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Humanitarian Ceasefire

Members of the Initiative for International Dialogue hold a protest outside the Malaysian Consulate in Davao City on Monday, March 11. The group is calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Sabah, Malaysia. A letter addressed to the Malaysian Prime Minster was delivered to the Office of the Consul-General. Mindanews Photo by Ruby Thursday

NGCP funds Humanitarian teams 1-hectare mangrove intensify efforts to assist Pinoys in Sabah plantation In support of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) National Greening Program, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) funded a mangrove plantation project near the coastal area of Brgy. Bunawan, Davao City. NGCP and DENR Region 11 entered into an agreement to develop a one-hectare mangrove plantation as part of the tree seedling replacement/planting project of the transmission company for the DENR. Subsequently, DENR's Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) contracted the Association of Fisherfolk Davao City, Inc. (AFDCI), a non-¬stock non-profit funds | page 10

MANILA, (PIA) -- The Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur have intensified efforts of its humanitarian/ consular teams to reach out and assist more Filipinos affected by the recent events in Lahad Datu and other places. “We are exerting utmost efforts to reach out to as many Filipinos in eastern Sabah at the soonest time possible. We are making arrangements to repatriate those who express the desire to do so. We feel and understand the anxieties felt by many of our kababayans,” Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia J. Eduardo Malaya said in a statement. “Even as we await the approval from local authorities for full access, our humanitarian/consular teams are working full time to ensure our kababayans’ safety and well-being,” Ambassador Malaya added. In Lahad Datu, a three-man team from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) led by Undersecretary Parisya Hashim-Taradji arrived there on March 12, and teamed up with the Embassy humanitarian/consular team which has been in the town since March 1. They now help in manning a mobile humanitarian/ welfare desk to further assist affected Filipinos. Together with the DSWD team, the group sabah | page 10

MARAWI City––Electoral candidates in Lanao del Sur and this city signed on Monday a covenant to end violence and political machination that made the area as the “cheating capital of the country.” The signing at the Noramis Convention Center here was witnessed by multisectoral groups, election officials, military, police, and other authorities from all over Lanao del Sur and Marawi. With a Qur’an laid on the table, candidates who signed the agreement on paper and on mounted tarpaulins vowed to uphold the right of the people to vote freely; not to tolerate their respective supporters to do vote-buying, use threats, employ violence, or stop voters to exercise their right to suffrage. They agreed “that the right to suffrage is a sacred

right.” The covenant mentioned that they agreed to be accountable to their respective bodyguards and supporters who violate Comelec Resolutions 9561-A and 9608, policies that regulate the carrying and transporting of deadly weapons and about the employment of bodyguards during election. They also agreed to join candidates’ forums that will be initiated by non-partisan groups. During the gathering, rival candidates shook hands and hugged each other, and engaging themselves in open conversation. For instance, Marawi Mayor Pre Salic was seen hugging Prof. Pundama Sani, his rival for the mayoralty post. The six rival congressional candidates for the first and second districts were seen raising each other’s hand. Lawyer Ramon Casiple, cheating | page 10

Agusan Sur vice mayor killed in road accident By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN angle,” said Chief Inspector Nilo Texon, police chief of SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan Prosperidad town where del Sur--- Police is consid- vice mayor Ron Agcopra ering a possibility that the figured a fatal road accident vice mayor of Trento this in the village of Awa while he province killed in a road was driving his governmentaccident early Wednesday issued Ford Everest from could have been tired and Trento to Butuan City at sleepy while driving that around 1:30 a.m. he rammed a flower on the Agcopra,51, who is seekopposite lane of the national ing reelection under the highway. National Unity Party was “This is not conclusive declared dead on arrival accident | page 10 but were’ considering this

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BIR-Caraga breaches 2012 collection target BY PAT SAMONTE BUTUAN CITY – The Bureau of Internal Revenue Region No. 17 (Caraga) had topped its 2012 collection target of P3,047,077,000 by P223,550,068.53. In his report during Tuesday’s program to kickoff this year’s tax campaign

at Almont Inland Resort Hotel and Convention Center here, Regional Director Norberto Vitug revealed that actual revenue collection of P3,270,627,068.53 had breached by 7.34 percent its P3,047,077,000 goal for Calendar Year 2012. In the wake of this encouraging development, BIR

Assistant Commissioner Lucita Rodriguez announced during the program that the region’s revenue target for 2013 has been raised to P4.1 billion. According to Vitug, percentage-wise Revenue District Office No. 105-Surigao City recorded the target | page 10

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RDC-10 endorses NorMin 2014 priority programs, projects By Peleta B. Abejo of the Philippine Information Agency-10

CAGAYAN de Oro City––For Northern Mindanao to become the leading industrial core and trade center in Southern Philippines, the Regional Development Council (RDC) of Region X endorsed P52.9 billion worth of programs and projects proposed for implementation in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 by 23 agencies and seven (7) state universities and colleges in the region. RDC-X chairperson and Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz led the Council’s review and endorsement of the budgets presented by the Chairs/Co-Chairs of the Sector Committees during the 96th RDCX Full Council meeting held yesterday. Valencia City Mayor Leandro Jose H. Catarata sought the endorsement of the Economic Development Sector requirement of P3.661 billion for the regional offices of Department of Agriculture (DA), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Environment and Natural Resources

(DENR), Environment Management Bureau (EMB), Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Tourism (DOT) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Mambajao Municipal Mayor Ma. Luisa D. Romualdo asked for the endorsement of the Social Development Sector’s P37.024 billion requirement for Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Housing Authority (NHA), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Bukidnon State University (BSU), Camiguin Polytechnic State College (CPSC), Central Mindanao University (CMU), Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology (MOSCAT), Mindanao State UniversityIligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) and Northwestern Mindanao State College of Science and Technology (NMSC). Engr. Modesto C. Babaylan, Co-Chair-

person of the Infrastructure and Utilities Development Committee, proposed a total of P11.912 billion for Infrastructure and Utilities Sector—Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB), Land Transportation Office (LTO), National Irrigation Administration (NIA), National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Telecommunications Office (TELOF). Tangub City Mayor Philip T. Tan requested the endorsement of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office budget requirement of P262.191 million. Technical review of the proposed budgets were done during the simultaneous sector committee consultation held last March 5 to ensure the consistency of the agencies’ proposed programs and projects with President Aquino’s Social Contract and its areas of transformational leadership, the strategies in the Philippine/Regional Development Plan for 2011-2016 and the Millennium Development Goals. The body also endorsed the proposed

Army commander relieved, investigated in B’non attack CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City––The commander of the army’s 402nd Infantry Battalion in Bukidnon was now under investigation for alleged failure to respond in time when rebels of the New People’s Army (NPA) attacked pineapple companies in Bukidnon. Lt. Col. Eugenio Julio Osias III, spokesperson of the army’s 4th Infantry Division here, said that Col. James Jacob, commander of the army’s 402nd Infantry Battalion in Bukidnon, was

relieved of his post on Friday. He said Jacob was recalled to the Camp Evangelista where he was being investigated by members of the army’s Board of Inquiry for possible lapses in responding to the situation when NPA rebels staged a simultaneous attacked on Del Monte Philippines. Inc. and Dole (Stanfilco) in Bukidnon on the night of Feb. 19, 2013. Osias said that army Col. Francisco Pabayo replaced Jacob in a turnover ceremony Friday last week. Osias also denied reports

that Jacob forces failed to respond when the NPA rebels stormed the main camp of DMPI at Camp Philips in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon since army soldiers immediately deployed blocking forces to check the fleeing rebels. He said army soldiers figured an armed encounter with the rebels in the hinterlands of Barangay Lico-an in Sumilao, Bukidnon the day following the rebels’ attack on DMPI’s camp in Manolo Fortich. According to Osias, an

army soldier was wounded in action during the brief encounter but immediately evacuated to a military hospital here. More than 100 NPA rebels stormed the pineapple and banana companies of DMPI and Dole in Bukidnon last Feb. 19, 2013 where they burned heavy equipment, warehouse, killed a security guard, wounding three other civilian securityguards, inflicted more than P26 million damage to lives and company properties. CD

construction of 1,222 classrooms under the Public-Private Partnership for Social Infrastructure Project II (PSIP-II) to meet the required number of classrooms in 2013; the Ozamiz City Updated Drainage Master Plan for funding support by the DPWH; the proposed extension of the Cagayan de Oro City Coastal Bypass Road from Igpit, Opol to Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental and for the DPWH to conduct the feasibility study for the proposed road extension; and the amendment of RDC-X Resolution No. 5 (s. 2010) to “Endorsing the 9MW (from 6MW) Limbatangon Mini-Hydroelectric power Plant.” RDC-X also expressed support to the implementation of the Climate Change and Risk Information System for Planning (CRISP) in establishing a geospatial database system on climate change and disaster risks; the Philippine Geoportal: One Nation One Map project of the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA); and DENR Administrative Order No. 2011-06 “Prescribing the guidelines for the Implementation of Public Land Titling in Partnership with Local Government Units.

