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Briefly Rehab for Zambo PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Thursday said the government is readying P3.89 billion for the rehabilitation of villages that suffered intensive damage during fighting between government forces and a faction (supporters of Nur Misuari) of the Moro National Liberation Front.

“P3.89-billion ang tinataya kailangan nating gastusin.

Meron na tayong nakahanda na P6.1-billion, so may sobra pa,” the President said in a radio interview in Zamboanga City, heard live nationwide.

The P6.1 billion contingency fund is allotted for rehabilitation projects, including the construction of temporary bunkhouses, cash-for-work programs, and educational assistance.

Registry system THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here on Friday urged the city government and the local government units to implement the Skills Registry System (SRS) in all the barangay units in Northern Mindanao.

Alan M. Macaraya, regional director of DOLE, said that the SRS is a computerized data system that aims to create a readily available data that will aid in addressing the country’s growing problem on skills-andlabor mismatch.

Based on the June 2013 National Statistics Office record of unemployment rate in Region-10, the number of unemployed has climbed to 7.5 million from 5.6 million unemployment rate data in January 2013 Macaraya blamed the escalating unemployment in the region due to labor-skills mismatch.

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PLDT-Philcom upgrade in Bukidnon loses interconnection with Sotelco

By WALTER I. BALANE, MindaNews

MAL AYBAL AY City -T h e P L D T- P h i l i p p i n e Global C ommunication (Philcom) and the Southern Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n Company (Sotelco), the two landline telephone companies operating in Bukidnon, are

no longer interconnected as of the second week of August.

Bobet Parrado, PLDTPhilcom Malaybalay business center office in-charge, said the disconnection is due to his company’s migration to new equipment. He cited

the incompatibility of his firm’s new main switch and the device used in interconnection.

Republic Act 7925 or the Public Telecommunications Act of 1995 mandates the National Telecommunication C ommission to ensure “fair and re as onable

interconnection of facilities of authorized public network operators” and other providers of tele communic at ions services through appropriate modes of interconnection and at a reasonable and fair level of charges.

The interconnection policy was meant to promote

Business back to normal in Zambo

By LOVELY MAE CASENAS Staff Member

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S business operations are back to normal in Zamboanga City, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said there is sufficient supply of currency to spur economic activity despite the armed conflict in parts of the city.

Although the local branch of BSP in Zamboanga City still closed yesterday, BSP Deputy Governor Diwa C. Guinigundo said it could be reopened to supply the needed requirements of the banks.

“The BSP is also monitoring that because we also have a branch in Zamboanga. We have been ensuring the banks get regular shipment of currencies,” Guinigundo said. “ The ATMs are also regularly replenished so any disruptions in economic activities will be minimized.

We have been doing regular zambo/PAGE 11

FUN AMIDST THE WAR. Children in Zamboanga City, whose families have left their homes to seek safer grounds, still find time to have fun playing skipping rope Tin front of the Sangguaniang Panlungsod building despite the standoff between government law enforcers and the Moro National Liberation Front. mindanews photo by gigi bueno

Rice prices soar in Surigao

By ROEL CATOTO, MindaNews

SURIGAO City -- Prices of commercial rice in this city have soared by as much as P10 per kilogram (kg), MindaNews learned Friday.

Celestino Negapatan, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial supervisor, said the Local Price Monitoring Council (LPMC), which is chaired by Mayor Ernesto

Matugas, is set to still conduct a monitoring on the prevailing prices of commercial rice within the month.

He also said it is the regional office of the Department of Agriculture that is tasked to monitor rice prices and not the DTI, which prices/PAGE 11

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telephone density and provide the “most extensive access to basic telecommunications services available at affordable rates to the public.”

Sotelco ser vice areas include the cities of Malaybalay and Valencia, and the municipalities of sotelco/PAGE 11

Jaraula denies involvement in pork barrel scam FORMER Cagayan de Oro C it y R e p. C onst ant i n o Jaraula on Friday denied any involvement in the “pork barrel” scam while he was in Congress.

Former Congressman Constantino Jaraula said he was stunned when his name was included among t h e C on g re s s m e n w h o reportedly benefited some P20 million out of the alleged “pork barrel” scam in Congress.

Ja r a u l a v e h e m e n t l y denied any involvement saying he could prove his innocence in court.

Jaraula suspected that the pork barrel scam was an orchestrated scheme perpetrated by ambitious politicians who were aiming for the 2016 presidential elections.

The NBI charged Jaraula for allegedly misusing his P20.84 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

“I never transacted or closed deals with the nongovernment organizations (NGO) under the control of Janet Napoles who has earned the moniker as the “pork barrel queen.”

Jaraula said that his PDAF was intact and properly used for various projects when he served as a congressman in the lone district of Cagayan de Oro City from 1998 to 2007. jaruala/PAGE 11

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Japan-funded river dike NorMin is still sufficient in Rice project to take off THE first phase of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) river dike project will take off soon here.

This was revealed by the representatives of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)

during the recent joint committees on finance, on tourism and on public works.

The DPWH was among those invited by the joint committe es chaire d by Councilors President D. Elipe, project/PAGE 9

D E PA R T M E N T of Ag r ic u lture - Reg iona l Field Office 10 in Northern Mindanao said that there is an ample supply of rice for the consumers in the region.

Regional Director Lealyn A. Ramos of the Department of Agriculture (DA) revealed that as of September 18, there were already 354,339 metric tons (MT) of palay produced from 82,110 hectares (has) planted in the region which is 63.08% of the total area planted.

Ramos further assured the public that there is enough supply of rice for the consumers in the region. The irregular increase of prices in the market, she said, should not be used as a measure in the insufficiency of rice in rice/PAGE 9

NFA releases 2,800 bags of rice for Zamboanga evacuees THE National Food Authority (NFA) has already released 2,800 bags of rice as of September 18, for relief operations by the local government and relief agencies in Zamboanga City for displaced persons housed in evacuation centers due to the ongoing battle between the military and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)- Nur Misurai faction fighters.

Of the 2,800 bags, a total of 1,100 bags were issued

to the Region 9 office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD); 200 bags to Vice President Jejomar Binay which he donated to the DSWD regional office; 500 bags went to the City Social Welfare and Development Office; and another 1,000 bags were released to the local government of Zamboanga City.

Aside f rom the rice releases, the NFA has also deployed rolling stores and

is continuously releasing stocks to accredited retailers in selected markets in safer areas across the city, to ensure that the people will have continuous access to NFA rice priced at P27/kg (regular-milled rice) and P32/kg (well-milled rice).

T h e N FA R e g i on 9 office has set up a Relief Operations Center to receive donations in cash and in kind. NFA employees had already collected bags of rice, assorted food items

and clothing which will be handed out to the evacuees.

Upon request of the city government, the NFA is also scouting for additional outlets and accredited retailers to be tapped for additional rice rolling stores in Talon-Talon and Manampang area where clashes between military and MNLF fighters recently took place.

NFA Administrator Orlan A. Calayag commended the efforts of NFA Region nfa/PAGE 10

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Plunder raps filed vs Napoles, 3 ‘pork’ senators MANILA, Philippines - The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday filed before the Office of the Ombudsman charges of plunder and malversation of public funds against businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles as well as senators Ramon Revilla Jr., Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and five former representatives.

The NBI and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima filed the plunder and malversation charges at around 3:45 p.m.

De Lima said that the complaints were based on “truckload” of evidence on the P10-billion pork barrel scam gathered by the bureau from 16 whistleblowers and concerned agencies.

