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Eight remain missing in quake-hit Makilala town Cops nab killer of govt employee

MAKILALA, North Cotabato--Eight persons in quake-hit Makilala have remained missing as of Monday noon, four days after the October 31 Magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the area, an official said.

Board member Joemar Cerebo, spokesperson of the Cotabato emergency operations center, said in a telephone interview that rescuers are still searching for the missing persons as the death toll in the province since the October 16 6.3-magtinute quake reached 17.

Magnitudes 6.6 and 6.1 also struck on October 29 and two days later, Magnitude 6.5, all epicenters in North Cotabato.

Four of the missing individuals from Barangay Bato were identified as Renante See MISSING, page 11

By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent

Evacuees set up tents along the highway in Makilala, North Cotabato. MindaNews

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4-decade house of Lanao ex-mayor raze to ground after tornado hit Marawi

By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent

ILIGAN City--The two-story ancestral house of a former mayor Haji Ali Munder of Bubong, Lanao del Sur was razed to the ground when fire occured at 3:46 pm on Monday, November 4, in Barangay Muntian, Bubong,

Lanao del Sur. This after an hour after a tornado was seen in Marawi City.

Senior Fire Officer 3 (SFO3) Zailon Sarip, the group commander, said the fire started in one of the rooms at the second floor which rapidly burned the

atic, rooftop and eventually the whole house that is made of concrete okir cement while the flooring of the second floor is made of hard rogan wood.

Sarip said Munder family mentioned that the house was built in 1975 or 44 years ago.

A fire and a tanker truck from the provincial government and a fire truck from Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur arrived to respond the fire that lasted for more than two hours.

Seven families, all relatives of Munder who live in the house, were displaced

and they are temporarily living with relatives nearby.

Fire out was declared at 5:03 with no casualty but the family’s antique collections were burned down.

The Bureau of Fire Protection estimated more or less 400 thousand pesos cost of damage.

ILIGAN City--Police authorities arrested early dawn on Tuesday (November 4) a suspect in the killing of a former city hall executive, in a law enforcement operation in Barangay Lanipao this city.

Police Major James Daleon, chief of Iligan City Police Station 3, said the suspect, identified as Macacna Maruhom, 48, a resident of Barangay Digkilaan, was arrested by virtue of arrest warrant issued by Judge Ali Ombra Bacaraman of Iligan City’s Regional Trial Court Branch 4.

Maruhom is facing murder charges for killing Noel Magaro, former executive assistant of former Mayor Lawrence Cruz.

Magaro succumbed to death when he was shot on October 26, 2017 while watching television at the living room of their residence in Barangay Villaverde.

Daleon said Macacna is listed as number 3 most wanted person in Iligan City.

He is now at the costudy See NAB, page 11

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DSWD Field Office 10 sends team, relief goods to augment DSWD operations in Regions 11, 12

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY--The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 10 (DSWD FO 10) sent food and non-food items on November 1, 2019 to DSWD Field Office 11 and 12 to augment the on-going response efforts of the agency for the internally displaced families affected by a series of earthquakes that shook parts of Mindanao.

Regional Director Mari-Flor A. DollagaLibang immediately ordered to send an 11-man augmentation team to help the response efforts of the national government and the local government unit in Bansalan, Davao del Sur. The team, composed of social workers and an engineer, among others facilitated the distribution of goods for the displaced families. The team has also established evacuation camps in some villages of Bansalan. Psychosocial interventions to children, women, men, and other vulnerable sectors inside the evacuation camps were introduced to help the displaced families overcome traumatic experiences brought about

by the earthquake.

Director Libang also thanked the offices of Cagayan de Oro Councilor Joyleen Mercedes “Girlie” Balaba and Barangay 21 Chairperson Gilda “Gigi” Go for facilitating the transportation of all items from DSWD Field Office 10 to DSWD Field Office 12.

As of today, DSWD Field Office 10 delivered 8,700 Family Food Packs, 9,000 drinking kits, and 3,000 malongs to DSWD Field Office 12 while 3,000 sleeping kits, 5,000 drinking kits, 100 laminated sacks were sent to DSWD Field Office 11.

The DSWD Secretary, Rolando Joselito Bautista, extended his deep appreciation to DSWD staff from all over the country who are always responding to challenges, finding opportunities to help the Filipino people, especially during times of calamities.

Director Libang ensured that DSWD Field Office 10 will continue to augment food and nonfood items to DSWD Field Offices 11 and 12 until the displaced families will live back to normalcy after the disaster.

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Makilala 1st Councilor Katherine Dela Cruz ceremonially receives the relief aid from the Province of Davao del Norte.

Makilala grateful to DavNor for relief aid MAYOR Armando Quibod of Makilala, Cotabato expressed his profound gratitude to Davao del Norte Governor Edwin Jubahib and to the Dabaonon people for sending relief aid to the quakestruck town.

“Please relay my heartfelt thanks to Governor Jubahib for the kindness,” the mayor told the composite team that brought four truckloads of relief assistance from Davao del Norte on Monday night.

Quibod said the kindness of fellow local government units, national government agencies, charity organizations and benevolent individuals provide great consolation to his people, who are now facing huge physical, emotional and financial challenges.

Jubahib personally supervised the repacking of the relief goods, consisting of 1,000 family food packs and 14,000 bottles of purified water last Sunday at the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office

Makilala Mayor Armando Quibod together with members of the DavNor relief team and military escort.

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“This is our way of expressing our heartfelt solidarity to the victims of the quake, as we sincerely pray that the severelyaffected areas will recover as soon as possible,” he

said.

He was not able to personally deliver the relief goods to Makilala, as he had to spearhead the distribution of family food packs to the victims of recent flashfloods in his

province.

Some 1,537 families in the barangays of New Camiling and Magsaysay, both in the municipality of Carmen were affected by seasonal flashfloods last October 29, 2019.

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Misamis Oriental, ‘most coop friendly province’ ANG pamunuan ni Gobernador Bambi Emano dinhi sa Misamis Oriental nagtutok dili lamang sa pagpatuman sa mga proyekto sa kabaranggayan aron sila mahatagan sa haruhay nga kahimtang, apan lakip niini ang mga programa sa panginabuhian pinaagi sa kooperatiba nga nahimong nagmalambuon karong panahona. Kini ang hinungdan kon ngano bisan si Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) Regional Director Glenn S. Garcia, nakasulti: “Ang Misamis Oriental giisip nga most cooperative

friendly province sa tibuok Pilipinas.”

Atol sa tinuig nga silibrasyon sa Cooperative Month matag bulan sa Oktubre sa kapitolyo, si Mr. Garcia nagkanayon nga unta susama sa batasan ni Gobernador Bambi Emano ang makahulip kaniya sa sunod nga eleksiyon nga masinabtunon sa kabus ug matinabangon sa nagkinahanglan hilabina sa pagpalambo sa kooperatiba nga sagad maoy maduolan sa kabus nga nanginahanglan.

