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Police identify ‘Ardot’ protectors, coddlers

By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Police have identified the alleged protector of fugitive former Ozamiz City Councilor Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog who was arrested in Taiwan, a police official said.

Police Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido, the Chief of Police of Ozamiz City, made the disclosure in a telephone interview Friday morning.

Epenido, however, refused to disclose the names of the businessmen, but hinted that most of them were known illegal gambling lords and were engaged in the “gun-for-hire” trade.

Pres. Spokesperson Harry Roque is welcomed by Cagayan de Oro Press Club (COPC) Pres. Ruffy Magbanua during Parojinog, an object of his brief visit on Thursday. The COPC is celebrating the 36th Press Freedom Week, May 21-26, 2018. an intensive police manhunt photo by gerry lee gorit

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with a P 5 million bounty on his head, was in hiding for 10-month until his arrest in Taiwan Wednesday.

According to reports, it was Parojinog’s colleagues, who were arrested earlier, who squealed on the fugitive’s whereabouts in Taiwan.

The PNP provided the information to the Taiwan police who later traced and arrested Parojinog in a fishing village in Tung-kang Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan late Wednesday afternoon.

The police did not say whether there are known “narco politicians” in the list of suspects who have a hand in the coddling and protection of Parojinog.

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Civilians support martial law JESUS FOR ALL NATIONS 34TH ANNIVERSARY in Mindanao: AFP official Today is the victorious worship Chairperson. “I am sure that Jesus Civilians whom soldiers in Mindanao are in close contact with have repeatedly expressed their support for Martial Law in Mindanao, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Col. Noel Detoyato said Thursday.

“We have four Army infantry divisions in Mindanao, distributed all over Mindanao. Under two Uni-

fied Commands, (Eastern and Western Mindanao) and one Air Force division, naval stations all over and Marine brigades. All of them are giving us (positive) feedback from the populace they are serving and in contact with,” he added.

Aside from these civilians, Detoyato said that relatives of troops who are See support, page 6

celebration to JESUS CHRIST/ YASHUA/ISA for 34 years of preaching the gospel of the cross, making disciples and serving the community by the Jesus For All Nations Organization founded by Bishop Dr. Herbert Raterta Gadian from the year 1984 and onwards.

“This is our yearly worship celebration to lift up the Name of Jesus Christ as the only Saviour of the world who gives real peace to those who believe”, according to Pastor Walter Luna, the event

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47 schools in Marawi ready for classes in June

By Calvin Penaco

ILIGAN CITY -- Department of Education (DepEd) Marawi City Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Anna Zenaida Unte Alonto announced on the radio program of Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) that 47 schools in Marawi are ready for the upcoming classes in June 2018.

“Handang-handa na po kami sa pasukan na magtanggap ng mga mag-aaral.

Nananawagan po kami sa mga magulang na i-enroll niyo po ang mga anak ninyo kung saan sila dati nag-aaral dahil handa na po iyong 47 schools ng Marawi City na nakalagay sa unaffected areas. Handa na po ang mga paaralan. Handa na po ang mga guro. Ready na po ang Marawi City division,” said Alonto.

[We are ready to receive students for the upcoming start of classes. We are calling on all the parents to enroll your children to schools where they were previously enrolled since the 47 schools located in the unaffected areas in Marawi City are ready. The facilities are ready. The teachers are ready. The Marawi City division is ready.]

Meanwhile, talks between DepEd and other concerned agencies such as the Department of Environ-

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CDO student participation rate rises to 93 percent

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Student participation in the city increased to 93 percent upon the city government’s immediate response to the infrastructure needs of public schools.

This was revealed by the City Administrator Teddy Sabuga-a Jr. after Mayor Oscar Moreno formally received the “Seal of Good Education Governance Award” during the Awarding Ceremony conducted in Seda Abreeza Hotel in Davao City on April 23.

The “Seal of Good Education Governance Award” was presented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID Philippines), Synergeia Foundation, PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. It can be noted that only one of the 2 cities and 22 municipalities in the whole country has been given such award during the National Education Summit held on September 29, 2017 at Philippine Convention Center (PICC), Manila.

Department of Education (DepEd) Marawi City Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Anna Zenaida Unte Alonto reports planned activities for the Marawi Week of Peace. (Photo

ment and Natural Resources (DENR) are still ongoing regarding the situation of the 20 damaged schools within the most affected areas (MAA). Alonto said that school-related issues such as land ownership and compliance with DepEd requirements are still being resolved.

She added that they are

looking into establishing two premier schools within the MAA; however, these plans are not final and are still subject to change.

The division of Marawi City continues to receive donations for education, including leather shoes and uniforms from the division of Makati City, 200 television screens from LG

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Electronics, and hygiene kits from South Korea.

Alonto assured that they will do their best to attend to the needs of all their students. She said, “Lahat po ng aming mga mag-aaral shall be given all the things that they need -- teacher’s kit, learner’s kit, and hygiene kit.”

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Oro dad, Inner Wheel Club sign agreement on building classroom CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The city government is set to establish the 1-unit classroom inside Mother Teresa Oro Care for Children in Upper Puerto, here after Mayor Moreno together with the Inner Wheel signed the Memorandum of Agreement on May 8.

The school is said to be an instrument in securing a bright future to children who are formerly roaming the streets but is now catered by the city and living in the

said center.

The allocated fund for such project is P1 million where 70 percent of the total amount (P700,000) is funded by the local government while 30 percent (P300,000) is provided by Inner Wheel Club led by Jhosie Jane Tarayao.

The city fund approved by the Local School Board using the Special Education Fund will give modern and fully furnished materials to the school.(CIO/PIA10)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- It is not possible to collect P7 fares from operators and motorway drivers if they have no tariffs in their units.

City Councilor Teodulfo Lao, chairman of the Committee on Public Utilities, warns motorela operators and drivers after the City Council approved the P1 increase in motorela fare on May 7.

