BONGAO, page 11

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WANG, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao--“They started it, we will finish it.”

Wi t h t h e s e w o r d s , the visibly angry newly installed Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) chief, Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, vowed to get back at the terrorist group and let them pay the lawlessness they had just done to his subordinates and to the civilians of Indanan in Sulu.

During his speech as he handed over his responsibility as commander of t he Ar my’s 6 t h In f ant r y D iv i s i on in Maguindanao to Maj. Gen. Diosdado C arreon, Sobejana vowed to give justice to his fallen soldiers and to let the perpetrators of the twin bomb attacks in an Army base in Indanan suffer the same fate.

Maj. Arvin John Encinas, speaking for WestMinCom, said the military in Sulu has been on heightened aler t since the January 27 Jolo Cathedral bombings that left more than 20 dead and a hundred injured.

Friday last week, eight people were killed – including three soldiers and the two suspected bombers – in twin explosions near a military camp in Indanan. “ T he y we re su i c i d e bombers, and they appeared to be young Moro ccans or any Asianlooking individuals,” Encinas said of the suspects.

He said initial investigation showed that a man carrying something suspicious appeared near the military base outpost.

Upon sensing threat, the sentry chief ordered his men to check on the suspicious item the man was carr ying as he got closer to the sentry outpost.

“As the soldiers were checking on the man and what he was carr ying, an explosion occurred,” Encinas said, adding that it was a “signal” for another man with powerful explosives with him to enter the gate that was op e ne d af te r t he f i rst

Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana (right) during the parade before turnover of command of the 6th Infantry Division to Maj. Gen. Diosdado Carreon on Monday (1 July 2019). mindanews photo by ferdinandh cabrera

blast.

The first blast killed three soldiers.

Responding soldiers shot the second bomber but still he managed to set off the second and more powerful bomb that caused bigger damage to the camp.

Encinas said the suspects were believed to be Moroccans in their early 20s.

To confirm that, Encinas said, the WestMinCom is awaiting DNA test results to determine if the bombers outside the camp and t hos e resp onsible

for the Jolo Cathedral explosions were related, i n c lu d i n g t h e t y p e of explosives used.

The Army is verifying re p or t s t h at t h e s l ai n suicide bombers in Indanan were children of the couple who set off bombs in the cathedral.

S o b e j a n a v ow e d t o “finish off ” the Abu Sayyaf and foreign terrorists in Sulu by December this year in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s ultimatum of wiping out t he ASG by 2 0 2 0 .

(Ferdinandh Cabrera / MindaNews)

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People support tax reforms if they feel benefits: Dominguez

By JOANN VILLANUEVA

Local markets rise on renewed US-China trade talks

MANILA -- Optimism generated by renewed trade discussions between US and China lifted both the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) and the peso on Monday.

The main equities gauge rose to 8,043.71 points, up 0.55 percent or 44.00 points.

BPI Research said the meeting of US President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping at the G20 meeting in Japan over the weekend boosted investors’ confidence and allowed the PSEi to rise along with its

counterparts in the region.

All Shares ticked up by 0.45 percent, or 21.87 points, to 4,915.65 points.

Most of the counters tracked the PSEi led by the Property, which rose 1.68 percent.

It was followed by Mining and Oil at 0.86 percent, Holding Firms, 0.44 percent; Industrial, 0.37 percent; and Financials, 0.04 percent.

Only the Services index ended the day on the red after it fell 0.68 percent.

Volume reached 1.24 See TRADE, page 10

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ANILA -- Finance Secretary Carlos said he is optimistic about the passage of the remaining tax reform measures because of the support of lawmakers and most Filipinos.

“The confidence level is very high,” he said in a panel discussion during the 2019 pre-SONA economic and infrastructure forum at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on Monday.

Tax reform measures that are still awaiting lawmakers’ approval include the cut in corporate income tax and fiscal incentives rationalization.

The Finance chief explained that, in the past, many lawmakers who supported tax reforms failed to get the people’s vote in their reelection bids as such measures are unpopular.

An example of this is

former Senator Ralph Recto who authored the increase of value added tax (VAT) from 10 percent to 12 percent in 2001.

Dominguez, however, pointed out that times have changed since all those who supported the recent tax

reform measure won in the May 2019 mid-term polls.

Among these lawmakers are Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara and Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda, who sponsored the first package of tax reform, which eventually

became known as the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.

TRAIN reduced workers’ income tax rates and exempted those earning PHP250,000 and below annually from paying income See SUPPORT, page 10

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DC forum gives a perspective on Mindanao

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ASHINGTON, D.C.— Representative Amihilda J. Sangcopan (AMINAnak Mindanao Partylist) was the featured speaker in a forum entitled “A Perspective on Mindanao” held at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C.

on 25 June 2019.

Representative Sangcopan began her talk by providing the audience a snapshot of the political composition and landscape of the incoming 18th Congress of the Philippines, and noting that the majorities supporting President

Rodrigo Roa Duterte in both chambers may well allow the passage of major legislative priorities of the Administration.

She highlighted the priority legislative agenda of the Administration, particularly as they pertained to Mindanao, such as law

and order; creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao; and Islamic banking & finance.

