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Classrooms are being constructed and thousands of teachers are to hired to boost Department of Education regional office 10’s (DepEd 10) readiness in for senior high school implementation under the K to 12 curriculum next school year.

See FULL STORY, page A3

Mother, son murdered, hacked in Upper Puerto

By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City-Unidentified suspects shot and killed a 59-year-old mother and her 32-year-old son in Cagayan De Oro City Sunday evening, the police reported Monday.

Inspector Gil Agpaya

of the Puerto Police here identified the fatalities as Luvasta Aringay and her son Edwin Aringay, of Maitum, Upper Puerto, Cagayan De Oro City.

Initial investigation disclosed that the unidentified suspects waylaid mother and son on reaching home

A dog waits for a group of people taking their snacks at a bakeshop in Malaybalay City to part with their bread on Thursday (18 June 2015). MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno

See Mother, page A11

CFC refuses to submit A Brown unveils 2015 investment details of consultants prospects at stockholders meeting

the City Council here details of the consulting fees paid by the city government, a CAGAYAN de Oro City-- city councilor said Monday.

The City Finance CommitCity Councilor Alex See submit, page A11 tee has refused to furnish

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A BROWN Company, Inc. (ABCI) has unveiled, Friday, June 19, its current undertakings and future projects in the country and abroad, including economic and socialized housing worth Php2.5 billion.

The meeting was presided over by Dr. Walter W. Brown, executive chairman, along with Roberto E. Pizarro, ABCI president and Roel Z. Castro, executive vice president, attended

Dr. Walter W. Brown (left), executive chairman of A Brown Compay, Inc.(ABCI) , in a huddle with Roberto E. Pizarro, ABCI president, during the ABCI stockholders’ meeting, Friday, June 18, at the Xavier Estates Sports and Country Club, Cagayan de Oro City. (Cheng Ordonez)

by stockholders, board of The company has shifted directors, business associ- its focus to middle income ates, financial partners and (economic) housing See Meeting, page A11 select employees.

FAB, CAB questioned in Supreme Court DAVAO City––A group that includes the Zamboanga Archbishop and a retired archbishop of Davao City filed with the Supreme Court on Friday a petition to declare unconstitutional the peace agreements signed by the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

In a 26-page petition, the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) — headed by Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and former Senator Francisco “Kit” Tatad – asked the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional See court, page A11

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Duterte ranks 3rd, 4th among ‘presidentiables’

DAVAO City––Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s rise in surveys on preferred candidates for President in 2016 has continued, with the latest Asia Pulse survey ranking him third among 10 possible candidates and the Social Weather Stations (SWS) ranking him a very close fourth – with only one per cent difference – to Local Governments Secretary Mar Roxas.

In the Pulse Asia nationwide survey conducted on May 30 to June 5, and in the SWS nationwide survey June 5 to 8, Vice President Jejomar Binay was dislodged from the number 1 spot by Senator Grace Poe (30% Asia Pulse; 42% SWS).

Binay slid to number 2 with 22 % in Asia Pulse and 34% in SWS. Duterte ranked third in Pulse Asia (15%) and fourth

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in SWS (20%).

Roxas ranked fourth in Pulse Asia with only 10% but was one per cent higher than Duterte in SWS (21%). Roxas tied with former President, now Manila mayor Joseph Estrada in the Pulse Asia survey.

Duterte, who hails from Mindanao, topped the Pulse Asia survey in Mindanao and was a rank and percentage higher in the Visayas survey than Roxas, who hails from the Visayas.

The Pulse Asia survey listed 10 names for President: Poe, Binay, Duterte, Roxas, Estrada, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, former Senator Panfilo “Lacson, former chair of the Presidential Commission on Good Governance (PCGG) Camilo Sabio and former Ambassador Roy Seneres.

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The SWS survey asked for three names from the respondents on who they think would be the “best leaders to succeed Pres.

Noynoy Aquino in 2016.”

Fourteen names were given by the respondents: Poe, Binay, Roxas, Duterte, Estrada, Lacson, Senator Francis Escudero, Santiago, Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Cayetano, former Senator Manuel Villar, Binay (no first name indicated), Senator Loren Legarda and Senator Antonio Trillanes .

Strongest, weakest Duterte, according to the Pulse Asia survey, is strongest in Mindanao with 37% followed by Binay’s 18% and Poe’s 15%, Joseph Estrada’s 16% and Roxas’ 8% but is weakest in balance of Luzon (outside the National Capital Region) with only 7% compared with Poe’s 36%, Binay’s 22%, Roxas’ 12 and Estrada’s 8%.

In the National Capital Region, Duterte ranked third at 11%, against Poe’s

32%, Binay’s 22%, Estrada’s 9% and Roxas’ 5%.

In the Visayas, Duterte also ranked third with 13%, against Poe’s 30%, Binay’s 26%, Roxas’ 12% and Estrada’s 7th.

Among the five on top of the list – Poe, Binay, Duterte, Roxas and Estrada – only Roxas hails from the Visayas but Duterte was a rank and a percentage higher than Roxas.

Overall, Duterte’s popularity has risen in the SWS surveys — from 5% in November-December 2014 to 15% in March 2015 and 20% in June 2015.

The June survey posted on its website, however, did not include details on the rankings of the candidates in the National Capital Region (NCR), balance of Luzon (BL), Visayas and Mindanao.

Vice President In the vice-presidential race, the Pulse Asia survey showed Poe also topping it nationwide with 41%, followed by Escudero at 15%,

Cayetano at 12%, Duterte and Marcos at 9%.

Duterte did not top the survey in Mindanao for vice president but ranked second to Poe –17% against Poe’s 41%, Escudero’s13%, and Cayetano’s 10% and Marcos’ 5%.

In the Visayas, Duterte

also ranked second at 15% against Poe’s 39%, Escudero’s and Cayetano’s 13% and Marcos’ 10%.

Duterte has repeatedly said he would not run for President but has been going around the country for a “listening tour” on federalism. (MindaNews)

DOH-XI urges public to avoid salty foods, ‘junk’ to prevent kidney diseases DAVAO City––The Department of Health (DOH) in the region called on the public Monday to take care of their kidneys by avoiding salty foods.

Dr. Maria Theresa Lorenzo Bad-ang, spokesperson in the region of the DOH’s Renal Disease Control Program pointed out that eating “junk foods” like corn and potato chips, which have high salt content, can cause renal disease if done often.

Bad-ang said that the recommended daily allowance for salt amounts only to two grams per day. She expressed her alarm about how people—especially school children—eat these foods on a regular basis.

“Each bag [of chips] contain about 3,000 to 5,000 mg of salt,” she said, adding that if a person has to offset that amount of salt intake by drinking water, that person has to drink 5 to 10 times the recommended amount of eight glasses per day.

The official added that excessive salt intake affects how we think food tastes, thereby impairing our judgement that helps us identify whether the food we eat is too salty or not.

She recommended taking a break from salty food for six weeks to “reset” our body’s neurotransmitters or brain chemicals that communicate information throughout a person’s brain and body. Jesse Pizarro Boga/MindaNews EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED BEBIE ROSIELYN FLORES TUBURAN WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE AND ASSUMPTION OF MORTGAGE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased BEBIE ROSIELYN FLORES TUBURAN, who died on March 31, 2012 in Quezon City, at the time of her death, is the conjugal owner of a parcel of land, presently mortgaged with the HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF), which is more particularly described as follows; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-17374 “A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 10, BLOCK 10, Psd-10020903, being a portion of Lot 5237, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre) situated in the Barrio of Barra, Municipality of Opol, Province of Misamis Oriental, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED (100) square meters, more or less, is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED BEBIE ROSIELYN FLORES TUBURAN WITH DEED OF

ABSOLUTE SALE AND ASSUMPTION OF MORTGAGE, made and executed by and among, namely; 1.

MERLINDO JALOSJOS TUBURAN, of legal age, widower, Filipino, resident of Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental, and the surviving husband of the deceased; 2. RYAN JAY F. TUBURAN, of legal age, single, Filipino, resident of Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental, and the surviving son of the deceased; 3. MERELY ROSE F. TUBURAN, of legal age, single, Filipino, resident of Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental, and the surviving daughter of the deceased; that the above-named parties, all of legal age, are the legitimate husband/ children and the sole/compulsory/ surviving heirs. That for and in consideration of the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P200,000.00), Philippine Currency, in hand paid by VENDEE, the VENDOR does hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY the above-described property in favor of the said VENDEE/ASSUMPTOR. As per Doc. No. 360; Page No. 72; Book No. 186; Series of 2015; under Notary Public of Atty. Mario T. Juni.