De Lima said plunder charges were filed against the three senators and former Masbate repres entative Rizalina Seachon-Lanete and former APEC party-list representative Edgar Valdez Based on the executive summary of the complaints,

the three senators and two former representatives’ accumulated amount of plunder were: -Juan Ponce Enrile P172,834,500 -Ramon Revilla Jr. P224,512,500 - Ji n g g o y E s t r a d a P183,793,750 -Rizalina Seachon-Lanete - P108,405,000 - E d g a r Va l d e z P56,087,500 “The amount of plunder accumulated by each lawmaker representing the kickbacks received from Napoles, so itong limang

pong ito puro more than P50 million,” De Lima said at a press conference following the filing of the complaints.

-Rodolfo Plaza P42,137,800 -Sa muel Da ng wa P26,770,472 -Constantino Jaraula P20,843,750 “Since yung amount of commission, kickbacks and rebates (from Napoles) are less than P50 million for these three lawmakers, hindi namin mailagay as plunder,” De Lima explained.

Napoles, meanwhile, was named in the complaint as among the co-conspirators in the plunder and malversation charges against the three senators and the five former representatives. She was listed as thr 38th respondent.

De Lima said that a total of 38 people, including Napoles and the lawmakers, were named as respondents in the

plunder and malversation charges.

The three senators’ and five former representatives’ chiefs of staff and their representatives were also charged with plunder, direct bribery and malversation charges. These include Enrile’s former chief of staff Jessica “Gigi” Reyes, who fled the country for Macau last week.

Five former executives o f g o v e r n m e n t- o w n e d c or p or at ion s si m i l a rl y face charges, namely Alan Javel la na of Nat iona l Agribusiness Corporation (NA BCOR); G ond a l i na A mata of t he Nat iona l Livelihood Development C or porat ion (N LDC); Antonio Ortiz and Dennis Cunanan of Technolog y Resource Center (TRC); and Salvador Salacop of Zamboanga del Norte Rubber Estate Corporation. pork/PAGE 10

Turnover of Electric Patrol Motorcycle in Gusa Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez turns over one electric patrol mtorcycle to Gusa Barangay Chair Emmanuel Beja that will be used for implementing peace and order and in responding emergency calls in the barangay. The electric motorcycle which is smoke free costs P35 thousand taken from the PDAF of Cong.

Rodriguez. Witnessing the ceremony are City Councilors Enrico Salcedo, Zaldy Ocon, Barangay Kagawads Vincent Gadrinab and Joseph Baltazar, Concepcion Jabiniao and Florena Colonia.

Janet Lim Napoles (left) poses for a mug shot after she surrendered last August for a serious illegal detention charge. On Monday, the National Bureau of Investigation filed a plunder case implicating Napoles and three senators including Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. (right) for their alleged involvement in the misuse of public funds. AP

Arroyo bill seeks gov’t funding for political parties MANILA – Former president and now Pampanga c ong re s s wom an G l or i a Macapagal-Arroyo wants the national government to help finance political parties’ operational expenses and development programs.

In filing House Bill 308, Macapagal-Arroyo said, “We must veer away from the concept of traditional politics which is confined to p e rs ona l it i e s r at he r than issues and political platform.”

The former president said there have been attempts to stop traditional politicking, but “the lack of legal institutional framework spelled their demise during the previous Congresses.”

Government data showed there were 18 and 93 parties that participated in the national and party listelections, respectively.

While candidates use political parties as vehicles to win elections, they tend to change political parties for convenience, rather than because of conviction, according to MacapagalArroyo.

Hous e Bi l l 3 0 8 a ls o mandates members of the party to resign from their elective position and seek

a fresh mandate from the electorate when they want to change their party affiliation.

Her son, Camarines Sur’s Cong. Diosdado MacapagalArroyo, and Cagayan de Oro’s Cong. Rufus Rodriguez, and Party-list Abante’s Rep. Maximo Rodriguez support t h e for m e r pre s i d e nt’s proposed law.

Aside from leveling the playing field or the political arena, the major intent of the bill is to institutionalize reforms in the financing of electoral campaigns to promote accountability and transparency.

It likewise tasks the Commission on Audit to examine the financial reports of accredited political parties on their use of government subsidy.

A fine ranging from P5,000 to P5,000,000 and an imprisonment from six to 12 years shall be slapped to any person who violates the provisions of the measure.

In the Upper House, Senate President Franklin Drilon, Senators Jinggoy Ejercito-Estrada, Miriam D e fe ns or- S ant i ago and former Sen. Edgardo Angara filed similar measures during the 15th Congress. arroyo/PAGE 10

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TXS presents William Shakespeare’s 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream'

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he Xavier Stage (TXS), a resident repertory company of Xavier University, presents William Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" on Sept 21-27 at the XU Little Theater. This is the company’s opening production for its 3rd Theatre Season titled “Realizing Shakespeare.”

This year, the company embarks on the promotion of Shakespeare’s classic plays adapted in the Philippine context for cultural understanding. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is set in Pre-Islamic Maranao and is adapted in Cebuano.

This project is part of the Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts’ Artistic Excellence: Drama Program for Formation and Art Appreciation.

Tickets are sold at Php 100.00 for the Premiere Night and Php 75.00 for the regular runs. Below are the play schedules: Play Dates: September 21, 2013 at 10:00 am, 3:00 pm, 7:30 pm; September 23, 2013 at 7:30 pm; September 24, 2013 at 7:30 pm; September 25, 2013 at 10:00 am, 3:00 pm, 7:30 pm; September 26, 2013 at 7:30 pm; September 27, 2013 at 7:30 pm; September 28, 2013 at 3:00 pm, 7:30 pm.

Tickets are available at the XU bookstore.

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Regional Filmmaking… a thriving passion

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his year, CineEuropa once again tours the Philippine Islands in the quest of showcasing European films to this side of the world.

The Film festival also makes a stop in Cagayan de Oro City at the Rodelsa Hall in October before it heads to Davao.

I have witnessed how Filipino students react and feel these European films – obviously, the “language” barrier has no effect on the storytelling of these European filmmakers.

I remember watching “The Goat” from Bulgaria.

Storytelling at its finest. A billy goat comes down from the heavens to earth with a mission – to prevent people from finding a treasure hidden near an ancient Thracian sanctuary.

The whole film takes us through the eyes of the goat, and here – the “goat” language and Bulgarian language didn’t affect the viewer’s interpretation of the film. Take out the audio and we’d still

understand the film – powerful cinematic visual storytelling.

Surely CineEuropa 16 would be something to look forward to this October. It will be it’s 5th time to be housed at the Rodelsa Hall, Mindanao’s Premiere Venue of Choice.

We also hit the first month of 2014 with the 6th CineMagis Digital Short Film Festival which has produced really potential regional filmmakers in Northern Mindanao, two are now studying film production full time at the College of St. Benilde, another made it to this year’s Cinemalaya shorts competition.

Northern Mindanao has a lot of potentials – and with the advent of the “digital” consumer-type equipment regional filmmakers now enjoy the joys of filmmaking, we have for quite some time now.

Always remember – films are stories told visually and NOT “dialogue-ically” (invented word, pun intended) Live Life, Passionately!

Aunty Terry Revisits with Cebu Pacific

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eresita Sajonia, better known as Aunty Terry in Iloilo and Singapore, is revisiting and rediscovering places she has not been to for more than 16 years and reuniting with friends and relatives Thanks to Cebu Pacific, Aunty Terry, the instant celebrity who inspired a Singaporean film director to produce a movie entitled Ilo Ilo which won the prestigious Camera D'0r award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, was reunited with her Singaporean employers in August in the city state and made a short visit to Manila last week.