Representative Sangcopan also discussed the pillars of a Mindanao 2030 vision where there is improved quality of life for all

Mindanawons. Aside from providing enabling conditions in power, infrastructure and connectivity; and a definite and lasting peace, she said that all efforts are being geared towards a dynamic, inclusive and green economy; and for human development and social cohesion.

The final part of her presentation dwelt on the recovery, reconstruction, and rehabilitation efforts in Marawi City. She noted that great impetus in this regard was provided by the House of Representatives through the sub-committee for Marawi Rehabilitation that exercised its oversight powers on the rehabilitation efforts in the city undertaken by the Task Force Bangon Marawi.

Representative Sangcopan closed her brief pre-

sentation by reminding the audience that the story of the people and cultures of the southern Philippines is undeniably intertwined with that of the Filipino people.

“The narrative of every Mindananoan is the narrative of every Filipino. Let us reconnect and reclaim our shared heritage toward a peaceful and progressive Mindanao,” she pleaded in ending her remarks.

The presentation was followed by a wide-ranging and substantive discussion ranging from the challenges of climate change in Mindanao, to the federalism debate, the importance of effective reconstruction and rehabilitation in Marawi, and to the continued relevance or usefulness of the partylist system.

See FORUM, page 10

The essence of being a teacher A forum entitled “A Perspective on Mindanao” featuring PH Representative Amihilda J. Sangcopan was held at the Philippine Embassy Chancery Annex on 25 June 2019.

The essence of bayanihan in Brigada Eskwela

By JEANETTE D. MACARAMBON Master Teacher II Sixto Maghanoy Sr. Central School

NO untoward incident can stop the teachers, families, community stakeholders and the local government from participating in the yearly Brigada Eskwela last June. We give our support to the public schools by sending our teachers for the cleanup drive, giving donations like textbooks and other school materials.

Aside from classroom and school ground clean-

ups, stakeholders also give free school supplies, medicines and vitamins.

This activity is an encouragement for the parents and our children to practice the spirit of volunteerism (the English for bayanihan). One avenue of showing to the school and to our children that we support education is to participate in school activities such as this.

Cooperation, unity and solidarity are being exercised and practiced.

Bayanihan is a vital principle of the Filipino culture. It is helping out one’s neighbor as a community and doing a task together, thus lessening the workload and making the job easier. Historically, the concept of bayanihan is traced back to our country’s old tradition which

can be observed in rural areas.

Although bayanihan can manifest itself in many forms, it is impressively displayed in the old tradition wherein the village’s people were asked especially the men to lend a hand to a family who will move into a new place by carrying the whole house and literally moving it to its new location.

By LORNA I. GUMABAT Teacher I Sixto Maghanoy Sr. Central School

TEACHING is a noble profession. As a teacher, I am saying that with so much pride. I love what I do and I dream of doing this my entire life. Indeed, when you love your job, it does not feel like working at all. Teaching has given me so much more than me extending what I have learned in school.

Both students and parents look up to me and count on me which inspires me to do better.

The essence of being a teacher is the ability to make a positive impact on their students. Good teachers set high expectations

and motivate the students to meet those expectations. As students strive for excellence, teachers assist students in meeting their highest potential.

Teachers also serve as role models. Teachers make a contribution to society by preparing students for their real world endeavors.

I think I’ve finally found the essence of being a teacher. There are a lot of things that I’ve gained from this profession. I realize that I have known my students better as individuals and I understand that every one of them is unique.

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Dept. of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Misamis Occidental Provincial Field Office Chief Leonardo G. Rodrigo (center) releases a total of P703,000 worth of wages from DILEEP’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Displaced/Disadvantaged workers (TUPAD) to 190 beneficiaries from 13 barangays of Bonifacio at the Sangguniang Bayan Session Hall, Bonifacio, Mis. Occ. (Photo Source: DOLE-X Mis. Occ. PFO)

DOLE-X releases P703K emergency employment to El Niño-stricken MisOcc workers OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental – The Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) mandate to help reduce unemployment, both in the formal and informal or disadvantaged sectors is continually strengthened by the implementation of the Tulong Pangkabuhayan EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT BETWEEN HEIRS

para sa mga Displaced/Disadvantaged Workers (TUPAD) program implemented in the province of Misamis Occidental.

At least 190 El Niño-affected beneficiaries of the 13 barangays of the municipality of Bonifacio received DOLE’s assistance.

In the first quarter of 2019, Bonifacio experienced drought, EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF VENANCIO TABAMO WITH ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PORTION OF LAND

dried water and land resources affecting animals and agricultural products which resulted in decreased income capacities of the localities.

Municipal Mayor Samson R. Dumanhug felt the need for intervention for income augmentation through livelihood projects and/or emergency employment.

“Providing these localities

with immediate temporary employment through tree planting for 10 days can help address this immediate financial problem and in the long run, will benefit the municipality through the tree-growing,” Dumanhug said.

