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Orochamber has given recognition to private companies for helping Cagayan de Oro be spared from rotating brownouts

By Cheng Ordonez Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber) has given recognition to 13 private companies for helping Cagayan de Oro City be spared from rotating brownouts through the Interruptible Load Program (ILP), during its 1st Quarter Me e ti ng Fr i d ay (March 28), at N Hotel here.

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hailed. Oro Chamber President Efren Uy bestows SM City-Cagayan de Oro, represented by Ms. Debby Go, assistant vice president for operations for Mindanao, a certificate of recognition for helping Cagayan de Oro City be spared from rotating brownouts, through the Interruptible Load Program with CEPALCO. Twelve other private companies were also cited for the same feat, during the business group’s 1st Quarter Meeting, held last Friday, March 28, 2014, at N Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. Photo by Cheng Ordoñez of Mindanao Daily News

‘Still no peace for majority of Bangsamoro people in new Aquino-MILF deal’

GSIS sets aside P22m for ‘Agaton’ victims in Gingoog THE Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is offering a P20,000 emergency loan to GSIS members working or residing in Gingoog City until April 16, 2014, to aid in their recovery after typhoon Agaton wrought destruction in this eastern part of Misamis Oriental.

“We earmarked a budget of P22 million for the program to assist more than a thousand members See VICTIMS, page 11

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By MARYA SALAMAT of Bulatlat.com

First of a series

SHARING OF JOY. 103rd Brigade Commander Col. Glenn Macasero and Lanao

del Sur Governor Mamintal “Bombit” Alonto Adiong join the provincial employees, civil society, police, nongovernment organizations, peace facilitators, and lawyers in celebrating the “sharing of joy” following the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) on March 27 in Malacañang.

Photo by Sonny Sudaria of Mindanao Daily News

AMID the euphoria and plaudits that greeted the newly-signed Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the ordinary Moro and those supporting their centuriesold struggle cannot clap yet nor rest their case. “ We re c o g n i z e t h e determined effort of the MILF to mainstream the Bangsamoro problem and put forward solutions they deem as in the best interest of the Bangsamoro people,” the partylist of indigenous

peoples, Katribu, said in a statement. But they view with concern and apprehension the peace deal and the actions of the Aquino administration.

“For the Bangsamoro people, peace is not only the absence of war and conflict. Peace is when the Bangsamoro people have truly benefited from the implementation of a comprehensive social and economic reform that addresses the root cause of the Bangsamoro problem,” the Katribu Partylist said.

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Duterte: rethink arrest of CPP leaders if peace talks to push through DAVAO City––The government should think twice before hunting down and arresting high-profile mem-

bers of the Communist Party Duterte said.

Speaking in his Sunday of the Philippines (CPP) if peace talks should push television show, “Gikan through, Mayor Rodrigo sa Masa, Para sa Masa,”

Jalandoni, (Jose Maria) SiDuterte said it was point- the hinterlands.

“Whether you like it son and the Tiamzons will less to arrest key members of the party while there is or not, for talks with the always be important an armed conflict back in CPP-NPA, people like (Luis) See LEADERS, page 11

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OroChamber cites 13 companies for CDO-free rotating brownouts via ILP

By Cheng Ordonez Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– T h e C a g ay a n d e O ro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber) has given recognition to 13 private companies for helping Cagayan de Oro City be spared from rotating brownouts through the Interruptible Load Program (ILP), during its 1st Quarter Meeting Friday (March 28), at N-Hotel here.

The recognition came in the wake of power shortages, gripping Mindanao due to temporary shutdown of STEAG State Power’s coal-fired power plant, which is undergoing repair, subsequently cutting off 210 MW of power supply to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), and other power

shortages from hydro plants in Lanao del Sur. “For being a voluntary member of Cagayan de Oro Electric Power and Lights Company’s (CEPALCO’s) Interruptible Load Program (ILP), whose power generation spared the City of Cagayan de Oro and the towns of Tagoloan, Villanueva, Jasaan and the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate for experiencing rotating brownouts,” the citation reads.

The 13 companies that entered into ILP with CEPALCO are as follows: L i m ke t k ai S ons , Inc . , Limketkai Manufacturing Corp., Gaisano Inc., Del Monte Phils., Mindanao Timber Company Inc., Centrio Mall, Alwana Business Park, Cagayan Corn Products, RI Chemical Corporation, Pilipinas Kao, Inc., SM City-Cagayan de

Oro, Nestle Philippines, and Coca Cola Bottlers Co. CEPALCO has also been commended for initiating the ILP in the city.

Oro Chamber President Efren Uy said Cagayan de Oro City’s ILP will soon be emulated in other parts of Mindanao for its success in coping with power shortage through the use

of private companies’ generating sets, which extra loads are being shared to the electric cooperative to spare areas stricken by rotating brownouts.

Mindanao Development Authority Director for Investment Promotion and Public Affairs, Romeo Montenegro, told a gathering of electrical

By Irene Joy B. Dayo Staffmember

target 4.26 metric tons (MT) per hectare in 2013 and 95% annual performance in their target yield in 2012, gaining 4.35 MT per hectare.

This year, DA-10 is targeting 4.84 MT per hectare and another 4.9 MT per hectare in 2015.

Region-10 also ranked 2 for Mindanao cluster for percentage share of Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP) annual target, having 780,000 MT share for 2014 and 807,928 MT and 838,104 MT for 2015 and 2016, respectively. It also ranked 9 for regional percentage share

engineers in Cagayan de Oro Friday that the government is contemplating of implementing the ILP in Mindanao to ease up the power shortages, particularly this Summer, when several power plants are shutting down for maintenance.

Montenegro was among the panel reactors in last

Friday’s “Mindanao Power Forum Update II” attended by electrical engineers in the region, hosted by the Integrated Institute of Electrical Engineers of the Philippines, Northern Mindanao Regional conference and the Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers, held at the Limketkai Luxe Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City.

Northern Mindanao is rice sufficient

THE rice supply in Northern Mindanao is sufficient, said Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Director Lealyn A. Ramos for Northern Mindanao during the justheld interaction with media practitioners on Monday (March 31).

Northern Mindanao has 94.55 percent self-sufficiency level per capita consumption in 2013, said Ramos.

In the report given by DA-10, Northern Mindanao has also achieved 92% of

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of FSSP annual target. Food Staples Sufficiency Program is a program defining selfsufficiency as the country’s

ability to meet its national food requirements.

Ramos also said that the the current administration endeavours to produce more rice in the country and let Filipinos eat rice that are planted in the Philippines.

“In the event of crisis later, the countries we are importing rice from might not provide or unable to sell their rice,” she said, stating that it is possible that these countries themselves might encounter rice crisis in the future, the reason Filipino people should plant their own rice.

Currently, the agriculture department has started enhancing rice production areas and resources.

To achieve their targets, DA-10 is continuing in their agricultural programs and interventions. For one, is their Agri-Pinoy Rice Program. It is a program created that focuses in rice farming and aims in uplifting the lives of Filipino farmers.

They also extend production supports such as community seed banking, seed buffer stocking and hybrid seeds plant-now-paylater scheme that serve as help to farmers in Region 10.

In addition to that, supports in upland or rainfed rice ecosystem, seed production and other integrated crop management are also done.

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FMR project to benefit MNLF communities IN line with the national government’s framework on peace and development, a farm-to-market road (FMR) project is underway in Barangay Pagayawan, Bacolod, Lanao del Norte that would connect conflictvulnerable communities to the market in order to boost economic activities and create job opportunities.

