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Kids more exposed to online cyber attacks:Experts INTERNET cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab warned parents in the Philippines that their children are increasingly at risk from cybersecurity threats online. A study by Kaspersky revealed that web-based infections in the country increased by 230 percent at 31.89 million in 2018 compared to 9.49 million in 2017 which were scanned and blocked by its products when users accessed websites or downloaded files. The company said that 82.46 percent of web threats for the period of January to December last year have attempted to attack home users in the Philippines. “Kaspersky strongly advises Filipino parents to See EXPOSED, page 11
A Bureau of Customs official opens a container van filled with garbage from South Korea at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on Sunday, January 13, 2019. Fifty-one container vans containing 1,400 tons (1.27 million kilos) of garbage are being shipped back to Pyeongtaek, South Korea, their port of origin. But 5,100 tons of waste still await shipment back to South Korea. mindanews photo by froilan gallardo
5,100 tons of household wastes to be shipped back to SoKor C By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews
AGAYAN de Oro City--Philippine officials have rejected proposals from the South Korean government to burn or dump the remaining 5,100 tons (4.63 million kilos) of household wastes left in open facility in Villanueva town, Misamis Oriental.
South Korean Director General of the Ministry of Environment Young Dae Jeung presented these proposals to the Philippine officials during a meeting at the Mindanao International Container Terminal in Tagoloan town, Misamis Oriental on Thursday. Jeung offered Philippine
officials three proposals: burn the wastes by incinerator that would be constructed by South Korea or bury the wastes in a landfill to be constructed also by South Korea. Aileen Lucero, national coordinator of the Ecowaste Coalition, said Philippine of-
By EDWIN FERNANDEZ, PNA
SULU BOUND. Members of Marine Battalion Landing Team - 7 prepare to board a Philippine Navy ship during send-off ceremonies at the port of Polloc in Maguindanao on Sunday (June 16, 2019). The Marines were sent to Sulu to help crush the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group. (Photo courtesy of MBLT-7)
Kapa show of force fails to shake Duterte STORY ON PAGE 2
Policemen who invested in Ponzi-like schemes to face...
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AFP deploys Marines vs. Abu Sayyaf Group in Sulu POLLOC PORT, Maguindanao-Officials of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID) and the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) sent off Sunday the Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT) 7 from this province to Sulu to help crush the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) operating
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in the area. In a statement, Major Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, 6ID chief and head of Joint Task Force Central (JTFC), told the Marine battalion to “bring peace to Sulu the way you helped bring about peace in Central Mindanao”. See DEPLOYS, page 11
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Ozamiznons call for unity in 121st Independence Day
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Kapa members hold a rally Thursday (13 June 2019) at the Antonio Acharon Sports Complex in Barangay Calumpang, General Santos City. mindanews photo by bong s. sarmiento
Kapa show of force in Gensan fails to shake President Duterte G By BONG S. SARMIENTO, MindaNews
ENERAL Sentos City--Thousands of members of the embattled Kapa Community Ministry International, Inc. staged a rally here Thursday to urge President Rodrigo Duterte to reconsider his order to shut down what he dubbed as an investment scam. But Duterte, who distributed certificates of land ownership at the Lagao gymnasium here, stood pat with his decision to close the group’s operation. “Tuo mo nako kay abogado ko, inyo kong Presidente. Kung naa pay tinuod ana, ako nay muingon na sige asta ko muapil na. Ayaw mog sulod ana kay ilad na (Believe me because I’m a lawyer, I am your President. If indeed that’s for real, I will be the one to tell you to go ahead, and I’d even join myself. But don’t you
get involved in that because that’s a scam),” he said. Police placed the number of Kapa rallyists at 100,000, mostly coming from different parts of Mindanao, even from as far as Bislig in Surigao del Sur, where the group started operations three years ago. The gathering, organized in response to President Duterte’s order to shut down the group’s operation, snarled morning traffic on the way to the Antonio Acharon Sports Complex in Barangay Calumpang.
Kapa founder Joel Apolinario arrived at past 5 p.m. aboard a helicopter. Before noontime, he told his followers in a phone patch that Duterte wanted to meet him in Davao City to discuss the controversy, an information that drew applause from the crowd. The President arrived here Thursday afternoon to award certificates of land ownership in a different venue, at the Lagao gymnasium. In his phone message, Apolinario urged Kapa members to continue appealing to Duterte to withdraw his order to concerned government agencies to shut down the organization that claims to have over five million members inside and outside the country. “We have done no violations, everything we’re doing is under the constitution,” the Kapa founder
said. Apolinario quoted the Bible to stress that the group “can overcome its predicament.” “If God is with us, who can be against us,” he said. When he later showed up at the rally, Apolinario told the crowd that “Kapa’s
operation is now fine with Duterte.” Apolinario even praised Duterte and presidential daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte during his brief appearance at the rally. Duterte, in a recent interview with Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, ordered the clo-
sure of Kapa Ministry over allegations that the group was involved in a pyramiding scam and violated securities laws. Kapa claims to have five million members from inside and outside the country. (Bong S. Sarmiento / MindaNews)
PRO XI Director Police Brigadier General Marcelo Morales. mindanews file photo by manman dejeto
Policemen who invested in Ponzi-like schemes to face admin charges, relief By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews
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DAVAO City--Police officials in Davao Region who are found to have invested in Ponzi-like investment schemes are not only in danger of losing their money or have lost their money, they will also face administrative charges and, possibly, relief from service, Police Major Jason Baria, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 warned. Baria said PRO director
Brigadier General Marcelo Morales will charge them administratively, which might result in the personnel’s relief, as the region’s top police official would not allow unprofessionalism and greed for money to destroy their image and dampen “what we have always strived for: to be a better police force, if not the best.” “Once PRO 11 personnel
are found to be involved in the investment scheme, he (Morales) will charge them administratively under his power/authority,” Baria said in a text message. Baria said the PRO 11 had not received any complaints against police in the region who invested in the illegal get-rich-quick schemes. A statement released by the PRO 11 said Morales issued a “stern warning” See CHARGES, page 11
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Launching of Educational Materials on Indigenous Knowledge on Early Warning to Reduce Disaster Risk
ILIGAN City – The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (ICDRRMO), City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD), Department of Education (DepEd), the City Mayor’s Office, the Office of the Maranao, Higaonon & Other Cultural Communities (OMaHCC) and the Iligan City Cultural Affairs Office had a formal launching of materials on Indigenous Knowledge (IK) on early warning system on May 7 at the Ethnic Center at Buhanginan Hills, Iligan City Hall Complex, Palao, this city. Natural disasters like tsunamis, storm surges, floods and earthquakes, wreak havoc frequently on different areas of the world, laid waste to thousands of lives and inflicted billions of economic losses due mostly to the lack of awareness and inadequate forewarning system. Thus we should include comprehensively IK in the warning system. We must utilize these disasters as laboratories for understanding the physical and social factors governing the disaster itself, hence, to lessen casualty and unnecessary damages.