As a response, DOLE Misamis Occidental provincial field office Chief Leonardo G. Rodrigo facilitated the release of P703,000 representing wages

NOTICE

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late NICANORA L. ARCALA, who died on May 22, 1998, at Puerto Community Hospital, Cagayan de Oro City, without any will; that the said deceased at the time of her death, left a real property situated in Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City and more particularly described as follows, to wit; “A PARCEL OF LAND, Lot 19845-A, Psd-033688, being a portion of Lot 19845, Cad-389-D, situated in the Barrio of Bugo, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY ONE (5,751) square meters more or less, and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-128429; are the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT BETWEEN HEIRS, made and entered into by and between the heirs of the deceased namely; ROSARIO A. NENIZA, CLEMENTE L. ARCALA, MAURINO L. ARCALA, RICARDO L. ARCALA, PETRONILA C. ARCALA (deceased), represented by her children, namely: LORNA A. ROCKWELL, EMELDA A. SORONO, ISABELITA A. DORMENTES, OLIVER C. ARCALA, JOSE C. ARCALA and FLORENTINO C. ARCALA, JR., all of legal ages, Filipinos, all single/married and all residents of Agusan, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines; Under Notary Public of Atty. JORGE B. MAGDAONG, JR.,; as per Doc No. 431; Page No. 87; Book No. LXXXI; Series of 2019.

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late VENANCIO TABAMO, who died without leaving a will nor incurred indebtedness during his lifetime and who remains the regiatered and declared owner of a parcel of land situated at TUBOD, MAHINOG,CAMIGUIN, which is herein described: Lot No. : 246-B; T.C.T. No. : 134-2017000171; T.D. No. : 03-0012-12792; Area : 1,998 Sq.m.; are the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF VENANCIO TABAMO WITH ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PORTION OF LAND; PETER TABAMO, ALEX TABAMO and AMELIA TABAMO NAMOCATCAT, all legal age,Filipino citizen and residents of Tubod, Mahinog, Camiguin; that for and in consideration of the sum of NINETY THOUSAND PESOS (PHP.90,000.00) Philippine currency, to us in hand paid by SPS. ELVIRA ABAO-NAJOS and DANIEL LAMANILAO NAJOS, likewise of legal age, Filipino citizens and a residents of Tubod, Mahinog, Camiguin, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged to my full satisfaction, by these presents that they hereby absolutely SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY portion of said property known as Lot 246-B-I which has an area of 999 square meters to herein Vendees Elvira A. Najos and Daniel L. Najos, thier heirs and assings, free from any lien or encumbrances; Under Notary Public of Atty. Vito M. Carrillo; as per Doc No. 200; Page No. 40; Book No. 106; Series of 2019.

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late Sps. Simeon & Rosario Toledo left (3) three parcels of land and more particularly described as follows:

Parcel 1: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. 133-2017004626, Lot No. 514-11 Plan No. PSD-10067523, Portion of Lot 514, CAD630-D, Talakag Cadastre, located at San Isidro, Talakag, Bukidnon with an area Five Thousand Six Hundred Twenty Three (5,623) sq. m. more or less.

Parcel 2:TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. T-47968, A parcel of land (Lot 8470-M, Psd-10-021367, being a portion of Lot 8470, Cad630-D, Talakag Cadastre situated in the barrio of San Isidro, Municipality of Talakag, Island of Mindanao, with an area of ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY SIX (1,636) sq. m., more or less.

Parcel 3: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-47960, A parcel of land (Lot 8470-E, Psd10-021367, being a portion of Lot 8470, Cad-630-D, Talakag Cadastre situated in the barrio of San Isidro, Municipality of Talakag, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao, with an area of ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY NINE (1,279) sq. m., more or less are the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Miguel M. Sabacajan as per Doc. No. 420; Page No. 84; Book No. 68; Series of 2019.

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Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late SANTIAGO ABING, who died INTESTATE and as he died without a will and to the best of their personal knowledge; that the subject of this DEED is Lot No. 1080 declared in the name of the late SANTIAGO ABING consisting an area of 26,520 square meters embraced under ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. P-105471 and Tax Declaration No. 050003031432 situated in Bacnit, Sagay, Camiguin; are the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE made and entered into by and between the HIERS OF SANTIAGO C. ABING and CARMEN V. ABUTANMO herein represented

by SPARTACUS A. ABING, Filipino, of age, married and a resident of Looc, Catarman, Camiguin; That for and in consideration of the sum of NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED PESOS (P983,700.0) in Philippine Currency in hand paid by the vendee JOCELYN O. AMONTOS, Filipino, of age, married and with residence and postal address in San Roque, Mahinog, Camiguin do hereby CEDE, SELL, CONVEY and TRANFER unto the vendee, her heirs, assigns and predecessors-in-interest Lot No. 1080 and/or in the Tax Declaration; Under Notary Public of Atty. Avelino P. Orseno Jr.; as per Doc No. 39; Page No. 1; Book No. XX; Series of 2019.

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to worker-beneficiaries of the locality, which is inclusive of GSIS insurance coverage to protect their welfare during their engagement on the program.

Wages were based on the statutory minimum wage of Northern Mindanao.