“Kinahanglan magkuha gayud sila ug taripa sa bagong pletihan (They need to To promote greater awareness and appreciation of the importance of cleaner alternative fuels and energy tech- get the tariff of the new fare nologies, the Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-10 holds the Multi-Sectoral Forum on Alternative Fuels and Energy Technologies on May 22 at Mallberry Suites Business Hotel, matrix),” said Lao. The City Council just Cagayan de Oro City.(PIA/Cagayan de Oro)

awaits for Mayor Oscar Moreno to sign the ordinance of the increase before it will be fully implemented, says Lao. It can be noted that the petition for the P1 increase of the fare matrix was initiated by the Federation of Motorela Operators and Drivers in Cagayan de Oro (FEMODCO) called Alyansa-mP3 or Makatarunganong Usbaw, Pletehan alang sa Pamilya ug mga Pasahero, is acted upon by the City Council where a series of public hearings

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Motorela operators, drivers must secure tariff for new fare matrix, solon says

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Phoenix Petroleum earnings up 65% as revenue grows 107% in first quarter of 2018 Leading independent Philippine FamilyMart oil company Phoenix Pe- CVS, Inc., increased its troleum Philippines, Inc. same store sales by 3% continues its momentum since its acquisition last of growth as it posted an January. Family Mart is all time high quarterly the country’s third largest revenue of P18.083 billion convenience store brand, a in the first three months franchise of Japan’s Famof 2018, up by 107% from ilyMart, with 65 stores the P8.727 billion of the mostly in NCR. same period last year.

Phoenix Petroleum grew The increase was driven its comprehensive net inby the 66% growth in total come for this year’s first fuel volume sold, with quarter by 65% to P464.75 major contributions from million from P282.31 milthe Company’s new busi- lion for the same period ness segments – regional of 2017. This, despite the trading and supply arm increase in finance costs PNX Petroleum Singapore related to new business Pte. Ltd. and Phoenix LPG acquisitions and aggresPhilippines Inc. Last year, sive network expansion, Phoenix Petroleum ac- and the increase in cost of quired the local LPG busi- sales resulting from higher ness of Malaysia’s Petronas, oil prices. and established the Singa- “Our acquisitions are pore trading office. starting to add value, and LPG has accelerated we are realizing the synergrowth, as volume in- gies across our businesses, creased by 11% compared from fuels and lubricants to the same quarter last to LPG, trading and supply, year. convenience store retailing, The traditional fuels and soon, asphalt. We are business continues to show looking at another banner strong organic growth, as year as we fully consoliPhoenix opened more retail date our new businesses stations and secured deals and relentlessly pursue to supply to key accounts in operational excellence,” the power, manufacturing, said Phoenix Petroleum shipping, transportation, President and CEO Dennis construction, and other Uy. AW_Q2_P4_Print_May15_MndanaoDNs_27x20.5.pdf 1 5/15/2561 industries.

Phoenix Petroleum re Another new business, cently broke ground for its

A new Phoenix station at Imelda Avenue,Cainta, Rizal. Phoenix Petroleum continues to expand its retail network with more than 530 stations nationwide. In February, the company launched its upgraded fuels powered with Phoenix PULSE Technology.

asphalt plant in Batangas for Phoenix Asphalt Philippines, Inc., a joint venture with Thailand’s TIPCO Asphalt and PhilAsphalt Development Corp. The new company forms part of Phoenix’s strategy to complete its petroleum product offerings and to optimize the expected growth in BE 12:12 PM infrastructure spending of the government.

Phoenix Petroleum increased its market share in 2017 to 6.2% from 5.7%, the highest increase among top oil players, and cementing its standing as the leading independent.

The Company continues to expand its retail network as it opens more stations and refurbishes the look to a new and better design. Last January, it

opened its 100th station that sports the new look, reflecting the company’s aspiration of becoming the next generation fuel company catering to the needs of the next generation drivers.

In February, the company launched its upgraded fuels powered with Phoenix PULSE Technology. Available in all its fuel products,

Phoenix PULSE Technology is a fuel additive with advanced cleaning and protection properties for enhanced power and acceleration.

Phoenix Petroleum has also launched the Phoenix RCBC Bankard Mastercard that offers pulse-racing lifestyle rewards for motorists, such as 5% fuel rebate on Phoenix fuels.

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Presidential hits and misses

President Rody has a flair for drama which he uses to clearly drive his point.

Instead of just confiscating smuggled luxury cars and auctioning them, as he is allowed by law, he orders them destroyed.

And in a dramatic fashion.

On two recent occasions, we witnessed on television how multi-million peso cars were flattened and reduced to scrap by graders - to the horror of high end car aficionados.

In his much-touted fight against corruption in government, the President fired persons supposedly very close to him. Not content, he even followed this up with a shame campaign against his former political supporters. Nowadays, he even asks Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque to pre-announce the forthcoming firings.

The message to corrupt

officials would have been loud and clear.

Unfortunately, President Rody also has his share of misses which tend to negate his gains.

In his bid to get closer to his new friend – China – he is opening the way for six Chinese firms to corner the bulk (around P17B) of rehabilitation projects for Marawi. On the surface, nothing wrong with that especially if these Chinese companies can offer the best terms. After all, the offer of the Chinese will be subjected to “Swiss Challenge”.

Unfortunately, as it turned out, two of the companies have previously been blacklisted by the World Bank for alleged corrupt dealings involving Philippine projects. In an earlier clarification, the palace said that President Duterte was not aware of the blacklisting.

Subsequently, the inclusion

of the two companies was justified for the reason that the blacklisting, for 6 years and 5 years of the two companies, had already lapsed.

So what has happened to his “Ayaw ko sa corruption!” pronouncement?

Again, appointees who turned out to be incompetent (if not downright corrupt) were simply re-cycled.

They were pulled out from their previous posting and kicked sideways to other jobs with high-sounding titles.

And just recently, he promoted to the next higher rank a Philippine Coast Guard officer who had been suspended over funds misuse allegations.

All of a sudden, the signals coming from the palace have become mixed up.

Marawi – a year hence Seven months after the cessation of hostilities in Marawi, the rehabilitation

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of Marawi is moving ever slowly.