There were live demonstrations during the event and informative materials were presented as well. These materials were in the form of songs, games, poems, rhymes and comics produced by Success Initiatives from a fund grant of Tuklas Innovation Labs which is a consortium of international and national NGO’s. Playing of educational and informative materials on screen were also shown by Kapagintaw Band and songs about the environment such as Tilimad-on sa Panahon, Langgam Balinsasayaw, Hulmigas, Langgam ug Ilaga and Hibalo Sila with audience participation, caught the attention of the attendees. Aside from giving additional knowledge to everyone, the show provided entertainment. The said activity aims to reduce disaster risk from natural disasters and can be used to enhance the effectiveness of hazard and risk assessments, awareness and education, preparedness, prediction and warning, and mitigation. Their ultimate goal after all is to disseminate indigenous knowledge on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM).
What is TUKLAS Innovation Labs? TUKLAS Innovation Labs is implemented by a consortium of four non-government organizations—Plan International, Action Against Hunger, CARE Philippines, and the Citizen’s Disaster Response Center. It is part of the Disaster and Emergency Preparedness Program (DEPP) Innovation Labs, a global network of labs funded by UK aid, and comanaged by Start and CDAC Networks. – – IMFN/CIO
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WHEN Agnes Callamard took over the job of Philip Alston as Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Commission who conducted a probe on alleged extra-judicial killings in Davao City, she inherited the tale conjured by her predecessor like it was the biblical truth. In fact, Alston came to Davao like a thief in the night conducted interviews of alleged victims of human rights violations who were herded by members human rights non-government organizations to the posh Marco Polo Hotel where he was billeted. In our local parlance, we call it “table survey”. This came close to the probe of the Philippine Human Rights Commission chairperson Leila de Lima (now Senator but detained by the Court for her alleged role in the flourishing drug distribution ring in the country’s primary penal colony) who spent nearly five months in a free-wheeling investigation, grilling and searching for remains of EJK victims buried in common graves but ended up with nothing. Thirty years had elapsed after the Alston made his report to the UN and changes in the chairmanship of CHR in the Philippines, the so-called human rights watchdogs have yet to produce a single piece of evidence to prove their allegations of EJK victims and common burial grounds. The reasons are so explicit but the rapporteurs
cannot accept the fact that they had been taken for a ride. The EJK issue was political black propaganda. The political adversary of Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte, who was Davao City Mayor then, wanted to unseat him and conjured the EJK tale. They claimed that Duterte organized the Davao Death Squad (DDS) when in fact DDS was a ghost force conceptualized by Integrated National Police Regional Director Dionisio Tan-gatue Jr. as psychological warfare to counter the vicious “ Sparrows”, the liquidation squad of the communists New Peoples Army. Duterte then was a fledgling lawyer. The UNCHR and pan-handling HRW NGOs conveniently skirted a historical fact that Davao City and its environs were then in virtual control of the NPAs and its reign of terror in the early 1980s. Nothing was said of the fact that once the City was dubbed as the killing fields in the Philippines, in obvious comparison to Cambodia’s genocide, when not a day passes without eight to 15 people liquidated. Why HRW and even Amnesty International were quiet over the dark days of Davao simply proved their ignorance and indifference to what was happening in Davao then. The sad part of it all is that the local HRWs ignored that Davao City freed itself from the clutches of the communist regime in an overnight people uprising dubbed as “alsa masa” and that what crept into the city after the bloody rule
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of the NPAs ended were drug syndicates. And here lies the beginning of the new scourge and the start of government war against drugs. Meth crystals locally known as shabu were peddled openly in the streets and university campuses in Davao in the mid-1980s victimizing students into addiction. When Duterte became Mayor in 1988 he waged a campaign against the proliferation of drugs in the City. Rotary Clubs and other civic organizations conducted lectures against the ill-effects of shabu but these did not stop the syndicates. Later the national government anti-drug enforcement agency came up with a list of suspects and this led to the liquidation of drug pushers. Investigators attributed this to the frantic move of drug lords to eliminate the traces that would lead to their identity. The death toll reached almost 300 victims. It is was rather sad because some minors inveigled by the syndicates to peddle drugs were among the victims. The parents of these children were among those brought by the local human rights watchdogs to Philip Alston and to CHR Chair de Lima. These victims of drugs atrocities were all accounted for and nothing was kept a secret from the public. But the drug syndicates were not deterred. Davao is comparatively developed and economically progressive and lured undocumented Chinese nationals to
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establish a drug laboratory just about 10 kilometers away from city hall. Another big-time supplier of shabu from Lanao and Ozamiz City also peddled drugs in Davao. Duterte himself led the raid of the shabu lab resulting in the death of Chinese chemists. An ambulance from Lanao loaded with shabu was also intercepted by police operatives. The mayor took his drug war beyond the city borders and confronted politicians suspected of drug distribution in the city to stop. The problem with Agnes Callamard is that she believed the story of Duterte’s political nemeses and dyein-the-wool Duterte critics. Add to that the extrapolated and freewheeling estimates of human rights watchdogs and foreign-funded media outfits among them Rappler and Vera Files. It is important to take note that Leila de Lima was appointed later by then Pres. Benigno Aquino III as Secretary of the Department of Justice. In her stead, Aquino named a human rights activist Etta Rosales to Chair CHR. During her stint as DOJ chief De Lima and Rosales continued hounding Duterte. But The Justice Secretary whose office oversees the Bureau of Correction penitentiary was disgracefully into a scandalous dalliance with high profile See CALLAMARD, page 9
By CAESAR EUROPA, MindaNews
We are still a democracy, we are not a fascist state! DAVAO City--Really? You forcibly take a senior citizen who was just going about her business and was on her way to fly home and then simply claim mistaken identity? Is she now supposed to be grateful that she was released? Let’s not talk about the fact that she is a renowned journalist with a distinguished career in her various advocacies. Let us just consider her as an ordinary Filipino Citizen whose rights you are supposed to protect. Will you now claim she was forcibly taken for purposes of verification and identification, as is always the excuse? Shouldn’t the verification and identification be done BEFORE you arrest anyone?