Based on Wage Order RBX20, the minimum wage at P365.00 per day was the basis in the computation multiplied by the number of actual days work ranging from 10-30 days based on the approved work program.

DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF LAND

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late LIBERATO BAYUCOT, who died in Camiguin without leaving a will nor incurred indebtedness during his lifetime and who remains the declared owner of a parcel of land located at Taoc-toc, Tupsan-Pequeño, Mahinog Camiguin which is herein described: Lot No. : 2451; O.C.T. No. : P-14467; T.D. No. : 03001312320; Area : 3,939 Sq.m.; are the subject of DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF LAND; NARCISO BAYUCOT, CELSA BAYUCOT ABAO, EDUARDO ABAN and SONIA ABAN, all of legal age, Filipino citizens and residents of Taco-toc, Tupsan-Requeño, Mahinog, Camiguin; that for and in consideration of the sum of SEVENTY THOUSAND PESOS (Php. 70,000.00) Philippine currency, to me in hand paid by spouses JOCKEY JUNE OCLARIT and KRISTINE BERNADETTE O. OCLARIT, likewise of legal age, Filipino citizens and residents of Catuhogan, Mahinog, Camiguin receipt of which is hereby acknowledged to our full satisfaction, by these presents of land and all improvements thereon to herein Vendees-spouses, their heirs and assigns, free from any lien or encumbrances; Under Notary Public of Atty. Vito M. Carrillo; as per Doc No. 206; Page No. 115; Book No. 106; Series of 2019.

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R. A 10172 Form No 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippine’s Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao Del Norte City /Municipality: Iligan City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172 , a notice is hereby served to the public that ARVIN B. FELICIANO has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX F to MALE in the Certificate live of birth ARVIN BORRES FELICIANO who was born on MAY 27, 1984 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are ARLEN P. BORRES and EDDIE A. FELICIANO.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than AUGUST 2019.

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(SGD) MARIA PURA C. MASCARINAS City Civil Registrar

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

Rodrigo, during the turnover of financial assistance, stressed in his message the need for wise utilization of salaries prioritizing needs such as food, education; and selected wants which may or may not be important.

Rey Sabellano, one of the beneficiaries, extended his appreciation to DOLE-X for the assistance extended aimed to augment incomes and to augment incomes through wages.

It is hoped that a start-up on their recovery from distress due to El Niño will finally be felt.

(Jasmin L. Vicente with additional reports from Lorraine M. Roa/ DOLE MisOcc PFO) EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late PONCIANO BALABA SR., who died intestate, to the best of their personal knowledge and information, deceased couple have not left any debts and outstanding obligation; that the heir-vendors adjudicate unto themselves the ownership over the said parcel; That the subject of this DEED is a parcel of land denominated as Lot No. 2820-A originally containing an area of 2,085 square meters and is covered under TCT/C;PA-2675 and Tax Declaration No. 1114482 registered in the name of HEIRS OF PONCIANO BALABA SR., and declared in the name of SPOUSES PONCIANO BALABA SR., and DELIA BALABA. The said parcel is situated in Pandan, Mambajao, Camiguin; made and entered into by and between the heirs of PONCIANO BALABA SR. namely DELIA C. BALABA, ROSEMA C. BALABA, ALEXIS C. BALABA, GRACE B. SAGARINO, PONCIANO BALABA JR. all Filipinos, of age and currently residents of Eastern Pandan, Mambajao, Camiguin; Under Notary Public of Atty. Avelino P. Orseno Jr.; as per Doc No. 709; Page No. 81; Book No. ; Series of 2019.

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

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION June 25, 2019 CFN-_____________ CCE-134-2019 R.A 10172

In the compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR of R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that Flordeles T. Garsula has filed with this office, a Petition for Correction of Entry in SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of Flordeles Togle Garsula who was born on 25 Janurary 1991 at Gredu, Panabo, Davao and whose parents are Rosfel O. Togle & Florencio E. Garsula.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may filed his/her written opposition with this office not later than July 16, 2019.

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convince “Datu Yukmo” to witness the inaugural rites so that he will find for himself that the new administration is sincere in its desire to serve the IPs,” Cañosa said.

In his speech, Cañosa emphasized that his administration will look into the welfare of the tribal community to be sure that the basic services, especially health services, scholarship grants, and job opportunities are extended to the IPs. According to Cañosa, his administration will work hard to fulfill its election campaign platforms, which focused on agro-tourism development, livelihood and job opportunities to the people of Gingoog.

On Friday, the previous administration formally turned over the pertinent documents to Cañosa’s incoming administration.

During the turnover, outgoing City Mayor Marie Guingona dropped by briefly to congratulate the incoming City Mayor.

“The turnover was ceremonial in nature because there are still a lot of things to be done,” Cañosa said.

He said that he would call for a “special audit” to be able to validate the accuracy of the data in the documents turned over.

Cañosa also assured the people of Gingoog of positive changes that would propel progress in the component

put in place programs to spur economic development from page 2 in the province -- one of 2017, Malaysia and Singa- which was the establishpore last year, and South ment of an economic zone.

Korea in May 2019. The (PNA) Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. has also lined up inter- from page 1 national business missions country to face justice. to Japan in September and “According to intelligence information, there may still be Australia in October.

