Mindanao Star (August 15-21, 2015)

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DepEd CDO division holds journalism seminar for teachers By MARK FRANCISCO, Mindanao Daily Lifestyle Editor

THE City Schools Division of Cagayan de Oro of the Department of Education (DepEd) conducted a three-day Journalism Enhancement Seminar from Thursday to Saturday this week at Hotel Koresco in Cagayan de Oro City. According to assistant schools division superintendent Dr. Reynaldo Manuel Jr., the seminar is needed in compliance to Republic Act (RA) 7079, otherwise known as An Act Providing for the Development and Promotion of Campus Journalism.

There were four speakers during the three-day seminar touching on such topics as copy reading, headline writing, scriptwriting, radio broadcasting and many more. They are Dr. Pepa Pontillas, BusinessWeek Mindanao editorial consultant Joe Felicilda, Cagayan

de Oro Press Club executive director Uriel Quilinguing and artist Pennecessencio Estarte. There were a total of 144 basic education teachers from all over Cagayan de Oro who attended the seminar. Sixty-six were public secondary teachers, 63 were public elementary teachers and 15 were private school teachers. Manuel who represented city schools division superintendent Elena Borcillo

See dep-ed, page 6

BusinessWeek Mindanao editorial consultant Joe Felicilda teaches scriptwriting and radio broadcasting to teachers from the City Schools Division of Cagayan de Oro. PHOTO BY MARK FRANCISCO

Third LEED platinum-certified building in PH opens By MARK FRANCISCO Mindanao Daily Lifestyle Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City -- The third building in the country stamped with a LEED platinum certification by the US Green Building Council opened its doors to the public last August 7. Sally Ong Pac, Pioneer Group executive vice president and property administration head, said that the certification is important since LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environment Design is the world’s premier benchmark for high performance environmentally sound buildings. With this development, Cagayan de Oro will have the most number of LEEDcertified buildings in the country. The 19-storey Limketkai Luxe Hotel garnered a LEED gold certification in 2012, a first in the country. Thirty-one other structures elsewhere in the nation followed suit. In 2013, the 33-level Zuellig Building in Makati City was able to snatch enough points to clinch a platinum

certification, a level higher than gold. Then Wells Fargo Center Philippines Building A, located in Taguig City, also grabbed a platinum a year later. When Pioneer Group announced the construction of its new Cagayan de Oro home in 2013, company officials have already targeted in mind a LEED platinum certification. It would be the first outside Luzon. B y the time the seven-floor Pioneer House CDO was completed in April 2015, US Green Building Council inspected it and awarded 83 points – enough to muster a platinum certification, broken down in the following categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, material and resources, indoor environmental quality, innovation and regional priority credits. The features inside the multi-tenant use building are impressive: priority parking spaces for energysaving cars, showers for those who bike or walk to work, water-efficient plumbing fixtures, its own water

treatment plant to treat rainwater for use in flushing and cleaning, energyefficient airconditioning system minus the use of harmful refrigerants, generator units with fuel-saving engines and noise suppressors, energy consumption tracker, energy saving elevators, 100 percent LED lights, dry wall partitions reducing dampness and mold formations, double glazed windows improving thermal comfort and providing an almost 360-degree view outside as well as 75 percent of natural light, function room with a view of the skyline and so much more. According to Ms. Pac, Pioneer House CDO contributes 55 percent less drain of rainfall because of its treatment facility. She env isione d t he structure to be a template for future LEED-certified projects in the country. The trend for LEED certification in the Philippines is expected – Mandaluyong City passed an ordinance in See leed, page 6

‘Bambi’ sought tax amnesty on delinquent real property taxes By Cris Diaz, Executive Editor and MARK FRANCISCO, Staff member

MISAMIS Oriental -- Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano of Misamis Oriental on Monday asked the provincial board to pass an Ordinance granting tax amnesty to delinquent real property taxes in the province. MISAMIS Oriental -Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano of Misamis Oriental on Monday asked the provincial board to pass an Ordinance granting tax amnesty to delinquent real property taxes in the province. Emano made the request during his 2nd “Taho sa Katawhan” (Report to the People), a derivative of the State of the Province

Address (SOPA), at the provincial capitol grounds here. He said that the province has recorded a total of about Php 107 million delinquent taxes involved penalties and surcharges. Emano, however, said that cases involving delinquent taxes where there is an on-going negotiation and litigations is not subject to the condoned taxes.

The governor also dispelled insinuation that he would benefit from tax amnesty because “I have not a delinquent tax on my properties.” Emano said he is asking an amnesty to provide relief to poor farmers and residential lot owners in the prov ince prov ided they would pay the basic realty tax. See bambi, page 6

Misamis Oriental Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano enumerates his 2014 accomplishments during the yearly State of the Province Address (Taho sa Katawhan) 2015 yesterday at the provincial capitol grounds. photo by gerry lee gorit

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