Mindanao Daily Set A (September 19, 2016) by Mindanao Daily News

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September 19, 2016

By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent

AGAYAN de Oro City--“The statement of witness Edgar Matobato (Thursday) before the Senate Committee on Justice Hearing on Extrajudicial Killings are lies and fabrication. It can only be the product of a fertile and a coached imagination.”

CONFERENCE. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II addresses some 300 prosecutors from all over Mindanao Island, during the Mindanao-Wide Prosecutors’ Conference, held yesterday at Pryce Plaza Hotel,Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, and hosted by Northern Mindanao Regional State Prosecutor Jaime Umpa. Mindanao Daily photo by Gerry Lee Gorit

‘Prioritize drug cases,’ Aguirre tells prosecutors

See DRUG, page A7

Leila De Lima. How is it possible that he could just arrive at the Senate without him (Matobato) being invited or without knowing that there is a Senate inquiry. How can he (Matobato) not name who brought him to the Senate? Who is he (Matobato)

Other headlines

n House committee wants Drug Summit convened soon/p.A2 n DepEd needs more Science, math teachers/p. A3 OPINION n DepEd is creating criminal-minded youth/p.A4 n The big issued in the country/p.A4 n In love with life?/p.A4 n Detox, rehab, food: Parish works to fight drug problem/p. A6

See LIES, page A7

IN NORTHERN MINDANAO

NBI-10 to lead govt’s anti-corruption drive By Mark D. Francisco, Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City--The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Region 10 is set to conduct lifestyle checks on all government officials based in the region. Outgoing regional director Angelito P. Magno said that the lifestyle checks would cover all officials, whether they are regional directors of national agencies

By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City-Fighting corruption and prosecution of drug-related cases are the priorities of Department of Justice (DOJ) under the administration of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II told prosecutors in Mindanao during

This is the statement released by Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, who was here in the city to grace the Mindanao-wide Prosecutors Conference, at Pryce Plaza Hotel in Upper Carmen, on the Justice Committee Hearing in the Senate on Extra-Judicial Killing, chaired by Senator

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See DRIVE, page A7

PRAYER RALLY. School officials and students of

Khadijah Mohammad Islamic Academy (KMIA) join the recent Walk of Peace and offered prayer of sympathy to victims of Davao bombing. Mindanao Daily photo by Sonny Sudaria

School officials, students in Marawi hold ‘Walk of Peace’ By SONY V. SUDARIA Bureau chief, Armm

MARAWI City––Officials and members of the academic community, including students from public and

private schools here conducted a “Walk of Peace” and offered prayer for the victims of the recent Davao bombing. Thousands of students marched in the streets and

converged at the Cabili park of Marawi City denouncing terrorism, illegal drugs, corruption, and all forms of lawlessness. Joining the students See PEACE, page A7

ANNIVERSARY. From left, School’s Superintendent Fharida Sansarona of Lanao

del Sur, Atty. Sultan Naahrollah B. Conding of BIR-Marawi City district, Marawi City Mayor Majul U. Ganddamra, and Lanao del Sur Vice Governor Mamintal “Bombit” Alonto Adiong during the 76th Charter Day anniversary of Marawi City with the theme “Enriching Maranao Culture, Clean and Peaceful Islamic city of Marawi. Mindanao Daily photo by Sonny V. Sudaria

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House committee eyes Drug Summit THE House Committee on Dangerous Drugs is now coordinating with law enforcement agencies to hold a Drug Summit to ensure a uniform and systematic approach in addressing the problem of illegal drugs. Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (2nd District, Surigao del Norte), committee chairman, said they are now finalizing a request to agencies concerned in the campaign against illegal drugs to hold a Drug Summit soon. The request is addressed to the Dangerous Drugs Board, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine National Police (PNP), and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Barbers said the last time the country had a Drug Summit was about 15 to 20 years ago before the passage

of Republic Act 9165 or the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.” The law mandates the government to pursue an intensive and unrelenting campaign against the trafficking and use of dangerous drugs and other similar substances through an integrated system of planning, implementation and enforcement of anti-drug abuse policies, programs, and projects. “We would like to request the inputs of the partner agencies so there would be a uniform, systematic and synergetic approach in addressing the problem of illegal drugs,” Barbers said. The committee has been conducting hearings on the government’s intensified anti-illegal drugs campaign. Officials of law enforce-

ment agencies briefed the committee about their mandates, operational goals, accomplishments, budgetary requirements, and capability upgrade, among others. Barbers has assured law enforcement agencies of the committee’s full support for their anti-illegal drugs operations in terms of budgetary support and passage of laws and amendment of existing laws that will boost their enforcement capabilities. “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