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DepEd 10 claims readiness for K-12 senior high school

By URIEL C. QUILINGUING Contributing Editor

Classrooms are being constructed and thousands of teachers are to hired to boost Department of Education regional office

Solon questions rice imports of NFA A LAWMAKER yesterday questioned the plan of the National Food Authority (NFA) to import 100,000 metric tons (MT) of rice from Vietnam saying budget for importation should instead be allotted for the development of local farmers.

In opposing the plan, Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares said: “Just last year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala boasted that the rice sufficiency target of the department for the year was 98% and it will further improve in the succeeding years. If this is so, then why are we importing still?”

“We believe that it would be better for our agriculture, particularly our local farmers if we allocate the budget for these rice imports to our local peasants. Bakit mga Vietnamese o Thai farmers pa ang makikinabang sa pondo natin?Dapat mga Filipinong magsasaka ang makinabang ditto. Kesa bayaran ng gobyerno ng bilyon bilyon ang mga Vietnamese na magsasaka, Ibuhos na lang ang perang ito sa ating magsasaka malaki pa maitulong nito sa ating agrikultura,” said the progressive solon.

Last year, that the issue of rice overpricing and rice importation anomalies came to the fore and was investigated by the House of the Representatives.

Colmenares, the senior deputy House minority leader, lamented that it was President Benigno Aquino III, who announced during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) last year authorizing the importation of 500,000 metric tons of rice was the cause of the spike in rice prices. His announcement effectively jacked up world market price of rice by $15 a ton because it projected a steep climb in rice demand. This announcement also jacked up local commercial See SOLON, page A11

10’s (DepEd 10) readiness in for senior high school implementation under the K to 12 curriculum next school year.

DepEd 10’s education program supervisor in English Angelina B. Buaron, during a media forum at the Regional Development Council conference room in Cagayan de Oro on Thursday (June 18, 2015), said preparatory activities for the first batch of senior high school (SHS) enrollees in 2016 have been done.

Buaron said 2,586 classrooms are being constructed while 3,979 teachers would be hired for the projected 132,382 SHS enrollees in Northern Mindanao’s pre-identified 286 educational institutions that will be offering the SHS curriculum.

The projected 132,382 SHS students, she said, represents only 78% of the region’s total since the remaining 22% is expected to be the total enrollees from privately-owned and managed secondary schools.

In Cagayan de Oro City Schools Division, the projected SHS enrollment next school year is 17,090 out of the region’s more than 132 thousand.

Buaron said DepEd 10 would have an allocation of P254-million for its voucher system, a financial subsidy to be released to every SHS student which would be entitled for P17,500.00 annually.

Not all the existing 350 high school campuses in Northern Mindanao will be offering SHS curriculum that would dwell on academic, technical-vocational and sports and arts tracks, according to DepEd 10’s English language regional specialist.

She said the needs of the community, existing equipment and facilities as well as the campus land area are being considered in the selection of schools that would offer SHS classes, aside from 13 stand-alone SHS campuses.

Buaron said among the 13 stand-alone SHS campuses include Aloran Trade High School in Misamis Occidental; Bukidnon National School of Home Industries in Maramag, Bukidnon; Cagayan de Oro School of Arts and Trades in Barangay Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City; and Opol National Secondary Technical School in Misamis Oriental.

For now, profiling of teachers in existing secondary schools in region 10 is ongoing to determine their academic backgrounds and teaching competencies whether these would fit in into the qualification standards for the SHS curriculum specializations, core subjects and learning areas.

DepEd is also considering the possibility of constructing dormitories and purchase of school buses in remote areas where SHSs would be established. (30)

Singer Yeng Constantino wows thousand of crowds at the Misamis Oriental Provincial Ground on Friday during a concert sponsored by Bella Vita Land Corporation,the Developer will construct a subdivision in Barangay Indahag,Cagayan de Oro City.

Mindanao Daily News photo by Gerry Lee Gorit

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Training for Development VARIOUS government organizations must have gone far to exhausts unused budget for training in the last quarter of the year apprehensive that unutilized training funds from their budget will be returned to the national treasury if not used before the year is over.

This bureaucratic scenario has been going for many years leading the public to suspect that some government training syllabus are rushed and could have been duplicated with past activities. Why is this happening? Are there government bureaus that do not implement the Management by Objectives (MBO) process in running their agencies?

As a tax payer, I should like to ask?

There is a growing pressure in many government offices to adapt the Management by Objectives process in streamlining operations and quick response to public needs? Perhaps, because of stringent guidelines from the Commission on Audit (COA) in accounting government funds disbursed by a particular agency for training purposes, liquidation of expense now requires a supporting matrix of Key Results Areas to jus-

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Ped T. Quiamjot tify the expense incurred.

KRA’s are structured only through an MBO process.

This will prevent farcical training when indigents are herded to exclusive resorts to hide them from the views of visiting foreign dignitaries?

However, there is one government agency that has embarked on consistent training for various employment generations program suitable to the needs of many industries which is undertaken by the Technical Educational Skills and Development Assistance or TESDA that has made remarkable progress.

The hotel and restaurant industry is one of the beneficiaries of this effort.

In the private sector,

regular meetings and conventions are held with paid participation. Companies spend a considerable amount for the continuous education of their work force aside from the Human Resources in-house schedules for team building and quality circles activities.

Educational innovations help improve productivity, this is where MBO’s guide a company or corporation perform cohesively with new paradigms.

I have this lifetime experience, which I ought to my generous employer in the National Capital Region, during the early years of my career in the tourism industry when I was chosen a recipient of the Training the Trainor’s Program for Human Resources Development from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, New York who came all the way to Manila for their seminar program. The American hotel system is no different from what the University of the Philippines Institute of Tourism used in its curriculum. Perhaps, this validates the statistics, why many successful and top hotel managers in

the Philippines today are graduates of the foremost government institution.

Unfortunately, I finished my management course from another university which nevertheless, I have no regrets. Thanks to my Alma Mater.

Since August last year, the Tourism Councils of Region X1, comprising the cities of Davao, Samal Island, Digos, Panabo and Tagum have secured an Asian Development Bank assistance for training and development of the various tourism stakeholders to improve their skills in customers relations, marketing strategies and culinary arts.

More than ever, the government efforts in Region X1 are fast harvesting the fruits of its endeavor with favorable feedback from many international travelers who have experienced the region. Training in the tourism industry using the Management by Objective methods has various structures that harmonized the human resources skills into positivism and help professionalized the sector.

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves…” (Isaiah CHENG ORDOÑEZ URIEL C. QUILINGUING 1:23, the Holy Bible).

Associate Contributing Editor -oooHUNDREDS OF MILMARK FRANCISCO Arjay Felicilda LIONS IN DFA PROJECTS Lifestyle Editor Assistant Editor GIVEN TO ONE CONGILBERT Y. CHAO gerry lee gorit TRACTOR: Instances of Motoring Editor Photo Journalist favoring a contractor with felix santillan ROEL CATOTO hundred of millions worth EDSEL BANTOL Provincial Editor-Surigao of repair, renovation, and Layout Artists supply projects by top of PAT SAMONTE ficials and ambassadors of irene dayo CHRIS PANGANIBAN the Department of Foreign Reporter-NorthMin Regional Editors-Caraga

Affairs (DFA), despite the JOE PALABAO MARLON GAYOG contractor’s inability to fulRene Michael BaÑos Regional Editor-Davao fill its obligations, form the Regional Editors-Northmin core of the plunder and graft case that Reynaldo Joson, a AL JACINTO JOE FELICILDA Regional Editor-WestMin Editorial Consultant division head of the DFA, filed with the Ombudsman.

ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI In past columns, we have NOTARY PUBLIC- JUNI LAW OFFICE already reproduced porCELL NO: 09352379999/ (088) 8573595 tions of Joson’s affidavit CRUZ TAAL ST., CAG. DE ORO CITY naming the contractor as Legal Counsel --------------------------------------------------------------JD Legaspi Construction bureau and mktg staff Corporation. Today, we candy macabale - 09161326483 shall reproduce the other RIZA O. ARES - 0915-9753277/0920-9600223 MISOR - LOLONG NABONG - 0906-875-8650 significant portions of that GINGOOG CITY-MANNY ANSIHAGAN-0936-287-7788 affidavit to show the great North Buk. - DAHLIA S. BENEMERITO-0936-303-0410 favor that the DFA officials VALENCIA CITY - PHILIP PHIL CALUMBA-0905-652-5407 and ambassadors who were KIBAWE, BUKIDNON - ROSEMARY GENON MARAMAG - TITA FINA CUALES - 0926-336-1585 sued for plunder and graft Iligan City - JEFFREY OPONDA-0936-1174378

by Joson allegedly granted tubod - louie bukod-0948-1323348 to it. Read on: bobby mag usara-tangub city “(a) Water Proofing OROQUIETA CITY - PJ TREMEDAL-0919-3452375 ruel pelone Managing Editor

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of Roof Deck---the substandard and poor quality of water proofing caused water leak at the 14th Floor of the DFA Building. (b) Replacement of the ceiling from asbestos to Hardiflex--replacement of the entire ceiling from the 14th floor to the basement area. Hardiflex was introduced to replace the fallen ceiling.

-oooDFA AIR CON UNITS NON - OPERAT IONAL FOR 9 YEARS: “( c ) Replacement of the centralized air-conditioning system worth hundreds of millions of pesos---JD Legaspi Construction Corporation was contracted to replace the centralized air-conditioning system of the building.

This project was made with the purchase of brand new equipment found to be nonoperational.

“Because of the failure to commission the centralized air-conditioning system of the DFA building, the Building Management headed by then U/SEC Franklin Ebdalin decided to purchase a number of split type air conditioning units, which

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are now installed from the 14th floor down to the basement of the main building, and South Wing Annex, from the 5th floor, down to the ground floor.

“A new contractor in place of JD Legaspi Construction Corporation installed the split-type airconditioning. Up to the present, the brand new centralized air-conditioning system that JD Legaspi Construction Corporation supplied and installed nine (9) years ago is still brand new, but non-operational.

-oooC ON T RAC TOR NOT HELD LIABLE FOR ITS

WARRANTY: “In spite of the losses and the warranty under the contract, respondents imposed no sanction on the erring JD Construction Corporation. (d) Renovation of Stairways---the renovation of the stairways from the 14th floor to basement area is operational. “(e) Replacement of fire alarm systems---the replacement of the fire alarm system has caused the Department so much damage for the following reasons, to wit: i. The smoke detector system is not functioning, since its installation nine years ago by JD Legaspi Construction Corporation. ii. The water sprinkle system is not functioning either, (since nine years ago) after JD Legaspi Construction installed the system. “iii. The fitting of the water pump to supply the water pipes is not functioning, since nine years ago, after JD Legaspi Construction installed this system. Iv. The setting up of the fire water gate valve is not functioning, since nine years ago after See batas, page A11

Daily Inspiration Less and Less

Juvy Sarraga

“He must become greater and greater, let Christ shine. How can we become less important? A few steps can make and I must become less and less.”

John 3:30 a difference such as seeking others’ opinions or not being afraid to make It’s so natural for us to focus on our mistakes. In addition, allowing Jesus accomplishments and want to bolster to become a greater influence in our our image. The problem with this think- lives increases His importance to us. ing is it’s selfish. When we focus on Open yourself up to increasing God humbling ourselves, we step aside and and decreasing yourself.

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By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor - Caraga

UTUAN CITY – Members of the Board of Directors of Butuan City Water District (BCWD) led by General Manager Anselmo Sang Tian and Assistant General Manager Jorge Guduyo recently conducted an ocular inspection of the P565-milllion Butuan Bulk Water Suppy Project at Sitio Iyao, Barangay Anticala here.

BCWD Senior Public Public Relations Officer Ramil Barquin said the inspection was aimed at assessing and getting first hand knowledge of the progress of the project and to gauge the stream flow of Taguibo River, the project’s primary water source.

Taguibo River’s water flow is expected to significantly pick up at the onset of the rainy days anytime

this month as forecast by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

It was learned that the bulk water project done by the Taguibo Aquatech Solutions Corporation (TASC) will be finished in 2015.

The proponent assured Butuan consumers clean and abundant tap water upon completion.

PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT OF BUTUAN BULK WATER SUPPLY PROJECT’S WORK IN PROGRESS. Butuan City Water District GM Anselmo Sang Tian (left photo) observes work on sabo dam (background), an important component of the Butuan Bulk Water Supply Project done by Taguibo Aquatech Solutions Corporation (TASC), Right photo shows Sang Tian pointing to the Taguibo River and the project site at Sitio Iyao, Barangay Anticala, Butuan City as he leads the inspection team in assessing the progress of the P565-million water supply project. photos supplied

Republic of the Philippines AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO Province of Lanao del Sur MUNICIPALITY OF MULONDO

Republic of the Philippines AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL SUR ISLAMIC CITY OF MARAWI

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

Publication Notice R.A. No. 9048

Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur Municipality of Santa Cruz OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

MIGRANT PETITION Date: 18 June 2015

In compliance with the publication requirement under Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, notice is hereby served to the public that FAIZAH S. OMADANBONGAROS has filed with this Office, a petition for change of first name of her daughter from “ASMAH” to “ASNIFAH” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ASMAH OMADAN BONGAROS who was born on 27 March 2002 at Manila City, Metro Manila and whose parents are FAIZAH SULTAN OMADAN and ABDUL MALIK LIMGAS BONGAROS.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office.

(SGD.) RAISALAM D. MARANGIT

Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: June 23 & 30, 2015

R.A. Form No. 10.1 (MCRO)

CCE-0012-2015 (10172) 21 June 2015

In compliance with the publication requirement & pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA No. 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that NORLAILAH RACMAN MAUTE has filed with this office, a petition for correction of entry in sex/gender from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in her Certificate of Live Birth at Marawi City, Lanao del Sur and whose parents are H. HAFIDAH MANGADANG RACMAN and H. ABDULFATTAH ABDUL MAUTE.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office.

(SGD.) ESMAEL A. RADIAMODA

City Civil Registrar MDN: June 23 & 30, 2015

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that ANNALYN A. CABALLERO has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” and petition for change of first name “JOEL” to “ANNALYN” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JOEL MAGASO ALQUEREZ at Matutungan Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur and whose parents are ELBERTO ALQUEREZ and EDELINA MAGASO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 13th day of July 2015.

MDN: June 16 & 23, 2015

(Sgd) MARIO M. TIZON Municipal Civil Registrar

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Cultivating More than Rice How will a piece of land improve the lives of small farmers in rural communities?

A farmer’s son, the 38-year-old Edmar C. Espedosa once dreamed to till a land of his own and to help his family improve the quality of their lives. Due to financial constraints and meager income of farmers, he had to drop one year in high school to help his parents in the farm. Nevertheless, the young Edmar never stopped dreaming.

Hardworking and persevering, he enrolled at Central Mindanao University and was granted a scholarship for being an SK kagawad in their barangay of Sto. Domingo, San Fernando, Bukidnon.

The allowance from the scholarship enabled him to buy his daily needs as well as the requirements in school. With his determination, he finished his studies with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture major in Animal Science on time.

He was able to land a job right after graduation in a big company.

He thought he was already leaving the farm and become successful as an

employee, but the farm has its own magic of pulling him back to where he first started dreaming.

In 2005, Edmar married the beautiful Fer Monton, an elementary teacher. They then decided to settle in the neighboring barangay where his wife grew up.

In 2008, a Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) was given to the couple through VLT/ DPS scheme over a parcel of land by Title No. TCTAT-32883 with an area of 1.8557 hectares. The land is situated in Cawayan, San Fernando, Bukidnon.

Fortunately, the area is an irrigated rice land.

Edmar started tilling their own land, a dream come true, with the assistance of hired farm laborers. He recalled, during that time, the average production of rice per hectare was only 3.8 metric tons (MT).

In 2010, Edmar was hired as a regular Agricultural Technician in the Department of Agriculture and has attended a seasonlong training on palay

check system conducted by the Agricultural Training Institute at El Salvador, Misamis Oriental.

It opened doors for him to learn more about best practices in agriculture and to engage in handson rice farming. Upon his return, he was able to share his knowledge to his co-farmers in the community and the municipality of San Fernando.

In the initial breakthrough, the volume of his production increased from 3.8 MT to 4.5 MT per hectare. It was then that he started sharing his experiences in the farming system by combining Sustainable Agriculture Techniques and the Integrated Pest Management. For five years, he was able to reach a remarkable average of 6.2 MT per hectare. He stressed that the periodic monitoring of the interval of the use of palay seeds (both hybrid and inbred seeds) plays a vital role in the farming success.