The 1.6-kilometer road connecting Camp Datu Tomanong to the national highway is seen to provide brighter prospects for the people in the Moro National Liberation Front communities who plants coconut, corn, upland rice and vegetables with a service area of 116 hectares. The P20-million road project is being implemented under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) Program of the national government through the Office of the Presidential Adviser for Peace Process (OPAPP) in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA).

The groundbreaking ceremony held on March 21, 2014 is headed by Lealyn A . Ramos (bottom left), DA-10 Regional Executive Director and Ian Ragragio (top photo, 4th from right), OPAPP representative.

The event was also graced by (top right photo, right to left) Police Chief Inspector Henry Monta, Philippine National Police Deputy Provincial Director for Operations; Provincial Board Member Baldomero Zamora; Musa Mohamad Sanguila, Director of Pakigdait, Inc.; Col. Demy Tejares, Brigade Commander of 2nd Mechanized Brigade of the Philippine Army; Mayor Joselito E. Miquiabas, Municipal Mayor of Bacolod; Commander Abedin Sanguila (bottom left photo), MNLF Border Command of Camp Datu Tomanong; and Engr. Pedro U. Bergado, Jr. (top photo, 2nd from right), DA-10 Chief of Engineering Division.

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1. ML- OsmeĂąa Branch Abaya Building, Osmena St. Cogon Cagayan de Oro City 2. ML- Pabayo Branch De Leon Building, Pabayo-Cruz Taal St. Cagayan de Oro City 3. ML- Carmen-1 Branch Ang Building, V. Castro cor. Vamenta Boulevard Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City 4. ML- Yacapin Branch Daumar St., Cagayan de Oro City 5. ML- Lapasan Branch Claro M. Recto Avenue, Lapasan, CdeO City 6. ML- Gusa Branch Gusa National Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City 7. ML- Velez Branch Door # 114 G/F De Leon Plaza Phase II Vacapin-Velez St. Cagayan de Oro City 8. ML- Divisoria Branch Cor. Tiano-Neri St., Cagayan de Oro City 9. ML- Limketkai Mall Branch Space M-2-123/Limketkai Mall Lapasan Cagayan de Oro City 10. ML- Limketkai 2 Service Arcade, Limketkai Mall Lapasan Cagayan de Oro City 11. ML- SM Showroom #1105 Masterson Ave. Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City 12. ML- Capistrano Branch Capistrano-Gomez Sts., Cagayan de Oro City 13. ML- Puerto Branch National Hi-way, Puerto Cagayan de Oro City 14. ML- Bugo Branch National Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City 15. ML- Kauswagan Branch Zone 1 Kauswagan Cagayan de Oro City 16. ML- Bulua Branch Southeast Building Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City 17. ML- Opol Branch S. Vacalares St., Opol, Misamis Oriental 18. ML- El Salvador Branch National Hi-way, Misamis Oriental 19. ML- Alubijid Branch Poblacion, Alubijid, Misamis Oriental 20. ML- Carmen-2 Branch Kauswagan Road, Cagayan de Oro City 21. ML- Manticao Branch Poblacion, Manticao, Misamis Oriental 22. ML- Macasandig Branch Macasandig Proper, CDOC 23. ML- Lugait National Highway, Mabini, Lugait, Misamis Oriental

CAGAYAN DE ORO AREA Commencing on April 15, 2014 at 9:00 A.M. those establishment above will set a public auction all overdue pledges left in the same up to November 2013. Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts.

MANAGEMENT Sa Abril 15, 2014 sa mga alas 9:00 sa buntag ang tanang butang naremati, isubasta diri sa tagsatagsa, nga buhatan nga ginganlan sa itaas. Tanang Butapg penerenda nga wala malukat hangtud sa Nobyembre 2013, maapil sa subasta.

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1. ML-Tagoloan Branch National Highway, Poblacion Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental 2. ML-Villanueva Pob. Villanueva, Misamis Oriental

2. ML-Valencia Branch G. Lavina Ave., Poblacion Valencia City Bukidnon

3. ML-Claveria Pob. Claveria, Misamis Oriental

3. ML-Valencia 2 Branch M. Roxas St., Valecia City

4. ML-Balingasag Branch 15 de Septembre, Balingasag Misamis Oriental

4. ML-Malaybalay Branch Fortich St., Poblacion Malaybalay City Bukidnon

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14. ML-Quezon Aballe Quezon Avenue Extension Villaverde, Iligan City

ILIGAN LANAO AREA Commencing on April 16, 2014 at 9:00 A.M. those establishment above will set a public auction all overdue pledges left in the same up to November 2013. Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts.

MANAGEMENT Sa Abril 16, 2013 sa mga alas 9:00 sa buntag ang tanang butang naremati, isubasta diri sa tagsatagsa, nga buhatan nga ginganlan sa itaas. Tanang Butang penerenda nga wala malukat hangtud sa Nobyembre 2013, maapil sa subasta.

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Sa Abril 19, 2014 sa mga alas 9:00 sa buntag ang tanang butang naremati, isubasta diri sa tagsatagsa, nga buhatan nga ginganlan sa itaas. Tanang Butang penerenda nga wala malukat hangtud sa Nobyembre 2013, maapil sa subasta.

Giawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang resibo.

Commencing on April 21, 2014 at 9:00 A.M. those establishment above will set a public auction all overdue pledges in the same up to November 2013. Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts.

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4 rebs slain in clashes on eve of NPA anniv

By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN, Regional Editor-Caraga

SAN Francisco, Agusan del Sur––Four communist guerrillas were killed in separate clashes with government troops in remote areas of this province and neighboring Surigao del Sur on the eve and during the 45th founding anniversary of the New Peoples Army (NPA), a senior military official said.

Maj. Judith Loayon, spokesman of the Army’s 401st Brigade, said the NPA rebels engaged in a fierce gun battle with second Scout Ranger Battalion and third Special Forces Battalion at Placa Complex

in Hinapuyan village in Carmen town in Surigao del Sur on Thursday morning and Mabuhay village in Prosperidad town in this province on Friday afternoon.

Killed in the clashes in Surigao del Sur were Jhun Rey Agustin, 19, Squad Leader of 3rd Squad, Sandatahang Platon Pangpropaganda 2, Guerilla Front 30 of the North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC), and a resident of Purok 3, Bitaugan village in San Miguel town and Aljen Gang-ongon Salahay, 18, member of 8th Squad

of the same Sandatahang Platon Pangpropganda and a resident of Tandag City.

Their remains were turned over to the police station in Madrid town for their families to claim.

The two other rebels killed in Prosperidad town were known as Junrex Caranyagon Layo “alyas Ipit,” 23, a member of 2nd Squad, Platon 7, Guerilla Front 19A and Idol Salvador Laurito “alyas Jemuel,” 23, team leader of the same Squad. Their remains were turned over at Prosperidad police station.

Loayon said the gov-

ernment troopers recovered from the rebels three AK47 rifles, and one M16 Armalite rifle, an Icom Radio, two cell phones, landline accessories, four combat packs, subversive documents and personal The remains of NPA member Junrex Caranyagon “alyas belongings.

Col. Gregory Cayetano, Ipit” who was killed in the encounter with government commander of the 401st troops in Prosperidad town in Agusan del Sur. Brigade, has ordered his battalion commanders to “press the fight” against the fleeing local NPA rebels

By Mrs. Juliet L. Ricarte Grade IV Silver in order to put pressure Ambago Central Elementary School on them to renounce the Ambago, Butuan City armed struggle and force them to go back into the negotiating table.

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Butuan City commemorates ‘first Roman Catholic Mass’ in the country

By Noel B. Najarro of PNA

BUTUAN City––The Butuan City government and the Roman Catholic community commemorated the 493rd anniversary of the “First Mass” with a Latin commemorative mass celebrated Monday by a priest-historian, even as it pursues its claim as the site of the first Roman Catholic Mass in the country.