Proposed organic Agri demo, training center

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The city council on Wednesday endorsed the proposal to establish an organic agriculture demonstration farm and training center here. The City Agriculture Office has submitted a resolution converting 1.5-hectare of the city owned lot in Barangay San Simon in Cagayan de Oro City into an Integrated Organic Agriculture Demonstration and Training Center. City Councilor Annie Daba, chair of the city’s committee on agriculture and fisheries, said that members of the committee were now studying the proposal. She said the proposal aims to provide technical and cultural management requirements of farmers for crop, livestock, and fishery production. Virgilio Derequito, Organic Agriculture Forcal Person, said that the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010, mandates the establishment of community-based Organic Learning and Training Center as a component for research, development, and extension services. He said the center would spearhead the integrated program to develop, promote, and propagate organic agriculture to the grassroots communities. The proposed Organic Agriculture Training and Demonstration Center would qualify and satisfy the minimum requirements of proximity, accessibility, ownership and existence of structures and amenities allowing for the conduct of trainings, seminars and workshops for farmers, Derequito added. CD

RA10172 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Province of Lanao de! Norte Municipality of Tubod OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Rule 7 of Republic Act No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that RODIBEC PEREZ ALFAFARA has filed in this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error in the Child’s Gender under the entry of “SEX” from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of RODIBEC PEREZ ALFAFARA bearing Local Civil Registry No. 88-1,002 who was born on 09 October 1988 at Barangay Tubaran, Municipality of Tubod, Province of Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Rebecca Perez and Rodrigo Alfafara. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than March 15, 2013. (Sgd.) JULIET BALURAN GALAMBAO, CE Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Mar. 7 & 14, 2013

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Bishops to gov’t on Sabah crisis: “Save our people – with honor” By Carolyn O. Arguillas DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) – “You may not agree with the methods used. You may not agree with the ultimate aim. You may say that the entire Sabah event was both foolhardy and also wrong. You might even suspect that there are unseen minds behind the event (but) the fact is: Filipino lives have been lost” and further bloodshed must be prevented “for the sake of life and peace,” Mindanao’s Catholic bishops said in a statement dated March 8 but released on March 9. “Even now Filipino lives are at stake. They were lost because they believed they have a right to reclaim a naturally rich territory for which they are being paid a measly sum every year. We cannot simply let them sacrifice more lives for that cause,” the statement from the “Catholic Bishops of Mindanao” signed initially by 11 Mindanao bishops, and addressed “to our government leaders,” said. One of the signatories to the statement titled “Save our people – with honor,” told MindaNews they did not address it to anyone specific because it is not only for President Aquino but for his Cabinet, Senators and other government officials. The Bishops said government leaders “can do more than just tell them to get out,” apparently referring to the followers of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III who sailed to Lahad Datu, Sabah a month ago to assert the claim of the Sultanate of Sulu’s heirs over Sabah. and had a standoff with Malaysian authorities until violence broke out on March 1. “For the sake of life and peace,” the Bishops issued a four-point appeal “to our government leaders” to: “support the appeal of the United Nations for an immediate end of the violence in Sabah; press upon the two contending forces to heed the UN call; resume the diplomatic work of resolving the proprietary and the sovereignty questions, a task historically entrusted to the government by the Sultanate of Sulu; and thus to ensure the withdrawal with honor of armed forces from the area.” Ma l ay s i a on March 5 launched “Ops Dalaut,” a joint police-military operations to flush out the Sultan’s followers from Lahad Datu. The group. led by Rajah Muda Agbimuddin Kiram, the Sultan’s younger brother, has been labeled “terrorist” by Malaysian authorities. As of Saturday, March 9, Malaysian officials claimed that with the killing of another “Sulu gunman” Saturday morning, the death toll had reached 61, eight of them Malaysian policemen and 53 allegedly from Kiram’s group. Abraham Idjirani, the spokesperson of the Sulu Sultan in Taguig City said they could confirm only ten of Kiram’s followers were killed. Malaysian authorities also announced on Friday, according to a report from the stateowned news agency, Bernama,

that 79 persons believed to be members and supporters of Kiram have been detained under the new security act of Malaysia. (see other story) UN’s call to end violence UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on March 7 urged an end to violence in Sabah and called for a dialogue among all parties to peacefully settle the problem. He also expressed concern about the “impact this situation may have on the civilian population, including migrants in the region” and urged all parties to “facilitate delivery of humanitarian assistance and act in full respect of international human rights norms and standards.” The Sulu Sultan declared a ceasefire at noon, a few hours after the UN Secretary-General’s call but Malaysia rejected the truce offer in the afternoon, saying Kiram’s group must lay down their arms and surrender unconditionally. Before violence broke out on March 1, President Aquino had appealed to the Sultan to order his men to return home. On March 2, he called on Kiram’s group who are still in Sabah to “surrender now, without conditions. “If you have grievances, the path you chose was wrong. The just, and indeed, the only correct thing for you to do is to surrender,” he said. On March 4, he said the only way to end the Sabah crisis is for all parties to exercise calm, restraint, and come to the table together with open minds for “reasonable dialogue” to commence. During the campaign sortie of his Team PNoy senatorial bets morning of March 6 in General Santos City, the President said the bloodshed in Sabah could have been avoided if only the group heeded his call to surrender unconditionally. In the evening in Davao City, he reiterated the need for sobriety and “reasonable dialogue,” claiming Kiram’s group has endangered not only themselves but almost a million Filipinos living and working in Sabah and the 90 million Filipinos in the country. In the morning of March 7, still in Davao City, President Aquino told a press conference after his speech at the opening ceremony of the Meetings, Incentive Travels, Conventions, Exhibitions and Events Conference, that he ordered the Department of Justice, National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police to gather evidence that may warrant the filing of charges against the Sulu Sultan and his followers. Prayer The bishops concluded their five-paragraph statement by praying that “government leaders on both sides demonstrate wisdom and statesmanship in preventing further bloodshed and resolving the basic issues that resulted in tragedy.” “ We pray for all the casualties, both Filipino and Malaysian, in the conflict. We pray for their grieving families,,” the Bishops said. The statement was signed

HELPING REBUILD LIVES. Davao Oriental Governor Corazon Malanyaon (center) accepts one chainsaw and 600 sets of household wares from Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Deputy Executive Director Corazon Ginete (third from left) during the “Davao Oriental: Building Back Better” inter-agency meeting held Tuesday in Davao City. The 2.5 million-worth of assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with MinDA, aims to help Typhoon Pablo victims rebuild normal lives. Also in photo are (l-r) UNDP Davao Oriental Debris Clearing project officer Misuari Abdullah; UNDP Davao Oriental Debris Clearing project manager James Alih Abdul; Davao Oriental planning coordinator Freddie Bendulo; Supervising environment management specialist Dolores Valdesco, province of Davao Oriental; Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor coordinator for Davao Oriental Malou Tarona; and Provincial executive assistant Marciano Tapiador. MinDA