Atubangan sa mga delegado sa nasangpit nga okasyon, aminado si Mr. Garcia nga gibantog ang

Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) Regional Director Glenn S. Garcia

Misamis Oriental sa tibuok Pilipinas isip ginikanan sa mga dagkung kooperatiba.

Gani, gitawag pa ang lalawigan isip “bedrock” sa cooperative movement.

“Ang Misamis Oriental, sa iyang pagdumala, nahimong most coop friendly province ang Misamis Oriental. Tinuod gyud na dili lang sa Region 10, siguro

tibuok Pilipinas ang Misamis Oriental gibantog nga ginikanan sa daghang dinagko nga mga kooperatiba.

In fact gitawag na siya ug ‘bedrock’ sa cooperative movement. Diri naggikan ang mga ni-usbong nga mga dagkong cooperative. Ang iyang gipakita nga leadership ni Governor Bambi Emano, I hope nga ang mopuli sa iyaha—Kay ingon niya nga 3 years na lang man siya—unta parehas usab niya ug dughan ug pang huna-huna ngadto sa kooperatiba,” segun pa ni Director Garcia.

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lamang sa mga haligi nga nagtuko sa programang turismo ni Gobernador Bambi Emano dinhi sa Misamis Oriental nga nahimong taytayan sa kabus nga makaduol aron matabangan sa ilang pagpanginahanglan—kabus sa Misamis Oriental ug dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro nga karon nagmaya sa kalipay nga adunay susama ni Gobernador Emano nga mitubag sa dugay na nilang pangandoy nga makaangkon sa haruhay nga kahimtang sa panginabuhi ug pagpakabuhi ibabaw ning kalibotan.

IDPs offer prayers for Christians died in Marawi’s ground zero

By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent

MARAWI City--More than a thousand of Meranaws, including internally displaced persons (IDPs) and religious leaders gathered last Friday (November 1) on an open ground inside the ground zero referred to by the government as most affected area (MAA) in Marawi City, to perform the congregational Friday prayer or Jumaat prayer.

Musa Sultan, president of Saksi Islamic Radio Forum that organized the prayer dubbed as “Saksi Prayer for Peace”, said one of their intentions is to include in their prayers those hostages who died during the Marawi siege, especially the Christians whose families are remembering them in observance of All Soul’s Day in November 2.

“Kami po, male or female, praying here in the most affected area, kung sino man ang (namatay at) nalibing dito, Christian man o Muslim, ipagdadasal namin kay Allah na bigyan ng blessings,” Sultan said.

The government said more than a thousand died during the siege.

More than a hundred are members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), some were civilians who got trapped and were being kept hostage while the most number was believed to be fighters of the terrorist group.

Remembering the dead The families of atleast ten construction workers who died in the hands of the terrorists who held them hostaged were planning to visit the Maqbara cemetery in Barangay Papandayan Caniogan and in the MAA to light candles and offer flowers in time for Undas, the Catholic faithful’s way of remembering the dead loved ones.

The Maqbara is the only public cemetery in Marawi which was only opened dur-

ing the siege to bury the more than 200 unidentified cadavers retrieved at the ground zero while the war was ongoing and even after the siege, when the demolition and clearing operation has started.

The plan was not pushed through after realizing they have to take advantage on the demand of flower supply of her clients according to Evelyn Powao, wife of one of the construction workers who was killed during the siege.

Prayers for their return The Jumaat prayer last Friday was the first ever inside the MAA since after the siege in 2017.

The main objectives of the Jumaat is to pray to Allah that they will be allowed to return to their respective area inside the ground zero so that they can start repairing or reconstructing their houses which was destroyed during the war.

Housing Secretary Eduardo del Rosario, in a press briefing on October 17 to commemorate the second year of Marawi liberation, said residents of sectors 1 to 6 in the MAA, can start reconstructing their houses provided they comply requirements such as building permit and clearances for power and water connections.

But Hadji Abdul Gapor, an Imam of Lake View transitory shelter in Barangay Boganga, said there are houses in the MAA which are not yet totally destroyed and only need repairs.

“Sana, iyun ay pabalikin na,” Gapor said.

The Meranaws also prayed for lasting peace in Marawi City and Lanao del Sur. Mara Macarambon said the prayer could also be the beginning of a “harmonious relationship between the military and the constituents of Marawi”.

“Ang presence ng military dito (in Marawi) is very important especially in the present situation kaya lang meron po tayong cultural sensitivity,” Macarambon said.

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Forever young and new

THOUGH we cannot avoid aging and getting old, we have to understand that we are meant to be forever young and new. Aging and getting old are a matter of time. They are temporal or temporary. They are more a matter of the physical, material and external. They only happen in this life here on earth.

But since we are meant to be in eternity with God, we are actually meant to be young and new and never fading, just like God himself.

To be forever young and new is more a matter of the spiritual, supernatural and the internal in us.

Though to be forever young and new cannot be achieved here on earth, we have to understand that we should try our best, together with God’s grace, to approximate that ideal

here on earth. The secret is in loving — loving God himself and because of our love for God, then also loving everybody else.

It’s love that is a participation of God’s love for us that will keep us forever young and new. It will keep us fervent amid the vagaries of life, strong and focused and with good fighting spirit as we go through the ravages of life.

We need to keep this love burning always. And again the secret is always to look for Christ wherever we are, whatever the situation we will have. We have to learn how to find Christ in everyone and everything, how to relate everything to him. Everything is always relatable to Christ, including our mistakes and sins.

It’s he who will show what to do with them.

Toward this end, we have to fight against laziness, both physical and mental. We always need to submit ourselves to a certain discipline to keep us fit physically and mentally so as to be able to engage God properly.

We have to fight against our tendency to take God for granted. We have to fight against the tendency to fall into complacency, spiritual dryness and coldness. Indeed, we really need to sharpen our spirit of mortification, for without it, we really cannot go far in our prayer and our spiritual duties.

It’s clear that to keep ourselves young and new in this life, we need to wage war, a spiritual warfare. And this can be in the arena of our work today that is now flooded with many new,

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fascinating, if also absorbing things. We have to be most careful not to fall into self-indulgence, obsessions and addictions.

The new technologies will surely give us some high feelings, but they will only be fleeting and will gradually tie us down into some kind of addiction.

We need to be extra careful with them, always rectifying our intentions and clearly keeping a sense of limits in their use so as not to be separated from God. They can be a sweet poison.

That is why we need to keep ourselves in the See YOUNG, page 11

Speaking Out

Reflections at the Libingan ng mga Bayani

ALL Saints’ Day – traditionally observed as a day of remembrance and celebration of the lives of our dear departed – somehow stirred, once more, questions which will never die.

Was former President Marcos a hero? And did he deserve to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani?

Pre-burial, I conducted an online survey via Facebook which asked: “Should Marcos be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Why or why not?” Admittedly, it was a very crude survey because it was open to all – including trolls. But unlike professional surveys, which usually had a sample of only 1,200, I received

more than 16,000 responses.