The theme of this year’s celebration is: “Journey Towards the 5th Century of Philippine Christianity,” which was held 8:00 a.m. Monday at the Guingona Park, this city.

The mass celebrated by Fr. Joesillo Amalla, a Butuan City priest-historian, was attended by the Roman Catholic faithfuls from the community, officials, chief of offices and employees of the city hall led by Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante Jr., members of the city council, and local historians led by Mr. Greg Hontiveros.

Fr. Amalla pointed out that it was indeed in a Butuan City village where “first mass” was held in the country, adding that Butuan City had already presented the evidences of its claim to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines

(CBCP).

According to him, the CBCP had considered the weight and the strength of the evidences presented which will establish the city’s claim on the issue.

A symposium and a cartographic exhibit of the pieces of evidence was shown at 1 p.m. on Monday at the Bishop Pueblos Hall, at St. Joseph Cathedral convent.

“Those who may attend the event will get to know more about the updates of the city’s claim as the site of the ‘first mass’,” Amalla said. “We should be bold to tell the truth as it will be the truth which will set us free.”

Mayor Amante in his message added the claim of Butuan City may establish that Christianity in the country started here in Butuan and eventually swept across the country and into Southeast Asia. “Therefore, its documentation that it really happened here is very important,” said the local chief executive.

Amante said that a task force to be composed of representatives from the different organizations such as from the academe, religious sector, students, businessmen, and the church will look into the continuing struggle to establish their claim.

MIDWAY

The new Mini Eco-Park in Aces planned and made into reality by Grade IV teacher Mrs. Juliet L. Ricarte.

That bare 300-square meter lot inside our school premises fronting the Barangay Ambago road needed a make-over, I had always thought. Through imagination, creativeness and adjustment to natural surroundings, the area may be improved which students, my co-teachers and barangay residents would appreciate, I mulled.

I took the matter up with our principal, Mrs. Ruby Glenn Samson, and explained my plan to transform that space into a beautiful and fresh-looking area which I christened “Mini Eco-Park in Aces”. She agreed.

I started implementing the project in June, 2013.

Total cost of the project amounted to P5,836 in-

cluding masonry work, materials, landscaping, painting and labor. The whole project was a collaborative endeavor. Aside from expenses I personally incurred, donations and voluntary contributions from private individuals, and members of the Home Room Parents Teacher Association came in support of the project. The Mini Eco-Park in Aces was finally opened sometime in November, 2013.

The eco-park has become a favorite area among school children and provides a welcome scenery for visitors. Being a collaborative project, the eco-park has become a source of pride not only of our school but also of the barangay.

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DOH aims at TB-free community, nation

By Jasper Marie Oblina-Rucat

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – In support and to fulfill the government’s goal to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) is making its message clear that anyone with TB can be cured and this is provided for free.

National TB Program Coordinator (NTP) for Region 10 Dr. Evelyn Magsayo during a press conference here said that DOH specifically NTP has achieved many things since the 70’s when it was first created.

She said, “We are now in the controlling mode of TB.” In 1990, the prevalence of TB was 1,000 in every 100, 000 population while death rate was 60 of 100,000 population. The target for 2015 would be to reduce mortality and morbidity rate by half. In 2012, prevalence was already 461 out of 100,000 and death rate was 24 per 100,000 population.

The challenge she said was not curing the patient, because now we have partners and we are funded by TB Control Program Global Fund through Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) but the challenge is how to detect those with TB and get over the stigma that people should be ashamed of the illness.

PBSP Regional Field Officer Jhun Ronald Gilbolingo said that we should

not be ashamed if we have TB. Instead, we must find time to go to the doctor and get diagnosed. Check-up and medicines are free.

He said that we have the Directly-Observed Treatment Shortcourse (DOTS) centers in the city where these cases are treated and cured.

A TB patient may go directly to their provincial, city or barangay health centers for screening and tests. But for those that have Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB), the German Doctors Hospital in Cagayan de Oro is the one specializing for these cases.

He said that there is also a DOTS Center in Polymedic Medical Plaza in Kauswagan, this city for those that don’t want to go to a government hospital. A DOTS center is a specialized treatment center specifically for TB. All staff is trained

by DOH. MDR-TB on the other hand according to Dr. Magsayo is harder to cure. The drug-resistant TB is a result from non compliance of the first TB treatment. Usually, they find that the patient did not follow the schedule of taking antibiotics or have stopped taking them after they feel they have been cured.

She said that the treatment for an ordinary TB is from six to eight months with four kinds of drugs daily and injection for two months.

But, with MDR-TB the process is longer from 18 months to two years. A patient will also take 30 tablets everyday and gets injection for six months.

She said that the cost would reach P200, 000 or more but in the DOTS center, medication is free.

Right now, there are 70 MDR patients in Cagayan de Oro and 56 in Iligan.

These patients also come from neighboring towns.

Dr. Magsayo explained that the medicine for MDR-TB is not available in the drugstore here but is imported from another country. So a patient must admit to the DOTS center to avail of these medicines for free.

She said that we also must have good immune system to not easily acquire the bacteria. She explained that this bacteria cannot be taken from spoons or glass or clothes of those with TB because this is air-borne, meaning we get this through inhaling the same air with the patient.

Although there are other different types of TB like TB of the bones, extra pulmonary TB or meningitis (TB of the brain), TB of the lymph nodes, the most common is TB of the lungs which is the contagious of all.

She said that usually a cough that doesn’t get well in two weeks is a sign you may have TB. (JMOR/ PIA10)

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Centuries-old of bloody Muslim struggle!

AFTER centuries of Muslim’s bloody struggle, hundred of thousands Muslim’s have dies just to defend their Islamic faith and the sovereignty of the Sultanate government.

On March 27, 2014, the comprehensive agreement on the Bangsamoro was finally signed between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Unlike before when the elected officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) were hesitant to vacate their posts, this time ARMM Governor Hajiv Hataman is willing to step aside to make way for the provision of the peace agreement.

History books revealed that the Muslim’s in Mindanao have never been subjugated by any foreign invaders. They fought to their last drop of their blood, just to defend their Islamic faith and the sovereignty of the Sultanate Government.

Again, thousands of Muslim’s died during the time of the Spanish Colonization, the American Regime and the Japanese Imperial Army. Although the Spaniards were driven away in Lanao Areas, but

Mindanao crossfire Al Quirante many gallant Maranao Royal Muslim Warriors have died.

The next murders were the American’s who installed a provisionary government in Lanao. But still the Maranao’s have no trust on the American’s because they have their own government to follow which is called the Sultanate form of government. The American’s constructed schools for the Muslim’s, but the Sultan’s son’s and daughter were not allowed by their parents to go to school because they are afraid that they might be converted to Christianity.

The Royal families will not also allow their children to use leather shoes, because they are suspecting that the leather shoes was made of pig skin. Instead, the Royal Muslim families slaves were made as substitute for their children.

In the early months of 1906, the Muslim’s around

Lake Lanao were saddened and rose up in arms against the American’s due to the massacred done by the American Soldiers in Bayang, Lanao del Sur. All the people in that town were killed, including the family of the Sultan of Bayang.

Only one man survives who related the incident to the 28 Royal Sultans. It was reported that the cause of the massacred was the white horse was lost owned by an American General.

The American Soldiers in the later years of their provisionary government were driven away in Lanao by angry Maranao warriors using bolo, spears and mauser gun.

During the Japanese occupation in the early part of 1994, the Japanese Imperial Army tried to conquer the whole undivided Lanao areas as the Japanese soldiers have already occupied the

Habit Special Gospel of the day: Luke11:3741(April1, 2014-Tuesday) Luke 11:37- when the Pharisee saw [it], he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.