Nonetheless, considering the tedious process entailed preparing the rehab plan – much of which was taken up by multi-sectoral consultation on the best development mix – the palace has expressed satisfaction of what has been accomplished so far.

902 priority projects have been identified and are being readied for implementation. Adequate funding – estimated in excess of P70 billion over the next three years – is being budgeted.

Unsatisfied, critics have described the proposed rehabilitation of Marawi See hits, page 5

Kakampi Mo Ang Batas

Lyne Alano Abanilla, “Ulirang Ina 2018” LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… `Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?’…” (Isaiah 49:15, the Holy Bible).

-oooLYNE ALANO ABANILLA, “ULIRANG INA 2018”: I am congratulating in all earnestness Madam Lyne Alano Abanilla, former Vice President for Classified Ads of the Manila Bulletin, former District Governor of Rotary International 3810 (which covers Manila, Pasay City, Cavite, and Occidental Mindoro), and at present the country director of the Physicians for Peace Philippines, on account of her having been unanimously chosen as the “Ulirang Ina ng Pilipinas” for 2017.

Lyne was given this “outstanding mother” of the year award by the Ulirang

Ina Ama Awards Foundation, in glittering and fitting ceremonies which took place at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel on May 13, 2018, made more meaningful by the personal presence, participation, and felicitations of Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. According to an information bulletin issued by the Ulirang Ina Ama Awards Foundation, it conducts a yearly selection of women who can be considered as having shown extraordinary savvy in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities, first as the matriarch in a Filipino home, and second, as a responsible citizen in society. The choice and subsequent awarding for Lyne coincided with the 25th year

of the Foundation’s annual selection this 2018.

-oooA MOTHER THAT TOOK GREAT CARE OF HER KIDS, HER WORK, AND OF SERVING OTHERS: Records of the Ulirang Ina Ama Awards Foundation indicated that Lyne Alano Abanilla (who, like me, is a member of the Rotary Club of Intramuros Manila) was recognized as the “ulirang ina ng Pilipinas” because the Foundation saw that she raised her three children well enough, notwithstanding that she had to take care of them all by her lonesome, starting from their formative years until they have fully grown up.

It didn’t seem to matter to Lyne that as her kids were growing up, she was a mere rank-and-file employee of the Manila Bulletin in her

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early years with the newspaper. Despite that financial handicap, Lyne managed to send her children to college, enabling them to finish their collegiate degrees on time.

Indeed, this could have been one of the reasons why the owners of the Bulletin entrusted to her greatly responsible positions in the newspaper, like being the Vice President for Classified Ads, up to the time she retired from it in 2015, And all the while that she was doing a delicate balancing act between her role as the mother of her three children and her role as an officer of the Manila Bulletin directly dealing with its greatest source of income, its classified ads, See ina, page 5

Think A Minute

Older and Better

Think a minute…

An older man I know was walking back to his office after eating lunch. On the way back he met a friend, so he stopped and they talked a few minutes. As they were saying goodbye to each other the old guy said to his friend: “When we met just now, which way was I walking? To my office or to the restaurant?”

His friend answered, “You were walking to your office.” The old man smiled and said: “OK, I guess that means I’ve already had my lunch, so I better get back

to work now.” That poor old guy’s memory was so short, he really didn’t know if he was coming or going!

It seems no matter how hard we try, none of us can stop from getting older.

Aging is a natural law and process we simply can’t stop or change. We can exercise, eat only healthy food, take vitamins, use all the best lotions and oils on our skin, but we’re still getting older every day. And if it’s true that our memory is the first to go, then I know I’m well on my way!

It’s sad that many people

become grouchy, mean, or impatient as they grow older. But in fact, it should be just the opposite. As we grow older, we should grow sweeter, kinder, more gentle and accepting of others’ faults. We should become more compassionate and understanding of other people’s needs and problems, since we’ve learned how easy it is for us to make mistakes. We should just become more caring and forgiving.

Friend, if you want to get better with age, then today you can ask Jesus Christ to

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forgive you and take full charge of your heart and character every day. He’s the only One Who can help you start changing daily into the person you really want to be. That’s how you can enjoy even more the second half of your life, as you grow older—and better.

Just Think a Minute …

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as “a patchwork of sketchy plans”. The plans do not address many problems – not the least of which is the age old question of unresolved property rights among the Muslim population. This thorny issue has been tagged as one of the root causes of conflict in Mindanao.

T h e gove r n m e nt i s working on it, assures Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jess Dureza. Dureza concedes, however, that as of now there is no magic formula which answers all these questions.

At last – a national ID After several Presidents, we will soon have a national ID system. It is about time. We are one of 9 remaining countries in the world which, to date, have not adopted one.

The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.

Not only will a national ID facilitate public and private transactions. It will also help enhance national and community security.

Of course, a noisy militant minority will continue the protest the system not just for being invasive of privacy but for being reminiscent of the cedula – considered as a sign of subservience to our former colonial masters.

Come one, guys. This is already 2018. Let us just move on. If you have

nothing to hide, you have nothing to be afraid of.

Note: You may email us at totingbunye2000@gmail. com. You may also “like” us at Facebook at “Speaking Out”.

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Lyne did not hesitate to take on more charitable, though clearly punishing, work for ordinary and hapless Filipinos, first as the president of the Rotary Club of Intramuros and, later, as the District Governor of Rotary International District 3810.

-ooo“MOTHER OF COUNTLESS CHILDREN”: As a Rotarian, Lyne Alano Abanlla led in the pursuit and eventual accomplishment of charity projects for the p o or and the marginalized Filipinos---like the distribution of “Gamit Aral Bags” for thousands and thousands of elementary school students particularly in calamity-stricken areas, and the giving as well of prosthesis, or artificial legs and limbs, or hands made of wood or plastic, for Filipinos who underwent amputation.

Because of what she was doing as a Rotarian, Lyne got the attention of Rotary International leaders from the United States, who unhesitatingly elevated her as Rotary’s public relations officer

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for the South Pacific. She held this position under four successive presidents of Rotary International, starting with the year 2006. Because of her outstanding performance as Rotar y International’s public relations officer, she received countless awards through the years.

