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peratives of the Bureau of Customs in Region 10 (BOC-10) confiscated two container vans loaded with smuggled potatoes at the Mindanao International Container Terminal (MICT) in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

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Customs Police Head Roman Moscoso said the cargoes were declared as containing “fresh apple” coming from China.

Moscoso, with Customs Intelligence and Investiga-

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tion Service (CIIS) officerin-charge Intelligence Officer 2 Alvin Enciso, Customs District Collector Jamail A. Marohomsalic, and Assistant Port Collector Marvin See confiscates, page 11

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AFP engineering units clear war debris in Marawi

MILITARY engineering units are at the forefront of the debris clearing operation in Marawi City, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief-of-Staff Gen. Rey Leonardo Guerrero said Wednesday.

“Right now, we have also our engineers here in the area (Marawi City), com-

posed of Army, Air Force and Navy engineers (who) are also undertaking debris clearing in the most-affected areas,” Guerrero said during a press briefing in Marawi.

The AFP chief noted that since the clearing operations began on Oct. 23, the engineering units have See debris, page 11

DND to acquire 24 attack helicopters THE Department of National Defense (DND) confirmed plans to acquire 24 brand-new attack helicopters which will be used by the military to support troops engage in fighting terrorists and other lawless elements.

This was confirmed by DND public affairs office chief Arsenio Andolong

in a message to the PNA Thursday.

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UST starts prep work for GenSan campus GENERAL Santos City-The University of Santos Tomas (UST) has started preparations for the initial development phase of its long delayed expansion campus here.

University officials represented by Fr. Dexter Austria, of its Office of the Vice Rector for Finance, has launched a series of consultations and public hearings for the first phase of the establishment of the planned 79.93-hectare university campus.

Austria said the public consultations are among the requirements for the development of the site in Barangays Ligaya and Ka-

tangawan, specifically the approval of the location and clearance for its road networks and drainage canal.

The initial development works would be spearheaded by geodetic engineers from UST and its contracted firm, DCCD Engineering Corp.

A statement released by the City Public Information Office said officials and residents of the two barangays covered by the project have expressed full support to the planned development works.

“This is the long hope of every constituent in Barangay Ligaya as we aim to become an urbanized area

in the city. I hope that the engineers will materialize the design and concepts they have made,” said Barangay Ligaya chair Romy Pagaduan.

Mayor Ronnel Rivera had endorsed the development of the UST campus, which will be the university’s first in Mindanao.

He said the opening of the university would eventually help bring in more major investments and economic activities to the city.

UST initially acquired the proposed university site for P96 million in 1997 but its development was marred by land classifica-

tion problems.

UST sought for the conversion of the site, which is classified as agricultural land, to institutional and received initial approval from the Department of Agrarian Reform in 2003.

DAR issued another order in 2008 “extending the development period of the site until 2013,” according to UST’s official publication, Varsitarian.

The city council intervened in 2013 by passing Ordinance No. 15 that revised the zoning classification of the university site from agricultural to institutional.

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A CATHOLIC bishop said the Church must actively tackle the rise of fake news and trolls fomenting hate, and see the matter not just as a problem but an opportunity.

Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan reminded church people of the weight of their responsibility to evangelize people in a world dominated by social media.

A victim of several fake stories himself for criticizing the government’s war on drugs that claimed thousands of lives, he said “it takes a lot of guts” but the truth must also be brought “from pulpit to social me-

dia”.

“If you don’t react to these statements, soon they become like Gospel truth,” David said is his keynote address during the 6th Catholic Social Media Summit at the Siena College in Quezon City on Saturday.

“Truth has become a more serious concern in the context of so much untruth in things that we hear or read,” he said.

He said bashing will always be there that “even homilies are rewritten by trolls” but good work and awakening of consciences must continue “because people are interested in the truth”.

“Don’t allow yourself to be intimidated,” said the incoming vice president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). “Toll the bells and something will happen.”

A vocal critic of the drug-related killings, David has been a constant victim of online attacks.

But instead of getting discouraged, the bishop brought his campaign to the social media because “(wrong) soundbites are quickly accepted if they are not corrected”.

“That’s why the response is silence. No reaction to the killings… and the result is death of the conscience,”

he said.

“If killing of drug suspects is a serious matter, the death of conscience is more serious issue. And as a church leader, I would feel amiss in my leadership if I allow the consciences of people to die,” said David.

Also focusing his talk on social media as “a brand new form for truth and empathy,” the prelate shared how he utilized the platform to raise their advocacies and how it spurred people to action.

He said it was through social media that many people responded to his diocese’s program for the poor, including the families of victims of extrajudicial killings.

“That’s what

Bishop: Online trolls mustn’t be allowed to intimidate Church

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Hontiveros: No VAT reduction, no TRAIN “NO lower VAT, no TRAIN.” This was the statement issued by Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday saying that she is amenable to supporting the proposed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN) as long as the measure lowers the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 12 to 10 percent.

“Bottomline” “My bottom line is a TRAIN with a lowered VAT. While I support the push for a comprehensive tax reform package, this should primarily protect and benefit the poor, who for the longest time have been at the receiving end of a largely regressive tax system,” Hontiveros said.

“Kung ibababa ang VAT, tataas ang suporta ng publiko sa TRAIN,” she added.

She said that TRAIN should reduce the country’s VAT from 12 percent to 10 percent, and then to 8 percent to align it with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), once VAT revenues reach 4.5 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which she said is what Thailand is able to collect with a 7 percent VAT rate.

“Lowered VAT to benefit 1.7 million wage earners” The Senator explained that a lowered VAT is one of the safety nets she is pushing for to cushion the effects of TRAIN on 1.7 million “near poor” wage earners whom she said are in danger of becoming poorer once the law is passed and implemented.

Hontiveros also said that the monthly transfers to the poor need to be made available for a longer period of time corresponding to the phased implementation of fuel excise tax increases.

Hontiveros said that

using the Department of Finance’s (DoF) own “microsimulation methodology,” while poverty will be marginally reduced as a result of the P200 per month income transfer as provided

by TRAIN, 1,796,730 near poor wage earners will also become even poorer.

“Due to the said households’ families’ bigger size compared to the DoF’s assumed typical household size in its computations or even compared to its sample of five thousand households in each income grade, and because the National Housing Targeting System (NHTS) methodology is unable to identify 13 percent of the poor, millions of near poor people risk becoming poorer,” Hontiveros said.

Tobacco tax in TRAIN will generate additional P50 billion, reduce 1.5 million smokers Meanwhile, Hontiveros, who is the Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, wants to include additional excise taxes on tobacco products in the TRAIN by doubling tobacco taxes, with an annual rate increase of 10 percent in the succeeding years. She said that additional tobacco taxation in the TRAIN will generate an additional P 50 Billion worth of revenues and reduce the number of smokers in the country by more than 1.5 million.

