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By Erwin Mascariñas of MindaNews

Farmers seek probe on poor seedlings

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Higaonon tribe trooped to the provincial capitol of Misamis Oriental Thursday morning and staged a protest rally to urge the provincial government to facilitate talks with the Army’s 4th Infantry Division and end their twoweek long displacement from their community.

By SARA CASTOR Correspondent

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NGCP, MTRCB fortify line safety campaign THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the operator of the country’s power transmission network, and the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) joined forces to affirm their partnership in disseminating the grid operator’s advocacy on transmission line safety and protection, and guarding against right-of-way (ROW) violations.

The partnership was formalized last June 16 through the signing of See safety, page A11

CASUALTIES OF WAR. One of the families in limbo stuck at De Lara Park in Cagayan de Oro City after they're caught in crossfire between soldiers and New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental.

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Makabayan bloc to press charges vs PNoy, others

By Antonio L. Colina IV of MindaNews

DAVAO City––The Makabayan Bloc in Congress will file charges against outgoing President Benigno S. Aquino III and some of his appointees for technical malversation, the Disburse-

ment Acceleration Program, and criminal negligence by next month, a lawmaker said Monday.

Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said during the Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City that their lawyers are now preparing the charges to be filed as soon as Aquino

steps down from office.

He said they want Aquino and outgoing Budget Secretary Butch Abad to be held accountable for the DAP, which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court for usurping Congress’ power to determine the annual budget.

He noted the Makabayan bloc was yet to identify the other officials who will be charged but said the respondents will include department heads who received and dispensed DAP funds, while Aquino administration will face technical malSee press, page A8

DAVAO City––Dozens of farmers in the province of Sultan Kudarat urged incoming Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol and President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to investigate the controversy surrounding the distribution of the lowgerminating white corn seeds worth millions of pesos.

In May this year, dozens of farmers were given seeds as part of the government’s El Niño mitigation program, but they decided not to use the OPV white corn seeds PSB Cn 93-27 (USM Var 10) after learning its low germination rate.

The farmers said the seed were allegedly distributed

by Department of Agriculture Regional Executive Director Amalia Datukan of Region 11.

Tacurong City agriculturist technologist Lilia Sobrepena, in her report to acting City Agriculturist Leoncia Nebres, said that the seeds’ germination rate ranged only to 5 percent to 15 percent according to 23 farmers who first planted See farmers, page A11

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‘Pulong’ Duterte nabbed for violating speed limit

By Antonio L. Colina IV of MindaNews

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AVAO City–– Vice Mayor Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, son of the presidentelect, was apprehended Friday morning in Bangkal here for violating the speed limit policy.

Duterte posted on his Facebook account his temporary operator’s permit (TOP) showing that he was driving at 57 kph, way beyond the 40 kph speed limit in Bangkal.

His post as of 9:12 p.m. has garnered 15,900 likes, 1,253 comments, and shared 5,456 times over.

“Giingnan 40 lang….

Pandamay ning ga dali

A screengrab photo from the official Facebook page of Davao City Vice Mayor “Pulong” Duterte, son of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.

na ka uli kay suko na imong kumander! 57 kph da dakpan tabla na ta tanan mao dapat di gyud mahadlok sa asawa basta makauli lang!”

(Loosely translates to: “Told you to stick to 40 kph…. It’s not easy when you’re rushing home because the wife is already mad! 57 kph,

see? Caught! Now we’re all equals. That’s why you shouldn’t be afraid of your wife as long as you can go home.”)

Executive Order 39, which was issued in 2013, sets the speed limits for all kinds of motor vehicles within the territorial jurisdiction of the city.

“Notwithstanding vigorous implementation by appropriate law enforcement agencies of existing traffic laws, there has been an alarming steady increase in traffic accidents on the highways, thoroughfares, streets, and roads of Davao City primarily caused by over speeding and reckless driving, with motorists perennially ignoring lawful speed limits,” it said.

Under Section 4, violators “shall, if warranted, be subjected to arrest and their vehicle impounded without prejudice to the imposition of penalties and fines.”

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Therma Marine, Inc. is 10th regional GKK awardee. DOLE Regional Director (R-XI) Atty.

Joffrey Suyao (left) hands over the award to Therma Marine Operations Director Jan Risager (second from left), while TMI team leaders Maharany Carin (third from left), Albert Banglos (center), Joudimil Omega (third from left), Dr. Jean Escalante (second from left), and OSHC Deputy Executive Director Jose Maria Batino (right). Photo supplied

Labor department cites Therma Marine

THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 11 gave AboitizPower subsidiary Therma Marine, Inc. (TMI) Mobile 1 in Maco, Compostela Valley the highest distinction available for companies that are committed to ensuring the safety and health of their workers in the workplace.

DOLE-11 Regional Director Joffrey Suyao handed over the Gawad Kaligtasan at Kalusugan (GKK) award to TMI Operations Director Jan Risager on May 30, 2016.

The GKK is a biennial national award given by DOLE in recognition of the outstanding achievements of establishments and individuals in terms of responding to the safety and health needs of workers, workplaces and community.

AboitizPower’s 300MW baseload power plant Therma South, Inc. located in Binugao, Toril, was also nominated for the award.

“This is an achievement of all our team members.

Through them, we aim to be a world-class organization,” TMI VP for Operations Jan Risager said.

“Truly you are a testament that there is a lot to gain by raising the benchmark of excellence in OSH (occupational health and safety), protecting the workers and inspiring the whole Philippine labor force to regulate such achievements,”

said Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) Deputy Executive Director Jose Maria Batino during the awarding.

For the first time, winners were selected from regional and national levels from four categories: industry, individual, microenterprises and informal sector, and government offices. All companies with notable achievements under the four categories were invited to participate.

Qualified applicants for the regional validation were subject to site visits by a team of experts from OSHC, ECC and DOLE regional offices, including representatives from each applicant’s company.

The results of the regional validation were deliberated on by the Regional Selection Committee, chaired by the DOLE regional director to determine the regional GKK champions that garner an average score of not less than 80%.

All Regional GKK champions underwent final judging to determine the National GKK Champions. A board of judges composed of representatives from the Social Security System, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, professional groups, the academe and DOLE offices will rate the contenders’ OSH practices and programs.

Aside from the 10th regional GKK award, TMI was also 2013’s Regional Awardee of Tripartite Certificate of Compliance on Labor Standards (DOLE) and No. 1 Real Property Taxpayer from 2014-2015 from the local government of Maco, Compostela Valley.

The company was the regional nominee to the Search for Outstanding Volunteers from the National Economic & Development Authority - Phil. National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency last 2015.

T ​ MI also earned recognition from the National Coast Guard through the Marine Environmental Protection Command for the Oil Spill Awareness and Emergency Response Seminar, and for the Marine Mammal Stranding Response for Pygmy Sperm Whale from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region XI. The two Therma Marine power barges in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte and Maco, Compostela Valley are currently providing 200 MW of dependable peaking power to Mindanao.

It is one of the most efficient peaking power plants in the region and it is helping 23 customers electric cooperatives and distribution utilities - by cutting brownouts in these areas significantly.

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By Erwin Mascariñas of MindaNews

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Higaonon tribe trooped to the provincial capitol of Misamis Oriental Thursday morning and staged a protest rally to urge the provincial government to facilitate talks with the Army’s 4th Infantry Division and end their twoweek long displacement

from their community.

“We evacuated from our homes last June 5 after another military operation in our communities…. The worst part is that this is the fourth time that we have been displaced from our homes,” said Nenita Hilugon, secretary general of Tagtabolon, a Higaonon tribal organization.

She said the evacuees number about 200 com-

ing from 46 families from Sitio Camansi and Sitio Tapol, Barangay Banglay in Lagonglong town.

Hilugon pointed out that they have no problems with soldiers passing the area but it is a huge risk having soldiers stay in their community.

“At first [the soldiers] said they were just conducting a community activity but we got alarmed when

pa tapos yung ibang classrooms for SHS,” the source disclosed.