Doesn’t the General Rule in Section 2 of the Bill of Rights under the Constitution say that “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures of whatever nature and for any purpose shall be INVIOLABLE.” Isn’t an arrest by virtue of a lawfully issued Warrant of Arrest the EXCEPTION rather than the RULE? Isn’t this why the Constitution requires a SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION of the person to be arrested? Because of these guaranteed rights, aren’t you supposed to make damn sure of the identity of the person you are going to arrest BEFORE you arrest him or her? You say you have a witness who could identify
the actual person to be arrested, so if you were uncertain, why didn’t you bring the witness to see the person to be arrested BEFORE forcibly taking her? While I fully support the efforts of our men in uniform in enforcing our laws and protecting our citizens, it is acts like this where there is a blatant disregard of basic rights, that reflect badly on ALL law enforcers by reinforcing the perception that they see themselves to be above the law. It reinforces the fear that ANY LAW ABIDING CITIZEN is in danger of being forcibly taken and subjected to the humiliation of being compelled to prove his own innocence to the very people who are supposed to protect him
where his freedom would then be left to their whims. I certainly hope that there will be no whitewash here and that the higher authorities of the Philippine National Police will see to it that the people responsible will be sanctioned accordingly so that the people’s trust in our law enforcers will not be eroded. We are STILL a DEMOCRACY, We are NOT a FASCIST STATE! (Lawyer Caesar Europa teachers remedial law at the Ateneo de Davao University College of Law. He is also a former Governor of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Easter Mindanao Region. Atty. Europa posted this piece on his FB page on June 10. MindaNews was granted permission to publish this.)
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Ozamiznons call for unity in 121st Independence Day
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ZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental-With a call to remain united and committed to nation building, the City Government of Ozamiz commemorated the 121st Philippine Independence Day, June 12, in front of Ozamiz City Hall anchored on the theme, “Kalayaan 2019: Pagbabagong Ipinaglaban, Alay sa Masaganang Kinabukasan.” Reliving the historic significance of the attainment of the country’s freedom, Acting City Mayor Michael Tagal said, “How lucky are we that Filipinos long, long time ago were willing to take up arms and fight for liberty and were willing to pay the price for Philippine Independence.” For his part Acting City Vice Mayor Matronilo Cartajenas said, “We are celebrating today the Philippine Independence. Kalayaan--freedom, freedom from poverty, freedom of expression and freedom to choose who our leaders will be. Let this day remind us, that we should not allow anyone to take away our freedom anymore--freedom to choose our own destiny, freedom from monopoly and free to enjoy
the right of expression.” He further said, “Let’s celebrate this day by honoring our heroes who sacrificed their lives for the sake of our country and continue the legacy that our heroes left us. Lets love our country with pride and honor. Be proud Ozamiznon and be proud Filipino. Padayon sa atong paglambo ug padayon sa atong panaghiusa alang sa atong kagawasan (Let’s continue for our progress and our unity for our freedom).” The acting vice mayor urged everyone to join hands in giving honor to the Filipinos who sacrificed their lives so that the next generation can enjoy freedom from the invaders. “Today, we fight for change for a better country for a better Philippines. Ozamiznons let us be part of that change, be responsible Filipino who contributes for a betterment of our country,” he said. Started at exactly 6:30 a.m., the observance gathered government officials and employees, as well as delegations from different organizations, groups, and various sectors. After the raising of the Philippine flag, city officials
City officials, veterans and uniformed personnel pose for the Independence Day 2019 observance in Ozamiz City. (CIC)
and veterans led the wreathlaying for Dr. Jose Rizal. This was shortly followed with a 21-gun salute by the personnel of 2nd Provincial Mobile
Force Company. The Philippine Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on June 12, 1898 in Cavite. It was marked with
the raising of the Philippine flag and the reading of the Act of Proclamation of Independence of the Filipino People, wherein Filipino revolutionary
forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the country’s independence from Spanish colonial rule. (SMRN/ PIA10)
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Prospects for domestic growth ‘bright’ in 2019: Guinigundo M
By JOANN VILLANUEVA
ANILA -- A ranking official of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said domestic growth prospects remain bright, thus, he expects the economy to post a growth of between six and seven percent. In a briefing Friday, BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said developments in the domestic economy partly reflects the outcome of the country’s balance of payment (BOP) position in the first quarter of the year. The central bank reported that BOP in the first three months of the year posted a surplus of USD3.8 billion, a turn-around from the USD1.2-billion deficit the same period last year. It traced the surplus to higher net inflows particularly in the financial account due to increased portfolio inflows, foreign direct investments (FDIs) and other investments.
“The strong performance of the financial account during the quarter was bolstered by favorable investment sentiment attributed to the country’s solid macroeconomic fundamentals and firm economic growth prospects,” the BSP said in a report. With this output, Guinigundo said these inflows indicate growth of the domestic economy. “We have shown in many instances, in many cases that the Philippine economy is one of the fastest growing economy despite the 5.6 percent performance of the economy in the first quarter of the year. With better prospects for the second half of 2019 we should be seeing a real economic growth of close to between 6-7 percent,” he said. The 5.6 percent growth, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), is slower than quarter-ago's 6.3 percent and year-ago's
6.5 percent. The central bank official explained that since the Philippine economy has sustained its robust output, domestic savings are now “not enough to fund the requirements of domestic investment and achieve a certain level of economic growth”.
This is the reason for the deficits in the current account, he said, which posted negative growth in recent years after more than 10 years of being in surplus. Guinigundo said of the big jump in imports, which is due to higher domestic requirements “we have seen the significant expansion
in the merchandise trade deficit”. He, however, said that the current account deficit is not a big issue since this is being countered by the continued inflows of remittances, business process outsourcing (BPO) receipts, and tourist receipts. “Now, in as much as we
have seen the balance of payments in the first quarter of the year turning into a surplus, and this is reflected in the forecast of 2019 and 2020 balance of payments, we see the financiability of the current account deficit,” he said. Guinigundo said the domestic economy will continue to grow, thus, he expects the trade deficit to continue. “But the inflows of foreign portfolio investments, foreign direct investments, and even in terms of other investments we’re seeing the financiability of the current account deficit,” he said. He added that the government’s infrastructure investments are expected to bolster domestic growth further. “And so later on exports will start recovering and imports will start stabilizing at certain points and we should begin seeing a more, a better on what we’re seeing today, in terms of the current account,” he said. (PNA)
Local markets weighed down by geopolitical tensions abroad Globe: Building more cell sites to lower energy consumption By AEROL JOHN PATEÑA
MANILA -- Globe Telecom has urged the government to implement policies to ease restrictions for building cell sites across the country and lower the energy consumption of telecommunication firms and consumers. “We understand that site density is a hard problem to solve and is not entirely within our control. But this is a message from a public policy perspective that we are constantly giving our government to allow us to build more cell sites faster to the same degree as Vietnam who has 70,000 towers already as compared to the Philippines’ barely 23,000,” Globe chief technology and information officer Gil Genio said during the Globe Power Summit 2019 held in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig on Friday.