Hearing the accomplishment of Anthony Chen, the Singaporean film director at Cannes, CEB, t h roug h it s publ ic relat ion s consultant, Charles Lim initiated the dramatic search which led to

the reunion of Aunty Terry and the Chen family.

First, two of the siblings Anthony and youngest brother, Christopher who was most attached to Aunty Terry in his toddler age visited Iloilo City in July. In August, the dream came true experience for Aunty Terry not only was a trip back to Singapore to reunite with the Chen family, but a delightful experience of participating at the premiere screening of Ilo Ilo at the grand Marina Sands Theater with a packed 1,600 audience which included the President of Singapore, H.E. Tony Kang and his wife.

All this was made possible by Cebu Pacific, the only airline that flies direct from Iloilo to Singapore.

CEB was named the official airline

of the movie premiere in both Singapore and the Philippines.

“We are much honored to be part of this wonderful reunion and support Auntie Terry when she went to Singapore through Cebu Pacific’s direct flights from Iloilo. For us, Auntie Terry is the epitome of the hard work, sacrifice and selfless love of our Overseas Filipino Workers,” said Cebu Pacific Vice President for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog. “Like her, our OFWs leave a lasting impact not only on their families back home, but also on the people they work and care for abroad.”

Earlier this month, Aunt y Terry accompanied by Manong Junie visited Manila when she was featured in GMA’s Kapuso Aunty Terry with Manong Junie during the premiere night of Iloilo in Mo, Jessica Soho.

Singapore with display of Cebu Pacific promoting Iloilo

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The Human Machine THINK

Think a minute…Can you imagine life without machines? If we didn’t A Minute have cars, buses, telephones or

By Jhan Tiafau Hurst radios, we’d be lost without these basic machines we use every day.

But a machine only helps your life if you know how to use it. It reminds me of the old chief from the jungle who came to town because he was asked to make a speech on the radio. The old guy had never been in a radio studio or seen modern gadgets like a microphone before.

So when the radio host gave him the microphone, this jungle chief grabbed it and put it up to his EAR to give his speech! Machines and gadgets are great—if you know how to use them correctly.

Do you know the most sophisticated, advanced machine ever invented? It’s you and me! The human machine. In fact, the more that scientists and doctors discover about the human body and brain, the more they learn what an amazing computer and machine we human beings are. Our mind, body, emotions, and will make up the total person that we are. You see, the only one who knows everything about how the human machine works correctly is the One Who designed and invented us. God made us differently from all the other animals which have no ability to choose in their lives. They do everything simply by instinct. But we are free to think with our mind and conscience to make our own choices how we live. God did not make us robots that He controls and forces to live the right way.

Sadly, since we’ve all chosen to be stubborn and self-centered, we’ve used our freedom wrongly. We even think we know better than our Maker and Inventor what will make us happy. We’ve all chosen to live our own way, instead of using our bodies and minds the way God designed us to enjoy life—the right way that works.

God’s commands are not to stop us from having fun. It’s just the opposite! The Bible is simply the manual and instruction book for the human machine, so we can keep enjoying life without hurting ourselves and breaking down. Jesus our Designer shows us His blueprint for success and satisfaction that lasts.

But it’s never too late to get your life fixed and working correctly again. So why not ask Jesus Christ to forgive you for living your own way? Then ask Him to take charge so you can start living His right, successful way. It’s the only way you’ll ever enjoy your life fully the way it was meant to work. Just Think a Minute…

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Opinion Partners in Promoting Financial Stability The success of the banking industry relies heavily on public trust and confidence. If people are not willing to entrust their hard-earned money to banks, the banks cannot fund loans or make investments that will help grow our economy.

That is why as supervisor and regulator of all banks, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is keenly focused on promoting the stability of the banking system and helping them improve the services that banks provide to the public.

This way, people will feel secure about the banking sector, which plays a huge role as financial intermediary between the providers and the users of funds.

Fortunately, the BSP is not alone in promoting stability and public confidence in our banking system, which is made up of 9,477 bank branches and offices as of June 2013.

A partner of long standing is the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation or PDIC. The PDIC is a government corporation attached to the Department of Finance and serves primarily as the insurer of bank deposits.

As of now, the PDIC insures deposits up to a maximum amount of Php 500,000.

However, the task of the PDIC does not end there.

Established in 1963 by virtue of Republic Act 3591, PDIC is also tasked to act as receiver of closed banks.

As receiver, PDIC tries to ensure that assets of padlocked institutions are not further dissipated and that depositors and creditors receive the most value from residual assets of closed banks.

The PDIC also tries to determine, within a period a 90 days from a bank’s closure, whether there is a chance for the closed bank to re-open. Re-opening sometimes becomes viable with the entry of a “white knight” which injects fresh

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capital and new management to the closed bank.

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By Ignacio Bunye by law the concurrent authority and responsibility to examine the banks, alongside the BSP. Recently, the BSP and PDIC signed an amended Memorandum of Agreement ( M OA ) o n j o i n t b a n k examination. The MOA was signed by BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. and PDIC President Valentin Araneta. Acting as witnesses were EVP Imelda S. Singzon and VP Shirley G. Felix of PDIC, and Managing Director Chuchi Fonacier and Managing Director Leny Silvestre of BSP. In the words of Governor Tetangco, the amended MOA sought to tighten examination procedures “to avoid overlapping of functions and efforts, enhance(s) datasharing arrangement, and maximize(s) the use of reports and resources.”

The amended MOA also provided the PDIC more flexibility in terms of the types of banks it can jointly examine with the BSP. Without doubt, the amended MOA further strengthens the long-standing partnership between the BSP and PDIC in promoting a sound and responsive banking system.

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The Canaanite Woman The story of Christ with the Canaanite woman (Mt 15,21-28) offers us precious lessons about perseverance, persistence, insistence, hope and optimism in spite of the difficulties we meet in life and even trials not so much made by those who don’t like us as by God himself who wants to test our faith.

It’s a story that we should be most familiar with, its lessons well learned and prepared for, since it’s very relevant to our conditions now, what with so many complicating elements coming up.

We need to insist on going to God in spite of the apparent divine rebuff that can have forms that are most trying, tricky and punishing. The Canaanite woman appears even to have been insulted by Christ himself at the beginning of the story, but this did not stop her from persevering in begging for help until she got it.

First, Christ did not bother to give any reply to the earnest request of the woman to heal her possessed daughter.

God can seem to ignore us and to let us suffer by our own selves.

Then, he told her he was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel. That is, that he was not bound to give her any help.

This is a more trying moment that requires of us more faith and trust in God. But the woman persisted in begging.

Then, as if what was previously said was not enough, he told her it was not fair to throw to the dogs what are supposed to be given to the children. But the woman did not react badly to this. Instead, she made a most powerful response by saying that even dogs can take the scraps left by the children.

And to this, Christ could not take it anymore, and simply floored by the overwhelming faith of the woman, he praised her for her unwavering faith and told her that her request was granted as she wanted it.

This is indeed a very moving story of persistence in the faith. We have to follow this example of the Canaanite woman. Like her, we should strengthen our faith that only in God would we have the final answer to our questions, the ultimate solution to our problems.

We have to disabuse ourselves from the thought that we can have the answer and solution somewhere else-our common sense, our knowledge and mastery of the sciences and the arts, etc. These are helpful, but definitely not enough.

