Mindanao Daily Set A (September 12, 2016)

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2 cities, 9 towns to have no power starting September 15

By GERRY LEE GORIT Correpondent

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CAGAYAN de Oro City-Some areas in the province of Bukidnon will experience blackout unless a power utility company pays its obligations next week, according to a transmission firm.

Areas that will be affected by the temporary disconnection that is set at 12 noon on September 15 is the city of Malaybalay, the towns of Lantapan, Cabanglasan, Impasugong, Sumilao, Manolo Fortich, Malitbog, Libona, Baungon and Talakag and Barangay Lilingayon, in Valencia City, said Bukidnon SubTransmission Corporation (BSTC) in a statement it posted online.

These are parts of the franchise area of the Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative Inc. (Buseco).

BSTC however did not state how much Buseco actually owes BSTC and the details of its obligations. “[BSTC] is set to effect disconnection/suspension of service to BUSECO on 15 September 2016

n 6 tons of confis-

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cated explosives from Sultan Kudarat mining site detonated/p.A2

n Couples for

Christ: Summary killings should concern all/p.A3

MOTORING

n Suzuki unveils

the ‘Jimny JLX MT’/p.A4

OPINION

n Time of courage

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DOH urged to follow Cuba’s example of resisting privatization of health services THE Filipinos will benefit if the government adopts Cuba’s model of a state-run health care system, said the research group IBON. The group stressed that people’s access to this social service is becoming more limited by Philippine health

services being increasingly run by the private sector for profit.

Department of Health (DOH) officials recently toured Cuba, known for its excellent health care system, upon the recommendation of President

Rodrigo Duterte.

Cuba’s revolutionary health system prioritizes community-based preventive health care while offering a free public health service with among the highest doctor-patient and nurse-patient ratios in the

world. This gives it among the lowest infant mortality rates and highest life expectancy rates in the world.

IBON welcomes DOH Secretary Paulyn Ubial’s anchoring her department’s All for Health, Health See SERVICES, page A7

House backs anti-illegal drugs drive Members of the House committee on dangerous drugs expressed their strong support for the anti-illegal drugs campaign of the Duterte government. They gave their reassurance to law enforcement agencies See DRUGS, page A7

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6 tons of seized explosives from mining site detonated Monday, September 12, 2016

By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera of MindaNews

BAGUMBAYAN, Sultan Kudarat--A huge spark of light in the middle of a dark hill, followed by loud explosion, then a mushroom cloud formed up in the sky like a small version of an atom bomb exploding, later followed by the roaring sound of rocks and soil descending from the mountain, an indication of a landslide.

But there was no cause for alarm, as it was an explosion carefully planned by government bomb experts who detonated Thursday evening about six tons of dynamites seized last month from an abandoned mining site in this municipality.

Supt. Raul Supiter, Sultan Kudarat provincial police director, said Army and police bomb experts used blasting caps and time fuse to ignite the explosives down the river in Barangay Titulok, Bagumbayan, owned by a private shooting range.

The process of disposal took government troops one whole day when the explosives, retrieved from an abandoned mining site of China Mining firm in Bai Saripinang in this town last month, were transported to provincial headquarters in Isulan town for booking

and investigation before these were finally brought to Barangay Titulok.

The process was witnessed and recorded by town officials, as well as representatives from the Department of Justice and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and explosive experts from the police, Army and National Bureau of Investigation.

The explosives were carefully and meticulously loaded into three dump trucks and brought to a river in Titulok by dozens of local folks hired to do the task.

“We have chosen the river inside a private firing range because it was strategically situated for blasting. It was below the national highway, far from inhabitants,” Supiter said.

But despite coordinating with local officials and a local radio announcement, news of the planned detonation did not reach the majority of residents, leading to an uproar on social media.

Supiter said Mayor Bernardita Bito-onon officially informed the people of Bagumbayan while See MINING, page A11

Jakarta welcomes Duterte. Children in traditional garb wave flaglets in a welcome ceremony for Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday (Sept. 9, 2016). SIMEON CELI/ PPD

4,000 families displaced by military offensive against Abu Sayyaf in Sulu

M A L AY BA L AY C it y - Some 4,000 families have been displaced by intensified military operations

against the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu province, the Bureau of Public Information of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao said Friday.

