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USTP inks deal with OWWA n Agreement with OWWA for skills training leading to entrepreneurial activities for returning and displaced OFWs and their dependents

C From left Dr. Maria Teresa M. Fajardo (USTP CDO Extension Director), Mr. Colbert G. Rabaya (Executive Dean, USTP Clustered Campuses); Ms. Leonor C. Mabagal (OIC-Regional Director, OWWA Region 10), Ms Rhona Z. Fahigal (OWWA Region 10 Supervising Administrative Officer), Ms Maria Liberty B. Doncillo (Campus Director, USTP Oroquieta Campus) and Mr. Richie James G. Uy (Head, Reintegration Unit OWWA Region 10). Contributed photo

By MARIA TERESA M. FAJARDO Contributor

AGAYAN de Oro City--The University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) signed a memorandum of agreement with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Region 10 (OWWA-10) last April 23, 2019 for the conduct of various skills and livelihood trainings for returning and displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their dependrnts. See DEAL, page 11

OPINION Ridiculous politics

Philippine politics and its practitioners, more often than not, have always been ridiculous, albeit sadly, since elections were introduce in these parts. MORE ON PAGE 4

Otso diretso: ‘medium rare’

THE dismal showmanship of opposition candidates in the senatorial race was not a ‘loss’ for the Filipino electorate, as claimed... MORE ON PAGE 4

4ID soldiers armed selves with carpentry, painting tools Full Story/p.3

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Mayor Sara Duterte won’t reconcile with Rep. Alvarez By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews

DAVAO City––Re-elected Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte refused to reconcile with former House speaker Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez, who was re-elected to another three-year term as representative of Davao del Norte’s 1st district. In a statement released on Tuesday evening, Duterte said Alvarez’s offer of reconciliation was deceiving and utterly lacked sincerity. She said Alvarez was caught on video threatening to embarrass her after he won against Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP)backed candidate, outgoing Davao Del Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte takes questions from reporters after casting her vote Norte governor Anthony del Rosario. at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School in Davao City on 13 May 2019. MindShe called the former speaker “very

dangerous, Machiavellian individual who does not deserve peace.” “Unknown to him, he was surreptitiously videotaped when he threatened, after his win in the recent elections in Davao del Norte, ‘Ipapahiya ko si Sara’ (I will embarrass Sara),” she said. The presidential daughter reportedly helped unseat Alvarez as House speakerin favor of former President and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. But Duterte said she is not not in a position to endorse who should lead the House and does not intend to influence its members, although she admitted that she has a personal bet. “It is best if the newly elected members of the House of Representatives

Growers want lower tariff on banana exports to Japan aNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO

By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews

DAVAO City--The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) called on President Duterte to work for the reduction or elimination of the hefty tariff rates on

Cavendish bananas to Japan during his visit to that country later this month. The President is set to leave for Japan to attend the two-day 25th International Conference on the Future of Asia on May 30 to 31. “I really hope they will be able to discuss the reduction

See RECONCILE, page 11

or total elimination of tariffs imposed on our bananas entering japan,” PBGEA executive director Stephen Antig said on Tuesday. “We will not be competitive in the Japanese markets if our competitors are enjoying zero tariff on their goods while we are

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte tells the audience at the National Banana Congress in Davao City on October 7, 2016 that “the greatest promise of the banana growers in the Philippines … is really the law and order” as he urges everyone to help “put together a country that’s bereft of any revolutionary tax, extortion.” ROBINSON NIÑAL/ Presidential Photo

not,” he said. He said Japan is imposing tariff rates of 8 percent during summer and a maximum of 18 percent during winter for Philippine Cavendish bananas.

He added the banana industry would “suffer and might even collapse if we cannot replace markets lost due to high tariffs.” According to the data released by PBGEA, Caven-

dish banana export to Japan last year reached 635,962 metric tons, an increase of 6.8 percent compared to 595,677 MT in 2017. (Antonio L. Colina IV/ MindaNews)

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BRIGADA ESKWELA 2019

4ID soldiers armed selves with carpentry, painting tools CAMP Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City--Armed with carpentry and painting tools as well as cleaning paraphernalia, thousands of soldiers participated in the six-day Brigada Eskwela in the different schools of regions 10 and Caraga last May 20. With the theme: “Matatag Na Bayan Para Sa Maunlad Na Paaralan”, units under the 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division, Philippine Army showed its full support and commitment to the annual conduct of Brigada Eskwela 2019 to the national schools maintenance week of the Department of Education (DepEd). The Brigada Eskwela aimed at bringing together the community to help prepare public school facilities for the upcoming opening of classes in June. Anthony Y. Pacaman, Principal of Opol National Secondary Technical School in Cagayan de Oro City expressed his gratitude for the assistance of the Diamond Troopers. “The manpower provided by 4ID is of great help to us, especially in ensuring that the students will have clean and ready

classrooms by June”, Pacaman added. A month prior, units under 4ID received several invitations from different schools requesting soldier’s time, effort, expertise and resources in the annual conduct See TOOLS, page 11

C. de Oro school execs urged to find ways to fund perimeter fence

CAGAYAN de Oro City-Cagayan de Oro City exec called on the administration of Cagayan de Oro City National High School to “find ways” to fund construction of their perimeter fence and walls to ensure the safety of their students. Mayor Oscar Moreno issued this appeal during the launching of the annual Brigada Eskwela cleanup campaign of the Department of Education (DepEd) which carried the theme “Matatag Na Bayan Para Sa Maunlad Na Paaralan (A Strong Nation for a Progressive School).” Moreno said while he ordered the construction of perimeter fences in schools at barangays (villages) Balulang and Agusan, he did so out of a commitment he made with the communities there. The mayor admitted that the city government’s funds were focused on funding construction of more classrooms in Cagayan de Oro’s hinterland or mountain barangays. (SC/CIO)

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS WITH SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late PACITA JARIOLNE KNUBEL, who died intestate and without any will last MARCH 22, 2012; That the deceased, at the time of her death, left a certain real properties situated in Initao, Misamis Oriental and more particularly described as follows, to wit; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-44660; Lot : 3569, Cad-,C-4; Claimant : Seronai, Osias et. Al.,; Location San Pedro, Initao, Misamis Oriental Island of Mindanao; Area : EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT (8,591) sq.m.; are the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT, entered into by and among: PAUL KNUBEL, of legal age, Swiss citizen, widow, and presently residing at Initao, Misamis Oriental; and JEROME KNUBEL, of legal age, Swill citizen, single and presently residing at Initao, Misamis Oriental; HEREBY GIVING AND GRANTING unto our aforesaid attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform every act and thing whatever requisites and necessary to be done in and premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as we might or could do it as if personally present hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said attorney-in-fact, shall lawfully for or cause to be done by virtue of these presents; Under Notary Public of Atty. MARHTO P. GALLEGO; as per Doc No. 284; Page No. 57; Book No. 75; Series of 2012. MDN: May 23, 30 & June 6, 2019

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL SUR 12th Judicial Region BRANCH 10 Hall of Justice, Marawi City IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CERTIFCATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF BASHER BANGKIT ALICASAN under REGISTRY NO. 2010-907,

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that MITSIE MANGILALA THAN has filed with this Office a petition for the change of Sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MITSIE MANGILALA THAN who was born on JULY 13, 2000 in PUROK 1, GUSA, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, MISAMIS ORIENTAL and whose parents are MAUNG SOE THAN and NICHELLE COMENDADOR MANGILALA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written oppositions with this Office not later than MAY 31, 2019.

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MASIU, LANAO DEL SUR AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY (PSA) Respondent/s. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x ORDER Before this court is a verified petition for correction of entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of Basher Bangkit Alicasan dated March 01, 2019. Which reads in part: 1.

6. 7.