“The proposal to include additional tobacco taxation in the TRAIN will hit two birds with one stone. It will generate the government billions of Pesos of needed revenues and prevent the prevalence of many lifethreatening illnesses caused by smoking, which include lung cancer, stroke, coronary heart disease, chronic Bronchitis and other lung diseases,” Hontiveros said.

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Cast and crew of “Datu Mankalasi.” Photo courtesy of IPAG

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REVIEW: IPAG mounts Gervacio’s Datu Mankalasi: Explorations of folklore versus reality

By Christine F. Godinez Ortega MindaNews

ILIGAN City--The plight of the Lumad, in particular, the Agusanon Manobo, took center stage when the Mindanao State UniversityIligan Institute of Technology’s (MSU-IIT) resident theatre company, the Integrated Performing Arts Guild (IPAG), mounted the play Datu Mankalasi by writer German V. Gervacio on November 20 at the institute’s gymnasium.

A number of datus from the Manobo and Higaunon groups came to witness the performance preceded by a lecture on the Lumad groups’ experiences.

Their presence before, during and after the performance was a stamp of approval to a portrayal of their generations of struggle against the oppressor from pre-colonial to contemporary times.

The struggles of the Lumads against logging and land grabbing of ancestral lands, mining, abuse of human rights and other plaints were aired by Manobo Datus Roger Plana and Nilo Cabungcal and Higaunon Datu Joseph Paborada before a group of students, faculty members and other

guests.

The organizers, Kalumbay Regional Lumad Organization, said that the plight of the Lumads often do not get any publicity from mainstream media so they hoped that their hurts might be laid bare in the social media and in performances such as IPAG’s mounting of Datu Mankalasi played

by Miguel Joven Perfecto.

The IPAG was at its usual best at dialog that made use of Filipino and Binisaya, excellent light and set designs by Hermi Dico, Jan Pagarigan, Christian Jay Legaspi and Meshaq Dangel; synchronized technical management by Andrew Salazar, Karl Razul Casurra, Argiel Sasil and Mark Saura; authentic, colorful and breath-taking Manobo attire in contrast to the costumes of the Bughawan that had a smorgasbord of influences including the Manga comics, animation, the post-apocalyptic Water World and the sci-fi Final Fantasy.

Best of all, the rhythmic movements of Manobo dances were earthy and seemingly natural, thanks to the research on Manobo dances by Prosfe June de la Victoria Yee, choreography

German Gervacio’s “Datu Mankalasi” as performed by IPAG. Photo courtesy of IPAG

by Melvin Pascubillo, stage management by Lilibeth Maraon and production management by Arlem Abanes.

The music composed and arranged by director Steven Patrick C. Fernandez appealed to both young and old. Variations of themes from Pinkfong’s Baby Shark Dance and other MTV and Western music the millennials are familiar with were hits during the performance.

Fernandez’s compositions with assistance from Michael John Lagura marked

a more upbeat and mature take on love and drinking songs.

The beating of the drums and the sound from the synthesizer along with the thumping of feet by the Taong Aso/Taumbayan played by Gaspar Cortes Jr., John Paul Francisco, Remegio Dayanan Jr., Jack Cyril Llagas and Elias Point; and, from the Bughawan headed by Lagura, carried the whole narrative to its finish despite a few low moments where scenes needed to have flawless segues.

The veteran Lagura as the mutant Karakuda stole the show. He was too comfortable with his role to the point of portraying a bad guy as ‘fun’ eclipsing the antics of his sidekick Wariwap played by Primo Bagasol Jr. and Perfecto as Datu Mankalasi.

Mindanawons, on the other hand, hear about the plight of the Lumad of Central and Northern Mindanao, but somehow the play Datu Mankalasi, a true to life narration of the Manobo Datu and his people, if for anything, raised the Lumad struggles and their frustrations against the powerful symbolized by the Bughawin played by Kim Sumagang, Danielle Salaan, Shairah Mae de los Santos, Jonna Mai Iniego, Dency Caballero and Joy Annabelle Cimafranca.

If life is short, and art is long, this writer was skeptical about how a play with a seemingly political agenda would be handled by a writer, and transcreated by a seasoned theatre group such as the IPAG. Poets have long been warned about not trusting those who use or abuse literature with political themes unless in an artistic, unob-

trusive way which National Artists for Literature F. Sionil Jose, Cirilo F. Bautista and Bienvenido Lumbera have done with their own works.

For hundreds of years and after the artist and writer were elevated to a high status in society with the rise of the Middle Class in Europe, the artist creates beyond his times, but always cognizant of the society that nurtures his art.

If his art must live after him, his themes must go beyond the political and Gervacio did not necessarily play to the galleries.

He has woven into his narrative a more human perspective and made relevant the Higaunon lore that recounted how the Higaunons sprung from women and dogs, hence the Taong Aso or Man-Dog warriors.

Many Filipinos are not familiar with such lore and, if known, they would be put off by it because of Westernization and too engrossed in teleseryes, perhaps.

Varieties of this lore likewise exist but it is the writer or artist who makes the selection for his own purposes.

See folklore, page 5

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Is Pilipinas Kao trying to evade paying taxes?

The provincial government of Misamis Oriental should file tax evasion charges against Pilipinas Kao with the Court of Tax Appeal.

The filing of the ‘evasion case’ with the Court of Appeals would certainly force the management of Pilipinas Kao to pay its taxes due the provincial government. Otherwise, the company should “pack up” and leave the province.

It app e ars t hat t he Pilipinas Kao, a Japanese Oleo-Chemical company based in Jasaan, Misamis Oriental, has not paid a real estate tax since 2001.

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ing taxes due to the local government. A number of information has been collected in various offices of the government were “blood money” exchanges hands as the shortest way to evade paying taxes due the government.

For instance, the report about “double padding” of receipts is reportedly rampant in some income generating government and quasi-government offices. The bribe offer is so tempting that, in most instances, it is the corrupt public officials themselves who make the initiatives to make sure that everything would appear as legal and an authorized transaction.

Indeed, the corruption in the government, including the present dis-

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pensation, remains appalling and incredible. What is lamentable is that the government is only akin to small time government workers while the “big shots” who thrived on political patronage remain scot-free.

The Pilipinas Kao could have also been inflicted with the contagious corruption disease. There is this apprehension that a full-blown probe into the operation of the Pilipinas Kao could expose the “Pandora’s box” that might implicate top officials in the government, particularly those who served during the incumbency of PresiSee taxes, page 9

Kakampi Mo Ang Batas

Congressmen violated their own rules on Sereno case

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…It is time for you to act, LORD; your law is being EDITORIAL broken…” (Psalm 119:126, the Holy Bible).

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schools, farm-to-market roads, and strengthen the provincial government’s health program.

The CYNOSURE, however, believes that the Japanese-managed company could have religiously been paying taxes due the Philippine government. As a foreign investor with a stake in the local business, it is incumbent upon the investor to faithfully follow the established laws of the host country. Thus, it makes one wonders if the Pilipinas Kao would not pay the taxes due to the local government.

There is this suspicion that the company’s top management might have been paying “grease” money to corrupt public officials instead of pay-

to ask questions and to cross-examine the people who filed the complaint of impeachment.