Genio said building more cell sites would enable telco firms, as well as their customers to save on power consumption. “The reality in the Philippines is that the more dense site networks we have, the less power our cell sites will consume. A more dense cell site network allows the telecom operators, as well as individual consumers, to lower overall power consumption,” he said. Globe uses 360 megawatts per hour (MWh) of electricity, equivalent to PHP3.5 billion every year. For the past three years, Globe’s network has been consuming 9 million liters of diesel fuel annually, amounting to PHP348 million. “Climate change is one of the greatest global chalSee GLOBE, page 11
MANILA -- Geopolitical issues overseas heightened investors’ risk aversion mood, resulting in a retreat by the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) and the weakening of the peso as trading for the week came to an end. PSEi ended its four-day rally after it fell 0.77 percent, or 61.56 points, to 7,990.20 points. BPI Research, in a market report, attributed the drop of the main equities index to tensions in the Middle
East. Reports said two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman were attacked Thursday, which, in turn, resulted in the rise of global oil prices. “Tension between the US and Iran escalated after the former blamed the latter for the attack,” it said. Another factor for the slide in PSEi is the expectation of a cut in the Federal Reserve’s key policy rates in the near term due to weakness in the labor market,
the report said. With these factors, All Shares also finished the week’s trade on the red after it fell 0.59 percent, or 29.21 points, to 4,884.91 points. Most of the sectoral counters also finished on the red, led by the Holding Firms, which declined 1.41 percent. It was followed by the Property, 0.85 percent; Industrial, 0.55 percent; and Services, 0.15 percent. Volume was thin at 920.04 million shares
amounting to PHP7.7 billion. Losers led gainers at 112 to 74 while 54 shares were unchanged. Also, Regina Capital Managing Director Luis Limlingan also cited the geopolitical concerns overseas as a big factor for the day’s trading. “With little in the way of market-moving news, investors were searching for narratives and again weighSee MARKETS, page 11
Mislatel targets to start ops as 3rd telco by July MANILA -- Mislatel Consortium is eyeing to start its operations as the third major telecommunications player in the country by July this year. This, as the consortium composed of Udenna Corporation, Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corporation, and China Telecommunications Corporation signed a share purchase agreement last June 13, as part of efforts
to obtain a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). “If we are able to get our CPCN by July, we will do our network rollout,” Mislatel spokesperson Atty. Adel Tamano said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Friday. Congress has approved last May 20 a legislative
measure allowing the consortium to acquire control of franchise holder Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company, which is one of the requirements to be able to operate as a third telco player. The approval of the measure will allow Mislatel to increase its capital stock to PHP 10 billion as required by the NTC’s guidelines for the selection of the new major telco player.
“Once we get the SEC’s (Security Exchange Commission) approval on the increase in capital stock, then we would have complied with the terms of reference,” said Tamano. The NTC’s terms of reference state that Mislatel must comply with the requirement of PHP 10 billion capitalization and the submission of a performance bond amounting to PHP See MISLATEL, page 11
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Processed engineered fuel is legal - HOLCIM HOLCIM Philippines insisted on Friday that processed engineered fuel is a legal commodity listed under the tariff book of the Bureau of Customs - and all other Customs agencies throughout the world. This is contrary to the remarks made by Mindanao Conrainer Terminal Customs collector John Simon who claimed that the indicated declaration of a Holcims shipment that was intercepted last month is not found in the
BOC tariff code book. Holcim Philippines vice president for alternative fuels Frederic Vallat showed reporters on Friday a certification from the Philippine Tariff Commission dated June 4, 2015 classifying processed engineered fuel as a legal commodity with the following contents: plastics, wood, rubber, textiles and broken furniture. The document was signed by Edgardo Abon, Philippine Tariff Commission chairman.
Earlier, Simon said he ordered the shipment held upon reading that the cargo was originally declared as “processed engineered fuel” by the broker and consignee. “Processed engineered fuel is not a commodity that is listed in any tariff book in the world, particularly here in the Philippines. So it rang an alarm signal on my head and I ordered the shipment held,” Simon said. Vallat said most cement plants around the world now use 50
percent processed engineered fuel to fire up their facilities in lieu of coal, thereby reducing carbon footprint. In 2018, the Lugait plant of Holcim Philippines used a total of 142 tons of imported Australian waste to burn and mold raw limestone into consumer quality cement. That totaled only 0.3 percent of their fuel needs. The rest is fed by coal and a negligible amount of locally-produced biomass and municipal wastes from
their host municipality of Lugait. Holcim Philippines maintains a total of five plants nationwide. Only its Davao and Lugait plants use processed engineered fuel momentarily. Vallat said that Holcim Philippines has slated to use 1,499 tons of processed engineered fuel for their Lugait operations this year. But with their cargo impounded at the Mindanao Container Terminal, Holcim Philippines will use coal in the meantime.
Bong Go says he won’t violate law to do friends a favor S By NANETTE GUADALQUIVER
ENATOR-elect Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go has made it clear that he will not violate the law to do friends a favor.
“Ako naman ay tutulong naman po sa mga kaibigan lalo’t gusto mag-negosyo ng legal at maayos. Pero hindi ko po babaluktutin ang batas para tulungan po, kahit na magkaibigan tayo. Kahit nakatulong ka sa akin nung eleksyon (I will help friends who want to do business legally. But I will not violate the law to do them a favor, even the ones who have helped me during the elections),” said President Rodrigo Duterte’s former aide. Go, who visited the fire victims of Barangay 2 at Andres Bonifacio Elementary School Gymnasium here on Sunday afternoon, said that his and the President’s version of politics doesn’t work that way. “Hindi po ganun ang pamumulitika namin ni Pangulong Duterte,” he added. Go, who placed third in the Senate race behind incumbents Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe in the May 13 elections, said those who contributed to his campaign fund should never expect help from him if they intend to do something illegal. “Kami parati ni Pangulong Duterte gawain namin (The President and I always want) to do what is right at pino-proteksyonan ang interes ng Pilipino at interes ng gobyerno (to protect the interest of the Filipinos and that of the government),” he stressed. Based on the Statement of Contribution and Expenditures (SOCE) he submitted to the Commission on Elections (Comelec),
Go was among the biggest spenders in the senatorial elections. He received PHP162.035 million in cash and in-kind contributions and spent PHP161.42 million in the campaign. Meanwhile, Go said he wants to go around the country to listen to the concerns of Filipinos and help bring solutions to their problems. He urged concerned government agencies to speed up the release of assistance to the 247 fireaffected families in this city that already received initial relief goods from the Department of Social Welfare and DevelopmentWestern Visayas and from the city government. (PNA)
WORLD’S BEST. Officials and employees of Tanduay Distillers, Inc. celebrate a milestone after the 165-year-old company was recently named top favorite in the rum category for two consecutive years by Drinks International. Drinks International is a global spirits market organization which rewards the greatest drinks in different categories. (PNA photo by Ma. Teresa Montemayor)
PH rum remains world’s favorite for two consecutive years now By MA. TERESA MONTEMAYOR