Petitioner is of legal age, Filipino, single, and a resident of Barrio Green, Marawi City. Where he may be served with the orders and other court processes of this court; Respondent Local Civil Registry of Masiu is the custodian of all records of birth of persons born in the Municipality of Masiu, and may be served with the orders and other processes of this court at the office of the Civil Registrar, Masiu, Lanao del Sur; Respondent Civil Registrar General and Administrator of the Philippine Statistics Authority is the central custodian of all records of birth and marriages in the country and may be served with orders and other court processes at the NSO Building, East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City; Petitioner is the 7th child of Raga P. Bangkit and Alicasan G. Tomambiling who was born on July 19, 1998; The fact of birth of petitioner was belatedly registered with respondent LCR of Masiu, Lanao del Sur in the year 2010, as evidenced by a Certificate of Live Birth (COLB) with registry no. 2010-907 (Annex “A”); Unfortunately, the COLB erroneously reflects 1988 as his year of birth instead of 1998; Petitioner’s parents were married on January 16, 1985. It is physically impossible when she had been married for about three years by then; The first child of petitioner’s parents, RAIHANIE BANGKIT ALICASAN who was born on June 07, 1986, as proof hereof, the latter’s COLB is herein attached as (Annex “B”); Petitioner’s scholastic records show that he had been using 1998 as his year of birth. The following are hereto attached and marked as:

ANNEX “C” Secondary Student’s Permanent Record Masiu Community High School ANNEX “D” Elementary School Permanent Record Mimbalay Elementary School 10. Further, the physical appearance of the petitioner would reveal that he is Twenty-One (21) years old rather than Thirty years old; 11. This petition is never intended to defraud anyone, much more the government of the Republic of the Philippines but solely for the purpose of straightening the records of the petitioner; 12. Lastly, petitioner submits that nobody will be prejudiced by the granting of this petition. Finding the aforesaid petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that the same be set for hearing before this court on June 26, 2019 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Let a copy of this order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in Lanao del Sur of Marawi City for Three (3) consecutive weeks. The local civil registrar of Masiu, Lanao del Sur and the Civil Registrar General or any person or party who has an interest in the petition, may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition or from the last day of publication of this order. Further, let this Order be posted for fifteen (15) days prior to the date of hearing in the Bulletin Board of the Local Civil Registrar of Masiu, Lanao del Sur and the Bulletin Board of this Court, also at the expenses of the petitioner. The petitioner is directed to notify this court of the publication of this order not later than three (3) days before June 26, 2019. Furnish copies of this order, together with the copies of the petition to the Local Civil Registrar of Masiu, Lanao del Sur, the Hon. Solicitor General, Makati City, and the Administrator and Civil Registrar of the Philippine Statistics Office (PSA), East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Manila.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Spl. Proc. No. ML-533-2019

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Republic of the Philippines CITY CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE 1F South Wing Administrative Bldg., Capistrano-Hayes Sts Cagayan de Oro City

Email Address: CivilRegistryCagayandeOro@yahoo.com Tel Nos. 088-857-3898 & 088-8573159 Cell No. 0906-8288219 ========== ===========================================

BASHER BANGKIT ALICASAN Petitioner, -

PRA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

MDN: May 23 & 30, 2019

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMISION

MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY

PANGASIWAAN NG KALAKALANG PANDAGAT Regional Office XI 2nd Floor, Davao Ching Printers, Inc. Bldg., Lakandula St. corner Dacudao Ave., Agdao, Davao City IN THE MATTER OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE (CPC) PERSUANT TO R.A. 9295 AND THE 2014 AMENDMENT TO THE REVISED RULES AND REGULATION IMPLEMENTING R.A. 9295.

MDN: May 23, 30 & June 6, 2019

CASE NO. 19-041-CPC MBCA BLESSIE MAE

JORGE B. REDULLA, Applicant.

NOTICE OF HEARING Before us is an application for the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience, of the above-named applicant, to operate the vessel MBCA BLESSIE MAE for the carriage of passengers only, from 6 AM to 4 PM daily, in the following route and charge the following rates:

Notice is hereby given that the said application will be heard by this Authority on 30 May 2019 at 2:00 PM at the MARINA RO XI Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Davao Ching Printers, Inc. Bldg., Lakandula St. corner Dacudao Ave., Agdao, Davao City. The Applicant shall publish this Order once in a newspaper of general circulation or shall post this Order in the MARINA website at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled date or hearing. Parties opposed to the grant of the Application must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date, furnishing a copy of the same to the Applicant, and may, if they so desire, appear on said date and time. Applicant shall submit a written Formal Offer of Evidence (FOE) during the hearing of five (5) days thereafter.

Done this 22nd day of May 2019 in Davao City, Philippines.

SO ORDERED. Marawi City, Philippines, April 16, 2019.

(Sgd.) EVANGELINE C. TAPANGAN City Civil Registrar

WENIDA B.M. PAPANDAYAN Presiding Judge MDN: May 23, 2019

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Ridiculous politics

PHILIPPINE politics and its practitioners, more often than not, have always been ridiculous, albeit sadly, since elections were introduce in these parts. Try to think of this. Every administration candidate for senator in the last elections did their best to win a seat by doing the ridiculous. Then candidate Ramon “Bong” Revilla, for example, did not do anything in his tv ads other than dance but in all likelihood, as of this writing, may win his previous seat despite being jailed for plunder though he was acquitted. He did not explain what his plans are but still he is likely to become a senator again. If this is not ridiculous, pray tell what is.

While the administration did its best to win all the seats that were up for grabs, the fear that the senate will become a rubber stamp to Malacanang resonated. It morphed into an issue that such scenario will not be good for democracy because check and balance will then be a thing of the past if the Senate be packed with proadministration senators. Still the pro-administration candidates romped away with all the seats available including the seat won by reelectionist Grace Poe, who in the estimation of many political observers, is more of a pro-administration than anti. Again, if by just looking at the results of the senatorial race you still

cannot conclude to its being ridiculous, I don’t know what is. But what is more ridiculous about the whole thing is the administration’s insistence that the Senate could still play its role as the great equalizer in the equation of things especially in regard its task of performing check and balance against the abuses and excesses of the sitting administration. If this insistence does not harbor on being ridiculous, I don’t know what is. How can a 24-man Senate effectively perform its check and balance responsibility when 20 of its members have shown and are showing canine devotion to the sitting president? Regardless of the reason for

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such devotion, the fact that they have such devotion is irrefutable. With such devotion, do not be ridiculous in imagining these 20 senators can summon the gall to go against the wishes of Malacanang. Expect instead that they will willingly kowtow to what Malacanang wishes them to do. The naked truth that this will not do anything good to the country need not be emphasized here for it is a given. With the two See POLITICS, page 11

Unruffled

Otso diretso: ‘medium rare’

THE dismal showmanship of opposition candidates in the senatorial race was not a ‘loss’ for the Filipino electorate, as claimed by detained Sen. Leila de Lima, but rather this: their preparation was a slackening ‘medium rare’ kind of political cooking. With almost 100 percent of the votes counted, not a single candidate of opposition slate Otso Diretso made it to the top 12 post as seen in the latest Comelec unofficial tally count. T h i s prompte d t h e untimely resignation of Liberal Party President

Sen. Francis Pangilinan, blaming no one but himself of the campaign blunder experienced by his party mates. But the lame duck Vice President Leni Robredo was quick in the draw in putting on hold Pangilinan’s exit, saying there was no clamor for his early resignation. Kiko Pangilinan has assumed full responsibility for the outcome, and held accountable for the opposition’s gloomy defeat. So, what went wrong of Otso Diretso’s forlorn defeat? It could be the arro-

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gance of their of kind of campaigning -- of rallying under board, even to the extent of going personal against President Duterte, who, after all was not a candidate, but simply was simply an endorser of his partymates. To say it bluntly, the so-called ‘bright boys’ of the opposition has failed to launch a campaign based on platforms and issues at hand. They constantly attacked on the President’s persona, forgetting that the almost ‘excellent rating of the popularity of the

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Mindanaon president. They were like kids fighting for a slice of the President’s popularity, but as the saying goes: they ate dust instead of the mostsought-after political cake. The ‘ bisaya’ dictum came true: Otso Diretso sa inodoro! Better luck next time guys! (ruffy44_ ph2000@yahoo.com)

By SHARIFA PEARLSIA P. ALI-DAN, MindaNews

The problem of the island commuters to Jolo, etc.