We ought to cultivate a hunger for God that should be felt immediately and constantly. We actually need him

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more than we need air or food or drink, and even more than and Traces we need money, fame, power,

By Fr. Roy Cimagala etc.

We have to foster that hunger deliberately, for it is not a physical or biological hunger that just comes in a given moment. Neither is that hunger a result of earthly conditions: social, economic, cultural, historical, etc.

It’s a hunger that is a result of prayer and sacrifice, and of knowing God more by studying the doctrine of our faith, resorting to the sacraments, developing the virtues, waging a continuous ascetical struggle, etc.

It’s also a hunger that comes as a reaction to the continuing demands of our spiritual life and that of the others, and the changing needs of the world and its never-ending challenges.

If we are more aware and sensitive to the developments of our spiritual life, to the promptings of our conscience, we actually will realize that we need God more than anything else.

Our problem is that we have practically become deaf and blind to the events of our spiritual life and the stirrings of our conscience. We simply want to get by with what is merely practical, convenient, popular and other criteria that are not enough to fully take on the true dignity that is ours as children of God. In our quest for personal holiness, for example, we always have to realize that though we may already have done a lot in that department, there is still a lot more that we need to do. We can always improve still by leaps and bounds in the way we pray, the way we live our faith, hope and charity, etc.

In our duty to love others, the possibilities and the demands are like a sea without shores. We can always do more and more. We should refrain from saying enough to our efforts and initiatives.

And so, like the Canaanite woman, we have to insist and insist on getting help from God regardless of apparent rebuffs.

“Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.”

-Louisa May Alcott

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Globe Telecom intensifies campaign vs signal interference

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lobe Telecom has intensified efforts to address the unscrupulous sale of illegal repeaters or signal boosters which causes network interference that results in mobile phone subscribers to experience dropped calls, garbled lines, and weak signal.

Recently, the company’s campaign to address signal interference has been expanded to include the operation of high-intensity radio frequency identification (RFID), a wireless non-contact use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data, for the purposes of automatically identifying and tracking tags attached to objects. For instance, a RFID tag attached to an automobile during production can be used to track its progress through the assembly line.

The leading telecommunications company launched the campaign against signal interference in 2011 following mounting incidence of signal interference cases, based on a report made by the company’s network monitoring group, which indicated the use of repeaters. High incidence of interference had been noted particularly in the metropolitan Manila area.

“This should serve as a warning to those

who have resorted to selling these illegal equipment that Globe Telecom, in close coordination with authorities concerned, will remain relentless in pursuing retailers peddling these illegal equipment,” said Atty. Froilan Castelo, head of Corporate and Legal Services Group. He emphasized that the company will also be relentless in its campaign against operators of highintensity RFIDs. The company has so far uncovered and resolved 15 cases involving the use and sale of illegal repeaters or signal boosters following concerted efforts by the company and police authorities to tackle the issue.

Incidents of interference usually indicate the use of repeaters as such devices are not coordinated with other telecommunications infrastructure of the mobile network. In recent years, numerous incidence of interference had been noted particularly in the metropolitan Manila area.

Illegal repeaters come in the form of indoor or outdoor antennas and wireless adapters which boost network coverage and signal by hogging bandwidth from a legitimate network infrastructure.

Chief Minister Rev. Yul Yañez leads the congregation of the UCCP Cagayan de Oro City Church in blessing their new church service vehicle following the Sept. 18 Midweek Service. Photo by Mike Baños

Globe Telecom, PEF, Solar Energy Foundation light up Arakan Valley

It was just a simple portable solar lamp but the happiness it brought to families in far-f lung Brgy. Tumanding in Arakan Valley, North Cotabato cannot be measured.

Women with young kids in tow painstakingly trudged the long, rolling terrain from central Tumanding to Sitio Bagtak for more than an hour. They were among the initial 66 recipients of solar lamps distributed by Globe Telecom and its partners, Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) and Solar Energy Foundation.

Unmindful of the grueling walk along slippery gravel roads, these women were at the site early, eager to finally leave behind the dim, f lickering light of oil lamps which were their lone companion for all these years.

For Rosalyn Calatao, a 33-year old mother of three, the solar lamp brings a promise of better life for her family.

“It’s so hard to do anything when there’s no light. The children can no longer study once darkness settles in. But with

the solar lamp, they can already answer their homework anytime.

I can also be more productive even at night. This makes us very happy,” she said in the vernacular.

Calatao’s words were echoed by her cousin and namesake Rosalyn Masanguid who at age 23 is already a mother to a threeyear old girl. For Masanguid, the solar lamp makes taking care of her child a lot easier aside from being safer since it eliminates the risk of starting a fire or causing burns from unattended oil lamps.

Brgy. Tumanding is not really in an off-grid area but to have access to electricity, one has to pay a P5,000 installation fee aside from the monthly service fee of about P400-P800, an amount which the farming community of about 800 people cannot afford.

This situation prompted Globe and PEF in cooperation with Solar Energy Foundation to help the community, initially by providing solar lamps to the households of Bantay Gubat, a group of tribal people which protects the habitat of the Philippine Eagle.

Last year, Globe partnered

with PEF on its forest corridor development program in Arakan to restore wildlife habitats through rain forestation on grasslands along the forest corridor between the mountains of Mahuson, Sinaka and Kabalantiian-Binoongan-Kulaman (KABIKU) in Arakan Valley as well as provide assistance to its community partners with the endgoal of preserving the breeding places of the Philippine Eagle.

“We are doing the best we can to serve the communities which take care of the Philippine Eagle habitat. We believe that by improving their lives, they will also be more encouraged to get involved in various conservation initiatives in Arakan,” said Fernando Esguerra, OIC, Globe Corporate Social Responsibility.

The solar lamps work from four hours of continuous use under maximum setting to as long as 100 hours under bedtime setting. They can also be used to charge mobile phones, thereby, eliminating additional expenses to the family of P5 per charge.

Narrow gravel road leading to Brgy. Tumanding

Happy recipients led

by SEBNAKA tribal council leader Datu Badang

(center, front)

Cousins Rosalyn Calatao (left) and Rosalyn Masanguid (right) proudly show their new solar lamp.

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Typhoon-adaptable green shelters Zambo crisis prompts postponement of ZamPen Cave Summit, 9th National Bird Fest help Pinoys adapt to climate change ZAMBOANGA CITY — Two major ecotourism-related events here—the Zamboanga Peninsula Cave Summit and the 9th National Bird Festival—have been postponed due to the ongoing armed conflict.

Mary Jane Bugante, Department of Tourism Region 9 director, and Roservirico Tan, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region 9 information officer, confirmed to MindaNews the postponement in separate interviews.

Tan said that the postponement was owing to the security crisis in the city, involving combatants of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and government forces, which began on September 9.

“Spelunkers and cavers from all over the region, including spelunkers from Belgium, are expected to come to the regional cave summit,” Tan said.

The Cave Summit, which was originally set on October 1-2, was moved to November.

It was supposed to be the opening event for the month-long Octoberfest that is celebrated by Zamboangueños across the world in honor of the city’s patron, the Lady of the Pillar, whose shrine stands at the historic Fort Pilar.

“We would like to showcase the beauty of the caves here in Zamboanga City. We have more or less 600 caves here. This event would enhance the ecotourism potentials of these caves,” Tan emphasized.

“The Bird Festival is also an international event as we invited birdwatchers from Europe and from other parts of the country.

It was also postponed indefinitely,” Tan added.

The 9th National Bird Festival was originally set on October 4-5, but with

the security crisis the city is currently going through, the regional tourism office decided to move this to an indefinite date, according to Bugante.