New shortages brought about by K-to-12’s additional years are on top of existing ones and despite the Aquino administration’s claim that the lack of classrooms, textbooks and teachers has been addressed as of February 2015.

Last schoolyear in Bataan, village kids including Aetas reportedly continued to hold classes in a chapel and its garage with no electricity. Meanwhile, DepEd-recognized alternative schools in the Southern Philippines remain in dire need ot textbooks.

In a small town in Metro Manila, classes do not start until July because the SHS school building has not been completed. In Central Visayas and Mindanao, schools are obliged to share spaces such as classrooms, offices and gymnasiums with secondary classes as around 3,000 SHS classrooms are still under construction.

The full implementation of K-to-12 also adds to the perennial shortage of teaching personnel. According to the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), more than 79,000 teachers and non-teaching staff stand to be displaced due to the curriculum shift.

A Grade 10 completer from Quezon City-based high school Florida A. Ylagan says that his school is not SHS-ready. There are only 42 SHS-ready public schools in Quezon City, while there are 208 nonDepEd (private schools and State colleges and universities) schools that are SHSready. Although his family would have preferred for him to stay at Flora A. Ylagan, the boy had to enroll in an Affordable Private Education Center (APEC)

A PRISON ministry official called on President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and his allies in Congress to rethink their stance in lowering the age of criminal responsibility.

Rodolfo Diamante, executive secretary of the bishops’ prison ministry, said plans to lower the age at which children can be prosecuted as adults could lead to “dire consequences,” a lay church leader has warned.

Rodolfo Diamante, executive secretary of the bishops’ prison ministry, said children in conflict with the law should not be treated like ordinary criminals because they are “victims who should be helped.”

they said they were going to stay for several weeks,” she said.

Hilugon said they then packed their belongings, fearing they may be caught in the crossfire.

“Turned out we were right since just moments after we left our homes, we heard bursts of gunfire and explosions coming from where the soldier were,” she said.

Hilugon and other IDPs, sometimes referred to as “bakwits,” acknowledge and did not deny that members of the New People’s Army (NPA) pass by their community every now and then but pointed out that the NPA guerillas respected the community’s demand by not staying near the homes of the people.

Datu Reynaldo “Mahuhukom” Ayuma, tribal

leader, explained why the community has been afraid of the presence of soldiers.

“When they operate in our community, they would just accuse anyone of being members of the NPA. Last year, I was accused and harassed while I was tending in my farm. I was interrogated and asked where my firearms were. They accused me of being a member of

The incoming administration of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte is considering reducing the age a person could be prosecuted as an adult from 15 to 12 years old due to the perceived escalation in youth crime.

He said several studies have already been conducted on the matter which showed that most children aged 14 and below lack capacity to discern.

In 1997, a study titled “Beyond Innocence” conducted by the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) found that the age of discernment of in-school Filipino children is 15 years old.

The Philippine Action for Youth and Offenders

(PAYO), a child rights network assisting children in conflict with the law in the country, also conducted a similar research in 2002.

PAYO’s “Arrested Development” study, which targeted out-of-school Filipino youth who are the ones who figure in crimes, revealed that the age of discernment of OSY children is 18-years old. “ These studies validated that these minors don’t know what is right or wrong,” said Diamante, who had been working in the prison ministry for more than two decades now.

“They should also make decisions based on studies and not from their own observations,” he added.

(CBCPNews)

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SHS: Public funds for Church official thumbs down plan private gain refrain to lower age of criminal responsibility AMID much debate among its implementers and constituents, the Enhanced Basic Education Program or Kindergarten + 12’s Senior High School (SHS) debuted for Grade 10 completers this week. Eleventh graders started on the track of their chosen profession, the choices being the (1) Academic Track comprised of Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM); Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS); Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM); and General Academic Strand (GAS); (2) Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (TechVoc/VL) Track; (3) Sports Track; and (4) Arts and Design Track.

The Department of Education (DepEd) dubbed this week’s opening as the best ever as the country is smoothly embarking on K-to-12 and is more than ready for SHS rollout.

However, indications of SHS-unreadiness as well as government’s aggressive partnership with the profitoriented private sector in delivering education services buttress the criticism by progressive educators, student groups and citizens of the neoliberalization of the education system.

Ill-prepared amid perennial shortages DepEd reports that there are a little over 11,000 SHSready schools. But only a little over 50% of these or 5,990 are public or DepEdoperated and funded. According to an insider, the department’s assurance that 1.5 million Grade 10 completers can be accommodated by SHS facilities includes the assumption that double-shifting would continue. Double-shifting pertains to accommodating two shifts of classes in one room each day due to insufficient facilities. “Hindi

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n several studies have already been conducted on the matter which showed that most children aged 14 and below lack capacity to discern.

“So why penalize them?

The government should instead go after those using these children in criminal activities,” said Diamante.

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The CYNOSURE detests doom saying. However, the readers and the general public should understand that, in the case of a “constitutional crisis,” an “interregnum” would take place in the corridors of power.

In other words, the winning candidates of the incoming administration would not be able to formally take the oath of office until the COMELEC issues a final decision on the LP’s petition to extend the deadline in the filing of the SOCE. However, under the scenario, the winning candidates would certainly insist on assuming the post as mandated under the COMELEC rules.

Otherwise, the supporters and leaders of the incoming winning candidates would go out to the street to demand justice for the elected candidates.

Of course, the LP hierarchy, on a “hold over” status pending the final resolution of the petition

for extension would also mobilize their supporters and sympathizers.

Obviously, anarchy is going to take place as both sides meet in the streets to assert their electoral rights.

The rub is: the incumbent administration might employ the final alternative to quell the anarchy: Martial Law! A martial law in July?

One should remember that until President-elect Rodrigo Duterte takes his oath of office as the 17th Philippine President in July 1, President Benigno Aquino remains the country’s chief executive.

Many share the anxieties that, considering without expecting, that the failure of the COMELEC to make a final decision on the LP’s petition before July 1 could trigger a protest to press the assumption of the LP’s Vice President Leni Robredo.

Following the COMELEC rules, Robredo could not assume her post as Vice

said.

In Febru In April, ary, he said he said he he was open was ready to to bilateral die to assert negotiations Val G. Abelgas the country’s with China claims over over the possibility of joint exploration the disputed islands in the of the Spratlys, echoing South China Sea but on Beijing’s line. He also said the same breath, he said he might be willing to soften he would go to China and the Philippines’ stance sig- talk to its government if nificantly — if China would the latter refuses to comply build railroads in Bicol and with the decision of a UN in Mindanao. “Build us a arbitration tribunal hearing railway just like the one you the Philippines’ case against built in Africa, and let’s set China. aside disagreements for a Shortly after it became apparent that he would be while,” he said.

Duterte was also skeptic proclaimed the next presiabout the Philippines’ case dent of the Philippines, at the tribunal, saying the Duterte told US President ruling wouldn’t be worth Barack Obama over the anything if China didn’t phone that he would concomply with it. “I have a sider holding bilateral talks similar position as China’s. with China if efforts to I don’t believe in solving resolve the dispute failed to the conflict through an progress. While Duterte asinternational tribunal,” he sured Obama that he would

continue with the mutual interests between the two longtime allies and that the Philippines would remain allied with the Western world on the South China Sea issue, he also told the US president that “if it (sea dispute) goes in still waters…there’s no wind to move the sail, I might opt to go bilateral.”

In another hint that the incoming administration would make a U-turn from President Aquino’s hardline stance against the Chinese, including comparing Chinese President Xi Jin-ping to Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler, Duterte described the Chinese leader “a great president.”

In October 2014 shortly after the murder of Jennifer Laude by a US serviceman, Duterte said it would be better to scrap the

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tions last May 9, 2016. This means that even the individual winners, under the LP political party in the May 9 elections, could not assume the post on July 1, 2016.

If the situation takes place, a “constitutional crisis” would likely occur because the other winning LP candidates would assert the victory, especially if the individual winner has already filed the SOCE with the COMELEC – take the case of Leni Robredo and other elected LP candidates..

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Sea row: Where does Duterte really stand?

