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TA N DAG , Su rigao del Sur--An Army battalion of around 500 men and officers arrived here We dnesday on board a C-130 cargo aircraft from Mindoro for deployment against the New Peoples Army (NPA).

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ANTI-INSURGENCY CAMPAIGN. Soldiers of the Army’s 16th Infantry Battalion arrived

by C-130 plane in Tandag, Surigao Del Sur from Mindoro on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2015..

Four battalions are now currently deployed in Surigao del Sur province against the New People’s Amry. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

Gloomy power forecast worries Misor governor THE gloomy power forecast for Mindanao worries Misamis Oriental Governor Bambi Emano even as he urged the national government to look into the prob-

lem more intently focused on the possible economic crisis and its possible effects on households in Mindanao.

“There are factors other than the weather that are

causing the power crisis.

However, I am also interested to put into discussion how the crisis could affect the economic scenario of Mindanao,” Emano said.

SENATOR Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. has said the arrest of a ranking military officer in a drug raid should be a wake-up call to everyone that the drug problem has gotten worse and that the only way to solve it is for

the entire nation to unite against it.

In an interview, Marcos branded as “very disturbing” the arrest of Marine Lt. Col. Ferdinand Marcelino, a former officer of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), saying it

just means that the state of the drug problem in the country is very seri- marcos ous.

In 2015, Mindanao’s economy grew by 6.3 per cent which economists placed at P900 billion and accounted for 14.32 See power, page A11

Marcos: Arrest of Lt. Col. Marcelino should Forest fire hits Butig be wake up call against illegal drugs

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in Lanao Sur

ILIGAN City--Fire of still undetermined origin razed a cogonal area in the mountains of Butig, Lanao del Sur, late Thursday afternoon and has yet to be contained as of Friday noon.

See fire, page A11

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Army commander tells soldiers remain nonpartisan during election DAVAO City -- A top military officer ordered all troops to remain nonpartisan during the election period in accordance with the guidance of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Major General Rey Leonardo Guerrero, commander of the Eastern Mindanao C ommand, said government troops must be objective and focused on their sworn duty to ensure the safety of residents across the land.

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country,” Guerrero said.

He said more soldiers would be deployed in Eastern Mindanao areas to address the insurgency problem, particularly in the provinces of Surigao and Agusan and Compostela Valley.

Guerrero confirmed the arrival of an Army battalion in Tandag, Surigao del Sur and the coming of another battalion in Compostela Valley as part of the deployment to meet head on the insurgency threats through peace, development and security operations.

He also said that the military was doubling its effort to prevent the toppling down of power lines, especially in its areas of responsibility in order not to disrupt the economic

activities of the people.

Guerrero said the Bayanihan Investment Protection Security Operation

was designed to protect all vital installations and facilities including industries.

He said the move also included the monitoring of the power lines used in the distribution of elec-

tricity to communities.

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DAVAO City -- The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources reminded all political candidates not to post their campaign ads on trees as this is prohibited and punishable under the Omnibus Election Code.

CENRO Officer Bernardino Juson said politicians violating election policy on posting of campaign ads could be sanctioned with

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CENRO is the agency deputized by the Commission on Election resolution 6616 to remove campaign materials in public places outside the common poster areas.

Juson said, “Alam naman ng mga politiko na bawal mag kabit ng posters sa mga puno especially yung mga naka pako. Yung mga

tao lang naman nila ang nag lalagay (The politicians know that putting especially nailing posters on trees are prohibited. Their supporters are the ones putting them).”

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posted or nailed them on trees and other areas outside common poster areas.

He admitted that they also feared for their safety when they removed posters on the tree because some supporters thought they were from the opposing party.

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Military deploys more troops in Surigao Sur

By Froilan Gallardo of MindaNews

TA N DAG , Su rigao del Sur--An Army battalion of around 500 men and officers arrived here We dnesday on board a C-130 cargo aircraft from Mindoro for deployment against the New Peoples Army (NPA).

With the arrival of the 16th Infantry Battalion, there are now four army battalions operating in Surigao del Sur, mostly targeting the Andap Valley complex where most of the rebels are believed to be operating.

Gov. Johnny Pimentel welcomed the soldiers to his province. He said he asked for more Army battalions for deployment to end the problem of insurgency that has plagued their province since 1979.

“Our prayers have been heard. We welcome you

here knowing that you can help solve the insurgency problem in our problems,” he said.

Pimentel said their province ranks third nationwide in the number of communist guerrillas, after Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental “Come election time, these rebels will again harass candidates campaigning in their bailiwicks. This has to stop,” he said.

Pimentel said he sees no problem with the deployment of more troops even if most of the human rights groups and militant left accused the military for allegedly backing up the paramilitar y group Magahat-Bagani who were identified by witnesses as having killed Emerito Samarca, Executive Director of the Alternative Learning Center for Agriculture and Livelihood Development (Alcadev), a school for Lumads; and Lumad leaders Dionel Campos and Bello Sinzo on September 1.

“No clear evidence” “There is no clear evidence that the military is behind the killings or that they are supporting the Lumad killers,” Pimentel told reporters.

Pimentel said he is sat-

isfied that the Philippine National Police has put bounties of P1.2 million each for the arrest of suspected Magahat leaders Bobby Tejero, his older brother Loloy and Garito Layno.

He said the bounty will one day help authorities arrest the three suspects.

“The rest of the demands made by the evacuees and human rights groups are not doable at the level of provincial government,” Pimentel said.

Pimentel said the demands that could not be met by the provincial government are: pullout of all military troops; suspension of military operations; and resumption of the peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front.

He said at least 1,000 evacuees are still at the Tandag sports center, too scared to go back home with the ongoing military operations.

“Unholy alliance” At the end of the Senate committee hearings on Lumad killings held here on October 1 and 2, Tandag Bishop Nereo Odchimar said he was still waiting for answers to critical questions

about the “apparent unholy alliance between the military and the paramilitary which the military vehemently denies.”

At the hearing, the Bishop told the Senate Committees on Justice and Human Rights, and Cultural Communities that he is “baffled” why, despite the military’s denials of an alliance, Marcial Belandres, one of the leaders of the paramilitary group and principal suspect in the October 2014 killing of Manobo teacher Henry Alameda and Aldren Dumaguit, was among three persons presented as Datus in a press conference in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on September 15.

In that press conference, Belandres and company cleared the military of alleged collusion with the

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paramilitary group and instead pointed to the NPA as the perpetrators of the killings and harassments.

Near home Lt. Alfredo Bagbag of the 16th Infantry Battalion, who hails from Zamboanga del Sur, carried an AR 15 rifle, pouches of extra bullets and a longing for home. His deployment here makes him “nearer to home and my family,” he said.