And the Lord said unto him, now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. [Ye] fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you: This gospel tells us the truth

of our daily focus in our lives. We are very much concerned of our physical cleansing but we neglect the purity of our souls.

This was the ground of Jesus why He criticized the Pharisee since they were very strict to their laws. In Matthew 23:27woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto white sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men’s] bones, and of all uncleanness. Look, it is our “habit” to watch ourselves on the mirror to check our physical figure. How about

lowland areas.

Japanese soldiers went up to Dansalan (the former name of Marawi City) bringing with them PT Boats installed with Machine Guns to circumnavigate Lake Lanao, However, upon reaching the shore of Tamparan, the Japanese soldiers on board the PT Boats were met by Muslim arrows and spears. Due to the superior arms of the Japanese soldiers, the Muslim warriors retreated and regrouped calling all able Muslims to join fighting for a cause from the neighboring towns of Bayabao, Maguing, Taraka, Molundo, Ramain and other towns around Lake Lanao to defend their homeland against the Japanese invaders. They formed a Bolo Battalion and simultaneously attacked, killing all the 32 Japanese Army. Only one Japanese soldier survived the attacked petty officer of the PT board.

The time has come to give the framework deal a chance. The signing of the peace agreement was witnessed by no less than the Prime Minister of Malaysia, President Aquino and other cabinet officials.

See STRUGGLE, page 11

Biblical reflection our inner figure? This cannot be detected by looking on the mirror but by reading the Holy Bible. Take note, BIBLE means- Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.

Are you interested with the status of your souls?

Therefore, do not waste your time in cleansing your physical only since this cannot help us during the judgment day.

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War at work It’s not new: according to many surveys, many Filinos’ top concerns are job security, work-life balance or the Filipinos’ ability to make time for both their professionall and personal lives and the economy.

Many times and in several publications, I have written about the so-called wage war in the office. Knowing a lot of “victims” in my home country Germany, I never expected to find such a dramatic increase of cases here in the Philippines.

We spend more time with colleagues or business partners than with our life partner and our family.

That means, we have a lot of occasions to commit and experience conflicts, disagreements, disputes, fights, rivalries, intrigues up to psychological terror.

The war-like arguments at our working place claim more and more working victims.

People consider no sacrifice to great to act as tyrants, intriguers, schemers, and careerists while stopping at nothing. The scape-goats

Have my say Klaus Doring as well as the plotters can be found anywhere up to the executive levels, no matter, if it is an ordinary government or government institution.

Clever-dicks and hypocrits, such as nice-acting mask wearers, in all modesty, are the decline of every enterprise. Management consultants and doctors worldwide observe a quick rise in such phenomena.

Whereever human beings have to cooperate and coordinate, one can find different matters of opinions.

That’s okay. Also here in the Philippines. But sometimes, the daily psychological stress makes body, mind and soul sick.

It’s not the hectic schedule in the office, no, it’s

the poisonous atmosphere caused by colleagues or the boss himself.The principle of making the polluter pay is so simple: well-considered good conduct by being kindly disposed towards someone but later a terrible back-biter who enjoys any kind of gossip and harassment.

A sick, automatic nervous breakdown follows: headache, migraine, wornout-syndrome, allergies, sleeplessness, and even suicide attempts - and everything because of ‘war in the workplace’ without prospect of peace. GRABE! In Western countriesd we call it ‘mobbing’, a technical term coming from “mob”, or “pack of hounds”. On executive levels it is called

“bossing”, because adversaries and opponents are also there.

Progressive enterprises and institutions reorganize or make-over themselves.

“Management by love” instead of oppression and modern slavery is the magic formula. Quarrelsomeness - allowed or even supported my management - results only in one thing: economic bankruptcy and the bankruptcy of moral values.

Besides all economic considerations and observations, we should never forget to see clearly the importance of intact human relationships - especially in a good working enterprise.

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MILF Peace Pact can be formula for disaster I was not able to watch live the TV coverage of the signing of the peace agreement at Malacanang but from what I gathered from others who were present, MILF chief Kagi Murad Ibrahim’s message was sober and simple -- without the “bluster” and self-acclaim and breast thumping of others who spoke.

He stressed that the agreement was not only for the MILF but for the whole Bangsamoro, the MNLF included. The MILF, he said, is only a temporary gatekeeper and will eventually turn over the key to all Bangsamoro. I think he had sent a strong message to all of us. We must take a cue from this.

Especially those who wrongly believe that dealing only with the MILF will already bring peace.

PEACE SPOILERS? Let’s stop calling those who are opposing or questioning the MILF peace agreement as “peace spoilers”. Take the case of Zamboanga City Congressman Celso Lobregat who had publicly shown reservations or criticisms on some portions of the deal.

Having seen up close the violence and misery of his constituents in Zamboanga as an aftermath of the 1996 peace agreement with the MNLF, we cannot blame him if he raises questions to prevent a similar recurrence with this new pact. There will be many others like him in Cotabato and Lanao and the island provinces and elsewhere. They are not “peace spoilers”.

They are helping somehow, in their own way, to safeguard sustainable peace by learning from lessons of

Advocacy Mindanao Jess Dureza the past. Of course, there are also others who just want to see this fail as they stand to lose when it succeeds. We should separate the chaff from the grain.

NEEDS SUPPORT --Truth to tell, there is still a disconnect between the MILF supporters and the majority of masses in the areas covered by the agreement. So there is a lot of work yet to be done by all of us to get everyone on board. The more difficult work has just begun.

MANAGE EXPECTATIONS --- It is said that the mathematical formula for “happiness” is: “expectations divided by delivery”.

Hence, if expectations are high and the delivery low, people are less happy. Or are angry. Conversely, even if the delivery is low but the expectations are also low, people will be happy or contented -- much happier of course if the delivery exceeds the expectations.

I remember this formula because the signing of the peace agreement has obviously heightened expectations, especially amongst the bangsamoro who expect deliverance from their sorry lot today. We must all meet those high expectations or better still manage them this early. Otherwise, we may be in for more trouble in the future. I don’t want to sound killjoy in this moment

of glee.

Honestly, I feel great relief and joy that what we have failed to achieve during our own time in the past has now become a fulfilled dream. But let’s all be forewarned this early that this peace formula may become a formula for disaster if those high expectations are not met. You all know what I mean. So, let’s all come together and give this our best shot. **** CONSISTENCY -- By the way, I now hear more grumblings that we must be consistent in our global insistence to protect our territorial integrity and sovereignty. If we are so loud and determined to fight for our rights over the disputed territories with China, why are we so quiet and docile with our Sabah claims with Malaysia? Someone jokingly suggested that the Chinese should also do what Malaysians did. They should become a “facilitator” in the negotiations with the CPP/NPA/NDF and succeeding in that, then perhaps, we can extend gratitude in the same way we are quietly conceding Sabah to Malaysia today.

Interesting thought! **** FLIGHT 370 --- I have been following closely the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines plane. After

3 weeks, the mystery as to where the plane is with its passengers , still remains.

What strikes me most now is that for once, the whole world, for all its technical advancement, appears helpless. Humanity had been bragging about its almost superhuman capability but in this case, the world is still scratching its head in puzzlement. It is humbled by the vastness and enigma of Mother Nature. That shakes us back to reality, for once, that we humans are finite and vulnerable beings and are not in full control of all things. Our superior air and our bloated egos that have made humans feel like modern-day gods due to our advancements in science and technology have all gone pffffft! It’s a good reality check for all.

It brings our feet back on the ground.