With the United States and China getting bolder ALLAN M. MEDIANTE and bolder in their raging Editor-in-Chief word war over the South China Sea, it is becoming ruel pelone CRIS DIAZ increasingly probable that Managing Editor Executive Editor the conflict could come to CHENG ORDOÑEZ MARK FRANCISCO JOEL ESCOL a head in the near future.

Associate Editor Lifestyle Editor Feature Editor And while several countries both in the Asia-Pacific and gerry lee gorit GILBERT Y. CHAO in Europe have made clear Motoring Editor Photo Journalist their stand on the issue, it PAT SAMONTE CHRIS PANGANIBAN seems the incoming leaderRegional Editor Caraga Regional Editor-Davao ship in the Philippines has

not made up its mind where Rene Michael BaÑos uRIEL C. QUILINGUING to stand in case the crisis Regional Editor Northmin Contributing Editor escalates further.

AL JACINTO JOE FELICILDA President-elect Rodrigo Regional Editor-WestMin Editorial Consultant Duterte has sent mixed signals on where he actufelix santillan EDSEL BANTOL ally stands on the issue.

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Many are suspecting that the Liberal Party (LP) deliberately violated the deadline in the submission of the election Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE). There are apprehensions that the LP wants to test the mettle of the Commissions on Elections (COMELEC).

From the looks of it, it appears that the COMELEC is giving in to the LP’s petition for extension in the filing of the SOCE. Otherwise, with the COMELEC denial, a “constitutional crisis” might take place because of another question that might come in.

Will the incoming administration simply sits in if the LP gets a favorable COMELEC ruling? That is another story.

Under the COMELEC rule, the failure of the LP, as a political party, to file the SOCE on time would, likewise, affect the candidacy of other LP candidates, especially the winners, in the national and local elec-

On Distant Shore

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It’s about murder for whatever reason

Dear President-elect Duterte,

job properly does not make us exempt Letter to the Editor this from those who would seek to silence the

That was quite a mouthful you unleashed on media Thursday night. We do appreciate your reminder that, yes, we journalists are not a uniformly lily-white breed, in fact none of us are, although we would not go so far as to consider ourselves in the same line of work as publicists for theirs is a totally different field as you yourself pointed out.

It is true that what you describe as the “vultures” among us are, indeed, a major dilemma for our profession, and it is something that we have always acknowledged, even if there are those who conveniently overlook this. And yes, hard as it is for many people to believe, we – as an organization – do take efforts to convince colleagues, whether our members or not, that the side of right is, well, always right. Sadly, too, we cannot claim to have been totally successful in this score although this has not stopped us from trying.

We also agree, as we have pointed out time and again, that corruption could be the reason why some journalists are murdered just as you also correctly pointed out that even the “righteous” get bumped off anyway for doing their jobs right, the acknowledgment of which we truly appreciate.

And yes, we wholeheartedly agree that even doing

truth.

Having cleared the air about that, we would like to say this: We do and will always take exception to your sweeping generalization that “karamihan” of the fallen were done in because they were corrupt, for the simple reason that this is just not so. But even if it were, we maintain that nothing, not corruption, and certainly not truth-telling, can ever justify murder.

That, we presume, is why we have laws and a government to ensure these laws are obeyed and, most importantly, to ensure the protection of each and every citizen. We are sure you agree that journalists, both the good and the bad, are citizens entitled to equal protection of the law.

This, Sir, is why we raise such a ruckus whenever a journalist is murdered. Because, again, we stress, nothing can ever justify murder.

We agree that it is not within your powers to provide each and every one of us security, nor did it ever occur to us to ask you to.

But what we do expect, and what each and every Filipino deserves, is that government care enough to ensure See letter, page A6

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Agnor guv prioritizes ‘Education for All’

By Nora C. Lanuza Molde of PIA-13

BUTUAN City -- “Making life better for all Agusanons has always been our ardent quest for vision,” says Agusan del Norte governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. AmanteMatba.

In her state of the province address (SOP) held Friday here, Matba gave emphasis on the importance of giving priority to the education of the youth in the province.

Matba said that for the

past few years, the province continues to invest in the young generation and ‘Education for All’ has always been one of her primary goals.

“As leaders and policy makers, it is truly a big challenge to provide education that would equip learners with the needed competencies and prepare them ready for life,” said gov. Matba.

Several programs were successfully launched to improve the performance with

the support of the parents and other stakeholders, gov. added.

As a result, in 2015, a reduction of 1.53 percent of the dropout rate in the elementary level in the entire province was achieved.

Governor Matba also reported that the province’s enrolment rate in year 2015 has exceeded the school age population recorded by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). A total of 42,557 students were enrolled as

against the PSA count of 39,975.

Also, the province’s performance in the 2015 National Achievement Test in the grade 6 level improved to 87.47 percent from the 2014 achievement of 84.13 percent.

The quality of education provided in the province according to governor Matba has produced students with exceptional talents and skills.

In 2015, Xavier Clyde S. Dubduban of Northern Mindanao

Intitute placed first in the regional Science Fair Contest in Microscope Focusing and Karl Andrea Culta got third Best Presenter in the over-all National Radio category.

Similarly for the teacher category, governor Matba has announced that Agusan del Norte was the National Champion for Science Investigatory project (Physical

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PopCom Caraga regional director Alexander A. Makinano highlighted the significant contribution of male presence in nurturing the children and fulfilling his responsibilities as a husband to his wife.

In the observance of Father’s Day, PopCom, through its Responsible

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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that JEFFREY B. BLANCO has filed with this office a petition for the change of first name from “BOYET” to “JEFFREY” in the Certificate of Live Birth of BOYET BERSABAL BLANCO who was born on NOV. 21, 1982 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are MARCELO OSABEL BLANCO and EVANGELINE ARBISO BERSABAL. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than June 26, 2016.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that ANDRES JR. A. GICA has filed with this office a petition for the change of first name from “NATHANIEL” to “ANDRES JR.” in the Certificate of Live Birth of NATHANIEL ARIAS GICA who was born on DEC.7, 1966 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are ANDRES LAURO GICA and JULIANA NUÑEZ ARIAS. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than June 26, 2016.

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Republic of the Philippines Province of Bukidnon Municipality of Quezon OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Petition No. CCE-44-2016 In the mattef of: Petition for change of sex ( Gender ) in the Certificate of Live Birth of HAIRENE BERRIE LOZANO from “Male” to “Female” under Registry No. 1,554 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Petitioner, HAIRENE BERRIE LOZANO, having filed with this Office the above mentioned Petition for change of sex (Gender) in her Certificate of live Birth bearing Registry No. 1,554 from “Male” to “Female” and finding the same to be sufficient in form and substance, and in compliance with Sec. 5 R.A. 9048 / R.A. 10172, as well as Par. 3, Subsec. 2 of its Implementing Rules and Regulations let this Petition be PUBLISHED in a Newspaper of general circulation at least once (1) a week for two (2) consecutive weeks at the expense of petitioner.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than July 08, 2016.

Done this 7th day of June, 2016 at Quezon, Bukidnon, Philippines.

(SGD.) ALEJANDRO SUMILJG

Municipal Civil Registrar

R.A. 9048 Form No.10.1 (LCR O)

CIVIL CASE NO.2016-056

R.A. 9048 Form No.10.1 (LCR O) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao del Norte City/Municipality: Iligan City

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A.10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that ROSSEN LLOYD A. BUGNA has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ROSSEN LLOYD AVES BUGNA who was born on 09 September 1992 at Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte and whose parents are Fedelia A. Aves and Rosendo C. Bugna.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than July 2016.

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A.10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that JIBBLYN FEB G. GANADEN has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JIBBYLYN FEB GURREA GANADEN who was born on 05 FEBRUARY 1994 at Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte and whose parents are Irenia L. Gurrea and Jibb V. Ganaden.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than July 2016.

(Sgd.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARIÑAS City Civil Registrar

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(Sgd.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARIÑAS City Civil Registrar

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Republic of the Philippines FOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE:PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JUSTIANO C. SULATORIO AND ZENETH AJALA SULATORIO,

CIVIL CASE NO.2016-055

JUSTIANO C. SULATORIO AND ZENETH AJALA SULATORI,,

Petitioners.