Durian Summit to tackle improved fruit production By Rudolf Ian G. Alama DAVAO CITY (PIA)- A durian summit will be held here on March 13 to 14 to tackle issues that hinder durian production in the region. Durian growers in the country are lagging behind Southeast Asian neighbors in terms of production per hectare, said Larry Miculob, president of the Mindanao Fruit Council. Miculob said neighboring countries have an annual yield of 10 tons per hectares year this compared to local production which could only amount to 2 tons per hectare. He said there is a big market potential for durian overseas and these markets cannot be tap unless there is a problem in the production. Miculob added that China by 11 Bishops, with a note that “other bishops are still being contacted.” Mindanao has 21 bishops. The signatories of the statement are Archbishops Antonio Ledesma, SJ of Cagayan de Oro and Orlando Quevedo, OMI of Cotabto; and Bishops Guillermo Afable of Digos, Jose Colin Bagaforo of Cotabato, Antonieto Cabajog of Surigao, Jose Cabantan of Malaybalay, Elenito Galido of Iligan, Dinualdo Gutierrez of Marbel, Martin Jumoad of Isabela City in Basilan, Angelito Lampon of Jolo, and Edwin dela Peña of Marawi. The Bishops-Ulama Conference, the 16-year old organization of Mindanao’s Catholic and Protestant bishops and Muslim Ulama, has yet to issue a statement. (Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews)

needs about 800 tons of durian monthly and these demands cannot be met by local growers. Also the low prices of durian can be attributed to the grower’s focus on the local market instead of the growing overseas consumers. He said that they are eyeing at least to double the current production of durian farmers to at least 4 tons per hectare or equal the normal production of their Asian neighbors of about 10 tons per hectare. Miculob said that the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) of the Department of Science and Technology is aiming for a 26 tons per hectare production. According to Miculob an increase in production will

help increase the durian growers’ profit and will take his mind away from shifting to other high-valued fruits like bananas. Miculob said the Durian Summit to be held in Davao City’s Grand Men Seng Hotel will discuss and impart to growers ways on improving their current durian

Davao City expects busy days after MICE Con 2013 By Carmencita A. Carillo DAVAO CITY, (PIA) -- Expect busy years ahead for Davao City after the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) Conference being held at the SMX Convention Center from March 6 to 9, 2013. “Our main objective in hosting MICE Con is to make Davao City at the top of the list of companies and event planners when they choose venues for their meetings and conferences from here on,” Davao City Tourism and Investment Officer Jason Magnaye said Friday. Magnaye said there are now

up to 600 domestic and foreign sellers and buyers attending the conference. He said the participants, consisting of travel and tour operators, destination management companies and event planners, will be able to see for themselves how ideal Davao City is for their corporate and other events. He said Davao City is ready for the domestic and international MICE market. We have the quality and the quantity needed for the successful hosting of big events in terms of accommodations, restaurants and attractions. The city has already benefited from hosting the MICE

production particularly disseminating new growing technologies and tackling important concerns which would affect the durian industry. The Durian Summit is organized by the MFC and the City Agriculturist Office of the local government of Davao City. (RG Alama)

Conference because it is now at the MICE map, he said. However, he added, more benefits are expected to be seen and felt a few months after the Conference as the city expects to be hosting many events, conference and exhibitions after this. He said the City has started to stir the world market for MICE. Just last February, the city hosted domestic and foreign partners who attended the Philippine Development Forum. The MICE Con participants had their first tasted of the Davao Adventure when they joined the Davao Adventure Challenge pre-conference activity at the Davao Crocodile Park Complex.(RGA/LAC/ PIA-XI)

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GADCC-Caraga conducts ‘Kalandrakas sa Kababaihan’ By Jennifer P. Gaitano

BUTUAN City - In time with the International Women's Day celebration, the Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (GADCC) of Caraga Region, chaired by Commission on Human Rights Regional Director Marylin Pintor, initiated the "Kalandrakas sa Kababaihan", March 9, at the Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center, this

city. Men and women were observed enjoying the trade fair, ukay-ukay, massage and spa, medical mission, legal counseling, parlor games, and other leisure activities. Atty. Pintor acknowledged the presence of women from different sectors, who remain active and continuously improve their capacities for

the development of the community especially in getting involved in good governance. During the activity, Atty. Pintor and Vice Chair Edna Hontiveros of the Forward Filipina Inc, handed over the plaques of recognition to the Outstanding Women of the Year, namely Epifania Antoquia of Barangay Antongalon), as Department of Agriculture 2012 Most

Outstanding Rural Woman; and Helen Dumayas, a retired GAD Focal Person of the Department of Budget and Management -Caraga. Fire Sr. Insp. Ray Antonio Restauro of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Caraga reiterated that the month of March is considered Fire Prevention Month of every year since this month has recorded several fire incidents.

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Obesity and breast cancer Harvard Medical School discovered that being overweight or obese during adolescence reduces a woman’s chance of getting breast cancer. But the study also states that younger women could not just eat chocolates and fast food always and be overly complacent about one's diet. A recent study by Karin B. Michels and her colleagues lend a new view on the relationship between adult weight change and premenopausal breast cancer among women. The authors also concluded that a woman’s weight at age 18 gives a stronger possibility of breast cancer risk. This risk is calculated by a height-to-weight comparison or body mass index (BMI). Obesity is on the rise all over the world since 1980, especially in urban areas, according to a cancer organization report. The results of the study

by Michel’s group show that BMI at age 18 is a predictor of breast cancer in younger women. Over 116,000 participants in Brigham and Women’s Nurses Health study were asked about their age, height, weight, menstrual cycles, family history of breast cancer, and fertility status, among others. Researchers found out that there are more than 40 percent lower incidence of premenopausal breast cancer among women with a BMI of 27.5 at age 18 compared to a BMI of between 20 and 22.4. Researchers said that the link to age of decreased premenopausal breast cancer risk may be explained by hormones that are responsible in ovulation. The theory on premenopausal women’s estrogen level is yet to be solved. Weight gain since early adulthood and since menopausal has been associated

with an increase in postmenopausal breast cancer, while weight loss after menopause may reduce the risk. Many cohort studies also support the present study stating that greater body weight is associated with a decrease in premenopausal breast cancer risk and an increase in postmenopausal breast cancer risk. A number of hypotheses discuss that obesity leads to a wider exposure to estrogen and other hormonal changes that might affect breast cancer risk. Harvard researchers, however, noted that data on the effect of weight change on breast cancer incidence among premenopausal women are sparse. Body weight is one of the few breast cancer risk factors women have control over. Program coordinator of Eduardo J. Aboitiz Cancer Center (EJACC) of Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc.

(RAFI) Ronald delos Reyes said that a well-balanced diet is always a good investment. “A healthy body does not only promote good health but also protects us from diseases like cancer. Healthy lifestyle always tops the list of breast cancer prevention,” delos Reyes added. Every woman and man should seriously consider investing their time and effort to maintain their ideal body weight. Having a healthy lifestyle and body should be an everyday priority all the time,” he added. (RAFI/PIA-Caraga)

“BFP is continuously conducting information dissemination to the public on the prevention of fire everywhere,” he further said while distributing fire safety information leaflets. F/Sr. Ins. Restauro likewise announced that in case of fire and other emergency situations, his office can be reached through the BFP hotline number: 160 or 342-8217.

Ms. Diosita Andot of the Mindanao Commission on Women, who keynoted the event, emphasized the vital role of women in decision-making, fighting against corruption and good governance. This year’s Women’s Month is anchored on the theme “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan”. (JPG/PIA-Caraga/ asf )

Robbers cart away cash, electronics gadget By PO3 Darlin Cabalinan-Migullas

CAMP Rodriguez, Butuan City – Some P50,000 cash and a digital video recorder worth P12,000 were carted away by unidentified culprits from Guilmark Trading Corporation, this city, morning of March 10, this year. The robbers reportedly gained entrance through the main rolled-up door of the building, which was earlier left unlocked. They destroyed one of the cabinet compartments and hauled all the money. “This is indication that

the perpetrators were familiar with the place,” the police stated. A follow-up investigation is being undertaken by the Bayugan City Police Station (BCPS), eyeing at the possibility of an inside job. The Agusan del Sur Provincial Crime Laboratory Office has also conducted scene of crime investigation of the case. (PO3 Darlin Cabalinan-Migullas, PRO-13 Info Office Duty PNCO and a MinPressDev Member/MMG/asf )

29IB joins women fun run By 1st Lt. Sibley F. Kalang-ad Jr.

ST. CHRISTINE, Lilanga, Surigao del Sur - The 29TH Infantry ‘Matatag’ Battalion of the Philippine Army has joined the volunteer run of the Diatagon Rural Improvement Producers Cooperative (DRIPC), morning of March 9, this year. The activity was done along the theme: “Kababai-

han Kaabag sa Kalambuan”. During the activity, Lt. Col. Virgilio F. Luna, INF (GSC) PA, the battalion commander, explained the need for them to participate in such a humanitarian activity, as a way of demonstrating the Army’s closeness to the people they serve and protect. “This kind of an endeavor

will surely strengthen the ties between our unit and the stakeholders in preserving peace and stability within our area of operation,’ he said. Lt. Col. Luna urged the people to help them realize their advocacies even as he vowed to untiringly support whatever humanitarian activities in the province. (SFKJ/asf)

RDC-13 invites candidates to present their platform for women By Nora L. Molde

BUTUAN CITY, -- As part of the 2013 Women’s month celebration in Caraga Region, the Regional Development Council – Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (RDCGAD CC) organized a Candidate’s Forum on the afternoon of Thursday, March 14 at the Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center, this city. Ac c ord i ng to Att y.