At present, Lyne’s time is mostly taken up by her charity projects (again!) at t he Physici ans for Peace Philippines. She is focused on ensuring the good vision or eyesight of element ar y s cho ol students, to make sure that they could read and understand well. Lyne is literally crisscrossing the four corners of the Philippine archipelago for this project. Indeed, Lyne is the mother not just of her children at this point, but of the thousands and thousands of young kids whose vision she is helping correct.

-oooFOR QUESTIONS, REACTIONS: If anyone would like to ask me any question about what the burning issues of the day mean, or what we have discussed here, or to consult on any problem, whatever it maybe, please call 0917 984 24 68, or email me at batasmauricio@yahoo. com, or post your concerns at www.facebook. com/attybatas. Promise, I will answer right away.

Thank God in the Name of Jesus, Amen!

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Marawi mayor: Heed the lessons of war MARAWI CIT Y--Local residents should reflect on the bitter lessons of war as this city marks the first anniversary of the fivemonth bloody siege by the ISIS-inspired Maute group.

This was the message of Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra during Wednesday’s commemoration marking the liberation of the war-torn city.

“As we remember what had happened in Marawi last May 23, 2017 let us go back and reflect upon the few things...and remember all the men and women who had lost their lives so that our city could be released from the hostilities that reduced our city in rubbles,” Gandamra said during the commemoration rites, attended by national officials led by Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza.

It was essential, Gandamra said, that the lessons of the war be instilled on the residents so that similar violence will never happen again.

“We have seen much during the five-month siege.

Properties and structures were destroyed, we lost our relatives and families,” the mayor said. “We are not

only here to give honor for the departed, the soldiers, police and civilians who sacrificed their lives for us but also to learn the lessons that the war has taught us.”

Sec. Dureza shared Gandamra’s sentiment, calling on the people of Marawi to united behind the government in its effort to stamp out extremism in the city and neighboring areas.

“We’re just visitors here and have not felt much the pain and hardship you have experienced,” Dureza said.

He added; But you’re from here and you are in the best position to say what happened here, why it happened, and how can we prevent it from happening again.”

Dureza, together with local, military, and national line agency officials, also

led an interfaith prayer offered to those who perished during the siege.The participants also signed a peace covenant, followed by the symbolic release of doves and white balloons.

The Marawi siege occurred after ISIS-inspired Maute terrorist group laid siege to the city that resulted in the death of over 1,000 people. The conflict ended five months later after Maute’s top leaders, Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute, were killed by the military.

About 165 soldiers and policemen, as well as an estimated 908 Maute-ISIS Group terrorists were killed and 852 firearms were seized in the five-month campaign that began May 23, 2017 and ended in October. (Irma Boza/PNA)

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Espenido, however, admitted that there are names of politicians who are suspected of having links to the Parojinogs, but most of the information has to be validated.

“We are now trying to validate and confirm the identities of the protectors of former Ozamiz City Councilor “Ardot” Parojinog,” Espenido said.

“Ardot” Parojinog was

the brother of former Ozamiz City Mayor Reynado “Aldong” Parojinog who was killed along with 14 others during a raid on his residence in Barangay Lawis, Ozamiz City, on June 30, 2017.

Killed with Parojinog was his wife Susan, younger brother and incumbent Misamis Occidental board member Octavio Parojinog, a younger sister, and 11 other alleged security men.

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Group (CIDG) in coordination with other law enforcers were simultaneously serving six search warrants against the Parojinog properties with alleged illegal possession of firearms and illegal drugs when the shooting took place in June 2017.

“Ardot” Parojinog reportedly escaped during the raid and since then become an object of a police manhunt.

President Rodrigo Duterte raised P 5 million for information leading to his capture – dead or alive.

A few months after he assumed the presidency in July 2016, Duterte issued an alleged list of officials engaged in illegal drug trade

in the country.

Duterte named the Parojinogs as one of the big-time “narcopoliticians” in Mindanao – an accusation that the Parojinogs had denied.

Pol. Supt. Lemuel Gonda, spokesperson of the police regional command in Cagayan De Oro City, said that the P 5 million bounty money remains active at the time of Parojinog arrest.

In a talked with the local media in Ozamiz City, Epenido said that Parojinog reportedly traveled to Taiwan via the “back door.”

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There were reports that the illegal gambling lords and “gun-for-hire” groups raised the money to allow Parojinog to escape to Taiwan, Espenido said.

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residing in Mindanao also expressed their support for the implementation of Martial Law in the area.

“They are the sources of our information. I am also from Mindanao and all of my relatives are happy with the implementation of Martial law. There are no rallies in Mindanao against Martial Law. Kung meron man (if there are any) they don’t represent the majority of the Mindanaons,” he added.

The AFP said Martial law make their missions of neutralizing terror and lawless group easier.

Martial law in Mindanao was declared on May

23, 2017 following heavy attacks of Maute Group terrorists in Marawi City.

Congress, in a special joint session in July, granted the extension of martial law until Dec. 31, 2017 at the President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s request.

The Senate and House of Representatives, convening in a joint session early December, granted Duterte’s request for the extension of martial law and the suspension of the privilege of writ of habeas corpus for a period of one year from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2018.

A total of 240 members of Congress voted to approve the resolution of both houses calling for martial law extension in Mindanao, while only 27 voted against it. There was no abstention.

Fourteen senators voted in favor of the motion and four were against it, while 226 House members approved the motion and 23 rejected it. (PNA)

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Applicant(s)Petitioner(s) request/s authority To extend the validity of Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUJ SERVICE on the line; Cogon Market to Patag -APOVEL -BULUA TERMINAL and vice versa with the use of SIX(6) units.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on JUNE 6, 2018 at 2;30 P.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall formally submit his/her/thier evidence.

The Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall publish said at least FIVE(5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Mindanao Island.

Party(s)opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/thier written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and /or his/ her/thier oral testimony(s).

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION/PETITION.