ZAMBOANGA City--The problem of commuters taking the boat to Jolo etc. has reached alarming proportion that ordinary commuters are finding it difficult to buy tickets to Jolo, Siasi, Bongao, Sitangkai and are forced to buy from scalpels who buy boat tickets to resell it at the wharf for a higher price. Is there a collusion between the scalpels and some greedy enterprising ship personnel? Why is the shipping management allowing this? What can the local government units do to protect the citizens from being fooled by this unsafe practice? What happens when you buy a ticket from a scalpel? What is your evidence you took the boat when your name is not on the manifest and in case of tragic accidents, your family has no evidence that it was you on the boat. They get nothing. No claims can be acted upon by the shipping management. So, how do we protect

the riding commuters? The duty bearers in this continuous abuse who ought to respond to this problem are: 1.The Philippine Ports Authority (PA) management 2.The Shipping Line management 3.The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) 4.The Philippine Coast Guard 5.The concerned Local Government Units of Jolo, Siasi, Bongao, Sitangkai and Zamboanga. Personally, I think the following measures must be strictly enforced: 1. No ticket/ No boarding policy 2. Enforce the Same Ticket/Same ID holder policy. 3. The Shipping Line must have a ticketing officer at the Port Area/wharf to allow latecomers to buy ticket or they can come up with a daily cut off period (say 6 PM) for issuance of tickets).The shipping management must ensure that the same person holds

the same ticket. Or perhaps we can lobby for a law to be passed in Congress making it punishable for the Shipping Lines to sell tickets to fictitious ID holders. Once enforced, the passengers will be discouraged from buying from the scalpels. This will put an end to this unscrupulous business of making hay at the expense of the riding public. This takes a concerted action from all the commuters. All the duty bearers have the obligation to protect the riding public from being fooled by the scalpels. We should not wait for a tragic shipping accident to happen and the rightful passenger’s family is deprived of claims all because we have allowed the scalpels to make a killing at the expense of the commuters. In the meantime I urge the island LGUs together with the Regional Ports Management Authority (in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) to be vigilant

regarding the enforcement of the rules. I am sure, the shipping lines do not want their business to be cut abruptly. (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Sharifa Pearlsia P. Ali-Dans recently retired as Assistant Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. She was a Fulbright Philippines Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at the University of Texas in Austin form 1990 to 1991 and a PROBE RLMC (Project in Basic Education –Regional Learning Materials Center) AusAId Fellow in 1997 at the Southbank Institute of TAFE in Brisbane, Australia. She posted this piece on her FB wall on May 20, 2019. MindaNews was granted permission to publish this. Ms Dans adds that the plane fare to Jolo is more than 2,000 pesos while the boat fare is just about 400 pesos “so majority of the affected commuters are the low and middle income families.”)

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Grace Poe, Binay refuse to do Duterte fist bump

DOF secretary cites benefits of less ‘sin products’ consumption By JOANN VILLANUEVA

Metro Manila— Senators Grace Poe and Nancy Binay did not follow suit with 10 of their fellow Senate race winners who posed for a photo doing President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature fist bump. As the incoming set of senators, dominated by Duterte allies, gamely posed brandishing the Duterte fist, Poe placed her hand on her chest, while Binay raised her left hand and pointed upward, forming a “number one” sign — a signature of her party United Nationalist Alliance. Poe and Binay, despite being part of the Senate majority bloc, did not get the endorsement of Duterte and his daughter, Davao

MANILA -- Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez vowed that government’s drive against the illicit cigarette trade will continue but admitted that there will always be those who will try to engage in the illegal trade. This, as he stressed the agency’s support for legislative measures that will hike taxes on tobacco and alcohol products. “I think where the profit is bigger people will enter but we want to make the risk of failure higher. And we will be able to handle it,” he said. the chamber would not be L ast we ek, D ominCity Mayor Sara Duterte. tes. Nine of the winners, The dominat ion of independent — a fear that guez and Health Secretary however, got the endorse- Duterte allies in the Senate has been allayed by some Francisco Duque held a ments of either of the Duter- have raised concerns that senators-elect. press briefing to give their

THE BSP today announced that Republic Act (RA) No. 11256, An Act to Strengthen the Country’s Gross International Reserves (GIR),was approved by Congress and signed by President Rodrigo R. Duterte last 29 March 2019. The new law exempts from excise and income tax the sale to the BSP of gold sourced from small-scale mining activities. The measure also covers the sale of gold by small-scale miners to accredited traders for the eventual disposal to the central bank. R.A. No. 11256 seeks to remedy the 99% drop in BSP’s domestic gold purchases from more than 900 thousand fine troy ounces (FTO) in 2010 to around 10 thousand FTO in 2019 as a result of the taxation of the sale of gold to the BSP beginning July 2011. The tax regime under R.A. No. 11256 would allow the BSP to increase its purchases of domestic gold to further build up the level of the Philippines’ GIR, which serves as the country’s primary buffer

against external economic shocks. An increase in BSP’s gold purchases using pesos leads to a net increase in the GIR, thereby improving the country’s economic standing and lowering the cost of both funding for the Republic as well as doing business for the private sector. It also prevents the smuggling of Philippine gold through the black market to other countries and allows smallscale miners and traders to sell gold at international market prices. While the National Government would only forego around P35 million annually from its income on BSP’s gold purchases, the Philippines as a whole is expected to benefit from keeping the gold right in the Philippines for sale to the BSP. Aside from helping build up the foreign reserves of the country, the law is expected to also lead to greater availability of gold in the domestic markets for jewelry making, dental requirements and other industrial and commercial uses.”

President Duterte signs BSP’s Gold Bill into law

support to Senate Bill No. 1599, authored by Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao, after noting that this measure closely follows proposals made earlier by the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Department of Health (DOH). Under SB 1599, excise tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products will be increased from the current rate of PHP35 per pack to PHP60 per pack on the first year of the law’s implementation and increase further by nine percent annually for several years thereafter. For alcoholic products, both Departments are proposing the increase of excise tax to at least PHP40 per liter and a unitary tax system for fermented liquors. See CITES, page 10

Ph Peso is Asia’s best performing currency THE Philippine peso has defied a yawning currentaccount deficit to emerge as Asia’s best-performing currency in February. And it may continue to surpass its peers. Peso bulls say record remittances, rising investment and a buoyant domestic economy will propel further gains in the currency. Easing inflation could also lend a hand, as higher real yields burnish the appeal of Philippine bonds. The peso is among Asia’s biggest turnaround stories, as the currency bounced back from a 13-year low after a slew of economic reforms and a $170 billion infrastructure spending plan revived sentiment. Proactive central bank policy has also helped win over skeptics. “ The peso has been stronger recently and could continue to outperform in the region, amid sustained net foreign portfolio investments on a widely expected further declining trend of local inflation,” said Mike Ricafort, economist at Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. in Manila. The Philippine currency strengthened 0.8 percent in February to 51.70 per dollar, the best performance among Asian currencies. It has climbed since the start of the year, as a pause in Federal Reserve tighten-

ing and easing global trade tensions fueled demand for developing-nation assets. The peso was among the hardest hit in the emergingmarket sell-off last year, tumbling to a 13-year low of 54.41 in October as investors punished economies running current-account deficits. Technicals back the case for further peso gains. The dollar-peso currency pair remains in a bear trend, hovering above initial support at 51.90, its Feb. 13 low. The pair’s slow stochastics, a momentum indicator, signals it may drop further in the near term, with the %D line reading 43 and falling. Sentiment toward the peso has recovered even after the central bank forecast the nation’s current-account

deficit will widen to 2.3 percent of gross domestic product in 2019, the biggest shortfall since 2001. The recent rebound in crude prices threatens to worsen the gap, as the Philippines imports almost all its oil requirements. Investors are betting on the peso after foreign investment into Philippine stocks and bonds recorded a net inflow of $763 million in January, more than four times the level a year ago. Remittances from Filipinos working abroad climbed to an all-time high of $2.85 billion in December. Inflation data due March 5 could provide more fodder for peso bulls. Consumerprice gains may have eased to a one-year low of 4.0 percent in February, accord-

ing to a Bloomberg survey of economists on Friday afternoon, and within the central bank’s target band of 2 to 4 percent. Price pressures have waned since touching a nine-year high in September, thanks to government measures to boost food supplies. Global Outperformer Philippines was among top 10 best-performing global sovereign bond markets in February. This augurs well for peso government bonds, which gained 0.4 percent in February, the seventh-best performer among 34 sovereign markets tracked by Bloomberg. Waning price pressures will boost real yields on Philippine debt, particularly as the central bank remains See PESO, page 10