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JIMMY E. MEJORADA AND MARY ZUL MAAMO-MEJORADA,

Petitioners.

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MUNICIPAL MAYOR SIBAGAT, AGUSAN DEL SUR

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao del Norte City/Municipality: Iligan City

Republic of the Philippines FOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE:PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JIMMY E. MEJORADA AND MARY ZUL MAAMO-MEJORADA

HON. THELMA G. LAMANILAO, M.D.

(SGD.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO City Civil Registrar

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

(SGD.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO City Civil Registrar

“SIBAGATNON IKAW ANG NUMERO UNO”

en partners are at greater risk of abuse which may lead to unintended pregnancies and STDs as well as direct injuries, including abortion and miscarriage.

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

ORDER

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others.

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rites on October 20, 1984 at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were duly Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at undersigned counsel Room 220 Leon Plaza, Yacapin-Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City.

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated from each other for more than twenty six (26) years now,they decided to separate live physically in bed and board thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation.

Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, surviving their marriage bond on October 20, 1984, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on July 8, 2016 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 6th day of June, 2016.

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others.

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rites on June 28, 2000 at Cagayan De Oro City, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were duly Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at the undersigned counsel Room 220 Leon Plaza, Yacapin-Velez. St., Cagayan de Oro City.

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated from each other for more than ten (10) years now,they decided to separate live physically in bed and board thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, surviving their marriage bond on June 28, 2000, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on July 8, 2016 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 6th day of June, 2016.

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IVY B. VILLAR,

Petitioner,

CIVIL CASE NO.2016-050

-versus- FOR: Judicial Decree of Divorce

(Faskh) MUSTAPHA MOHAMAD MOUNIR BSAT,

Respondent.

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TO: MUSTAPHA MOHAMAD MOUNIR BSAT, 1828 San Marcelino, Malate, Manila

GREETINGS:

By virtue f the Court Order dated June 2, 2016, You are hereby required to apear or file with this court within ten (10) days from the date of the last publication of this summons, either personally, through counsel or with the assistance of the Clerk of Court at 2nd Floor, Nnacy Bldg., Camague Hi-way, Tomas Cabili, Iligan City (in front of Shell Station), your answer to the petition filed by you wife (IVY B. VILLAR), which substance she prays for a grant to Divorce by Faskh on the ground of failure of the husband to support for the family and unusual cruelty under Arts. 52 & 53 of the .D 1083

You are hereby required to serve a copy of your answer upon petitioner at his residence Gimangpang, Initao, Misamis Oriental. You are reminded of the provisions in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the answers.

Should you fail to come personally or through a representative or file your answer to the petition within the aforesaid period, the Court shall proceed to receive the evidence ex-parte upon which judgment shall be rendered.

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Science) and on the Spot Improvisation of Materials in Science.

During the year 2015, a total of 218 elementary and secondary school buildings amounting to P194,757,194.77 were constructed in the province under her administration.

(NCLM, PIA-Agusan del Norte).

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(Sgd.) Nasroding A. Ali Clerk of Court

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Solon urges power firm to DOLE –DEPED-PRC convergence fast track sitio electrification project hire OFWs as teachers projects in Zambo City

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Lobregat met with Zamcelco officials on Thursday to obtain the latest accomplishment reports with regard to the completed, ongoing and evaluated projects for bidding and implementation all over this city.

NEA allocated PHP25.379million for the electrification of 15 sitios.

Eng’r. Edgardo Ancheta, Zamcelco general manager, said that 14 sitios have already been energized by the cooperative through the SEP. Ancheta said there is also an ongoing electrification project, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of this month.

He said there will be five sitios in Barangay Limaong, 83 kilometer east of City

Hall, that are to be energized through the same program.

The NEA has allotted PHP13 million for the five projects.

Lobregat said that prior to his initiatives to include sitios in District 2 and as well as District 1, he has coordinated with second district Rep. Lilia Nuño for him to be able to make the necessary follow-up at NEA for the implementation of this program in both districts.

Nuño has been appreciative of Lobregat’s effort in pushing for the sitio electrification in the second district.

Lobregat said that he will continue to seek subsidy funds from NEA for the energization of the remaining un-energized sitios in this city. (PNA)

ZAMB OANGA City -Three (3) Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Region 9 who used to work as household service workers (HSW) were given the opportunity to work as teachers under the pioneering convergence project of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) - Department of Education (DepEd) and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) dubbed “Sa Pinas Ikaw ang Ma’am/Sir.” “Sa Pinas Ikaw ang Ma’am/Sir” is a component program part of the comprehensive package of the National Reintegration Program of DOLE for OFWs who are LET passers and which aims to offer local

we do and will demand this of you as well, in the name from page A4 of all 174 of our colleagues ensure that murder does who have been murdered not go unpunished. Yes, Sir, since 1986 for it is part of

your duty to ensure justice for them, as well as for the legions whose murders remain unaddressed, thus perpetuating the impunity with which those who do not value life continue to snatch it at whim.

This was something past administrations failed or simply did not care to do

and we took them to task for it. We sincerely hope you will break this chain of apathy and that our fallen colleagues and all other victims of the culture of impunity will finally begin to get justice. It is with this hope that we will ask you again and again over the next six years about

ZAMBOANGA City -- District 1 Rep. Celso Lobregat has urged the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) “to act with sense of urgency” in the implementation of the Sitio Electrification Program (SEP) subsidized

by National Electrification Administration (NEA).

Lobregat said the SEP projects are very vital because such will enable all the corners of this city to be energized and enjoy the benefits of having electricity.

Lobregat said this “Missionary Electrification Program” has enabled an equal opportunity for far-flung barangays to have an energized community without considering greater profit for the local electric cooperative.

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employment to OFWs,” said Imelda Gatinao of DOLE. The three OFWs - Marizon C. Ortega, Windelle E. Dago-oc and Marilou C. Parilla were given opportunity to return to the country and are now part of the DepEd workforce in the region.

Gatinao narrated how Marizon Ortega of Zamboanga City successfully made it as program recipient.

Ortega used to work in Mongolia as a tutor. She was surfing the net when she chanced upon the program for HSWs who are LET passers. She tried her luck and applied online. She was immediately hired, so she returned to the country in June 2015 and by September of same year, she was already working as a Science teacher for Grade 9 at the

Zamboanga National High School West.

“Este trabaho bien grande gracia para comigo y mio familia. Del primero yan lingasa yo na mio bolbida aqui pero ya ayuda el DOLE ase comigo campante,” (this work is really a blessing to me and my family”, my homecoming created a considerable anxiety in me and DOLE helped me by easing that anxiety) Ortega said.

Another beneficiary is Windelle Dagoo-oc. She finished her education course in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur in 2009. She left the country in 2012 to work as HSW in Hongkong and took the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) in 2013 administered by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) and

murdered journalists, regardless of what they were and why they were killed.

Having said that, we do hope you will be willing to help us and other media organizations address the often onerous working conditions faced by so many of our colleagues in the frontlines, the long hours for meager pay and, at times, deliberate orders to violate ethics at the risk of losing their jobs, that can push the desperate and the weak towards becoming, as you say, “vultures.”

And yes, lest we forget, also make good on your pledge to end contractualization, which victimizes so many of our colleagues in major outfits, both in the national capital and the provinces.

In this way, we hope we can, together, help improve conditions for those among us whose realities make them most prone to

corruption.

As for your dare to boycott you, we are very sorry but we will not, cannot, indulge you. Besides, it was not a call made by the Philippine media, for while we may have our differences, as we have had with past presidents, it has never occurred to us to abdicate our duty, which is to keep watch on government and help ensure it does right by the governed and to scrutinize and ask the hard questions.

For serving the people is as much the mandate of each and every independent Filipino journalist as it is yours.

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Manila, 16 June 2016 – Now, flying with Cebu Pacific will not only take travelers to the best destinations here and abroad, it will also bring much-needed health and nutrition to infants and young children.

Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB), the Philippines’ leading airline, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have partnered to introduce the Change for Good program in the country. CEB is the Change for Good launch partner in Southeast Asia.