Most of the evacuees came from the towns of Patikul (1,122 families), Maimbung (1,321 families),

Indanan (400 families), Parang (1,113 families), and Panamao (29 families).

Intensified military action against the Abu Sayyaf started last month, leading to heavy casualties on government forces, the latest of which was the death of 15 soldiers in Patikul on

Aug. 30.

On Sept. 4, a day before leaving for the ASEAN Summits in Vientiane, Laos, President Duterte signed Proclamation “No. 55 declaring a “State of National Emergency on account of lawless violence in See sulu, page A7

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Lumad evacuees’ return home signals rebuilding of alternative schools THE E ​ ducators’ Forum for Development (EfD), a network of 100 schools nationwide advocating transformative education, commended the more than 2,000 Lumad evacuees on the reclaiming of their homes and ancestral land in Barangay Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur. The group said that this also signifies initial steps towards the rebuilding of Lumad alternative schools and continuation of the education disrupted by attacks from military and paramilitary groups.

“The return to their homes and ancestral land is a testament to the unified strength and campaign of the Lumad people, people’s organizations and concerned groups and supporters. These organized efforts can now be directed towards not only rebuilding the communities but the alternative schools the Lumads worked so hard to construct and operate,” said EfD. EfD noted that among the Lumad communities and schools under attack by

From Rural Missionaries of the Philippines-NMR government and paramilitary forces are those located in Lianga, Surigao del Sur, which has been targeted by large-scale mining corporations for its gold, coal, and chromite.

The group reiterated its concern that the continuous harassment and killings against indigenous peoples has grossly affected the operation of community-built alternative schools and the

education of indigenous children.

The situation has escalated to the point that even educators are targeted, harassed and killed, said the group.

The return of the Lumad evacuees is in time with the first year commemoration of the Lianga massacre.

Last September 1, 2015, Emerito “Emok” Samarca, school executive director

GENERAL Santos City–– Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol is pushing for the release of at 99 fishermen from this city and other parts of Mindanao who are currently detained in Indonesia due to illegal fishing.

In a statement, Piñol said he has referred the case of the detained fishermen to President Rodrigo R. Duterte for possible inclusion in his discussion with Indonesian President Joko Widodo during their

scheduled bilateral talks on Friday.

President Duterte arrived in Jakarta Thursday night for a state visit after attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Vientianne, Laos.

Piñol, who is also in Jakarta for the President’s visit, said he submitted a memorandum to President Duterte through Special Executive Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence Go to look into the fate of the 99 fishermen.

He said it includes a briefer on the plight of the fishermen prepared by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).

Piñol said the fishermen had been charged with illegal fishing and are currently detained in separate jails in Bitung and Manado in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

“Given the fact that charges have been filed against the 99, it was suggested that the Philippine

of the Alternative Learning Center for Livelihood and Agricultural Development (ALCADEV), and Manobo leaders Dionel Campos and Datu Juvello Sinzo were killed by members of the Magahat-Bagani paramilitary group.

The Lumad residents, and ALCADEV students and teachers were forced to evacuate, and their homes and school destroyed. The perpetrators remain at large, while troops of the 75th Infantry Battalion-Philippine Army encamped at Barangay Diatagon in Lianga only recently pulled out of the community.

EfD urged the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte to respect and support the Lumad evacuees in the rehabilitation of their communities and the alternative schools they have built. The Duterte government must also put a stop to military and paramilitary presence and attacks against all Lumad and indigenous people’s communities and schools, said EfD.

Couples for Christ: DA chief pushing for release of 99 Summary killings Pinoy fishermen detained in Indonesia should concern all

THE International Catholic lay ecclesial movement Couples for Christ has said all Filipinos should be concerned about the frequent killings of suspected criminals.

CFC, in a statement issued Wednesday, aired its concern over alleged cases of extrajudicial killings as the death toll in President Duterte’s war on drugs passed the 2,400 mark two months after he took office.

CFC chairman Joe Tale said Filipinos must demand that “the unabated killings should stop now.”

“Let our voices be heard,” he said. “It is not a time to be quiet. It is not a time to be neutral.”

“Let us stand firm for our humanity. Let us stand firm for our faith. Let us stand firm for the gift of life,” Tale said.

The CFC, with around 730, 000 active members, agrees the illegal drug problem must be eradicated.

However, they said, efforts to combat the menace must adhere to legal and principles.