Marylin M. Pintor, GADCC Chairperson and Commission on Human Rights regional director, the Candidate’s Forum will serve as a venue for candidates to present their platform for women. The forum will be attended by about 200 women and men from the different walks of life; the youth, rural women, religious, persons with disabilities (PWDs), women NGOs,

academe, civil society, health and business sectors. Candidates invited during the forum are those running for mayor and vice mayor of Butuan City and for congress for the first congressional district of Agusan del Norte, Pintor said. Just recently, the ninth "Kalandrakas sa Kababaihan" was also held in the city where men and PLATFORM

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30 groups join Limpyo Kalog 2013 TACURONG City - Thirty groups in the city have put on their working clothes, March 2, to join city hall officials and employees in the Limpyo Kalog 2013. Limpyo Kalog, a Hiligaynon term for cleaning the canals, is a regular activity of the city government aimed at ridding the waterways of wastes that cause serious flooding during heavy rains. Another objective is to destroy breeding grounds of dengue-carrying mosquitoes. The brainchild of City Councilor Psyche Sucaldito, chair of the committee on environment, Limpyo Kalog was started on October 8, 2008 when the city joined the nationwide

move of mitigating the effects of climate change. Six years since its inception, more groups have been ignited to join the activity that also included canal desilting, grass cutting and dried leaves raking. The most recent cleanup drive had the students and faculty of Notre Dame of Tacurong College, Sultan Kudarat State University, Sultan Kudarat Educational Institution, Department of EducationSultan Kudarat Division and City Schools Division.

hand, with personnel from the Sultan Kudarat Water District and the Philippine Postal Corporation. Non-government organizations, like the Philippine Red Cross, Rotary Club of Tacurong, Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity, Sultan Kudarat Electric Cooperative and businesses, like LBC, Sultan Kudarat Telephone System, Lee Kay Kee & Sons, NOVO and Siy Cha Hardware also joined the drive. Mayor Lina Montilla said “it was inspiring to see that more and more groups are joining us everytime we conduct this particular activity.” (Allan Freno/asf )

The Philippine Army’s 601st Brigade, Task force Talakudong, Army Reserve Command and the 33rd Infantry Battalion, Tacurong PNP, Bureau of Fire Protection, Barangay Tanods, Search and Rescue Teams and the Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance Agents also sent fielded forces. National line agencies, like the National Statistics Office, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Telecommunications Office and National Food Authority were also on

13 more barangays R12 had P2.5B receive multicabs conditional cash transfer The World Bank also check-ups and vaccination of 0 to 5 year old children, cited that CCT is on track attendance to day care or to achieve its objectives in pre-school classes at least promoting investments in 85 percent of the time by the health and education three-to-five year old chil- of children while providing dren, and enrolment and 85 immediate financial support percent attendance of six to poor families. Under World Bank’s to 14-year-old children in elementary or high school report, “Philippines Conas well as compliance to the ditional Cash Transfer twice-a-year deworming of Program, Impact Evalu6sixto 14-year-old children. ation 2012,” it confirms Meanwhile, assistant that children of Pantawid regional director and CCT Pamilya beneficiaries are project manager Gemma enrolling and attending Rivera, welcomed the World schools, with improved Bank’s recent findings cit- health due to regular vising the program on tract its to health stations, and in terms of meeting goals pregnant mothers getting keeping Children Healthy proper care. (DED-PIA 12/asf ) and in School. Republic of the Philippines City of Cagayan de Oro

KIDAPAWAN City - Gov- are Presbitero, Buluan, New ernor Emmylou “Lala” J. Igbaras, Anick and Balogo all Taliño-Mendoza gave ad- of Pigcawayan town; Luanan, ditional multicab units to Upper Mingading, Dunguan, 13 barangays from the mu- Tapodoc of Aleosan and Kanicipalities of Pigcawayan, lacacan, Dalengaoen, Fork Pikit Aleosan and Pikit, province and Panicupan of Pikit town. The vehicular support proof Cotabato. During the turn-over cer- gram initiated by Governor emonies, the governor told the Taliño-Mendoza and the Trade recipient barangay officials that Union Congress of the Philipthe vehicles should be able to pines, have so far distributed help respond to emergency close to 150 multicab units. An additional 29 units are situations. “As symbol of recognizing scheduled to be distributed your support to our programs, to selected barangays in the you are given this incentive. towns of Kabacan, Midsayap, Like the previous recipients, I Pres. Roxas, Mlang, Tulunan, expect you to use these vehicles Arakan, Carmen, Matalam and properly in relief operations, the city of Kidapawan. The Integrated Provincial medical missions, transport of patients to the hospitals or Health Office (IPHO) and of children in schools-related different rural health units activities,” the governor said. (RHUs) as also listed as reThe 13 recipient-barangays cipients. (mdd/idcd-pgo/asf) Republic of the Philippines City of Cagayan de Oro

OFFICE OF THE CITY MAYOR

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the application of NEOTRINITY Corp. for NEOCENTRAL of Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City for registration under City Ordinance No. 8268-2002, otherwise known as the Cagayan de Oro Investment Incentives of 2002 as a Commercial Arcade and Warehousing Facility has been approved on February 26, 2013 per Resolution No. 03-2013 passed by the Investment Evaluation Committee and is currently being processed.

Notice is hereby given that the application of NEOPACE, Inc. for Gaisano of Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City for registration under City Ordinance No. 8268-2002, otherwise known as the Cagayan de Oro Investment Incentives of 2002 as a Mall Operator for Gen. Merchandise, Supermarket, Real Estate Lessor has been approved on February 26, 2013 per Resolution No. 02-2013 passed by the Investment Evaluation Committee and is currently being processed.

Any person with valid objections/or pertinent comments of the above-mentioned application may file his/her objection in writing and under oath, with the Office of the City Mayor within one week from date of publication.

Any person with valid objections or pertinent comments of the above-mentioned application may file his/her objection in writing and under oath, with the Office of the City Mayor within one week from date of publication.

Let this Notice be published at the expense of the applicant.

Hon. VICENTE Y. EMANO City Mayor

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KORONADAL City - The Philippine government has already spent nearly P2.5 billion or $60.9 million for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Soccssksargen Region or Region 12. Bai Zorahayda Taha, regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12, said the fund was used as cash grants to 202,851 indigent families covered by the government’s flagship poverty program since 2008. Region 12 covers the provinces of South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Sarangani as well as the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan, and Cotabato. DSWD 12 also covers Marawi City in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). “We are happy to report that children of poor families are now enjoying better access to education and better health services,” Taha said.

“Our government is sincere in its campaign. No one gets left behind in terms achieving holistic and inclusive growth,” she added. The 4Ps is a poverty reduction and a social development strategy of the national government that provides conditional cash grants to the “poorest of the poor” households identified in the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) survey in 2007. Under the program, household beneficiaries receive a monthly stipend of P500 as well as P300 a month per child for educational expenses. A household with three qualified children could receive as much as P1,400 monthly. For these cash grants to be sustained beneficiaries should comply with certain conditions, including pre- and post-natal care for pregnant mothers, attendance of parents to the Family Development Sessions, regular preventive

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Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst for us to do our part and responsibility. Prayer is a two-way conversation. Prayer is not us getting God to do what we want; it’s more God telling us what He wants so we can learn how to live His successful, satisfying life. And He’s already told us how to live well through Jesus Christ’s life and teaching, the whole Bible, as well as through our thoughts while we’re listening to Him in prayer. Imagine if God always gave us everything we ask for. Then we would just give Him our orders, forget

Him, and go on living our own way. But God created each of us to enjoy a daily, personal relationship with Him. Maybe He’s not giving us exactly what we’re asking for to get our attention, so we’ll start getting closer to Him so we can listen and learn His right, happy way of living. You see, prayer does not only change things, prayer changes US! Other times God wants us to wait, even when we ask Him for good things, because He knows our real reasons and motives are

wrong and greedy. Or, if we’re asking God to change someone else instead of changing us, then that problem or difficult person may not go away because God wants us to change our heart and attitude toward that person or problem. He’s doing what is best in the long run not only for us, but for everyone else involved. Remember, He is the only One Who can see the big picture or puzzle of life. He knows how everything works and fits together both now and years later! So why not have a real, honest two-way conversation with Him right now? Ask Him to take full charge of your heart and way of living everyday, so He can start showing you His special plan for your life. Just Think a Minute.