This rule was clearly the basis of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Aranal Sereno on the request that she and her lawyer made for the crossexamination of lawyer Larry Gadon, the complainant who filed the impeachment complaint against her.

The problem was that, the Justice Committee itself disregarded its own rules by refusing to allow Gadon’s cross-examination

by Sereno.

-oooDISREGARDING LAWS IS A PRELUDE TO ANARCHY: This kind of a system that is at work at the House of Representatives (and even

in the Senate)---where decisions are simply based on the numerical superiority of the friends or foes of an official who is subject of an impeachment case---clearly destroys democracy and the rule of law in this country.

The decision of the members of the Justice Committee on Wednesday showed to all and sundry that lawmakers can bend and ignore or disregard rules, as long as there is a sufficient number of them who will agree to the bending or the disregard of those rules.

It has become clear that laws are no longer important at this point in our history as a nation. What is more important now is whether one is a friend or an enemy of whoever is enforcing the

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law. In sum, this kind of system entices anarchy in the country, because people from all levels of society are encouraged to disregard existing laws and act on their own volition.

-oooSC CAN MEDDLE ON IMPEACHMENT OF SERENO: I wouldn’t be surprised if Sereno’s camp will bring the Justice Committee’s Wednesday decision to the Supreme Court. The issue is clearly justiciable---can the Justice Committee of the House of Representatives disregard House rules, especially if the rules were crafted not by the commitSee case, page 11

Think A Minute

What you see is what you get THINK a minute.

You’ve heard the expression ”What you see is what you get.” Psychologists tell us that nothing controls our lives more than our self-image.

We live like the person we see in the mirror. We are what we think we are. If you don’t think you’ll be successful, you won’t. You can’t be it if you can’t see it. Your life is limited to your vision. So if you want to change your life, you must change your vision of your life.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was not that famous in 1976 when he met with a newspaper reporter. The reporter asked

Schwarzenegger: “Now that you’ve retired from bodybuilding, what do you plan to do next?

Schwarzenegger answered very calmly and confidently: “I’m going to be the #1 movie star in Hollywood.” The reporter was shocked and amused at Schwarzenegger’s plan.

At that time, it was very hard to imagine how this muscle-bound bodybuilder, who was not a professional actor and who spoke poor English with an Austrian accent, could ever hope to be Hollywood’s #1 movie star!

When the reporter asked Schwarzenegger how he

planned to make his dream come true, Schwarzenneger replied: “I’ll do it the same way I became the #1 bodybuilder in the world.

First I create a vision of who I want to be, then I start living like that person as if it were already true.” Sounds almost childishly simple, doesn’t it? But it worked! Schwarzenegger DID become the #1 highest paid movie star in Hollywood! Remember: “If you can see it, you can be it.”

A successful businessman I know wears a shirt with these words on it: “Don’t pursue your dreams. Chase ‘em down and tackle ‘em!”

Jhan Tiafau Hurst

You only get one life to live, so why not live the best life possible? And doesn’t it make sense that the One Who invented it is the One Who knows the best way to live it?

So ask Jesus Christ to forgive you for living your own way, and to take charge of your life every day. He’ll help you start seeing and being the success He created you to be—so you can be fully satisfied with what you see and get in life.

Just Think a Minute.

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‘I Am Mindanao’ holds 6th mobile exhibit WITH its goal to increase the awareness and engagement of young people, particularly the junior high school students, in peace-related activities, “I Am Mindanao” movement joined the “One-day Peace Activity” spearheaded by the students and faculty of Assumption Montessori School (AMS) and Holy Trinity Montessori School (HTMS), and held its 6th mobile exhibit at the AMS campus in Balulang on November 11.

“While this activity is

called a “One-Day Peace Activity,” I hope everyone would realize that peace is something that should be practiced every day,” Engr Jory Alfaro, director of the two schools, said in his opening remarks as he thanked the “I Am Mindanao” team for partnering with them and help make the event a reality.

During the program, select students were also asked to share their experience getting along with their classmates who come from

Folklore...

Bucayon.

Again it is to the credit of Gervacio that he portrayed women as capable leaders exemplified by Malayumi(YvonnieEmit).Inthe end, and in her frustration, she returnstoherroots,foreshadowed by the dialog about trees with her father Datu Mankalasi, and she, eventually reverts to her ‘aso’ or true self.

(IPAG’s Datu Mankalasi is scheduled to be performed on November22attheCentralMindanao University; November 24 at Xavier University; November 27 at the Bukidnon Sate University, and at the USTSP, Cagayan de Oro City on November 29.)

[The author is a poet and fictionist. She is a former IPAG Managing Director. She has recently retired as faculty of the MSU-IITDepartmentofEnglish, CollegeofArtsandSocialSciences and as Director of the Office of Publication&Information(OPI).]

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Scholars later delineate between folklore and present realities, which is which, and all of its wherefores.

Therefore, it was not surprising to see a Datu Mankalasi often in a drunken stupor because unbending in his vision, and not much of a decisive leader in a folkloric sense after Campbell or Propp.

Researchers Ivy Victorio and Airen C. Sajulga may have unearthed variations of how Datu Mankalasi died but the play’s ability to show the betrayal by some of the Datu’s people (led

by Datu Burdagol played by Fer Mykiel Gonzales) because material gain could alleviate their poverty and other deprivations were most plausible. One who symbolized the idealist in the play was Batikan played by Daffriel

different religions and background. One student named Ibrahim, an internally-displaced person (IDP) from Marawi who transferred to AMS because of the siege, expressed his gratitude to everyone in his school for warmly welcoming him in his new environment.

One highlight of the peace activity was the launching of the “Make Marawi Smile” project initiated by the students and alumni of AMS and HTMS, which aims to raise 300

hygiene kits for the kids in Marawi.

HTMS alumna Jezreel Gaza Aguisanda said, “We want to give back, at least gamay lang namo nga mahelp bitaw in our own little ways of participation."

The event also included a turnover ceremony where “I Am Mindanao” team turned over information and education materials, such as posters, pamphlets, and flyers about peace to the two schools.

Assumption Montessori

School and Holy Trinity Montessori School join the list of partner schools of “I Am Mindanao” in advocating peace among its students.

The first five exhibits were held at Mary Mount Academy, St Mary’s Academy of Carmen, Carmen National High School, Bulua National High School, and Macabalan National High School, respectively.

“I Am Mindanao” is a social advocacy aiming to: (1) Educate the youth about

peace and violent extremism; (2) Strengthen their pride as Mindanaoan; and (3) Empower them to take part in countering violent extremism. It is composed of Development Communication students of Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan.

Last July, the team was among the top 4 campaigns in countering violent extremism in the Peer-to-Peer Facebook Global Digital Challenge participated by 114 universities around the world.

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By Elaine O. Ratunil

isamis Oriental Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) launched a six-year Convergence on Value Chain Enhancement for Rural Growth and Empowerment (ConVERGE) project worth P81,060,534 for eight agrarian reform communities (ARCs) in six towns of the province.

Funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and counterparts from the national government and local government units (LGUs), Provincial Project Coordinator Nestoria Shirley G. Arquiza said that the project will be implemented in six MISORET towns--Balingasag, Binuangan, Kinoguitan, Lagonglong, Salay and Sugbongcogon focusing on the coco sap sweetener production, processing and marketing.

National Project Manager Nicanor V. Peralta explained that the ConVERGE project aims to reduce poverty through the promotion of sustainable livelihood activities based on key commodities such as rice, rubber,

coffee, cassava and coco sugar that are deemed competitive.

The projects for Misamis Oriental that would benefit 2,210 smallholder farmers, include the construction of post-harvest facilities; improvement of rural infrastructures; production and marketing; capability building; and, procurement of farm equipment.

Government agencies namely the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will assist them in the implementation of the ConVERGE project.

Misamis Oriental Provincial Project Director and Agrarian Reform Program Officer Zoraida O. Macadindang reiterated the importance of commitment, cooperation and support of stakeholders to the successful implementation of Project ConVERGE in the eastern towns of Misamis Oriental.

Citing this year’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) theme:

“Partnering for Change, Engaging Agrarian Reform Undersecretary for Foreign Assisted and Special Project Office Sylvia F. Mallari underscored the importance of building on the strength of commitment of stakeholders including government line agencies as well as dedication

of LGUs and the community for Project ConVERGE to be competitive in the market.

Also, the project is in line with the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 20172022, aimed to lay a strong foundation for inclusivegrowth, a high-trust society, and a globally-competitive

Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano expresses his support to Project Convergence on Value Chain Enhancement for Rural Growth and Empowerment (ConVERGENCE). He said the provincial government welcomes to assist those who need to develop their products to be competitive in ASEAN. (Rodolfo D. Mendoza/PIA10)

DOLE-10 grants P1M emergency employment to 303 displaced workers PANAON, Misamis Occidental, November 21 -- Department of Labor and Employment Region 10 (DOLE-10), through its Misamis Occidental Provincial Field Office (Mis. Occ. PFO) under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Displaced/Disadvantaged workers (TUPAD) program released P1Million worth of wages to some 303 recipients/displaced workers in Panaon Municipal Hall on 21 November 2017.

DOLE-10 MisOcc PFO Chief Leonardo G. Rodrigo said that TUPAD is a component of the DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program

(DILEEP) that provides the disadvantaged workers, who are self-employed and have lost their livelihood, the underemployed and unemployed poor in developing and restoring enterprises in their communities in facilitating wage and selfemployment opportunities.

Rodrigo added that TUPAD program is implemented by the Department in partnership with the Local Government Units (LGU) and offices of congressional representatives which provides short term emergency employment for a minimum of 10 but not exceeding 30 days in community-based

services.

As outlined in the project profile, the said recipients came from the 16 different barangays of the municipality, wherein majority are poor residents.

A total of P957,480 worth of wages shall be paid to the recipients, while the remaining amount was purchased for the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and insurance.

In addition, the said emergency employment does not only provide livelihood opportunities but also to rehabilitate nature through cleaning of canals, beautification projects municipal

grounds, and other social community projects that contribute to the welfare of the community.

Meanwhile, Rodrigo challenged the workers and the community in taking care of the environment in order to sustain the project.

“We are here to ensure that aside from our job facilitation programs, DOLE will continue to further assist more marginalized individuals or groups with the livelihood programs that are geared towards entrepreneurship and job generation,” Rodrigo concluded.

(Lorraine M. Roa/DOLE Mis. Occ. PFO)

DA to honor region 10 agri-extensionists as National Quality Corn Achievers For their laudable contributions in increasing farmers’ adoption on good agricultural practices to produce good quantity and quality of corn, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to honor three outstanding agricultural extensionists from Northern Mindanao.

Now on its 5th year, DA annually conducts its search

for the National Quality Corn Achievers (NQCA) to recognize the efforts made by the local government units (LGUs) to strengthen food security in the country, particularly in corn.

Chosen as national winners from Region 10 are agricultural extension workers (AEWs) Kristina P. Soria, Bernido P. Miasco

economy toward a “Matatag, Maginhawa, at Panatag na Buhay para sa Lahat (stable, comfortable and secure life for all). Usec. Mallari said the President has directed them to give comfortable life to the farmers through capacity development, infrastructure among others.

and Neptali C. Ambos, all from the municipality of Lantapan, Bukidnon.

As achievers, they have been selected for actively bridging the implementation of corn-related programs, projects and interventions at the grassroots level in close collaboration with DA’s Corn Program.

For this year, the trio

is just among the nation’s 100 commendable AEWs throughout the country while the other QCAs include five corn producing provinces, five provincial agriculturists, five provincial corn coordinators, 25 corn-producing municipalities/cities, 25 municipal/ city agriculturists and 25 See honor, page 11

In farming, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Deputy Administrator Luis G. Cruz cited the importance of natural farming and improving and maintaining the soil productivity, fertility and soil absorptive capacity for water.

“If your farm does not have necessary protection when rainfall comes, you will end up with barren soil, low productivity and even end up with trees that suffer malnutrition,” said administrator Cruz.

Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano pledged his commitment and support for Project ConVERGE in the province.

He said the provincial government welcomes to assist those who need to develop their products to be competitive in ASEAN. MISORET towns local executives Marrietta RoaAbogado (Balingasag), Jay Albert E. Puertas (Lagonglong), Angelo G. Capistrano, Jr (Salay), Marcelo Z. Abao (Binuangan), Mildred Lagbas-Mondigo (Sugbongcogon), and Danilo A. Lagbas, Jr (Kinoguitan) also expressed their commitment to the project. (EOR/PIA10)

Organic products showcased in Cagayan de Oro trade fair To broaden the market reach of organic products grown and produced in Northern Mindanao, a Regional Organic Trade Fair (ROTF) was staged on 17-19 November 2017 at the SM City Mall, Pueblo de Oro, Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City.

A total of 28 exhibitors participated, coming from the city, municipal and provincial local government units (LGUs) and the private sector, who showcased their certified organic and naturally-grown products and other value-adding and product innovations locally produced in region 10.

This activity was also in line with Proclamation No. 1030, s. 2015, declaring the month of November of every year as the ‘Organic Agriculture (OA) Month’.

“Annually, we conduct this trade fair to focus our attention on the importance of Organic Agriculture as a viable farming system for development, environmental conservation, and health protection of farmers, consumers, and the public,” Carlene C. Collado, officer-in-charge regional director of the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) said.

He added that it serves as a mechanism for agricultural producers and processors to change their mindset on farming as merely subsistence to a sustainable business enterprise.

“Once they will reap the fair returns for their products, the only option that they have is to drive themselves towards producing and growing in order to meet the demands of the market,” Collado explained.