“Change for Good is an extraordinary opportunity to help lay the foundation for the Philippines’ future. The team looks forward to working hand in hand with our guests in making a difference in many children’s lives,” said Lance Gokongwei, Cebu Pacific President and CEO. Change for Good® is an innovative global partnership between UNICEF and the international airline industry. Established in 1987, the program is designed to collect NOTICE

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Change for Good will initially be implemented from CEB’s Manila hub starting July 1, before being rolled out across its other Philippine hubs.

“We are very thankful to Cebu Pacific for empowering its thousands of everyday passengers to contribute through their own small way, towards helping provide health and wellness to children in the most at-risk communities,” said Lotta Sylwander, UNICEF Philippines country representative.

During mid-flight, after the Fun Games, CEB cabin crew will invite passengers to make a donation to help fund UNICEF’s 1,000 Days Health and Nutrition program.

The program aims to provide optimal health and nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a Filipino child, from a mother’s pregnancy to the child’s See nutrition, page A11 EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of spouses JOSE G. GABOR and MARCOSA ACAS, who died intestate at Butuan City on August 14, 1971 and June 12, 2002, respectively, consisting of a parcel of land (Lot 3-D-3-C-1, of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-133691, being a portion of Lot 3-D-3-C, (LRC) Psd-160139, LRC Rec. No. N. Pat.) situated at Butuan City covered under Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-6207 with Jose G. Gabor married to Marcosa Acas, as the registered owner/holder, containing an area of 799 square meters, more or less, is the subject of a DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED SPOUSES JOSE G. GABOR AND MARCOSA ACAS made and entered into by and among the deceased spouses Jose G. Gabor and Marcos Acas’ heirs, namely, Matilde Gabor Delos Reyes and Emilia Gabor-Sanchez, who were also both dead but duly represented by their children who in turn were represented by virtue of Special Powers of Attorney in favor of Fely R. Godiz-Ruiz, Teresita Delos Reyes-Milan, Rosanna R. Ogahayon, Rammel Delos Reyes, Ryan Delos Reyes, and Armi Sanchez-Timon, per Doc. No. 43; Page No. 9; Book No. V; Series of 2015 of the Notarial Registry of Atty. Roldan L. Torralba, Notary Public at the City of Butuan.

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased ALICIA MACAN AGUSTIN, who died on January 29, 2008 at Davao City, Philippines; left a parcel of land Lot 5 Block 2 situated at Dahlia St., Purok 1 P 1 Mintal Relocation, Bo. Sto. Nino, Mintal, Davao City, with an area of ONE HUNDRED SQUARE METERS (100 SQ.M.) more or less, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS, made and entered by and among; ALEX LABORADA AGUSTIN, widower, ALVIN MACAN AGUSTIN married to AMI LYNE ROSE YORONG AGUSTIN, ALEXIS M. AGUSTIN married to JOCELYN FAMORCA AGUSTIN, ALAIN M. AGUSTIN married to LESLIE ROMERA AGUSTIN, AILEEN AGUSTIN GARCIA married to CHRISTIAN LU GARCIA, ALMA AGUSTIN MANUNGAS married to NOLI EMMANUEL V. MANUNGAS, all of legal ages, all Filipinos, and residents of Davao City, Philippines; are the legitimate, surviving and legal heirs. That the parties hereto agree to extrajudicially settle among themselves the said property and WAIVE their rights on the above mentioned property in favor of ALEX L. AGUSTIN. Under Notary public of ATTY. SALVADOR M. BIJIS; as per Doc. No. 361; Page No. 73; Book No. 100; Series of 2016.

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We, MARIA CRISTIE TAGLE, YVAN JOSHUA TAGLE and YASMIN RAE TAGLE, all of legal age, widow single, single, (single, married/widow), residents of Pandan Mambajao, Camiguin, respectively, hereby freely and voluntarily declare and state that: 1. We are the legal and sole heirs of the deceased JESSIE F. TAGLE, who died on October 24, 2015 at Pasig City (the “Deceased) 2. The Deceased died intestate, without leaving any Last Will and Testament, and without any outstanding debts; 3. The Deceased left the following property/ies, to wit: a. Bank account maintained with Ortigas Ave Ext St Joseph branch of BDO Unibank, in the amount of P151,267.91 plus interest accruing; b. ________________________; c. ________________________; d. ________________________; 4. Pursuant to Section 1 of Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, we have agreed to waive our share in the aforementioned property/ies in favor of

MARIA CRISTIE TAGLE

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this day of 31 MAY 2016 at PASIG CITY.

Signed in the presence of: _______________________ _______________________ Witness Witness ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) PASIG CITY ) s.s.

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NAMES: All known to me and me known to be the same person who executed and signed the foregoing Deed of Extra-judicial Settlement of the Estate of the deceased (name of the Deceased), which deed consist of ( ) pages, including this page where on the Acknowledgement appears, signed by the parties and the instrumental witnesses at the bottom of the last page and the left hand margin of each and every page thereof, and the partial acknowledged to me that the same is their free and voluntary act and deed.

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CIVIL CASE NO. 845 FOR: DAMAGES

EMERITA BLAKEMORE, Defendant. x---------------------------------/ AMENDED ORDER A motion for reconsideration of the June 1, 2016 Order was filed by plaintiff’s counsel, on grounds stated therein.

Finding the motion to be impressed with merit, the same is partially granted. As the judge will be on leave on September 7, 2016, the Order dated June 1, 2016 is amended changing the date from August 24, 2016 to September 14, 2016, to wit: “In the scheduled pre-trial this morning, plaintiff and counsel appeared while defendant failed to appear.

Records will show that defendant was not served with a copy of the notice because she is allegedly out of town. Several times in the past, notices were also not served upon defendant for the same reason that she is out of town. Defendant already filed an Answer in this case and appeared through an agent when she executed a Special Power of Attorney.

As the court has no address of such agent, notices were still sent to defendant’s last known address in Camiguin.

In order that defendant will be notified of the next scheduled hearing and as prayed for, a notice by publication is hereby ordered directing defendant EMERITA BLAKEMORE to appear on SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 at 8:30 AM. for pre-trial.

At the expense of plaintiff, let a copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao for three (3) consecutive weeks.”

ORDERED. Mambajao, Camiguin, June 2, 2016.

NOTARY PUBLIC

(SGD.) NANNETTE MICHOTE E. LAO

Presiding Judge MDN: JUNE 13, 20 & 27, 2016

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ARMM ready for implementation of senior high school program MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, June 17 (PIA) -- The Education Department in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepEd-ARMM) is now ready for the implementation of the senior high school program, the centerpiece of the new K to 12 basic education system.

Out of 304 public secondary schools in the region, the DepEd-ARMM has already identified a total of 156 that offer senior high school program.

The region is expecting around 35,000 Grade 11 students this school year, the pioneering batch of senior high school students.

This year’s program covers the last two years of the K to 12 and includes Grades 11 and 12. In senior high school, students will go through a core curriculum and subjects under a track of their choice.

It will allow students to choose from specific tracks namely: academic, technical-vocational-live-

lihood, arts and design, and sports. These tracks will prepare future graduates should they decide to pursue higher education (college), seek immediate employment, or become entrepreneurs.

Marjuni Maddi, DepEdARMM’s assistant secretary for academics, admitted there are still problems in the implementation of the program such as lack of teachers as well as classrooms that are still under construction.

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In sustaining this advocacy, PopCom strengthens one of its initiatives for men – the KATROPA or Kalalakihang Tumutugon sa Responsibilidad at Obligasyon para sa Kalusuganng Ina at Pamilya through Training of Trainers and Rollout Sessions in the region. This initiative aims to equip husbands and men with the right information about reproductive health and family planning; empowered them with knowledge about themselves.

KATROPA initiative also promotes gender equality and women empowerment. Providing accurate RH information, offering essential and quality RH care services to men benefits both men and women in various ways such as expanding the range of contraceptive options, supporting women’s contraceptive use, and preventing STDs. PopCom also underscored that if males are involved in discussions and activities on maternal health and responsible parenting, they could become advocates who could pushfor needed policies and programs in their respective communities.