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DTI leads first POC meeting for the Philippines at EXPO 2020 Dubai WITH the DTI tasked to lead and oversee the country’s participation in the EXPO 2020 Dubai, Secretary Ramon M. Lopez (center) presides over the first Philippine Organizing Committee (POC) meeting held on May 17, 2019 in Makati City. Led by Lopez as Chairperson and Commissioner General, the POC for the Philippines at EXPO 2020 Dubai is further composed

of the Secretaries of Tourism, Foreign Affairs, Budget and Management, Labor and Employment, Science and Technology, and Information and Communications Technology. During the first POC meeting, whose organization was led by DTI Assistant Secretary and Alternate Commissioner General Rosvi Gaetos (seated, 3rd from left), the member-agencies through their representa-

tives affirmed their commitment and support for the country’s participation in the global event. The creative team, led by Arch. Royal Pineda (6th from left) and Content Development and Curator Marian Roces (seated, 2nd from left), presented to them the theme, concept, and overall creative direction for the Philippines “Bangkota” Pavilion at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. Also present during the

meeting are DTI Task Force members (standing, from left): Financial Services Committee Director Ma. Asuncion H. Cruzada, Atty. Lamberto Santos, Investment Missions Committee Director Angelica M. Cayas, Business Missions Committee Assistant Director Agnes Legazpi, DoST Assistant Secretary and Alternate Representative Leah J. Buendia, DICT Director Rior Santos, DoLE

Manila ranks in the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2019

THE Manila startup ecosystem ranked high in five categories in the Global Startup Ecosystem Report (#GSER2019) released recently by Startup Genome, a provider of innovation policy advisory services, research services and content. In the report, Manila was identified as one of the top Activation Phase Ecosystems in the world, together with Taipei City, Busan, Calgary, and Frankfurt. As a result of the assessment, Manila got the following rankings: - Top 10 in the global ecosystem for Bang for Buck - Top 5 in the Activation Ecosystem for Connectedness - Top 5 in Exit Growth Index - Top 6 in Output Growth

Index - Top 9 in Funding Growth Index. It also highlighted Manila’s Subsector strength, Fintech, which comprises 15% of the Manila startups. According to the report, the Philippines’ Fintech transaction value reached about $5.7 billion last year and is expected to hit $10.5 billion by 2022. It was reported that the First Circle, a Philippinebased financial technology lender that provides strong businesses with supply chain financing to meet larger client demands and improve bargaining position with trading partners, was able to raise $26 million in 2018. Also, Coins.ph was acquired for $72 million this year and Voyager Innova-

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tions was acquired for $215 million in 2018. Moreover, the Bang for Buck badge is given to companies who are getting more value for the average funding amount startups

will get in the ecosystem. Specifically, Startup Genome measures this as the ratio of the average Early-Stage Funding per Startup by the average Software Engineer See RANKS, page 9

R. A 10172 Form No 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines 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 CYRIL O. BACSARPA has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate live of birth CYRIL OGUIMAS BACSARPA who was born on October 18, 1972 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Pencita W. Oguimas and Warlito D. Bacsarpa. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than June 2019.

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(SGD.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARINAS City Civil Registrar

R. A 10172 Form No 10.1 (LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines 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 RUSSEL A. REUYAN has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” and DATE OF BIRTH from “22 DECEMBER 199” to “DECEMBER 22, 1997” in the Certificate live of birth of RUSSEL AGCANG REUYAN who was born on December 22, 1997, at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Delia V. Agcang and Rey D. Reuyan. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than June 2019.

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that RICHEL S. ECHAVEZ has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate live of birth RICHED SABATIN ECHAVEZ who was born on December 15, 1959 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Florida W. Sabatin and Harold B. Echavez. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than June 2019.

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(SGD.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARINAS City Civil Registrar

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(SGD.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARINAS City Civil Registrar

Undersecretary and Alternate Representative Renato L. Ebarle, DTI Undersecretaries Ireneo V. Vizmonte and Rowell Barba, PITCDubai Commercial Attaché Charmaine Mignon Yalong, DCP Executive Director Rhea Matute, and BCDA President and CEO Vivencio Dizon. Joining them (seated, from left) are: DBM UnEXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF EMETERIO B. KIUNISALA Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late EMETERIO KIUNISALA, who died in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon on February 10, 2009, without any will; that the deceased, at the time of his death, left certain real estate properties situated in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, more particularly described as: PARCEL 1: OCT No. P-52506; “A PRACEL OF LAND, (Lot 1756, Cad 865, Case 4 situated in the Barangay San Miguel, Municipality of Manolo Fortich, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao; containing an area of NINE HUNDRED TWELVE (912) square meters; PARCEL 2: OCT No. P-52507; “A PARCEL OF LAND, (Lot 1737, Cad 867, situated in the Barangay San Miguel, Municipality of Manolo Fortich, Provicne of Bukdinon, Island of Mindanao; Containing an area of SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY NINE (779) square meters; PARCEL 3: TCT No. T-78027 and Tax Declaration No. 02-15-23367; “Lot: 958-G, Psd-10-039299; Portion of Lot: Lot 958, Pls-854, Manolo Fortich Public Land Subd. As surveyed for EMETERIO KIUNISALA; land Use: Cornland: Location: San Miguel, Manolo Fortich Bukidnon; Land Area: FIFTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE (15,385) Square meters; are the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF EMETERIO B. KIUNISALA; made and entered into by and between; EMILIA G. KIUNISALA, widow, EDNA K. AMAZURA, married, JOSEPH G. KIUNISALA married, GILBERTO G. KIUNISALA, married, GERALINE K. DELMENDO, married HEIR OF GENEVA G. KIUNISALA represented by GENE ALEXANDREW G. KIUNISALA, single, ARMI G. KIUNISALA, single, JESUS ALEXI G. KIUNISALA, married, MARYCHEL K. PAGADURA, married all of legal age, Filipino Citizens, and residents of San Miguel, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon; WHEREFORE, the HEIRS hereto, being of legal age and with full civil capacity to contract, do hereby these presents ADJUDICATE, CLAIM AND SETTLE unto themselves the above described parcels of land, including all improvements found thereon, in equal 1/8 shares in accordance with Section 1, Rule 74 of the New Rules of Court; Under Notary Public of Atty. MARISSE GAY G. LICO-ABALDE; as per Doc No. 432; Page No. 87; Book No. 42; Series of 2018. MDN: May 16, 23 & 30, 2019

dersecretary and Alternate Representative Tina Rose Marie L. Canda, DFA Acting Assistant Secretary Jesusa Susana V. Paez, Tourism Promotions Board Chief Operating Officer Marie Venus Q. Tan, and CITEM Executive Director Pauline Suaco-Juan. EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF LATE BENJAMIN C. PAGARIGAN WITH WAIVER OF SHARES Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late of BENJAMIN C. PAGARIGAN, who died on May 2, 2015 in Tambo, Iligan City; that at the time of his death, he left behind two (2) parcels of land, more particularly described as follows: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE (TCT) No. T-21,166; “A Parcel of land Lot 4-E of the Subdivision plan Psd-12-028012 being a portion of Lot 4 (LRC) Psd-88948), situated in the Rurban Code No. 123504, Barangay of Segapod, Municipality of Maigo, Province of Lanao del Norte, Island of Mindanao; Containing an area of FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN (4,877) SQUARE METERS, more or less, including all improvements thereon”; KATIBAYAN NG ORIHINAL NA TITULO BLG. P-12,802; “A PARCEL OF LAND Lot No. 2, Sws-12-000098, situated at Segapod, Maigo, Lanao del Norte. Bounded on the Southwest, along line 1-2 by Lot No. 1 Sws-12-000098; on the Northwest, along line 2-3-4 by Permanent Forest and Iligan Bay; on the Northeast along line 4-5 by Lot NO. 2, Sws-12-000098; along line 5-6 by Lot No. 3, Sws-12-000091 and on the Southeast along line 6-1 by Lot No. 4, Sws-12-000091; containing an area of TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT (2,998) SQUARE METERS, more or less, including all improvements thereon”; “A one (1) storey residential house made of mixed material with GI roofing two (2) bedrooms and declared of Taxation Under Tax Declaration No. 14-0014-03036; are the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF LATE BENJAMIN C. PAGARIGAN WITH WAIVER OF SHARES; the HEIRS of the late namely; DELIA D. PAGARIGAN, HERBERT D. PAGARIGAN, HOWELL D. PAGARIGAN, HEWARD D. PAGARIGAN and HARRIS D. PAGARIGAN, all legal age, Filipinos, married except DELIA D. PAGARIAN, who is a widow and HEWARD D. PAGARIGAN who is single and residents of Tambo, Iligan City and Oroquieta City, Philippines; That as legal heirs of the above-named deceased, that they have agreed and decided to divide, settle and adjudicate among ourselves the above-described two (2) parcels of land in-pro-indiviso and undivided shares, subject to the pertinent provisions of the Rules of Court; Under Notary Public of Atty. Demosthenes R. Plando; as per Doc No. 496; Page No. 100; Book No. 157; Series of 2019. MDN: May 16, 23 & 30, 2019