Individual cases vs. Calingin seen THE Commissions on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday released an opinion that any taxpayer could file a disqualification case against “Bong” Calingin, a candidate for Congress in Misamis Oriental’s second district during the May elections this year. Nilo Pipo, the Comelec Regional Director, said that the decision of the Sandiganbayan convicting former Gov. Antonio “Bobong” Calingin of graft Cris Diaz with a six to 10 years imprisonment would be the basis for the filing of the disqualification case. The Pipo’s statement was in reaction to questions on whether Calingin could still qualify to run for the Congressional seat in Misamis Oriental’s second district this year. Of course, the Sandiganbayan conviction was still appealable. It is part of the judicial process for any person convicted of crimes to appeal for a review of the court decision. The appeal is part of the rights of a person to seek remedy with a prayer for the reversal of the decision convicting him/her of the crime. In the case of Bong Calingin, he still has the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court to appeal for the reversal of the Sandiganbayan decision. Although many believed that the higher courts would sustain the Sandiganbayan

decision, Bong could still run for an elective position until the decision becomes final and executory. Granting that it would take a decade or more to reverse or uphold Calingin’s conviction on appeal, it means that if elected, Calingin could still serve his term until the decision on appeal becomes final and executory. Calingin and his lawyers would be playing under this space. However, if a taxpayer or any person would now file a disqualification and deferment of proclamation against Calingin at the Comelec, it would defer proclamation once Calingin won in the coming elections. In other words, it is important to file two cases with the Comelec – a disqualification case and the other a deferment of proclamation – against Calingin. Now, for those who do want Calingin to withdraw from his candidacy this early, it is time for them to file the case at the Comelec. There were insinuations that more than a dozen individuals would be filing separate disqualification and deferment of proclamation against Calingin in the coming days. By the way, the disqualification and deferment cases must be at the Comelec before the official campaign period starts for local candidates on March 29. Any cases filed after the campaign period would become a post election case. A post election case is not an effective case compared to pre election charges. React crisguardian@yahoo.com

Filipinos of the Far East: God’s elect

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do…” (Isaiah 46:11, the Holy Bible). -oooHYPOCRISY AT THE COMELEC: As you are reading this, the Commission on Elections may have already held a hearing to see if it could disqualify three party list groups which it said violated the Comelec resolution against putting up of campaign posters and billboards in places which are not authorized poster areas. The three groups facing disqualification are the LPGMA, Kabataan, and Piston party lists.

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio This is commendable, for the law on illegal campaign posters must be enforced, but then, why is the Comelec focusing its attention only on these groups? By the grace of God, I have been given the opportunity to go around in many places in our country in the discharge of my duties and responsibilities as a practicing lawyer and I saw similar, if not worst, violations of the poster rule from other groups and other candidates,

from the administration and the opposition. Why then is the Comelec not running after these other violations? This is no longer just double standard. It is hypocrisy of the highest order, because while the poll body is attempting to ride a high moral ground against LPGMA, Kabataan and Piston, it is nevertheless wallowing in an inexplicable “immorality of inaction” against other candidates. This is one reason why this

country is going to the dogs, really---we prostitute our justice system with hypocratic enforcement of the rules. -oooPRAYERS FOR OFW ZAPANTA: Joselito Zapanta, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) from Bacolor, Pampanga, needs the help of many kind-hearted and generous Filipinos to enable him to raise some P44 million which he should pay as blood money to the family of his Sudanese landlord whom he killed in 2009 due to a dispute on his lease rentals in Saudi Arabia. Zapanta was found guilty of the killing and given the death penalty. Pampanga Gov. Lilia Pineda and other local far | page 10

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A deeper view Jesse E.L. Bacon II

A Lenten reflection

THE claim of the Aquino administration at having improved the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by as much as 6.5 percent remains a myth despite its being factual for the reason that it still has to redound to the benefit of over 80 million of the population. This is the dilemma of the administration. While it is a recognized fact that it has successfully marshaled the domestic economy to greater heights, the greater majority of the Filipino themselves doubt this. Such doubt is not without basis because that portion of the population still has to savor this economic growth. But no less than the country director in the Philippines of the World Bank (WB), Motoo Konishi, explained this paradox. In a briefing he recently gave to the Aquino administration’s economic managers, the WB head here told his audience that only 40 families in the country are savoring 78 percent of the benefits of the achieved economic growth. Take note of the number of families benefitting from this economic growth. Only 40 of them while 99.9 million Filipinos, more or less, are sharing among themselves the remaining 22 percent of the benefits of the 6.5 percent growth rate posted by the country. This is the reason why the much ballyhooed economic growth rate achieved by the country is being doubted by 99.9 million Filipinos. Remember that per estimate, the country’s population is now pegged at 100 million. So, 40 families of the entire population does not even comprise .1 percent of such population. Perhaps they may be mathematically about .0001 percent of the whole population. Can you believe this? The standard economic estimate of the distribution of the country’s wealth viz-a-viz the population has always been that 80 percent of such wealth is in the hands of merely five percent of the population. Fifteen percent of the population, the so-called middle class, shares among themselves 15 percent of the nation’s wealth. And here’s the sad fact. Eighty percent of the population, which is roughly 80 million Filipinos, shares between themselves the remaining five percent of the nation’s wealth. But looking at the figures mentioned by the WB head here, the above standard economic estimate seems obsolete now. Since there are only 40 families sharing among themselves 78 percent of the benefits of the economic growth we have posted. I am not seeing so much difference here between the benefits that the posted economic growth has achieved in relation to the total wealth of the nation. My personal view is that it is almost identical. If there may be any difference at all, it is nil, it is not that much. We are discussing these economic facts as basis for our Lenten reflection, which is the challenge I am posing to everyone to do this season of our Lord’s passion. The figures are not debatable anymore but they stare at us who profess to be followers of Jesus with profundity for being a contradiction to the teachings about the Kingdom of God. The figures clearly tell us that poverty is not the result of laziness on the part of the poor but as the result of deprivation. When you have the spectacle of only 40 families benefitting from the country’s economic growth or 80 percent of the nation’s wealth safely in the hands of roughly five percent of the population, there is no way that this situation will not result in the impoverishment of the 80 percent of the population or 80 million Filipinos. This naked truth explains why there are so many poor in our country. This explains why so many Filipinos have become squatters if not strangers in their own country. This is the reason why even the Roman Catholic Church through the Vatican II adopted the “preferential option for the poor” stance in dealing with poverty-stricken people all over the world. And this is the reason why even Jesus during his time showed so much partiality toward the poor whom he unabashedly called the “least of his brethren.” There is no way that the Kingdom of God, which is a place or a situation where the will of God is perfectly obeyed by everyone could reign in a world where ungodliness rules. Poverty as what we’ve seen above is the result of greed that according to the theological lenten | page 11

Japan continue to cope with Triple Disaster two years after devastation By BONG D. FABE Editor-at-large

ISHINOMAKI—“It’s morphin’ time!” As Japanese commemorated Monday the second anniversary of what came to be known as the Japanese Triple Disaster—earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown—Gen X’ers and Gen Y’ers wished the Power Rangers and Ultraman were alive to protect them from the devastation of March 11, 2011. “Billy said, ’We’re teleporting again.’ ‘Where are we going?’ asked Trini, to which Jason replied ‘we’re going to save the world’,” said Hiroyuki Takeuchi, quoting the famous lines of the Morphin Power Rangers, the famous spin-off of the original Power Rangers television series that was mainly based on Super Sentai, the long-running Japanese superhero team show created for TV Asahi by Miyagi Prefecture’s most famous son, Shotaro Ishinomori. Takeuchi, managing director for Editorial of the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun, a local evening daily, talked with this reporter with an interpreter/translator and narrated that he grew up hardly missing a series of ishinomori’s Kramen Rider, Gorenger, J.A.K.Q. and other manga franchise. “And like other Japanese, I wished all his [Ishinomori’s] heroes were alive when the disasters struck us to protect us,” he said with a hint of a smile forming