Tale also called on CFC members and the public to help win the war against drugs by cooperating with the authorities and the judiciary.

With a mission to evangelize people, he added CFC must help inculcate the right values, especially among the young Filipinos “so they may not fall into the trap of illegal drugs in the first place.”

“Let us help in whatever way we can to help reform and rehabilitate those who have been victimized by it,” Tale said. (Roy Lagarde/ CBCPNews)

DAVAO City––The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 11 introduces the new grievance hotline of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.

Pantawid beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries may now send their concerns to 3456 which caters to all networks - Smart, Globe, TNT, TM, Sun and others.

The standard text rate is Php1.00.

Beneficiaries may use the text format DSWD4PsName of BeneficiaryMessage (Example: DSWD 4Ps Juana dela Cruz kulang ang

natanggap na payout sa Matina, Davao City) and send it to 3456.

“It is important that this text format should be correctly followed to ensure all SMS sent to 3456 will be directed to the 4Ps inbox,” said Pantawid Pamilya Regional Grievance Officer Odyssa Esther K. Matas.

DSWD has always been keen in encouraging the public to help by reporting anomalies, disparities or inconsistencies with regards to the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.

DSWD-11 introduces new grievance hotline

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government would only ask for the expeditious resolution of the cases,” he said.

Piñol said the detained fishermen include crew members of two support vessels that were stopped by Indonesian naval authorities despite proper coordination made by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Danilo Medina, captain of F/B Trinity, and Rene Perez, captain of L/B EBS 04, and their crew members Dionesia Paglinawan, See RELEASE, page A7

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GILBERT Y. CHAO - Motoring Editor

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Motoring September 12, 2016

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THE REAL DEAL – Suzuki Jimny JLX MT With its compact size coupled with conventional rugged styling, it is understandable why most people find the Suzuki Jimny quite endearing. Yet, what makes it more likable is that this little 4X4 is not just nice to look at, it is also fun to drive.

Propelling the Jimny is a 1.3-liter four cylinder DOHC 16 V gasoline engine which churns out 81 hp @ 5,500 rpm and 110 Nm @ 4,500 rpm. It may not seem much paper but such

modest numbers are more than enough to endow the 1,075-kilogram Jimny a peppy performance. Handling is pleasurably light and its boxy dimensions make it easier to navigate through congested urban roads. Getting into tight mall parking slots was never this easy. Huge windows also offer excellent all-around visibility and the tall driver’s seat gives you a commanding view of the road ahead. The ride is just a tad firm but not to the point of discomfort. Though it only

has three doors (two in front, one at the back), the Jimny accommodates 4 passengers (including the driver). The cabin might feel a bit snug if you regularly ride with fullsized adults but kids will be perfectly happy at the back.

Even with all seats occupied, you still have 113 liters of cargo space at the back.

The Jimny has been around for quite a while and it is evident with the rather dated feel of the interior.

The entertainment system of the JLX loaner I’ve tested

also seemed a little too basic. I suppose Suzuki didn’t imagine Jimny buyers to be fiddling with the radio while sitting in traffic. Do not be fooled by its cuteness, the Jimny is designed to go offroad. With a 190mm ground clearance, you’d be able to tackle rugged terrain or cross shallow streams. There’s hardly any overhang on either side so you can take on steep angles like a pro off-roader.

Switching from two-wheel drive to four-wheel drive is just as easy. You can select

2WD, 4WD or 4WD-L by just pressing a button.

At P 790, 000, the Jimny is probably one of the most reasonably-priced proper off-roader in the market. It may be the ideal vehicle for those who would like to start a nature-centric lifestyle. You can bring the kids on camping trips or fishing trips. It might be more beneficial than chasing after virtual pocket monsters the entire day.

To know more about the Suzuki Jimny, you may visit www.suzuki.com.ph

Suzuki Philippines’ Free Car Checkup Service Campaign Continues to Benefit Motorists Nationwide Suzuki @ Work, the Free Check-Up Service Campaign (FCSC) which Suzuki Philippines Inc (SPH) launched in January 2014, has received overwhelming response and participation for the past two years, no matter which Suzuki branches and no matter in what provinces the service camps have been held.