Bagbag immediately sought fellow Army officers for the best travel route to Zamboanga del Sur where his family is based.

The commander of the Charlie Company said it is hard for a soldier to see his children growing up without his presence. “I only see them twice a year during my visits. I am hoping I can visit them more now that my

battalion is deployed here in Surigao del Sur,” he said.

Lt. Col. Andres Ferrer, commander of the 16th In Infantry Battalion said being a soldier is difficult for the families that are left behind.

Ferrer’s family is based in Iloilo and like Bagbag, he rarely sees them. “That is why I explained to them before we left that soldiers have a sacrifice to make.

This is our job.”

Ferrer said many of his men did not have the time to bid their families goodbye when they left Mindoro for Surigao del Sur. “We just have to man up our emotions. We are professional soldiers and we have a duty to serve the people in Surigao del Sur,” he said. (Froilan Gallardo / MindaNews)

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a sham. Notwithstanding, the city government wants to collect the tax of the presumed 15 percent increase in gross sales ahead?

Where did this City Treasurer learn this kind of tax collection? He is not the operator of the business enterprises to presume to know the fate of the business ahead. One remembers about an accounting subject where a presumed income could not be subject to tax. Rather, it is the actual amount of gross sales that is taxable where the difference is deductible to arrive a net income. Unless the City Treasurer wants to tax the “Goodwill” amount,

RECENT development revealed that an army battalion from Luzon was deployed CHENG ORDOÑEZ URIEL C. QUILINGUING to the Surigao-Agusan area Associate Editor Contributing Editor to combat the rebels who MARK FRANCISCO Arjay Felicilda have been intensifying its Lifestyle Editor Assistant Editor activities in killing civilians, vandalism, kidnapping, robGILBERT Y. CHAO gerry lee gorit bery and all sort of crimes.

Motoring Editor Photo Journalist This place in Mindanao is felix santillan ROEL CATOTO where the town mayor and EDSEL BANTOL Provincial Editor-Surigao his son were brutally killed Layout Artists by the News Peoples Army

PAT SAMONTE irene dayo CHRIS PANGANIBAN (NPA) few months ago..

Reporter-NorthMin Regional Editors-Caraga Peace and order in this

area is in total disarray that JOE PALABAO MARLON GAYOG needs so much attention Rene Michael BaÑos Regional Editor-Davao and possibly rehabilitation.

Regional Editors-Northmin In the Lanao area, some AL JACINTO JOE FELICILDA 15 transmission towers of Regional Editor-WestMin Editorial Consultant electric power had been bombed last year and at ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI least two for this month NOTARY PUBLIC- JUNI LAW OFFICE CELL NO: 09352379999/ (088) 8573595 of January. On top of these CRUZ TAAL ST., CAG. DE ORO CITY incidents, some cities in Legal Counsel Mindanao have been rocked --------------------------------------------------------------by explosions, firefights, bureau and mktg staff candy macabale - 09161326483 attacks and the like which RIZA O. ARES - 0915-9753-277/0926-2242-653 made people scamper for MISOR - LOLONG NABONG - 0906-875-8650 GINGOOG CITY-MANNY ANSIHAGAN-0936-287-7788 safety. My heart breaks for North Buk. - DAHLIA S. BENEMERITO-0936-303-0410 our people because in the VALENCIA CITY - PHILIP PHIL CALUMBA-0905-652-5407 MARAMAG - TITA FINA CUALES - 0926-336-1585 first place I am a full-bloodIligan City - JEFFREY OPONDA-0936-1174378 ed Mindanaoan and until bobby mag usara-tangub city OROQUIETA CITY - PJ TREMEDAL-0919-3452375 now I am so concerned and ARMM - Sony Sudaria-0947-4810371 truly affected of anything cotabato - ANALISA ESPAÑOLA-0916-9351714 davao - MARLON GAYOG-09276314995 that hurts. davao - tom a. caballero-09105783126 Still other places in this davao - tomas canoy avancena jr.-09177017010 davao del norte - sarah castor - 09263988293 side of earth have been davao occidental - alma ORTIZ - 09058532215 troubled and they look like davao city/island samal - jessie palabao -0935-874-9825/ -0946-242-6672 some states of Africa and the davao comval area - abner yamson nave Middleast where skirmishes 09186935122/09354653451 digos city, dvo sur & kidapawan - romeo d. sanchez are ordinary things and a davao city - flaviano mahinay day-to-day happenings. It davao city - rene s. arias (Photo Journalist,) mati, davao - ronald “sanchez” sicad - 0936-704-2580 seems peace in Mindanao comval province - mike sumapig lupogan - 0926-182-3005 is as elusive as the monkeys Davsur, davao occ., gensan and saranggani province: maria fe “marfe”completo - 0916-186-5631/0943-084-6891 in the jungle. While I agree dave e. paclipan - 0935-950-1589 that this island had always butuan - PAT SAMONTE-0912-8091093 san frans - CRIS PANGANIBAN-09277974193 been a sleepless place beSan Francisco - deding PANGANBAN-0927-7974193 cause of fighting, differences Pagadian City - GRACE FRANCISCO in culture and religion and Member: everything, I could not agree ORO CHAMBER the matter has no solution Philippine Press Institute

in sight unless we admit we are really unmanageable people.

I can not figure out whether the rebels are growing in number and can afford to destroy the peace and order situation of some places in Mindanao or they are just hungry of publicity and, therefore, creating noise. Certainly, to any media person, wholesale slaughter of innocent people by enemies of the state, in any language, is bannerline story. So everyday there is killing in and around the island to the dismay of our people.

It has been years that Mindanao is a troubled part of the Philippine archipelago and so many Filipinos around the country are tired of such situation. It has created refugees, hunger, dislocation of young children who have to run away with their parents for fear of their lives. It has resulted in utter poverty and disgust of some national leaderships.

To me the mess must end no matter how and whatever way we can. If we believe in miracles, then let that thing happen and send to their graves the armed bandits in the countryside who continuously disturb our peace situation.

As I look up at the horizon, I could feel there is really big trouble in some areas of Mindanao. It is heart-breaking that our government spends a lot of money to drive away these rebels not to mention the thousands of lives lost in their more than 47 years

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The ‘Art of Robbing the Taxpayers’ A FEW hours after this corner wrote about the “exorbitant” tax imposed by the city government on the local business groups yesterday, this corner got a copy of the “coalition letter” of the business groups addressed to Cagayan De Oro City Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas.

The letter enumerated issues raised about the renewal of business permits, which “imposes various fees,” allegedly in contrast to the approved Cagayan De Oro City Revenue Tax Code of 2015.

Some of these fees include the “environmental fee” for plastic bags, which was already repealed by City Ordinance 13008-2015, the “garbage fee” whose rates should be in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the 2015 Tax Code.