MANILA -- Tanduay, a 165-year-old Filipino brand, remains number one in the rum category for two years now following the latest reports from Drinks International. In a press briefing on Saturday, Lucio Tan Jr., president and chief operating officer of Tanduay Distillers, Inc., said the title is a milestone not only for their company but also for the Philippines. “Last year, we announced that Tanduay is the World’s Number One Rum, aiming
for the top to battle the industry’s global giants was difficult, especially for an Asian brand. Pero hindi pala doon natatapos ang laban, mas matindi pala kapag nasa taas (But the battle doesn’t stop there, it’s more difficult when you’re up there) because the challenge was to remain on top,” Tan said in his speech. Drinks International is a global spirits market organization which rewards the greatest drinks in different categories. It releases annual industry updates and rank-
ings of brands that record volumes of a million 9-litre cases or above the previous year. This month, it has released its World’s MillionCase Spirits Brands for 2019 Rankings which showed Tanduay with additional three million cases in 2019, leaving Bacardi at the second spot. For his part, Paul Lim, chief marketing officer of Tanduay, said their company embarked on an “aggressive marketing plan and an intensive dealer retention plan” three years ago. “The company increased
its market presence abroad by expanding its distribution networks in the United States (US), Middle East, Europe and soon here in Asia, starting with a distribution deal for Singapore this July,” Lim said. In an interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA), Lim explained Tanduay has adjusted “in every area to meet the rules of liquor of every country their rum products have reached”. “We had to meet the requirements, observing their restrictions. So, we See FAVORITE, page 11
PCCI to donate P1-M to 22 rescued fishermen By MA. TERESA MONTEMAYOR
MANILA -- The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) on Sunday committed to helping the 22 fishermen who were abandoned after their fishing boat was allegedly hit by a Chinese vessel in the waters off the Recto Bank on June 9. “The PCCI-lead International Chamber of Commerce and Philippine Silk Road International Chamber of Commerce (will) donate PHP1,000,000 for the livelihood support of See DONATE, page 11
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inmates convicted of drug cases. Before the affairs took the country by the storm, Secretary de Lima was elected as a member of the Philippine Senate. On the other hand, her pet peeve, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte won overwhelmingly as President on two important agenda: wage an unrelenting war against the drug syndicates and addressing corruption which was institutionalized by the Aquino administration which, just recently, New York Times described Aquino himself as ”lazy and weak”. Despite the changes in their political status, she continued with her consuming goal to pin Duterte on EJK and DDS. This time she was not alone. Sen. Antonio Trillanes who had earlier sought Presidential candidate Duterte to be his running mate but was spurned joined De Lima in demonizing him. The duo had recruited a self-confessed hitman Edgar Matobato to stand as a witness against the President. The trigger man claimed that he himself killed over 200 and added that he took part in the burial of some 1,200 EJK victims in a common grave in an abandoned quarry they must have forgotten was so near several subdivisions. But there were reversals in Senator de Lima’s political fortunes. While she and Trillanes were contriving to implicate Duterte on EJK members of the Lower House were taking turns in investigating inmates who confessed to having a liaison with the lady senator and in a shocking revelation financially helped her in her senatorial bid. In time she finally admitted to steamy affairs in what she described as the frailty of a woman. With the preponderance of incriminating confessions, the Senator was ordered detained by a Regional Trial Court where the information was filed against her for her involvement in the drug trade that is managed from inside the penitentiary. Some European legislators and human rights activists denounced her incarceration which they claimed was political harassment, but the trial court won’t listen. Callamard was obsessed as de Lima and Trillanes in sending Duterte to the calaboose. In May 2017, she broke protocol by sneaking to the Philippines on the invitation of human rights activists and lawyers. She brought along with her an alleged doctor of medicine who declared that shabu is not hazardous. Duterte chastised her for ignorance and in a feat of anger threaten to slap her for not knowing that meth is in the list of UN as a dangerous drug. A simple Google search would prove Duterte right. In her recent tirade against Duterte and the Philippines, Callamard took
another jab at the President by inveigling what she describes as human rights experts to investigate human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings targeting political oppositions. This time she raised the figures of EJK victims to 27,000 a meteoric statistics which Ma. Ressa of Rappler had bannered in international fora to win awards. As if in concert, Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo, the leader of the moribund opposition who is still hurting from the defeat of LP candidates, issued a statement to stop targeting children and the poor in the drug campaign. The recent public confession of a central figure used by the political opposition to turning the table on the President’s family on drug issues had provided answers why and how Matobato was not mincing words in spewing lies against Duterte on EJK. Peter J. Advincula who played the hooded “Bikoy” in a 3-episode “Ang Totoong Narcolist” (The True Narcolist) that implicated members of Duterte family (including her 13-year old daughter Veronica) and trusted Executive Assistant now Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go to the drug syndicate. The video clips which were aired on Facebook at the height of the midterm elections in the Philippines were meant to erode the credibility of Duterte as a principal endorser of the administration senatorial candidates. Advincula said the black propaganda was part of “Project Sodoma” that would discredit the administration and boost the chances of the opposition senatorial bets to win in the May 13 elections. The unprecedented 81% satisfactory rating of the President, however, was never affected by the black propaganda. The opposition Liberal Party which had fielded eight candidates under the banner “Otso Deretso” were wiped out including their best bets Bam Aquino and Mar Roxas. Ten of the 12 senate seats went to the administration- backed candidates that include Bong Go, former top cop Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, the chief enforcer of Duterte’s drug campaign and Imee Marcos, the daughter of the late Pres. Ferdinand Marcos. Two other seats went to independent senators who sought re-election: Grace Poe, an adopted daughter of the late screen hero Fernando Poe and Nancy Binay, daughter of former Vice President Jejomar Binay. In his televised interview with the media, Peter J. Advincula revealed that he was recruited by Jesuit Priest whom he identified as Fr. Bert Alejo. It was Alejo who, he said, brought him to Sen. Antonio Trillanes. Advincula casually mentioned that the same priest brought Matobato to Trillanes. The revelation of Advincula alias “Bikoy” also implicated some members of
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 the Catholic Bishop of the Philippines. Trillanes and some bishops had admitted meeting with Advincula. The group, he said met with him several times to coach him on what to say against President Duterte. He said that in the Project Sodoma Senator Trillanes was identified only as alias “Stella”. The desperate moves of the opposition to discredit Duterte and cast aspersion on his family and his administration have just started to unravel in the media and on TV in living colors. Figures, not coming from his government but from outside sources. Standard & Poors placed the Philippines in the rolls of “Investment
Grade” countries with bbb+ rating, independent surveys done by the Social Weather Station consistently placed President Duterte Trust rating in the excellent category. Of late, Oxford economics ranked the Philippines 2nd among the 10 emerging economies in the world in the next 10 years. It predicts that the country will be “the fastest growing economies sooner than later”. For a country described by UN Rapporteur Agnes Callamard as oppressive of political oppositions and violative of human rights, these few accolades eloquently argue for Duterte and make his malefactors impish prevaricators. Callamard included.