Qatar Airways launched one or two of the Koreans in a weekly Davao-Doha- the country, but I fear others Davao flight last June 18, have fled already,” Uy said in a the fourth international statement Monday. route of Davao after Davao- The company said the tons of Singapore-Davao of SilkAir garbage were supposed to be used and Cebu Pacific, Davao- as material for its recycling facilHong Kong-Davao of Cathay ity located inside the Phividec Dragon, and Davao-Quan- Industrial Estate complex at zhou-Davao of XiamenAir. Sitio Buguac, Barangay Santa (Antonio L. Colina IV/Min- Cruz, Tagoloan.

However, the Bureau of daNews) Customs said the shipments had been improperly declared from page 2 and that Verde Soko failed to such as the improvement secure an import permit from of the provincial tourism the Department of Environment complex where an inland and Natural Resources. resort and an 800-person Among the company officapacity convention center cials facing charges are Korean will be built, the revival of nationals Chul Soo Cho, alias the Mati City airport, and Charles Cho, Jae Ryang Cho, the creation of the Project and Sena Na, and Verde Soko Development and Resource Filipino officials headed by the Generation Management company president Neil Alburo.

Center that aims to fast- “Time is of the essence here. track the development and That hold departure order is preparation of the project badly needed,” Uy said. proposals in the province. Uy worked with Customs “There is still much to officials and environmental accomplish, and we must groups for the reshipment of the stay focused even as we trash recently back to its country pursue our goals and vi- of origin. Some 1,500 metric tons of plastic wastes remains sions,” he said.

During his first term, stored at the Verde Soko facility Dayanghirang said he has in Tagoloan town. (PNA)

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city, east of Misamis Oriental.

Cañosa and his running mate, former Congressman Pedro Unabia, who ran for the city’s vice mayor after ending his term as Congressman, won in the local election in May this year.

For the people of Gingoog City, the victory of the Cañosa-Unabia tandem marked a new chapter in the city’s political landscape, once ruled by the Guingonas for 15 years.

Timbangan... from page 3

were that of vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, and rice to junk shops.

A total of 305 weighing scales were checked with 159 all compliant while 146 non-compliant.

There were some of the vendors complaining and arguing but at the end of the day justice is well served.

After the operation, the monitoring teams were gathered at the Economic Enterprise Development and Management Office (EEDMO) for the postactivity assessment.

D T I re pre s e nt at i v e highly appreciated all the recommendations and the cooperation of all Council members in attendance.

LPCC is spearheaded by DTI, members composed of 20 local and national government offices including non-government organization. (PIA GIC Iligan City)

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Regional Office No. 10 5F and 6F Trinidad Building, Corner Capistrano-Yacapin Streets, Cagayan de Oro City

NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION FOR ALIEN EMPLOYMENT PERMIT

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billion shares amounting to PHP5.3 billion.

Losers barely surpass gainers at 99 to 98 while 57 shares were unchanged.

Also, the local currency finished the week’s first trading day at 51.05, a jump from last Friday’s 51.24 finish.

BPI Research attributed this to reports on the USChina trade talks.

The local unit opened the day at 51.23, little changed from its 51.2 salvo in the previous session.

It traded between 51.285 and 51.045, resulting to an average of 51.164.

Volume amounted to USD870.2 million, higher than the USD726.79 million Friday last week.

The currency pair is seen to trade between 51.00 and 51.30 on Tuesday. (Joann Villanueva /PNA)

Remarks and perspectives were also offered by Presidential Communications Operations Office Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy and MSUIligan Institute of Technology Professor Yasmira Moner who are both in Washington DC for other official engagements.

“The story of Mindanao and the Philippine Government’s commitment to its p e ace and development is one that needs to be shared more with our friends here in Wash i ng ton D C. I am happy that Representative Sangcopan was able to do just t hat dur ing her presentation,” Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel G. Romualdez said in a statement after the forum.

“C ongresswoman Sangcop an prov ide d a valuable perspective on Mindanao at a critical time in the transition to new autonomy arrangements in the southern Philippines. Americans in the audience benefitted especially from her insights into the challenges and opportunities facing the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao,” USPhilippines Society President Ambassador (ret.)

John Maisto also said in a statement.

The Forum was organized and hosted by the US-Philippines Society with the support of the Philippine Embassy.

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tax.

Dominguez said Angara’s success in the recent polls show that voters recognize the importance of a tax reform measure if they see that they will benefit from it.

“I’m very confident that given the lessons in this last election where no one who supported the tax reform lost will resonate in the minds of the legislators,” he said.

“The message of the electorate is that if the tax reform is fair, and if the money is not stolen, and is used for their benefit—infrastructure and education— they will win,” he added. (PNA) R. A. 9048 Form No 10.1 (LCRO)

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

If you have any information / objection to the above-mentioned application(s), Please communicate with the Regional Director.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

July 2, 2019

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048 , a notice is hereby served to the public that NAIMAH H. A. BATALO has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from SITTIE ASHIYA to NAIMAH in the Certificate of Live Birth of SITTIE ASHIYA HADJI AHMAD BATALO who was born from 21 , SEPTEMBER 1997 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are RAIHANIE P. HADJI ACMAD and NASHER M.BATALO.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than AUGUST 2019.