There is also this Bureau of Fire Protection fee, which is not included in the 2015 Tax Code and the imposition of the “incongruous” 15 percent “presumptive increase of tax in gross sales.” This presumptive increase in gross sales is not only ridiculous, but is also

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which is only a presumptive amount, the issue would be different.

Well, a presumed income is part of a feasibility study. Nevertheless, the FS still needs actual cost and projected cost of labor and capital as against the projected liability. By getting all the right information, the FS has the likelihood of success in actual implementation.

The FS also presumed the amount of possible income, which could be subject to tax. However, collecting a tax on an FS is plain and simple deception. Bluntly speaking, when one collects a tax on an FS, it is “stealing” in its highest form.

A friend said that this manner of tax collection is susceptible to corruption.

When one collects a fee out of a presumed earnings, the collected money could also be considered a “presumed” income. Thus, the disposition of a presumed income or revenue could be at the behest of those who might conspire to “steal” the taxpayers’ money. It could be a new approach in the “art of robbing the taxpayers” sans culpability.

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of disturbing our country.

Our patience has reached a dead-end and we stand flat on the wall. Some drastic maneuvers must be resorted to, not just the usual use of kids’ gloves in our fight against these bad elements in our midst.

If there is a possibility that the three branches of our government namely the Executive, the Judiciary and the Legislative could join hands and declare martial law in some places in the island, I suppose new things can emerge that would eventually lead to peace in this troubled Mindanao. For the enemies of the states, military rules is definitely bad but for the law-abiding citizens, it is beautiful and can bring total tranquility in the place. Install checkpoints, frisk people for arms and deadly weapons, establish curfew hours and all the things to support the drive against the rebels.

The last martial law proclaimed by then Pres.

Marcos had brought ugly things because of abuses by some military officers.

See emata, page A11

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The truth on Marcelino’s arrest?

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms…” (Ephesians 6:12, the Holy Bible).

-oooQUERY ON JUSTICE CAGUIOA’S PHOTOS: Will somebody please tell the Filipino nation, which of the two online pictures of newly appointed Supreme Court Associate Justice Benjamin Caguioa really represents how he looks like? I refer to Caguioa’s supposed pictures featured in the online versions of the Standard (http://thestandard.com. ph/…/aquino-appointscaguioa-to-sc.h…) and the Manila Times (http://www. manilatimes.net/caguioanamed-sc-justice/240926/) on January 23, 2016, which, to me, show totally different persons.

-oooTHE TRUTH ON MARCELINO’S ARREST? Are we seeing, in the case of arrested Philippine Marines Col. Ferdinand Marcelino, the classic line usually given to police or military operatives or even to other secret agents assigned to do dangerous yet profitable jobs, “we authorize you to do the job because it will give us benefits or advantages, but if you get caught, we will disown you”? Who can tell us the truth about this now?

-oooMARCELINO AT RC INTRAMUROS: I remember that, right after a greatly successful police operation some four to five years back, Marcelino and his superior then, Gen. Dionisio Santiago, appeared at the Rotary Club of Intramuros, where Marcelino regaled the members of the Club with how the operation led by him went through. We were so impressed we pooled P10,000.00 cash among us and gave it to him as a show of support. Well, time flies.

-oooVALIDITY OF MARRIAGE WHEN PASTOR HAD NO LICENSE: Pedro Lavado wants to know whether his marriage with his wife, Julia, was validly entered See batas, page A11

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Injunction sought vs. Butuan govt P119.8M heavy eqpt. procurement

By PAT SAMONTE Caraga Regional Editor

BUTUAN CIT Y – For what they described as “seemingly deceptive, devious and unconscionable” procurement by the city government of Butuan of 11 lots of heavy equipment totaling P119,823,000, five lawyers have filed a Petition for Injunction with the Regional Trial Court Branch 5 here against Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr., members of the Bids and Awards Committee and equipment supplier, Conequip Philippines Incorporated of 71 San Juan Ave., Mabolo St., Cebu City.

Lawyers Clint Dabalos, Dennis Bacala, Araceli Luyahan-Morcilla, Vincent Jose Fortun and Dendo Udarbe filed the petition with prayer for the issuance of an ex-parte 20-day Temporar y Restraining Order and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction, seeking to enjoin and nullify the equipment procurement.

The petitioners argued that as taxpayers, longtime residents of the city and concerned citizens of the country, (T)he prevailing doctrine is to allow taxpayers to question contracts entered into by the national government or government-owned or controlled corporations

allegedly in contraven- following: tion of law. They said that the Supreme Count held in Plaridel M. Abaya Et.al., v. Hon. Hermogenes E. Ebdane Jr., Et. al., G.R. No. 167919, “A taxpayer is allowed to sue where there is a claim that public funds are illegally disbursed, or that public money is being deflected to any improper purpose or that there is wastage of public funds through the enforcement of an invalid or unconstitutional law.

Significantly, a taxpayer need not be a party to the contract to challenge its validity.”

The petitioners alleged that based on reliable information, the heavy equipment procured are all “China Made” and considered to be the “Cheapest in Asia” and yet it was made to appear to be more expensive than their “Branded” counterparts.

According to the petitioners, the heavy equipment “are unreasonably overpriced resulting to undue wastage of public funds to the damage and prejudice of the people of Butuan City.”

Comparing the prices of the 11 lots of heavy equipment submitted by the winning bidder, Conequip Philippines Incorporated, to the prevailing prices of leading brands, the petitioners submitted the

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan De Oro City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that DAHREN GAY M. COMPRA has filed with this office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of DAHREN GAY MAÑA COMPRA who was born on SEPT. 21, 1991 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are RESURECION RUSTIA COMPRA and DOLORITA LICUANAN MAÑA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than January 31, 2016.

(Sgd.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO

City Civil Registrar MDN: Jan 25 & Feb 1, 2016

Publication Notice R.A 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE 001-2016

January 21, 2016

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 Marivic C. Molina has filed a correction of entry in sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of live birth of Bliss Cabanos Molina at Medina, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are Jhunar Baldevino Molina and Marivic Salapang Cabanos.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than February 5, 2016.

(SGD.)

MARINA MAQUIDATO-AMONCIO Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: Jan 25 & Feb 1, 2016

Publication Notice R.A. 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC January 15, 2016 Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur CITY OF DIGOS OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

January 20, 2016

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013- 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 LESLIE SARA CAMINADE has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of LESLIE SARA at Digos, Davao del Sur and whose parents are Charlie H. Caminade and Roselyn P. Sara.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than February 09, 2016.

(Sgd) MARISSA C. NEBRADA

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City civil Registrar

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 serving to the public that JEFFREY FLORIDA AYING has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in his Gender/Sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the certificate of live birth of JEFFREY FLORIDA AYING at Migcanaway, Tangub City, and whose parents are Miguel Sarcol Aying and Silveria Villejo Florida.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than 30 January 2016.