“The Wild Bird Club of the Philippines is committed to hold it here, as stated

by Gina Mapua, its president. Safety is a priority concern,” she added.

Earlier, Bugante stated that Zamboanga “is not withdrawing” from its commitment to host the event.

Zamboanga City Mayor Beng ClimacoSalazar told MindaNews that prior to this ongoing armed conflict, the city was bracing to launch its tourism campaign “Zoom In, Zamboanga” as its market brand for the upcoming Fiesta Hermosa.

Meanwhile, commercial flights to the city are now back. As of Friday, Bugante said Cebu Pacific (CebuPac) has resumed with one round-trip flight while Philippine Airlines (PAL) has two to accommodate those who have been stranded for days.

Intra-island (Mindanao) flights have not yet been scheduled.

Under the revised flight times, CebuPac Flight 5J853 departs Manila at 11 a.m. and arrives at 12:30 p.m., and 5J854 flies out at 1:30 p.m. and arrives at 3:10 p.m. in Manila.

On the other hand, PAL’s 2P993 leaves Manila at 9 a.m. and arrives here at 10:40 a.m. Flight 2P994 is set to take off at 11:10 a.m. and arrives in Manila at 12:40 p.m.

PAL’s 2P997 departs Manila at 1:50 p.m. and arrives 3:30 p.m. Its 2P998 flight leaves Zamboanga at 4 p.m. and arrives in Manila at 5:30 p.m.

The above flight schedules are only for September 20, as both airlines have yet to make further announcements. (MindaNews)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- An Italian-Filipino company advocating green architecture has designed houses and buildings that can cope with typhoons, floods and other calamities brought by climate change.

It a li an archite c t Romolo V. Nati, Executive Chairman and CEO of ITPI (Italpinas Euroasian Design and Eco-De velopment Corporation, has put his coral-inspired designs to encourage Filipinos to build typhoon and floodadaptable shelters in the aftermath of destructive calamities sweeping the country.

“Our role model is nature and its ability to adapt to drastic changes in the environment,” Nati said of his design based on the Voronoi Diagram, a mathematical way of dividing space into regions or cells, a characteristic present in the structures of corals.

ITPI’s cora l desig n bagged the “Special Energy Award,” besting 200 entries from 50 countries in the Design Against the Elements global competition in 2011 supported and co-sponsored by the National Geographic S o c i e t y, t h e C l i m a t e Change Commission, and United Architects of the Philippines.

“Individual structures mimic various shaped coral cells, which seamlessly fit together to create a concise albeit varied living environment. Thus, it’s open to receive the benefits of good weather but not vulnerable to the natural variations of the elements.”

“We chose corals for

their self-organizing living system, which is highly reactive and smoothly a d apt a b l e t o c h a n g e s and external influences.

T h e i r r i ng l i ke s h ap e, for example, allows for structural integrity which can cope with the stresses caused by typhoons or earthquakes. They grow in colonies but in identical ‘individual’ (structures), taking advantage of the natural conditions of where they are located,” he added.

Lawyer Jose D. Leviste III, ITPI President and Nati’s partner, stressed the need for Philippine shelters to adapt to storms and floods that have become part of the daily routine of Filipinos.

“We need to anticipate extreme weather conditions as the ‘new norm.’ Thus, we must approach developed with a new scale of values and principles that will be inherent in our design and real estate developments,” Leviste said.

Leviste also emphasized key role of location.

“It is not enough to build great things – we must ensure there should be synergy between the building itself and its particular location.”

According to Leviste, ITPI has already proven its capacity to design and build climate changeadaptable structures after its pioneer project Primavera

Residences, a mixed-use green building comprising of two towers with 10 storeys each, withstood the fury of Tropical Storm Sendong and Typhoon Pablo which lashed Cagayan de Oro barely a year apart in 2011 and 2012.

Arch. Nati said the “Coral City” project features an integration of renewable energy production and architecture.

“The sun is the basis of all life on earth; it’s only natural to tap its free energy by integrating photo voltaic (PV) panels in our architecture but as the same time using them to beautify our buildings. Like cement and bricks – they are the “parte integrante” (essential part) of our architecture,” he said.

Arch. Nati was graduated “summa cum laude” with an architectural degree at La Sapienza University in Rome. He has worked for numerous architectural and engineering firms in Italy, Europe and in the United States, receiving numerous awards from international green architecture design competitions in Italy and elsewhere.

Set up in 2009, ITPI networks with ICCP (Investment & Capital Corporation of the Philippines), LBP (Land Bank of the Philippines), BPI (Bank of the Philippines Is l a n d s ) , Ha b i t a t f o r Humanity Philippines, CARA Welfare Philippines (Compassion And Responsibility for Animals), PGBC (Philippines Green Building Council). (PNA)

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Lourdes Candy Darimbang and Alden Bacal, respectively, to shed light on projects being implemented in the city.

DPWH engineers said the Notice of Award was given last August 28. The needed equipment and materials are already in place at the project site.

It was learned that the P46 million project will be completed in seven months.

According to the DPWH, Phase 1, which will take an eight-meter setback from the existing wall, will affect a big portion of Duaw Park.

As can be recalled, Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe

and other officials of JICA visited Cagayan de Oro and said they will extend help so the city can get back to its feet and move forward after the devastation wrought by Tropical Storm Sendong.

The river control project is just one of the many projects of the city aimed at preventing future floods.

JICA will do all the works in providing the city with a better river control project starting this year.

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the countr y.

The National Fo o d A u t h o r i t y ( N FA ) a n d the Agribusiness and Marketing Division

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region BRANCH 24 Cagayan de Oro City HDMF (PAG-IBIG), Mortgagee,

-versus-

SPS. RINSY and GLICERIO V. BACONG, Mortgagors. x----------------------------------------------------/

FILE NO. 2013-250 FOR: EJF OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under ACT 3135 as amended filed

by HDMF (PAG-IBIG) mortgagee, against SPS. RINSY K. BACONG and GLICERIO V. BACONG, mortgagor, resident of C/O DEAN ORTALIZ B-10, L-33 REGENCY PLAIN SUBDIVISION, IPONAN, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 19, 2013, amounts to (P 395,779.31) excluding penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at Public Auction on October 21, 2013 at 9:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Hayes Street, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the properties with all improvements to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-121727

A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 33, Block 10, of the cons. Subd. Plan, PCS10-001781being a portion of Lot Nos, 3650, 3651, 3652, 3653, 3654,, all of Cad-237,Cagayan Cadastre, Lot 3649-A, Psd-10-022211 & Lot 3649-B-1, Psd-10-022978.) Situated in the Barangay Iponan, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao Containing an area of EIGTHY (80) square meters more or less.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves, in the event of Auction Sale can not take place for whatever legal reason the sale will proceed on the following day, without further notice, posting and publication, the title here in above and encumbrance thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, September 3, 2013.

(Sgd.)TERESITO C. ESTENZO Sheriff IV BWM: Sept. 13, 20 & 27, 2013

( A M A D ) of DA , a l s o conducted onsite va lidat ion in Puer to, Misamis Oriental to verify reported dramatic incre as e in r ice pr ices, a s pu b l i s h e d i n on e of the local paper here. The rice retailer inter viewed denied giving statement on price increase and that she only cited to have bought the bag of premium grade rice at a price of P2,000 and is selling it at a price of P45/kilo.