Kunio Suno, president of the Ishinomaki Fish Market shows the laboratory test for nuclear radiation on sample fishes. 11,500 tons of low-level radioactive water were dumped into the sea on April 2012 contaminating fish catch that outraged Japanese fishermen, who lodged a formal complaint to TEPCO, prompting the company’s president to apologize to fishermen. The government, meanwhile, set consumption limits for radioactive iodine at 2,000 becquerels per kilogram of fish. Photo by Bong D. Fabe

on the sides of his mouth. Handwritten newspaper: Takeuchi, who was catapulted to the world stage for his “sacrificial reportage” of the disasters by producing the now-famous “handwritten newspapers” during the days following the devastation, said that like Ishinomori, he was just doing his job and responsibility of “giving hope to my people.” The “handwritten newspaper”—produced by the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun for 6 days—is just a onepage manila paper-sized poster containing basic information and posting them in places where people gathered—local evacuation centers where survivors sheltered after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and

subsequent nine-meter-high tsunami struck this small fishing city. These “posters” are now framed and displayed in the modest gallery of the Resilience Bar and Museum in downtown Ishinomaki as reminders to local journalists’ resilience to continue doing what they do best when all else that run on electricity fails. They also serve as reminders for journalists that in times of disasters, giving hope is as important as getting the news out. “As journalists, it is our responsibility to give hope to people especially during times of disasters. We decided to produced what came to be known as the handwritten newspapers because we believed it was the only way to let our

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people know what is happening about the disasters. We started hand writing the newspapers on March 12, a day after the earthquake and tsunami struck Ishinomaki and other parts of Japan,” he said. Takeuchi realized that as a journalist, getting the hard facts out about the disasters—those that his staff can gather amidst the ruins and somber moods of the residents—will do not help anyone. “That is why we change our editorial policy and started to also report on volunteers working in disaster areas to give hope to the residents. Of course we did not neglect the extent of the damage but these stories are relegated to the japan | page 11

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960 families to get free houses and lots in CDO

CAGAYAN de Oro City––At least 960 poor families would benefit free houses and lots in a Japan-sponsored new relocation site in Balubal, Cagayan de Oro City, Mayor Vicente Emano on Tuesday said. Emano said that the city government has already initially awarded certificates of award to 67 poor families during the formal opening of the 6.9 hectares Cagayan de Oro Resettlement and Socialized Housing Project in Balubal Friday last week. He said there are two phases of the socialized housing projects in Balubal which could accommodate 960 poor

families who would undergo an evaluation by the city’s estate management division. According to Emano, Japan has pledged to construct free houses in the Balubal relocation sites after it noticed the successful implementation of various relocation and resettlement sites here for victims of typhoon Sendong in December 17, 2011. Emano said the city government has already relocated more than 8,000 families since the city started developing relocation and resettlement sites in higher and safer grounds.

Stakeholders sign pact on Crisp creation in Northern Mindanao By ELAINE O. RATUNIL

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Core group member agencies signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) entitled Establishment of the Climate Change and Risk Information System for Planning (Crisp) in Northern Mindanao.

The MoA sealed the pact in ensuring the successful implementation of the project. “In our efforts to buildclimate and disaster-resilient communities in the region through the enhanced risk assessments, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA-X) has

partnered with the Climate Change Commission (CCC) in establishing a geospatial database system on climate change and disaster risks,” Engr. Leon M. Dacanay Jr, Vice-Chairperson, Regional Development Council-X (RDC-X) and Regional Director, National pact | page 11

TAX CAMPAIGN. Revenue Region 17 (Caraga) Director Norberto Vitug (left photo) watches as program participants affix their signatures in support of the government’s tax campaign. A BIR Revenue District Officer (right photo) receives a plaque for outstanding achievement in increasing revenue collection following a report from Vitug (3rd from left) about Caraga’s collections topping 2012 projections. ALL PHOTOS BY PAT SAMONTE.

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head of the Consortium of Electoral Reform (CER) and one of the conveners, said “this covenant signing is to advance electoral reform and to end election violence and warlordism that is an offshoot of dynastic politics and situations.” “We hope to remove the tag that Lanao is a cheating capital every election and we must work to build a system that will not repeat the Maguindanao massacre,” Casiple said. EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late CONSTANCIO P. IRA, JR., who passed away on 15 August 1998, left certain real properties that are conjugal properties of the deceased and his widow, SOL P. IRA, which properties are particularly described as follows; a. Property covered by T-29887 (Lot with House) “A parcel of land (Lot 2232-B-2-D, Psd-10-001187 being a portion of Lot 2232-S-2 LRC Psd123017), situated in the Barrio of Lapasan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT (258) SQUARE METERS, more or less, executed by Benjamin Mindajao, Geodetic Engr. And approved on Nov. 24, 1978, to SOL P. IRA. b. Property covered by T-35123 (Lot with Garage) “A parcel of land (Lot 2232-S-2-C Psd-10-001187 being a portion of Lot 2232-S-2, LRC Psd-123017) situated in the Barrio of Lapasan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT (258) SQUARE METERS, more or less, executed by Benjamin O. Mindajao, Geodetic Engr. And approved on Nov. 24, 1978, to LOUELLA IRA and CONSTANCIO IRA III, as co-owners of equal share. C. Property covered by T-29888 (Lot with Store) “A parcel of land (Lot 3741-B-2-F-1-A Psd-10-001458 being a portion of 3741-B-2-F-1 LRC Psd-101558) situated in the Barrio of Lapasan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of FIVE HUNDRED (500) SQUARE METERS, more or less, executed by Pesto C. Labia, Geodetic Engr. And approved on March 23, 1979. D. Property covered by T-18599 (Vacant Lot) “A parcel of land (Lot 3741-S-2-B of the subdivision plan Psd-10-000134, being a portion of 3741-B-2-P-2, LRC Psd-101558) situated in the Barrio of Lapasan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) SQUARE METERS, more or less, executed by Engr. Severino Halasan on May 22, 1974 and approved on Dec. 14, 1974. E. Property covered by T-18598 (Vacant Lot) “A parcel of land (Lot 3741-S-2-F-2-1 of the subdivision plan Psd-10-000134, being a portion of Lot 3741-N-2-F-2, LRC Psd-10558) situated in the Barrio of Lapasan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) SQUARE METERS, more or less, executed by Geodetic Engr. Severino Halasan on May 22, 1974 and approved on Dec. 14, 1974. F. Property covered by T-9073 (Vacant Lot) Lot No. 7496, Cad295. Containing an area of THIRTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN (30,977) SQUARE METERS, promulgated thereunder by I. Villa, Cadastral Land Surveyor, on August 21, 1958, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS, made and entered into by and among, SOL P. IRA, Filipino, widow, of legal age, and residing at 3rd Street, San Pedro Village, Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City; ROMUALDO IRA, Filipino, married, of legal age, and residing at St. Joseph Subdivision, Tunghaan, Minglanilla, Cebu City; PABLITO IRA, Filipino, married, of legal age, and residing at Purok 4, North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon; RODERICK SALAAN, Filipino, married, of legal age, and residing at Purok 4, North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon; LOUELLA IRA, Filipino, single, of legal age, and residing at Poppy Street, Greenwoods Executive Village Ph 6A-1, Cainta, Rizal; and CONSTANCIO IRA III, Filipino, married, of legal age, and residing at 3rd Street, San Pedro Village, Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City; are the only surviving heirs, being the widow and children, of the deceased CONSTANCIO P. IRA, JR. as per Doc. No. 426; Page No. 87; Book No. 76; Series of 2007; under Notary Public of ATTY. EMMANUEL A. AKUT. MDN: MARCH 8, 14 & 21, 2013