(Sgd.) EVELYN F. LINGANAY

City Civil Registrar MDN: Jan 18 & 25, 2016

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

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

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

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A.9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that YASSER D. PALANTING has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First name from “YASSER JEMERALIN” to “YASSER” in the Certificate of Live Birth of YASSER JEMERALIN MAMAO PALANTIG who was born on 08 January 2010 at Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte and whose parents are Jemeralin D. Mama-o and Yasser D. Palantig.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than January 2015.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that GARLIE A. CODILLA has filed with this office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of GARLIE AGBU CODILLA who was born on APRIL 1, 1987 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are EDGAR COMITA CODILLA and ELENA AGBU. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than January 24, 2016.

(Sgd.) MARIA PURA C. MASCARIÑAS

City Civil Registrar

(Sgd.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO

City Civil Registrar

MDN: Jan 18 & 25, 2016

MDN: Jan 18 & 25, 2016

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that SARAH SAARENAS ASTUDILLO has filed with this office a petition for the change of first name from “JULIET” to “SARAH” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JULIET BAUTISTA SAARENAS who was born on OCT. 23, 1958 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are EUTIQUIO ABABAO SAARENAS and SALUD CABIGTING BAUTISTA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than January 24, 2016.

(Sgd.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO

City Civil Registrar MDN: Jan 18 & 25, 2016

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The Subject of Bullying

By FRANCISCA GALLOGO ADLAON Principal I, Sugbongcogon Central School

Bullying has gone rampant today. A child greatest fear in school is to be bullied. Worse thing than this is that this harmful activity happens not just in school, but even outside school premises.

It is hard for someone to manage a situation where he is bullied because all negative things have been thrown to him. Negativity already embraced him and traumatizes his young mind.

It is not easy to be the subject of bullying.

There are so many things a child deals with when he is being bullied. There are short-term effects and longterm effects that both can put a child’s life into risk.

One of the effects of bullying is low self-confidence, where the child is afraid to socialize and be acquainted with anyone else. He begin to have low self-esteem and eventually scared to face everyone, thinking that he is inferior compared to them and he has no right to mingle.

Another bad effect is depression. Being depressed

means being lonely, unwanted, non-energetic and neglected, and thus, is obviously not good. When a person suffers from depression, his heart is away from the world and therefore opts to be alone, in order to escape all the negativities people throw at him.

The worst result of depression is it could be a cause to some minor problems like sleep disorder, frequent crying, fears and worries, poor school performance, and poor appetite.

The biggest and most dangerous effect of bullying is the suicidal thoughts and suicidal attempts. Because of bullying chaos, many children have committed suicide just to escape the trauma and pain they encounter.

Bullying is very harmful to students overall health and threatens their future.

Schools play big role in addressing this problem, such as providing intervention programs and time to time guidance and consultation sessions. Bullying should be stopped before it starts.

Dapitan City holds tourism forum DAPITAN CITY, Zamb o anga del Nor te -The city government is holding Friday the First Dapitan City Tourism Stakeholders Forum aimed to achieve economic development through tourism, trade and investment.

City Tourism Officer Apple Marie Agolong said the holding of the forum is to embark on a new tourism development thrust called Dapitan City Culture, Arts, Tourism and Heritage Program.

Agolong said the implementation of new program starts this month with the active involvement and participation of the socio-civic cultural communities as well as

from the government and non-government organizations in the various cultural, arts, tourism, heritage, investment, trade and community service endeavors.

Agolong said the forum is also geared towards drafting a five-year Tourism Development Plan, which would integrate all the concerns shared by the different sectors.

She said they will identify solutions to the recent adverse travel advisory issued by some foreign embassies and develop an integrated marketing program geared towards achieving this city’s tourism, trade and investment goals including but not

limited to the creation of a communications and public relations plan to counter the deterrent factors of the advisories.

She said local tourism, which is deeply anchored on its rich cultural heritage, is now a major contributor of this city’s economic growth revolving not just to the three major heritage-related celebrat ions namely : the Kinabayo Festival in July ; the Founding Anniversar y Celebration in November; and, the Handuraw Festival in December, but to the other monthly activities which are always crowd drawers.

The monthly festivals are as follows: Kagang

Festival in Februar y ; Tuloy Festival in May; World Costume Festival in June; and, Ulang Festival in November thereby also making this city to be known the “city of festivals.”

Agolong said the religious activities such as the obser vance of Lent and Santacruzan are among the crowd drawer activities.

She noted that pension houses and other investments are increasing as there are still a lot of other local, national and international activities the city is hosting and had positive effected to the local economy. (PNA) FPV/TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION

Teaching art in the K to 12 education

By THERESA S. CHIVA, Master Teacher I East City Central School, Lapasan Cagayan de Oro City

IT is imperative for a kid’s creativity to develop at a young age. After all, creativity begets intelligence.

Creativity is more than just learning to strum guitar at age six, more than just learning to draw at age 3.

It will also pave the way for a child’s intelligence quotient to develop more.

Who knows, that seeming musical or art prodigy may become a respected surgeon in the future. Or a well-known chef.

Teaching art begins at home. Parents can easily notice whether they’re children are art inclined

by simply evaluating the doodles they draw.

This can then be enhanced through K to 12 education. Here in the Philippines, art is already being taught as early as Kindergarten 1. By first grade, the child will be learning how to draw and paint with at least some sort of formality and not just the crude way that s/ he has known before s/he goes to school.

That process will be replicated yet increasingly complex as the child enters higher grade until s/he completes the 12th grade.

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Prep Meeting for Convergence Briefings in MisOr, Lanao Norte – Representatives from the four implementing national government agencies – departments of Agriculture (DA), Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Interior Local Governance (DILG) were summoned to a Preparation Meeting for the conduct of briefings to the municipalities under the Mt. Balatukan Range cluster, in the province of Misamis Oriental and the Royale and Mt. Inayawan-Illana clusters, in Lanao del Norte. The meeting primarily planned out its target of spearheading an orientation to all those local government units (including local chief executives, Sangguniang Bayan members, city/municipal agriculturists, city/municipal planning development coordinators, city/municipal environment and natural resources officers and other stakeholders) covered in the CI program, in the month of February, as they serve as the quartet’s partners in the implementation of the various agencies’ programs and projects. With the forthcoming briefings, the group is optimistic for its beneficiaries to have a thorough understanding of the CI, especially the structures and roles of the convergence team and maximize the Program’s existence for the attainment of a deeper and lasting impact to the residents of the said clusters.

Further, DA-DENR-DAR-DILG is hopeful to solicit inputs from the participating LGUs in the formulation of a Convergence Area Development Plan.