MEDIA CIRCUS --The kind of public beating Malaysia is getting from this plane tragedy is decidedly unfortunate and clearly undeserved. This can happen to any country or to any company and the way things appear by the nature and magnitude of the disaster, the normal human reactions of anguish, anger and looking for answers and those to blame are to be expected. The whole world is agonizing by the day still searching for answers. In the meantime, so-called experts in tandem with the world media who boast of their analysis and theories are having a heyday! It’s becoming a media circus now, TV cameras intruding and even projecting to the world human anguish betSee dureza, page 11

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Sayyafs seize school principal in Basilan province

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AMBOANGA CITY – Five masked gunmen believed to be members of the notorious Abu Sayyaf group have seized a school principal on Monday in the restive Muslim province of Basilan in the southern Philippines, police and military authorities said.

It said the rebels flagged down a passenger jeep at Sitio Mompol in the village of Libug in Sumisip town and forcibly took the 60year old Benita Enriquez Latonio, of the Manggal Elementary School. The jeep was travelling for Isabela City with other passengers when gunmen flagged down the vehicle and seized the victim.

No individual or group claimed responsibility for the latest abduction in Basilan, one of five provinces under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, but intelligence reports suggest the involvement of Abu Sayyaf leader Juhaibel Alamsirul.

The motive of the abduc-

tion is still unknown, but police and military have tagged the Abu Sayyaf in many cases of ransom kidnappings. The group has been raising money through kidnappings for the purchase of weapons and to fund future terror attacks.

Authorities have repeatedly linked the Abu Sayyaf to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya which had been blamed in deadly attacks not only in the Philippines, but also in Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia in an effort to establish a regional Islamic caliphate in Southeast Asia.

Just recently, Abu Sayyaf rebels attacked a marine

An aerial view of Basilan province in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

post in Bungkaung village in southern Philippine town of Patikul, triggering a firefight with troops that injured three civilians.

The Abu Sayyaf, founded in 1991 by Ustadz Abdurajak Janjalani in Basilan province,

has been blamed for the spate of terrorism and ransom kidnappings in the southern Philippines. Many of its members now are young men and sons and relatives of original Abu Sayyaf fighters who had been fighting for a

P103-M Infrastructure Projects Implemented in Dipolog in 2013

By MAUREEN JULIE TECSON, MDN Correpondent

DIPOLOG CITY – A total of P103 million worth of infrastructure projects have been completed by the administration of Mayor Evelyn Uy in 2013.

This was the highlight of the lady mayor's State of the City Address she delivered earlier.

The infrastructure projects include roads and bridges, school buildings, drainage and irrigation systems and others with funding from the national government, the 20 percent economic development fund and local sources.

Mayor Uy expressed gratitude to President Benigno Aquino III, Zamboanga Del Norte Provincial Governor Roberto Uy and Representative Rosendo Labadlabad of the province’s Second District for helping the city government realize these projects.

Mayor Uy disclosed that the city had also received some P150 million worth of infrastructure projects from Cong. Labadlabad, among them were the P2 million used in the completion of the Dipolog Sports Center in Barangay Olingan, P100 million for the

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that KARENN MARY P. MADERAL has filed with this Office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “MALE”to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of KARENN MARY PABILLORE MADERAL who was born on March 4, 1987 at Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are JOHNSON S. MADERAL and MARY O. PABILLORE. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than April 10, 2014.

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City Civil Registrar MDN: Apr. 1 & 8, 2014

Polanco-Dipolog Irrigators Association’s irrigation project, P22 million for the irrigation project in Barangay Diwan and P21 million for other development projects.

Mayor Uy said aside from these projects, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) implemented projects in Dipolog City worth more than P137 million, including consstruction of roads, school buildings and facilities.

The Department of Tourism (DOT) has allotted P50 million for the expansion of the Dipolog Boulevard, which

length now covers almost two kilometers.

In a related development, Mayor Uy said the city’s dependency on external income sources decreased by 9% last year and its locally sourced revenues now represent 42% of the total income.

“Compared with other third class cities in the country, Dipolog’s local revenue is 39% higher than the average of its counterparts,” said Uy. She also attributed all these achievements to good governance under the leadership and tutelage of President Aquino.

MASS FEEDING PROGRAM

By Mrs. Juliet L. Ricarte Grade IV Silver Teacher Ambago Central Elementary School Ambago, Butuan City

Since I started teaching l8 years ago, I have been involved in activities involving children and parents. Being a parent myself, I have tried to fathom the problems faced by other parents, especially the less fortunate, in raising their children and supporting the family.

On December 27, 2011,

I, my husband and two children, travelled to Gawad Kalinga, Pagatpatan, Butuan City and fed some 250 children with pospas in the spirit of Christmas and as part of my Community Extension Services. Hopefully, our small gesture had helped them in one way or another.

separate Islamic state in the country.

Janjalani was killed in 1998 in a firefight with policemen in Basilan and his younger brother Khadaffy took over the Abu Sayyaf, but he too, was slain in 2006

in Sulu’s Patikul town. His death fragmented the Abu Sayyaf into several factions in the South with different leaders operating autonomously from each other.

(Ely Dumaboc / Mindanao Examiner)

US$18-M World Class Golf Course develops in Dakak

By MAUREEN JULIE TECSON MDN Correpondent

Dapitan Mayor Rosalinda Jalosjos and world golf legend Greg Norman. (Photo by Mindanao Examiner)

DAPITAN CITY – Sports legend and World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman, who is also known as the “Great White Shark,” visited Dapitan City on Monday, March 31, 2014, to see the ongoing development of a golf course worth millions of dollars in Dakak Park and Beach Resort in Dapitan City, resort officials said.

Greg Norman Golf Course Design (GNGCD) first established in 1987 with Greg Norman as a recognized world premier signature golf course de-

signer and architect.

GNGCD has already opened 77 courses worldwide, with additional 37 projects in various stages of development.

Greg Norman Golf Course Design is designing the new 18-hole, 72 par golf course in Dakak, which will span over 7,000 yards on approximately 100 hectares.

The estimate cost of the entire project is US$18million and will be completed within three years.

Greg Norman already

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Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan de Oro City

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan de Oro City

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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that JOMBETH A. NOBLETA has filed with this Office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JOMBETH ABECIA NOBLETA who was born on January 3, 1989 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are ROGELIO L. NOBLETA and CONSOLACION A. ABECIA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 03 APR 2014.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that EDUARD L. BALINADO has filed with this Office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of EDUARD LAURETO BOLINADO who was born on JAN. 16, 1962 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are MANUEL BOLINADO and PAULITA LAURETO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 03 APR 2014.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that CHARLOMEN RAGAS has filed with this Office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CHARLOMEN RAGAS who was born on July 15, 1994 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are ANTONIO GURRO DALORO and CHARLYN MONCANO RAGAS. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than April 10, 2014.

(SGD.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO

City Civil Registrar

(SGD.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO

City Civil Registrar

(SGD.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO

City Civil Registrar

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Duterte for President gains more supporters, including MNLF-Misuari faction

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AVAO CITY — The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) under founding chair Nur Misuari will support “110%” Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in case he decides to run for President in 2016, MNLF spokesperson Emmanuel Fontanilla said in campaign rally for the Duterte presidency at Rizal Park on Friday afternoon.

Fontanilla said Duterte was the right candidate for the Presidency especially because Mindanawons “come from a history of neglect from the Philippine government.”

“We contribute a lot in terms of resources to the national government but the national government does not give back,” he said.

Fontanilla said that even before the historic signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Malacanan

Palace on March 27, Duterte had been a conduit for peace among different groups rebelling against the Philippine government.