The local government unit (LGU) exhibitors comprise the provincial LGUs of Misamis Oriental, who promoted and sold turmeric powder and duck eggs; Lanao del Norte - assorted varieties of rice; Bukidnon - vegetables and rice; and Misamis Occidental - kakanin and bottled processed fishery products; and the city LGU of Cagayan de Oro - fresh vegetables and fishery products.

Adding to the roster of LGU exhibitors are the barangay and municipal food terminals of Highland Fresh - flavored milk and vegetables and LGU Salay - fruits and vegetables, respectively. Further, the Organic Trading Post of Kauswagan - fruits and vegetables also displayed.

See fair, page 11

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2,000 cops, soldiers to secure ASEAN boys scout jamboree D

A worker spruces up the façade of the Davao City Hall Tuesday (21 Nove 2017) as the yuletide season approaches. mindanews photo

AVAO CITY— More than 2,000 police and military personnel are now deployed to secure the week-long 6th Scout Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Boy Scout Jamboree on Nov. 27-Dec. 2 at the Energy Park, Apokon, Tagum city, Davao del Norte.

Police will strictly implement the security measures for the international event, said Police Supt. Julius Borja, the deputy provincial director for operations, during Wednesday’s AFP-PNP press conference held at Royal Mandaya Hotel.

“Today an accounting of personnel who will be involved on deployment are already

done and tomorrow is the kick off ceremony on soft deployment on different areas of Tagum city,” Supt. Borja said.

About 29,000 delegates have already pledged to attend, including the scout masters and international teams, from 16 countries in Asia, the Boyscouts of the Philippines said.

Borja said government will implement a unified security effort together with the military, airforce, navy, aviation security group and Maritime police.

“The criminality threats, insurgency and terrorism we are considering that because we don’t want spillover that is why we consider that in our security preparation,” he said. PNA

‘Sara’ banks on women’s FDA, PNP ties up vs voices in quest for peace misbranded food, drugs DAVAO CITY—Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio remains optimistic that all efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace will never be in vain.

Mayor Duterte-Capio expressed this Thursday during the opening of the National Women’s Peace Table at the Marco Polo Hotel, a day after the national govern ment's cancellation of the peace talks with the communist movement.

She underscored the role women in peace-building, saying she is banking on their stronger voice and involvement to break down barriers and foster positive relations.

The mayor also lauded women leaders from various sectors for their efforts to restore dialogue, trust and peace by training women to establish peace circles in their own communities.

Pointing out women's ability to resolve conflict in their own homes, the mayor said can also be equally capable of rectifying larger conflicts despite being often depicted as a victim of abuse and discrimination.

Duterte-Carpio also conceded that the road to the

country’s quest for peace is long and arduous but, “we also recognize that without peace, we cannot guarantee a promising future for every Filipino child."

The National Women Peace Table is an initiative of the Kahayag Foundation and the Mothers for Peace in partnership with the Institute for the Autonomy and Governance, and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung under the DELACSE Bangsamoro.

The one and a half-day workshop is attended by women leaders from the different organization from Baguio to Jolo.

Irene Santiago, the convener of the Women’s Peace Table, said the Women’s Peace Tables all over the Philippines will give women a significant voice in pursuing and promoting peace in the country.

-Santiago, who has joined as a technical consultant of the Davao City Peace Committee created by DuterteCarpio, said: “Sitting at the table is an apt metaphor for a gathering of women. The table is where our families share meals. But more than meals, we share stories of how our day went,

what made us laugh, what troubled us. It is where we bond as a family where each member’s voice is heard.”

“However, restricting peacemaking around a small table leaves the people feeling excluded. Exclusion creates resentment and feelings of powerlessness. Inclusion, on the other hand, leads to trust - sorely depleted in times of war and destructive conflict,” she added.

In a press conference at the sidelines of the Peace Table opening, Santiago said that with or without peace agreements, the women peace tables will serve as a venue to reach out to everybody and to contribute to achieving peace. PNA

DAVAO CITY—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Mindanao will be proactive against counterfeit, unregistered, adulterated and misbranded drugs, food, cosmetics and health products this holiday season.

Police Regional Offices and other PNP units in Mindanao are currently undergoing a fiveday training on FDA law enforcement, said Chief Inspector Al Paglinawan, PNP Directorate for Inves-

tigation and Detective Management legal officer.

Insp. Paglinawan said the training is part of the FDAPNP Task Force D-PUNCH, which stands for Destruction of Products Unfit for the Consumption of Humans.

“This task force was created by virtue of a memorandum of agreement signed

by PNP chief Director Gen. Ronald dela Rosa and FDA Director General Nela Charade Puno,” he said.

He said the partnership was sealed

by the two agencies since the FDA before could only enforce the administrative aspect of the violations and not the criminal aspects.

Paglinawan said there are FDA laws that carry criminal liability, but the agency so has no investigating skills.

With the partnership, FDA will benefit from stronger enforcement of the agency’s mandate.

However, the police official clarified FDA will still take charge in the filing of cases against violators. PNA

15-minute power interruptions on November 26 in Lanang to Tibungco Davao Light and Power Co., Inc. will conduct two 15-minute power interruptions on November 26, Sunday, from 12:01 AM to 12:15 AM and from 6:45 AM to 7:00 AM affecting customers connected to Panacan, Tibungco and Pampanga Substations.

These service disrup-

tions will be necessary to facilitate stringing of the new Don Ramon Aboitiz (DRA) line 1.

Sp ecif ically af fected are customers from crossing Damosa going to Lanang, Sasa, Panacan, Tibungco up to DRA Substation. Also included are customers from crossing

Panacan diversion road up to Iglesia ni Kristo church.

Davao Light apologizes for the inconvenience brought about by this scheduled power interruption. But it will exert all efforts to restore electric service as scheduled or earlier. However, there

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SSS welcomes Congress probe Social Security Commission (SSC), the policymaking body of the Social Security System (SSS), welcomes the investigations to be conducted by Congress and third party institutions in support of the SSC’s house cleaning efforts, particularly on the conduct of its officials handling investments of the pension fund.

SSC Chairman Amado D. Valdez said a committee is currently evaluating the responses submitted

by Rizaldy T. Capulong, Reginald G. Candelaria, Ernesto D. Francisco Jr., and George S. Ongkeko, Jr. to the complaints filed against them.

“The Commission gave the respondents ample time to respond in com-

700 UIC Senior High students attend SSS membership seminar State-run Social Security System (SSS) Davao conducted a membership seminar to some 700 senior high students during the Career Fair 2017 held last Nov 13-14 at the University of the Immaculate Concepcion in Davao City.

During the event, account officers from SSS Bajada and Ilustre assisted students in the pre-employment registration drive. The pre-registration activity is one of the Social Security Commission’s plans for 2018 which aims to ease registration process for the new

addition to the work force.

SSC officials are looking at this pre-employment registration wherein even individuals who are still in the secondary schools may be able to have their SS number already, years before they are ready to enter the work force. Employers will no longer have the inconvenience of registering them in the System.

Above photo shows SSS Davao Account Officer Melanie Grace Masangkay explaining the proper way of filling out SSS membership forms to UIC students.

pliance with due process,” Valdez said.