8 to 2, the respondents agreed to Marcos’ burial.

The twenty per cent who disagreed were very vehement. The Libingan is only for heroes!

When I wrote about the survey results, I withheld my own opinion. Almost, three years after the fact, let me now state my qualified opinion.

Was Marcos a hero?

If being part of the Death March and being confined in Capas for several months under subhuman conditions make one a hero, then I will count Marcos in. Official records and some former internees in Capas attest to the fact. And because

of that, his burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani can be justified.

But here is my caveat.

Was Marcos the veritable one-man army portrayed by his biographer Hartzell Spence in his 1964 book “For Every Tear, a Victory”?

The answer is a big “No”.

Pre-Martial Law, National Artist Nick Joaquin immediately branded “For Every Tear a Victory” as “mostly hocus pocus.”

During Martial Law, a former very close aide of Marcos, Primitivo Mijares, in his 1976 book “The Conjugal Dictatorship”, was among the very first to publicly question the Marcos myth.

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“Immediately after World War II,” said Mijares, “when Filipinos talked about their heroes, the names mentioned were Villamor, Basa, Kangleon, Lim, Adevoso and Balao of the Bessang Pass fame. Marcos was totally unknown.”

Mijares also questioned why Marcos was never mentioned in the writings of Generals Carlos P. Romulo, MacArthur, and Wainwright, among others, even if Marcos’s hagiographers claimed that the latter two recommended Marcos for high military honors.

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Du30 and China: United versus illegal drugs

By HERMAN TIU LAUREL PNA

THE usual information warfare material emanating from the Western mainstream media against the Philippines found print again in one of the Philippine mainstream media outlets. In its October 9, 2019 issue the Philippine Star published a report authored

by Patricia Lourdes Viray entitled “China ignores Duterte’s drug war as the Philippines softens stand on the South China Sea” from the British publication The Economist’s sister business think tank, the Economist Intelligence Unit.

The report cannot be further from the truth. China and the Philippines are engaged in the most aggressive campaigns and cooperation to contain, if not eradicate, the illegal drugs menace not only from their own countries but from the rest

of the globe in collaboration to the Philippines to assist with multinational efforts with all possible resources to across the world. But the fight the pestilence of illegal Western Powers (and some drugs is depicted clearly in mainstream Philippine me- the report of the Departdia) never let facts interfere ment of Foreign Affairs’ with the lies intended to Foreign Service Institute disparage countries refusing (FSI) think tank Center for to submit to their whims. International Relations and In 2017, the biggest 600- Strategic Studies (CIRSS) kg. drug seizure ever hauled report by Jeremey Dester B. in by the Philippine authori- Mirasol in May 2017 citing ties was made possible by President Duterte’s statethe tip-off from the Xiamen, ment at that time: “China is the only China aucountry to thorities From the mail come out to their freely and counterparts in the Philippines. [sic] a firm statement that The Chinese claim was con- they are supporting the firmed by the Philippines fight against drugs in my Bureau of Customs in a country.” statement reporting it had China has constructed acted on the intelligence four mega drug rehabilifrom Chinese customs “to tation and treatment censeize the drugs in Valenzuela ters two in Luzon and one City, 14 kilometers north each in the Visayas and of the country’s capital of Mindanao. China has extended RMB100 million Manila.”

China’s commitment (P714.57M) grants to imple-

ment projects for anti-illegal drugs and law enforcement security cooperation. In President Duterte’s fourday state visit to China in October 2016, one of the bilateral agreements signed was the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Protocol on Cooperation between the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Narcotics Control Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security of China.

The Philippines and China recognized that the problem of illicit drugs p os es t hus, t he MOU stipulated enhancing of exchange of intelligence, know-how, and technology in the fight against drug crimes, conducting preventive education, and setting up rehabilitation facilities. Both agreed to establish a mechanism for

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DOLE ups aid to quake victims

THE labor department raised to P200 million the initial employment assistance for workers affected by last week’s earthquakes in Mindanao.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III also requested the board of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to approve the release of cash assistance to families of OFWs in the area.

During his visit to quakestricken areas on Sunday, Bello directed senior officials and DOLE regional offices to expedite emergency employment for displaced workers and livelihood assistance to workers in the informal sector which he estimated may reach P500 million.

“Last Sunday, I was in Davao City and met with our regional directors and [OSHC] Director Noel Binag, and we discussed the extent of the damage of the earthquake with other agencies,” he said.

He added, “We may need more than P500 million to cover all those needing assistance and emergency

employment in the affected areas.” In the meantime, he said, “We can use up over P200 million of our available assistance funds for this purpose.”

Bello also said that following his request, OWWA is set to provide calamity assistance for the families of OFWs who are active OWWA members in the quake-hit areas.

“The OWWA board has decided to give P3,000 per family of OFW in the areas hit by the earthquake, so, for those who have OFW relatives, please tell them

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that they are entitled to a financial assistance from OWWA,” he said.

For more information on availing the said assistance, qualified beneficiaries were advised to visit their nearest OWWA or DOLE regional and field offices, or call the OWWA hotline 1348.

Bello earlier dispatched senior labor officials and quick response teams to areas in Mindanao severely hit by the 6.5 magnitude earthquake to assess the situation and provide assistance to the affected workers. #Paul Ang

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supporting natural capital Inflation eases Roadmap accounting developed: NEDA to 0.8% in Oct., slowest in over 3 years

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MANILA -- The country’s inflation eased at more than a three-year low in October mainly due to lower food prices, including declining prices of rice.

In a press conference Tuesday, national statistician and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) chief Claire Dennis Mapa said inflation continued to decline to 0.8 percent last month, the lowest recorded since May 2016 when it recorded at 0.9 percent.

Mapa attributed the downtrend in October inflation mainly to the annual drop in the index of

the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages, including rice, corn, vegetables, and sugar, jam, honey, chocolate, and confectionery.

He said the annual decline in transport index, particularly on petroleums and fuels for personal transport equipment, and the index of housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels also led to lower inflation.

Inflation in September 2019 was higher at 0.9 percent and in October 2018 at 6.7 percent.

L ast month’s figure brought the year-to-date inflation for 2019 to 2.6 percent. (PNA)

Vegetables and other commodities sold in a market.

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MANILA -- The country has developed an institutionalization roadmap for management of natural resources that contribute to development, as the economy is in sharp upward trajectory of growth.

National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon said they already submitted a natural capital accounting (NCA) institutionalization roadmap, and is up for discussion with the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) board.

“One of the side effects of this economic growth trajectory is the rapid urbanization which by 2050, we estimate that around 60 percent of total population will be living in the urban areas,” she said in a press briefing on Monday.

Citing the PSA data, Edillon said it is estimated that there will be an additional

8.3 million Filipinos by 2022, while the population is projected to reach 140 million by 2040.

The NEDA official noted that air and water quality is declining and solid waste generation is increasing.