SGD. ATTY. JOFFREY M. SUYAO, CESO III Regional Director

MDN: July 3, 2019

Republic of the Philippine’s SUPREME COURT 4TH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Sharia’ a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF BETWEEN SPOUSES CARLITO G. MADRIA JR, AND JESSIE H. CASTRO –MADRIA,

CIVIL CASE NO. 2019-055

CARLITO G. MADRIA JR, AND JESSIE H. CASTRO –MADRIA, Petitioners.

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Republic of the Philippine’s SUPREME COURT 4TH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Sharia’ a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE

AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES BASILIO JR. V. REUYAN AND RHIA F. EDROZO-REUYAN,

CIVIL CASE NO. 2018-056

BASILIO JR. V. REUYAN AND RHIA F. EDROZO-REUYAN, Petitioners.

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(SGD) MARIA PURA C. MASCARINAS City Civil Registrar

MDN: July 3 & 10, 2019

Republic of the Philippine’s SUPREME COURT 4TH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Sharia’ a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE

AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES EUGENIO J. BETAIZAR AND MABIE A. FUGIE-BETAIZAR,

CIVIL CASE NO. 2018-057

EUGENIO J. BETAIZAR AND MABIE A. FUGIE-BETAIZAR, Petitioners.

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ORDER

ORDER

ORDER

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

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on March 8, 2005 at Alubijid,Misamis Oriental both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summon and other legal process relative to this case at their residence at Highway Mahayahay, Iligan city and Purok 7, Siare Babay, Alubijid, Misamis Oriental 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 two (2) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board , thereby , executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since there separation , they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on , March 8, 2005 , so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them has already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on August 2, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED

Iligan City, Philippines, this 1rst day of July 2019

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

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on September 8 2012 at Iligan City , both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal process relative to this case at their residence at DoÑa Maria Subd.,Baraas, Tubod , Iligan City and Block 5,Lot 12, Montania Vista , Phase 1, Gran Europa,brgy.Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro 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 more than two (2) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board , thereby , executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since there separation , they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on, September 8 2012 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them has already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on August 2, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED

Iligan City, Philippines, this 1rst day of July 2019

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

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on September 15,2010 at Impasugong,Bukidnon , both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal process relative to this case at their residence Purok 5,Tambacan , Iligan City and Poblacion , Impasugong Bukidnon, 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 more than three (3) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board , thereby , executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since there separation , they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on, September 15 2010 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them has already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on August 2, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED

Iligan City, Philippines, this 1rst day of July 2019

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all my friends from the Philippines. In Indonesia, Facebook is also famous.

The number of the users is also so big. In many cases, this social media account is good: Not only for friendship but also for expressing ideas.

If the tweeter and Facebook are more influential than seminars and conferences, we have to ask ourselves why? Is it because of the digital society and do we have to be the member of it? Or, should we ignore seminars or conferences?

Controls and balances— for the organizations or government policies in some cases—tend to be done by social media. It is really amusing.

So, the 4-IR and its consequences need not only discussion but also implementation. Policy makers should drag their attention not only to the social media but also what the intellectuals express. They are busy with conferences and seminars. The topics discussed are based on research. The research is done based on arguments with high accountability.

But, again, social media has penetrated the conferences and seminars’ results of discussion.—in terms of getting attention.

It is real and factual when we consider the effect of the 4-IR on our lives.

Education system, government policies, and some other lower policies need to adapt to this era: the 4-IR. I did an interview on my 25 students recently about the 4-IR and the effects on their future. Some said that they may not be ready yet. Some said they are still confused. They argued that they can get the job when their universities provide them with the analytical skills. They also expect to get the skills that cannot be replaced by machines.

So, the 4-Ir and the effects on human lives is real and factual. The millennial generations know it. The seminars and conferences are done in many times and everywhere. We have to assure whether the results of the discussion are paid attention. Otherwise, the ideas will vanish without any follow ups. It is a matter of the policy makers and their attention to the intellectuals.

Dr. Djuwari is the Director of Language Laboratory, STIE Perbanas Surabaya.

The advisor of Indonesia Association of Press Practitioners/ Journalists in East Java province (HIPSI), Indonesia. He is also the president of the International Association of Scholarly Publishers, Editors, and Reviewers (IASPER).

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Tawi Beach,” a wide coastal expanse of fine sands and coral reefs on the southern end of Bongao Island was

enough source of daily seafood variety. No one goes hungry here as long as one is industrious and diligent enough to scour the rich coastal zones for one’s preferred seafood. Back then these coasts were communal property, all have access. But there are unwritten rules, such as to take only what you and your family need, to leave certain spaces for these species to regenerate and prosper, and as always, to be grateful to the bounty of the sea. Having a grateful heart is part of the old rituals.

Bongao was traditionally ruled by the Halun chieftains. The famous one of the same clan became a local president and donated generously for roads, for the provincial hospital, for the main campus of the Mindanao State University in the province, and for several public elementary and high schools.