WALK OF PEACE. School officials and students marched the streets of Marawi City in time for the holding of the Walk of Peace and later gathered at the Plaza Cabili where they offered prayer for the victims of the recent Davao bombing. The students also join the call for an end to terrorism and rally behind President Rordigo Duterte’s war on drugs, corruption and other forms of lawlessness. From left, Atty. Sithe Raifah Pamaloy-Hassan, provincial head of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the Armm, and Agakhan “Binladin” M. Sharief, CEO and president of the Khadijah Mohd Islamic Academy (KMIA). Mindanao Daily photo by Sonny Sudaria you with the necessary tools with respect to laws that we will craft in the future or perhaps amend existing laws. We will also give you budgetary support so we will have enough ammunition against our enemies who are the drug lords,” Barbers said. Rep. Christopher “Toff ” de Venecia (4th District,

Pangasinan) has expressed full support for the plan to hold a Drug Summit. He proposed to the committee on education and awareness of the inter-agency committee on anti-illegal drugs to also include the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) so that the country may learn about the best practices

being undertaken by other countries in addressing the illegal drugs problem. De Venecia also batted for the inclusion of the National Youth Commission in the inter-agency’s education and awareness committee since most of those affected by the drug problem are young people aged 20 to 29 years old. “Sila po yung pinaka-apektado,” de Venecia said. source: congress.gov.ph

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-0196-2016 (R.A. 10172) 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 SHIELA MAE P. PECANTE has filed with this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error of the child’s sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of SHIELA MAE PEREZ PECANTE, who was born on 9 October 1985 at Manuel J. Santos Hospital, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines and whose parents are ALEJANDRA SUMRIO PEREZ and NORBERTO PALAPO PECANTE. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 3 October 2016. (SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LlB, MPA City Civil Registrar MDN: Sept 19 & 26, 2016

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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 JULIETA TORAL LARA has filed with this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error of the child’s sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JULIETA JAMERO TORAL, who was born on August 15, 1966 at Ampayon, Butuan City, Agusan and whose parents are GASPAR LOREN TORAL AND ROSITA CAPAGÑAN JAMERO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 5 October 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 LARRYVEE GEMINA TRANCE has filed with this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error of the child’s sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of LARRYVEE GEMINA TRANCE, who was born on 9 Dec. 1993 at P-6 Matin-ao Bonbon, Butuan City and whose parents are LORENZO TAPILOT TRANCE AND ELVIRA REYES GEMINA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 5 October 2016.

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Monday, September 19, 2016

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DepEd needs more Science, math teachers Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones announced that many teaching items for Science and Math still need to be filled up. The demand for more K to 12 educators is still high despite the employment of 195,302 teachers between 2010 and 2016, Briones said. “We have a challenge in hiring Math and Science teachers. . . [We need] a huge army of teachers, we’ll recruit more,” Briones recently told members of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations during the Department’s presentation of its proposed budget for 2017. The Education chief also reported that DepEd was able to deter the anticipated massive displacement of teachers following the full implementation of the K to 12 basic education. With the creation of 36,461 teaching items for the senior high school (SHS) program, DepEd already hired 3,950 displaced faculty of higher education institutions (HEIs), 928 of which have availed themselves of the Department’s “Green Lane” for speedy employment. “We lack teachers. We are not displacing teachers,” Briones disclosed. DepEd offers above entry-level salary grades to graduates of Science and Technology courses under the Junior Level Science Scholarships (JLSS) of the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (SEI). As of June 21, 2016, 502 qualified in the scholarship, with 472 scholars availing See needs, page A7

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children…” (Deuteronomy 6:4-7, the Holy Bible). -oooRP’S EDUCATIONAL S Y S T E M C R E AT I N G CRIMINALS OF PINOYS: How many more teachers, or, perhaps, students in our public schools should die before we awaken to the realization that our system of educating Filipino children is not creating good and responsible children or citizens but is actually making criminals out of them? Of course, Department of Education Secretary Leonor Briones, ruing the killing by a 15-year old female student of her teacher, Vilma Cabactulan of the Pedro “Oloy” N. Roa National High School in Cagayan De Oro City last Tuesday, September 13, 2016, is correct in saying that “it is high time that the mental health needs of both our teachers and students are given attention…” But, what else can Briones, or even the entire