He said Duterte speaks to all groups and listen to their concerns, from the MNLF, MILF, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) to the New People’s Army (NPA). “Duterte is the solution to the problems of Mindanao,” Fontanilla said, adding the MNLF would support “110%” Duterte’s presidency.

Fontanilla spoke in front of a crowd of more than 500 people asking Duterte

to run for President. The campaign was started in February and led by Barangay R. Castillo, Agdao chief Mar Masanguid. Banners flown throughout the Rizal Park, near City Hall, showed other supportive barangays, among these Tibungco, C ommunal, Talomo Proper, Centro, Waan, Pampanga, Guianga, New Valencia, Sumimao, Cabantian, New Valencia, Calinan Poblacion, 20B, 34D, 40D, 29C, 27C, 36D, 23C, and 34D. Masanguid said there were at least 50 barangays that have manifested support for Duterte but the support is spilling over to other areas, too. Isulan, Sultan Kudarat Vice Mayor Cyrus Torrena and San Isidro, Davao Oriental Barangay Captain Shiela Navarro also gave out their messages of support for Davao City’s mayor. Torrena said that in his municipality he would campaign for Duterte to run for the presidency.

Davao City Councilor Al-Ryan Alejandre, meanwhile, said in a speech that the Quezon City Chinese Community was willing to support Duterte, despite the mayor’s reluctance. He said members of Quezon City’s Chinatown Development Council had pledged any form of assistance in case Duterte decided to run.

Masanguid said he had no problems with Duterte threatening to quit politics if the campaign to ask him to run still pushes through.

“That’s his opinion and he is entitled to it,” Masanguid said. Asked how many signatures have been collected, Masanguid said they are still consolidating the information from manually signed forms disseminated during public assemblies and barangay-to-barangay tours.

The barangay captain said they aim to collect around seven million signatures of support by May 2014. (MindaNews)

REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM ment in reading and retention as well as in their grades.

My remedial reading quired the slow learners program will continue unto remain after classes under tutorial knowing that through intensive training, they shall in no time perform well and acquire self-confidence in school.

So far, some of the slow readers and slow learners have shown great improve-

By Mrs. Juliet L. Ricarte Grade IV Silver Teacher Ambago Central Elementary School Ambago, Butuan City

Noting that some of my pupils have difficulty in reading, I have alloted 30 minutes a day for them to improve on this crucial part of their schooling.

I have assigned seven of my top pupils to assist the slow learners to improve on their classmates’ reading skills. I have re-

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Safety for info givers on cocaine bricks assured

DAVAO CITY — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte assured those who will help identify the location of the missing 11 bricks of cocaine that their identities will be safe.

“Ask someone else to report it for you,” Duterte said, referring to port workers who could report if any of their co-workers were in possession of the bricks.

Duterte had earlier offered P100,000 reward for anyone who could provide information on the missing cocaine bricks.

He was referring to bricks of cocaine found in a container van at the Sumifru port in Tibungco two weeks ago.

The mayor suggested those who would give out information to ask the help of a third-party such as a priest or a barangay official.

“Or tell me,” he said.

Duterte said it was possible that those who initially held on to some of the missing cocaine bricks were not aware of the contents.

“Maybe they thought it was money, or soap. And then I told them to return it and told the police to ask no questions if someone returned bricks,” he said.

Eventually, 29 of the 40 missing cocaine bricks turned over to police custody afterwards, as of last week.

This happened in a span of 72 hours, Duterte said.

Duterte recommended that the workers “do a Judas” on their fellow workers so that the missing bricks are recovered.

He added that those reported to be in possession of the missing bricks who did not give it to police would not be charged with theft but with possession under the Dangerous Drugs Act. “The sheer quantity of the cocaine in your possession would see you rot in jail for the rest of your life,” he said.

He warned those caught with the substance that they could die if they attempted to fight police apprehending them.

Duterte, meanwhile, said he was reserving his opinions on what happened, saying it was to early and “not in keeping with fairness.”

He added he would rather not blame forwarder Maersk and Sumifru management, especially since

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DSWD Sec. Corazon “Dinky” Juliano-Soliman: Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa

By Ma. Elena L. Paulma, Ph.D

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or her exemplary contributions to social work and community development, and for her untiring, unflinching and methodical service to the Filipino people especially in Mindanao, Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities to DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Juliano-Soliman during the 27 March 2014 Convocation for the University’s 75th Commencement Exercise 2014 held at the XU gymnasium.

"Mahusay, Matapat, at Magiliw na Paglilingkod sa Sambayanan.”

These are the guiding principles of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) led by Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Juliano-Soliman. In the face of the grave challenges brought by 2013, especially in the aftermath of the most recent disasters that hit Mindanao such as Sendong, Pablo, and the MNLF siege of Zamboanga City, Dinky and her team stepped up and responded to what was most urgently needed at that time. She said that they were able to endure the physical and emotional challenges because they believed in the hope and strength of the Filipino people.

Dinky believes that just as civil society should exact accountability from the government, it should also share in the responsibility for social change. She embodies this collaboration in her own life and work. Even as she acknowledges her roots in the NGO sector, she is currently revolutionizing the DSWD as secretary, steering it towards

more people-empowering and holistic development programs.

She obtained her bachelor and master’s degrees in Social Work from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, and a master’s degree in Public Administration at the Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University. As a young graduate of UP’s School of Social Work, she helped local farmers save native rice strains from extinction through a pioneering grassroots program of chemical-free crossfertilization.

Dinky is known for her stellar gift of facilitation and negotiation which has won her a very large following in all social strata on a nationwide scale. She has lent this gift to formal institutions like the United Nations and other global fora without concern for personal credit.

At home, she is known to Muslim Mindanao, the Riverside communities of the Pasig River, the foothill communities of Mt Banahaw and farmers all over the country. Dinky was the executive Vice-President of Community Organizers Multiversity and Executive Director of CO-TRAIN. In 1976, she was a pioneer, trainer and coordinator in developing a rural organizing program under the province’s Social Action Center in Bukidnon, Philippines. In 1987, she successfully campaigned for the passage of the Agrarian Reform Law, uniting for a time the entire Philippine agrarian community.

Not surprisingly, Dinky has been a recipient of numerous awards and citations

in the field of social work and community development, including the Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service Award in 1992

and the Most Distinguished Alumnus Award given by the University of the Philippines, also in 1992.

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ing relations with the rest of Philippine society, under the belief that evolution, and not revolution, is the way to achieve sustainable change.

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Peace...

the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency was yet to submit its final report.

Asked if he saw any lapses in the Bureau of Customs for the way the drugs were hidden in container vans, Duterte said the BOC was understandably swamped with the hundreds of cargoes they had to move from the ports to their intended destinations.

Duterte last week said it was possible Davao City had become a drug transshipment point. (MindaNews)

Unfortunately, those things are not in the CAB peace deal.

A compromise where only the elite wins In statements emailed to the media by various groups, the consensus is that the signing of the peace deal does not end the war in Mindanao between the dispossessed, exploited Moro and the domestic as well as foreign elite plundering their lands.

For several years now, in fact, a new Moro armed resistance group have militarily stood-up against the “suppression campaign” continuously being waged by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. According to Jorge Madlos, spokesperson of National Democratic Front of the PhilippinesMindanao, this new Moro armed resistance has been “filling the gap of the undue long drawn ceasefire that the MILF have entered with the AFP.” Madlos said it will only be a matter of time before this armed Moro resistance broadens and intensifies, because the fundamental problems that have long besieged the Moro people still remain unaddressed.

The GPH-MILF CAB and the “Bangsamoro” political entity it envisions falls short of providing a framework and program for comprehensive socioeconomic and political reforms that can address the root causes of the Bangsamoro problem, said Antonio Liongson, spokesperson of the Moro-Christian Peoples Alliance (MCPA).