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Davao

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I do not intend to influence Congress, Sara says on House speakership DAVAO CITY -- Presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte has denied influencing the selection for the Speaker of the House of Representatives. “I am only the Mayor of Davao City. I am not the correct person to endorse someone to be the next speaker,” she said in a statement Tuesday. Admitting she has a personal bet, Mayor Sara, however, said she does not intend to influence Congress. “It is best if the newlyelected members of the House of Representatives

Red Orchid Award aims for a 100% smoke-free Davao Region

Lord Allan Velasco (Marinduque), is supportive of the reform agenda of President Duterte,” she said. In the same statement, she also rejected the reconciliation offer of former House Speaker, Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez. “The offer was deceiving and utterly lacked sincerity,” she said. The mayor was alleged to have a hand in the ouster of Alvarez as House Speaker in 2018. Alvarez is said to be eyeing the House speakership following his reelection as first district See INTEND, page 10

LGU Panabo supports Brigada Eskwela 2019 By FRANCIS GIFT JHOY PACULANANG and MAC JERARD SOLER

DAVAO CITY -- At the Department of Health-XI regional office, the Regional Tobacco Control and Prevention Program Manager, Rosemarie Basañes, presented to the media their planned strategies and steps to strengthen their campaign against smoking. As part of their See AIMS, page 10

IPs who ‘escaped’ from UCCP compound in Davao return to Kapalong DAVAO CITY -- The 31 members of the Ata-Manobo tribe who reportedly escaped from the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran Compound in Madapo Hills, this city, over the weekend have finally returned home to their ancestral land in Kapalong, Davao del Norte Tuesday. Their return to Sitios Lono-Lono, Muling, and Tawinian in Barangay Gupitan followed a debriefing or case conference conducted by the local government of Kapalong on Tuesday. The Kapalong police

individually decide who among those who are interested to become the next speaker can truly bring good governance and positive change to Congress, to the Filipino people, and to our country,” she said. Mayor Sara issued the statement following claims by Surigao del Sur First Dist. Rep. Prospero Pichay that she recommended Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez as speaker of the House. “If I did raise his hand during the HNP (Hugpong ng Pagbabago) rally in Tacloban, I did so because of he, just like Representative

ON May 20, 2019 sixty (60) public schools in the city of Panabo will each receive fifty thousand (Php 50,000) worth of construction materials from the local government unit of Panabo for the Brigada Eskwela 2019. The Brigada Eskwela was participated by parents, teachers, and students of each school along with the support of the different private sectors in Panabo City. The program is initiated by the Department of Educa-

tion intended to provide a comfortable educational environment and classrooms conducive for the learning of students. In recognition, Mayor James Gamao is awarded for the exemplary contribution of the City in improving the quality of public education facilities and their surroundings to fully provide a safe and appropriate environment for the day-to-day studies of every pupil and student.

reported that the IPs, accompanied by personnel of the Army’s 60 Infantry Battalion, arrived at the Kapalong Municipal Police Station on Saturday night. Of the 31 rescued, 10 are of legal age and 21 minors of whom 13 are aged below 10 years old. The youngest are two children who are both two years old while the oldest is 55 years old. The Kapalong police said they conducted custodial investigation, documentary, and profiling on the rescued persons. The IPs were also brought to Davao del Norte See RETURN, page 10

Kalahi-CIDSS multipurpose facility up soon in San Isidro village

RETURNING HOME. After three years, the 31 Ata Manobos who reportedly escaped from the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Haran Compound in Madapo Hills, Davao City return home to their ancestral land in Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of PIA-D avao )

GROUNDBREAKING. Some 152 households in Barangay Libuton, San Isidro, Davao del Norte will soon have their Two Units Multipurpose Pavement Post Harvest Facility through the LGU-led implementation of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). Present during the groundbreaking ceremony were local officials, DSWD staffs, and community volunteers. For the construction, DSWD granted Php 612,200.00 while the municipality provided a Local Counterpart Contribution (LCC) of Php 40,100.00. At present, the Municipality of San Isidro has a grant allocation of Php 12,744,000.00 under the Kalahi-CIDSS LGU-led implementation modality. It is set to complete 13 sub-projects in 13 prioritized barangays. Kalahi-CIDSS is one of the programs of DSWD that uses the Community Driven Development (CDD) approach to empower local communities to undertake their own development projects by actively and directly involving in local governance such as identifying their community needs as well as taking part in implementing projects that will address these needs. (DSWD/Photo by Francis Gerald Salutillo)

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Thursday, May 23, 2019

Pag-IBIG Fund grants 5,789 socialized housing loans worth P2.2B to low-wage earners in Q1 2019 Pag-IBIG Fund extended socialized housing loans to 5,789 members from the minimum-wage and lowincome sectors totaling P2.2 billion in the first three months of 2019. The figure represents nearly 30% of the total number of housing loans financed by the agency from January to March. The amount, meanwhile, represents 13% of the total amount of housing loans released by the Fund for the said period. Pag-IBIG Fund financed record-highs of 19,696 housing loans amounting to P17.22 billion in the first quarter of this year to assist

members acquire or improve their homes. “Socialized housing is designed especially for minimum and low-wage workers. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte directed that there be government programs catering to this marginalized sector, hence, we have this housing program that caters to their financial capacity. This is the essence of the BALAI (Building Adequate, Livable, Affordable and Inclusive) Filipino Communities Program of the government’s housing sector towards providing decent shelter for every Filipino family,” said Secretary

Eduardo D. del Rosario, Chairperson of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees. Socialized housing loans are up to P580,000 for a 32 square-meter residential unit in a horizontal housing project. Under its Affordable Housing Loan Program, Pag-IBIG Fund maintains the lowest interest rate in the market of 3% per annum – a special rate it has provided for minimum and low-wage workers since May of 2017. Pag-IBIG Fund subsidizes this low interest rate, being a tax-exempt

agency as specified under what Lingkod Pag-IBIG is all about,” Moti said. Republic Act No. 9679. “Our charter allows PagPARTIAL DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE IBIG Fund to offer the lowest rates for home loans of Notice is hereby served to the public that the intestate estate of the late minimum and low-wage ISMAEL NERI BALASE, died intestate in Cagayan de Oro City; that the late workers. And aside from was unmarried and died without issue; That the deceased ISMAEL NERI BALASE, died leaving several lots with improvements and a parcel of land keeping our interest rates described as follows: TRANSFER CERTIFICATION OF TITLE NO. T-20010; low, we also reduced the A parcel of Land (Lot 2-A, of the Subdivision Plan Psd-12-004946, being a insurance premiums of our portion of Lot 2 (LRC) Psd-78912), situated in the Barrio of Rosary Heights home loans. As a result, Municipality of Cotabato City, Island of Mindanao; Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) Square Meters, more or less; DECLARATION OF qualified borrowers under REAL PROPERTY No. GR-11-28-0204; Under Property Index No. 170this program will pay an 00-028-03-(112)B1; A. Two (2) Storey Building constructed on Lot 2-B, affordable monthly amorBlock 6, PSD-12-004946; 1. Classification: Two (2) Storey Residential Building; 2. Location: Rufo Manara Avenue, San Isidro Cotabato City; 3. tization of only P2,445.30 Total Lot Area: 92.39 square meters; 4. Market Value: P 128,971.88 (as for a socialized housing of 2018); 5. Tax Declaration No. GR-11-28-0204; 6. Tax Declaration No. loan worth P580,000.00. Effectivity: 05-21-2014; that the deceased also left several Bank Deposits All these are part of our at the Development Bank of the Philippines- Cagayan de Oro City Branch under the following account number with the corresponding deposit, viz-: efforts to provide the best home financing program for our members. That’s