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malversation charges in relation to 116 projects.

Zarate added they are looking into Aquino’s possible direct responsibility in the Mamasapo clash on Jan. 25, 2015 where 44 members of the Philippine National Police’s Special Action Force, 17 members of the Moro islamic Liberation Front, and five civilians were killed.

He said they want to hold responsible former PNP chief Alan Purisima and ex-SAF director Getulio Napeñas.

He said the operation would not have happened without President Aquino’s approval.

He said it was an anti-terrorist operation by the US but was carried out by Filipinos. “Tayo-tayo ang nagpapatayan,” (We ended up killing each other).

He added Aquino has a pending case of rice smuggling before the Ombudsman but it has remained unresolved due to the legal immunity enjoyed by a sitting president.

The Makabayan bloc in the 17th Congress includes Zarate, Gabriela Women’s Party’s Emmi De Jesus and Arlene Brosas, ACT Teachers’ Antonio Tinio and France Castro, Anakpawis’ Ariel Casilao, and Kabataan’s Sara Jane Elago. (Antonio L. Colina IV/ MindaNews)

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“Yes, we still have problems but we are doing our best to accommodate the students and we assure them (we would) fix these problems as soon as we can,” Asec Maddi said.

“On June 13, the first day of school, we actually visited schools to see the students’ situation,” he added.

Asec. Maddi said the department will also fill up 933 senior high school teaching positions this year.

The expected salaries of senior high school teachers will range from P19,940 to P39,493 monthly. Applicants will be ranked according to DepEd’s criteria for evaluation and selection process.

E arly this year, the ARMM’s Public Works and Highways department started constructing 819 classrooms for senior high school. “Ang mga classrooms na ipapatayo ay para sa full implementation ng K to 12 program sa

ARMM (The classrooms to be constructed are for the full implementation of K to 12 program in ARMM),” DepEd-ARMM Secretary Dr. John Magno said.

The projects are worth more than P1 billion from DepEd-ARMM’s 2015 Basic Education Facilities Fund. The Division of Maguindanao I will receive the largest number of projects with 165 classrooms worth more than P158 million.

(Bureau of Public Information/APB/PIA-10)

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The greatest of all T he G ospel of J esus C hrist (June20, 2016-Monday) Luke24”He appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking along on their way to the country. They went away and reported it to the others, but they did not believe them either.

Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart,

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from page A4 Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the US if Filipinos cannot get justice in its own territory.

But two weeks ago, Duterte said he was in favor of continuing EDCA because “we don’t have good external defense capabilities.”

These pronouncements point to an inconsistent, unclear foreign policy vis-à-vis China and the US under the Duterte administration, and experts are worried that Beijing could exploit this situation to gain advantage in the ongoing sea dispute.

For example, by saying that he would give Aquino’s ‘lawfare’ strategy two years and if nothing happens, he would hold bilateral talks with China, he is playing right into China’s hand and place the Philippines in the weak end of the negotiations. The Chinese would just continue with its arrogance and wait out the two years, knowing that they would get what they wanted shortly after.

The Philippines’ efforts to push back on China have gained the backing of most of ASEAN countries, US, Japan, European Union and the G-7 leaders, who are in recent weeks doubling their efforts to pressure China into submitting to the decision of the UN tribunal. The decision is expected to come within the next few weeks.

With the increasing tension in the South China Sea, which has led to the rapid militarization of the region, the conflict could easily escalate from a shouting war to a shooting war.

In late May, the G-7 leaders sent a strong message to China.

“We are concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas, and emphasize the fundamental importance of peaceful management and settlement of disputes,” the G7 leaders said.

They said claims in the East and South China Seas should

because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen: Did you feel sadness for a departed love ones?

Did you question God for the said incident? Did you think that everything ended because the person you trusted and relied with was gone already? Jesus will open any close door for you to see his mighty power. Sometimes you misunderstood your be made based on international law and countries should refrain from “unilateral actions that could increase tensions” while also avoiding “force or coercion in trying to drive their claims.”

China retorted that the G-7 leaders should stop hyping the territorial disputes in the South China Sea, saying the arbitration case brought by the Philippines is the root cause of the instability in the region. Chinese state media bluntly told the G-t leaders to stop meddling in the regional disputes.

Calling the Philippines’ arbitration case just a show, Beijing warned “it will take a strong position in response” once the Philippines and its military allies use force in enforcing the ruling.

In Singapore over the weekend, Rear Adm. Guan Youfei, director of the foreign affairs office of China’s national defense ministry, reiterated China

situations in life. You focus on man instead to the creator of this person in your life. You need to believe that there is greater than the person you lost. Your God is the best and the greatest of all. In fact; he is the sweetest of all. The empty tomb was the concrete evidence of Jesus powerful resurrection. The death of Jesus was temporary only. Your death is just temporary also because would ignore the decision of the international arbitration panel in the Philippines’ lawsuit.

As Duterte shows vacillation in his China stand, Beijing has been emboldened to continue its military buildup in the region through its artificial islands.

US patrols observed Chinese vessels surveying the disputed Scarborough Shoal (Panatag Shoal) for another possible reclamation project.

Scarborough Shoal is just 120 nautical miles off the coast of Zambales and just 200 nautical miles from Manila. It is around 470 nautical miles from the closest point on the Chinese mainland.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned in Singapore on Saturday that Chinese construction in the disputed shoal would prompt “actions being taken” by the US and other nations. Carter said Beijing risks building a “Great Wall of self-isolation” with its military expansion in the contested

from this earth you will go to eternity without end now and forever.

Go into the entire world and preach the gospel to all creation. This is Jesus instruction to each one of us, not only to his immediate disciples but to all of us his human creatures. What is the gospel? Romans 1:1516”So, for my part, I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. I am not ashamed of the gospel waters.

Rear Adm. Guan Youfei, who heads the Chinese office of international military cooperation, quickly attacked Carter’s remarks, telling journalists they reflected a “Cold War mentality.”

The US has backed its warnings with a recent show of force in the disputed sea, including the recent visit by the US Carrier Strike Group 3 and regular patrols by US fighter jets over the area.

With the rapid militarization in the South China Sea, the incoming administration has to make clear where it stands in the raging conflict between China and the US and its allies. After all, the Philippines’ sovereignty and security depend so much on the outcome of the dispute.

The Philippines cannot afford to be caught in the middle of nowhere when the powder keg that has been floating on the South China Sea explodes. (valabelgas@aol.com)

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Clean and Green Habit must be put into one’s heart and mind…

By Mrs. Jessica B. Mancia Teacher II DIMALCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental

Teaching students especially in grade school or high school especially that the Department of Education is on its new scheme implementing the K to 12 education is a challenging task. It takes a lot of strategies for them to absorb all the lessons they must learn in an effective way. Learning is comprehensive. Teaching also is, therefore teaching strategies should not just cornered in books but also in learning surroundings where they are exposed to.

Education is an eye opener, it entices a person to see and define what he see and feel or even adopt it as their guides to fulfill a goal. It is further like a magnifying glass that let open eyes the world and his or her environment wider.

Through learning, they at their younger minds can learn to find true meanings on the world they live.

Exploring things outside what they already know is good; it does not just expose them to the things that limit them from but all too endless possibilities. It makes them move, get involved and be catalyst of change.

Education is like a point-

ing hand of compass that tells one where to go and practice what they had to do in their daily lives, that is why the government campaign on clean and green program school children at their young ages must put into their hearts and mind.

Today, in every school, management has to adopt and implement the clean and green program not only to learn good things about cleaning not only their personal belongings and surroundings but to share why to be clean is a must. Likewise greening their homes is a healthy habit and achieved good health.

The government program calls for every Filipino to do the same and practice it as they live to be healthy, to have good food and a preserved and protected environment.

Adopting the clean and green program of the government, practice it in every school, is equal to everyone’s goal for success and have a better life for the future, thus educating them about the program it is the weapon that fought ignorance that kills our environment and the rest of our world.