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Duterte government, do to address the evidently deteriorated mental condition of both the teachers and students of public schools in the country when, for a long time now, DepEd has officially stopped the teaching of good manners and right conduct and of religion or spirituality to Filipino children? -oooDEPED IS TO BLAME FOR CRIMINAL-MINDED YOUTH: Undeniably, since Filipino children are no longer taught good manners and right conduct and the proper fear and love of God in their schools, much less in their homes, they grow up not knowing right from wrong, and not knowing that evil behavior or conduct is punished severely while good and exemplary deeds are amply rewarded by the God that

created all of us. If Filipino school children are now capable of killing their teachers, and physically incapacitating their fellow students or even other people that cross their paths, DepEd has no one else to blame except itself. Through the years, it has espoused the rejection of moral, spiritual and sociocivic values by the kind of curriculum it has been and still is pushing nationwide. In fact, DepEd has even become the prime enemy of the teaching of Biblical and spiritual principles to many students by its official policy---as shown by one of its circulars known as DECS Order No. 68, Series of 1999---of rejecting the DECS and DepEdauthorized operation of schools owned, managed, and operated, by Christian (Born Again) churches in the whole country. -oooW HAT DEPED SHOULD BE TEACHING CHILDREN: With due respect, I must say that public schools---elementary and secondary---no longer train children in the way that they should go. More basically, DepEd schools do not even know the way that school children should be taught, so that even if they grow old they will not depart from it. If any teacher, princi-

pal, superintendent, or any other high DepEd official is going to be asked, what is the way that students should be trained on, I am willing to bet that 99% of them would not be able to answer correctly. They could not, because it is obvious that not many of them read the Bible, which describes the way that our children should be taught. The only way that Filipino kids should be taught is through the training and instruction of the Lord our God. What is this training and instruction of the Lord our God? It is to believe in God, and to love Him with all their might, heart, soul, and mind. If we impart to them this belief in God while they are still young, not only will they grow to be good men and women. They will also be blessed by God beyond expectations! -oooPLEASE LISTEN: “Ang Tanging Daan” (The Sole Way): a Bible study and prayer session online could now be heard, 24 HOURS a day, in the Philippines and the world at www.facebook. com/angtangingdaan or www.facebook.com/ANDKNK (and look for “Ang Tanging Daan” broadcasts). Phone: 0922 833 43 96, 0918 574 0193, 0977 805 9058. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com.

I am afraid we are, little by little, losing our sovereignty as a nation and foreign troops will be marching in our streets. I hope the media will come in and point the way to protect the interest of the people. What I noticed lately is that Journalism in the country is heading towards extinction. Except for a few, many journalists are now silent and losing their blood to stand behind honor and integrity. I wish to remind Duterte that there exist a mutual defense pact between our country and our closest ally, the United States of America. And not only that, America has been providing us with millions of dollars as “friendship money” plus hundreds of supports we derived from them. Well, I am not surprised of Pres Digong because he opens his mouth so often and apologize later, a characteristic of

a guy that loses credibility faster than we think. One thing sure, however, the media of Duterte is fast in portraying him as the hero of all heroes, saying among other thing he is famous in foreign lands. I did not any basis at all but there is nothing we can do with the issue. I just hope the clouds of dictatorship will not fall into the atmosphere of our country. In the country, every day is filled with suspense and thrill. I just cross my finger and watch of new things around. What I have been waiting to happen is the new administration solving the problem of unemployment. If our jobless people can be employed, they do not need to go to countries which are cruel and abusive. Many of our professionals who went abroad are hired as housemaids and some of them are sexually assaulted. (Bennex News Service)

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Typhoon in the Phil-

PAT SAMONTE CHRIS PANGANIBAN ippine is like celebrating Regional Editor Caraga Regional Editor-Davao fiesta. It has just come regularly every year. Dur Rene Michael BaÑos uRIEL C. QUILINGUING ing fiestas we prepare food, Regional Editor Northmin Contributing Editor AL JACINTO Regional Editor-WestMin

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cakes, drinks, etc. for our guests. During typhoons we must also prepare ourselves not only food, but shelter and possibly stay in higher grounds. And since rainy days are around, let us be ready for any eventualities. Deaths can be avoided if we use our heads appropriately. It is now apparent that President Rodrigo Duterte is anti American. He curses America, calling President Barack Obama son of the bitch, etc. And now it seems he has some secret agenda with Russia to send its troops in our country for alleged cooperation in the battle against terrorism. This is just ridiculous. So it is now clear this is the reason why he is driving away the American troops in Mindanao. I hope Digpng

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is aware that he cannot do anything what is in his mind. The county is not his private property. He needs to consult the Filipino people on major undertaking. With American and Russian troops in our country, we reduce our local soldiers as a mere boy scouts and our country as a puppy in the laps of two opposing countries. Maybe the next thing he will do is invite Chinese troop to lure it over Mindanao.

In love with life?