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total startup creation in the ecosystem, calculated in an annualized growth rate from 2014 to 2018. Furthermore, the Funding Growth Index captures the Index of growth in earlystage funding in tech startups in the ecosystem from 2014-2015 to 2016-2017. It was also found out that Manila has an experienced pool of tech talent with its reputable outsourcing industry, and a pool of talent from the country’s different universities, and robust English-language skills. It gives founders access to employees that are skilled and knowledgeable. The report also highlighted the strong legal and regulatory support startups in the Philippines get through the Youth Entrepreneurship Act Program, Philippine Innovation Act, and the Innovative Startup Act. The Youth Entrepreneurship Act Program promotes finance and startup skills while the Philippine

Innovation Act and the Innovative Startup Act intend to cultivate an innovative entrepreneurial culture and promote the development and growth of innovation and startups. The inclusion of the Manila startup ecosystem in the report was made possible through the initiative of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Startup Ecosystem Development Program (SEDP), rebranded as Startup Pilipinas. This is a five-point program that aims to foster interenterprise linkages among micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and strengthen collaborative networks. Through this action plan, the Philippine Government aims to create high-growth

and high-impact startups that will nurture innovation, sustain economic growth, and generate large-scale job opportunities. #GSER2019 is the world’s most comprehensive and widely-read research on startup ecosystems, and offers the very first global ranking of Life Sciences ecosystems, in partnership with Hello Tomorrow. It is based on primary and secondary data from over 10,000 founders and more than one million companies across over150 cities worldwide. To download the full report, visit https://startupgenome.com/gser2019.

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Salary in the ecosystem. This means, with an average funding a startup gets in this ecosystem, a startup should be able to hire more software engineers for one year. In the Activation Ecosystem for Connectedness, Manila is included in the top 5 for Local Connectedness: meaning, there is a Sense of Community that founders informally receive help from investors, experts, and fellow founders; Founder Relationships wherein it measures the number of quality relationships between local founders; and Collision Index which assesses log of number of local tech events and density of tech events. The Exit Growth Index measures tech startup exits in the ecosystem from 2015-2016 to 2017-2018. On the other hand, Output Growth Index assesses the

R. A 10172 & R. A 9048 Form No 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao Del Norte City /Municipality: Iligan City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172 & Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that PHILIPP V. IBARRA has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly DATE of BIRTH from “APRIL 12, 1965” TO “APRIL 11, 1965” & CHANGE OF First Name from “PHILIPP ALEJO” to “PHILIPP” in the Certificate live of birth PHILIPP ALEJO VALDEHUEZA IBARRA who was born on APRIL 11, 1965 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents Norma A. Valdehuesa and Alejo A Ibarra. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than June 2019.

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That the deceased also have existing accounts at the Development Bank of the Philippines, Cotabato City Branch with the following deposits, to wit-:

That the deceased also has an existing deposit of Php. 425,651.09 at the Unionbank under GSIS Pensioner Account 109593582354 and another deposit in the amount Php. 738,248.55 at the Banco de Oro-Cotabato City, Makakua Branch under Time Deposit Account; are the subject of PARTIAL DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE; made executed into by and between: the HEIRS OF ISMAEL NERI BALASE, namely CARMEN BALASE RARA, ESTHER N. BALASE, FE BALASE CAPERIDA, HELEN B. MACATANGAY, LEO N. BALASE, ANITA BALASE LUMBRE represented by Christian Balase Lumbre, CARMEN BALASE RARA represented by Arnel B. Rara, HELEN MACATANGAY and LEO N. BALASE represented FE B. CAPERIDA, GEORGE NERI BALASE represented by Fe Ali Balase, JAIME NERI BALASE represented by Anacleta Saguiahon Balase and KEMUEL N. BALASE represented by Kemle Ann B. Ondap; that the parties of hereto are the only heirs of the decedent entitled to their respective shares, they being the surviving siblings and heirs of the deceased siblings inheriting by representation; Under Notary Public of Atty. ERNANI D. BONOAN; as per Doc No. 171; Page No. 35; Book No. VII; Series of 2019. MDN: May 9, 16 & 23, 2019

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4TH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES SHIELDON M. ELVINIA AND MARY JOYCE B. SAMORANOS –ELVINIA,

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4TH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City CIVIL CASE NO. 2019-042

SHIELDON M. ELVINIA AND MARY JOYCE B. SAMORANOS –ELVINIA, Petitioners. X--------------------------------------/

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF BETWEEN SPOUSES ALJON GUA-AN GALLOGO AND EMELYN H. AGUILAR – GALLOGO.

CIVIL CASE NO. 2019-040

ALJON GUA-AN GALLOGO AND EMELYN H. AGUILAR – GALLOGO Petitioners. X--------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on April 18, 2006 at Padada Davao Del Sur, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal process relative to this case at their residence at Dalipuga, Iligan City and Luna Ext, Digos, Davao Del Sur 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 four (4) 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, April 18, 2006 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 May 31, 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 7 th day of May 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 5, 2013 at Valencia City, 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 summon and other legal process relative to this case at their residence at Purok 13, Timoga, Buruun, Iligan City and Purok 6 Batangan, Valencia 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 four (4 ) 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 5, 2013, 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 May 31, 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 30th day of April 2019.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MDN: May 9, 16 & 23, 2019

R. A 10172 Form No 10.1 (LCRO)

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

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that MONALINANG A. BACARAMAN has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “CON-CON NORALDIN” to “NOR-ALKHAIR” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CONCON NORALDIN ALONTO BACARAMAN who was born from 02, DECEMBER 1994 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are MONALINANG D. ALONTO and COSAIN C. BACARAMAN. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than MAY 2019.

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that RUSAM BRECHIE M. ONGUE has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate live of birth RUSAM BRECHIE MANOZA ONGUE who was born on 31 JULY 1988 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Marivic P. Manoza and Isidro B. Ongue. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than June 2019.

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that MARK ANGELOU B. LAGARE has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate live of birth MARK ANGELOU BAHOY LAGARE who was born on 25 SEPTEMBER 1995 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Norme A. Bahoy and Cesar M. Lagare. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than June 2019.