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Philippine fishermen and for the repair of the fishing boat in the Recto Bank incident, PHP 500,000 for repair and PHP 500,000 for livelihood support,” PCCI said in a statement. The Chamber pledged to donate the amount “upon the request of Mindoro Chamber of Commerce and after talking with the owner of the fishing boat”. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Director Elizer Salilig on Friday welcomed the fishermen upon arrival at Occidental Mindoro aboard the Philippine Navy vessel BRP Ramon Alcaraz.
Salilig gave each of the fishermen a sack of rice as immediate assistance and committed to distributing 22 fiberglass boats with complete accessories, including engine and nets to the fishermen. According to earlier reports from the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, a Chinese vessel collided and sank F/B Gimver1 which was anchored near Recto Bank, leaving the 22 crewmen floundering in the water. Department of National Defense Secretar y Delfin Lorenzana on June 12 called for an investigation on the issue. Lorenzana said a Viet-
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namese fishing vessel, which was in the vicinity, rescued all 22 fishermen and brought them to safety in coordination with the military’s Western Command. Presidential Spokes-
person Salvador Panelo, in support of Lorenzana’s view, called on appropriate Chinese authorities “to probe the collision and impose the proper sanctions to the Chinese crew”.
On June 14, Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua, in a text message to Panelo, said Beijing would punish those responsible for the sinking of F/B Gimver1, if proven that they were Chinese nationals. (PNA)
IEC on peace, security set on June 20 in MSU Naawan CAGAYAN de Oro City - An Inter-Agency Committee will launch an Information and Education Campaign (IEC) on Peace and Security at the Mindanao State University (MSU)Naawan Campus in the municipality of Naawan, Misamis Oriental on 20 June 2019. There will be two (2) sessions to be conducted during the IEC and each session will be attended by about 500 Fourth Year High School students of the university.
Resource persons will be coming from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-10, the 4thInfantry Division of the Philippine Army, the Police Regional Office 10 of the Philippine National Police (PRO10, PNP) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency Regional Office 10 (NICA, RO-10). The conduct of the IEC is part of the advocacy of the various government agencies to enhance the awareness of the
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Panelo stressed that “common decency and the dictates of humanity require the immediate saving of the crew of the downed Philippine vessel”, whether the collision was accidental or intentional.
student and youth sector on various peace and security concerns and spare them from the ill-effects of these problems. Among the topics that will be discussed include Drug Abuse Prevention Education, Community Policing, Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism, Recruitment Strategy of the NPA. There will also be some sharing of experiences by former rebels to serve as encouragement for the students not to get involved in any
militant organizations and illegal activities. The 4thInfantry Division will also set up their LED Van to showcase the programs and activities of the Philippine Army while an Accordion Board containing photo exhibits will also be posted outside the venue for other students to see and become aware of the ongoing activity. Moreover, PDEA will distribute reading materials/pamphlets on how to prevent getting hooked in illegal drugs. (PR)
RA Form No. 8.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Province of Bukidnon Municipality of Talakag
Republic of the Philippines Province of Bukidnon Municipality of Talakag
OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR
OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with the publication requirements and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR of RA 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that ESTHER TAGUPA SEÑALISTA has filed with this Office, a petition for clerical error of child’s date of birth from 25 FEBRUARY 1966 to 16 FEBRUARY 1966 in her certificate of live birth of ESTHER JIPOS TAGUPA who was born on 16 FEBRUARY 1966 whose parents are AUREA PALANAS JIPOS and JULIAN ADAYA TAGUPA.
In compliance with the publication requirements and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR of RA 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that MARIEL RALUTO MAGAN has filed with this Office, a petition for clerical error in Gender from MALE to FEMALE in her certificate of live birth of MARIEL RALUTO MAGAN who was born on OCTOBER 29, 1993 whose parents are ALMA SAYATAO RALUTO and RENATO MAGBUNAG MAGAN.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than June 30,2019.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than June 30, 2019.
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to keep a closer eye on their children’s online activities on the heels of soaring web threats the company has been monitoring in the country,” said Kaspersky in a statement on Thursday. Data from the cybersecurity company disclosed that the following websites are the most popular among Filipino children: software, audio and video (42.04 percent); Internet communication sites such as social networks, messengers, chats and online forum (29.17 percent); ecommerce or online stores (16.04 percent); news (4.76 percent); and computer games (3.76 percent). “When it comes to kids’ online safety though, we recommend that parents should step in so that the balance is tipped for good. By staying in constant contact with them plus getting a little help from advanced security solutions, parents can continue to harness the positive benefits of the Internet and keep their children safe from online dangers simultaneously,” said Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Kaspersky Southeast Asia. The company advised parents to be in constant communication with their children and monitor their online activities from an early age. Parents should likewise avail of the resources provided by some companies or organizations such as parental control software as well as tips and techniques to better manage kids who use digital devices. Around 33.4 percent of the country’s population comprise the 0-14 age bracket while 19.16 percent are from the 15-25 age bracket based on statistics from data portal IndexMundi. (PNA)
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ficials rejected out right the first two proposals and opted for the third proposal which was to repatriate the garbage back to South Korean in accordance with the Basel Convention. “We laud the firm stance of customs and environmental officials in the region to have the illegal traffic waste re-exported to its source in South Korea. The Basel Convention imposes an obligation on the State of Export to ensure the return of wastes deemed to constitute ‘illegal traffic’,” Lucero said. Lucero said that under this convention, the obligation of the State of Export to manage the illegal traffic waste “in an environmentally sound manner may not under any circumstances be transferred to the State of Import or transit.” The Philippine officials were led by Customs port collector John Simon and Rep. Juliet Uy, (1st district, Misamis Oriental) attended the meeting that lasted from
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. Misamis Oriental provincial board member Gerardo Sabal said he also rejected the first two proposals especially since the proposed landfill would be made inside the province. Neither is an incinerator a good idea, Sabal said because it violates the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999. “Those two proposals are out of question because it will still be constructed in our province,” he said. The household waste in Tagoloan town came in two shipments misdeclared as “plastic synthetic wastes” in July and August 2018. The first shipment of 5,100 tons arrived on July 21, 2018 and was immediately sent to the four-hectare facility of the shipper, Verde Soko, in Sitio Buguac, Barangay Santa Cruz in Tagoloan. The second shipment of 51 container vans loaded with 1,400 tons (1.27 million kilos) arrived in the second week of August last year and was also brought to the same facility. The shipment caused an uproar among local government officials as residents of Sitio Buguac started complaining of foul smell from the facility. On January 14 this year, 51 container vans containing 1,400 tons of garbage were loaded on a cargo ship for return to their port of origin in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Lucero said Philippine and South Korean officials agreed on the third proposal which was to ship the wastes back to Pyeongtaek, its port of origin. She said the Philippines agreed to cover all costs concerning repacking, containerizing, transporting the waste from the Verde Soko facility in Villanueva town to the container port terminal in Tagoloan town; and also customs clearing. Lucero said the South Korean government agreed to shoulder the costs of shipping from the port of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental to Korea. “Both parties agreed that this incident was caused by an illegal exporter in South Korea and an illegal importer in the Philippines,” she said. The cost of repacking the wastes into sling bags, placing them in container vans and transporting from the Verde Soko facility to the port is estimated to be P7 million. The shipping costs from the port of Tagoloan to Pyeongtaek, South Korea is estimated to be P10 million and will be shouldered by their government. Sabal said Verde Soko’s President, Niel Alburo, promised to shoulder the cost of repacking. He said F2 Logistics, the trucking company that brought the wastes to the Verde Soko also agreed to shoulder the cost of transportation. “Their compliance will favor them considerably es-