SOMETIMES, we feel our life is turning miserably. Our negativism doesn’t allow us to keep our eyes, ears and, most important! - our minds, hearts and souls opened. We’re reaching our breaking point. This breaking point can be the prelude to our strongest moment. Can be! Must not! But if yes, then it is when we reach our break-

ing point, we discover our real strength. Allow me to ask you, my dear readers: “What happens to you or with you when you reach your breaking point?” Do you face it or do you run away? I’ll be giving you a very simple answer: If you face it - you break it. If you run away (and/or close your ears, eyes and mouth) - it breaks you!

Are you in love with life? No. Everyday--a dull reality! Many of us will answer this question with a big YES! Actually, we do like to cover a newborn day already with grey veil. But, each day has a new face, but sometimes we don’t have the strength to watch its countenance. Of course, not every See lOVE, page A7

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‘Tabo-an sa Iligan’ opens Monday, September 19, 2016

By SONY V. SUDARIA Bureau chief, Armm

ILIGAN City––The annual “Tabo-an sa Iligan” formally kicked off on Saturday in Barangay Saray this city. The opening ceremony was spearheaded by the City Tourism Office and Councilor Sorilie Christine R. Bacsarpa, chair of the City Council committees on tourism and domestic and international sister city relationship. Tabo-an sa Iligan is conducted annually as part of the month-long celebration of the Diyandi Festival in honor of its patron, Viva Sr. San Miguel. Some of the activities include the singing of the Iligan March sang by the Buhanginan Voice, rituals, and ceremonial cutting of ribbons with the city tourism beauties and officers with Councilor Bacsarpa. In his speech, Saray Barangay Chairman Eric M. Capitan, also the chairperson of the committee on trade fair and carnival of the 2016 Diyandi Festival, said his committee is doing its best to celebrate Iligan City’s annual fiesta safe and secure. With bomb scare, Capi-

Saray Barangay Chairman Eric M. Capitan spearheads the ritual and ceremonial cutting ceremony of ribbon signalling the opening of Tabo-an in Iligan, one of the highlights of Diyandi Festival in Iligan City. With Capitan, are Rev. Saragoza, Francis A. Ong, and Christine R. Bacsarpa. Mindanao Daily photo by Sonny Sudaria

tan said security is in place at the vicinity of Tabo-an sa Iligan saying “so that we can celebrate the fiesta meaningful and colorful.” Capitan, on one hand, thanked all investors and the business sectors for helping Iligan City making it as the Industrial Center of the South. Some of the activties lined up include:

September 19 8:00AM-5:00PM - Tartanilya Express Ride (Beside Dunkin Donut and around city streets) 6:00PM - Parade of Angels and Lights (ICNHS and around city streets) 7:00PM - Sittie in Concert (MSU-IIT Gym) September 20 7:00AM - Diyandi (St. Michael’s Cathedral)

8:00AM - Pagpakanaug (St. Michael’s Cathedral) 8:00AM-5:00PM - 2011 KAB Palabas/2011 That’s My Boy Contest (Rizal Park) - Tartanilya Express Ride (Beside Dunkin Donuts and around city streets) 10:00AM - Lechon Festival (Quezon Avenue) 1:00PM - 8th Trisikad Relay Contest (Ludo Bldg., Cabili Ave. and around city

streets) 7:00PM - 1st Invitational Mindanaoan “Burn the Floor” Dance Sport Competition 2011 (MSUIIT Gym) - Novena (St. Michael’s Cathedral) September 21 8:00AM - Tartanilya Express Ride (Beside Dunkin Donuts and around city streets)

9:00AM - 9th Iligan City Computing Fair Opening Program (MSU-IIT Gym) - 9th ICCF - Job Fair (MSU-IIT Gym) 10:30AM - 9th ICCFPre Competition Orientation for Computer Hardware Servicing Competition (ESET Comp Lab -MSU-IIT) 1:00PM - 9th ICCFSeminars/Thesis Presentation (MSU-IIT MiniTheater) - Digital Arts Competition (BPO Development Center, MSU-IIT) - Computer Hardware Ser vicing Competition (ESET Comp Lab, MSUIIT) 6:00PM - Mr. Physique I l i g an 2 0 1 1 : Ama z i ng Hunks (Rizal Park) 7 : 0 0 P M - Hip - Hop Dance Contest (VenueTBA) - Novena (St. Michael’s Cathedral) September 22 9:00AM - 2011 Provincial Youth Skills Olympics (Rizal Park) 9:00AM-11:00AM Stage Set-up and Technical Rehearsal - The IT Factor (MSU-IIT Gym) 9:00AM - 9th ICCF Technical Seminar (MSUIIT Mini Theater)