Ramos also reminded the public of the diverse variety of rice to choose from. To date, the latest monitoring in major public markets in the city, bares the following

selling price: well-milled rice ranging f rom P404 2 ; re g u l ar m i l l e d r i c e at P32-38; premium rice at P40-45; government prices through NFA is still selling at P27/kilo while fancy prices is now at P 55-P65/kilo.

The NFA, on the other h a n d , w i l l c o nt i nu e t o provide stocks in various markets in the region. As of September 2, a total of 552,923 bags of rice at 50 k i los/b ag have b e en distributed in the five provinces of the region.

The DA, meanwhile, is encouraging the public to try other staple food such as corn, camote, cardava, adlai and other root crops.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th JudiciaL Region BRANCH 24 Cagayan de Oro City HDMF (PAG-IBIG),

Mortgagee,

-versus-

CARENE E. ILAGA,

Mortgagors. x---------------------------------------------/

FILE NO. 2013-254 FOR: EJF OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under ACT 3135 as amended filed by HDMF (PAG-IBIG) mortgagee, against CARENE E. ILAGA mortgagor, resident of Barangay 6, Waterfall, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of August 1, 2013, amounts to (P 181,122.71) excluding penalties, charges, attorneys fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at Public Auction on October 21, 2013 at 9:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Hayes Street, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder , for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the properties with all its improvements to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-45334

LOT : 3279-B, Psd-10-050938

PORTION OF LOT : 3279, Cad-507, Balingasag, Cadastre

AS SURVEYED FOR : SEGUNDINA ACERO

LAND USE : Residential

LOCATION : Barangay Waterfall, Balingasag, Misamis Or., Island of Mindanao

AREA : THREE HUNDRED SEVEN (307) square Meters more or less

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves, in the event of Auction Sale can not take place for whatever legal reason the sale will proceed on the following day, without further notice, posting and publication, the title here in above and encumbrance thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, September 3, 2013.

(Sgd.)TERESITO C. ESTENZO Sheriff IV BWM: Sept. 13, 20 & 27, 2013

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 17 Cagayan de Oro City

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

OFFIC OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE FILE NO. 2013-220

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. 2013-243

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended, filed

by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (PAG-IBIG), Cagayan de Oro City, as mortgagee, against ARLENE M. CUHIT, of legal age, single, Filipino citizen and with postal address at Block 3, lot 17 Exzekiel St., San Agustin Valley Homes, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City as mortgagor, which as of July 29, 2013 amounts to THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR PESOS & 07/100 (Php382,224.07) inclusive of interest, and penalty charges, but exclusive of attorney’s fees equivalent to ten (10%) percent of the total indebtedness plus the expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned will sell at public auction on OCTOBER 10, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court , Hall of Justice, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all the improvements found thereon, described as follows: TCT No. T-197174 ‘’A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 51, Block 17, Pcs-10-003948, portion of Lots 3615-B, Psd-10-004675,24178-A, Psd-10-009444, 3614-A-1-B, Psd10-009566,24178-B-1, Psd-10-010320, 24178-B-2-A, Psd-10-052968, 24178-B-2-B-1, Psd-10-054199, 24178-B-2-B-6, Psd-10-054199, 24178-C-1, Psd-10-054997, 3605, Cad. 237, Cagayan Cadastre), situated in Barangay Iponan, City of Cagayan de Oro, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of FIFTY (50) square meters, more or less.’’

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated date, time and place.

In the event the auction date falls on a holiday, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, September 2, 2013.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF By: (Sgd.) MA. TERESITA QUIBLAT-INSO

Sheriff BWM: Sept. 21, 28 & October 5, 2013

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Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 filed by HOME DEV’T. MUTUAL FUND (PAG-IBIG FUND), mortgagee, with office at J.R. Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City, against ROSELLE C. CORVERA, mortgagor, residing at c/o Dennis Corvera Block 18 Lot 27, 2A, La Buena Vida Subd., Canitoan, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 6, 2013, amounts to FOUR HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THREE PESOS & 27/100 (P414,303.27), excluding penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or her duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on October 3, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Hall of Justice, Cagayan de Oro City to the highest bidder , for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency the following property with all improvement’s to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. P-120460 “A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 27, Block 18, of the cons. Subd. Plan, PCS-10001589, being a portion of All Resultant Lots within Blocks 1 to 16 & Road Lots 1 to 14 of Psd-10-020813 ). Situated in the Barangay of Lumbia, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the NE., along line 1-2 by Lot 25 of Block 18 of the cons. Subd. Plan : xxxx …. Containing an area of Forty Five (45) square meters, more or less.’’’

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-120461 ‘’A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 29, Block 18, of the cons. Subd. Plan, PCS-10001589, being a portion of All Resultant Lots within Blocks 1 to 16 & Road Lots 1 to 14 of Psd-10-020813). Situated in the barangay of Lumbia, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by lot 30; xxx … Containing an area of Forty Five (45) square meters, more or less.’’

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated date, time and place.

In the event the public auction should not take place on October 3, 2013, for whatever reason, the public auction will proceed on the next working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, August 23, 2013.

(SGD)FE O. BONTUYAN-BULARON Sheriff IV BWM: Sept. 6, 13 & 21, 2013

Republic of the Philippines Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental 10th Judicial Region Branch-20 Cagayan de Oro City MARILYN V. BUSILAC represented by SPL PROC. CASE NO. 2013-072 ATTY. ALEJANDRO JOSE PALLUGNA,

Petitioner, -versusNORMA S. DIPUTADO, LOCAL CIVIL PETITION FOR DECLARATION REGISTRAR OF CAGAYAN DE ORO OF DEATH OF KENT V. BUSILAC CITY,

Respondent.

X-------------------------------------------------/ ORDER

Finding the petition for the declaration of presumptive death of KENT V. BUSILAC to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for hearing on October 15, 2013 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before this Court, at Room 113, hall of Justice, Cagayan de Oro City.

At the expense of the petitioner, let this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Cagayan de Oro and the Province of Misamis Oriental at least once a week for three consecutive weeks.

Let copy of this Order be published upon the Solicitor General at Makati City, and the City Prosecutor of Cagayan de Oro City for them to appear in behalf of the state.

SO ORDERED.

Done this 20th day of August 2013, at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) BONIFACIO M. MACABAYA Presiding Judge BWM: Sept. 13, 20 & 27, 2013

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region Branch 28 Mambajao, Camiguin RE: PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION AS A FILIPINO CITIZEN OF NOUR MALAK TAWFEEQ IBRAHIM, Petitioner, x------------------------------------------------------------------------------//

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MISC. CASE NO. 128

ORDER

FIRE PROTECTION & PLUMBING SERVICES “Dedicated to Quality, Commited to Service.”

Gaabucayan Extension, Agora Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City

09269678094 / (088) 3092357 Services Offered: > Wasteline Installation > Leak Pipe Repair > Water Pump Installation & Automation > Downspout Installation & Repair > Waterproofing > Accept Plumbing Estimates > Water Tank Installation > Fire Suppression Installation > Gas Burner Cleaning & Repair > Pull-out Wasteline system Clog-up > Sprinkler Installation > Painting > Window Grill Making > Welding > FREE CHECK-UP w/in 5km radius

Republic of the Philippines Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental 10th Judicial Region Branch 38 Cagayan de Oro City TERESA BUSILAC, REPRESENTED BY ATTY. ALEJANDRO JOSE PALLUGNA,

Petitioner,

-versus-

SPEC. PROC. NO. 2013-067 FOR PETITION FOR DECLARATION OF DEATH

NORMA S. DIPUTADO, LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY,

Defendant.