“We need to understand that with respect to sustainable consumption and production (SCP), it’s re-

ally making sure that our economic growth is not at the expense of the needs of the future generation,” she added.

Edillon cited emerging actions to advance SCP in four key areas: policy and regulation; research and development, technology and innovation; infrastructure; and promotion and

education.

In the short term, she said actions to promote SCP include among others institutionalizing NCA; and development of knowledgemanagement platforms and big data inter-operable infrastructure to support NCA and ecosystems accounting, including valuation of ecosystems services. (PNA)

MANILA -- SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), one of the largest integrated property developers in Southeast Asia, recorded an 18-percent growth in its consolidated net income in the first nine months of 2019 to PHP27.60 billion from PHP23.44 billion during the same period last year.

Its consolidated revenues rose by 14 percent to PHP85.03 billion from PHP74.56 billion.

SM Prime’s net income

for the third quarter of the year surged by 22 percent to PHP8.30 billion while revenues grew by 13 percent to PHP27.98 billion.

“SM Prime’s recent developments and expansion programs in various progressive cities in the Philippines have contributed significantly to the company’s strong performance in the first nine months of 2019. Our core businesses, led by the malls and residential segments, are set to sustain the strong

performance as we approach the fourth quarter of the year,” SM Prime President Jeffrey Lim said.

SM Prime’s Philippine mall revenues recorded an 8-percent growth in the first nine months of the year to PHP42.03 billion from PHP38.86 billion of the previous year, while same-mall-sales growth is sustained at 7 percent.

SM Prime has 81 malls -- 74 in the Philippines and seven in China. In the Philippines, 42 percent of

SM Prime’s mall spaces are in Metro Manila, while the rest are strategically located in key provincial cities and emerging provinces.

The company has opened SM City Olongapo Central during the third quarter of the year and SM Center Dagupan last October.

SM Prime’s residential business segment, led by SM Development Corp.

(SMDC), account for 38 percent of the company’s consolidated revenues. The

SM Prime nets P27.6-B in first 9 months of 2019

Manulife launches insurance and investment product

By MA. CRISTINA ARAYATA

MANILA -- Manulife Philippines on Monday launched a product combining insurance protection and investment benefits which it claims specifically tailored for Filipinos.

“We custom-developed this based on research. We asked our customers about their needs,” Melissa Henson, chief marketing officer, said during the launch of My Vision Plan (MVP) in Makati City.

Henson said MVP is not available in other Manulife branches abroad.

The MVP product would enable customers to receive the following: See PRODUCT, page 10

INSURANCE, INVESTMENT PRODUCT. Manulife Philippines chief marketing officer Melissa Henson says My Vision Plan (MVP) was custom-developed for the Filipinos, basing it on their needs, during the product launch in Makati City on Monday (Nov. 4, 2019). MVP is not available in other Manulife branches abroad.

PNA photo by Cristina Arayata

See NETS, page 10

BSP statement on the mediumterm view on inflation THE October 2019 inflation of 0.8 percent was within the BSP’s forecast range of 0.5 – 1.3 percent.

Inflation for the month was driven by higher prices of electricity, LPG, water, and selected food items. These were tempered by lower domestic oil and rice prices. The latest inflation outturn is consistent with the BSP’s prevailing assessment that inflation has likely bottomed out in October and could start to pick up slightly in the remaining months of 2019 as base effects start to dissipate.

The BSP continues to expect average inflation to firmly settle within the target range of 3.0 percent ± 1.0 percentage point for

2019 - 2021. Global crude oil prices have started to stabilize following the recent volatility caused by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Meanwhile, deepening trade tensions between China and the US along with other countries in the region have raised global economic uncertainty, which pose a downside risk to the inflation outlook.

The BSP will continue to keep a close watch over latest economic developments here and abroad to ensure that the monetary policy stance remains consistent with the BSP’s price stability objective while being supportive of economic growth.

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Equipping San Isidro farmers through agro-enterprise SAN ISIDRO, Davao del Norte -- Seated beneath a tall coconut tree and hiding himself from the scorching heat of the sun, Narciso Lara has been chopping coconut husks which he will use to surround other coconut trees in a practice called mulching to keep the soil healthy.

“Ginagawa namin ito para lumamig ang puno,” he said.

Having coconut farming as his main source of income, Mang Narciso said that he is hopeful for an increase in productivity of his trees through good agricultural practices such as mulching, adding that it will help support the education of his children.

Narciso Lara

Edesa Morante

“Mayroon din akong cacao at saging. (Mabuti na lang) at may mga buyers dito.” he said.

Mang Narciso is one of the ten farmers chosen to be part of the demo farm project of the Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF), with partners Cocolink and Laak Multipurpose Cooperative (LAMPCO), to link enablers across the value chain of San Isidro, Davao del Norte.

Demo farms: Model farms of San Isidro San Isidro, a fourth-class municipality with a population of 27,000, consists mainly of coconut and cacao farmers. According to Philippine Statistics Authority, See FARMERS, page 10

Disaster Command Center now operating in quake-hit M’nao areas

By CHE PALICTE

DAVAO CITY -- The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) on Monday announced that its Central Command Center in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato is now in full operation.

Situated at JCX Convention Center, the database will coordinate relief operations and gather data on the extent of damage brought about by the earthquakes which happened on October 16, 29 and 31.

The Command Center will serve as a coordinating unit for relief assistance and rehabilitation efforts for the earthquake victims in the Davao and Cotabato areas. “ The C entral C om-

mand Center will cover all earthquake-affected areas in Davao and Cotabato Regions to aid swift relief response and data gathering,” Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, MinDA chairperson, said.

With the use of drones and digital technology on the mountainside communities, MinDA would determine the extent of damages to communities, and areas which need to be abandoned due to landslides.

“Many of the communities in the City of Kidapawan, Magpet, Tulunan and Makilala in North Cotabato and Magsaysay, Bansalan and Matanao in Davao del Sur may have to be abandoned by the residents,” Piñol said.

MinDA will soon complete a database that will register all victims and assistance needed.

“The database will register all victims, the damage they suffer, locations and the damage in their communities, and the support they needed,” Piñol said.

Further, he said that the database will guide donors and the line agencies in crafting post-disaster interventions to assist victims return to their normal lives, he added.

“We will recommend rehabilitation plans of the affected communities using the data gathered,” said Piñol, adding that information QUAKE DAMAGE. The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) gathers data using will be given to the Defense drones to determine the extent of damage to the communities by the recent series of Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, earthquakes through its Central Command Center. Operations of the center will cover See CENTER, page 10

all earthquake-affected areas in Davao and Cotabato Regions to aid swift relief response and data gathering, (Photo courtesy of MinDA chairman, Secretary Emmanuel Piñol)

ComVal wins Green Banner anew; records lowest child malnutrition incidence in Davao Region C OMPOSTEL A Valley Province--The province bags anew the “Green Banner Award” from the National Nutrition Council spearheaded by the National Council Executive Dir. Dr. Azucena M. Dayanghirang.