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International Festival for Business 2016 (IFB 2016) British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines represented

by British Chamber Chairman Chris Nelson and British Chamber UK Representative Roy Dallison are set to attend the International Festival for Business (IFB) 2016 organized by Liverpool Vision, in partnership with the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and the GREAT Britain Campaign on June 13 to July 1 at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool. The IFB2016 is expected to attract more than 30,000 delegates from the UK and overseas and to British Chamber Chairman Chris Nelson and Philippine Embassy London Commercial Attache Kristine Umali offer various investment during the Philippine Trade and Investment Centre (PTIC) opportunities including bespoke meetings, visit last December 2015.

sector and market discussions among others for companies and entrepreneurs across all sectors. It is also supported by the UK Government.

Chairman Nelson and UK Representative Dallison will meet with potential foreign investors interested in doing business in the Philippines. The two esteemed representatives will participate in 1-21s and round table discussions with UK companies. Furthermore, they will engage in a market briefing with the Philippine Ambassador to the UK, Ambassador Evan Garcia.

To guarantee entry

to the festival, delegates must register for the online Business Club – a bespoke businessmatching service (free of charge). The Business Club will also provide exclusive benefits during the run-up to the festival, including a range of free business-support services. Financial incentives are available for British and overseas organisations recruiting delegations for the festival (Travel to Trade/ Fly to Buy), as well as discounted train travel for attending companies.

Subsidies of £2,000 are on offer to support overseas delegations via the Fly to Buy program.

Fly to Buy is aimed

at embassies, trade associations and similar organisations with a track record of delivering international business delegations. In order to be eligible for the Fly to Buy incentive, a delegation must consist of at least five companies of the same country/region.

The said delegation may be comprised of buyers, investors or those looking for joint ventures, mergers or acquisitions. Each delegate must meet at least five UK companies while at the festival (via the Business Club). For more information about Fly to Buy, email Chris Heyes, IFB2016’s Head of International.

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s e c o n d y e a r o f l i fe .

Safeguarding the health and nutrition of children during this critical window will ensure that they are protected from lifethreatening childhood diseases, that they finish more years of school, and even earn up to 50% more as adults.

CEB, which marked its 20th year of operations this year, chose UNICEF’s First 1,000 Days Health and Nutrition program as the beneficiary of its Change for Good partnership. The first 1,000 days of a child are crucial to physical and mental growth and is the foundation of the child’s ability to grow, learn and earn later in life.

Donate to UNICEF’s Change for Good 1,000 Days program on your Cebu Pacific flights, starting July 1! For more information on Change for Good, visit www.cebupacificair.com and 1000days.unicef.ph.

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If so, then, VP Jojo Binay would remain on a hold over capacity, too.

Romeo Makalintal’s opinion that Robredo’s assumption is not covered by the COMELEC’s prohibition is an argument of a legal counsel. The COMELEC, as a constitutional body, could independently institute election related laws.

The COMELEC could not be influenced or intimidated by the argument of any private lawyer like Makalintal.

Perhaps, as a remedy, Makalintal could file a petition with the Supreme Court to question the constitutionality of the COMELEC rulings. Unless the Supreme Court rule otherwise, the COMELEC rulings on election related cases is firmly rooted on the ground. -0Send comments/reactions: crisguardian@yahoo.com

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School, a private joint venture of the Ayalas and the United Kingdom’s Pearson Learning Affordable Fund.

In Calamba, Laguna, a Grade 7 public school teacher says that their school is only one of the many public schools in the province that could not offer SHS due to space limitations.

Of 56 SHS-ready schools in Calamba, only 14 are DepEd schools. The teacher remembers that there was a plan to construct a new building on a vacant lot beside their school but it has not materialized. Thus, their Grade 10 completers had only three SHS-ready public schools in the vicinity to choose from, but these offered incomplete tracks.

“Ang private schools ang nagsilapit sa public schools namin para mangumbinsi ng mga estudyante na sa kanila pumasok (The private schools directly approached

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public schools to convince students to enroll at their facilities) by way of career orientation activities,” the teacher narrated.

Funding business in education Instead of building public facilities to realize the Filipino youth’s right to free and accessible education, government has arranged to either pay private and higher learning institutions to accommodate students from public schools through the SHS Voucher Program or allow investors to build more schools. The Aquino administration allocated Php12.2 billion for the program for 2016. It also allocated Php16.2 billion as payment to magnates Henry Sy and Bayani Fernando over ten years for the Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Schools Infrastructure Program.

The SHS Voucher Program subsidizes private education with Php22,500 per year for both Grades 11 and 12 for public school Grade 10 completers enrolling in non-DepEd schools in the National Capital Region; Php20,000 per year for those in highly-urbanized areas; and Php17,500 for the rest of the provinces.

For the first year of SHS implementation, government has paid APEC, which operates 27 schools in Metro Manila, Rizal and Batangas, a minimum guarantee ranging from Php500 million to PhP 1 billion.

Some parents, especially from low-income families are not amenable to K-to12 because it only prolongs the education process and translates to more expenses.

According to them, the government subsidy cannot cover students’ uniforms, school supplies and food, which can cost them more than Php25,000 over K-to-12’s four additional semesters.

Relatedly, the Quezon City government signed a PPP deal to develop SHS support in Quezon City public schools with Magna Anima Education System.

Magna Anima will gather private sector support to build, operate and maintain SHS facilities in the Arts track at the Esteban Abada High School and Kamuning Elementary School; Sports track at the Belarmino Sports Complex and Jose P. Laurel High School; and Maritime track at the Apolonio Samson High School. Government counterpart includes providing tax incentives to Magna Anima, a subsidiary of the Lopez family’s ABS-CBN network,and an additional Php5,000 voucher per head on top of the DepEd-provided voucher.

Education for nationbuilders The Aquino administration has promoted K-to-12 as part of the country’s integration into the global community. This education program was a recommendation by the Joint Foreign

Chambers of Commerce supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through The Arangkada Project Philippines (TAPP/ Arangkada).

Arangkada is a major advocacy launched in 2010 to improve the Philippine investment climate. Its specific recommendation is to “extend basic education by two years and add one year before elementary school.

Students should graduate high school at age 18 prepared either to enter the workforce or college. Increase technical/ vocational skills training in the high school curriculum.” It argues that “having a large pool of skilled manpower is an attraction to foreign direct investments, which in turn improves economic activity.” The global market thus prescribes K-to-12, which has compounded the woes of commercialized education and further instituted training the Filipino youth to become appendages of the corporate world.

Instead of this, however, it is sorely imperative for Philippine education to serve the Filipino nation.

It needs to be accessible and geared to mold the Filipino youth to their fullest potential as patriotic, analytical, and innovative citizens. This transformative education will build the country’s capacity to forge vibrant industries that cater foremost to the peoples’ basic needs and usher national development.

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the seeds last May 14 to May 31.

Disgusted, the farmers instead used their own money to buy another seeds just to keep pace with the planting season, which is still ongoing at present.

“Since it is already planting time, some of the farmers immediately planted the seeds received and after finding of its low germination rate they immediately decided to replace and replant at their own initiative,” said Nebres, who even reported the matter to Datukan.

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a Memorandum of Understanding between the agencies, with NGCP represented by Board Director and Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Anthony L. Almeda, and MTRCB by Chairman Eugenio H. Villareal.

In the MOU, both companies committed to “protect the physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being of the youth and other vulnerable sectors, inculcating patriotism and nationalism, and encouraging their involvement in public and civic affairs,” including safety, anti-pilferage and rightof-way of the nationwide transmission assets.

As NGCP expands its safety and ROW information campaign, it tapped MTRCB to help them reach wider audiences by showing their safety and anti-pilferage public service videos in movie theaters.

MTRCB, being the entity that supervises and regulates the public exhibition of motion pictures, television programs, and publicity materials, was more than willing to help NGCP by “making available relevant expert information and other resources, to enable NGCP to mobilize the dissemination of its line safety campaign material to local theater operators.”

The grid operator expressed its appreciation to MTRCB stating that the partnership between NGCP and MTRCB is “a strategic cooperation between the public and private sector will further advance the advocacies of NGCP, particularly on spreading awareness on transmission line safety, anti-pilferage, and rightof-way issues.”