X--------------------------------------/ ORDER

Before this Court is the petition of Teresa Busilac for the declaration of death of her husband, Aquilio B. Busilac in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that said Petition be set for hearing on October 2, 2013 at 8:30 in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court, on which date, time and place, all persons who may have any opposition to the petition herein sought, may appear to show cause why said petition should not be granted.

Let this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing.

Likewise, let copies of this Order, with Petition attached, be posted by the petitioner on the bulletin boards of the Court, the City Hall of Cagayan de Oro City and the Provincial Capitol of Misamis Oriental for at least ten (10) days prior to date of hearing.

Furnish copies of this Order and the Petition to the Offices of the Solicitor General, City Prosecutor of Cagayan de Oro City and the Local Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City.

SO ORDERED.

August 19, 2013, Cagayan de Oro City.

Notice is hereby given that filed before this Court is a verified petition, to wit: Petitioner, with the assistance of undersigned counsel, to the Honorable Court most respectfully avers:

A. That PETITIONER has all the QUALIFICATIONS to be naturalized as a citizen of the Republic of the Philippines thusly: 1. That he is an Egyptian Citizen born at Fayoum, Egypt on the 11th day of May 1961 to Egyptian parents. He is presently 52 years of age; 2. That he is now permanently residing at Balintawak, Mambajao, Camiguin; 3. That he previously resided at Egypt in Fayoum; 4. That he is a person of good moral character which fact petitioner will prove in the course of this petition. He is also presently a Pastor for the Way Ministries which is a SEC registered religious corporation under SEC Reg. No. H199600086 and headed by its Senior Pastor Roberto J. Tayag Jr.; 5. That he is active socially in the Philippines and especially in the Province of Camiguin. He actively preaches to his church members and also offers to preach in social gatherings. In fact he continuously preaches the Word of God to the Philippine national Police and assisting them in their moral recovery program. He started this way back in the year 1994; 6. That petitioner has always conducted himself in a proper and irreproachable manner towards his dealings with his community and with the duly constituted government . He has no records of any improprieties or misunderstandings with neighbors with the Barangay Office, with the Police Office or before the national Bureau of Investigation. Neither has he any records with any Courts of the country. Nor does he have any such record in his own country, Egypt; 7. That he owns a conjugal residential building situated at Balintawak, Mambajao, Camiguin where he and his family resides. That the value of this building exceeds five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) Philippine Currency.

8. That he is lawfully engaged as a Pastor for The Way Ministries for which he receives sufficient funds in the form of ‘’love gifts’’ allowing him to lead a reasonably comfortable and stable family life; 9. That he is well versed in the Visayan and English language. He is also familiar with the Tagalog language; 10. That he has two children with his Filipino wife, VISITACION LUSPO, These children are EPHRAM L. MALAK and ZECHARIAH LEE L. MALAK; 11. That both children were born at Mambajao, Camiguin on September 15, 1994 and February 23, 1996, respectively; 12. That the elder child is currently enrolled at Lourdes College at Cagayan de Oro City as a 3rd year College student taking up Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) while the younger child is currently a student of the Mindanao Sanitarium College at Iligan City and enrolled as a second year student of its Medical Technology course; 13. That both children completed their primary and secondary education under the public school system of the Philippines. Both of them studied at Mambajao Central School in elementary while also both studied at Camiguin Polytechnic State College in high school; 14. That petitioner married his Filipino wife VISITACION LUSPO at The Evangelical Church at Ali Ain, Abu Dhabi on December 5, 1991. The marriage has been duly reported to the Philippine Government; 15. That petitioner and his family permanently resides at their residence in Sitio Balintawak , Mambajao , Camiguin, however the education of the children necessitates their absence therefrom when school is in attendance; 16. That petitioner’s wife is gainfully employed as a Medical Technologist at the Camiguin General Hospital in Mambajao; 17. That petitioner has been a resident of the Philippines for twenty two (22) years thus far exceeding the required ten (10) year residency under Commonwealth Act No. 473 under which law this petition is filed. Further, being a married to a Filipino ,he falls under the exception provided under Section 3, subparagraph 3 of the same law reducing his required residency to five (5) years; 18. That petitioner arrived in the Philippines in the year 1992 on board one of the Aircraft in the fleet of Malaysian Airlines which departed from India. Petitioner unboarded at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at manila, Philippines.

B. That PETITIONER has NONE of the DISQUALIFICATION LAID DOWN BY Commonwealth Act No. 473 to become a NATURALIZED FILIPINO: 19. That petitioner is not opposed to organized government or affiliated with any association or group of persons who uphold and teach doctrines opposing all organized government; 20. That being a pastor of The Way Ministries and a law abiding person,he does not defend or teach the necessity or propriety of violence, personal assault or assassination for the success and predominance of his ideas; 21. That neither is he a polygamist or a believer in the practice of polygamy in fact, his church teaches against such practice and actively promotes monogamy; 22. That he has not been previously convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude or any other crime for that matter; 23. That he is of sound mind and body and as such is not suffering from any mental alienation or under any incurable disease; 24. That during his period of stay in the Philippines, he has mingled socially with the Filipinos in his community. He also learned and embraced the customs, traditions and ideals of his wife and her people, i.e., the Filipinos; 25. That the State of Egypt is not at war with the Republic of the Philippines; 26. That the State of Egypt allows Filipino citizens to become naturalized citizens thereof; C. That PETITIONER has complied with Section 5 of Commonwealth Act No. 473 requiring him to submit his Declaration of Intention one (1) year prior to the filing of this present petition for naturalization to the Office of the Solicitor General; 27. That attached hereto as annex ‘’A’’ is the Bona Fide Declaration of Intention of petitioner duly filed with the Office of the Solicitor General on June 26, 2013. Attached also in a separate coupon bond as annex ‘’B’’ are the registered receipt and receipt of the private courier as proof that the petitioner has filed the said legal document with the Solicitor General; 28. That previously , petitioner has personally filed with the same office declaration of the same import on July 14, 2011 duly recorded thereat as File No. 6494 under receipt number 4311445, a copy of which is attached hereto as annex ‘’C’’; 29. That petitioner has attached two photographs of himself as annex ‘’D’’, a certification of his arrival in the country as annex ‘’E’’ and affidavits of his witnesses USEC. ANTONIETO GALLARDO AND ATTY. VITO CARRILLO attesting to his qualifications to be naturalized as a Filipino citizen under CA 473 as annexes ‘’F’’ and ‘’G’’, respectively; 30. That petitioner in the mentioned declaration has included all the pertinent information required

by Sec. 5 of CA No. 473 D. That PETITIONER undertakes to reside continuously in the Philippines from the date of this petition up to the time when his admission to Philippine Citizenship will be granted.

WHEREFORE, petitioner prays that he be granted the privilege of becoming a citizen of the country which he has grown to love and respect and to finally become a FILIPINO CITIZEN. Finding the petition sufficient in form and substance , it is hereby set for hearing on January 14, 2014 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

At the expense of the petitioner , let a copy of this Order be published at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Camiguin and in the Official Gazette. The Process Server of this Court is directed to post copies of this Order in the following public places: 1.) Bulletin Board –Public Market, Mambajao, Camiguin; 2)Bulletin Board-Municipal Hall,Mambajao, Camiguin; 3) Bulletin Board- Provincial Capitol, Mambajao, Camiguin and 4) Bulletin Board-this Court.

The Local Civil Registrar of Mambajao, Camiguin or any person having or claiming any interest on the naturalization of NOUR MALAK TAWFEEQ IBRAHIM, changing his citizenship from an Egyptian National to Filipino citizen may appear at the hearing and oppose the petition.