Senior Board Member Arturo “Chiongkee” T. Uy received the award and gave his message in behalf of Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy the Provincial Nutrition Council Chair (PNC) during the Awarding Ceremony in the SMX Convention Center in Davao City, October 28, 2019.

Comval Province was hailed as a Greean Banner Awardee this year according to the Region XI Nutrition Program Coordinator Dr. Maria Teresa L. Ungson, due to the Province’s excellent performance with their Nutrition Program garnering 95.18% by the Inter-Agency Regional Technical Working Group after their Annual

P12-M aid provided in quake-hit areas in Davao Region

By CHE PALICTE

Compostela Valley province wins “Green Banner” Award for the second time from the National Nutrition Council. The awarding ceremony took place on October 28, 2019 at the SMX Convention Center, Davao City.

Monitoring and Evaluation of the Nutrition Programs over the provinces and cities within Region XI. In line with the Provin-

cial Government of Comval Province’s 4Ps+ Program, the innovation and application of various Nutrition Programs helped in the

development and at the same time empowerment of its constituents to proper nutrition education and See RECORDS, page 10

DAVAO CITY--The Office of Civil Defense 11 (OCD 11) on Saturday reported a total of PHP12 million worth of assistance provided to affected families and individuals by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council 11 (RDRRMC 11) after a series of earthquakes hit this city, Davao Occidental and Davao del Sur province.

In a statement sent on Sunday, Manuel Luis Ochotorena, regional director of OCD 11, said the series of tremors have also caused psychological distress among affected families in the whole of Mindanao, especially to those who were directly affected.

“For the spirit of ‘bayanihan’ as what we Filipinos are known for, there are groups

or individuals who donated different kinds of assistance (mostly food, water, kitchen utensils, clothes) to the earthquake-stricken areas of Davao Region and many more groups, organizations or individuals are signifying their intent to provide help in the community,” he said.

He added that significant to such response operation is a 24/7 response mechanism in the region in close coordination with the local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (LDRRMC).

“We would like to request and remind all groups, organizations or individuals who wish to provide in-kind or cash assistance to always have direct coordination with LDRRMC to ensure that all affected communities or families will be able See AID, page 10

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Kidapawan exec orders week-long suspension of classes

GenSan city hall entrance ‘off limits’ due to cracks

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KIDAPAWAN CITY – To ensure the safety of school learners, classes in all levels in both private and public schools have been suspended here this week.

Mayor Joseph Evangelista made the announcement late Monday as he met with some 200 teachers and education officials earlier in the day.

Evangelista said the suspension of classes was necessary to save lives and properties and ensure the safety of students.

The extended cancelation was also meant to allow structural engineers and the public works office to assess and evaluate the integrity of the school buildings.

Since Oct. 16, when the magnitude 6.3 quake rocked North Cotabato with an epicenter traced 22 km east of Tulunan town, Phivolcs has re-

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• guaranteed cash benefit in top of his/her investments • guarantee in lifetime protection once the policy is fully paid • the option to pay for a period of five, 10, 15 years • guaranteed application for up to PHP1 million coverage “There’s a certain value that the customers would receive whatever happens to the market,” Henson said, EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased spouses PERGENTINO N. VILLANUEVA who died on February 6, 2010 at Cagayan de Oro City and FLORA RIVERA-VILLANUEVA who died on January 30, 2014 in Cagayan de Oro City; that the deceased spouses left a parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Gusa, City of Cagayan de Oro, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-16461 of the Registry of Deeds for the City of Cagayan de Oro and more particularly described as follows; T-16461 Lot 1, of the Consolidation Subdivision Plan (LRC) Psd-16129 “A Parcel of land (Lot 1 of the consolidation subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-16129, being a portion of the consolidation of lots 2620 & 2621, Cagayan Cadastre, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 1569 situated in the Barrio of Gusa, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX (2,456) SQUARE METERS and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title no. T-16461 of the Registry of Deeds. Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE made and entered namely; SOPHIA AGNES VILLANUEVA-JANDAYAN, separated-in-fact, Filipino, a resident of 179 Zone 3, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City; CATHERINE VILLANUEVADANO, married, Filipino, a resident of Ormoc City; RICHARD R. VILLANUEVA, married, American, resident of Lubbock, Texas, USA; ANN GIRLIE TKACZYK, married, American, a resident of Nashua, New Hampshire, USA; all hereinafter referred to as the HEIRS-VENDORS. To Richard R. Villanueva, Lot 1-A, Psd-10-046932 (Portion of Lot 1 (LRC), Pcs-16129) Containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX (456) sq.m. more

By RICHELYN GUBALANI

EXTENDED CLASS SUSPENSION. Public school teachers in Kidapawan City listen as Mayor Joseph Evangelista (back at photo) announces a week-long suspension of classes in all levels, both public and private, until assessment and evaluation on the integrity of school buildings shall have been completed to ensure the safety of students.

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corded more than 1,000 aftershocks, including two major shocks on Oct. 29 and Oct. 31.

“C l a s s ro oms w it h cracks on the walls and

beams should not be used unless checked by experts,” Evangelista said.

The city government, Evangelista assured, is

ready to help the Department of Education put up temporary learning centers (TLCs) for schools with damaged school buildings.

adding that a portion of the customer’s money is invested depending also on the type of investment that he or she would choose.

Henson reiterated that the guaranteed surrender value and the benefits would

not be affected by market performance.

Once fully paid, the insurance protection would remain intact, she said.

Further, customers could also pick the pay period that would fit their goals,

she added.

The MVP can be availed of for as low as PHP20,000 yearly. Those who would like to avail of the MVP would only have to make a simple health declaration, according to Henson. (PNA)

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or less. To Ann Girlie Tkacyzk, Lot 1-B, Psd-10-046932 Portion of Lot 1 (LRC), Pcs-16129) Containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX (456) sq.m. more or less. To Catherine Villanueva-Dano, Lot 1-C, Psd-10-046932 Portion of Lot 1 (LRC), Pcs-16129) Containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX (456) sq.m. more or less. To All the Heirs in equal shares, Lot 1-D, Pcs-10-046932 Portion of Lot 1 (LRC), Pcs-16129) Containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX (456) sq.m. more or less. To Sophia Agnes V. Jandayan, Lot 1-E, Pcs-10-046932 Portion of Lot 1 (LRC), Pcs-16129) Containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX (456) sq.m. more or less. To All the Heirs in equal shares, Lot 1-F, Pcs-10-046932 Portion of Lot 1 (LRC), Pcs-16129) Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR (174) sq.m. more or less. That for and in consideration of the sum of PESOS FIFTY THOUSAND (Php50,000.00) in hand paid by THERESE RACELI V. JANDAYAN and APRIL EUNICE V. JANDAYAN, both of legal age, single, Filipinos, and residents of 179 Zone 3, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City, the HEIRS-VENDORS hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY in a manner absolute unto the said Therese Raceli V. Jandayan and April Eunice V. Jandayan, their heirs, successors, and assigns, Lot 1-D Pcs-10-046932 as above-adjudicated with an area of 456 square meters. Under Notary public of ATTY. CHRISTINA M. JUGADOR; As per Doc. No. 389; Page No. 78; Book No. 45; Series of 2015. Under Notary public of ATTY. CHRISTINA M. JUGADOR; As per Doc. No. 334; Page No. 67; Book No. 48; Series of 2017. Under Notary public of ATTY. CHRISTINA M. JUGADOR; As per Doc. No. 121; Page No. 26; Book No. 55; Series of 2019.