This year, the only integrated motorcycle and automobile company in the country and the pioneer manufacturer of compact vehicles levels up on its aftersales service to help motorists—both Suzuki and non-Suzuki vehicle owners—to maintain

their vehicles in tip-top condition. The Japanese automotive brand is offering its free 15-point comprehensive checkup in more locations nationwide and at an extended period.

Suzuki Philippines has been going around its different dealerships one province at a time since 2014 to bring its after-sales service to its loyal patrons and new customers with a twoday free comprehensive check-up held at each participating area. The vehicles go through four different service bays where the general condition, under chassis, and under the hood of the cars are examined by highly qualified pool of

technicians.

As a special rainy day treat this year, the free service camp will be done simultaneously nationwide for a period that stretches for two months. From July 25 to September 24, 2016, motorists can bring their cars for a free once-over at any Suzuki branch. Customers can also replace their wiper blades for as low as P250.00 and enjoy other discounts.

This special service campaign aims to help car owners maintain

the condition of their vehicles as a safety preparation for the rainy season when vehicles face difficult driving conditions. The Suzuki Free 15-Pt Check-Up Rainy Day Treat is rolled out in cooperation with TOTAL Philippines Corporation.

In 2015, a total of 690 customers benefitted from SPH’s free check-up service, a turnout that continues to inspire the company to sustain the campaign.

According to SPH Automobile General

Manager Mr. Shuzo Hoshikura, “It gives us a sense of joy to conduct these series of service camps and treats to help our loyal patrons, and we appreciate their positive response. We promise to continue to bring and even improve our after-sales initiatives even as we keep on strengthening our market presence.

Our 37% sales growth in the first half—a figure that’s higher than the industry mid-year growth of 27.1%--keeps us more enthusiastic

about our campaigns. As such, we intend to hold more Suzuki @ Work in different locations until the end of the year.”

Aside from getting the 15-point free comprehensive checkup, customers can also score great discounts on spare parts and labor at every service camp. Friendly SPH sales advisors and technicians are always happy to assist customers. For inquiries, SPH may be reached through Customer Care Hotline: (02) 462-5000.

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Time of courage and mercy

I LIVE my mission of dialogue and peace through the Silsilah Dialogue Movement formed by Christians and Muslims. Thru the years, I have developed friendships with many, giving special attention to the Muslims. I am a priest without a parish but with a lot of challenges that I am ready to face because I believe that it is still possible to build friendships with the Muslims and together build a harmonious society starting from the spirituality that unites human beings as part of the same family created by God. When I started the Silsilah Dialogue Movement in Zamboanga City with other Christian and Muslim friends, my dream was to share with others that we are called to become

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“bridges” among people living and promoting a spiritual “chain” and “link” (this is the meaning of Silsilah) to remind all that “dialogue starts from God and brings people back to God”. This vision has been expressed in many ways: living with the poor, forming students and leaders, building bridges of solidarity and working for the protection of creation

guided by the four pillars of dialogue that for us are: Dialogue with God, with the Self, with Others and with Creation.

To those who ask me what we have done in so many years considering that the conflict is still visible, I often answer: “We continue to be a sign of hope in spite of the difficulties.

“And often I add: “We are doing our part that for us is a mission and I see, here and there, signs of hope.

Thanks also to our presence”. For this reason we always say that our dialogue is more than a “strategy”, is a sustainable dialogue based on the spirituality of life-in-dialogue as an expression of love. Thus, for us, dialogue is not only a means but a goal itself.

In Zamboanga City, the place where I normally live, we usually say that violence is done by “bad elements.”

This is an expression that sometimes covers many things, including the violence claimed by those who identify themselves as “Muslims” but they do not give a good service to Islam. For this reason, today many Muslim friends come to me and express their frustration about the situation. When I ask them what their religious leaders do to face these situations they often say: “Father, they also are afraid!”

Sometimes I ask: “Afraid of what and of whom?” That often becomes the starting point for a long conversation that only among

I mostly receive a positive smile and answer. Of course, I have!

Back to Shah, wo says: “It is absolutely critical for politicians to be accessible and to disseminate their message as wide as possible.

Not fully leveraging the tools available nowadays, and sticking only with traditional methods would be fatal. And this is absolutely correct!

Arguably the most successful by virtue of followers and likes are India’s Prime Minister Nerendra Modi and US President Barak Obama.

Modi now has over 20 million followers on Twitter, while President Obama has over 77 million and both continue to wrack up the likes on Facebook and have taken to YouTube, whether it’s to be interviewed or to post.