Petitioner is directed to furnish copy of this Order and the Petition to the Local Civil Registrar of Mambajao, Camiguin and the Office of the Solicitor General.

The petitioner shall at the hearing submit proof of publication and of the service of the copy of the Petition and order as directed by the Court

SO OREDERED.

Done this 29th day of July at Mambajao, Camiguin.

(SGD.) EMMANUEL P. PASAL Judge

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(Sgd.) JEOFFRE W. ACEBIDO Assisting Judge

9 in ensuring that rice is c o nt i nu o u s l y av a i l a b l e for consumers both at the evacuation centers and in the entire province. “Times like this test the efficiency and dedication of our NFA e mpl oye e s i n l iv i ng up to our mandates of food security and stabilization an d I am prou d t o s ay t hat NFA R eg ion 9 has proven itself worthy of the public trust as true public ser vants,” Calayag said.

N FA Z a m b o a n g a currently holds sufficient stocks of rice which, based on the city’s daily consumption requirement of 6,150 bags, could last for 41 days.

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Five NABCOR employees, t hree N LDC st a f f members a nd t wo T RC o f f i c i a l s a r e a l s o named as co-conspirators.

The voluminous e v id ent i a r y do c u ment s were delivered by t wo closed vans escorted by t he PNP Hig hway Patrol Group to the Ombud sma n’s of f ice i n Quezon Cit y.

De Lima led the team of investigators and law yers i n f i l i ng t he compla i nt.

T he 10 wh ist le-blowers i n t he sca m i nclud i ng Ben hu r Luy a lso f i led t hei r sworn a f f idav its.

Related: NBI submits 750,000-page ‘pork ’ documents to Ombudsman “ This is on ly t he f irst batch of respondents,” De Lima explained in a press conference, add i ng t hat ot her people involved i n t he sca m w i l l a lso be cha rged nex t week .

P r iv ate c ompl a i na nt L ev ito Ba l igod, cou nsel for t he whist le-blowers, s a id t hat t he 38 na me s arose from testimonies of whist leblowers as well as ot her ev idence gat hered over t he past mont hs.

“Ang ginagawa lang ng N BI ay Napoles-related NG O s ,” D e L i m a s a i d , ex pla i ni ng why ot her questionable NGOs do not f igure in the complaints.

Arroyo... from page 3

Then Au r o r a’s congressman and now Sen. Sonny Angara also introduced a similar bill in the House of Representatives.

“It is imperative that the political party system should be strengthened if we want to develop and achieve genuine political development and democratization. We have to enact laws to prevent the system of ward politics and political chameleons that we have today,” the younger Angara said.

Santiago, for her part, said the bill will penalized “political butterflies” and “r e s t o r e b e l i e f i n o u r political party system.”/ PN

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shipment of currencies.”

He said there is continues servicing of requirements and the shipments of currencies were not disrupted.

Fighting in parts of the city between government troops and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) entered its second week.

The government however has allowed operations at the Zamboanga International Airport and at the Zamboanga City baseport to resume, albeit on a limited scale and under tight security, in a bid to re-establish normalcy in the city.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), on the hand, said companies in Zamboanga City have now resumed their operations as the two-week armedtension between government forces and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) starts to wind down.

“Establishments in the areas have now resumed their operation, but they still have no night shift due to security situations,” Labor and Employment secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said.

However, Baldoz said DoLE will still conduct a profiling of workers, who might have lost their jobs or livelihood during their crisis.

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Don Carlos, Quezon and Damilag-Manolo Fortich; PhilCom, on the other hand, also has service areas in Malaybalay and Valencia and in the municipality of Manolo Fortich.

PLDT bought Philcom in 2009.

Parrado said the disconnection is only temporary but they have not set the time when it will be fixed.

“Engineering work is ongoing to address the problem,” he told MindaNews via telephone Wednesday.

He said PLDT Manila, which is facilitating the migration to new equipment, has not provided the local bu s i n e s s of f i c e of t h e timetable to complete it.

But the disrupted i nte rc on ne c t iv it y d re w criticism.

“It affects cost of doing business in the province,” Rommel Patcheo, marketing head of the church-run DXDB Radyo Bandilyo and Bandilyo newspaper based here.

He said the telcos should find ways to restore it soonest.

Patcheo said accessibility of the telephone subscribers of both firms is also affected.

Valencia City councilor Oliver Owen Garcia told this reporter via SMS that all public utilities, including telephone companies, are given franchises on condition that they give convenience to the public in terms of service. “(What they did) is not an action that will provide convenience to the public.

Clearly they have violated

their franchise,” he added.

Garci a was re cent ly elected as the new president of the Philippine Councilors League Bukidnon chapter, which has a seat as ex-officio member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

Sotelco pioneered the telephone industr y in Bukidnon in 1985 when the provincial government privatized the Bukidnon Telephone Services, which it ran since the 1960s.

The firm has operated in the province and also extended services to northern Cebu and in Albay, Bicol.

Extending further to serve the calling public, calling offices were set up in strategic locations in its areas of operation covering Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro City, Cebu and Albay.

P h i l c om op e n e d it s Malaybalay phone exchange in the late 1990s, serving as the firm’s competitor up to present.

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functions as the secretariat of the LPMC. The LMPC, along with other concerned government agencies, held a meeting earlier this month, with a representative of the National Food Authority presenting the price situation.

Negapatan said that rice stores selling at excessive prices would be summoned by the LMPC. Josephine Gabutin,

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DTI consumer specialist, said that their office has no authority overseeing the price of rice, adding they’re tasked to monitor other basic commodities like canned goods, milk, sugar and dairy products.

Soaring rice prices have b e e n hu r t i ng ord i nar y residents, with one noting “it has gone beyond his pocket’s reach.”

Tr uck driver Reylan Figuron said he used to buy Royal Rice at P1,800 per sack in the early months of the year.

“It’s now P2,550 per sack and that’s way too much. It hurts my pocket,” he said, noting the price difference of P750 a sack.

Regine Sacro, one of the rice vendors at the Surigao Public Market, said she noticed rice prices started getting expensive from their suppliers in late July, prompting her to also adjust her retail prices.

In July, for instance, the 7-Tonner rice variety was sold at P40-42 per kg, but now fetches from P47-49/kg.

Tita Ga, another rice vendor at the Surigao City Public Market, said lack of supply has caused the price to spike.

“If there is too much supply, then the price would go down,” Ga said.

She said that most of the rice produced in Surigao del Norte was bought by other entrepreneurs and sold outside the province.

MindaNews called up the DA regional office but no one from the agency issued comments as of posting time.

(Roel Catoto/MindaNews)

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Jaraula, who also served as Cagayan de Oro City Mayor in 2010 until 2013, expressed doubt on the credibility of the witnesses.

The witnesses were being dictated and controlled by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), Jaraula said.

He s aid t hat since the witnesses were being dictated, the NBI could fabricate charges to further political interest.

Jaraula cited the inconsistency and conflicting of the reports submitted by the DOJ and the Commissions on Audit (COA) regarding the alleged anomalous transactions using the “pork barrel.”

Jaraula did not mention names of politicians who were believed behind the “pork barrel” anomaly but was certain that the scenario was done for the benefit of politicians in preparation for the 2016 national and local elections that includes the Presidential poll.

“I will face them (NBI and DOJ) as I have nothing to hide. I will answer the charges once I receive the summons,” Jaraula said.

(PNA)

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