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 pecially that criminal cases have been filed and warrants for arrests have been issued against them,” Sabal said. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Northern Mindanao filed criminal charges against Alburo and the directors of Verde Soko, the importer of the wastes. A court in Misamis Oriental issued arrest warrants against Alburo and seven other company directors for alleged violations of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (RA 10863) and Toxic and Hazardous Waste Act (RA 6969). Alburo and his co-accused have posted bail for their temporary liberty. (Froilan Gallardo / MindaNews)
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MBLT-7, one of the battle-tested units of the PMC, had helped liberate Marawi City from the hands of terrorist groups in 2017 and was re-deployed to the coastal towns of Lebak and Kalamansig in Sultan Kudarat; and to North and South Upi and Datu Blah Sinsuat in Maguindanao after the Marawi siege. Brig. General Juvymax Uy, assistant 6ID commander, represented Sobejana, during the send-off ceremonies also graced by Major General Alvin Parreño, commandant of the PMC. President Rodrigo R. Duterte has earlier ordered the deployment of Marines to Sulu to finish off the ASG, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has chosen the MBLT-7 to augment the forces of Joint Task Force Jolo in the area. The Marine unit had been successful in the maintenance of law and order in Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat. “I hope that you succeed on replicating your accomplishments, and soon bring just and lasting peace in Jolo, Sulu,” Sobejana said. Parreño reminded MBLT-7 troopers to always include prayers “in whatever you do for it is the best weapon wherever we are and whatever we do.” Parreño lauded Sobejana and the Army-led JTFC for accommodating MBLT-7 in its area of responsibility in Central Mindanao. “We would like to thank the JTFC for accommodating us for we have seen high brotherhood and solidarity in the AFP,” Parreño said. (PNA)
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of cell sites in the country. It estimates that it takes eight months for a telco to have 25 permits before it can build a single cell tower. Meanwhile, the Department of Information and Communications Technology is set to finalize within the year its policy on allowing the sharing of cell sites and other communication infrastructures for telcos to improve the delivery of their services. The department assured that it will implement measures to expedite the granting of permits for the construction of cell towers across the country. (PNA)
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ing the potential impact of the U.S.-China trade war on policy and markets,” he added. Relatively, the peso ended the week at 52.02 from 51.865 to a greenback Thursday, which BPI Research also attributed to the geopolitical tensions abroad. It opened the trade at 51.9, sideways from the previous session’s 51.95 start. It strengthened to 51.845 but also dipped to 52.025. Average level for the day stood at 51.914. Volume amounted to USD870.39 million, lower than the USD919.84 million a day ago. The currency pair is seen to trade between 51.80 and 52.20 Monday next week. (Joanne Villanueva/PNA)
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25 million to be granted frequencies and the CPCN. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. earlier said that the government is set to award Mislatel with frequency bands of 700 megahertz (MHz), 2100 MHz, 2000 MHz, 2.5 gigahertz (GHz), 3.3 GHz and 3.5 GHz. Once Mislatel is granted the CPCN and frequencies, the DICT will monitor the consortium’s compliance to NOTICE OF EXTRAJUDICIAL ADJUDICATION Notice is hereby given that LEOPOLDO A. CARILLO, widower, SOLE SURVIVING HEIR of ESTRELLA FUENTES CARILLO who died on March 19, 2018 has adjudicated unto himself the estate of ESTRELLA FUENTES CARILLO, consisting of a residential house and lot covered by TCT T-18032 (a.f.)in the registry of deeds of Iligan City in a deed of adjudication doc. No. 63; page no. 13; Book no. 38 of Notary Public DULCESIMO P. TAMPUS.
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lenges the world has ever faced. The positive economic impact of us in telecom is undeniable — from connectivity to contribution to GDP (gross domestic product) and employment. But the downside is the energy consumption that powers our developments,” Genio said. Globe has long lamented the tedious process in securing permits for the building
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its commitments such as the fulfillment of its promise to provide an average broadband speed of 27 Megabits per second (Mbps) covering 37.03 percent of the national population and investment of P150 billion in capital and operational expenditure in the first year of its operations. Mislatel was awarded the third telco slot by the NTC following a bidding conducted in November last year. (Aerol John Pateña/ PNA)
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against the police to prevent being blamed by the public for not taking action against the illegal operations of the investment firms. “We will not allow the public to throw stones on us by not doing anything that these illegal operations have gone full-scale,” he said. “Let us not forget our mission and vision that we will continue to serve the community loyally.” President Rodrigo Duterte recently ordered the National Bureau of Investigation and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to shut down Kapa Community Ministry International, Inc. and other similar investment firms offering huge returns similar to Ponzi schemes and warned the people behind these companies that they could be charged with syndicated estafa. Several branches of Kapa and other similar investment firms had been closed by authorities in several parts of the country last week. (Antonio L. Colina IV/ MindaNews)
made adjustments on the rum’s taste, labels, because the liquid profile here in the Philippines won’t be necessarily approved in China and the US, and in the US, every state has regulations,” he said. For Tanduay rum to be more competitive in Singapore, Lim said they have adjusted their product’s packaging from 750 ml to 700 ml “because all their competitors are packaged in such manner with consideration to excise tax”. “In the US, we positioned Tanduay on the premium segment, unlike here in the country where our product is in the mainstream. From the consumers’ standpoint, kahit hindi sila umiinom (even if they don’t drink) they would really love to see a Philippine product that is growing globally and being patronized by consumers abroad,” he added. Meanwhile, Gerry Tee, overall head of Distilleries Operations of Lucio Tan Group of Companies, said Tanduay Distillers, Inc. is adopting more efficient technologies to decrease its dependence on nature. “Our industry, the distilleries is one of the most resource intensive industries which require huge amount of water and energy, two of the most utilized resources of industrialized in developing economies. So, we have put up our own dehydrator to lessen our dependence on fresh water, we have also installed solar panels on our warehouses to have renewable energy for our operations,” Tee added. (PNA) EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF LAND
REMULO D. GEALON CASE NO. R10-NC Applicant/s PA-TH-2019-05-1591
Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late URBANO BABIA, who died in Camiguin without leaving a will nor incurred indebtedness during their lifetime and who remain the declared owner of a parcel of land herein described: Lot No. : 4753; T.D. : 0710718; Area : 7,738 Sq.M.; Location : Bugong, Mambajao, Camiguin; is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF LAND; MODESTA BABIA VDA DE TAMINA, of legal age, Filipino citizen and a resident of Bug-ong Mambajao, 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 ROSIE T. CAÑETE, MODESTA T CAÑETE, VICENTE T. CAÑETE, JR, JESUSA C. CARIÑOSA, FELEX T. CAÑETE? JR., ARCENIO T. CAÑETE AND IMELDA C. BABIA, of legal ages, Filipino citizens and a resident of Bug-ong Mambajao, Camiguin, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged to my full satisfaction by these presents I hereby absolutely SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY to herein Vendees, their heirs and assings the abovedescribed parcel of land and all improvements thereon, free from any lien or encumbrances; Under Notary Public of Atty. Vito M. Carrillo; as per Doc. No. 557; Page No. 45; Book No. 106; Series of 2019.
NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT(s)/PETITIONER(s) request/s authority for Issuance of Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TH TRUCK service along the line ;Within Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in the Island of VISAYAS ,MINDANAO, AND BICOL REGION, ACCESSIBLE TO ANY MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC and vice versa, with the use of THREE(3)units. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on July 4, 2019, at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant/(s) Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence. The Applicant(s)Petitioner (s)shall publish said notice at least TEN(10) days prior to the date of hearing in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Mindanao Island. Party(ies)opposed to the approval /granting of the application /petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to required additional documentary evidence and /or his/ her/their oral testimony(ies). FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION/ PETITION. Issued this 11th day of JUNE, 2019 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. (Sgd.) AMINODEN D. GURO Regional Director MDN: June 18, 2019
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE Starting June 27, 2019, 8:30 in the morning up to 5:30 in the afternoon, this establishment will hold a public auction of all overdue pledges from March 1, 2019 to May 31, 2019. Sa Hunyo 27, 2019, sa alas 8:30 sa buntag hangtud sa alas 5:30 sa hapon, ang tanang butang na prenda nga wala malukat sa bulan sa Marso 1, 2019 hangtud sa Mayo 31, 2019 maapil sa subasta. Gi awhag ang tanan butang sa pagsusi sa ilang resibo. MDN: June 18, 2019
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858 women of reproductive age (WRA) provided with Progestin-only subdermal implants (PSI) S
INCE the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Contraceptives was lifted in November 2017, service provision for Progestin-only Subdermal Implants (PSIs) has been accelerated. During the first semester of 2019, 858 women were provided with implants as their method of choice for delaying the pregnancy or limiting the number of children. POPCOM R10 Director Jeremias C. Gupit requested additional stocks of implant from DOH Region 11 as stocks in Region 10 have already run out due to the increased demands for the service. The commodities that arrived from Davao were used during the outreach program in the different municipalities of Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, and Bukidnon. POPCOM FP outreach team was able to consume all of the
PSIs given by DOH Region 11 prior to its expiration on June, with the last batch used last May 31, 2019 during the PSI insertion to 46 clients in Claveria, Misamis Oriental. It is to be stressed that the partnership between POPCOM and DOH has become even stronger with the signing of the Joint Memorandum Circular on National Program on Population and Family Planning (NPPFP) which mandates the two agencies to co-manage the family planning and population programs. Through this memorandum, Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) is expected to rise because of the strengthened mobilization and engagement with LGUs, CSOs, and other partner organizations for demand generation activities and service provision in the region. To date, the demand generation and service delivery
activities of POPCOM FP outreach team still continue as more and more LGUs request for it to be conducted to their community. To ensure smooth implementation of the Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning Program in Northern Mindanao, POPCOM R10 coordinates closely with the Department of Health (DOH) 10 for the commodities not only PSI but pills, injectables, and IUDs as well. As always, POPCOM R10 hopes to address the unmet need of women for modern family planning as a way of empowering Filipino families in the community, this time, by mobilizing its own highly trained staff, which aside from engaging in demand generation, is now into providing direct family planning services, the only region in the country to do so, in partnership with DOH and the LGUs.
GCash leads in building a connected future GCash, operated by Globe Fintech Innovations Inc. (Mynt), has taken a bolder step to bring its digital financial services closer to more Filipinos, aiming to marry the Filipino’s tech-savvy lifestyle and the growing need for financial inclusion. As a leading architect of the future, GCash strives to brings its brand of service to everyone in the country. The telco-agnostic app leads in the digital realm, as it continues to enable more Filipinos to participate in the digital economy. GCash has made financial technology (fintech) services readily available for over more than 20 million Filipinos so far, and it continues to do so even for Smart, Sun, and TNT subscribers. “Increasing enablement by adopting a telco agnostic strategy allows us to bring finance to all. By providing quality service via our breakthrough technology and adapting to the changing consumer behavior, we are helping more and more Filipinos to have access to digital finance that were previously not available to them,” Mynt President Anthony Thomas said. Smart, Sun, and TNT subscribers have been enjoying the benefits of the GCash platform since late 2018, affording them access to a variety of digital finance tools including pioneering digital payments, remittances, credit, investments, and insurance,
among many others. The hassle and worry-free financial experience is available for all, regardless of their mobile networks. “It’s not just about being able to provide an efficient experience with the GCash app, it’s about what we’re building. We have built an easy-tonavigate and reliable platform that is open for all, and we continue to innovate to provide more financial services especially to the unbanked and underbanked Filipinos,” Thomas said. The GCash app democratizes the banking experience, as users nationwide can open savings accounts, not needing to worry about the numerous papers and arduous process often required by formal banks. GCash also continues to make life easier for the Filipino by enabling bills payment with just a swipe on their mobile phones. Another first in the country, the app has even partnered with local government units to introduce a cashless payment system for barangay fees, including expenses for local permits and certificates, IDs and clearances, with just a scan of their QR codes using the GCash app. With more than half of the country’s population owning a smartphone, and only 31 percent maintaining a formal bank account, GCash seeks to synthesize the Filipino’s techsavvy culture and the need for
financial services. As GCash continues to be a major architect of the country’s digital frontier, it remains at the forefront of promoting mobile money technology that is open for all, unlocking more opportunities for more Filipinos to manage their finances in the easiest, most inexpensive way. GCash creates a space for the ordinary Filipino to be able to utilize available finance
technology to the fullest. Being able to access services for credit and insurance through the GCash application is part of GCash’s vision: democratizing finance technology. “Our goal is to provide a well-rounded service, and we want to bring finance to everyone. With the technology we have, we’re making some solid steps -- steps that would make life much easier for Filipinos,” Thomas said.
DSWD's Best. Simplicio Santiago (left), a PWD worker of DSWD Field Office 10 finished third at the table tennis tournament during the recently concluded Paralympics in Malolos, Bulacan with three medals - one bronze for single, bronze for double, and bronze for team. Santiago and his team mate present the medals during the flag raising presentation at the city hall of Cagayan de Oro City. photo by edgar navarro