Issued this day 24TH of May 2018 at Cagayan de Oro City, Phillipines.

Applicant(s)Petitioner(s) request/s authority to extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUJ SERVICE on the line;Cogon Market to Apovel -Bulua Terminal and vice versa with the use of One(1)units.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on JUNE 6, 2018 at 2;30 P.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall formally submit his/her/thier evidence.

The Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall publish said at least FIVE(5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Mindanao Island.

Party(s)opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/thier written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and /or his/ her/thier oral testimony(s).

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION/PETITION.

Issued this 24TH day of May 2018 at Cagayan de Oro City, Phillipines.

Applicant(s)Petitioner(s) request/s authority To extend the validity of Certificate of Public Convenience with Amendment of route to operate TH FREIGHT SERVICE on the line;Within Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in Island of Mindanao Accessible to motor vehicle traffic and vice versa with the use of one(1)units.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on JUNE 6, 2018 at 2;30 P.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall formally submit his/her/thier evidence.

The Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall publish said at least FIVE(5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Mindanao Island.

Party(s)opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/thier written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and /or his/ her/thier oral testimony(s).

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION/PETITION.

Issued this 24TH dayt of May 2018 at Cagayan de Oro City, Phillipines.

Applicant(s)Petitioner(s) request/s authority To extend the validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate AIRCON TAXI SERVICE on the line;Within Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of ONE(1)units.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on JUNE 6, 2018 at 2;30 P.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall formally submit his/her/thier evidence.

The Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall publish said at least FIVE(5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Mindanao Island.

Party(s)opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/thier written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and /or his/ her/thier oral testimony(s).

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION/PETITION.

Issued this 24TH day of May 2018 at Cagayan de Oro City, Phillipines.

Applicant(s)Petitioner(s) request/s authority to extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate AIRCON TAXI SERVICE on the line; Within Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of ONE(1)units.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on JUNE 6, 2018 at 2;30 P.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall formally submit his/her/thier evidence.

The Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall publish said at least FIVE(5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Mindanao Island.

Party(s)opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/thier written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and /or his/ her/thier oral testimony(s).

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION/PETITION.

Issued this 24TH day of May 2018 at Cagayan de Oro City, Phillipines.

Applicant(s)Petitioner(s) request/s authority To extend the Validity of Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUJ SERVICE on the line; Cogon Market to Bulua (Cagayan de Oro City)and vice versa with the use of one(1)units.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on JUNE 6, 2018 at 2;30 P.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall formally submit his/her/thier evidence.

The Applicant(s)Petition(s) shall publish said at least FIVE(5) DAYS prior to the date of hearing in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Mindanao Island.

Party(s)opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/thier written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and /or his/ her/thier oral testimony(s).

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION/PETITION.

Issued this 24TH day of May 2018 at Cagayan de Oro City, Phillipines.

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TIEZA expedites construction of temporary outfall in Boracay MANILA, Philippines – The Tourism Infrastructure Economic Zone Authority (TIEZA) has mobilized the construction of temporary discharge pipeline to fast track the rehabilitation activities in Boracay at the onset of the rainy season starting June.

The temporary outfall will prevent flooding on various underground utilities and road construction

projects while TIEZA and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) augment their de-clogging activities in the drainage systems and sewerage facilities of Boracay.

The outfall will have a discharge pipe extended up to 800 meters off the shore of Bolabog beach. It will cater drainage water from the central Boracay section. The waters to be

discharged from this outfall will be treated accordingly before being released to the continental shelf.

This temporary outfall is part of the action plan to ensure that the 6-month Boracay rehabilitation program will be unhampered even during the June to December rainy season.

Working side-by-side with the Department of Environment and Natural

Resources and DPWH, TIEZA hopes to complete the temporary outfall project by July 2018. The permanent outfall will be completed

by January 2019.

TIEZA hastens the implementation of Phase 2 of the Boracay Drainage Improvement Project. Phase 2, among others, targets to finish the construction of four more pumping

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CLI’s Casa Mira South is named Cebu’s Best Housing Development Vismin property leader Cebu Landmasters’ Casa Mira South bagged the Best Housing Development (Cebu) award during the 6th PropertyGuru Philippines Property Awards 2018 held on May 11 at the Fairmont Makati Ballroom.

Casa Mira South is CLI’s best-selling housing project that gives More for the Filipino Family and is located in an accessible 32-hectare

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IDC represents at the 51st ADB Annual Meeting Italpinas Development Corporation Chairman Arch. Romolo V. Nati was invited by the Development Bank of the Philippines for the 51st ADB Annual Meeting held in Edsa Shangri-La hotel last May 3, 2018.

The event was in association with Development Bank of the Philippines and Daiwa Securities Group Inc., a company that primarily operates as a securities broker-dealer not only in Japan but also internationally. The event was also attended by several leaders of Philippine’s top business community.

ADB was established in the early 1960s as a financial institution that fosters economic growth and cooperation in the poorest regions in Asia.

DBP on the other hand, is the country’s most progressive development banking institution. Through the years, DBP has been a key player in nation-building by See represents, page 11

See outfall, page 11

See mira, page 11

(R-L IDC Chairman/CEO Arch. Romolo V. Nati attended the event with Development Bank of the Philippines Chairman/CEO Cecelia C. Borromeo and Mr. Joey Leviste Jr.)

Monetary Board Reduces Reserve Requirements Anew The Monetary Board announced today the reduction in the reserve requirement ratio by one (1) percentage point as part of its broad medium-term financial market reform agenda. The reduction will apply to those reservable liabilities of all banks and non-bank financial institutions with quasi-banking functions that are currently subject to a reserve requirement of nineteen (19) percent.

The move continues the BSP’s gradual and phased

reduction in reserve requirement ratios that commenced in March 2018. These operational adjustments are part of the BSP’s shift toward a more market-based implementation of monetary policy that aims to gradually reduce the BSP’s reliance on reserve requirements for managing liquidity in the financial system. The shift to the auction-based monetary operations under the interest rate corridor (IRC) framework has allowed the

BSP to provide more effective guidance to short-term market interest rates, which should help facilitate healthy price discovery on the cost of funds in the financial system.