The breakthrough in the volume of his production was shared by Edmar to the farming community, either by means of handson trainings or through information drives. In fact, most Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in the community would

come to his house anytime of the day to consult him and ask for guidance and techniques on how to improve their production as well as the quality of their palay grains.

Edmar acknowledged that all his successes started with that ‘piece of land’ awarded to them by the Department of Agrarian Reform. He said it was not a smooth sailing path to success, but with hard work and determination, they were able to improve the quality of their lives with the adoption of a productive farming system.

To date, he was able to purchase an additional two hectares of irrigated rice lands, rented four hectares of irrigated rice lands, house and lot with complete appliances, four working animals, three units power tillers, a thresher, a motorcycle, a six-wheeled hauling truck, and a warehouse for palay storage.

The hauling truck is important to him especially because the barangay where they live is a remote area. Access to barangay Cawayan is very challenging. To reach the place, one has to cross four times the snake-like Tigua River. Edmar can clearly remember those

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times when his income and production were still low and he had to transport sacks of rice through his horse and bring it near the footbridge where local buyers were waiting. For him, it was not an easy experience.

Edmar valued his occupation as a farmer. It was just once a dream that became a reality. When asked about his secrets to success, he humbly answered, “Farming is a noble career. It must be valued through hard work and good stewardship coupled

with love for the job and love for the family. Success just comes along the way.”

Edmar’s success in farming is an undeniable fruit of his love in tilling the awarded piece of land. He is a happy farmer, thus, creating ripple effects to his co-farmers in the community. His rice field not only serves as a model farm. It also serves as an inspiration to small farmers to keep on believing in their dreams that someday, somehow, success will also come the way.

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Gauging Teachers and Employee Performance Through Performance – Based System

By Paraida G. D. Orangot, Ph.D.

Improving teachers and employees’ performance takes into consideration quality and quantity as primordial responsibility of the school administrator. To attain this goal, the teachers and employee must do their share. There must be an open communication above all such that the ideas and experiences help enhance motivation, and develops self-esteem.

Now that the government is on the call for Performance-Based System, everyone is challenged to take part in the attainment of the organizational goals.

Every teacher is tasked to align their Individual Performance Commitment

Review Form to the Office Performance Commitment to ensure that both are in the same direction as to improving performance is concern. Master Teachers are empowered to be an aid the administrators in coaching, mentoring, and counseling fellow teachers especially that other teachers may exhibit negativism, indifference, fatigue, behavior change and irritability when they are not satisfied with the work situation and the work group.

This may create dilemma considering that the school system is a diverse arena with complex situations arising.

Not to deny, in an academic world, in the eye of many

every teacher is gifted with utmost intelligence, the idea of knowing everything is one common language. However, in the context of coaching, mentoring and counseling in the school system, with all humility one must bear in mind that greatness is not where we stand but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must stand firm to help one another become better in the organization.

Coaching, mentoring and counseling should be done in a manner that would be most beneficial to the teacher concern; it shall not degrade nor undermine nor underestimate his usefulness in the workplace but as a means to help him improve his perfor-

mance. We must achieve greater performance, as no one should be left behind. Give each other an opportunity to develop a harmonious partnership with each other and grow similarly at one direction. The measurement of ones’ performance shall not make a less of him, instead an avenue for improvement. Whether a teacher or an administrator is the most senior, a full-fledge Master or doctorate if there is a need to be coached, mentored and counseled he must be willing to go through the entire process. Always be open to change. As Nick Faldo says…”Nobody is so good that they can’t get better.”

SPED Class Opening, Another Impasugong CES Milestone

By Woodrow Wilson B. Merida, Teacher I Impasugong CES, Division of Bukidnon

The greatest dream of a parent is to see their child in fulfilling their dreams in life, but what if this dream could never be achieved because of their child’s disability to do things like a normal kid, what if they would not experience the things everyone wish for them to have? Is it okay for these challenged individuals to be left behind and just keep their happiness in the four corners of their homes and deprived their freedom to live life to the fullest? Because their loveones are ashamed that they might not be accepted by the society? Those are the questions in mind of some parents with children having special needs at Impasugong Central Elementary School. Every child is unique , each of these individuals is part of the society that needs to experience education in their own capacity to learn the basics and show their potentials inlife to live.

With the aspiration of the parents and the number of children that are differently abled within the vicinity, the idea of opening

a class that is intended for special children arise.Last January 2014,a parent in the name of Mrs. Chauvi C. Sevilla having a child with Intellectual disability leads the quest in behalf of the parents to request for the creation of a learning center in the school for children with learning disabilities, hearing impaired , visually impaired and intellectual disabilities in learning to address their needs . The appeal that was being raised got a positive response from the school principal Mr. Roland H. Lambo and advice the parents to organize and gather data of the possible number of learners.By February of the same year the number of learners were identified already together with their documents and the list was presented during the (GPTA)General Parents Teachers Meeting, ready to be submitted to the Division Office for verification, in that very moment a grade four teacher in the person of Mrs. Gemma D. Chavez a lower grade level teacher was invited by the principal to handle the class and with no doubts the challenge

was accepted that leads to the implementation of the program, prior to the opening of classes the school administration sent Mrs. Chavez in specialized trainings and SPED courses to equipped herself to break the alley in the milestone of Impasugong CES in opening a new hope to the children in need and to their respective family as well , through their collaborative effort last June 2014 the Impasugong CES Special Education Class was open to public and the good news was spread to all and acquired 14 registered learners with different disabilities,8 are with down syndrome who belongs to intellectual disabilities,4 are with learning disabilities ,one orthopaedic impaired and another with hearing disability served as the first batch of SPED learners .

This school year 20152016 under Mr. Leslie T.N. Heramiz administration ,there are now 18 registered learners a sign of progress as the number increased with whom 6 are hearing impaired, 9 are intellectual disabled and 3 with learning disabilities, I believe that special education is a set of educational program

service designed to meet the particular needs of exceptional children ,who can cope up in the general curriculum knowing the fact that no child should be left behind, lets do our part and do something to assist the Filipino children who requires special attention, as Impasugong CES continue this program, every pupil will be an individual who are independently functional and God- fearing persons.

My salute to Impasugong Central ES for implementing the program to improve the social ,physical, emotional and religious aspect of their learners. The school is aiming to open a SPED center soon to cater the different disabilities of everybody in need, for the meantime the school SPED class is located in a small classroom with less facility and it is still searching for a new building to provide more opportunities , lets make a difference, be a part of the quest and extend our helping hands to support these differently abled individuals to enhance the quality of their living.

Simple techniques in encouraging student attention during discussion

By Allen N. Belnas Teacher – III Bag-ong Dawis Elementary School Baroy South District

Teaching students especially in grade school is a challenging task. It takes a lot of strategies and techniques for them to absorb the lessons in effective way. The following are some tidbits of simple ways in order for a teacher to gain attention from the pupils.

First is the use of colorful materials. These materials include flash cards and visual aids blended in light colors such as red,

yellow, orange and green, among others. These colors are the common ones that basically attract the eyes of the pupils and their attention to learn simple and basic topics. It could also be effective if the teacher will use it even on the first days of classes. In this way, pupils will look forward to the more classes with that teacher.

Giving rewards to pupils are also found effective.

Each outstanding student

is normally being rewarded by school after a school year and during recognition day.

However, a teacher can do this in her class. It could be on daily like during recitations. It could also be monthly, like posting “Outstanding Pupil of the Month” or the like. This stategy could not only gain attention but as well confidence among pupils.

Classroom decorations are also enticing. Classroom is the residence of each pupil during class hours. He even stay there longer than his own home, for he use eight hours of

his time in classrooms.

Thus, it is proper that a teacher will organize the classroom the way that it could be a home to pupils, a room that he is excited to go home to.

Teacher could put colorful bulletin boards and pin boards and also make use of colorful curtains, for an instance.

Learning is comprehensive. Teaching also is. Therefore, teaching strategies should not just cornered in books but also in the learning surroundings where pupils are exposed to.

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Dealing “hot moments” inside the classroom

By Phoebe D. Pangasian Teacher – II Dalama Central School Baroy South District

Conflict inside the classroom is not a rare happening. It is actually a normal incident that a teacher or a student cannot prevent from arising. This happens when miscommunication and misinterpretation come up, and this could somehow threaten teaching and learning in class.

