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Rotary International VIP lauds RI District 3870 Since

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AGAYAN de Oro City - Rotary International president’s representative Muhammad Faiz Kidwai heaped praises on RI District 3870 during the first day of their Discon 2018 yesterday at Limketkai Atrium, this city.

Kidwai congratulated R I D i st r i c t 3 8 7 0 and its leadership after Governor Rosalinda Deleste announced that the District had surpassed the US$200,000 mark in contributions to the Rotary Foundation.

"Ms. Deleste is perhaps one of the best governors of the Rotary International today. Her achievements speak for themselves," Kidwai remarked before an audience of 600 comprising officers and selected members of the 46 clubs Rotary International District 3870 Discon 2018 opening at the Atrium of Limketkai Center. Cutting the ribbon is Rotary International President Representative (RIPR) Muhammad Faiz Kidwai assisted by Lady Uzma, RI District in the district.

Governor Rosalinda 'Linda' Rosales-Deleste and PDG Teresita R. Navales, with PAG Noel Sadava -RIPR Aide and Also on hand to witness the three-day event are Pakistani Rotarian AG Abbas Lavingia.

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Rotary Anns and spouses of Rotarians as well as members of the various Rotaract and Interact clubs from five zones of the district.

Deleste's prolific tenure as RI District 3870 governor in RY 2017-2018 came at a time when Marawi City was besieged in a six-month long armed crisis.

Two Rotary clubs in the vicinity - RC Marawi City and RC Metro Lanao - were initially affected but have since bounced back and are now helping in the rehabilitation efforts there.

It is in this resilience as well as the 165 percent See lauds, page 11

Ayala companies are top winners in 2018

Asia Pacific Risk Management Awards

Duncan Ainsby, Regional Director, Strategic Account Management of Aon Hong Kong Jocelyn Frances Sison, Chief Risk Officer of MWC Ma. Victoria Tan, Head for Group Risk Management & Sustainability of Ayala Corporation Lauren Gow, StrategicRISK Asia-Pacific Editor Alastair Nicoll. photo supplied

Ayala companies were among the top winners in the recently concluded 2018 StartegicRISK Asia Pacific Risk Management Awards, which culminated in an event held last May 8, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Singapore.

“The StrategicRISK The Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro led by president Tonyboy Fernandez shows full Award has been launched support to the District Conference 2018. In photo with RI District 3870 Governor Rosato recognize those indi- linda ’Linda’ Rosales-Deleste and Rotary International President Representative (RIPR) See awards, page 11

Muhammad Faiz Kidwai and Lady Uzma (center).

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Strengthening school governing councils

by Lea May Caburatan

“Ano nga ba ang isang matatag na School Governing Council (What is a stable SGC)?” asked Synergeia Foundation chief executive officer Dr Milwida “Nene” M Guevara during a third-level workshop on SGC development, held on April 27 in Cagayan de Oro City.

The workshop, called “Building Communities that will Make Education Work,” was part of a series initiated by the Synergeia Foundation in line with the Education Governance Effectiveness (EdGE) project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The event was participated by representatives from the city local government unit and the Department of Education (DepEd) - Division of Cagayan de Oro City, parents, barangay officials, school heads, district supervisors, and teachers from districts Central I, East I, East II, North I, North II District, South, Southwest, West I, and West II. The workshop centered on how the participants could strengthen their respective SGCs through translating their goals into tasks and by learning the concept of metrics and performance indicators.

They were also guided

in the process of identifying problems and solution and developing their own brand.

C D O Mayor Os c ar Moreno, one of the Top 10 Education Champions in the country, also graced the event.

In his message to the participants, he said: “Marami na tayong nagawa, pero marami pang kulang (We have done a lot, but we still lack more)… We will not stop. We know that education is very important. As

we continue our journey, we thank Synergeia for being with us.”

Through his administration, Cagayan de Oro City has been awarded the Seal of Good Education Governance in April 2018.

“They [Synergeia] are here to help us, kasi nakikita nila that the community is also eager to work para sa ating mga sarili,” Moreno said. (They are here to help us, because they could that the community is also eager to work for ourselves.)

“We are a good partner, a good implementer, and in

See councils, page 11

Evacuation center to rise in Tablon Cagayan de Oro soon to have a geo-hazards free evacuation center.

The 18th City Council during its 82nd regular session presided over by Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy, enacted an ordinance authorizing the City Mayor to enter into and sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) covering the construction of an Evacuation Center in Barangay Tablon.

Considered as a flood and landslide prone area, Cagayan de Oro City is the recipient of the OCD project that will address immediate and quick response

to multiple hazards such as earthquakes, typhoons, floods, volcanic eruptions, and landslides.

The construction of the Evacuation Center will be funded by the National Government in the amount of P35,460,000 which will be released upon completion of the necessary requirements for the project.