The reduction in reserve requirements is also part of the BSP’s broad financial sector reform agenda to promote a more efficient financial system by lowering intermediation costs.

Moreover, the Monetary Board reiterates that the calibrated reductions in

reserve requirement ratios are not intended to signal any change in the prevailing monetary policy stance, as the BSP continues to have the scope to offset their potential liquidity impact via an expansion in auction-based monetary operations. Shifts in the monetary policy stance will continue to be signaled through adjustments in the policy rate, which will in take effect on the reserve turn continue to depend pri- economic data. marily on the BSP’s outlook The reduction in the re- maintenance period beginfor inflation as informed by serve requirement ratios shall ning on 1 June 2018.

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Advancing health services. One of the most significant changes in Inawayan over the last three years was the construction of their new barangay health center donated by Therma South in partnership with Aboitiz Foundation. (Left: Old health center, Right: new health center)

Coming Back Home: Co-creating a Better Barangay Brgy. Inawayan, of the municipality of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, is the first barangay outside of Davao city in the south.

Home to around 7,000 Muslim and Christian residents, the community was highly dependent on fishing and agriculture. With not much economic activity, people left to look for opportunities in other places.

These past few years, however, the economy started to pick up, thanks to the arrival of AboitizPower’s baseload power plant operated by Therma South.

Suddenly, there were jobs even for skilled workers. The once lonely intersection was bustling with storefronts -- from barber shops to eateries, stores, and even a surplus shop. Inawayan residents who were working in other places started coming back home.

“Ang mga dugay na nga nihawa, nanguli na sa atong barangay (Those who left a long time ago have come home to our barangay),” said Punong Barangay Romulo Elula as he mused on the rapid progress of the barangay.

From a fishing and agriculture-dependent village, Inawayan has become host to a number of commercial and industrial locators.

“Before, people relocated to distant places to find work. But now that a lot of job opportunities have opened up for them here, they are coming back to our barangay. Residents were able to find work, especially during the plant’s construction. TSI was the first big investor that entered Inawayan. Other investors followed,” Elula said.

Inawayan’s experience See home, page 11

3, 030 beneficiaries for the SBB Reading Camp Season 5 in Comval

C ompostel a Valley Province -- A total of 3,030 elementary school pupils of the eleven (11) municipalities of the province underwent the fifteen-day remedial reading activity of the province through Bayanihan Para sa Karunungan Program (BPSK) “Summer Big Brother (SBB) Reading Camp Season 5.”

It can be recalled that on April 25, 2018 the conduct of simultaneous launching of the SBB season 5 was done at the 105 participating

public elementary schools of the entire province.

The activity was successfully implemented in partnership with the 202 school teachers and principals who also underwent the teachers’ training and 404 youth volunteers who already finished the 3-day youth volunteers’ training conducted by the province for free.

The BPSK program addresses the reading and comprehension deficiencies See camp, page 11

Mayor Allan L. Rellon leads in the newest inaugurated the safe birthing facility in Barangay Apokon, the third to be constructed in the city. The said facility offers not only birthing services but also pre- and post-natal care services.

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Pregnant women told to avail services of govt-operated birthing facilities

By Tagum City Information Office

TAGUM CITY—Pregnant women are encouraged to avail the services of government-operated birthing facilities after the Department of Health and the local health office here noted the dwindling number of women who have given birth in the birthing facilities operated by the local government here.

This after the City Government of Tagum and the Department of Health recently inaugurated the safe birthing facility in Barangay Apokon, the third to be erected in the city after two facilities constructed in Barangays San Miguel and La Filipina, respectively.

Mayor Allan L. Rellon disclosed that he had ordered the City Health Office, through the barangay

health workers, to intensify its campaign for women to avail not only the pre- and post-natal care services in the city’s health centers but also those of the birthing facilities operated by the LGU. This call was likewise echoed by Ma. Corazon Mendez, the development management office head of DOH XI, who was present during the inauguration of

the newest birthing home in the city.

The said facility will be manned by three midwives and nurses paid by the local government while some of the equipment stationed in the area are donated by the World Health Organization.

Meanwhile, Mayor Rellon also shared that the clustering of barangays into seven districts will soon be See avail, page 11

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The program aims to further increase the productive capacity of small farmers and fishers in the priority provinces, raise their income, and contribute to the attainment of food self-sufficiency.

EMBRACE To complement its partnership programs with DA and lending programs coursed through conduits, LANDBANK also launched in 2016 a loan facility to help address the financing needs of farmers, fishers, micro, and small enterprises in unserved areas across the country.

Dubbed as EMBRACE or Empowering Barangays in Remote Areas through Credit and Enterprise, the program has more relaxed features and requirements, and lower interest rates for farmers to engage in projects like agricultural crop, livestock, and fishery production; as well as agri-enterprise and other livelihood activities.

From January to December 2017, the Bank released P4.93 million in loans – with priority given to small farmers who are tilling not more than five hectares of agricultural land as well as small fishers who own or operate not more than three gross tons of fishing boat paraphernalia or fishpond owners or operators of not more than five hectares.

Cumulative loan releases reached P6.18 million in less than two years since the program was launched.

These retail lending programs are only among the wide array of services offered by LANDBANK, as it remains on the lookout for new programs and services to further expand its reach and provide greater financial and technical support to farmers and fishers across the country. It remains the biggest credit provider to small farmers and fishers and local government units, and the biggest lender to microenterprises and SMEs among government financial institutions.

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with AboitizPower is not unique. This is part of the company’s values of sharing progress to their host communities -- their partners.

“As a group, we have always looked at the success of our business as a function of the positive impact we have in our community.

Our community should progress together with our business,” Therma South’s manager for Reputation and Stakeholder Management Jason C. Magnaye said, highlighting the group’s purpose of advancing business and communities.

Aside from improved employment opportuni-

ties, the barangay also saw a significant increase in its tax revenues.