The main thing that encourage conflict inside the classroom is when a person’s feelings are threatened such as discussions that involve an issue which he care deeply about, or someone in class has mentioned something that challenged other person’s perception, principle and belief.

In handling unavoidable hot situations, moderators should remember to make use developed techniques. Education research author Lee Warren said in his book that using wise calming methods can open doors to topics formerly avoided

and classroom dynamics formerly neglected. Most importantly, exploring these tensions can lead to deep learning.

In dealing with hot situations, moderators are challenged to find opportunities to which he could provide explanations and teachings, in order to help students learn in and from the situation.

The teacher should also express her care for and protect all participants, including the student generating the hot moment.

All individuals involved should be protected in order for learning to be possible. Doing this does not assure that discomfort can be avoided, but learning about difficult and uncomfortable topics opens an array of learning ahead.

Making use of this methodology does not just make all parties learn and understand topics that they close doors to before, but it is an intelligent strategy to encourage more learning interest among students as well.

Education: A weapon

By Cheryl C. Taruc Teacher – I Dalama Central School Baroy South District

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. − Nelson Mandela Education is an eyeopener. It entice a person to see and define what he see. It is further like a magnifying glass that let open eyes see the world wider.

Through learning, we learn to find true meanings on the world we live.

It is by it that we wonder how beautiful mess the world can be. Exploring things outside what we already know is good. It does not just expose us to the things that we limit ourselves from, but also to endless possibilities.

DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION OF ESTATE AMONG THE HEIRS OF PEDRA E. SABASAJE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late PEDRA E. SABASAJE, who died intestate on June 9, 2010, Amoros, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental, that the deceased at the time of her death left a parcel of Land as Paraphernal property, and more particularly described as follows to wit; “TAX DEC. NO. 16-0002-00973 (0217888)” A PARCEL OF LAND (Cad. Lot No. 7254-B, Remaining Part), situated in the Barrio of Amoros, El Salvador City, Province of Misamis Oriental. Containing an area of TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR (2,184) SQUARE METERS, more or less, is the subject of DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION OF ESTATE AMONG THE HEIRS OF PEDRA E. SABASAJE, made and entered, namely; TISSE S. ELLOVIDO, of legal age, married, Filipino and resident of Baikingon, Cagayan

It make us move, get involved and be catalyst for change.

Moreover, Education is like a pointing hand of a compass that tells one where to go.

Having education either change or improve one’s paradigm in viewing for his life. For an instance, it is in school that children who just do plain play in the parks learn to set goals for their old self. Investing for the future is what a student perception is then. It means that after school, there are ambitions and wishes that are waiting to be fulfilled. This is equal to the goals of success and better life.

Education is more than just a word. It is a weapon that fought ignorance that kills this world. de Oro City; (a) Lot No. 7254-B-1, with an area of 900 Square meters, more or less, has been apportioned and adjudicated in the name of Tisse S. Ellovido; EMELDA S. ACUNO, of legal age, widow, Filipino and resident of Zone 1, Molugan, El Salvador City; (b) Lot No. 72-54-B-2, with an area of 200 Square meters, more or less, has been apportioned and adjudicated in the name of Emelda S. Acuno; SARA S. BONITA, of legal age, married, Filipino and resident of Zone 2, Amoros, El Salvador City; (c) Lot No. 7254-B-3, with an area of 1,203 Square meters, more or less, has been apportioned and adjudicated in the name of Sara S. Bonita; (d) Lot No. 7254-B-4, with an area of 81 Square meter, more or less, has been apportioned and adjudicated in the name of Heirs of Pedra E. Sabasaje, are the only, sole,legitimate and surviving legal heirs. As per Doc. No. 223; Page No. 45; Book No. 108; Series of 2015; under Notary Public of ATTY. BUENAVENTURA E. SAGRADO. MDN: JUNE 23, 30 & JULY 7, 2015

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Reforestation is more than carbon

Climate change and climate-related policies and market changes have direct and indirect impacts on reforestation that should be considered in reforestation activities. Climate change influences the survival and growth rates of trees planted.

It is also linked to the spread of pests, invasive species and diseases. The suitability of a tree species to an area could be affected as well because of a shifting climate.

Climate change may push humans to move to more suitable areas thus affecting the availability of areas for reforestation.

Climate-related policies provide incentives for reforestation and influencing

management decisions thus directly affecting reforestation. In addition, changes in energy policies and biofuel demand would affect land use and might even provide incentives for planting tree species that are alternative energy sources.

Existing policies and programs take reforestation for either its mitigation or adaptation capacities, however, possible trade-offs and synergies could be missed in doing so. Reforestation strategies should consider taking a multi-objective focus and explore how the activities could interact to produce synergies. Also, reforestation is almost always just one strategy for climate-change mitigation and adaptation. Activities from other sectors should complement reforestation efforts to maximise the benefits.

Further studies need to be done on several topics, like the criteria for choosing tree species for reforestation with the most benefits, the choice of exotic versus native species (when considering biodiversity issues, reforestation success and suitability to certain conditions), the response of reforested areas to climate change and the ecosystem services derived from tropical reforestation.

••• Editor’s Note: Amy Cruz is the communications officer for the World Agroforestry Centre Philippines. She is developing an integrated communications strategy for the Philippine program, scripting and editing videos and promoting projects through various media. Her other interests include social media, writing and photography. She has a Bachelor of Science in Development Communication, major in Science Communication.

be effective when regularly applied in RBB-infested rice fields. The biopesticide is now distributed to farmers throughout the country.

For armyworm, the BPI said that sanitation is the first strategy to avoid the pest, followed by synchronous planting. After harvest, all stubbles or straws in infested areas must be plowed under the ground to kill the remaining population of the pests. Lastly, on the onset of attack, spraying of NPV would be needed to kill the feeding worms.

The BPI likewise shared that experience in Palawan where the first RBB outbreak had occurred showed that spraying inorganic pesticides to RBB would also kill its natural enemies, as well as beneficial insects. Hence, the BPI is advising farmers to avoid spraying inorganic pesticides to control RBB. The bureau is also ad-

vising farmers who have problems on RBB to practice intermittent irrigation. From time to time, the rice field must be drained then later flooded in a day to kill RBB nymph and eggs.

The BPI also recommends herding ducks on paddies when the rice plants have already stabilized. This will further help in managing the population of RBB. Insect proteins are of high quality and experience of farmers in China show that ducks feeding on RBB weigh heavier and have better meat quality.

DA Secretary Proceso Alcala called on farmers to promptly report infestations to their local agriculturists or to Regional Crop Protection Centers so that appropriate measures for effective pest management or eradication can be immediately implemented, hence reducing yield losses.

By Amy Cruz

RESEARCHERS from different universities and institutions discussed in a recently published paper how tropical reforestation could contribute to both the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.

The team, which includes Dr Rodel Lasco, country coordinator of the World Agroforestry Centre Philippines, proposed that strategies aiming for both climate-change mitigation and adaptation could result in synergies. This study was supported by the National Science Foundation and the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees, and Agroforestry.

Reforestation in the tropical regions has large potential for carbon storage and significant biophysical effects, making it a key activity in climate-change mitigation efforts. For one, reforestation could result in either warming or cooling a local climate, depending on choice of trees and the location.

Large-scale reforestation could also affect rainfall patterns, leading to increased rainfall in arid areas. Sustainable production and use of forest products from reforestation could also help mitigate climate change.

Forests can provide alternative sources of energy or materials that emit less greenhouse gases.

However, tropical reforestation could not only contribute to mitigation efforts but also to adaptation.

According to the authors, reforestation can help communities and ecosystems adapt to climate change by reducing their vulnerability to current and future climate hazards. Forests give communities more

One of the agroforestry farms developed in the buffer zone of Mt. Apo Natural Park as part of the Mainstreaming Climate Change in Biodiversity Planning and Conservation in the Philippines project (Word Agroforestry Centre and USAID) from 2011 to 2013. Photo: World Agroforestry Centre

A team of researchers are advocating ‘climate-smart reforestation’: reforestation for climatechange mitigation and adaptation that takes into account the impacts of climate change on the reforestation itself. diverse sources of livelihoods. In addition, forest products could be used to cope during, and recover after, extreme events. Trees also improve a microclimate, making it more conducive for growing crops.

Reforestation also reduces the impacts of water-related stresses. Trees

increase water flow of rivers and can also reduce the impact of droughts, floods and heat waves.