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the Red Orchid in three consecutive years and also from page 8 Compostela Valley local government unit is being representative of Davao marked as a recipient for del Norte. the next award. According to Mayor Sara, DOH-XI wishes to make Alvarez was videotaped the region, 100 percent threatening “ipapahiya ko smoke-free by motivating si Sara” after his win in the each local government unit, May 13 mid-term elections. office and public hospital In the May 13 polls, to actively participate in majority of the local of- from page 8 ficials, who won in Davao strategy in attaining a hun- the campaign against the del Norte, are allies of Al- dred percent smoke free harmful vice that is smokvarez under the Partido region, the DOH gives out ing. (PIA XI/Kevin Caro) Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas the Red Orchid Award to ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). local government offices from page 8 Most of the HNP candidates, and public hospitals. including Second District The award seeks to District Hospital-Kapalong Rep. Antonio “Tonyboy” spread awareness of keep- Zone for medical and physiFloirendo and Governor ing each government agency cal examination before they Anthony del Rosario, lost smoke-free which is also were turned over to the in the election. in-line with the Executive Municipal Social Welfare “Alvarez was and he Order No. 26 or the Nation- and Development (MSWD). remains to be a very dan- wide Smoking Ban Order They have been secured gerous, (a) Machiavellian which directly addresses by the 60th Infantry Batindividual who does not the problem of smoking in talion after their reported deserve peace,” Mayor Sara the country. escape from UCCP Haran said. Since 2009, the Red Or- on Saturday with the help The mayor also con- chid Award still continues of some tribal leaders and firmed that Taguig Con- its annual validation process the Kapalong local governgressman-elect Alan Peter for the next set of awardees ment. Cayetano did not seek for in which one of the require- The escape of the lumads her endorsement when the ments for validation is hav- was known after 23-year-old latter came to Davao last ing a trained counselor for Jovelyn Tiklonay of Baranyear. each respective government gay Suawon, New Corella, “He, however, came with office and public hospital Davao del Norte, personally a veiled threat, that if I within the region. appeared at the Kapalong endorse Rep. Velasco for Presently, there have Police Station to report Speaker, I would break up been a total of eight local information she received the ‘group’,” she said. “And government units that have from a fellow tribe member this, he said, will affect the garnered the ‘HALL OF at the UCCP Haran. presidential elections of FAMER’ status for winning Tiklonay had told police that one of her colleagues in UCCP Haran informed her he escaped along with the 30 other Ata Manobos by jumping over the back MALAYBALAY BRANCH fence of the compound. Tiklonay said the IPs wanted to return home Kimberlite Pawnshop will be having an had to Barangay Gupitan, KaAUCTION SALE on all items that expired palong, Davao del Norte, and they were asking for a on March 2019: vehicle to take them home from Davao City because their money was not enough to travel. Most of them are AUCTION DATE: May 17, 2019 residents of Sitio Muling. In an interview on TuesFortich Street, Barangay 2 day, Col. Eugene Osias, the assistant chief of staff for Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Civil-Military Operations 2022.” On Davao City First District Congressman-elect Paolo Duterte’s possible vying for speakership, Mayor Sara said it “should best be addressed by our father because he is the President and our patriarch.” (PNA)

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Basics in differentiated instruction By ROLLY D. TAJALE, PhD Teacher III School-in-Charge Camiguin Division

DIFFERENTIATED instruction, also known as differentiated learning, is a framework or philosophy for effective teaching that involves providing all students within their diverse classroom community of learners a range of different avenues for understanding new information in terms of acquiring content, processing, constructing or making sense of ideas and developing teaching materials and assessment (CMO) of the Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom), confirmed the rescue on Saturday started around 4 p.m. The IPs arrived in Kapalong at almost 10 p.m., he added. “Rescued were 21 children and 10 adults, so overall there are 31,” said Osias. “They jumped over the fence so that no one can prevent them from leaving.” Osias said the Kapalong municipal government led by its information officer and two tribal leaders helped in the rescue of the 31 IPs including women and children. “The rescued IPs were brought to Kapalong and were given de-briefing by the local government unit,” he said. “We will look into the individual security of every Filipino especially those within the area of the Eastern Mindanao Command,” said Osias, vowing to help the LGUs especially on the security concern of the IPs and local officials. “We are committed to helping every individual here in Eastern Mindanao Command,” he added. According to Osias, there

measures so that all students within a classroom can learn effectively regardless of differences in ability. Students vary in culture, socioeconomic status, language, gender, motivation, ability/disability, personal interests and more and teacher must be aware of these varieties as they plan the curriculum. By considering varied learning needs, teachers can develop personalized instruction so that all children in the classroom can learn effectively. Differentiated classrooms have also been described as ones that respond to student

variety in readiness levels, interests and learning profiles. It is a classroom that includes all students and can be successful. To do this, a teacher sets different expectations for task completion for students based upon their individual needs. Differentiated instruction is the process of ensuring that what a student learns, how he or she learns it and how the student demonstrates what he or she has learned is a match for that student’s readiness level, interests and preferred mode of learning.

could be at least 50 IPs still in UCCP Haran where they have stayed since 2016. In a statement, the Pasaka--an IP organization-denied any IP had fled the compound. “It has been our stand as Lumad bakwet here in Haran to allow Lumad families to go home. We recognize the right of every Lumad and we do not refuse such request,” the statement said. Pasaka claimed that Datu Basing Balanban, Dol-om Tumagsa, and Jovelyn Tiklunay arrived with soldiers in civilian clothes and forced some families to leave Haran on Saturday. (PNA)

people will be requiring health care,” he said. Duque earlier said that without the increase of excise tax on sin products the health of about 250,000 Filipinos will be at risk every year since government will be unable to fully fund the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law. (PNA)

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Dominguez and Duque the proposed measure is more of a health-related measure than a revenuegenerating one. The finance chief said they want to reduce people’s consumption of sin products, especially among the poor, since this is certain to negatively affect their health. “The more you smoke the less healthy you are so actually if you smoke less

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in hawkish mode for now. Ten-year peso bonds offer a real yield of 2 percent, compared with about 5 percent for Indonesian securities and Indian debt. But for peso bears, the outlook is less certain. “Peso outperformance is unlikely to persist,” said Divya Devesh, head of Asean and South-Asia FX research at Standard Charted Bank in Singapore. “Monthly trade deficits are likely to persist, leading to strong dollar demand onshore. In addition, monetary policy is likely to remain unchanged in 2019, with risks skewed towards rate cuts.” (David Finnerty)

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The collaboration was made possible by the efforts of Ms. Maria Liberty B. Doncillo, the campus director of USTP-Oroquieta and the Exec utive Dean of the USTP Clustered Campuses, Mr. Colbert G. Rabaya. The agreement is go o d for three years (until 2021) to pursue viable programs that will take off as livelihood projects and employment opportunities. Likewise, the partnership aimed at providing opportunities for OFWs to start their entrepreneurial activities to achieve a quality life for the family. Under the agreement, the USTP will provide the trainings in culinary arts, handicraft, food processing, basic dressmaking, and bread and pastries among others, for those interested to pursue a business in the food sector. USTP has also the Northern Mindanao Food Innovation (NMFIC) Center provided by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to help aspiring food and food processing businesses in Northern Mindanao i n te r ms of prov i d i ng technical assistance in the areas of packaging and labelling needs, good manufacturing process and food safety training, and other technical advice on improving shelf life and quality of products. The NMFIC boasts of various equipment such vacuum fryer, spray drye r, v a c uu m p a ck ag i ng machine and other food processing equipment. There are also packaging machines invested by t he D e p ar t me nt of Trade and Industry (DTI) that include a vertical granular form fill seal machine, shrink packaging machine, continuous b and s e a l i ng ma ch i ne and desktop cup sealing machine to better serve the food processors in the region. USTP also offers skills training such as wiring installation, automotive, computer hardware servicing, electronics product assembly and servicing to name a few. Meanwhile, the O W WA i s a l s o p l a n ning to collaborate with USTP-Cagayan de Oro and U ST P-C l ave r i a i n various projects under the reintegration program for the OFWS in order to make overseas employment a choice rather than a necessity. U S T P a n d O W WA env ision t he OFWs to be self-reliant and able establish a viable busine ss e nte r pr is e w h i ch will provide them with a stable source of income and maybe even create employment opportunities for other people in the region.

chamber Philippine Congress safely in the hands of the administration to play with like puppets in a puppet show, expect that Malacanang will have its way as far as legislation is concerned. Will this be good to the country? Administration allies will in chorus tell us it is because this means passage of key administration legislations. But the legislative mill needs a strong opposition to go over every proposed laws like a fine-toothed comb to ensure laws such as the Rice Tariffication Act that we discussed in Monday’s column will not see light and actually become a law. For democracy to work for the common weal, a strong opposition is a must. It could not even be an option because in a scenario where you don’t have a strong opposition, democracy is automatically considered dead even if your legislators are duly elected by the people. Recall, how democracy almost died in America when both chambers of its Congress were controlled by President Trump’s allies. Legislative oversight of the administration was unheard of. Oversight became a reality only when the House was captured by the Democrats during their midterm elections November of last year. (jelbacon@yahoo.com; jebaconii@gmail.com)