Both have one thing in common when it comes to their social media presence:

they get personal.

Rather than just posting canned political messages they’ve stepped out of the traditional political box, posting more intimate glimpses into their lives, like Obama exercising with the Vice President or playing football with his dog.

“S o c i a l m e d i a ge t s around the so-called gatekeepers and takes the message directly to the virtual street!... You’re typically reaching the younger demographic, those that are keen to have their voices heard,” said Shah.

But social media is also a rapidly changing arena and there are pitfalls that can trip anyone up - or down!

Trudeau, Modi and Obama have largely managed to avoid these, although the Canadian PM has faced criticism within Canada over his use of social media, most notably after

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own national borders.

I came across Bhupesh Shah, a social media marketing expert and professor at Seneca College in Toronto, Canada, ranking as one of the Top 50 business professors to follow on Twitter.

He says that it is helping leaders connect with their citizens in an “efficient and effective manner.” If I meet other business people and ask them about their Facebook or Twitter accounts,

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Manila Rotarians push peace projects

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… `Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid’…” (Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, in John 14:27, the Holy Bible).

-oooSO, POTUS OBAMA, WHAT IS THE “RIGHT WAY” VS. DRUGS? US President Barack Obama’s urgings that President Duterte should conduct the Philippine anti-drug campaign in the “right way”, without even pretending to specify what, indeed, is the “right way” in the campaign to eliminate or at least minimize the scourge of illegal drugs, smacks of a useless peroration coming from a leader who himself failed to combat drugs in his own country.

I mean, Obama’s tirade against the violent and deadly war against drugs in the Philippines could

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have been more meaningful and relevant if he, at the same time, offered specific solutions to combatting the menace that, in the course of several generations, either killed or disabled many Filipinos.

That there was no solution at all from Obama showed that he, as the US leader, merely wanted to portray himself as a leader whose sole desire was to free-ride on a higher moral ground at the expense of

Duterte, and make the Philippine leader look like a monster of a leader. To me, it would have been a lot better for Obama to have remained silent on the issue.

-oooHERE’S A WORTHY R O TA R Y P R O J E C T : RECOGNIZING GOV’T E M P L OY E E S A N N U ALLY: There is a need to institutionalize a system of regularly recognizing and giving awards to teachers and other employees of the government, separate, distinct, and independent from current award-giving activities being undertaken by private foundations like the Metrobank Foundation.

Unknown to many, many teachers and government employees discharge their duties and responsibilities with the highest degree of professionalism and efficiency, and yet they are not only unrecognized and therefore are unappreciated in their gallant and heroic

efforts, but are even subjected to so much abuse by their own superior officers sometimes.

Perhaps, Rotarians from all over the Philippines can pool their resources together and launch this kind of a project, similar to the journalism awards handed out annually by the Rotary Club of Manila, the oldest Rotary Club in the Philippines which was established here in 1919. With 30,000 or so Rotarians from Aparri to Jolo, they can monitor who is serving well and deserving of recognition.

-oooMANILA ROTARIANS PUSH PEACE PROJECTS: Rotary International, with its 32,000 clubs and about 1.2 million members around the world, had been embarking on “peace and conflict initiatives” in the four corners of the globe, in the hope of ending age-old disputes or, at least, preventing See MANILA, page A7

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he answered a question about quantum computing from a journalist that went viral. Some criticized him for planting the question solely for social media purposes.

“Leaders should recognize that anything they say or do can and will be used by the public (and media) for their own agenda. This means that they always have to be ‘on’ - knowing that what they say will be instantly captured and shared,” Shah explains. Correct! We just experienced this with our president Rodrigo Duterte, didn’t we?

With an increasingly globalized world social media has become an invaluable tool of the international political trade and it will continue to evolve. Modi, Obama and Trudeau are pioneers in this realm and their experiences online are shaping what’s to come both internationally and nationally for the next generation of politicians who aspire to the highest offices. +++ Email: doringklaus@gmail. com or follow me in Facebook or Twitter or visit www. germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com or www. klausdoringsclassicalmusic. blogspot.com.

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trusted friends can happen. It was a time when the expression “holy war” was used to justify “jihad” with violence encouraged by their understanding of their religious “obligations.” That expression still remains, no matter how it is used or misused, but maybe today we can also talk of “Holy fear,” that can be applied in many situations, but I put here as an attitude that I find often in some leaders, including “good Muslim leaders” who know many things but they are afraid to tell and act.