At best, the CAB narrowly improves on what the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) had gained with its peace deal and the ARMM – providing an illusion that the current peace deal has learned or avoided its predecessors’ mistakes.

“While the CAB concedes an expanded territory and increased share of revenues from taxes and income from the exploitation of natural resources to the “Bangsamoro” (compared to the current ARMM), this promises the Moro people a palliative economic arrangement wherein only the ruling elite in Moro society will get the lion’s share while excluding the poor, exploited and oppressed Moro masses,” Liongson of MCPA said.

For decades, the Bangsamoro have suffered from feudal and semi-fuedal exploitation, depriving majority among them from ever tilling lands of their own or owning, as a people, the natural resources that teem in Moro ancestral lands.

But under the new pact, no provision even hints of the Moro people’s emancipation from feudal ownership nor does it speak of redistributing their ancestral lands back to the Moro masses, said Madlos of the National

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Golf... from page 8

visited Dapitan on April 16, 2012, all the way from Australia, even as he said that he is not afraid of coming to the Philippines, particularly in Mindanao, and Dapitan, in particular, saying it is just across Dumaguete City and even accessible using Cebu route, directly via chopper or small aircraft.

Dapitan City Mayor Rosalina G. Jalosjos is overwhelmed by the project, saying the stigma that the Zamboanga City siege has brought and Mindanao as a war-ravaged area did not discourage the living golf legend to build his signature golf course in Dapitan City, particularly within Dakak Park and Beach Resort.

“The people of Dapitan City are very much excited for the completion of this project, as this will open Dapitan to international golf enthusiasts who will bring additional income to the people here," Jalosjos said.

Dapitan City is known as a tourist destination in the country and the city’s income mostly depends on the industry.

Dureza... from page 7

ter left behind closed doors in the privacy of the suffering loved ones. These coverages worsen the human dimension of the tragedy.

We have become vultures feeding on carcasses of the victims. How sad. ****

JOYS OF PARENTS --- I have attended a few graduation or closing ceremonies during a last few days.

When parents are called up to the stage to help pin a medal or confer a medallion on a graduating son or daughter who garners honors or awards, one can’t escape notice the unending joy this brings. It is during childhood days of children that parents must enjoy most.

So hold their hand always or hug them while you still can. When they grow up, they will seldom be around for us to enjoy them. And don’t be surprised because this is just that inexonerable life cycle that we parents when we were children, had also gone through before.

So, enjoy your children now while you can.

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Payment will be in 36 Norte; Agusan del Sur; LaDemocratic Front of the within this year as President Philippines.

Aquino was pushing for, equal monthly installments nao del Norte; Surigao del then it depends upon the at six percent per annum Norte; Kalong, Carmen, strategy of the government which will only start three Asuncion, New Corella, from page 1 and the MILF in convinc- months after the loan was and Tagum City in Davao personas there,” he said. ing the voters to vote for granted. del Norte who were also He said the arrest of key “yes” to the Bangsamoro Interested applicants are affected by typhoon Agaton. leaders would not remove government.

For more information, advised to first secure tenthe main regional guerrilla Next issue: Why Prof. tative computation of their members may call the GSIS units that are fighting it out Nur Misuari organized the loan from any GSIS branch contact center at 847-4747, with government forces.

Moro National Liberation office or via the GSIS Wire- log on to www.gsis.gov.ph “What good would it Front. To God be the glory. less Automated Processing or visit any GSIS branch do if you arrest people like Wa Sallam.

System (GW@PS) kiosk office.

Tiamzon if there are still source: gov.ph prior to submitting their •• rebels in the mountains?

Al Quirante is a multi- applications. Filing may You can kill a person but awardee Educator, journalist also be done through any of ERRATUM not the ideology.” and sportsman. A retired the said modes. Application In connection with the NOTICE The mayor said he was teacher in History subject, forms may be downloaded FOR PUBLICATION published on hopeful talks between both a former correspondent of from www.gsis.gov.ph.

March 20, & 27, 2014 the correct last name should be Castino not sides would happen at the The Manila Times, stringer Previously, emergency Casting as publish. Our Apology earliest opportune time. of Reuter Internationa-l wire loans were also extended Benito Tiamzon and his news network and former to members in Agusan del MDN: April 1, 2014 wife Wilma Austria were columnist of the Gold Star arrested by combined units Daily. of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the PhilipBy Mrs. Juliet L. Ricarte pine National Police in Cebu Grade IV Silver Teacher from page 1 on March 22.

Ambago Central Elementary School Tiamzon is the chair of affected by Typhoon Ambago, Butuan City the CPP-NPA while his wife Agaton in Gingoog,” GSIS As a complement to enforce proper garbage disis the secretary general.

President and General Man- the Zero Waste/Ground posal and cleanliness within According to a GMA ager Robert G. Vergara said. Management program of the school premises on a News Online report, the Members who are not on the City Government of daily basis. Students are leaders were arrested for leave of absence without pay, Butuan, the Ambago Cen- required to put garbage in “crimes against humanity have no pending criminal tral Elementary School has three big trash bins accordthat include murder, mul- or administrative charges, been implementing its own ing to three classifications, tiple murders, and frsutrated have no arrears in the pay- Clean Ground Zero Waste namely, bio-degradable, murder.” ment of mandatory monthly Campaign. non-biodegradable and In a statement, National contributions, and have no The school campaign is recyclable. The bins were Democratic Front of the loans that are declared in aimed at creating awareness provided by the city govPhilippines (NDFP) ne- default are eligible to apply. among school children the ernment. A city garbage gotiating panel chair Luis Members with outstand- proper disposal of garbage, truck picks up the school Jalandoni condemned the ing emergency loans may cleaning of surroundings at garbage every Wednesday. arrest and demanded the renew their loan provided home and in school, and The eight students comrelease of the two. they have paid at least 12 for the school children to prise the eco-marshals in my Ja l a n d on i s a i d t h e monthly installments and participate in the activity at class. Other eco-marshals Tiamzons were entitled filed it not earlier than home and in the barangay. were also organized in all to the safety and immu- the anniversary date of the I assigned eight of my grade levels to make the nity guarantees under the previous loan. students to monitor and school campaign effective.

Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG).

SO THAT THE CONCERNED PARTIES MAY KNOW: He said the Tiamzons held letters of acknowledgement signed by former GRP The Law Office of Atty. Dale Bryan D. Mordeno, in repnegotiating panel chairman resentation of Col. Credo B. Rubio (Ret)., hereby serves Silvestre Bello III giving them safe passage in the this formal notice to all the members of Agusan del Sur conduct of their tasks in the PC/INP Village Subdivision Association, a non-registered negotiations. (MindaNews)

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The deal is still a long way process as the Comprehensive Agreement in the Bangsamoro between the government and the MILF will undergo many vital steps to achieve peace and development of Mindanao.

The comprehensive agreement will be the basis for the drafting of the Bangsamoro Basic Law to be submitted to congress.

Although there were minor disturbances during the signing of the peace agreement, but the people of the island bond Muslim’s, Lumad’s and Christian’s are hoping that the House and Senate will carefully deliberate how important the peace agreement for the development of Mindanao.

Granting that the Bangsamoro Basic Law is passed, then a plebiscite will be held, we do not know yet what part of Mindanao to be included in the plebiscite.