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Detox, rehab, food: Parish works to fight drug problem AS the body count rises in the Philippines’ war on drugs, a Catholic priest is trying to create a space where healing takes precedence over killing. On September 1, 20 drug users surrendered to police under the watchful eye of Father Luciano Feloni, an Argentine priest who is pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Caloocan City, on the edge of Manila. Another 20 were expected to surrender under a program the

parish has dubbed “Healing, not killing.” The mass surrender — which Father Feloni orchestrated in coordination with the police and local political leaders — comes as drug users and pushers are being killed throughout the country in response to an all-out assault on drugs by newly elected President Rodrigo Duterte. Father Feloni said the killings began in the days leading up to Duterte’s inauguration

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June 30. Since then, between three and five people in his parish have been killed every week. One victim was shot in front of the parish church immediately following Mass. “I know the numbers because we said the funeral Mass for them. Almost all were killed in the same way: A motorcycle would come up with two people, and one would get off and pull a gun and kill the person, then they would ride away. No one ever gets caught or

convicted,” Father Feloni told Catholic News Service. Father Feloni’s parish and the local government are currently accompanying the newly surrendered drug users through a process of detoxification and rehabilitation, as well as providing food in exchange for work in the neighborhood. The priest said he supports Duterte’s campaign against drugs. “It has to be crystal clear that the church is 100 per-

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Senior Superintendent Joel Napoleon Coronel of the Manila Police District told Catholic News Service Aug. 29 that many of the killings are the result of internal tensions within and between drug gangs facing a collapsing market. Yet he said authorities are also investigating several “rogue policemen who are eliminating their former runners, traffickers and sellers.” In response to the unprecedented wave of killings, tens of thousands of drug See rehab, page A7

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protecting? It is just a simple question that he cannot answer. Something is not right. How can you believe him? Aguirre asked. Aguirre said he personally know what happened to the case of Benjamin Laud since 2009 because he lawyered for Laud then. “I was there when the Commission on Human Rights, then headed by Senator (Leila) De Lima, ordered the bodies of the alleged victims of extra-judicial killings to be exhumed at Laud’s firing range in Maa, Davao. The bodied did not prove anything. As a matter of fact, there were statements that they were bodies of people who were executed during the Japanese occupation,” Aguirre said. “Also, think about this, Senator De Lima headed both th CH (Commission on Human Rights) and the Department of Justice, why was it that there was no case filed against Mayor (Rodrigo) Duterte? Senator De Lima had more than six years to file any case she deems worthy to file,” said Aguirre. The question that begs asking, according to Aguirre, is “why investigate only now?” “Why only now when there will be a coming House of Representatives’ hearing on why drugs proliferated in the Bureau of Corrections? Who was heading the DOJ during that time? The Bureau of corrections was under the DOJ. This is futile attempt to divert the public’s attention against the parties who are responsible for drugs in the BuCor,” Aguirre added. Aguirre said two of some 20 witnesses in the forthcoming House of Representatives’ hearing will testify that De Lima allegedly received from them drug money worth P5 million each that they delivered to her personally. He also warned Matobato of taking the brunt of the statements he issued in the Senate hearing, including his claim of killing 50 people by his own hands, should he not qualify in the Witness Protection Program of the DOJ. Aguirre said: “Desperate times call for desperate measures and somebody is really desperate.” Some 300 prosecutors from all over Mindanao attended the one-day conference with the theme: “Prosecutors As Catalyst For Change Towards A CrimeFree Philippines,” hosted by Regional State Prosecutor Jaime Umpa of Northern Mindanao.

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day has adventures and highlights. Would be really too easy! Contrary to what might be expected, I look back on experiences that, at the same time, seemed especially desolating and painful with

a particular satisfaction. Indeed, everything I have learned, everything that has truly enhanced and enlightened my existence, has been through affliction and not through happiness. If it ever were to be possible to eliminate affliction from your earthly existence, the result would not make life delectable, but to make it too banal and trivial to be endurable. By observation, we can feel that many of us need help to manage the everyday life. We need something that would keep us going as we journey through life. Many times we can also learn from other people and their experiences. And here is one more thing: Affection is the humblest love - it gives itself no airs. It lives with humble and private things: soft slippers, old clothes, old jokes, and the thump of a sleepy dog’s tail on the kitchen floor. The glory of affection, the disposition of mind, the good will and tender attachment, that can unite those who are not “made for one and another!” For me life has been a thing of ups and downs in approximately equal measure. I don’t have something sensational to report every day about my progress. Often, I wonder if fulfillment in life is necessarily tied to change for the better. But one thing is for sure: I keep staying in love with life. +++ You can email me: doringklaus@gmail.com or follow me on Facebook or Twitter or visit one of my websites www. germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot. com or www.klausdoringsclassicalmusic.blogspot. com.