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The TLCs are makeshift classrooms for pupils made of tarpaulin or indigenous materials.

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GENERAL SANTOS CITY-The city government has sealed off the main entrance of the city hall and another building, while a landmark structure has been recommended for demolition due to structural damage sustained from the series of earthquakes in the last three weeks.

Mayor Ronnel Rivera said Monday the city hall entrance and the Investment Center building were temporarily declared “offlimits” after some cracks were found following the magnitude 6.6 and 6.5 earthquakes on Oct. 29 and 31.

The city hall building and other offices had already shown minor cracks after the magnitude 6.3 temblor on Oct. 16.

Rivera said the move was based on a recommendation from the City Engineer’s See CRACKS, page 11

R. A 10172 Form No 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Lanao Del Norte Municipality of Iligan City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that NESTOR B. BAGAMASPAD has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “ERNESTO” to “NESTOR” in the Certificate of live of birth ERNESTO BOLOTTGLO BAGAMASPAD who was born on 27 May 1963 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Marcosa P. Bolotaolo and Obdulio C. Bagamaspad.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than NOVEMBER 2019.

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R. A 9048 Form No 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippine’s Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao Del Norte Municipality of Iligan City

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172/9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that JIEVEE C. TAPANG has filed with this Office a petition for the correction of clerical error of the CHILD’S SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JIEVEE CANAMACAN TAPANG who was born on OCTOBER 03, 1994 at J.R. BORJA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, MISAMIS ORIENTAL and whose parents are RICARDO BERDERA TAPANG and GEMMA FORTUNA CANAMACAN.

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172 , a notice is hereby served to the public that ELVIS A. . NANAMAN has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from FEMALE to MALE in the Certificate live of birth ELVIE AGBAY NANAMAN who was born on 11, NOVEMBER, 1999, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are ELIZA C. AGBAY and ALEX G. NANAMAN.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than NOVEMBER 08, 2019.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than NOVEMBER 2019.

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Publication Notice ANNEX “B” R.A. 10172 Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: BUKIDNON Municipality: KALILANGAN

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R. A 9048 Form No 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippine’s Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao Del Norte Municipality of Iligan City

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION CCE-0040-2019 R.A. 10172

Date: October 28, 2019

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that NEIL AGACETA DAQUINAN has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Entry in Sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in her Certificate of Live Birth at Kalilangan, Bukidnon and whose parents are VIRGILIO A. DAQUINAN and ESTELA O. AGACETA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than November 13, 2019.

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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048 , a notice is hereby served to the public that HANAH N. MASORONG has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from JANIMA to HANAH in the Certificate of live of birth JANIMA NAGA MASORONG who was born on 9 JANUARY 1986 ,at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are NORMA U. NAGA and JAMAEL B. MASORONG. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than NOVEMBER 2019.

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the town has a 43% poverty incidence in 2015, way above the 14.5% poverty incidence of the entire province.

Recognizing this problem, PEF, Cocolink, and LAMPCO, along with the local government, inked a partnership agreement in January 2019 that hopes to address the issues of farmers on low production and income, and lack of market-oriented knowledge and skills.

Part of the value chain approach is the establishment of coconut and cacao rejuvenation sites or demo farms that started in June 2019 where the ten farmers can practice farming techniques learned in training conducted by Davao region-based organization, Cocolink.

“Ang attitude ng farmer, to see is to believe. (That is why) we want demo farms to be classrooms themselves.

We conduct trainings not on the four corners of a room but underneath a tree,” Cocolink Executive Director Dondon Clamor said.

Since July, Cocolink has conducted a series of agroenterprise training to demo farm cooperators such as making vermicast organic fertilizers, nursery management, planting density, insect and weed control, and farm safety for the workers.

“Hopefully, these farmers will become teachers

themselves. The plan is for them to open their farms to whoever is interested in learning these technologies,” Clamor said.

So far, cooperators like Mang Narciso have begun to implement what he learned in the training like mulching the coconut trees, a process wherein dry coconut fronds, corn stalks, rice straw and other similar materials are applied to the surface of the soil to reduce soil temperature, conserve soil moisture and suppress weed growth.

Improving operational efficiency through clustering In addition to demo farms, PEF and LAMPCO also started clustering farmers to improve production efficiency and reduce logistical costs. In clustering, farmers are grouped, and the appointed cluster leader will oversee the consolidation of whole nuts for LAMPCO, which will then deliver to buyers like Davao-based coconut processor Franklin Baker at PHP 6 per kilo (local traders buy whole nuts at PHP 4.50 a kilo).

For LAMPCO general manager Edesa Morante, being a member of clusters provides benefits that are not offered by other traders.

“Kahit hindi sila member ng kooperatiba, nagbibigay kami ng tulong (sa mga cluster members),” she said.

Convergence According to PEF Area Officer Mysol Carcueva, the value chain approach continues to invite more

stakeholders to take part in improving the lives of the farmers in the region.

“We have an ad-hoc group created for this project for updating and to discuss issues in the field but it is also open to other stakeholders in the area,” she said.

So far, local chocolate producer Chocolate De San Isidro and Rural Improvement Club of San Isidro have joined the meetings of the group and were aiming for a bigger role in the development of the municipality.

As the value chain approach continues to gain steam in the coming months, and with continued support from different stakeholders, farmers like Lara are beginning to hope for a brighter future for them and their families.

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to receive the necessary assistance,” Ochotorena said.

He also said that all donations in Davao del Sur, the most affected province in the region, is coursed through the Provincial and Municipal DRRM Offices or Incident Command Posts (ICP) located in their respective provincial capitols or municipal halls.

“To continuously provide all the needed relief and rehabilitation efforts, all concerned RDRRMC 11 member agencies are still conducting field assessments and validation of the damages especially to those

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families who incurred and/ or lost their houses,” he said.

He also added that the RDRRMC 11 Response Cluster was activated to efficiently and effectively provide and manage the disaster response operations in the region.

On the other hand, the Eastern Mindanao Command (EMC) expressed solidarity with key members of the DRRMC particularly OCD, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), different local government units and LDRRMC. Lt. Col. Ezra Balagtey, spokesperson of EMC, said they recognize the importance of “the intent to have a synchronized, orderly, organized and needs-based conduct of relief operations in order to attend to the needs of the different affected communities inclusively and equitably”.