NGCP is a privately owned cor p oration in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid.

It transmits high-voltage electricity through “power superhighways” that include the interconnected system of transmission lines, towers, substations, and related assets. The consortium, which holds the 25-year

concession contract to operate the country’s power transmission network, is comprised of Monte Oro Grid Resources Corp. led by Henry Sy, Jr., Calaca High Power Corporation led by Robert Coyiuto, Jr., and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) as technical partner.

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He said that after leaving their homes last June 5, they came back later together with several non-governmental organizations, only to find out his home was ransacked, its locks broken, the things inside in disarray.

“Is this what they meant when they say they want to bring peace and development to our community? That they will take away our problems and help us? They are not helping us, they are making it worse for us to live in peace,” said Ayuma.

He expressed his hopes that the leadership of the Army will listen and talk with them.

“I hope that the Army, especially the leaders in the 58th Infantry Battalion, will be kind enough to leave us alone, give us peace in our community. I have nothing against them passing by. But for them to stay within our tribal community and putting up a detachment, I fear it would only endanger us all,” said the tribal leader.

Ayuma added that the dry spell brought by the El Niño phenomenon has made their lives worse.

“This situation has only made our problems worse, especially after the recent drought that destroyed much of our crops,” seconded Hilugon.

She said they began to plant only recently as the rains came.

“But after we left our homes due to the military operation, I’m afraid that most of our crops have already died in our absence,” Hilugon added.

Angeles Kabanlas, a farmer, narrated the experience of her two sons and husband when the gunfire and explosions erupted.

She said they have a farm in the area, which is their only source of livelihood. As they were planting bananas, corn and string beans, they heard an explosion around 3 p.m.

“My two sons ran towards our horse to secure it, but they were shocked when soldiers chased them and aimed their guns at them,” Kabanlas narrated.

She said her sons aged 18 and 16, as well as her husband, were so frightened as they are not used to someone pointing a gun at them. “I hope that these soldiers when they operate in the mountains, they would not aim their gun at just anybody. They should not just accuse anyone of being

NPA rebels just because they doubt our presence in our own lands,” she said.

Kabanlas it was the same in the 1980s, and hinted that maybe how the soldiers treat the poor people in the mountains caused many to join the NPA. “Why are they doing this to us?

We are civilians, we are farmers.

The people in the urban communities and cities will not have enough food to eat without us farmers. No matter how you try to justify, twist the situation, we are there to farm and tend to our livelihood in the mountains,” she pointed out.

Capt. Joe Patrick Martinez, spokesperson of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, explained that the military operation was due to reports coming from the neighbors of those who evacuated. “Our soldiers would not be there if we don’t have legitimate and valid reasons,” he added, stressing they were only doing their mandated duty of suppressing insurgency.

“We are not picking on one community. They make it sound like it is only their area. We are operating in several communities, not only in Sitio Camansi, but other nearby communities as well,” Martinez said.

He cited the recent encounter against the NPA in a mountain village in Talisayan town, whose mountain range connects to the mountains of Lagonglong.

The displaced Higaonons waited at the provincial capitol for the dialogue with the Army and the governor, but the group claimed the Army did not make it to the planned dialogue Friday morning.

The Army, on the other hand, said they did not go to the capitol simply because they were not informed about the talks.

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PRC and passed it.

In 2015, when she learned about the program, she applied online and was luckily hired. She returned to the country in October 2015 and was given the assignment to teach at Bagong Jerusalem Elementary School in Dumingag, Zamboanga Del Sur in January 2016.

Dago-oc is now enjoying her teaching profession and feels happy that she is back in her hometown and enjoys her time with her family.

The 3rd program recipient is Marilou C. Parilla, also from Zamboanga City who is at the moment “awaiting her assignment instruction,” Gatinao said. Parilla is set to work this month (June) either in Zamboanga del Sur or Zamboanga Sibugay.

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The Next Rev – Yamaha Club Grand Touring As if to end the summer season with a bang, Yamaha Motor Philippines took more than a hundred riders on an epic journey along the scenic coastal roads of Cebu.

Dubbed as “The Next Rev: Yamaha Club Grand Touring”, the 134-kilometer route might have been a bit short for seasoned riders but it is precisely so to allow novice riders to join in a weekend of fun and camaraderie.

The trip began early morning at Kart Zone in Cebu city. After breakfast, the participants were arranged into four groups to make the entire convoy of motorcycles easier to manage

on the road. The same group assignments were used for the activities and games that awaited them at Brumini Resort in Oslob, Cebu. To my delight, Yamaha assigned this writer an NMAX motorcycle unit and taking the trip on the saddle made the experience all the more fulfilling.

There was a light drizzle when we reached Oslob and this made the otherwise perfect road a bit slippery. The NMAX is the only scooter in its category that comes with anti-lock brakes and it gave me confidence to squeeze out every bit power the 155 cc mill has to offer.

Before noon, we were already receiving room assignments at Brumini Resort. The fun, however, was far from over. A quick boodlefight lunch and we’re off to Sumilon island. Even after a night of partying, everyone was up early the following day. We were all excited to see the Butanding (whale shark) up close and personal.

Yamaha regularly organizes and sponsors touring rides like this for Yamaha Club members, as a means of showing appreciation for their loyal patronage. Being a member also entitles you to product discounts at Motoworld and other freebies at Yamaha

events. The best thing of all, membership is free.

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Fire up the streets – Honda CB150R Streetfire The Honda CB150R Streetfire is powered by a liquid cooled 149.16 cc single-cylinder DOHC engine which churns out 12.9 kw @ 9000 rpm and 13.8 Nm @ 7000 rpm. This writer had the privilege of having initial riding impressions at the Honda Safety Driving Center in Paranaque and the latest offering from the Honda stable did not disappoint. Having the entire 2.4 hectare facility to myself, I was able to put the bike through its paces. Acceleration is phenomenal, even with a 200-pound rider on top. Tipping the scales at 136 kilograms, the Streetfire is not quite the lightweight but it did hide its heft well. Switching directions required little effort and handling is quite stable especially in corners.

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17-inch tubeless tires give excellent grip even when leaning at low angle.

Even with its compact dimensions, the overall riding position doesn’t feel cramped.

The grips are lowered a bit and the pegs are set towards the rear to allow a rather aggres-

sive stance. The muscular tank enables you to securely fasten yourself on the saddle and it can hold up to 12 liters of fuel as well. The seat is quite comfy and it will accommodate a passenger without much fuss. At 797 mm, most riders will be able to straddle it with both feet planted on the ground.

As expected of bikes with the winged logo, clutch pull is light and the six-speed manual transmission is precise. There is also ample spacing between the gears so you don’t have to shift frequently when in urban traffic.

The Honda CB150R Streetfire is available in two colors and has an introductory price tag of P 116, 800.

The Department of Energy (DOE) and Petron Corporation yesterday issued Fuel Economy Rating certificates to 22 car brands, which participated in the recent DOE Euro 4 Fuel Economy Run. Twenty-one car companies in the Philippine market fielded a total of 70 models of various body types and engine displacements last May 27 to mark the 12th Fuel Economy Run led by the DOE. They traversed a preset route of 280-kilometers starting from Petron Clark station in Angeles City, Pampanga, through SCTEX (Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway), TPLEX (Tarlac-PangasinanLa Union Expressway), and back, in a controlled run to approximate standard driving conditions.

Fueled by Petron XCS (95-RON), 27 out of 38 gasoline vehicles, or a sig-

nificant 71% of the entries, produced fuel economy ratings exceeding 20 kilometers for every liter. For vehicles powered by Petron Turbo Diesel, 21 out of 32 participants (66%) achieved over 20 km/l. The best performances were registered by a Suzuki Celerio with 29.14 km/L using Petron XCS, and an Isuzu D-Max getting 38.46 km/L on Petron Turbo Diesel. The fuel economy ratings obtained in the run serve to expand the Philippine Energy Standards and Labeling Program (PESLP) of the DOE.