Just as in “Tawi-Tawi beach,” a love song was composed by an American serviceman who fell in love with a local princess, here too in Bongao is where my father first laid his eyes on my mother aboard a school float. Back then there was still reservation on crosscultural marriage. The Tausug women do not really favor their sons marrying “tao south”.

In those days, the south conjures magic and incantation as much as black magic and witchcraft. In fact, there are still those who believe that in order to counter the southern enchantment, a Tausug man must wear his underwear inside out when visiting there. Another practice is to feel the bottom of any glass offering; accordingly, a bewitched glass of tea would always feel cold at the bottom. The power of black magic and witchcraft heightened on a full-moon Friday night.

Imagine my paternal grandmother’s consternation when her youngest son told her he is falling in love with a southern girl and wants to marry her immediately? But when it was my time in the year 2010 to marry my southern girl, the consternation was gone; and cross-cultural marriage has become a norm in town, just as the town itself has become a microcosm of multicultural, multilingual and multireligious living.

Bongao booms From backwater village, Bongao is now a bustling town – hub for government transactions, commerce and education. The town is always the first recipient of road network to public utilities, like water, electricity, phone and internet access. Between then and now, Bongao had changed a lot.

We now have problems associated with urban lifestyles – from noise to air pollution, from garbage to traffic, rapid population growth to consumerist lifestyle. In fact, there is a stretch of the national

Wednesday, July 3, 2019 highway at the Poblacion that has become our version of “EDSA”, the traffic. To live in Bongao one has to be ready to assume a cost of living costlier than those in the island municipalities.

The once communal beaches have been owned privately. Like in developed towns and cities around the country, one has to pay to have access to it. The shoals are gone and beaches have shrunk in size too because the building boom that followed Bongao’s designation as the new provincial capital meant harvesting the island’s white fine sand and beautiful corals to feed the construction frenzy to this day. There was a time when there were 4 to 5 housing projects simultaneously constructed and on offer to the general public. Bongao population now stands at 100,527, the 3rd most populous town in the BARMM – bigger than Datu Odin Sinsuat’s and Sultan Kudarat’s, the two largest towns in Maguindanao, larger than any town in Lanao del Sur and Sulu, except Marawi City and Jolo, and even twice the population of Lamitan City in Basilan.

Despite the urbanization, there are still many things we can enjoy for free. From the Capitol hilltop, visitors do not fail to appreciate the panorama – Pababag Island just off the coast of Bongao, slightly to the northwest is Sanga-Sanga island where we can find historic and archaeologically-important Boloboc cave, to the west the silhouettes of the Bellatan group of islands, and to the southwest, the famed island of Simunul where the first mosque was erected about 700 years ago. Just below the hill is the ever-expanding town of Bongao.

Boom means emigrants After Bongao became the provincial capital, government officials, workers and those looking for public employment begun flocking to the island and bringing with them their families.

Even after retiring from government service, they decided to stay in Bongao for good.

The next wave of settlers are those going for higher education. To date, Bongao is home to one state college, one CHED-supervised college and a host of private colleges offering courses from teacher education to liberal arts, from midwifery to criminology to marine and fishery sciences. They are also offering technical and vocational courses accredited by TESDA. Aside from public elementary and secondary schools, there are no less than five private schools as well.

The third wave of settlers to the islands are those seeking their fortunes in the vibrant local commerce.

Bongao’s hectic commercial activities can be seen on weekdays with island lantsa (launch boats) and timpil (motor boats) flocking to the wharf within the Aguada Bay. Commerce ranges from

fishes to farm produce from Panglima Sugala, the food basket of the province. Also traded locally are imported Malaysian and Chinese made goods. It comes as no surprise that the town hosts Midway Plaza, the only mall in the then ARMM. While Jolo and Siasi in Sulu, and Malabang in Lanao del Sur, are losing the vibrancy of their local economy, Bongao is ever growing. Had it not been for its limited physical space, the town could have easily been the largest on this side of the ARMM. While the other towns are losing or are seeing their Chinese entrepreneurs decreasing in number, Bongao’s relative peace and order have seen their number increasing with new department stores. The surge in local enterprise can be surmised from the number of banks present locally.

The fourth wave of settlers to Bongao town are the young college students t hroug hout Mindanao studying on scholarship at the Mindanao State University in Sanga-Sanga island.

After their four-year stint, many prefer to stay, look for job and start their own family locally.

The fifth wave of settlers to Bongao are those returning from Sabah, Malaysia, either returning home voluntarily or forcibly deported as halaw. Because of its proximity to Sabah, Bongao has also become the backdoor, mainly illegal entry to Malaysia. The municipal government had registered an increase in human trafficking victims accosted at the pier from vessels plying the Zamboanga route.

The latest wave of settlers to Bongao are those seeking respite from conflicts in its northern neighbor. In fact, this migration had greatly altered the demographics of Bongao to become Tausug dominated. Many migrate without employable skills or startup capital, so squatting on private lands has become a problem. The problem of drug abuse among the youth is a concern as well.