C o ast a l e cosystems that are reforested with mangroves would be better protected from waves and storms. Reforested sloping lands are more stable and therefore are less prone to

landslides. Biodiversity also benefits as reforestation provides plants and animals with habitats.

T h e aut h or s w ar n , though, that the mitigation and adaptation potential of reforestation would vary according to the type done as well as the diversity of the area and the age of the forest.

‘Climate-smart reforestation’ According to the authors, reforestation may be called ‘climate-smart’ when it is done ‘for climate-change mitigation and adaptation while ensuring that the direct and indirect impacts of climate change… are anticipated and minimized’.

the Cordilleras—attack in swarms during specific times of the year.

The BPI explained that the RBB are actually present in the farms year-round but they are very much attracted to light such that three to five days before and after a full moon, they become very active and congregate.

According to the BPI, the recent RBB incident during the Palarong Pambansa happened during a full moon. Combined with the brightness of the sport arena’s floodlights, the RBB population in nearby rice fields congregated into large swarms.

On the other hand, the long dry spell followed by rainfall has triggered the armyworms to produce more eggs. These could hatch into million worms as one female armyworm can lay about 800 to 1000 eggs. As grasses begin to sprout and

farmers begin to plant, armyworms, which love to eat green plants, thrive with the abundance of food during this time of the year.

Host plants There are many host plants for armyworm but corn is the most palatable for them. While many plants can also host RBB, the bug likes rice most, hence the name. Majority of RBB species are not actually pests; most of them merely feed on dead matter. Out of the 11 species of RBB present in the Philippines, only three species are harmful to plants.

The BPI added that if armyworms attack rice plants during the tillering stage— when rice plants produce side shoots and multiple stems—recovery is possible.

But if the worms attack during booting stage—when rice plants develop flowers—there may be a 100% yield loss.

In the case of the RBB, rice crops can still survive if the bugs attack during the tillering stage in a low population density. However, if the bugs attack during reproductive stage—for example, at dough stage when green grains turn to yellow—a 60% yield loss may happen.

Biopesticides vs inorganic pesticides According to the BPI, most farmers who were trained on integrated pest management at the DA’s Regional Crop Protection Centers know how to handle the two pests; hence, infestations in some areas are already being managed by farmers themselves.

The BPI, in coordination with the DA Regional Crop Protection Centers, has been mass-producing Metharizium as a safer control agent against RBB. Metharizium has been tested to

DA recommends bio-control agents v. rice black bug, armyworm

By Jan P. Dacumos

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has recommended the use of biological control agents against rice black bug (RBB) and armyworm that recently infested some areas in Mindanao. According to the DA’s Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), a fungus called Metharizium can be used to control RBB while the Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV) can be used against armyworm.

The Metharizium fungus is entomopathogenic that cause disease to the insects, seriously disabling or killing them. The NPV, on the other hand, is a virus that destroys the cellular structure of armyworm until it can no longer maintain life.

‘Timed’ attacks Farmers have noticed that the RBB and armyworms—present in the whole country except in

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Heroes de Kagay-an:

Maj. Jose Manuel Corrales Montalvan, 1st Camp Commander of the ‘Kampo’ his induction into the U.S. Army Forces – Far East (USAFFE) on Few Kagay-anons today College, Manila with September 6, 1941, he are aware that the first a degree of Doctor in was appointed Division camp commander of Dental Surgery (DDS).

Finance Officer and the Philippine Army’s Upon his return to his Division Quartermaster biggest military camp in hometown in 1928, he of the USAFEE’s 102nd Mindanao was a Lumad practiced dentistry and Division. Later, he was (native Kagay-anon). became one of the first appointed Division InMajor Jose Manuel Cor- teachers of the Ateneo rales Montalvan was ini- de Cagayan (present day spector General, 102nd Division, USAFFE, with tially assigned as Cadre Xavier University) and Commander of the was its Commandant of Headquarters at Tankulan, Manolo Fortich, 2nd Misamis Oriental the Corps of Cadets.

Bukidnon then promot(Machine Gun) Cadre Dr. Montalvan was ed to Captain, Infantry, at Camp Bulua (prescommissioned a first in April, 1942. ent day Camp Edilberto lieutenant in the U.S. Following the surEvangelista, home base Army Reserve in 1928 render of the USAFFE of the Philippine Army’s and was trained and forces in Mindanao 4th Infantry Division) in successfully completed under Gen. William Cagayan de Oro, a post the U.S. Army ExtenSharp to the Japanese he served in from Janu- sion Courses. From ary 1-Dec. 31, 1939.

1933 to 1937 he was the Imperial Army on May 10, 1942, Dr. Montalvan When the camp was instructor for Military was taken as a prisonerrenamed Camp EvanScience and Tactics at gelista, Mr. Montalvan the Ateneo de Cagayan. of-war (POW) by the Japanese and detained at was appointed its Camp However, the lure of a the Ateneo de Cagayan Commander and Mobi- full-time career in the lization Center Officer newly formed Philippine campus which had been on January 1, 1940, a Army proved irresistible converted into a POW Camp. post he served up to the and he resigned from “During his captivity outbreak of World War the U.S. Army Reserve he developed polyneuII. and was commissioned ritis, which caused his Dr. Montalvan, who as a First Lieutenant, was also known as Ñor Infantry Reserve, of the leg to become shorter, Peping, was born in Philippine Army on July as a result of the hard labor he underwent in present day Cagayan 16, 1936. He was called de Oro (then known as to active duty training at prison when he and Cagayan de Misamis, Camp Murphy Training others would carry sacks capital town of the SeSchool for Reserve Offi- of potatoes and coffee gundo Distrito de Misa- cers (Infantry), assigned under the rain, soaking their only clothing mis) on March 17, 1903 as Company Comin their bodies,” recalls to Jose Gabriel Montalmander of the training his daughter Annabel van, a retired Spanish officers company, and Montalvan Corrales. soldier from Belmonte, graduated No. 5 with a Cuenca, Spain who was general average of 90.7% “One night after such experience his whole assigned by the Spanin 1938. ish government to the While assigned as the body became numb and his leg started to give Philippines and Concep- first camp commander him extreme pain. The cion Corrales y Roa of of Camp Evangelista, doctors at that time did Cagayan de Misamis. he graduated from the not know what it was In 1927, he was School of Military Law graduated with honand Courts-Martial Pro- but was later diagnosed as polyneuritis.” ors (3rd highest) from cedure, Camp Keithley, However, he successthe Philippine Dental Lanao in 1940. Upon

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fully escaped and joined his family in Talakag, Bukidnon. He walked for days to Talakag, away from the road, because the Japanese were looking for him.

Again, the rains came and soaked his clothes.

When he got to Talakag he had very high fever and the polyneuritis he contracted became worse. He then proceeded to Misamis Occidental to join the guerrillas of Col. Wendell Fertig, commander of the Mindanao segment of the United States Forces in the Philippines (USFIP), which was made up of escaped prisoners-ofwar and Filipino and American soldiers and civilians who refused to surrender to the Japanese.

Between 1942 and 1944, USFIP forces raided Japanese occupation forces in Mindanao and provided valuable intelligence to the Allied forces. For his military service before and during World War II, Dr. Montalvan received the following awards and decorations: Philippine Defense Medal; American Defense Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal; Philippine Republic Unit Citation Badge and the U.S. Distinguished Unit Badge.

Following his polyneuritis, Dr. Montalvan reverted to inactive status on July 11, 1946 and was promoted to the rank of Major, Infantry

Officers of Camp Bulua (present day Camp Edilberto Evangelista) at Cagayan de Misamis in 1939. (Montalvan Family Archives)

1 Lt. Jose Manuel Corrales Montalvan as a member of the U.S. Army Reserve in 1928 (Montalvan Family Archives)

Reserve in January 20, 1950.

“He suffered so much under the hands of the Japanese and often got slapped for no reason,” Ms. Montalvan said.

“Many years later, that Japanese that put him under hard labor came back to Cagayan de Oro to apologize to him and to others he tortured.

And my dad readily accepted his apology!”

He resumed his duties as a professor of Spanish at the Ateneo in 1949 and took up law at the Cagayan Law School of the Ateneo, graduating with a degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1953, passed the Bar exams and was admitted to the Bar in June 1954 and established a law practice. He married the former Mercedes Acero Roa of Cagayan de Oro City and with whom he had six children: Marrieta, Daisy, Annabel, Eduardo, Consuelo and Antonio.