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or elected in local government units (LGUs) such as governors, mayors, councilors and barangay chairs, among others. Magno, however, did not give a timeline on how long the lifestyle checks would be conducted. “For as long as we cover all government officials,” he said. But Magno hinted that they would start checking on government officials whom they had received reports of alleged corruption and hidden wealth. When pressed whether they had received such reports, the outgoing regional director was mum. “We will investigate and validate these,” Magno, a lawyer, continued. “No one will be exempted – whether you’re a career service official or a military official or an elected one or even someone appointed by the president himself,” he said. The lifestyle checks would be carried by Magno’s successor, incoming regional director Cesar A. Bacani. Magno would start serving as regional director of NBI Central Luzon this Monday while Bacani’s stint

is a promotion, considering that he was a division chief at NBI-Region 8 prior to his assignment here. In his two years in office, Magno’s most sterling performance was the February 2015 arrest of Australian Peter Gerard Scully, a human trafficking suspect, who is now facing 13 counts of rape and eight counts of human trafficking charges, among many others. Scully was indicted just earlier this month on those counts by a Department of Justice (DOJ) independent panel recommending the filing of those charges before the court. Scully was arrested after a tip from the Dutch government coursed through Interpol informing Filipino authorities that the suspected pedophile was streaming sex videos of minors over the Internet to his clients in the Netherlands.

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a conference here yesterday. Speaking to reporters during a press conference, Aguirre said prosecutors on the ground should focus on cases involving drug personalities. To realize the theme “Prosecutors as catalyst for change towards a crime-free Philippines,” Aguirre has reminded prosecutors not to fall prey to temptations. “Don’t let yourself be corrupted as prosecutor. Just do your job,” he said. As there are drug cases that will eat up the time and resources of the prosecution service, but he said prosecutors must sustain its efforts to ensure that the anti-narcotics campaign of the Duterte government will not falter. Aguirre said he has also issued a department order that requires the random drug testing of prosecutors to determine who among them are involved in illegal drugs either as user or as protector. He said catching and punishing corrupt prosecutors is a huge challenge of the DOJ chief. “It’s very hard for the Justice secretary to go after corrupt prosecutors than to fight the illegal drug trade. They are on the frontline and they commit corruption, it will taint the name of the department, in the way the government is run, in the way the DOJ is being perceived by the people,” Aguirre said. During his speech, Aguirre has assured the prosecutors in Mindanao the DOJ will provide them with their needs, primarily on office supplies such as computers and other equipment. For his part, Regional Prosecutor for Northern Mindanao Jaime Umpa said this will be the first time that the Justice Secretary will sit down with the prosecutors from all over Mindanao. Before, the DOJ leadership will just meet the regional prosecution chiefs but this time other prosecu-

tors will be given a chance to talk with Aguirre. “He is hands-on and he is willing to listen to us. When he invited him the Secretary readily accepted the invitation,” Umpa said. During the conference, Umpa said the various RPOs will also present their accomplishments last year.

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were Agakhan “Binladin” M. Sharief, CEO and president of the Khadijah Mohd Islamic Academy (KMIA); and the member of the Bangsamoro National Movement for Peace and Development. In a statement, Sharief said they joined the “Walk of Peace” to show that the Bangsamoro community is one with President Rodrigo Duterte in his fight against illegal drugs, corruption, terrorism, and other forms of criminalities. Sharief said that KMIA campus has been declared drug-free. He said that he and his wife, Dr. Sophia Ampuan Sharief, condoled with the families of Dr. Pipalawan Macacua, supervisor of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) in the Autonomous in Muslim Mindanao (Armm), who was among those killed in the Davao bombing. Meanwhile, Atty. Sithe Raifah Pamaloy-Hassan, provincial head of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the Armm, said the “Walk of Peace” is not just meant to symphatize the victims of the recent Davao bombing but to call on President Duterte to ensure that they get the justice they deserve. “We rally behind him (Duterte) in his fight against terrorism,”said Hassan. On one hand, Sultan Madrauf Pamaloy of the Lanao del Sur Sultanate Association and president of Ranao Media Association said her group had denounced the deadly bombing that killed 15 people and injured 70 others. On the other hand, he said her group is backing President Duterte’s proposal for a Federal system of government. “We also demand for apology from the US for the massacre of Moro civilians by American soldiers during its brutal ‘pacification’ campaign in 1906,” he said as he recalled that one of those brutally killed in Bud Dajo, a 50-foot crater dormant volcano located six kilometers off Jolo in the capital town of Sulu province, was his great grandfather.