Before our arrival, former DENR secretary Gina Lopez was in town with her team to promote communitybased environmentallysound tourism. We can watch their videos here: Exploring Tawi-Tawi Philippines (Is it safe?) – https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=j61aD3H2Mns The Food of Tawi-Tawi (Recipes: Kahanga Rendang and Chicken Piyanggang) – https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=PLPNEO6oWw4 This development points a preferred future for this southern town, one that includes conserving and protecting the environment, and importantly as sustainable base for its unique maritime lifestyle. The consumerist lifestyle needs to change. The destructive exploitative development needs to change. We need a transformative mindset

just as the Sama-Bajaw of yoke were able to adjust to this marine and maritime sea world.

The town and other municipalities need to be proactive in responding to the global climate crisis.

Despite our romanticizing, we can’t anymore deny the effects of climate crisis are everywhere. Like all those small insular nations of the Pacific and the Indian oceans, the future of Bongao and Tawi-Tawi lies in the pursuit of sustainable development and lifestyles.

As author Robert Swan reminds us, the greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. No one else will save Bongao except its people. Aptly, there is a native American proverb that says, “we do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” And it is for the sake of our children’s future that we have to save our town and our province from wants and selfishness of ourselves.

(MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews.

Noor Saada is a Tausug of mixed ancestry – born in Jolo, Sulu, grew up in Tawitawi, studied in Zamboanga and worked in Davao, Makati and Cotabato. He is a development worker and peace advocate, former Assistant Regional Secretary of the Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, currently working as an independent consultant and is a member of an Insider Mediation group that aims to promote intra-Moro dialogue).

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cargo ship he was working as chief mate, LCT Crescent of the Golden Bridge Shipping, Inc. was passing by the area, he saw from afar the passengers and crew of the banca who were already on the waters asking for help.

He jumped from the cargo ship, swam to the banca and tied a thick rope around it so it could be pulled nearer to the cargo ship, but his foot got caught and the rope snapped it off.

That despite the big waves that made the situation harder for him.

“The weather condition at that time was so bad, waves were big... it was dangerous, I know, but I just couldn’t close my eyes epecially that I could see elderly passengers and children on the waters waving, asking for help,” Payusan said in a dialect during an interview after the ceremony.

Atleast five of the 27 passengers and crew of the capsized boat were in their 60s while one was a child, he recalled.

He was supposed to be on a vacation leave that time, to go home and be with his three children in Naawan, but the company asked him to stay for one day because they could not find his temporary replacement.

His wife is an overseas

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Filipino worker as domestic helper.

Four years after, he was given a recognition by the local government unit of Naawan for that heroic deed that the local governent is proud of.

Mayor Dennis Roa, the town’s new mayor, said recognizing Payusan as hero is the local government’s way to encourage his constituents to emulate him.

“Let us be a hero in our own way. By just picking up a piece of paper or plastics and sticks, it will be of help to our municipality. If you just follow a simple ordinance in our municipality, you could be a hero,” Roa said in his inaugural speech.

Payusan was teary-eyed when he went up to the stage with two crutches that helped him go to places, to receive the certificate of commendation and a P10,000 cheque.

He is physically healthy and did not have any medicine to maintain after the doctor in Cebu, where he was confined, amputated his right foot but he has to stop working because he could not anymore move like before.

But then, the cash that the local government gave to him is a big help to the family especially for his youngest, a grade 8 student.

He is still in the adjustment period when it comes to the financial aspect of the family.

“When I stopped working, the family’s economic aspect is very different. Before, I could provide anything my children want. But I am still thankful that I’m alive and can see my family,” Payusan said.

EXTRA JUDICIAL PARTITION OF ESTATE WITH SALE (Portion Only) Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late FELIX VACALARES, who died intestate or without a will on May 5, 1971 at Opol, Misamis Oriental; That the late FELIX VACALARES, left a parcel of land, particularly described as follows: ”A PARCEL OF LAND, identified as Lot No. 5075-P, located at Poblacion, Opol, Misamis Oriental, Containing an area of Two Hundred Ten (210) square meters, more or less, and covered by Tax Declaration No. 0815000100520, in the name of Felix Vacalares”; are the subject of EXTRA JUDICIAL PARTITION OF ESTATE WITH SALE; namely: MERLYN V. JARAULA, ELSIE V. MABAO, PEPITO M. VACALARES, all of legal age, Filipino citizens, married and a residents of Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon and Opol, Misamis Oriental, and ALEXIS V. MABAO, of legal age, Filipino, married to Annnabelle Mabao, and a resident of Igpit, Opol, Misamsi Oriental; That for and in consideration of the sum of SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P75,000.00), receipt of which in full is hereby acknowledged, do hereby SELLS, TRANSFERS and CONVEYS, absolutely and irrevocably, their rights and ownership over a PORTION of the above-described property, in favor of the VENDEE, consisting of ONE HUNDRED FORTY (140) square meters, more or less, including improvements found therein, free from any liens and encumbrances; Under Notary Public of Atty. CONCHITO J. OCLARIT; as per Doc. No. 149; Page No. 31; Book No. XXXIII; Series of 2019.

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