Mr. Montalvan passed away on September 21, 1978, his patriotism and service to the country and military apparently forgotten by the new generation of Kagay-anons. To rectify this situation, Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro) and Rep. Maximo

B. Rodriguez, Jr. (Abante Mindanao- Party List) filed House Bill 4735 with the 15th Congress during its first regular session seeking to rename Camp Edilberto Evangelista to “Camp Jose Montalvan “in honor of a Kagay-anon and Mindanaoan war hero who fought against the Japanese to protect the freedom of the Philippines.

Camp Edilberto Evangelista in Barangay Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, is the largest military camp in Mindanao with an area of 129 hectares. It is the home base to the Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division and covers the Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions.

The explanatory note to the HB 4735 reads in part: “It is readily apparent that Major Montalvan is a war hero who has fought against the Japanese in order to ensure that the Philippines retain its independence. He gave up his best years in his life to fight for our country. It is therefore appropriate that he be honored by renaming Camp Evangelista into Camp Jose Montalvan, in honor of a Kagay-anon who risked his life for our country.”

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ATTY. Antonio Soriano, an erstwhile vice mayor of the city of Cagayan de Oro, has been an avid observer of how insanely local politics can be in this city. At that time in 2010, he felt there was a need for more public participation to public governance. Thus, the Citizens Watch for Good Governance was born.

Today, the CWGG has proved true to the intentions outlined earlier by Soriano.

Although the former vice mayor is no longer active in the group as he is busy in equally important matters, he could be very proud of the achievements that the group he spawned had made.

Last Friday, CWGG led by its current executive director Jonathan Mongcal met with new Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program leaders in the city at Abamin Hall in barangay Nazareth to discuss on how the group could help the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) beneficiaries.

That was not their first engagement with the 4Ps beneficiaries though. Since 2012, CWGG has been tirelessly and patiently conducting family development sessions to 4Ps beneficiaries all over the city. The focus of discussions in every session deals on health education, nutrition, disaster, livelihood, family planning and

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those people whom we have catered,” Mongcal said.

In these thankless tasks, CWGG volunteers bridged with the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in their wheelchair/glucometer distribution project, sit in socio-civic meetings such as the Seal of Good Governance screenings, Koalisyon ng Mamamayan Para sa Reporma (KOMPre), Checkmyschool etc., lobby for additional barangay funding, gender and urban empowerment, etc.

Anchored on an advocacy for continuing social accountability in government projects, CWGG will remain to be active to the community, most especially to the Pantawid beneficiaries, Mongcal assured.

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rice prices by P2-3 per kilo.

With the supposed NFA 1 billion probe, as early as February last year the Makabayan bloc warned that the country will again be reeling from the “sabotaging economic effects” of unchecked overpriced rice importation as the NFA has again decided to import rice for the July-September buffer stock. “ P r e s i d e nt Aq u i n o should explain in his next SONA whatever happened to his promise of rice selfsufficiency during his term.

Also with the importation anomalies revealed last year, I hope that the new NFA administration has done its homework and addressed these problems. As it is though we will continue to monitor the price of rice and its effect on the Filipino people,” said Colmenares.

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Sunday evening.

Agpaya said that aside from shooting the victims, the suspects also hacked the faces of the victims that most of them became unidentifiable.

“It appears that the suspects, about three armed men on board a motorcycle, were in the fit of anger when they killed the victims,”

Agpaya said.

He said that the investigators are trying to establish “land dispute” as the possible motive of the killing.

“We are not certain if land dispute is the motive of the killing, but, the police are looking into that angle while the manhunt of the killers is on,” Agpaya said.

He said that the motorcycle used by the victims was also taken by the suspects who fled toward Alae in the border of Bukdinon and Cagayan De Oro City.

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and socialized housing projects to take advantage of the three-milion supply backlog in these sectors with projected total contract price reaching up to Php2.5 billion.

The first of these projects are Ventura Residences, St. Therese Subdivision and Mountain View Homes in Balulang, Cagayan de Oro. For 2015, ABCI is launching and Simple Homes projects: Mountain View Homes expansion, Adelaida Residences, and Simple Homes developments located here in Cagayan de Oro, Barangay Lumbo in Butuan City, Valencia City and Malaybalay City in Bukidnon, Tanay in Rizal, and and Toril in Davao City.

Additional socialized housing developments in other parts of Mindanao are also being eyed.

In addition to this shift, Dr. Brown has revealed plans of expanding the company’s master-planning expertise overseas, upon receiving an invitation from the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville to develop projects in this territory. “We are currently studying this project seriously,” said Dr. Brown, who just arrived from a trip to Bougainville, this June.

Meanwhile, A Brown Energy and Resources Development, Inc. (ABERDI) holds ABCI’s interests in the palm oil industry.

ABERDI and its subsidiaries are active in palm oil nurseries, plantation and milling in Mindanao.

ABCI is a diversified holding company engaged in real estate development, agribusiness (palm oil plantation, milling and refinery), energy generation (coal, diesel, hydro and renewables) and resources (precious metals, oil and gas exploration). The company has generally focused on business interests in Mindanao, though the power and real state segments have investments in other regions.

For its mixed-used, nature-themed, masterplanned integrated communities, ABCI has established industry leadership in Northern Mindanao real estate. Its prime properly is Xavier Estates in CdeO, the region’s pioneering high-end residential subdivision.

Among the company’s other innovative properties in the high-end sector are Teakwood Hill in CDO,

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Coral Resort Estates in Misamis Oriental, Valencia Estates in Bukidnon, West Highlands in Butuan and East Cove Village in Rizal.

After encountering net losses in 2013 and delays with its expansion and diversification efforts in 2014, commercial operations have begun last May for ABERDI’s refinery with 60MT capacity per day.

The company has lined up possible cooperative ventures with suppliers of fresh fruit bunches and crude palm oil, for possible distribution of finished products.

We have experienced some delays in 2014, but we are confident that our expansion and diversification efforts will come into fruition this 2015,” Pizarro said.

ABCI’s power generation businesses are located in areas where there is a shortfall in supply, coupled with long-term off-take agreements. The 20.9-MW bunker-fired Pearkpower Soccsargen Inc. (PSI) in General Santos and the 5.2-MW Peakpower San Francisco, Inc. (PSFI) in Agusan del Sur are currently running at full capacity.

A third plant, the 10.4MW Peakpower Bukidnon, Inc. (PBI), is scheduled to begin operation by the first half of 2016.

Future project plans include a 15-MW and 5-MW expansion in General Santos and San Francisco, respectively.

Also slated to be fully operational in early 2016 is the first unit of the 2x135-MW coal-fired Palm Concepcion Power Corporation (PCPC) in Concepcion, Iloilo.

“The project is in advanced stage of construction, possibly two months ahead of its delivery schedules,” said Castro.

Planning for PCPC’s second unit is also in the advanced phase. These projects would be able to provide reliable and stable power at competitive price to regions where electricity supply is inadequate, particularly in Mindanao where it is critical at this time, Castro added.

ABCI is also developing Carac-an Hydroelectric Project, a 25-MW hydropower plant in Surigao del Sur, via its subsidiary, Hydro Link Projects Corp.

The project’s feasibility study is expected to be completed this June.

In Opol, Misamis Oriental, ABCI has formed a new subsidiary that will engage in the bulk water distribution business, AB Bulk Water Company, Inc. (ABWCI).

It will engage in the business of holding and providing rights to water to public utilities and cooperatives. The projects is in partnership with the local government, aimed at addressing Opol’s needs for an independent water supply system. Opol has been dependent on CdeO Water District but receives

only 10 percent of its 8,000 cubic-meter daily requirement.

These reports were accompanied by a summary of ABCI’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives in and around the localities that house the company’s businesses.

Dr. Brown is optimistic of these prospects, telling the stockholders and partners present at the meeting that for these various projects, “we have not only endeavored to address the economic needs of the stockholders, but also to further give proper attention to the environmental, social and spiritual needs of the communities it is serving.

We are confident that we will, with your support, accomplish much more and significantly contribute to the attainment of our objectives.”

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Dacer said that the City Council has passed a resolution asking the City Finance Committee to shed light on the honoraria and consultant services because it appears that the city government is “paying so much for consultant fees.”

He said that in 2013, the city paid Php 5.9 million for honoraria and consultant services in a span of six months.

Dacer expressed the doubt on who are receiving the honoraria and consulting fees and for what jobs or purpose after the amount reached Php 8.9 million in 2014.

He said that the City Council has passed Resolution No. 12069-2015 as a result of the discussion made by the local august body and members of the City Finance Committee about the issue.