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Making Social Welfare a Top Priority: a Saga in Local Governance Butuan City -- Infrastructure, commercial, and agro-industrial sectors have always been the top priorities among the developing countries such as the Philippines.

In terms of formulation of key policies, programs, and budget allocation, the municipality of San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, however, is making a different trend. The Local Social Welfare and Development (LSWDO) topped the budget appropriations for the year 2015; a scenario which some consider a deviance to the customary.

As to the appropriations at the local level, some social welfare offices lag behind livelihood, infrastructure, and agricultural offices. We have been entrenched of the tangible dogma at development which includes building, concrete roads and infrastructure as hallmarks of progress. This in turn causes a decline in interest on intangible yet vital aspects of development which include social services.

The relentless effort to put emphasis in finding social services through comprehensive reports and statistics made a shift on the trend.

This has created a wakeup call to put a halt on downplaying the significance of social welfare agenda as it is already considered to be an important determinant of sustainable growth and progress.

Networking and Resource Allocation on Display What better way to ask for budget increase than to show concrete evidence of accomplishments despite having a lower budget in the preceding years? The MSWDO exemplary display a professional disposition in times of local performance checkpoint by showing a good track record amidst financial constraints.

So how it is really done and accomplished? Having a low budget allocation has never been a top consideration on one’s performance and after all, MSWD is primarily all about service.

This created an innovative

working environment as a response to the challenge.

Resources are utilized and mobilized outside the office to keep in the loop of delivering programs and services for the clients such as those from the barangays and the Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and People’s Organizations (POs) such as the Rotary Clubs.

There is this unique bond that links the MSWD office and the barangay that is rooted deeper than just merely giving and receiving relief goods in times of disasters. This way used merely as an advantage in the successful implementation of the programs and services in the barangays. Usually, programs with limited or no budget allocation are scraped out in the line-up of services, but not in this case. In fact, this has even made them more eager to deliver despite the situation.

Support from the barangay officials and private service providers within the network played a huge part in the implementation of programs and projects despite the surrounding limiting circumstances.

Children in conflict with the law (CICL) on top of the priorities The office was instrumental in maintaining a profiling activity on the status of children every year. They made it a point that the barangays embrace this survey like profiling on children to capture children in need of special protection (CNSP) that is including CICL and Children At Risk (CAR) cases. The consolidated result showed that right now, there are at least 20 CICL or CAR cases yearly and it is increasing. The trend also suggests that along with the growing economy of the LGU, a social problem such as CICL is sprouting. San Francisco is more looking like a full grown city than the other officially anointed Cities in Caraga just recently.

During the Annual Prioritization of the Local Poverty Reduction Action Team (LPRAT), the office is pushing hard that the

increasing number of CICL cases in the municipality should be included among the top ten priorities of the LGU. As a result, the problem has indeed landed a spot in the list – at the third (3rd) spot. As the LPRAT is the anointed body to determine appropriations for poverty alleviation programs, the office proposed to construct a center or youth care facility for CICLs. This we dubbed as “The Community-Based Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CBDRC) for Children in Need of Special Protection”. Today, the center is now 80% complete and the budget for Operation and Maintenance of the facility is already approved.

The decade old Comprehensive Programs for Children and Youth has been in existence almost a year when the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act or Republic Act (RA) 9344 was approved in 2006. The programs and services for same have seen its ups and lows, but it did not vanish.

Resources were tapped to keep it afloat until these little victories emerge. The construction of a youth care facility in the municipality and the budget increase for social welfare and just some of the bigger reasons to celebrate in recent years and in 2016.

This is a high indication that the call for more empowered, coordinated social services are slowly being heard. These things are important since without the support, the overall goal of providing quality life to constituents would seem a long shot for years to come. ###(DANTE S. ROSALES/ CAAI/EGM/Social Marketing Unit/DSWD Field Office Caraga) NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of NORMA F. NAJOS, who died intestate on December 18, 2014 in Butuan City, consisting of: 1) A parcel of land (Lot 369-J-1, psd-13006086, being a portion of Lot 369-J, BSD-10-000227 (OLT)) situated in the Barrio of Villa Kananga, Butuan City under Tax Declaration No. 08-07-000604080, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-42472 containing an area of 300 square meters; and 2) A parcel of land (Lot 369-J-2, psd13-006086, being a portion of Lot 369-J, BSD-10-000227 (OLT) situated in the Barrio of Villa Kananga, Butuan City under Tax Declaration No. 08-07-0006-05863, Building Tax Declaration No. 08-07-0006-06467, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-42473, containing an area of 300 square meters, is the subject of a DEED OF SELF-ADJUDICATION OF SOLE HEIR made and executed by deceased Norma F. Najos’ only biological daughter and sole heir, Ariane F. Najos, adjudicating above-mentioned properties solely for and in her name as well as any and all liabilities arising from said property, per Doc. No. 9; Page No. 1; Book No. IV; Series of 2016 of the Notarial Registry of Atty.

Kahlil L. Lamigo, Notary Public in the City of Butuan until Dec. 31, 2016.

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Oro dad airs complaints on collection of env’t fee

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CAGAYAN de Oro City-“Instead of helping our environment, the wrong implementation of the environment fee is tantamount to illegal exaction,” said Councilor President D. Elipe in his special report during the regular session on Monday presided over

by Councilor Teodulfo Lao. Elipe, who chairs the committee on finance and ways and means, is one of the principal authors of Ordinance No. 12440-2012, which regulates the distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags and requiring retail establishments to collect a pass-through charge from customers requesting single-use plastic carryout bags.

After years of implementation, the ordinance was repealed by the 17th City Council headed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas last November 9, 2015 through Ordinance No. 13008-2015.

One of the reasons why it was repealed, according to Councilor Elipe, is that the financial statement to determine how the fund was spent was not submitted by the City Treasurer despite the request of the City Council.

Under the law, the proceeds of the pass-through charge collected from customers shall be held in trust by retail stores and remitted to the city.

Complaints

Elipe said there are now complaints from businessmen regarding environmental fees, which he said should no longer be collected this year since the ordinance has already been repealed.

Elipe presented the receipt of one businessman showing a basic tax of P47,000 and environmental fee of P9,000. Another receipt had an environment tax of P36,000 and a basic tax of P37,000 and in the third receipt presented by the councilor, the environment fee was higher than the businessman’s basic tax.

“Giunsa mana pagcompute sa Treasurer’s Office

nga mao na ang ilahang makolekta ...” he cited.

“Wouldnt it be arbitrary on the part of this city government to collect automatically P36,000 , and if you are going to compute that divide by 12 ang mogawas P3,000 a month,” Elipe added.

According to the councilor, the city cannot charge environment fees based on estimates.