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Editorial. : mindanaodailynews@gmail.com Advertising : mindanaodaily.ads@gmail.com “Democratic election should be peaceful. It cannot be democratic when it’s unpeaceful, hence winning should not depend on money, threats and terrorism,” he explained. “We also ask civil society to support to make this election peaceful and to take part in making significant history in Lanao del Sur,” he added. Like the candidates, civil society in the province composed of non-government organizations, the local media and amateur radio network, signed a declaration “for peace, free and fair 2013 elections.” In a one-page declaration, they pledged “to actively participate in voters’ education and conduct monitoring, including the Comelec and LGUs administering the election; observe political groups, aspirants and supporters if they are in compliance to electoral laws; and engage media and social media for responsible reportage.” “This election come May is our opportunity to prove to the nation that Lanao del Sur and Marawi City is not the cheating capital of the country,” said lawyer Ray Sumalipao, regional director of the Commission on Election in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). “Our main enemy during election is the declaration of failure election,” he said. “This time, we should be putting this in our minds that nobody is authorized to declare failure of election,” said Sumalipao. He said he is aiming for a zero failure of election in Marawi and Lanao del Sur. “To demonstrate that we are true to our commitment, there are already three Comelec officers that were dismissed from service for failing to conduct their functions fully. One from Maguindanao and two from Lanao del Sur,” Sumalipao said, but did not mentioned names. He said that Comelec officials in ARMM asked the Comelec en banc to mandate police officers from other regions to replace board of election inspectors (BEIs) who will suddenly disappear from their posts. “We also wanted to declog election cases, hence, provincial election supervisors are already designated to decide on cases relating to violations of election rules,” Sumalipao said, adding that the problems pertaining to clustering can be resolved by checking the lists available online. Sumalipao also said that two task forces composed of Comelec officers, personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will roam all over the province to monitor the electoral process and to respond to problems immediately. Brig. Gen. Danilo Lucero, commander of the 103rd Infantry Brigade based in

Marawi City, stressed that the military was able to help in the deletion of 172,000 double registrants in the province and 34,000 in Marawi. He urged everyone that with this “beginning,” Lanao del Sur and Marawi could become models as far as elections are concerned. He urged everyone to change mindsets and work towards “an election that truly reflects the voice of the people.” “Let this election be not a reflection of our guns, goons and money but instead an activity that reflect election as a sacred exercise of people’s voices,” Lucero said. He told MindaNews that identified hotspot areas in Lanao del Sur are Marawi, Butig, Kapai, Tugaya and Marantao. “Threats here are private partisan groups and the victims of the Coco financial scam because they’d be possibly be selling their votes for financial consideration,” Lucero said, referring to Jacob “Coco” Rasuman, who was arrested for allegedly defrauding many in a controversial pyramiding scam. Senior Supt. Marcelo Pintac, police provincial director of Lanao del Sur, said they have already organized Oplan Safe and Fair Election to prevent possible violence that may erupt in the traditionally hotspot areas of ARMM – Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao and Basilan. He said that they are closely coordinating with the AFP to end election violence. (Violeta M. Gloria / MindaNews)

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organization which implements coastal development projects and manages coastal resources in Davao City, to execute the reforestation. AFDCI started the project last November 6, 2012 with the preparation of nursery sites and production of nursery beds. By December 14, 2012, one thousand pieces each of Bakauan and Api-api seedlings were planted along the coast of Brgy. Bunawan. AFDCI was also tasked to protect and maintain the area until the seedlings are ready for out-planting. According to NGCP Spokesperson, Atty. Cynthia Alabanza, one of the transmission company's main advocacies is environment protection, "NGCP gives premium to environment protection especially when constructing new transmission lines. We make it a point to coordinate with DENR to ensure that we are not violating any environmental laws. This is one of our Corporate Social Responsibility programs aimed to give back to the communities which host our transmission assets." NGCP is a privately owned corporation in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the coun-

try's power grid. NGCP transmits high-voltage electricity through "power superhighways" that include the interconnected system of transmission lines and towers, substations and related assets. NGCP's regular maintenance activities and expansion projects aim to enhance the reliability and quality of electricity delivered to customers.

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when he was rushed to the nearby D.O. Plaza Memorial Hospital. He sustained severe head injuries as a result of the strong impact of the accident when the car swerved towards the opposite lane that landed on a drainage canal and slammed its way towards the concrete flower pot. Texon said intial investigation had shown that there were no tire skid marks seen at the scene of the accident which indicated that he was not applying a foot brake probably because he was already sleepy driving all alone. The police will ask immediate family members of Agcopra to allow Scene of the Crme Operatives conduct an autopsy to determine the real cause of the accident. His running mat, Trento Mayor John Mark Billanes immediately went to scene of the accident.

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highest increase of P126,472,951.37 or

23.42 percent against target, followed by Revenue District No. 105-Tandag, Surigao del Sur with P88,011,632.90 or 14.70 percent against goal. Revenue District No. 104-Bayugan, Agusan del Sur came in third with an increase of P6,839,494.39 or 1.13 percent against projection. Butuan City was fourth with P2,225,989.87 or .17 percent against goal. To summarize, actual 2012 revenue collections by district in Revenue Region No. 17 (Caraga) were: Revenue District Office No.103-Butuan City – P1,304,769,989.87; Revenue District Office No. 104-Bayugan, Agusan del Sur – P612,704,494.39; Revenue District Office No. 105-Surigao City – P666,452,951.37; and Rvenue District Office No. 106-Tandag, Surigao del Sur – P686,699.632.90. Compared to 2011, Caraga posted a P567,606,394.76 or 21 percent increase in revenue collections in Calendar Year 2012, Vitug said. Collections in Surigao City climbed substantially owing to payments from the mining sector, Vitug said. Prior to the program proper, a 3-kilometer fun run aptly called “Run After Tax Evaders” was held and participated in by students, media practitioners and BIR employees at 7 am. At 1:00 pm, a motorcade saw the same participants including BIR officials, drum and bugle corps and motorcycle riders around the city’s major thoroughfares before proceeding to Almont Resort Hotel and Convention Center. Program organizers also featured a demo in filing of

tax returns, payment of tax and signing by program participants of a Pledge of Support for the government’s tax campaign led by Vitug himself. This year’s tax campaign is anchored on the Filipinos Love for their country by paying taxes correctly as succinctly expressed by Butuan City Revenue District Officer Samer Muti in his closing remarks: “I love the Philippines. I pay taxes correctly and promptly.” As a member of the government’s tax collection agency, he added, “We are only asking for correct taxes, no more, no less.”

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again visited the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) plantation and met a FELDA official, who committed to help out in allowing the team to visit more evacuation centers and assured them of the safety and continuous employment of Filipinos in the plantations. According to the FELDA official, there are currently 451 workers and 350 dependents in FELDA, doing mostly upkeep and maintenance work. He also said that there are a total of 1,464 evacuees in four of their centers located at the Cenderawasih Gym, Embara Budi, Fajar Harapan and Gemalapura, comprising of Filipino, Indonesian, Timorese and local workers. The groups also visited Kampung Batu-Batu, where Undersecretary Taradji talked to the leaders and members of the Filipino community there. Many of them expressed their desire to be repatriated back to the Philippines. The team also provided food items to the children and to those present. On the other hand, the Embassy consular/humanitarian team dispatched to Sandakan also visited a learning center ser ving Filipino children of undocumented migrants. Meanwhile, the Embassy humanitarian/consular team in Tawau met around 50 Filipinos working at the Fook Ngiap sawmill, who were happy to see the team and know that the Philippine government is concerned about their welfare. The humanitarian/consular team will be visiting more sites today and also conduct further mapping out of Filipinos in the area. The team in Sandakan is overseeing the departure of Filipinos out of Sandakan to Zamboanga. The three Embassy teams, with augmentation from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and other Philippine agencies, were dispatched to Lahad Datu, Semporna, and Sandakan, and arrived there on March 8 to assist the members of the Filipino community in those areas. (DFA)

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government officials of the province managed to raise only P1.5 million, which they already sent to the family of Zapanta, but this is certainly a mere pittance when compared to the P44 million that is required. I know Pineda can easily raise P44 million, but then, even to someone like her, P44 million is P44 million. I pity Zapanta here, but then, I can only pray for him and all other OFWs, because I know that their condition---their being sent for employment abroad, their suffering and even death in the hands of foreigners, and our inability to help them in their hour of need---have been prophesied to happen a long time ago, and quite accurately at that. Read Deuteronomy 28:15 and 32 of the Holy Bible. -oooPRAYERS FOR TAGLE, TOO: And prayer is what we should all offer now for Luis Cardinal Tagle, the Manila archbishop who is now being touted to be a front-runner in the ongoing Catholic cardinals’ conclave to select the new Pope in Vatican. Every Filipino, whether a Catholic or not, should storm the heavens with prayers so that Tagle can be elected Pope, for this would give rise to a spiritual---not just a Catholic---rebirth and re-strengthening for all of us. I am of the view that Filipinos actually form part of the nation of Israel which had been given a mandate by God to bring more souls to salvation worldwide, and this is the reason why religions established here are blooming in full. -oooFILIPINOS OF THE FAR EAST: GOD’S ELECT: Indeed, this is clearly what God has destined Filipinos for. Since we are the only Christian nation in the Far East, it is but natural that it is us Filipinos who must fulfill God’s purpose--spreading belief in God and Christianity around the world, according to what Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, said in Matthew 28:19-20 and 2 Timothy 4:1-2, and even according to Isaiah 46:11. This is, of course, quite a burden, but it is a heavenly one, if you ask me. -oooREACTIONS? Please call me at 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0922 833 43 96. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com, mmauriciojr111@ gmail.com