Dacer said that despite the resolution and the initial agreement, the City Finance Committee did not submit the detail and the breakdown on who is receiving the honoraria and consulting fees and for what purpose.

The City Finance Committee created by Mayor Oscar Moreno is composed of the City Accountant, City Treasurer, and the City Budget Officer – all handpicked by Moreno when he assumed as City Mayor in 2013.

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the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), GMA News online reported.

The news site’s website posted a photograph of the petitioners holding copies of the petition: Norberto Gonzales, former National Security Adviser and Defense Secretary under the Arroyo administration; Zamboanga Archbishop Romulo dela Cruz; PhilConsa president and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez; former Senator Francisco “Kit” Tatad of Phlilconsa; Davao City’s Archbishop Emeritus Fernando Capalla; and former Justice Manuel Lazaro.

The report said Lipa Archbishop

Ramon Arguelles, is also among the petitioners.

Gonzales and the archbishops are members of the National Transformation Council (NTC) which called on President Aquino to step down after the January 25 tragedy in Mamasapano.

The report said petitioners also asked the high tribunal to stop the Budget Department from releasing funds to pursue or implement the FAB, the CAB; and the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) which is still under deliberation in the two houses of Congress.

The FAB was signed on October 15, 2012 by then government peace panel chair Marvic Leonen (now Supreme Court Associate Justice) and MILF chair Mohagher Iqbal while the CAB was signed on March 27, 2014 by government peace panel chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer and the MILF’s Iqbal.

Shared destiny In a statement sent to MindaNews, Ferrer said they “reserve comment on its merits until we get a copy.”

But Ferrer reiterated their conviction that “bringing to life social justice and meaningful autonomy as mandated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution is at the heart of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.”

Ferrer said she is saddened that some groups and individuals “continue to mount road blocks to our forward march to peace and development in Mindanao, a right that belongs to all Filipinos.”

She noted that despite the delay in passing the Bangsamoro Basic Law, the MILF is staying on the peace track.

Last Tuesday, President Aquino witnessed the ceremonial decommissioning of 75 high powered and crew-served weapons and 145 combatants.

“We will not lose this historic momentum to silence the guns in the Bangsamoro through democratic reform that would strengthen our commitment to a shared destiny as one peaceful and progressive country,” Ferrer said.

Iqbal told MindaNews: “Why only now and the people behind (the petition) are close to the Marcoses and GMA (former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo).”

“Unimaginable” GMA News online said the petitioners alleged that Leonen as GPH panel chair who negotiated the FAB, “agreed and granted unimaginable social, economic, political, and financial benefits to the MILF which the Executive Department may not legally grant without the concurrence of the legislative or the judicial department, or without first amending

the 1987 Constitution.”

The report said the petitioners also alleged that the conduct of the peace process was flawed because it did not include the Moro National Liberation and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.

They also said the Aquino administration did not follow Executive Order125 which defines the approach and administrative structure for the government’s peace efforts, a panel of advisers consisting of three members – one each from the Senate, House of Representatives and the Cabinet – should participate in the negotiations, something which was not done according to the petitioners.

The petitioners alleged Leonen and Ferrer usurped a power they did not have when they committed to cause the amendment of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and existing laws to conform with the FAB and CAB. Leonen and Ferrer had repeatedly said there was no need to amend the Constitution as the Bangamoro, the new autonomous political entity that both government and the MILF had agreed to, can be set up “within the flexibilities of the 1987 Constitution.”

The 1987 Constitution specifically provides for autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras.

Status in Congress GMA News online quoted a portion of the petition that said the draft BBL was a “specific potion being dispensed by the quack doctor,” that it is a potent extract from the poisonous roots FAB and CAB nourished by the (GPH) and MILF panels.”

The petitioners said only the first post-EDSA Congress that was authorized by the Constitution to create autonomous regions in Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras.

Romualdez is the cousin of Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., chair of the Senate committee on Local Government tackling the BBL. Marcos had said in a privilege speech in early June that the BBL in its present form and substance would not bring peace but “lead us to perdition” and that he would file a substitute bill.

He vowed to submit the Committee report to the Senate before Congress resumes session on July 27, also the day when President Aquino delivers his sixth and last State of the Nation Address.

In the House of Representatives, the Ad Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (AHCBBL) approved its substitute bill on May 20. The period of interpellation began on June 2 but was suspended evening of June 10, before Congress adjourned sine die. (MindaNews)

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HE revolutionary LG G4 will change the way you look at smartphones – and everything else.

Last Friday, LG Mobile’s product marketing manager Faith Mijares went to the LG Concept Store at Centrio powered by Oro Graphic, stunning everyone with the groundbreaking flagship smartphone from LG Electronics.

The much-awaited next generation model was finally revealed to much applause by the media and other selected VIPs who witnessed the event.

But the most appreciative of all

were the photographers. LG designed the 16-megapixes camera in the phone to capture stunning images even under less than ideal lighting conditions.

The camera module features an industry-first wide F1.8 aperture lens that allows 80 percent more light to reach the sensor. LG improved low-light performance even further with OIS 2.0 which doubles the performance of the OIS+ by expanding the range of image stabilization from one degree to two degrees on the X and Y axis and adding a third axis for the first time.

Just like DSLRs, the LG G4’s Manual Mode allows experienced photographers to exercise more artistic expression by directly controlling the focus, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation and white balance for every shot.

Advanced photographers can also save their photos in RAW

format addition to JPEG for more precise editing with no loss of details.

Here’s more: the advanced camera in the LG G4 is complemented by Color Spectrum Sensor, the first feature of its kind to find its way into a smartphone.

CStS improves color accuracy by precisely reading the RGB values of the ambient light in a scene as well as the infrared light reflected from objects. And for selfies good enough to frame, LG included an industry-leading eight megapixel front facing camera for sharp, detailed portraits and group shots.

Taking a quantum leap in display technology, the LG G4 is the first smartphone to use LG Display’s new 5.5 inch IPS Quantum Display which offers 20 percent greater color reproduction, 25 percent improvement in brightness and 50 percent greater contrast. This new display is calibrated for DCI standards for color expression, championed by

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Here in Cagayan de Oro City, the LGG4 is now available exclusively at the Oro Graphic-powered LG Concept Store at Centrio in genuine leather (black, brown and red), ceramic white and metallic gray and shiny gold.

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HON. LORENZO A. GAWILAN, JR. Municipal Mayor Kitaotao, Bukidnon

Hon. Joel G. Ubanan Recognized and Acknowledged the guests and visitors

One of the fast growing Municipality in the southern part of Bukidnon is the Municipality of Kitaotao, just celebrated its 49th Founding Anniversary June 18, 2015. Kitaotao was once a part of the district of Kibawe. The creation of Dangcagan into Municipality reclassified kitaotao as part of Dangcagan. Under the sponsorship of the late Benjamin B. Tabios congressman of Bukidnon, House Bill No. 1655 was passed by congress and approved by President Ferdinand E. Marcos as Republic Act No. 4801 an Act creating the Municipality of Kitaotao in the Province of Bukidnon June 18, 1966. Kitaotao composed of 35 Barangays within its political jurisdiction to date. Its first political election was on November 19, 1970.

Special Award of Recognition for Cleanest and Greenest Barangay (1st Placer Brgy. Magsaysay, 2nd Placer Brgy. San Isidro, 3rd Placer Brgy. Bershiba

(L-R) Hon. Villarosa P. Nala-SB Hon. Cesario Lantong- IP Rep. Hon. Rodito B. Rafisura- Vice Mayor Dr. Elpedio Lumarda Ph. D. Supt. Dep. Ed- Kitaotao I Hon. Edgardo Rafisura- ABC Pres.

Hon. Joel Ubanan- SB Hon. Moreno Tumindog

Edrix A. Branzuela read the glimpse of history of Kitaotao

Barangay Chairman of 35 Barangay’s of Kitaotao, Bukidnon

Hon. Vice Mayor gave his inspiring message to the people of Kitaotao

HON. RODITO B. RAFISURA Municipal Vice Mayor Kitaotao, Bukidnon

Hon. Vice Mayor Rodito Rafisura awarded the Plaque of Appreciation

(L-R) 2nd Runner up Juliet Indita, 1st Runner up Mary Joy A. Urot, Richelyn M. Tinoy Miss Kitaotao 2015, 4th Runner up Rogelyn Capunggan, 3rd Runner Donna Jane Guinita (No Picture)

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