“Because klaro sa balaod … pass-through .. kolektahon nimo ang nakolekta gikan sa customer, dili pwede nga imong i-estimate kon pila kolektahon. So this ordinance is wrongly applied and we are afraid that this

could be a source of abuse of discretion and power sa atong taxing authority sa atong city government,” he cited.

Elipe said even if the environmental fees being collected by the city from businessmen this year is for 2015, violators could only be charged with a maximum amount of P5,000.

Section 7 of the repealed ordinance provides that the violation of or failure to comply with any section shall be considered as a civil infraction and the violator shall be penalized with administrative fines.

For the first offense, reprimand, second offense, fine

of P3,000 plus suspension of business permit of the retail establishment for six months and subsequent offense, fine of P5,000 plus cancellation of business permit.

Exemptions Under the ordinance, carryout bags subject to pass-through charge do not include bags used by customers inside stores to package bulk items such as fruit, vegetable, nuts, grains, or small hardware items, such as nails and bolts, or to contain or wrap frozen foods, meat or fish, whether prepackaged or not, or to contain or wrap flowers of potted plants, or other items where dampness may be a

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Clean env’t to prevent Dengue, Chikungunya

EXTRAJUDICICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late MARTIN PLAZOS, who passed away last August 13, 2002 and ADELA B. PLAZOS who passed away last October 28, 2015, left a parcel of land situated in Bualan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte and which property described as follows;

Lot No. 4380-A, Csd-12-002689-D respectively, containing an area of NINETEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY THREE (16,863) square meters.

Lot No. 4380-B, Csd-12-002689-D respectively, containing an area of THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR (35,264) square meters.

Lot No. 1546-B, respectively, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED NINETY SIX (196) square meters.

Lot No. 1727-C-LU-301 respectively, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED SIXTY ONE (261) square meters more or less is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. Under Notary Public of ATTY. DOROTHEA SALIGAN BASALO per Doc, No. 390; Page No. 78; Book No. LXIV; Series of 2016.

problem, or to contain unwrapped prepared foods or bakery goods, or to contain prescription drugs, or to safeguard public health and safety during the transportation of prepared take-out foods and prepared liquids intended for consumption away from the retail establishment; or newspaper bags, door-hanger bags, laundry-dry cleaning bags, or bags sold in packages containing multiple bags intended for use as garbage, pet waste, or yard waste bags, among others.

Elipe said he is hoping that the matter will be clarified and constituents will be

MAT WEAVING. A Moro woman gathers pandan leaves, a raw material for mat- weaving, in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano town, Maguindanao on January 19, 2016. The village made headlines following the January 25, 2015 tragedy that left 66 persons dead – 44 from the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police, 17 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five civilians. MindaNews photo by TOTO LOZANO Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan De Oro City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that WILFREDO A. PAJARO has filed with this office a petition for the change of first name from “GODOFREDO” to “WILFREDO” in the Certificate of Live Birth of GODOFREDO ABAO PAJARO who was born on APRIL 22, 1951 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are PAJARO, CALIXTRO and FELICISIMA ABAO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than February 1, 2016.

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PNoy lauds mining industry’s best practices

PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III hailed the mining industry’s best practices during the presentation on Wednesday of the Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Award (PMIEA) to last year’s winners.

The PMIEA, which was established in 1997 through Executive Order No. 399, recognizes the outstanding commitment of mining companies for exemplar

practices in mineral exploration, quarrying operation, surface mining operation, and mineral processing.

President Aquino, together with Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje, handed out the award to Silangan Mindanao Mining Corporation Inc. (Mineral Exploration Category); Coral Bay Nickel Corporation (MinSee mining, page A11

CAGAYAN de Oro Councilor Dante Pajo, chair of the City council committee on health and sanitation is calling for the maintenance of a clean and healthy environment in the city.

“Kinahanglan 365 days kita nga mag baton og limpyo nga palibot aron paglikay sa mga sakit ilabina sa Dengue ug bisan ang Chikungunya nga matang sa sakit,”Pajo told The Power.

“In our city, we have no reported case of this Chikungunya disease but since its symptoms are almost similar with Dengue which can be acquired from mosquito bites, let us practice the same prevention measures of Dengue,” Pajo added.

The regular cleaning of mosquito breeding sites or removing artificial manmade breeding sites, covering or emptying and cleaning of domestic water storage containers on a routine basis and application of repellents to exposed skin are some of the preventive measures suggested by Councilor Pajo.

Based on research, Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes.

It causes fever and severe joint pain. Other symptoms include muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rashes.

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Volume IV, No. 198

motoring

GILBERT Y. CHAO - Motoring Editor

Monday

12 JanuarySee 25,story 2016on Page A9

A demonstration of supremacy – Raider R150 Summit Photos by Kit Elton Pilla

Suzuki Philippines (SPH) recently staged a grand gathering of Suzuki Riders – the Suzuki Raider R150 Summit at the World Trade Center in Manila.

Registering more than 2800 riders in attendance, it was the motorcycle industry’s

biggest riders-only event organized by a single manufacturer.

No less than 45 clubs from different parts of country were present during the event from Ilocos down to Koronadal.

The day was kickedoff by a ribbon cutting spearheaded by SPH President Hiroshi Suzuki,

assisted by the brand’s Motorcycle Division Sales and Marketing General Manager Jun Bulot, Marketing Manager Monch Bontogon and Assistant National Sales Manager Mitsunori Shiraishi.

The highlight of the event was the launch of the Raider R150 Reloaded – an upgraded

version of the popular Raider R150. The new Raider R150 retained most of the features of its predecessor save for the updated decals and unique wavy disc brakes. The Raider Reloaded now also comes with tubeless tires. All these are packed with the familiar 150cc DOHC 4-valve,

6-speed engine. The day became more exciting for two particular riders who were present, Mitchel Andrew Magat and Marlon Cataina, each winning a brand new Raider R 150 Reloaded in the grand raffle. The Raider R150 Reloaded will be out this January and will be available at an SRP of

Php 94,900.00 Also among those who made the Raider R 150 Summit possible were the following trade partners: Faito, IRC Tire, NHK Helmets, Gm, RK Racing Chain and Sprocket, Euromina Tires, Bushido, SKK Mobile, MotoActive, RCB, Spyder and Sun Cellular.

Indian Motorcycles Executive Class – Yamaha NMAX now in the Philippines

The iconic American motorcycle brand Indian officially announced their presence in the Philippines with the opening of their first showroom in the country.

Located at the heart of Quezon City, the ceremonial ribbon cutting was headed by city Mayor Herbert Bautista together with representatives from T.A. Marketing Inc., distributor of Indian, Polaris, Victory, Italjet and Ducati.

“This is only the first showroom in the country but we are already planning on opening other shops in key locations in other regions” shared Teodoro Alberto of Indian Motorcycles Philippines. “Our goal is to offer

more choices to potential customers and we don’t want to cut corners when opening a new shop. We want them to understand what the Indian brand is ll about as soon as they walk through the door” he added.