They know who is behind acts and plans of “radical violence” but they are afraid to say in public. For the grass roots people maybe we can say that they often live in a stage of “holy ignorance”. They do not know proper religious guidelines and normally they trust and rely on their leaders who often do not say all they know or they could share because of fear, calculation or vested interest.

As a Christian and a priest who has been in Mindanao since 1977, I have a lot of good and sincere Muslim friends who share the same feeling and desire to help bring harmony among Muslims and Christians, I always approach this topic with humility because Christians too, in the past, have used a similar “strategy” to justify their actions against people of other cultures and religions.

Violence has been part of the history of humanity since the beginning, starting

from Cain who killed his brother Abel, but we cannot accept this situation any more.

The future peace in Mindanao and other parts of the world needs people who move with courage and mercy, and I hope that you too join us in this mission to build together one big human family where we respect and love each other as brothers and sisters.

••• (Fr. Sebastiano D’Ambra, PIME, is the founder of Silsilah Dialogue Movement).

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them from erupting into major wars waged by nations against nations, kingdoms against kingdoms.

This is a greatly laudable direction for Rotary International (RI), which is now famous the world over as the international organization of choice when it comes to responding to the needs of the truly poor and marginalized. But as far as District 3810 of RI and the Rotary Club of Intramuros are concerned, however, peace and conflict initiatives are geared towards solving conflicts at the local level.

Under the leadership of District 3810 Gov. Ernest Yuyek and RC Intramuros All Star President Judge Angelina Mauricio (my wife), lectures and seminars are now conducted to teach barangay officials, teachers and school administrators, parents, and workers, to look for solutions to disputes arising in their work and family environments, using the most basic legal concepts. Mabuhay!!!

-oooPLEASE WATCH OR LISTEN: “Tambalang Batas at Somintac”, a newscommentary radio program, aired at DZEC 1062 kHz and other Radyo Agila provincial stations nationwide, and is aired live by Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ RadyoAgila1062/?fref=ts, 6 to 7 in the morning, Philippine time. Phone: 0922 833 43 96, 0918 574 0193, 0977 805 9058. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com.

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the police chiefs of towns surrounding the area were also alerted about the planned disposal.

Already paranoid over bomb threats across the region, many residents were alarmed by the lone powerful blast which reverberated in the towns of Sto. Niño, Surallah, Norala in South Cotabato; Esperanza, Isulan and Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat; and Ampatuan, Abdullah Sangki and Shariff Aguak in Maguindanao.

But Supiter maintained that local officials and the general public in Region 12 were properly informed.

“Lucky enough these very dangerous explosives did not land in the wrong hands,” Supiter said of the 36,000 sticks of dynamites.

In a radio interview

earlier, Supiter alerted the people in the provinces of Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato of the planned explosive disposal.

The gold mine site was abandoned after President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office in July.

Bagumbayan Mayor Jonalette de Pedro lauded the efforts made by security forces for locating the huge volume of explosives hidden in the ranges of his town.

“I’m so thankful they were able to locate and destroy the explosives. We have no idea that we had that sizeable amount of explosives brought here by large scale miners,” she said, adding that local government officials are against the mining, but the mining company was granted permission by the DENR’s Geosciences and Mines Bureau (GMB).

De Pedro vowed that under her watch as mayor, she will block any attempt at mining, even at the exploratory stage, especially those that will use blasting.

Explosive experts say it would be too dangerous to manage a stockpile of this huge amount of explosive because of sensitivity to heat, lightning or any accident which expected to bring more damage to communities and worst if terror groups will be interested to intercept and make this on their advantage to launch more attacks. (Ferdinandh Cabrera / MindaNews)

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Elito Libay, Danilo Empleo and Gregorio Seroyla were intercepted by the Indonesian Navy while their vessels were passing through Indonesian waters en route to the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, he said.

F/B Trinity is owned by the Trinity Home Industrial Development Corporation based in Spring Valley compound in Barangay Tambler here.

Piñol said the fishermen were detained in Indonesia since Nov. 8, 2015 “even when their travel through the Indonesian waters was made with proper coordination and in spite of the fact that their boats were merely supply boats and did not carry fishing gears.”