Under the MOA, the OCD regional office shall oversee the implementation of the project and take appropriate measures to ensure that the fund transferred to DPWH is used for the intended purpose. It shall specifically conduct regular consultation and dialogues with DPWH and the city See center, page 11

Rotary District 2870 leaders and guest during a photo opportunity visit of the sponsor's booth of Mindanao Daily with publisher Dante M. Sudaria.

Gender and development in education

By ELSA M. LUSTERIO Teacher III Malitbog Central Elementary School Malitbog District

IN poverty-stricken countries today, girls’ education needs to be addressed more seriously than it currently is. One person who is making a difference on this front is Malala Yousafzai.

At 13 years old, Yousafzai was shot in the head in her native Pakistan by the Taliban for her advocacy of girls’ education in her village. Now at 20 years old, she created her own campaign against restricting education rights for women and is attending university.

One of Yousafzai’s initiatives for improving and expanding girls’ education was her Girl Power Trip.

Activism for girls’ education is prominent in other

terms of implementation, I’m just [setting] a direction, you are the ones that will make it happen. Kayo [You all] will be the ones who will bring us to reality,” Moreno added.

Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan has been working together with Synergeia Foundation to improve access to quality education and livelihood skills in areas afflicted by conflict and poverty, particularly in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

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parts of the world as well.

According to a case stuidy that was done in Zambia, the presence of an educated girl is beneficial for international and domestic development. Furthermore, another study by Goldman Sachs reports that girls’ education yields some of the highest returns of all development investments.

There are many benefits to educating young girls in poverty: personal gratification, fertility awareness and awareness towards the spread of HIV/AIDS. Personal benefits that result from gaining an education include a raised social status and an increased sense of self worth and confidence.

Wika at Intelektuwalismo Ni: Arlene A.Miquiabas, Teacher-lll Kibatang National High School

Nasa wika ang susi para sa pag-unlad ng intelektuwalismo ng bawat Pilipino. Ito ay dapat na nakadepende sa sariling batis ng kaalaman at tiwalag sa dayuhang tradisyon ng kaalaman dahil pwede naman at kayang lumikha ng sariling tradisyong intelektuwal kung gugustuhin.

Mang yayari lamang ito kung kikilos ang mga intelektuwal sa bansa-na siyang inaasahang mangunguna sa pagtataguyod ng kaunlaran ng isipan

ng bawat Pilipino –kung kakalag sila sa pansarili lamang nilang interes na sila lamang umunlad sa pamumuhay. Aksayado ang kanilang dunong at kakayahan sapagkat hindi ito nagagamit para sana sa benepisyo ng karamihan at ng lipunan-kulang ang hubog sa kanilang isipan na mag-isip para rin sa bayan-dahil sila mismo ay biktima rin ng”misedukasyon”.

Indibiduwalismo ang tunguhin ng pagtamo ng

edukasyon, dahil sa tradisyunal na pag-iisip ng mga Pilipino na magamit sa edukasyon para sa pansariling ambisyon at walang pakialam sa pagpapayaman ng iba pang aspeto sa lipunan sa pamamagitan ng kanilang sariling husay. Ang mga taliwas na pananaw naman dito ang siyang nababansagang radikal, samantala, sila nga itong tagasulong ng pag-usad na tunguhin para sa bansa.

Bunga ng malalim na

ukit ng maempluwensyang mananakop lalo nan g America- sa usapin ng wika, naging hadlang ito sa paggamit ng katutubong wika sa mga mahahalagang porma ng komunikasyon, mas mataas ang pagtingin sa paggamit ng Ingleskatawa-tawang realidad sapagkat sa toto’oy kung tunay ngang tulay ito sa pagunlad, bakit tila ito pa nga ang nakakapagpabansot sa tuluyang pagpaparunong ng kamalayan at pag-iisip ng bawat Pilipino?

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Out of delicadeza

M A L AY B A L AY C i t y, Bukidnon--There was a biting bedlam over social media when Malacanang announced in an instant that President Duterte’s another ‘first lady’, Agriculture Undersecretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat would serve as the next Tourism Secretary vice the embattled sister of the Tulfo brothers, Wanda Tulfo-Teo. Not even the mainstream media has not been spared by that media hype brewed by the 60 million peso ads campaign that went overboard – right into the pocket of a TV blocktimer, the Bitag PR outfit of the Tulfo brothers.

Wanda Tulfo-Teo quickly resigned from her post as Tourism secretary out of delicadeza and to spare everyone further pain, in-

cluding President Duterte.

This is a shallow proposition, or even a cheap scapegoat coming from a die-hard supporter of the President.

In fact, with this trash statement, no one would ever pay attention to Teo, not even the lowly man on the street, nor the displaced workers of Boracay.

However, Teo’s camp was quick in the draw saying the former secretary still enjoys trust and confidence of the President.

Teo was not asked to resign by the President, she tendered her resignation out of delicadeza. Well said, but it lacks proper decorum and plain logic and therefore there was no need for her to stay even a little bit longer, not out of sheer delicadeza, but going

out of public service was the most honorable thing to do.