“Before the boom, we only had around P2 million pesos of internal revenue allotment (IRA). Now, our funds are close to P5 million.

In addition, the barangay has already downloaded P11 million in real property tax (RPT) from TSI alone,” Elula said.

As a whole, TSI has spent more than P43 million in its host localities since construction started in 2011.

Elula shared that from TSI’s RPT contributions, the barangay will now be able to procure a dump truck to support its barangay solid waste management program, a barangay utility vehicle, and implement road concreting plans.

Income levels have also improved . Based on a survey conducted in 2015, the average monthly income of an Inawayan household head was around P5,000, which has now doubled to P10,000 in 2017.

While rapid development also brings about fears of environmental degradation, Inawayan’s environmental efforts have not been neglected.

“TSI has annual programs like the coastal cleanup, which was something that we seldom did. We used to do one cleanup every three years before.

But now, we do it annually and every year there is less trash to collect because of our joint campaign with TSI on proper waste disposal,” Elula shared.

The quality of education in the barangay has also improved. Through TSI’s corporate social responsibility programs, teachers have been given opportunities to undergo trainings.

More school facilities and equipment have also been introduced, including classrooms, libraries, science laboratories, and tech-voc facilities.

In the field of governance, Inawayan has consistently been cited as a model barangay in various fields, the most recent of which was its recognition as the No. 1 Barangay in the entire province of Davao del Sur Katarungang Pambarangay programs.

As the years pass, Barangay Inawayan will continue to take strides in improving the quality of life for its people -- the same people who may have left for a better future before, but have come home for a better life now.

Wholly-owned AboitizPower subsidiary Therma South, Inc. (TSI) is the owner and operator of the 300-megawatt Davao Baseload Power Plant located in Binugao, Toril, Davao City.

It is the first power plant in Mindanao to utilize the Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) technology. TSI is also certified in three ISO standards, namely Quality Management (ISO 9001:2015), Environmental Management (ISO 14001:2015),

Sat-Sun, May 26-27, 2018 and Occupational Health side walls. The project will and Safety Management also have water recycling (OHSAS 18001:2007). and rain harvesting systems.

All these green features will make Primavera City unit from page 8 and building maintenance of pupils. It has, since 2012, very cost effective. The helped improved the English project is also designed to reading and comprehension be ‘disaster-proof ’, able to skills of the incoming Grade withstand strong typhoons 3 and Grade 4 pupils in and earthquakes. participating public schools Primavera City, recently launched its remaining inof the province.

According to Jennilyn ventories last May 16, 2018, Lansang- BPSK program for its 4th, 5th and 6th floors manager, that the train- and now has a total 86% ers who act as teachers of sold units for Tower A and the selected pupils of the 55% sold units for Tower B. program are the teachers Primavera City was who already underwent awarded as the “Best Mixed the teachers training and Use Condominium” at the assisted by the youth vol- Asian Property Award Competition and it is also in unteers.

“Katabang nila pagtudlo the process to be rated as a panahon sa klase ang mga “Green Building” by EDGE youth volunteers nga kasag- (Excellence in Design for aran nakahuman sa kursong Greater Efficiency ) the Education ug uban nga nag green building rating system tungha sa maong kurso ug developed by IFC (Internanaa na sa higher level of tional Finance Corporation) which is part of the World education” she added.

The goal of this program Bank. is to strengthen public- To date, IDC has sucprivate partnership in de- cessfully developed two (2) livering quality basic public structures that are intereducation and ensuring its nationally recognized and literacy impact to the pupils. EDGE Certified (Excellence In Design For Greater Excel(Rey Antibo,ID Comval) lence) and also awarded by the Asian Property Award. from page 8 With these architectural implemented which will solutions, IDC ensures its effectively cascade the de- contribution to progressive livery of basic services in and sustainable developthe grassroots, including ment and nation building. health services.

The local chief executive stated that the city’s core from page 7 group of planners are now stations and three sea outfall finalizing the feasibility pipelines. study for this matter and The mandate of TIEZA it will be a matter of time in Boracay rehabilitation before the local govern- program pursuant to Execument can devise strategies tive Order No. 53 – Creating to effectively roll out its the Boracay Inter-Agency clustering plan. Louie Lapat/ Task Force – is to underCIO Tagum take the completion of the drainage system program, to work with DPWH in from page 7 the establishment of flood assisting critical industries control infrastructures, and and sectors, promoting en- to ensure the completion of trepreneurship particularly the expansion programs of in the countryside, help- water and sewerage system ing build more productive in the three barangays of communities, advancing Boracay Island. environmental protection TIEZA is the infrastrucand contributing to the ture arm of the Department improvement of lives of the of Tourism.

Filipinos across the nation.

DBP and Italpinas forged its partnership in relation from page 7 to IDC’s newest sustainable a 1.18-hectare patch of development, Primavera green in the prime real City, which is strategically estate location Cebu I.T. situated in the prime loca- Park is commended for tion of Uptown Cagayan de Best Luxury Condo (Cebu).

Oro City. DBP and IDC have Latitude Corporate Center, a similar vision in nation- a 24-storey office tower building and it is exhibited with eco-friendly features, thru IDC’s developments. hosting executive, enterWhile many developers prise, and BPO offices at avoid emerging cities and the Cebu Business Park is focus on highly urbanized commended for Best Office area, IDC, instead, choose Development (Cebu). Citaemerging cities in the coun- dines Cebu City, a 180-unit try for its developments. hotel in CLI’s mixed-use Built-in with green strate- residential and lifestyle gies, Primavera City will hub in Base Line Center, harness the best principles of located at the heart of the passive cooling technology: city and is managed by the shadow and sunlight con- world’s biggest internatrol, wind cooling and shape tional serviced residence performance. It will feature owner-operator Ascott, is renewable energy that will commended for Best Hotel be produced from semi- Development (Cebu). transparent photovoltaic “We are very pleased panels found on the roof, with the recognition of our covering the amenities deck, efforts in bringing quality and on the external, east- real estate developments

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in Cebu and the rest of VisMin,” said CLI founder and CEO Jose Soberano III. “We hope to bring more world-class developments in the Visayas and Mindanao to make an impact on the lives of many more Filipinos,” Soberano added.