He said a total of 279 fishermen had been arrested and detained in Indonesia on charges of illegal fishing but 174 of them were released last week. “(The release was) apparently as a reciprocal gesture to the release of 172 Mecca-bound Indonesians who were arrested in the Philippines for carrying Filipino passports,” he said.

Piñol said he met with Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. Thursday night and brought up the “issue of the Filipino Consular Officers’ inability to visit the detained Filipino fishermen despite the 2014 Agreement on Consular Affairs.”

The Agriculture Secretary is accompanied by five other DA officials – Undersecretary for Fisheries and BFAR national director Eduardo Gongona, BFAR assistant director Drusila Esther Bayate, BFAR fisheries regulatory and quarantine division chief lawyer Annaliza Vitug, and Agriculture Attaché Anna Abejuela. (MindaNews)

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for All theme on learning lessons from Cuba. But the group said that this necessarily means reversing the government’s neoliberal policy of privatizing health services and turning health into a commodity provided by the market to profit from.

The government’s banner program for “universal health coverage” is the health insurance program PhilHealth which reportedly now benefits 97 million Filipinos. But despite PhilHealth taking up the bulk of the national government’s health budget, 68% of Filipino’s personal health care spending is still paid for out-of-pocket.

Recent IBON surveys found that PhilHealth paid less than half of patients’ health expenses and that 7 of 10 PhilHealth sponsored patients in 2014 were still obliged to buy medical paraphernalia outside the hospital during confinement.

Poor patients also lamented public hospitals’ lack of medicines, medical supplies, beds and beddings, dirtiness of toilets and lack of cleanliness.

Health services will become more inaccessible to the poor as more than 70 hospitals nationwide face privatization, IBON noted.

The average cost of confinement in a private facility is already P25,741 which is equivalent to 68 working days considering the average daily basic pay in the country of P380. Even the average cost in a public health facility of P8,640 is too expensive and equivalent to almost 23 working days.

The Cuban government guarantees access to quality health care for its entire population. The Philippine government can achieve the same, said IBON, by following Cuba’s example of resisting privatization and establishing an integrated national health system that is exclusively and proudly public, the group said.

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“Pantawid Pamilya, like any other programs, has a margin of error. The DSWD, however, exercises transparency and accountability to correct mistakes and further improve program implementation,” said DSWD Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat.

Pantawid Pamilya is a social development program which focuses on meeting the Millennium Development Goals of eradicating

extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing child mortality, and improving maternal health.

In attaining these objectives, the program provides cash assistance to augment the school and health needs especially of children aged 0 to 14 years old.

The beneficiaries will need to comply with the sets of conditions required of them to claim their cash grants.

At present, the program has over 294,000 beneficiaries in Region 11. (PNA)

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to work on their budgetary needs and to pass appropriate measures to strengthen their enforcement capabilities.

In a recent hearing conducted by the committee, Rep. Robert Ace S. Barbers (2nd District, Surigao del Norte), the panel chairman, assured officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) of the committee’s full support for their anti-illegal drugs operations.

“Rest assured that each of our committee members will always be there to support you. Kakampi ninyo kami. Magkakasama tayo sa giyerang ito. Lahat tayo potential victims ng mga drug addicts at drug pushers. We will definitely give you what you need, as much as we can. We will provide you with the necessary tools with respect to laws that we will craft in the future or perhaps amend existing laws, and will also give you budgetary support,” said Barbers.

Barbers said the committee is open to proposals which are new or seeking to amend existing laws especially in the area of boosting the enforcement capabilities of the PNP, NBI and PDEA to stop the drug problem.

So far, he said, there are 40 bills, four resolutions and four concurrent resolutions referred to the committee as of August 31, 2016.

In terms of budgetary support for law enforcement agencies, Barbers vowed to talk to House leaders concerned to push for the proposed budgets of law enforcement agencies for next year for their antiillegal drugs operations.

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(Thursday) at 12 noon in view of BUSECO’s failure to pay its delinquent accounts with BSTC,” read a part of the notice.

This means that the whole franchise of Buseco will have no electricity since the power utility “will not receive electrical energy through the BSTC subtransmission system for the duration of the suspension of service of BSTC,” it said.

BSTC is operating the 69-kilovolt sub-transmission system in the province of Bukidnon serving Buseco and First Bukidnon Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Fibeco) and bill these customer distribution utilities for the connection charge and residual sub-transmission charge and applicable value added tax (VAT).