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of Brigada Eskwela in order to ensure that the school campus will be safe for all the students. D r. D e m o s t h e n e s Quinal, DepEd Bislig City Division Chief said “I am grateful to all who responded to our request and to all those who are here to participate in the Kickoff Program for Brigada Eskwela. What parents want for their children is a quality education and a good future. With this, Brigada Eskwela aims to provide facilities conducive to learning and we can only give this to our children if we work hand-in-hand to repair what has been damaged, to maintain cleanliness of the school premises and to show them the importance of camaraderie amongst us.” Major General Franco Nemesio M Gacal, Commander 4ID said that the Army, as part of the community, will do its best in order to give our students a better school and a better environment where they can learn and have a bright future. Gacal emphasized, “We recognize the need of our schools because we know that it takes a community to raise a child. Through convergence efforts, we can do more, this is also about whole-of-nation

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approach in reducing the burdens of our teachers by sharing our efforts to render voluntary services. We are honored to take part in this endeavor in building a much better learning environment for our children.” “The Army serves as Role Models for our young generation so that they will realize the value of camaraderie and working together in a community. I encourage everyone to actively support DepEd’s program to ensure that our children will have safe, clean, healthy and ready classrooms.” MGen Gacal added. Brigada Eskwela is an annual joint undertaking of concerned government agencies and stakeholders nationwide. In the spirit of Bayanihan, various groups and SIARGAO TOURISTS. Tourists flock to Magpupungko Rock Pool and Tidal organizations, including Flats in Pilar town in Siargao Island in this photo taken on May 20, 2019. The town has the Philippine Army, PNP, imposed a ban on single use plastics. MindaNews photo by Roel Catoto BFP, DTI, PTA and other stakeholders converge in making this year’s Brigada Eskwela successful and ensure that the schools will remain child-friendly and conducive to learning. PR

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i nd iv i du a l ly d e c i d e who among those who are interested to become the next Speaker can truly bring good governance and positive change to congress, to the Filipino people, and to our country,” she said. The mayor said she’s leaving it to her father, P re s i d e nt R o d r i g o R . Duter te, to decide for resigned vice mayor Paolo “Pu long” D uter te, her brother who will sit as representative of Davao City’s 1st district. “The question on the interest of C ong-ele c t Paolo Duterte to vie for Speaker of the HOR should best be addressed by our father because he is the President and our patriarch,” she said. The mayor also denied endorsing Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez for the Speakership as claimed by Deputy Speaker Prospero Pichay. “If I did raise his hand during the HNP rally in Tacloban, I did so because he, just like Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, is supportive of the reform agenda of President Duterte,” she said. She also hit newly elected Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, former secretary of Foreign Affairs, who came to Davao not to seek her endorsement for the speakership but to warn her that she “would break up the ‘group’” if she would endorse Velasco. “He, however, came with a veiled threat, that if I endorse Rep. Velasco for Speaker, I would break up the ‘group’. And this, he said, will affect the presidential elections of 2022,” she said. (Antonio L. Colina IV/MindaNews)

Solon seeks review of party-list system THE participation of a large number of partylist groups, which are controlled by traditional politicians or large parties in the recently concluded elections, highlights the need for the incoming Congress to “seriously revisit” the Partylist System Law, a minority lawmaker at the House of Representatives said Tuesday. In a news conference, Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman stressed that the purpose of the Partylist law is to “afford the marginalized sectors of having representation in Congress.” “I am the principal author of this law…but that has been bastardized by the Comelec,” he said. “Even the Supreme Court has came out with rulings which is not consistent with the spirit of the law,” Lagman said. As originally envisioned, the partylist system was created in the 1987 Constitution with the aim of giving marginalized sectors or groups, including labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural, women, youth, and other such sectors as may be defined by law (except the religious sector), representation in Congress. In 1995, Republic Act 7941 or the Party-List Act was enacted in order to define and prescribe the broad mechanics of this system representation. It limited the system to the marginalized and the political underclass. However, a 2013 Supreme Court decision clarified that the partylist is a system of proportional representation open to various kinds of groups and parties, and not an exercise exclusive to marginalized sectors.

Under the new parameters set by the SC, national parties or organizations and regional parties or organizations do not need to organize along sectoral lines and do not need to represent any marginalized and underrepresented sector to qualify in the partylist system. Lagman observed that this has allowed the participation of large parties and traditional politicians, as well as the rich and the powerful, to abuse the system. “So one of the first things we probably have to do in the 18th Congress is to strengthen the partylist system and make it consistent with its collegiate intention of securing the marginalized sectors’ right of having representation in Congress,” Lagman said. “And we should follow the formula of declaring who are the winners. There’s a two percent threshold

in the bill which has not been followed anymore,” he added. Under the previous formula, a partylist group must win at least 2 percent of all the votes cast in the partylist election to be eligible for a seat in the House. However, the SC declared the 2-percent threshold unconstitutional, and gave a seat to a partylist group that won less than 2 percent of the votes, and one or more additional seats to a group that polled more than 2 percent. The High Court ruled, however, that the total number of partylist representatives must remain at 20 percent of the total number of seats in the House as prescribed by the Constitution. There are presently 134 partylist groups -- from the 185 who applied -- that are vying for 59 seats in Congress. philippine news agency

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Xavier Ateneo, Corpus Christi studes picked among Jr. NBA PH All-Stars THE newest batch of Jr. NBA All-Stars will represent the country at the first Jr. NBA Global Championship Asia Pacific Selection Camp in Jakarta, Indonesia in June to train with top youth players from the region. Cleveland Cavaliers guard Collin Sexton and WNBA Champion Ticha Penicheiro joined Jr. NBA coaches Carlos Barroca and Natalia Andre and Alaska coaches Jeffrey Cariaso and Tony dela Cruz to help coach the 80 participants at the Gatorade Hoops Center and Don Bosco Technical Institute on May 18 and in the boys and girls exhibition game at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall on May 19. The final day of the Jr.

NBA National Training Camp hosted an exhibition game for former Jr. NBA All-Stars and was attended by notable alumni including collegiate players Thirdy Ravena and Janjan Jaboneta. Jr. NBA Philippines presented by Alaska is committed to improving youth health and wellness and addressing growing inactivity by highlighting the importance of proper nutrition and an active lifestyle to participants. Since its launch in 2007, Jr. NBA Philippines has reached more than two million players, coaches and parents in over 190 cities and municipalities nationwide, teaching the fundamentals of basketball and the

The top ten cagers named to the Jr. NBA Philippines 2019 presented by Alaska All-Star Team are (front row, L-R): Princess BJ Marie Villarin, Mikylla Taborada, Karylle Sierba, Diane Camille Nolasco, and Justine Mhyrra Vibangco; (back row, L-R): Lionel Matthew Rubico, Sebastian Roy Reyes, Zhan Paolo Moreno, Henjz Gabriel Demisana, and Joshua Minguillo. Also in photo are Alaska Aces mascot E-Cow, Alaska Milk Corporation Chairman of the Board and Jr. NBA Asia Advisory Council member Wilfred Uytengsu, Alaska Coach Tony dela Cruz, Jr. NBA Coach Natalia Andre, WNBA Legend Ticha Penicheiro, Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Collin Sexton, SM Prime Chairman of the Executive Committee and Jr. NBA Asia Advisory Council member Hans Sy, NBA Philippines Managing Director Carlo Singson, and Jr. NBA Head Coach Carlos Barroca.

programâ€™s core values of sportsmanship, teamwork, a positive attitude, and respect (S.T.A.R.). Jr. NBA Philippines 2019 is presented by Alaska, with AXA, Gatorade, Globe, Panasonic, Rexona and Vivo as official partners. ABS-CBN S+A, Basketball TV and NBA Premium TV are the official broadcasters of Jr. NBA Philippines. For all things NBA, fans can follow Jr. NBA on Facebook and the NBA at www.nba.com and on Facebook and Twitter. Fans can visit www.alaskamilk.com to learn more about the Alaska Milk Corporation, and follow Alaska Milk on Facebook for more information about Alaska Sports. List of Awards: G a t o r a d e Hu s t l e Awardees: Zhan Paolo Moreno and Franchesca Isabela Buenvenida Panasonic Rising Star Awardees: Zak Gumaya and Kaye Andrea Vivas Coaches of the Year: Orlando Estrelles and Precious Jimenez Alaska Ambassadors: Henjz Gabriel Demisana and Justine Mhyrra Vibangco MVPs: Sebastian Roy Reyes and Dianne Camille Nolasco

Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Collin Sexton celebrates with a Jr. NBA participant as he is called to be part of the Top 20 boys.

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