Besides looking at the probable guilt of the respondents, the investigation will also lead to fine tuning the SSS investment policies.

Valdez said the SSC looks at Congress as its guide in making the SSS more beneficial to its more than 35 million members.

Thus, the reform agenda for the 20-year old charter of the SSC, which is seen as the future of the SSS, is now at the hands of the lawmakers.

The proposed bill to amend the 20-year old SS Charter is currently being deliberated in the committee level in the Senate and was certified as a priority bill of the

L e g isl at ive - E xe c ut ive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) Executive Committee.

SSS eyes the charter amendment proposal as one of the long-term solutions that will make the pension fund viable and sustainable to further serve its current and future members and pensioners.

One of the major provisions of the proposal is rationalizing the powers, duties and accountabilities of the SSC. This would expand the SSC’s power to diversify the investments of SSS to generate and boost earnings of the pension fund, and to further improve the benefits being disbursed to its members.

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dent Noynoy Aquino.

Today, the Filipinos could simply heave a sigh of relief at the thought that the Aquino’s anticorruption campaign was in stark contrast to what is actually happening on the ground. The Pilipinas Kao might not be an exception. Consider this: The Pilipinas Kao reportedly registered with the Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA) in 2013 during the incumbency of Aquino.

The provincial government of Misamis Oriental was not interested whether Pilipinas Kao was registered with the PEZA or not. The former provincial treasurer Marilou Rivera, now the provincial accountant, was collecting the delinquent real estate

Friday, November 24, 2017

taxes of Pilipinas Kao since 2001. Obviously, the local Pilipinas Kao management was trying to get away with its unpaid tax delinquencies by registering with the PEZA only in 2013.

Believing that as a registered PEZA company, the Pilipinas Kao could not get away with its obligation to settle the real estate tax with the provincial government. The Pilipinas Kao believes that by registering with the PEZA, they could enjoy the tax holiday retroactive to the year 2001. Whoever concocted this argument should be inversely impaled.

Then, provincial treasurer Rivera saw the scandalous tax issue hounding the Pilipinas Kao. She then initiated legal proceedings to collect the taxes. Fearing that Rivera’s insistence could finally open the “Pandora’s Box,” a drastic

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Friday, November 24, 2017

Biblical reflection

Let us rewind the past event The Gospel of Jesus Christ (November24, 2017-Friday) John 4:43-54”After the two days He went forth from there into Galilee. For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received

Him, having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast. Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine.

Too much familiarity will lead to a bias

judgment. The more known you are, the more possibilities that they will have different views about who you are. It was happened to Jesus because of too much closeness and attachment to the people whom he associated for 3 decades, he was rejected. Be

careful because sometimes, you judge your pastor, priest and the people who serve and care your spiritual life. You respect is diminished for knowing the background of this person. If you are a real Christian, obey their teachings but not their doings if

ever, it is contradicting to their teaching. Matthew 23:3”therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.Let us rewind Bro. Edcel L. Closas the past event that Jesus performed: the the water turned into miracle at Cana where wine.

Filipino eco group urges Trump to re-think global warming stance E N V I R O N M E N TA L group Clean Air Philippines Movement Inc. is urging United States President Donald Trump to re-think his stance on global warming.

The local group said the Philippines, a longtime ally of the US, is seen to be among those most affected by climate

change.

“We seek your compassionate heart for you to see the clear and present danger that continuously threatens all Filipinos due to global warming and climate change,” Clean Air Philippines Movement Inc. chairman Michael Aragon said in a statement.

According to Aragon, the US and the Philippines are long-time friends and Trump is a friend to the Filipinos, who would eventually be affected by climate change.

“The policies and decisions of the leader of the most powerful country in the world also affect us here in the Philippines,” Aragon said.

He added the Philippines has lower carbon emissions compared with

first world countries, but is more gravely affected by climate change than other nations.

“The Philippines’ minor contribution to the total global footprint is only 0.3 percent or less than one percent vis-a-vis the major carbon footprint contributions of the first world countries, yet when fatal disasters strike due to global warming and climate change, it is the Filipinos who suffers

most,” he pointed out.

The group cited various studies that showed the Philippines is among those most vulnerable to climate change.

The United States is the remaining country in the world that has not signed the Paris climate agreement.

Early this month, war-torn Syria signed the agreement, which brings the total signatories to 197.

The legally-binding Paris climate deal aims to limit global temperature rise to below 2°C and to maintain the rise to 1.5°C through reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

It also established actions to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, while it finances mitigation and adaptation efforts in developing countries.

(PNA)

Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Norte MUNICIPALITY OF ASUNCION Cambanogoy, Asuncion, Davao del Norte OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Annex “B” Publication Notice R.A. 9048/R.A. 10172 CCE-122-2017 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Date: November 23, 2017

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-01 guidelines in the Implementation of the Administration Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), notice is hereby served to the public that BELINDA P. MATAO has filed with this office, a petition for correction of child’s date of birth from “December 12, 1957” to “November 26, 1957” in the certificate of live birth of BELINDA P. MATAO who was born on November 26, 1957 at Asuncion, Davao and whose parents are JOSE MATAO and MARCELA PADILLO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than December 15, 2017.

(Sgd.) FLORESA R. SOLARTE Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: Nov. 24 & Dec. 1, 2017

BRINGING BACK THE LOVE FOR READING - “A better education leads to a better future”, VICE GOVERNOR JOEY G. PELAEZ said during the Books Turnover Ceremony at Kimaya Elementary School in Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental. By providing quality books donated by Children International Philippines Incorporated, the Vice Governor believes that it will significantly help the learners in improving their vocabulary, spelling and reading comprehension.

The books were received by the school children of Kimaya Elementary School through School Head GREGORIO ODTOHAN which was witnessed by District Supervisor ELLY LOFRANCO, Barangay Councilors GEMAR GALLA, MARIO MELETARIS and CYRIL ESTOQUE, GPTA Treasurer LILY SAMONTE, teachers and students.

VG Joey Pelaez is the Chairman of the Committee on Education, Culture and Arts of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Misamis Oriental.

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Confiscates... from page 1

Mison opened one of the container vans on Tuesday where they found out that the cargoes actually contained “Class A” smuggled potatoes.

He said the container van contained about 95 percent smuggled potatoes contrary to what was declared in the papers. “We found out that there are more or less one-thousand cartons of smuggled potatoes, and three layers of apples,” he said.

Moscoso identified the consignee of the misdeclared cargoes as WSTAN and Company, Inc. with office address at G/F Champ Building, Anda Circle, Bonifacio Drive, Barangay 650, Zone 068, Port Area, Manila.

He said the BOC in Northern Mindanao is on alert against the entry of cargoes in the MICT port terminal, especially this December, the favorite season of smugglers.

Citing health issues, Moscoso said the confiscated smuggled potatoes, including the apples, will soon be destroyed.

Debris... from page 1

recovered 77 assorted firearms, believed to be owned by the Maute Group terrorists, and 11 cadavers, which are undergoing DNA testing and swabbing for identification purposes.