“In this regard, we are calling and appealing to those who want to help and provide relief assistance to follow the established protocol of Incident Command System as provided by RA 10121, as such, we are encouraging you to course through the established ICP in every municipality for proper accounting, deployment and monitoring,” Balagtey said.

EMC explained that such mechanism is useful to “prevent chaos in the affected communities and discourage unscrupulous individuals to carry out their individual intent by taking advantage of the situation”.

“EMC made this emphasis on orderly relief response while it appreciates the outpour of help from individuals, families, groups, companies and organizations which have provided assistance to the affected communities,” he added.

(PNA)

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group reported a 26-percent growth on its revenues for the first three quarters of the year to PHP31.92 billion from PHP25.26 billion.

SM Prime’s Commercial Properties Group (CPG) and SM Hotels and Convention Centers (SMHCC) posted a combined revenue growth of 11 percent in the first nine months of the year to PHP6.83 billion from PHP6.17 billion of the same period last year.

CPG operates 12 office buildings with a total gross floor area (GFA) of more than 662,000 square meters, including the recently launched NU–Mall of Asia (NUMA) in the Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.

SMHCC manages eight hotels with over 1,900 rooms, four convention centers and three trade halls, including the recently launched Park Inn by Radisson–Iloilo and Park Inn by Radisson-North EDSA. (PR)

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SGD. ATTY. JOFFREY M. SUYAO, CESO III Regional Director

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who is the Martial Law

Comval Province values its greatest asset, the Comvaleños. With the Province’s various Nutrition Programs namely Kusina ng Kalinga, Adopt-a-Child Program and Iron Fortified Rice, the Province will be able to give proper, satisfactory and accessible nutrition wherein its constituents can bring a more successful and prosperous Composfrom page 8 tela Valley for the years to counter malnutrition all- come. (Jasteen P. Abella, ID COMVAL) over Comval.

Administrator and designated officer-in-charge of government operations to help the victims.

MinDA accepts donations of relief goods and assistance for the quake victims in all its offices in Zamboanga, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Koronadal, and Davao City. (PNA)

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FREEDVOCACY

(Feeding and Reading Advocacy)

By EDEN C. ACAYLAR, PhD Teacher III Bulua Central School

How FREEDVOCACY helps Barangay Bulua community? What makes it significant? Why it needs to be undertaken?

Malnutrition and reading challenges are the key factors why FREEDVOCACY has its space at Barangay Bulua-a clay industry. This program was initiated and chaired

by Eden C. Acaylar, PhD together with the Barangay Bulua Council Members headed by Hon. Al P. Legaspi Jr and Kag. Pacifico Luman, Barangay Committee on Health and Education.

FREEDVOCACY or Feeding and Reading Advocacy aims to address malnutrition and augment-

ing reading deficiencies of the less fortunate children of the barangay. The true essence of generosity revealed as the project went viral and gained assistance from Seventh Day Adventist Riders Services (CARS) and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS).

Project leaders are focusing primarily on combating malnutrition that probably affects the reading capability. Parents on the other hand are partners in addressing issues on reading difficulties. They are part of the feeding and reading sessions and play a vital role in making follow-ups at home.

This program needs to be undertaken because future brilliant leaders depend on how the leaders of today raised and helped them.

Roller coaster is always the ride in teaching ALS

By JOB P. GARBO Education Program Specialist II Alternative Learning System

EQUALIZING opportunities in education is one of the most important conditions for overcoming social injustice and reducing social injustice and reducing social disparities in any country, as according to UNESCO. In so doing, DepEd has designed a program called ALS to address this issue.

But teachers teaching ALS have encountered many challengers.

Learners’ acquisition of 21st century skills is low.

This implies further that their local environment strongly affects the way they learn which includes the communal support at the barangay level.

These differences challenge an educational sys-

tem that assumes that every student can learn the same materials in the same way and that a uniform, universal measure suffices to test student learning. Indeed, our educational system is heavily biased towards linguistic modes of instruction and assessment and to somewhat lesser degree, toward logical-quantitative modes as well.

ALS teachers must adopt localized instructional materials to suit the localized setting of learners. Most of the skills are low such as the creativity skill and innovation skill.

One explanation for this is the diverse status and learning styles of the learners. Increasing learning competencies are among the major problems encountered by ALS teachers.

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presence of God, and maintain a spirit of prayer. Prayer, combined with recourse to the sacraments, spirit of sacrifice and ascetical struggle, is the best antiaging tool we have at hand.

Wrinkles may still come, though they for sure will be delayed, but the spirit will be forever young and new.

It is important also that we keep away from any sign of negativity in thoughts, desires, feelings and words.

Try to avoid keeping grudges. These tire and age our spirit fast. If we cannot say anything good or positive, it’s better just to keep quiet.

When some critical thoughts come, and they can come quite spontaneously, try to banish them as soon as possible.

Smiling also helps a lot.

Even in physical terms, it makes us look younger, removing many years away from our face. Let’s always have a good disposition whatever the situation. All of these can only happen if we are truly identified with Christ.

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Unfortunately for Mijares, he went overboard when he testified later before a US Senate Committee on the excesses of Martial Law. What became of Mijares, one can only guess. He disappeared never to be heard of again.

Curiously, Marcos’ Audie Murphy-like heroics did not merit any mention in an earlier profile of Marcos prepared by the Department of National Defense.

The DND’s profile simply stated: “During the outbreak of the Second World War, Marcos joined the military, fought in Bataan and later joined the guerilla forces.

He was a major when the war ended.”

Subsequently, tales of Marcos’ super-heroism were debunked by several credible investigative writers and sources: John Sharkey of the Washington Post; Jeff Gerth and Joel Brinkley of the New York Times, quoting the works of historians Dr. Alfred McCoy and Richard Kessler; Army Captain Ray C. Hunt, who directed guerrilla activities in the supposed area of operation of Marcos’ “Ang Mga Maharlika”.

Such reports never saw print in Manila’s muzzled press.

Retired Col. Bonifacio Gillego, after digging through War Department records and obtaining affidavits from veterans of Bessang Pass, concluded: “Those who actually fought at Bessang Pass say that they had never seen Mr. Marcos there or his whereabouts….There are those who attest to the fact that Mr. Marcos was during all that time at Luna, La Union, attending to military cases as a judge advocate.”

This and other damning revelations of Gillego were first published in 1974 in the US-based Philippine News. In the Philippines, it was not until November 1982 that Gillego’s expose was published in We Forum, an opposition newspaper which was published by Jose Burgos, Jr. Burgos’ audacity resulted in in the immediate closure of We Forum, and the incarceration of Burgos and 14 of his staffers for subversion and rebellion.

Post Edsa, Tomas “Buddy” Gomez III, a former Ayala senior executive and a close friend of Ninoy Aquino, shredded Marcos’ claims about the wounds Marcos received in Bataan which supposedly earned Marcos at least two Purple Hearts.

Hartzell Spence had written almost word for word what Marcos dictated to him.

-“In January 7, 1942 he was struck in the left kneecap by shrapnel. He was out of commission for several days but refused to go to a hospital.