The Indian Motorcycles Showroom is locate at 102 P. Tuazon St., Cubao, Quezon City. For inquiries, you may call (02)725 0897

As urban traffic conditions continue to worsen, scooters increasingly become more popular than conventional motorcycles with manual gearbox.

Nothing beats the “twistn-go” convenience of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) when traversing congested roads.

Yamaha started capitalizing on this fact more than a decade ago and they are now the leading brand in the Philippine scooter market. It also helps that they currently have the widest range of what they call “automatic motorcycles” in their stable.

To further strengthen their position in this particular segment, Yamaha recently launched the NMAX. The Yamaha NMAX is powered by a single cylinder, 155.1 cc liquidcooled Blue Core engine which produces 11.1 kw of power @ 8000 rpm and 14.4 Nm of torque @ 6000 rpm. It is equipped with a Variable Valve Actuation system which helps regulate fuel combustion at various speeds. The system adjusts the fuel intake, using the force of acceleration as shifting point. This results in better torque in low RPMs and more power in high RPMs. Being one of Yamaha’s global scooter models, the NMAX is also being sold in different regions of the globe. This explains the simple but elegant European styling cues. It wouldn’t feel odd riding the NMAX in your suit, on the way to work. Stow away your laptop and other important document in the generous under seat compartment. You can easily breeze through rush hour traffic and there’s

no need to compete for a parking slot.

The NMAX’s 13-inch wheels allow light and nimble handling, even with the 1350 mm wheelbase.

The position of the grips offers good leverage and the reasonable 127-kilogram wet weight also makes riding less of a chore. Also keeping the center of gravity low is the 6.6 liter fuel tank that is placed between the step boards. The telescopic front front and the dual rear shocks (though not adjustable) smooth out bumps pretty well. The Fuel-injection system automatically adjusts air-fuel mixture

relative to altitude, resulting in a consistent engine performance during its testing in Baguio City.

Though there’s no engine brake on a CVT, the front and rear disc brakes were easy to modulate when tackling steep slopes. I also wasn’t worried about squeezing to hard as both are equipped with Anti-lock Braking System.

At a competitive price tag of P 118, 000, you also get LED head and tail lights, full digital instrument panel and a magnetic keyhole shutter to help protect your investment from theft. The Yamaha NMAX is available in metallic black and gun metal grey.

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pag-asa, hindi tayo magiging progresibo kapag sinira from page A3 from page A1 na nila ang buhay ng ating per cent of the total Philip- mga kabataan,” he said. in Mindanao or around pine economy.

54,628 households.

The governor fears that The following projects any economic dislocation from page A1 are in the offing: ZDN Reof Mindanao will have a A photograph taken by settlement Cluster III ARCs domino effect on the coun- Khan Sharief at 9:50 p.m. on (rubber-based farming with try.

Thursday showed the fire nursery and semi-rubber He said that all local lighting up the evening skies processing), Salug Valley government units in Min- over what locals refer to as Cluster (palay processing danao have been working “Sleeping Lady” or “Sleeping and trading), Misoret ARC all these years with the end Beauty” mountain.

Cluster (coco-sugar processin view of bringing progress Engr. Pipalawan Naga, ing and marketing), LAto their communities.

Provincial Environment and BACO ARC Cluster (abaca “We encourage the de- Natural Resources Officer, production, processing and velopment of home-based, said the area that caught fire marketing), TWAKITSAN livelihood industries most in Butig town is a cogonal ARC Cluster (abaca proof which are dependent on area and is far from a com- duction, processing and power. When electric power munity. Cogon is a type of marketing and coco-sugar is gone, gone too are their grass seen in open areas in production and marketing), sources of income of these mountains.

North Bukidnon ARC Clusfamilies,” Emano said.

Lanao del Sur Governor ter (vegetables and cassava He added his concern Mamintal Bombit Alonto production and marketing), is more on this level as big, Adiong, Jr. said a team from South Bukidnon ARC Clusmulti-national companies the Provincial Disaster Risk ter (corn production and can take care of their own Reduction and Management marketing), CLAGIBAPLA through their stand-by gen- Office has been deployed to ARC Cluster (processing erators. and marketing coco, pathe area.

“Nevertheless, a power The Provincial Infor- lay and nipa production), crisis that affect us could mation Office posted on BATA ARC Cluster (coffee mean serious trouble for its Facebook page Friday production, rejuvenation, the whole country con- noon the report of Saripada processing and marketing) sidering the contribution Lucman Pacasum Jr., Local and VETREBUNS ARC of the whole Mindanao to Disaster Risk Reduction Cluster (expansion of oil the country’s economy,” and Management Officer palm and support to rice the Governor said. (PIO/ IV of Lanao del Sur, that agribusiness).

MisOr) the fire started at 10 p.m. IFAD will assist these Thursday “in the cogonal 11 communities through area located at the bound- the following – investment from page A1 ary of the municipality of plan preparation, capacity “This is a very disturbing Butig and Alamada, Wao. building for the farmers, development. Kitang-kita There is still heavy smoke technology upgrading and natin na talagang malalang- in the area up to now.” diffusion, cluster farming malala na talaga ang prob- Sharief ’s photograph, organization, business seclemang ito. At kahit na ang however was taken at 9:50 tor matching, extension ating mga alagad ng batas p.m. so the fire must have services, quality control of ay nagiging involved na,” started much earlier. the end products, credit/ he stated.

Pacasum said the area microfinance facilitation Marcos pointed out that cannot be penetrated by and post-harvest facilities being so, the only solution vehicle because of its high and equipment. to put an end to the illegal elevation. Reaching the “We will teach them drug problem is for the area will take a five-hour certain cropping techniques whole country to unite. walk. to meet production targets “We must galvanize, we “There is no casualty so they can be at par with must motivate the entire because the area is unpopu- Asean standards,” Mr. Thicountry, ang ating mga ma- lated,” Pacasum’s report said. erry said, noting that the gulang, ang ating mga guro, The barangay closest to the Philippines had entered the ang ating mga simbahan, area is Barangay Sandab integrated Asean economy mga pulis, mga korte, mga which has 2,000 residents. just last year. prosecutor, dapat lahat ay The estimated affected For his part, Agrarian magkaisa para mabigyan na area is two square kilome- Reform Undersecretary ng solusyon ang problemang ters.

Herman Z. Ongkiko said ito,” he said.