The AFP is also tasked to maintain security in Marawi and clear the area of cadavers and unexploded ordnance left by the Maute Group terrorists, he added.

Fighting in Marawi City began after government troops tried to arrest Abu Sayyaf leader and ISIS “Emir” in Southeast Asia, Isnilon Hapilon, last May 23.

It was only declared over when authorities positively identified Hapilon and Omar Maute, a co-founder of the Maute Group, as among the estimated 920 terrorists killed in the fivemonth military campaign.

(PNA)

Helicopters... from page 1

on the RAFPMP Second Horizon,” he added.

However, the project still has no “ABC” (approved budget for contract) as of this posting, Andolong pointed out.

President Rodrigo Duterte, in a recent visit to the Army General Hospital in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, told wounded troops that the time for second equipment and armament is now a thing of the past.

There, he told soldiers present that his administration is planning to acquire at least 23 attack helicopters to help troops in defeating terrorists and other local threats.

The RAFPMP is divided into three horizons, with the first lasting from 2013 to 2017, the second from

2018 to 2022 and third 2023 to 2028.

The Second Horizon calls for the acquisition of equipment more attuned to external defense missions, including jet fighters and other air assets and missile systems.

Acquired during the First Horizon were the three Gregorio Del Pilar cutters, three combat utility helicopters for the Navy, two naval attack helicopters, six MPACs (multi-purpose assault craft), eight combat utility helicopters for the Air Force and refurbishment of two Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” cargo planes.

(PNA)

Celebrates... from page 12

Inc., is founded on excellence in appliance ret ai ling and customer ser vice.

Whirlpool is instrumental in helping us build on this foundation of excellence.

Rest assured that we will continue to strengthen our partnership in order to help more Filipino customers realize greater value through Whirlpool appliances.”

To c o m m e m o r a t e the enduring 25 years of partnership between Exatech and Whirlpool, the companies introduced several exciting products this year namely their Better than Inverter Whirlpool IntelliFresh Refrigerator which can provide you with energ y efficiency and excel lent co oling performance.

This refrigerator has a Tri-Sensor Advanced Technology that is designed with several sensors that detect the amount of food inside and the ambient temperature outside and adjusts it accordingly to give you the best cooling performance consistently while still saving on energy for as low as PhP9 per day, as proven by the Meralco Testing Lab. The refrigerator also enables faster cooling allowing you to both easily preserve food and produce ice faster so you won’t have to worry about food going bad or running out of ice.

It also guarantees 7-day freshness for fruits and vegetables which keeps your leafy greens from wilting and fruits from rotting with its exclusive Microblock Technology.

Another product introduced earlier this year is the revolutionary Whirlpool Stainwash Ultra washing machine. Equipped with the 6th Sense Ultra Clean Technology that uses 60° Hot Wash through its built-in heater, it can easily remove any kind of stain. It also has an Anti-Allergy and Anti-Bacterial Wash feature that kills 99.9% of germs and allergens so you’re protected from any virus or diseases.

“With our commitment to quality, Whirlpool will be focusing on making more innovative products and services that would def initely b enef it our consumers. New features

Friday, November 24, 2017 will definitely be a target for the upcoming products that will truly make family life more convenient and enjoyable,” said Blanco Wong, managing director of Whirlpool Southeast Asia, during the festivities.

“I'm proud and happy to say that in our 25 years of being partners with Exatech, Whirlpool has consistently garnered consumer confidence and secured its reputation for quality, durability and dependability here in the Philippines.”

Honor... from page 6

municipal/city corn coordinators.

The awardees will be receiving their incentives in the form of cash prizes amounting to P20,000 and a plaque of recognition each.

This will be given during the 13thPhilippine National Corn Congress (PNCC) on November 22-24, 2017 at the Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay City, Metro Manila.

With the theme: “Reshaping Corn as Staple; for Health and Wellness”, the PNCC will underscore the paramount importance of corn as a staple food crop to easen the country’s reliance on rice through the staging of discussions on policy advocacy, technology presentations and machinery displays.

In addition, it will also highlight the promotion of rice corn blend, as a taste survey will likewise be done to determine the acceptability of rice-corn blend as part of the mainstream Filipino diet.

Along with the honorees, Region 10’s delegation will include DA-10 headed by its OIC-Regional Director Carlene C. Collado, corn and cassava farmers’ organizations and clusters.

Simultaneous in the conduct of the NQCA, the 1st Cornucopia Awards, a search which aims to recognize laudable farmer organizations implementing value-adding on corn and cassava, and the 1st Cassava Cluster Management Excellence Awards, which targets to honor cassava cluster organizations who have outstandingly performed in the implementation of cassava-related projects and interventions by DA Corn/ Cassava Program, will also be held. (DA-10)

Queensland Farm - fruits and herbs; Kape Napalit ground coffee; and GreenMinds Inc. - peanuts.

Completing the list of exhibitors are Venida Farm – herbs and dragon fruit; Buhian Diversified Farm virgin coconut oil, coco sugar, fruit tree seedlings and duck eggs; Binahon Agro Farm - fruit tree seedlings and processed vegetables; Kape Maramag - ground

coffee; NM Foods - banana chips; Firestar Dream Concoctions – condiments and honey; Gran Molucas - bottled palapa and processed meat; Alomah’s Garden – herbs and vegetables and Marvelous Organic Resources - farm inputs and sweet corn.

“With the participation of our different exhibitors, the visiting public will not only have the opportunity

to patronize the organic products of the region, but they will also serve as our advocates for the further promotion and development of OA,” the regional director further remarked.

Now on its fourth year, the ROTF is spearheaded by the DA-RFO 10 through its Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division and Organic Agriculture Program. (DA-10)

MisOr alliance vows sustained TB campaign People whose immune system are weak, particularly those with conditions like HIV virus and diabetes, among others, have higher risk of developing TB. Dr. Yu cited the importance of the cooperation of stakeholders against TB. He said stipulated in Republic Act 10767, also known as the “Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Plan Act, the government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other concerned sectors are

enjoined to band together in putting an end to this nationwide epidemic.

Meanwhile, Misamis Oriental National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) Coordinator Lorna B. Liloc said integration of National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) in school curriculum, mass screening, sputum collection, mentoring, organization of Kiddie TB Patrol, forum, trainings, integrate among others were among the highlights of the implementation of the five-year project which started last 2012. (EOR/PIA10)

NOTICE

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that upon the death of UBALDO YANE who died intestate on October 16, 1993, at Cogon, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, that the deceased left no known debts and left the following property as his estate: “A parcel of coconut land, Cad. Lot No. 37488 located in Cogon, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental, assessed and declared for taxation purposes under TAX DECLARATION NO. 021829; Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE , made and executed by AVELINA A. YANE, of legal age, single, and a resident of Lapad, Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental; For and in consideration of the sum of Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) Philippine currency in hand paid to me to my entire satisfaction by Spouses Jojo Saplot and Eufemia N. Saplot, of legal age, Filipino and residents of Target Range, Camp Edilberto Evangelista, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, I hereby SELL, CEDE and CONVEY unconditionally the above-described property including all improvements existing thereon; Under Notary Public of Atty. Robert W. Raypon; Per Doc. No. 225; Page No. 45; Book No. II; Series of 2014.