In an audio statement posted on a blogsite, Bukidnon Gov. Jose Maria Zubiri Jr., said he received a letter from BSTC chief executive officer Romeo Pacana informing him of the firm’s plan to shut down the power in several parts of the province.

Zubiri said if Buseco cannot settle its obligations and BSTC pushes through with the disconnection, he is calling on the affected consumers to stage a protest rally next week to relay to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte the situation in his province.

He said the board of directors of Buseco should be replaced since they did not serve the interest of the people of Bukidnon.

In a separate statement it put out Thursday afternoon, the Buseco management said BSTC’s notice has caused confusion and anxiety “to Buseco’s member-consumer-owners is merely harassment and of no legal basis.”

A statement from Buseco obtained by reporters countered the allegation that electricity will be disconnected in the power utility’s service area because it failed to pay its obligations to the Bukidnon Sub-Transmission Corporation (BSTC).

But Buseco has clarified that it is not remiss in settling its payables to the BSTC. It said “that for a cooperative to attain the highest categorization of Triple A, the cooperative must be current in paying its obligations to its power providers.”

Buseco added that “as a consistent Triple A category electric cooperative with a perfect score of 100% as recognized by the National Electrification Administration simply proves that the allegation of BSTC is of no legal basis.”

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Mindanao”.

Aside from the campaign against illegal drugs, criminality and terrorism, the proclamation cited the “abductions, hostagetakings and murder of innocent civilians” as among its bases.

The Abu Sayyaf is notorious for kidnapping people and executing hostages who would fail or refuse to pay ransom.

The group, whose founders are said to have joined the resistance against Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, emerged in Basilan and Sulu during the time of then president Fidel V. Ramos.

Military campaigns by the Ramos government and its successors have failed to decimate the Abu Sayyaf whose victims include both Filipinos and foreign nationals. (MindaNews)

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HOST : BUSINESSWEEK MINDANAO & ORO CHAMBER PARTICIPANTS: - EAGLES Members Oro Chamber Members PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING for SMEs TOPICS: Part 1- Setting up Financial Goals •Money Personality Test •Overcoming obstacles to Financial Security •Steps in creating effective financial goals Part 2- Measuring your Personal Financial Health •Steps in preparing your Personal Cash Flow Statement •Steps in preparing your Personal Cash Flow Statement •Formula of the Rich

Lions Members

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Guests

o How much should you pay yourself? o How much is your business worth? o How Business Insurance can protect your business o Symptoms of a failing business o How to raise funds for expansion •Investrepreneurship o How Stock Market works o Common Misconceptions about Stock Market Investing o How to Profit from the Stock Market o Rules in Investing o Investment Strategies

Part 3- Effective Budgeting and Debt Management •How to create an effective budget/spending plan that works •Leveraging Debt: Good Debt vs. Bad Debt •How Manage Personal Debt

Part 7- Philippine Economic Outlook Q and A

Part 4- Building your Personal Financial Safety Nets •How to compute for Emergency Fund •Reasons why Life and Health insurances are a MUST •Computing for the right insurance coverage

Jesijohn “Jesi” Bondoc, RFP® is a current Director of My Wealth MD and Partners, Inc., an investment consultancy firm. He is a Registered Financial Planner and Certified Investment Solicitor. Has more than 10 years experience in the financial services industry

Part 5- Building your own nest egg for Retirement •Current situation of Filipino retirees •Retirement mistakes to avoid •How to compute and save for retirement needs Part 6- Growing your money wisely •Where to invest? o Business o Real Estate o Paper Assets/Stocks •Must Knows for Entrepreneurs o Accounting 101 and Useful Financial Ratios o How to manage cash flow

SPEAKER PROFILE - MR. JESI BONDOC

Jesi writes in MoneySense Magazine and Business Mirror on topics covering personal finance and investments. He has conducted multiple personal finance and investment seminars to various companies and associations in the Philippines that includes Prulife UK, AXA, Smart Communications, PLDT, Aspac International, Instone Philippines Inc, Ateneo Graduate School, De La Salle University, DHL and more.

Jesi regularly appears as a financial expert on ANC channel’s TV show “On the Money.” He is a BS Accountancy graduate with more than 10 years experience in the financial services industry.