The PDRRMO has yet to that the Departments of Marcos said that ac- determine the cause of fire. Agriculture; and Trade and cording to the Philippine It said there are specula- Industry will also be on hand Drug Enforcement Agency tions “that an animal hunter to provide assistance to the (PDEA), more than 20 per- started the fire when he was agrarian reform beneficiacent of the 42,029 total hunting (and that) the fire ries. barangays nationwide had then rapidly spread and IFAD was established drug-related cases in 2014, could not be contained any by the UN as one of the with the National Capital longer,” but this has yet to outcomes of the 1974 World Region having the high- be validated.

Food Conference. est rate of drug-affected The area where there is barangays at 92 percent. smoke allegedly has an ac Likewise, Marcos said tive volcano and so, there is from page A4 crime rate rose by more a possibility also that this the other hand, it also inthan three times from 2010 may have caused the fire. troduced discipline among to 2014 based on the an- This has yet to be verified. our people and lots of denual reports of the Philip- Aida Mamalakat, Mu- velopment took place in pine Statistics Authority. nicipal Disaster Risk Re- many parts of the country.

The reports show that total duction and Management There was total peace in the crimes in 2014 reached 1.16 Office (MDRRMO) of Butig, country and everybody was million cases compared to is on the way to Sandab to happy as they went on with 324,083 cases in 2010. meet with the officials and their usual business. Loose He stressed that solving residents there. firearms were hauled by the the drug menace should be Governor Mujiv Hata- hundreds and killing was one of the top priorities of man of the Autonomous reduced to the minimum. the next administration Region in Muslim Mindanao I see the beauty if once because of its ill-effects in (ARMM) said the ARMM’s more such proclamation peace and order and the Humanitarian Emergency of martial law is initiated youth.

Action and Response Team in some parts of Mindanao.

“Ang pinag-uusapan dito (HEART) has coordinated *** ay hindi lamang kriminali- with the Armed Forces of (Mr. Ben Emata was the dad na dulot ng droga, kundi the Philippines and ARMM recipient of seven major ang binibiktima ay ang ating Vice Governor Haroun Al- awards from several institukabataan at sinasabi natin Rashid Alonto Lucman Jr. tions that included “Most palagi ay ang kabataan ang was set to go to the area via Outstanding Journalist in ating pag-asa. Wala tayong helicopter.

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them, considering that subsequent events showed that the pastor who solemnized their marriage had no license at all. Pedro and Julia however believed that the pastor was duly-licensed to marry others, since some of their friends were married by him, too.

Well, under Articles 3 (1) and 35 (2) of the Family code of the Philippines, it is required that the person solemnizing the marriage must have the proper authority, or license, to perform a marriage, unless the parties who were married by him believed in good faith that he was so authorized.

This means that while the person who was to perform the marriage must have a license to marry others, and that if he did not have this license the marriage would be void and invalid, the husband and wife would still be considered legally valid if and when they believe in good faith that he had the authority to marry them.

-oooCREEPING EVIL AMONG US: If you are among those wondering why many people seem to have already lost their capacity to be good and seem to be always raring to do even the most despicable things just to earn a few pesos here and there, let me tell you that this is the result of the prediction that people will one day be under the spell of evil spiritual forces who will have control of their minds.

It is clear, that day has come. Now, people are selfseeking, lovers of money and of pleasure, and are no longer concerned with God and His commands, among others. This had been made possible by the other prediction that people will no longer listen to God and will no longer obey Him, because their minds have been corrupted by the teachings of the devil.

Now, how can we fight this creeping evil in the minds of many people?

By starting with ourselves, through a relentless study of the Word of God, the Bible, and by furious obedience to the commands contained therein. We have to accept and have faith on Jesus as our God and Savior, and allow ourselves to be guided by Him, through His teachings. Please call the numbers below if you have been inspired to do this!

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(Mineral Processing Category); and Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation, OceanaGold Philippines Inc. and SR Metals Inc. (Surface Mining Operation Category).

“These companies have performed well in protecting the environment, keeping their operations safe, and helping the communities in which they operate,” the President said in his speech before industry leaders at Malacañang Palace’s Rizal Hall.

“Your companies are embodiments of our belief that inclusive growth is the most potent philosophy — both in business and governance.

Fostering goodwill in the areas that support your success is not only the right thing to do, it also ensures the sustainability of your operations, and secures the future of your firms,” the Chief Executive added.

With the government’s continued support, President Aquino said he is optimistic that the companies that finished as runners-up would get the major awards.

“Moving forward, our government will continue working with you, in the belief that it is through constant communication and cooperation that we will give rise to industries that are truly sustainable, inclusive, and profitable.

You will remember how I signed Executive Order No. 79, which mandates a more equitable revenue sharing scheme, and helps ensure transparency and accountability in mining.

In 2014, we also completed the go and no-go zone maps that indicate areas where mining is prohibited, such as prime agricultural lands and tourism development areas,” he said.

President Aquino thanked the mining companies for their cooperation and participation in government programs to minimize the impact of industry on the environment, particularly the forests.

“For instance, there is our Nationwide Anti-Illegal Logging Campaign, which we launched in 2011. Since then, we have reduced the number of illegal logging hotspots from 197 to just 23. We have confiscated 32.66 million board-feet of illegally cut and processed logs, and have used them to repair school buildings and construct school seats.

There is also our National Greening Program, whose goal is to plant 1.5 billion seedlings in 1.5 million hectares around the country, and our honorable Secretary Mon Paje tells me that we

are on track to reach this goal by this year,” he said.

President Aquino also urged the mining companies to continue and improve their work.

“I encourage you all to continue and improve your good work, and to continue your fruitful engagement with your communities and the government. Together, the Filipino people have already achieved so much in the past five years and seven months, and with partners like you, I am confident that, even as I step down from office, our nation will choose to tread the Straight Path, and give rise to a future where the Philippines can continue to stand tall, and reach heights never before seen,” said the President.

The PMIEA runnersup were Mt. Labo Exploration and Development Corporation/Galeo Equipment Corporation; Holcim Philippines Inc.-La Union Plant; Holcim Philippines Inc.- Davao Plant; La Farge Republic Aggregates Inc.; La Farge Republic Inc.-Bulacan Plant; Eagle Cement Corporation; Minimax Mineral Exploration Corporation/ Agata Mining Ventures Inc.; Cadiano Mining Corporation; and Apo Cement Corporation.

Recipients of the Best Mining Forest Award were Aglubang Mining Corporation and Alagag Mining Corporation; Holcim Philippines; Taganito Mining Manufacturing Corporation and Coral Bay Nickel Corporation. (PNA)

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guided accordingly.

“Because this is an undue collection of fees that should not be continued and necessary corrections should be made in our billings for business tax for this year,” he stressed.

In re s p on s e t o t h e concerns of the business sector on environment fees and other issues, the City Council on Monday enacted an ordinance extending the deadline for filing business tax renewals until the end of the month.

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councilor also calls on all barangay officials to help strictly implement the AntiDengue ordinance in all seasons.

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