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themselves of the grant. Per the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 10612, s. 2014, DepEd is mandated to ensure qualified graduates of the said scholarship with job placement as Special Science Teacher with salary grade level 13. DepEd-hired

scholar-graduates will also receive a teacher training program that will enable them to qualify to take the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET). Graduates of Science, Math, or Engineering course without LET certification, graduates of technicalvocational courses with necessary TESDA certifications, and practitioners with expertise in specialized learning areas offered by the K to 12 program are also encouraged to apply as part-time SHS teachers. Of the Php 567.56 billion proposed budget for 2017, Php 15.5 billion will be allotted to hiring 53,831 teachers. Meanwhile, Php 65.4 billion will be for the construction of 47,492 classrooms (including 10,000 classrooms for replacement); Php 43.9 billion will go to building of 17,562 laboratories; Php 7.3 billion will be for the provision of 7,260 TechVoc tools and equipment packages; Php 6.9 billion will be appropriated to 30,697 ICT packages (with maintenance and other operating expenses); Php 4.5 billion will be allotted to the purchase of 8,833 Science and Math equipment packages; Php 4 billion for hiring 13,266 non-teaching items; Php 3 billion for 55.8 million learning materials; and Php 2.5 billion for 51,492 sets of school seats (including 19,000 sets of seats as counterpart to LGU) as part of the additional basic resources to support the needs of the K to 12 curriculum. (PNA)

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users — mostly addicts of shabu, a local form of methamphetamine — have turned themselves in to police, taking a chance on life in overcrowded jails rather than risk getting gunned down on the streets. As Father Feloni watched the killings ravage his parish, he talked with his parish council, which agreed that something had to be done. The council president had lost his brother, a police officer, in a shootout with drug pushers. “We agreed that killing is not a solution to our problems,” Father Feloni said. “And we asked what we could do. The church has been denouncing the killings and getting feedback from the people that we are meddling. They say we’re talking and talking and talking and doing nothing. The message that we were totally in favor of the campaign against drugs wasn’t coming across properly. So we began to ask what we could do proactively, more than just stating that we’re against the killings.” Working with local government officials and the police, Father Feloni garnered commitments to get help for users who were willing to turn themselves in. “There is no real program being offered by the government. Once you surrender,

you go home and it’s assumed you’ll stop being an addict. That is not real thinking. You cannot stop addiction just by fear. It’s a sickness, and you need psychosocial intervention to cure it,” he said. “If killing isn’t a solution, neither is surrender. It’s just the beginning. Unless you offer something, people cannot really change.” Any successful intervention must also help users develop new sources of income. “Almost all the users are also small-scale pushers. They get their portion free, but at the same time sell to others to get a little income. If you stop their business, they have no way to survive, no way to feed their children,” the priest said. Father Feloni said that as the program took shape, he had some very frank discussions with the police. “I was also honest with them and said, ‘Don’t kill them afterward,’” he said. The priest, who said he and local police are “on the same page,” said he worries about the effect the killings are having on Philippine society. “A lot of people are really taking the president’s ideas very seriously, and that’s dangerous. People make decisions about each other’s lives, and they put an addict on the same level as a drug lord. We are not very far away from becoming like ISIS. It could be people drinking or having a long beard, or having an extramarital relationship or playing cards. At the end, everybody should be killed,” Father Feloni said. “We are becoming a much more violent society. And that can easily spiral out of control. As the church we have to do something. They were asking me today about what could happen to any of us who are working on this. We can also be targets of violence. And I said that the biggest danger is that we as a church do nothing. We will face God and God will ask us what we have done beside funerals,” he said. The priest, who has served in the Philippines for 22 years, recognizes the personal risks involved. “We are trying to take clients away from the drug syndicates. When you rehabilitate people, then less people will buy drugs, and they won’t be happy. Police officers who protect the syndicates will not be happy. So a lot of people will be happy to kill either the neighborhood captain or myself,” said Father Feloni, who says he is intentionally varying his daily routine. Bishop Antonio Tobias of Novaliches was present for the surrender ceremony, and Father Feloni said the church sees his program as a pilot project for the diocese and beyond. “If after six months the parish priest is still alive, then other parishes will be encouraged to do the same,” Father Feloni said. (Paul Jeffrey/Catholic News Service)

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Honda launches the all-new CBR150R

Honda Philippines, Inc. (HPI) brings the thrill of racing to the country today as it unveils the All-New Honda CBR150R, the newest Honda Gen S sport model. Inspired by MotoGP DNA, the All-New Honda CBR150R is equipped with a 150cc, Liquid cooled, 4 stroke, DOHC – 4 valve engine that delivers up to 12.6kW/ 9,000rpm max power and 13.0 Nm/7,500 rpm max power of torque. Thanks to PGM-FI fuel supply system, which complies with EURO3 emission standard, the All-New Honda CBR150R’s engine is fuel-efficient and environment friendly. This model is also built with an innovative truss frame, which is designed to support the engine, maximize performance of Honda’s Pro- Link suspension system, and reduce engine vibration