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Police and Maritime Safety Agency personnel conduct search for missing victims in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures on Monday. Authorities, acting on the request of families of the missing, conduct search operations in many hard-hit areas every 11th day of the month. The National Police Agency said that 2,698 people remained unaccounted for in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures as of February 6, 2013. The official death toll stands at 15,880. Struggle to rebuild continues At the Ishinomaki Fish Market, Kunio Suno paused for a while to pray for a good fish harvest before overseeing the unloading of catch, delivery and fish auction before daybreak. Suno said that at least 11,500 tons of low-level radioactive water were dumped into the sea on April 2012 contaminating fish catch that outraged Japanese fishermen. “These fishermen lodged a formal complaint to TEPCO, the company running the Fukushima nuclear plants. The complaints prompted the company’s president to apologize to the fishermen,” he said. Following the fishermen’s outrage at the dumping of radioactive water into the sea, the government immediately set the consumption limits for radioactive iodine at 2,000 becquerels per kilogram of fish. Ishinomaki is located 135 kilometers from Fukushima City. Suno said the tsunami caught the people unawares because of an earlier “false report” about a tsunami because of the earthquake in Chile which did not come. “So when the report said that the tsunami will hit, few people believed it because earlier, during the Chile earthquake report about a tsunami also came and people evacuated to higher grounds. But the water that came was only ankle deep. So this time, the people did not believe the warning,” he lamented. This city, part of Miyagi Prefecture in the Tohoku Region suffered its worst devastation since World War II on March 11, 2011. About 13 percent of its 555 square-kilometer land area was inundated by the tsunami. Signs of devastation in the city, which lost 11,261 out of its 162,822 residents, are still evident today, especially on the plains along the coast line where smashed and broken cars were stacked in huge piles on barren land next to washed-away houses and destroyed buildings. The disasters also left roughly 12 million tons of debris which is equivalent to roughly 20 years of general prefectural waste and three times the amount of debris in Iwate Prefecture (approximately 3.95 million tons) and 5.8 times the amount in Fukushima Prefecture (approximately 2.07 million tons). Two years since the Japanese Triple Disasters, Japan continues

to struggle to clean up radiation, rebuild communities and draw up new energy and economic strategies. There are still more than 300,000 people that are displaced. Takamasa Chiba, director, Earthquake Disaster Restoration Policy Development Division of the Miyagi Prefectural Government said that total damage to the prefecture alone is 9.18 trillion Japanese Yen, the bulk of which is on infrastructure (building, housing, public work facilities, transportation facilities, etc.) at 6.36 trillion Japanese Yen. “The Prefectural government is working with municipalities to prepare public housing and provide for disaster resistant city planning in order to move people living in emergency temporary housing into permanent housing. Until that time, we continue to provide support, such as community watches, daily life/health counselling and exchange salons operated by support centers. We also attempt to grasp the health/mental health situation at housing communities by establishing temporary health clinics and conducting home clinics,” he said. Chiba said that it will take at least 10 years for Miyagi Prefecture to fully recover and an estimated 12.8 trillion Japanese Yen to pay for restoration and reconstruction projects over 10 years. “We have created a plan to lay out the roadmap to recovery over the next 10 years. This plan is a compilation of various proposals from local municipalities. It is essential to develop new institutional designs and implement new techniques in order to achieve full recovery,” he added. He said that this plan include five basic principles of recovery: (1) developing a disaster-resistant and secure community; (2) each citizen is a key player in recovery efforts; utilizing all available resources; (3) drastic “restructuring” that does not simply stop at “restoration”; (4) progressive and that outlines the steps from catastrophic damage to full recovery. “We are grateful for the warm support we have received from all over the world. We have started our journey towards recovery further development, and we will continue working hard. Hopefully, we can look forwards to your continued support and cooperation,” Chiba added. In Sendai City, Mayor Emiko Okuyama attributed the city’s quick recovery to its citizens. “There are several factors in our recovery process. The unyielding will of the people, businesses rising to the challenges, support from all over the world, and the resulting bonds that were forged through collective hardship. If any single one of these pillars of support were to falter, the task ahead of us would seem insurmountable,” he said. A report from Bong D. Fabe of Mindanao Daily News

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President Aquino and MILF chieftain Murad Ebrahim during the launching of the 'Sajahatra Bangsamoro' in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao province. (Mindanao Examiner Photo Mark Navales)

continuity to talk and to finalize the annexes in the Framework Agreement,” Valte said. Mike Pasigan, the MILF spokesman for Sajahatra Bangsamoro program, told the Philippine Information Agency that the head of their peace panel Mohagher Iqbal has also

affirmed the partnership of the parties in Sajahatra Bangsamoro. “Both sides have been working together in identifying and designing the projects that will address the immediate needs of Bangsamoro communities. The program will further strengthen the collabora-

tion between the government and the MILF as we build on the gains of the peace process. We believe that Sajahatra Bangsamoro is a step towards long-term development that will benefit not only the Bangsamoro people but all Filipinos,” Iqbal said. (Mindanao Examiner)

COTABATO CITY – Mahigpit ang pagbabantay ng mga netizens sa pangasiwaan ng Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao na kung saan ay tila wala pa rin humpay ang mga sumbong ukol sa ibatibang anomalya sa pamahalaan. Sa Facebook account ng grupong “ARMM WATCH” ay samut-sari ang batikos na tinatanggap ng ibatibang mga opisyal. Mga bintang ng pangungurakot mula sa mga ahensya hanggang sa luklukan ng kataastaasang tanggapan at kung anu-ano pa. Nagsisilbing mga mata at tainga ang naturang social-media watchdog sa mga kaganapan sa ARMM at iba't-ibang isyu ang binabantayan mula sa mga ghost teachers, nepotism at ang gastusin sa pondo ng ARMM. Isang miyembro nito ang nagsabing: "SO THE PUBLIC MAY KNOW. I have a reason to believe that there are still remaining "ghost teachers" in the ARMM who are receving salaries without really teaching or reporting for work for

the simple reason that they do not have the knowhow to perform the job. What they do is they pay other persons to do the dirty work while they do nothing at all. They are hard to find because they hide behind the veils of their protectors in the ARMM who are pretending to be champions of change and development. (Nota bene: Pasintabi po sa mga taong totoong maganda talaga ang hangarin sa ARMM)." Ilang beses na napaulat na maraming ghost teachers ang natanggal sa ARMM ng umupo si dating congressman Mujiv Hataman bilang officer-in-charge, at pinuri pa ito ng Pangulong Benigno Aquino at binansagan pa itong "ghost buster." Ngunit sa katotohanan ay wala pang 80 diumano ang nadiskubreng ghost teachers sa mga paaralan sa buong ARMM na kumukulekta ng sahod, ayon sa Department of Education. Wala rin balita kung may nasampahan ng kaso ukol sa mga anomalya at hanggang ngayon ay blanko pa rin ang publiko sa isyung ito. Nagsisilbi rin sum-

bungan ng mga mamamayan ang ARMM WATCH ukol sa kanilang mga napupuna at nakikita sa kapaligiran. Isang halimbawa ang pagbisita ni Pangulong Aquino kamakailan lamang sa Maguindanao, na bahagi ng ARMM, upang ilunsad ang “Sajahatra Bangsamoro” na kung saan ay namudmod ito ng mga Philhealth cards sa maraming mamamayan. Ngunit ito naman ang naging tugon ng isang mambabasa sa ARMM WATCH: “PNOY, magpatayo ka muna ng Hospitals, Schools, colleges at Universities sa ARMM para sa Bangsamoro people para sa ganun magamit nila yung mga pinamimigay mo na na mga Philhealth cards at scholars sa Bangsamoro... Useless kung itoy nakatago lang sa WALLET ng bawat Bangsamoro....hanggang sa itoy masira na lang at di nagamit...Aanhin mo pa yan kung di mo naman magamit...ilagay na lang ba sa frame at isabit sa Wall Street, NYC.” (Mindanao Examiner)

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