-In January 12, 1942, sniper fire in the right thigh…..bullet grating on his thigh bone….he cut out the bullet with his knife…. again he refused to be hospitalized.

-In January 22, 1942 he was captured and tortured… but escaped.

-Then one more wound….by shrapnel and sniper fire in the abdomen…”

Gomez just could not believe it. This can only happen in a Rambo movie. With all those wounds suffered in the days leading to the fall of Bataan and the death March, how could Marcos have survived the brutal Death March where supposedly more able-bodied soldiers fell on the wayside?

Years later, Gomez remembered the well-publicized photos of Marcos taken around 1970 on Fuga Island beach in the company of US Ambassador Henry A. Byroade. One showed the two ogling turtle eggs.

Another showed Marcos water skiing. But for his black swimming trunks, the hunkie Marcos was bare. Gomez obser ved: “His knees, thighs, abdomen, torso, upper and lower body laterals were all visibly unblemished, smooth and clean. No wounds! No scars!”

Gomez, a former Consul General to Hawaii, wrote the US War Department and

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 got a reply: No soldier by the name of Ferdinand E. Marcos received the Purple Heart.

So how does one explain the numerous medals, including the Medal of Valor, that Marcos was flaunting?

Writer Manolo Quezon had a simple explanation.

Marcos received most of his medals several years after the war ended. At that time, Marcos was already serving as the Chairman of the Defense Committee in the House of Representatives and later as Chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee.

In both positions, Marcos had a great deal of influence in the armed forces due to his control over the AFP budget!

Lutong Macoy!

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joint investigation on special cases and intelligence collection purposes. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the PDEA agreed to share information and technology with the Fujian Provincial Drug Enforcement Agency.

In the area of maritime cooperation, both the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) agreed to implement the MOU on the establishment of a Joint Coast Guard Committee on Maritime Cooperation and to cooperate in preventing and combating drug trafficking and other transnational crimes.

Through 2017 to the present, and which each meeting of President Duterte and President Xi Jinping, many more projects in pursuit of these objectives have been achieved.

In the most recent meeting of the two presidents last August 2019 the Bureau of Customs (BoC) inked an implementation agreement with China’s Ministry of Commerce regarding the latter’s donation of four mobile X-ray container vehicle inspection systems and two luggage inspection systems to the Philippines.

These, of course, will be a major boost to the Philippines ‘ ability to intercept illegal drugs shipped into the country from all sources in the world.

So, how can the Economist Intelligence Unit of Britain even think that China is ignoring Duterte’s drug war and link it to whatever stand President Duterte has

on the South China Sea. China’s commitment to supporting President Dutere’s anti-illegal drugs crusade had never been conditional on development in the South China Sea situation. No one can cite even a single phrase that China has ever uttered or published linking the two matters. The EIU is shamefully distorting the story, and Philippine Star likewise for not checking the facts first before highlighting the EIU report.

The record of the British, on the other hand, is something Filipinos should be reminded of, not only was it the worse drug pusher in human history that flooded China with opium triggering the Opium Wars, but it also pushed China into its Century of Humiliation that China will never allow to happen again. The Philippines as a hub of the Opium Trade taking investments from Manila in the trade while British and U.S. companies like Jardine, Matheson, and Co. or Mackintosh & Co. benefitted. There are several scholarly studies on these available.

What the Western countries are really doing to the World’s anti-illegal drug efforts is obstruct the sincere and genuine initiatives of many countries, including the Philippines. In the latest case of these Western countries taking the lead to impeding the Philippines’ anti-illegal drug efforts is the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution calling for an investigation of so-called summary killings linked to President Duterte’s antiillegal drugs war and socalled “worsening human rights situation”.

Britain was one of the major countries that pushed for this investigation call, and this UNHRC decision led to President Duterte’s instruction to the finance department to suspend all negotiations or signing of loan and grant agreements with countries with voted in favor of the UNHRC resolution. This is the plain truth about Britain and its Western brothers, such as the U.S., real motive in linking the illegal drugs fight to human rights issues, to disrupt such urgent campaigns to cleanse societies of this scourge.

President Duterte is indeed on the right path in rejecting the feigned goodwill of such countries that harbor the hidden agenda of disrupting genuine efforts at

containing and dismantling the illegal drug trade while hypocritically raising the human rights crusade flag.

China does not do this, it is active both materially and politically in extending assistance to the Philippines to stop the drugs scourge shoulder-to-shoulder with the Philippines.

(Herman Tiu Laurel is the founder of economic alliance Phil-BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa] Strategic Studies)

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Office (CEO) and the Office of the Building Official (OBO).

“This is to ensure the safety of our employees and the public, and facilitate the immediate repairs,” he told reporters.

He said that they have designated the back and side doors of the two buildings as temporary entry and exit points.

The mayor said the CEO and OBO inspection team pushed for the immediate demolition of the concrete water tank near the City Assessor’s Office due to major cracks that could eventually trigger its collapse.

He said the structure, which is considered a “cultural heritage”, has long been recommended for destruction as it poses danger to the public and other nearby buildings.

“As of the moment we are looking into that and taking some precautionary measures to ensure the safety of everyone,” he added.

Rivera said they also shut down the oval plaza covered court after the local government’s inspection team found rusting in the steel trusses near the roof.

He said the overall structure is still intact but the roof support needs immediate repair.

The city government had allocated around PHP2 million for necessary repairs of the covered court, which was constructed in 1994.

(PNA)

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Nudalo, Gace Nudalo, Freddie Bago and Jhonathan Lamar.

A team from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Mines and Geosciences

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Bureau will be deployed to Barangay Bato to locate the missing and assess the situation there, Cerebo said.

Fears have been expressed that they may have been buried by a landslide.

The four other missing persons are from Barangay Malasila, also in this town.

They were Triump Picao, Rolando Acero, Rosalino Dayday, and one still unidentified person.

Cerebo said the temblors injured 271 individuals across the province, 82 of whom were admitted in hospitals while 189 suffered minor injuries.

The quakes destroyed 20,632 houses and damaged at least 5,000 others, he added.

On Sunday, the Philippine Air Force rescued 15 residents and three dogs trapped for five days in Sitio Kapatagan, Barangay Luayon here.

Based on a meeting with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology and and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau on Sunday, residents in several villages have been advised to relocate or evacuate, Cerebo said.

These include Barangays Bato, Buhay, Cabilao, Luayon, Sto. Nino (Purok 1 and 2), Malabuan (Purok 12, Sitio Basak), Poblacion (Purok Malaang), and Malungon (Purok 2 and 7) in Makilala; Barangays Daig (center), Bacong (selected houses near barangay hall) in Tulunan; Barangay New Esperanza (Sitio Byao) in M’lang; and barangay Ilomavis (Sitio Agco) in Kidapawan City, according to the Philippine Information Office-12. (Bong S. Sarmiento / MindaNews)

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of police station 3 for documentation and is set to be turned-over to court and eventually for committment to city jail.

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