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Currently, summer classes and educational programs such as the Kindergarten Catch-up Education Program (KCEP) and feeding programs are ongoing in the city. (Calvin Penaco/ PIA-ICCC)

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Sabuga-a stressed that due to lack of classrooms in the public primary and secondary levels, students became uncomfortable with their studies which resulted to a decrease in student participation rate.

Since July 2013, about 500 classrooms were already built by the city government along with the large number of schools established.(IAF/ PIA10)

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were held and attended by the various sectors of the city.

Motorela groups expressed their appreciation on the city government’s response to their request saying that such will aid in raising their families.(ALR/ PIA10)

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can hear messages from different speakers coming from different cities.

The main guest speaker is from the nice city of Nassau the capital of Bahamas, Apostle Benjamin Smith, the founder of Kingdom Training Embassy International. Other speakers are Dr. Fritzboy Cobrado, the President of LAMP Foundation Intl, Dr. Jill Boyonas the President of CMC from Cebu City, Bishop Elmer Cabalog the Senior Minister of Praise and Worship Cathedral, Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, Bishop Noel Colita the Senior Minister of Jesus For All Nations, Quezon, Bukidnon and Bishop James Felvic Udang the Founder and President of Kingdom of Christ Philippines, Cagayan de Oro City.

Our beloved Mayor Oscar Moreno is also invited to share congratulatory message for this event. On this event, Rev. Koemsieng Pov and Apostle Levi Matiga from Poipet , Cambodia will be ordained as All Na-

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tions Network coordinators in Cambodia. Dr. Rolly Pelingon will also receive his degree certificate from All Nations Seminary, the Doctor of Theology. Pastor Tonette Colita from Valencia, Bukidnon will share her amazing testimony how God delivered her from a stage 4 ovary cancer. This gathering has an entrance fee of P275 inclusive of lunch, snack and a chance to win raffle prizes. There will be many drama and dance performances from different groups and also coming from other cities.

Dhassig Band and other Musical bands will also join this celebration. Some leaders who confirmed to come on this Jesus event are the following: Apostle Chan Meng from Singapore, Apostles Paul and Marcy Babor with their children from Burma, Dr. Jess and Wennie Dorog from Cebu, Pastor Dedith Arellano from New York, USA, Pastor Evelyn Bautista from Los Angeles California, Rev. Benjie and Pastor Raquel Epe, Apostle Ruby and Gloria Docosin, Pastor Jun and Ed Bringas, Dr. Pancho and Jeanette Faburada, Dr. Mandy and Chenet Gonzales, Apostle Methuselah Ramos from Paranaque Manila, Pastor Robinson and Delia Sinogaya, Apostle Don Benitez, Rev. Gerry Drapisa, Pastor Windy Samson, Pastor Marilyn Cabunag, Apostle Rhyan Casino, Bishop & Ptr Ubalde of AIMPHIL, Missionary Dawn Peterlein from Michigan USA, and many leaders from different cities.

The central church zone pastors are also thanking all their members for their participation: Rev. Jane Ebcas, Rev. Lilibeth Amahit, Rev. Hector Campo, Bro. Ian Caingles, Pastor Ronjay Jamero and Pastor Mercy Gadian. Rev. Alexander Gadian the Senior Pastor of JFA Centro is also thanking all his members. Greetings and wishes of prosperity and blessings from all JFA national board of directors and all international advisory board of All Nations Network. Masters of Ceremony of this whole day affair are: Ms. Ann Marie Gadian, Ms. Charisse Lendio, Ms. Raquel Epe, Mr. Nino Labininay and Ms. Katrina Gurro.

We will continue to proclaim the gospel of the cross to all people around the world and also declare the coming of Jesus Christ on earth to give real peace to mankind and set up His kingdom on earth. God bless and Jesus Christ’s love be upon everyone.

(Source: Jesus For All Nations Multi Media 2018)

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LANDBANK lends P62.5B to nearly 1M small farmers, fishers in 2017, strengthens direct lending

The Land Bank of the Philippines remained aggressive in channeling support to small farmers, fishers, and their associations with loan releases amounting to P62.5 billion in 2017. These benefited 837,653 farmers and fishers from across the country.

“We at LANDBANK are doubling our efforts in lending to the agriculture sector, especially farmers and fishers, to help increase their productivity and income,” said LANDBANK President and CEO Alex V. Buenaventura.

Apart from loans coursed through conduits such as farmers and fishers cooperatives, countryside financial institutions, and irrigators’ associations, LANDBANK is stepping up to expand its direct lending to farmers and fishers who are not members of accredited cooperatives and farmers organizations and are unable to access loans from formal lending

institutions on their own.

SIKAT SAKA program One such financing window is the Sikat Saka Program, a joint program of LANDBANK and the Department of Agriculture (DA), which provides direct credit to small palay and corn farmers who are members of irrigators associations and/or endorsed

by farmers organizations.

In 2017, LANDBANK released P1.8 billion in loans under the Program.

Cumulative loan releases amounted to P6.2 billion as of end-2017, which benefited 15,702 farmer-borrowers from all over the country.

The Program also offers integrated support services to the farmer beneficiaries

in terms of free irrigation services, market support, and crop insurance subsidy, which improves the viability of palay and corn projects.

The farmers are likewise trained on credit discipline and financial management to teach them how to save, pay loans on time, and better manage their finances.

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Meanwhile, for palay and corn farmers who are not covered by Sikat Saka, LANDBANK has another program especially designed for non-Agrarian Reform Beneficiary (ARB) small farmers and fishers in selected provinces in the country. Also a partnership with DA and the Agricultural Credit Policy Council, the

Agriculture and Fisheries Financing Program (AFFP) is a flexible credit facility that provides agricultural loans to marginalized farmers and fishers who are registered in the DA’s Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture.

AFFP loan releases in 2017 amounted to Php 105.5 See lends, page A11