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late LEONORA TUBO PAGARA who died on November 11, 2011 at Cagayan de Oro City, without any will and all the obligations incurred during her death were all paid and/ or settled, that the Decedent left real property, and more particularly described as follows, to wit: “A PARCEL OF LAND, (Lot No. 20419-A-2-A, being a portion of Lot 20419-A-2, Psd-10-055891), situated at Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SEVEN (107) Square Meters, more or less and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-187184” Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION BETWEEN HEIRS WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, made and entered into by and between FERNANDO JAMISULA PAGARA (widower), BRANDO TUBO PAGARA, RONALDO TUBO PAGARA, ANITA PAGARA ERMITA, ANA PAGARA SABINAY, DELBANDO TUBO PAGARA, DALONDON TUBO PAGARA, ORLINDA TUBO PAGARA (single) and CHARIZA TUBO PAGARA (single), all of legal age, all Filipinos, all married and all residents of Palalan, Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, herein after called as the HEIRS/VENDORS; In favor of: LILIA QUIAPO PUTIS of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, herein after called as the VENDEE; That by these presents, herein HEIRS and CO-OWNERS, do hereby EXTRAJUDICIALLY SETTLE and PARTITION, as they actually EXTRAJUDICIALLY SETTLED, PARTITIONED and SEGREGATED among CO-OWNERS the abovedescribed Parcel of land; That for and in consideration of ONE HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND PESOS ( Php148,000.00) Philippine Currency, that the HEIRS/ VENDORS received in their full SATISFACTION, HEREIN HEIRS/VENDORS do hereby absolutely and completely SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY, as they actually SOLD, TRANSFERRED and CONVEYED the portion of the above-described parcel of land with an Area of 107 square meters, more or less, unto and in favor of the VENDEE; Under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Jorge E. Magdaong Jr. ; as per Doc. No. 272; Page No. 55; Book No. VI; Series of 2017.

By Elaine O. Ratunil

Misamis Oriental multisectoral alliance, Koalisyong Misamis Oriental Batok Tuberculosis (KomBaT), reiterated its commitment and support to fight TB in the province.

This after the completion of the USAID Innovation and Multisectoral Partnerships to achieve control of TB (IMPACT) in the province.

The alliance brings together government and private sectors as well as civil society groups, professionals and health advocates to intensify the campaign against the spread of the disease.

In the closing program, Dr. Teodoro B. Yu Jr, Regional Team Leader, USAID IMPACT Mindanao said Misamis Oriental is one of the two performing partners in 44 areas nationwide in TB implementation. Thus, he said it is one of the model provinces.

Citing the World Health Organization Global Tuberculosis Report 2016, the Philippines is on the Top 30 high TB burden countries in the world.

According to the Department of Health (DOH) report, TB is still a major cause of death and economic suffering among Filipinos.

In 2015, there were 14,000 Filipinos died from tuberculosis, while 4.8 million, mostly poor, contracted the disease.

Further, TB disease is highly contagious as each person with active TB can spread the disease to 10 other Filipinos each year.

MDN: Nov. 17, 24 & Dec. 1, 2017

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MDN: Nov. 24, Dec. 1 & 8, 2017

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EDITOR : MARK FRANCISCO

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DepEd CDO division hosts rondalla trainers training Story and Photos by MARK FRANCISCO

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AGAYAN DE ORO C IT Y – F I F T Ye i g h t M APE H teachers from six regions in Mindanao joined the Nati on a l Tr ai n i ng of Trainers for Rondalla for three days – from November 22 to 24.

These MAPEH teachers will then replicate what they have learned during the discussions and modules held at Golden Stallion Suites to their respective regions back home – Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region, SOCCSKSARGEN, Caraga Region and Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (Armm).

Topics discussed were Education is Our Collective Responsibility, Some Notes on Filipino Natioanlist Education, Historical Background of the Rondalla, Basic Tuning Techniques, Application of the Elements of Music (Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, Tex-

ture, Timbre/Dynamics and Form), Basic Musicianship Skills, Pedagogical Skills, Management of Learning, Managing and Conducting Musical Ensembles, Performing Skills and Master Class in Philippine Music. Resource persons are all public school teachers who have made their mark in teaching music – Isidro Obmasca

Jr., (Principal II, Lucban Elementary School), Ryan Chester Manzanares (Tayabas West Central School), Jezreel Lastra (Teacher I, Lakan Dula High School) and Arbie Dale Castro (Teacher I, Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School).

Film clips on selected rondalla performances will also be shown and rehearsals will be performed by

the participants on the third day of the training.

On the first day, Department of Education (DepEd) Youth Formation Division head Arnulfo Empleo gave an inspiring message.

The Youth Formation Division aims to develop the Filipino youth for societal development. It is anchored on supporting the

K-12 curriculum by honing and complementing the following areas and skills to be developed namely societal engagement, technical skills, social skills, creativity and innovation skills, affective skills and self-mastery skills.

Rondalla was introduced in the country when it was part of the Spanish East Indies. Certain styles

were adopted by the natives especially the guitar and banduria. Presently, the term in Filipino culture refers to any group of stringed instruments that are played using the plectrum or pick. The Filipino instruments are made from indigenous Philippine wood and the plectrum or picks are made from tortoise shell.

Exatech celebrates 25-year partnership with Whirlpool

Blanco Wong, Managing Director of Whirlpool Southeast Asia

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T wenty-five years ago, Excellence Appliance Te c h n o l o g i e s , I n c .

(Exatech) recognized the rising demand in the local market for US appliances.

This prompted them to establish a partnership with world-renowned American home appliance brand Whirlpool and became its exclusive distributor in the Philippines in 1992.

Having evolved from a simple appliance retailer to the award-winning appl i anc e d ist r ibutor that it is today, Exatech is ma k ing Whi rlp o ol products available through

its network of more than 80 national and local appliance dealers with over 400 retail outlets nationwide. They also have over 200 authorized service providers to cater to the after-sales support of all their customers.

Recently, Exatech and Whirlpool celebrated their 25th year anniversary of partnership with a night of thanksgiving. Hosted

by Ms. Donita Rose, the event was held at the grand ballroom of Edsa Shangri-La Hotel Manila wherein both Exatech and Whirlpool took the

opportunity to thank and honor the people who have supported and trusted them for the past 25 years.

Mr. Vico Angala, Chief Operating Officer of Duty Free Philippines, served as keynote speaker for the evening and also received the Plaque of Appreciation awarded to Duty Free for being the very first partner store to carry Whirlpool products in the country.

According to Exatech president and CEO, Nixon Sioco, “True to our name, our company, Excellence Appliance Technologies, See celebrates, page 11

Nixon Sioco, President & CEO of Exatech