Earlier, critics raised the issue of conflict of interest against Teo after the Commission on Audit flagged payments amounting to P60 million made to broadcaster Ben Tulfo’s Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. (BMU) for Department of Tourism (DOT) advertisements to be aired on his “Kilos Pronto” program on PTV. Teo had denied that she had a hand in the PTV’s decision to place the DOT’s advertisements on her brother’s program and said that the project went through a bidding process and was reviewed by her department’s legal department.

Pressured to the hilt, the Tulfo brothers had announced to return the P60

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million, not as an admission of guilt as critics say, but to protect the family’s name and to show that they do not wish to benefit from public funds.

Thanks, but no thanks to the Tulfo brothers. The damage has been done.

By now, no such amount of damage control could repair that swollen honor and dignity as respected members of the press.

No matter how we see it, or give comments on it, either positive or negative, corruption in high places See delicadeza, page 11

Think A Minute

Biggest bank account

Think a minute…Imagine that ever y morning somebody put $86,400 in your bank account. Then, every night whatever you didn’t spend that day was taken out of your account and thrown away. Wouldn’t you take out every cent of your $86,400 and spend it every day? So none of it would be wasted or thrown away.

Did you know that you really have a bank account just like that one? It’s called TIME. Ever y morning our time bank gives you and me 86,400 seconds.

Then, every night the time we did not use that day is gone. So we must use it all up or lose the time each day we do not spend well.

You use it or lose it. Then what are the best bargains and deals in life which are worth our valuable time?

Would you like to know the two best investments of your time that will bring you real success and wealth in your life?

The first smart investment of your time is p e ople. Sp end your time with your family.

At the end of your life, you will never be sorry for the time you spent with your children, your wife or husband, your brothers and sisters, and your parents. We should also spend our time on the many people all around us each day to help make their lives happier. Spending

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your time on people gives you wealth and happiness that you can never lose The s e cond, yet by far most important, investment of your time is to spend it with your own Maker. He is the Person Who Himself gives you every second you receive to keep living. You see, God didn’t just make us and then forget us. Quite the opposite! God created you to be His child and friend, so you can enjoy living every day with Him. That’s why God the Son came to show us what He’s like. He wants us to see the good life He designed for us to enjoy. The more time we spend with Jesus, the better we know how to

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live well and successfully.

In fact, Jesus Christ guarantees that if each day you will spend your 86,400 seconds on living for Him and others, then at the end of your life when you’ve run out of seconds, you will be truly wealthy and satisfied with no regrets!

Even if you just start right now. So why not ask Jesus to forgive you and to take full charge of the time you still have left? Just Think a Minute…

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Galvanize Halal Advocacy: Seize a Slice of USD 580 billion?

Online statistics varies as to quantifying the Global Halal Consumer Market’s worth in terms of US dollars. One estimates it at more than 580 billion dollars today or two more years from now while another projects it to rocket up to $2.6 trillion dollars by 2020!

Government economic interest is understandably to seize that slice of the more than 500 billion dollars worth Global Halal pie. On the other hand, local Muslims stakeholders’ interest is to fill the need for faithinspired Halal consumerism market with full involvement of local Ulama such as the Darul Iftah Council as a non-government agency with a substantive right to invoke separation of State and Church constitutional limitation.

On the expediency of

technical aspects of Halal, yes, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) should be in charge but in the aspect of ensuring Shariah compliance, the authority rests intrinsically upon the Ulama and Darul Iftah Council.

This is utterly relevant if our government – as the only Catholic dominated nation in Asia – is truly serious in improving its Halal credibility amongst Muslim nations of the world and its capacity to meet or fulfill Halal global demand not only in export.

I concur with Atty. Mehol Sadain, former secretary at the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) that “the government thrust in giving the chairmanship to DTI on account mainly

of the export facet of the venture is self-defeating.

How will Muslim countries react to a Halal accreditation Board whose Muslim composition is not even assured?”

Indeed, it is imperative for all multi-stakeholdersMuslim or not- to proactively support the government to solve problems as they arise, and to advocate for a genuine reform agenda to make our halal industry globally competitive.

Three major challenging Halal issues were commonly shared by government lead agencies, local business entrepreneurs, including an international Halal Certifier CEO based in Dubai last March 23, 2018 during the event organized by the Mindanao Islamic Chamber of Commerce Inc, (MICCI), DOT and DTI dubbed “Ha-

lal Business Opportunities in Trade & Tourism Forum” held at the Ballroom of Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City.

The Philippines as the only Catholic-dominated country in Asia is bent on competing to seize a slice of the Global Halal Market pie but sad to say World Halal Conferences, Summits, Fora in the offing ultimately winded up cancelled or withdrawn due to our lack of capacity to provide Halal foods and services; and that we do not have Halal Credibility based on International Halal Market Perception.

Halal Certified Establishments are very rare and if there are any it is just Certified Muslim Friendlyhotels and restaurants.

As a Muslim, I believe that See commentary, page 11

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