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optimally, resulting in stability, agility and riding comfort. The AllNew Honda CBR150R is also equipped with double disc-brake, digital meter panel with integrated information (speedometer, odometer, trip meter, fuel meter, clock, and engine temperature), new

aluminum rear foot step, and secure key shutter. Mr. Daiki Mihara, President of Honda Philippines Inc., mentioned, “the introduction of the AllNew Honda CBR150R to the Philippines is HPI’s efforts to ignite the passion of riding among new riders and racing

enthusiasts. By catering the need of good quality sport model to Filipino customers, we hope the racing inspired CBR150R will provide them thrilling experiences in performance and power.” The all-new CBR150R is available in 3 colors and its price starts at Php150,000.00.

MDAP inducts new set of officers. The Motorcycle Dealers Association of the Philippines (MDAP) recently held the induction of officers at Fairmont Hotel in Makati City. The association is now headed by its president, Jose Daniel Borromeo with Edwin Go as vice-president. The other officers are: Geoffrey Tiglao (Secretary), Aldous Alingog (Treasurer), Thomas Ongtengco (Auditor) and Guanson Lo (P.R.O.). The official oath-taking of officers was conducted by Motorcycle Development Program Participants Association (MDPPA) president Rodel Pablo.

Mazda unveils the all-new CX-3

Berjaya Auto Philippines, the exclusive distributor of Mazda vehicles in the country, has unveiled the latest addition to the Japanese brand’s newgeneration vehicle lineup – the all-new Mazda CX-3 Freestyle Crossover Vehicle. “The new CX-3 is one of the most highly anticipated vehicles we have ever unveiled in the Philippine market,” shares Steven Tan, President and CEO of Berjaya Auto Philippines. He adds, “Its stylish looks, unmatched performance and impeccable build quality make it a vehicle that only Mazda could have created. We are confident this crossover for the new generation will give its future owners an uncompromising and unfettered driving experience worthy of their active and expressive lifestyles.” The CX-3 is powered by 2-liter SKYACTIV-G

Gasoline Direct-injection engine rated at 148ps at 6,000 rpm and mated to a 6-speed SKYACTIV-DRIVE automatic transmission. With a torque output of 192Nm coming in fully as low as 2,800 rpm, linear and powerful acceleration is guaranteed further ensuring an enjoyable experience behind the wheel. Similar to other new-generation Mazda vehicles, fuel economy has not been sacrificed in the name of performance. The new CX-3’s i-STOP engine idle-stop system helps keep gasoline consumption in check. For those who refuse to be constrained by the limits of the road, the highend AWD Activ variant of the new CX-3 features Mazda’s very own i-ACTIV All Wheel Drive system. Mazda CX-3 units are all made in Japan. They are available in three variants – the FWD Pro which comes in Crystal White Pearl and Dynamic Blue; the FWD Sport with four colors – Crystal White Pearl, Soul Red, Jet Black and the trim-exclusive Titanium Flash; and the top-of-theline AWD Activ which adds the Ceramic finish to its five-color palette. It also comes with Mazda’s value laden YOJIN3 TOTAL CARE package that comes with Free Periodic Maintenance Service for three years (or 60,000-kilometers, whichever comes first), as well as free 3-year Emergency Roadside Assistance and New Vehicle Limited Warranty coverage for a period of three years or 100,000 kilometers, whichever comes first.

CASAS+ARCHITECTS, INC. OPENS CEBU OFFICE. CASAS+ARCHITECTS, Inc., one of the leading architectural firms in the country recently opened its Cebu office at the 7th Floor MSY Tower, Pescadores Road, Cebu Business Park to expand its operations and to serve their Clients’ expansions projects in the Visayas and Mindanao region. Photo above shows (l-r): MSY Holdings Corporation’s Vice Chairman Mr. CARLOS YEUNG, Chairman MS. MARIQUITA SALIMBANGON YEUNG, MS. GUIA CASAS, and ARCHITECT CARMELO CASAS, President and CEO of CASAS+ARCHITECTS, INC. during the blessing and opening ceremonies.

MIO Campus Tour – Silliman University Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc. Revs through Campuses all over the Philippines to showcase the Mio Ride your Story Campaign. The first stop was the Silliman University where students got to know more about the Mio Sporty, Mio i 125, Mio Soul i 125, and Mio 125 Mxi. Parts of the campus tour are different activities for students to experience the products from its philosophy and actual riding efficiency. The Yamaha Safe Riding Science program is an opportunity for students to learn the basics of riding, safety, and rules of the road in an environment that is supervised by Certified Yamaha Instructors.