So we have to cross our fingers first and wait for the announcement what part of Mindanao subject for plebiscite. In the event that a plebiscite will be held

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association organized for the sole purpose of establishing a residential subdivision adjacent to the PNP Provincial Headquarters located at Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, for the benefit of the members of the association, that after the lapse of the proscriptive period provided in the original certificate of title in accordance with the provision of Commonwealth Act No. 141, beginning May 19, 2014 Col. Credo B. Rubio (Ret.) will commence the actual distribution of the parcels of land awarded to the beneficiaries, free of charge, pursuant the result of the raffle which was previously conducted for the purpose.

Henceforth, since Col. Credo B. Rubio (Ret.) will start signing at site all the deed after May 19, 2014, all the members-beneficiaries are hereby requested to prepare and be ready with the following documents:

- Deed of Absolute Sale/Deed of Conveyance; - Extra-judicial Settlement of Estate among the Heirs with Special Power of Attorney in case the member-beneficiary is already deceased; - Special Power of Attorney in case the memberbeneficiary is unable to personally appear before Col. Credo B. Rubio (Ret.); - At least two (2) identification papers; - Other appropriate documents;

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148 residences, a good option in Cebu city for transient college students CEBU City - As parents choose the best university in this city for their children to take their preferred course in college, they also search for the best option at where their kids should live in.

“A better option can be one that would mean a wise investment for the family,” according to Michele D. Chiu, sales and marketing m a n a g e r o f Jo h n d o r f Ventures Corp. (JVC), who offers 148 Residences as the best option.

Johndorf is selling the remaining units at its 148room condominium project on Pelaez St. here, beside the landmark Hotel de Mercedes in downtown Cebu City near the corner of Colon St., with significant discounts on equity.

Chiu noted that quite a number of the buyers of units at 148 Residences are families from beyond Metro Cebu and provinces in Mindanao and the rest of the Visayas who send their children to Cebu City for their tertiary education.

She recalled that half of the 30 residents who moved in first to the 10-storey building last year were college students. They turned over the first units just in time for the opening of school year 2013-2014.

Among them was the Sanchez family of Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte who did not want to bother their relatives in Cebu and whose parents wanted nothing but comfort and security for their two children.

Yet Ms. Anne Marie Sanchez later realized that acquiring a unit at 148 Residences for her son Emilio Anton, 22, and daughter Sofia Lorraine, 16, made them cut a lot on daily cost as school, groceries and stores that meet their needs are just at a walking distance.

“It i s a l s o a g o o d investment for us,” she added. “With an affordable monthly amortization we pay to the bank, It’s like rent to own. We can have the unit rented out if neither of the kids would continue to use it after completing college.”

SM Prime Holdings Inc., the property arm of Henry Sy’s SM Group, is raising more funds to finance mall expansion activities in the country and in China in the next few years.

“We try to work on the P20-billion retail bonds sometime towards the second quarter or second half of the year,” SM Prime Holdings chief financial

officer Jeffrey Lim told reporters on the sidelines of a summit organized on Friday by the COL Financial Group Inc. “And apart from the peso, we are also looking into a syndication of US dollars for our China requirement of up to $ 300 million,” he said.

Lim said SM has five mall development projects

Promo S c h o o l s c l o s e t o STUDENT’S HOME - Families off Cebu have 148 Residences at downtown Cebu City as an 148 Residences include option for their college students to live in ... independently, like cooking their own food in University of San Carlos, this kitchen. The place is safe, accessible to shops and stores, and near to all universities. where the Sanchez kids study, University of the an option for students who University and Asian College and elsewhere in the country Visayas, University of Cebu, would study at Cebu Institute of Technology. who have opted to settle or University of San Jose of Medicine, Cebu Doctors Today, 148 Residences is maintain a home in Cebu.

Recoletos, Cebu Normal University, St. Theresa’s also home for entrepreneurs, Of the 148 units that are University, Cebu Eastern C ol lege, C oleg io dela professionals, local and ready for occupancy, only College, Colegio del Santo Inmaculada Concepcion, foreign expatriates, resident 33 remains for sale as of the Nino and Cebu Velez College, Southwestern University, foreigners, long-term tourists last week of February 2014, The place can still be C e b u Te c h n o l o g i c a l and students from abroad disclosed Chiu.

For these, the company is offering an attractive discount for transactions made from March to May at 10 percent from one’s monthly equity for the first six months for an equity term of 24 months.

Launched in May 2012, it took JVC only six months to top off the first ever condominium in downtown Cebu. Other than the living spaces, it also has commercial units like a Mini-Stop outlet at the ground floor that is open for a coffee shop, convenience store, and business offices.

The property is good for investors who may want to lease out their studios with the big demand now on rental for residential use, an option still consistent with the company slogan: “A home for everyone.”

JVC prides itself in bui lding communit ies that provide convenience, quality, comfort, safety and affordability for every Filipino.

As school year 20142015 comes, one may either contact an accredited broker, browse the Johndorf website and Facebook page, call 2666190, or visit the Johndorf office at the 14th floor of Ayala Life - FGU Center at the Cebu Business Park across Ayala Center Cebu.

SM Prime eyes fresh funds for mall expansion in the pipeline in China, of which one in Zibo and another one in Tianjin are under construction and set to open this year and next year.

He s a i d i t i s a l s o negotiating for two to three more locations apart from the Yangzhou City property which SM acquired last December.

“The $ 300 million is

for landbanking and mall de velopment. We still need more funding for construction of Tianjin (mall) to open next year. Then we plan the Yangzhou (mall) to start (construction) by next year because we need to open that going to 2016,” Lim said.

He said the peso bonds will have tenors of seven to

10 years, while the dollar debt will carry tenors of five to seven years.

The SM Group is earmarking P80 billion in capital expenditures this year, the bulk or P70 billion will be for SM Prime.

Of the P70 billion, P36 billion is allotted to expand existing malls and construct new ones, P20 billion for the residential projects, and

P14 billion for hotels and commercial development projects.

SM Investments Corp. vice president for investors relations Cora Guidote said P5 billion to P6 billion is set for SM Retail, and the remaining P4 billion to P5 billion for banks b u s i n e s s . ( A re p ort from Philippine News Agency)

DOT accredits hotels, restaurants for safety

Kuya Inoy Alonto Balindong (left), the newly-elected national president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (Philippine Eagle), strikes a pose with the other members of the club, Kuya Sultan Alex A, Dimaro, president of Marawi City Eagles Club, and Kuya Bambi Vergel de Dios, executive vice president, during the first assembly and oathtaking of the national president and executive vice president held in one of the hotels in Pala-o in Iligan City on March 29.

Photo by Sonny Sudaria of Mindanao Daily News

IN contrast to the notion that accredited hotels and restaurants are expensive, the Department of Tourism (DOT) region 10 assures accreditation of tourism establishments are done to make sure tourists are safe and secure.

DOT Regional Director Catalino Chan III during a press conference here said, “Dili mabayran ang safety sa tourist.” (No money can pay a tourist’s safety.)

T h r o u g h D O T ’s accreditation be it five star or one star, the tourist can feel safe and assured of comfort and services.

Chan said that to be accredited, the facility

should meet the minimum requirements of the department.

Hotels should have a wheelchair ramp and a number of rooms friendly to Persons with Disability (PWDs), he said.

There should be a fire exit, sprinklers in case of fire, among others.

Chan said that if a tourism establishment has better facilities, then it also has higher standards.

He said that other than accreditation, DOT also conduct trainings to tour guides, taxi drivers, and tour operators among others.

Meanwhile, the Cagayan

de Oro Hotel and Restaurant Association (COHARA) trains and handles Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) students during their summer On-the-Job training (OJT) required by their schools.

C omp are d to ot he r members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Philippines is more complete with accreditations, he said.

In terms of negative comments from foreign tourists, DOT is open to critics and addressing this negative aspect.

There are 104 accredited tourism establishments in Northern Mindanao.