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By Teofilo P. Garcia, Jr.

AMBOANGA CITY – The daily rotational brownouts in this city have further increased to as long as 10 hours daily brought about by the worsening power situation in the Mindanao grid. See FULL STORY, page 8

Crimes soar in Davao DAVAO CITY – Crime incidence in this city increased by 20 percent at the start of the rotational brownouts, data from the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) revealed. Speaking at the AFPPNP Media Forum at the Royal Mandaya Hotel last Wednesday, DCPO chief Vicente Danao told reporters that the figures were in stark contrast to the 35-percent reduction in crime figures from the fourth quarter of 2013 to the first quarter of 2014. He said most of the in-

cidents committed since the brownouts started were crimes against persons and against property. “Stay home. If you really don’t have somewhere to go during the brownouts, don’t leave your homes because that’s when the criminals are taking advantage of the cover of darkness,” Danao said. He added that the darkness due to brownouts also interfered with police operations. “We can’t see in the dark,” Danao said, citing that police officers would find

CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan De Oro City --The military has recovered a human skeleton in an abandoned communist rebel camp in the mountains of Bukidnon during a combat patrol on Tuesday, the military reported Thursday. See crimes, page 11 Lt. Col. Jose B. Giller, spokesperson of the army’s 4th Infantry Division here, said that the patrolling military led by Capt. Jojo L. Mascariñas discovered the human skeleton in an abandoned New People’s Army camp in the Mt. Kitanglad Complex on Tuesday morning in the farming village of Lirongan, Talakag, Bukidnon. After a thorough search in the area the troops found a human skeleton wearing DRIER. Farmers dry palay on the road, ocrain boots (BOTAS) with HIGHWAY cupying half the lane of the diversion road in Barangay civilian headgear, basketball Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday, 8 May 2014. See skeletons, page 11

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

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Business Permits Compliance Inspection @ Cogon Market

A composite team composed of personnel from the City Economic Enterprises Department (CEED), headed by its Manager Engr. Peter Abejuela, police and market security unit, conducted yesterday, May 7, 2014 an inspection at the Cogon Market to check compliance of business permits and licenses among stallholders of the city’s biggest public market. The team warned those stallholders who failed to secure their business permits and licenses that they were given until May 23, 2014 to comply with the permit, otherwise, their establishments will be recommended for closure to the office of City Mayor Oscar Moreno. Carmen public market would be the next stop of the team’s inspection. city information office

Another Mindanao power plant shuts down CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The 105-megawatt addition from Steag State Power came hardly a relief for the power-starved Mindanao consumers after another diesel-fired power plant was shut down for maintenance in Zamboanga City, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said. Brian Diosma, of the MinDA Power Monitoring Committee, said the 50MW power plant owned by Western Mindanao Pow-

er Corporation in Barangay Sangali, Zamboanga City went offline early this week. “The management notified us last May 6 that they have scheduled their dieselfired plant for maintenance,” Diosma said. He said the company under the Alcantara and Sons (Alsons) power group promised that the power plant would be operational again “in a couple of days.” Last Wednesday night, Steag started supplying

105MW of electricity after one of its power turbines went back online. Operation of the company’s two turbines was disrupted during a Mindanao-wide fault last Feb. 27. R afael Paguio, vice president of the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company, Inc. (CEPALCO), said the utility received only 10MW from Steag’s supply on Thursday, the morning after the coal plant went See shuts, page 11

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CDO’s 7-hour daily ‘brownout’ bared’

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By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor

AGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The resumption and the generation of 105 megawatts of one of the power turbines of the STEAG coal-fired power plant in Misamis Oriental starting Thursday also started the occurrence of longer brownouts in this seaport capital of Cagayan De Oro City starting Friday.

The announcement of the Cagayan De Oro Power and Light Company (CEPALCO) on Thursday that the brownouts, originally scheduled at 4 hours for feeder groupings (Group I and II), will take place each twice starting Friday for the next six days has, instead, brought more anxieties. CEPALCO, the lone private power distributor here, issued the revised “load shedding schedule” to 6 hours daily power outage from the original 4 hours daily due to the “continuing

The announced duration of the daily load shedding, however, is not reliable. Along the notice to the public, CEPALCO also cautioned the power consumers that time of the actual “switch on” and “switch off ” might vary since it will “depend on the

actual levels imposed by the NGCP on the power firm, which changes daily. CEPALCO has blamed the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for the city wide incessant brownouts due to insufficient power allocation that the NGCP supplied

to the local power firm. Marilyn Chavez, of CEPALCO’s Customer Service and Relations Department, said that CEPALCO’s normal power supply requirement is about 140-megawatt. However, starting last Tuesday, CEPALCO was drawing less than 30-mega-

watt from the Mindanao grid. T h e l o c a l bu s i n e ss community has sounded an alarm of the unabated brownouts that, most often, exceed the announced daily hour duration. On Wednesday, the See bared, page 11

power shortage in Mindanao.” Under the new schedule, the daily load shedding schedule and feeder groupings will experience a brownout twice in a day. For instance, the Group I will have brownout from 8:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. and another brownout from 3:00 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. or a total of daily six hours for the Group 1. The Group I and Group II will alternate the daily brownouts with each other from May 9-14, 2014.

Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, (4th from left), participates in the groundbreaking ceremony of the road concreting project for COMSAT – Kabilogan in Barangay Bugo costing P 5 million. Also in photo is Barangay Chairman Jesus S. Morial Jr., Kag. Presley Emano, Kag. Ponciano J. Dawal, Kag. Edwin V. Aban, DPWH OIC- Asst. Mabel F. Saa and COMSAT Staff. KENDISCHAVES

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ORO ULTIMATE If you’ve got a competitive team that just happens to be in the City of Golden Friendships in the next two weeks, then we’ve definitely got something for you to smile about. Cagayan de Oro, the provincial capital of Misamis Oriental, which is also referred to as the gateway, if not regional center, of the Northern Mindano region, is already known for outdoor recreational activities like tubing, horseback riding, and all levels of whitewater rafting. The Village Center CDO, however, is throwing Ultimate Disc into that mix. Vista Malls’ The Village Center CDO, which is the heart of Gran Europa, a master-planned, family-oriented community in Barangay Lumbia, in uptown Cagayan de Oro, is holding a two-day Ultimate Disc Event that would not only help you enjoy this fun, limited-contact field sport, but more importantly, give your team a shot at representing Cagayan de Oro at the Philippine Ultimate Association. The Ultimate Disc Clinic will begin at 8:00 am on May 17, coached by Peng Manlapaz, President of Philippines Ultimate Association;
 Felix Angue, Corporate Secretary and Vice President for Strategic Development; and, Jamael Pangandaman, Vice President for Education. Brush up on strategies like the Vertical and Horizontal Stacks; offensive plays like Feature, Spread, and Tri-Force; and, defense moves like Force, Wedge and Electric Slide. Your team can then practice your awesome moves at a Tournament from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm that same day
, and if you qualify, at the next phase starting at 8:00 am on May 18. Awarding ceremonies will be held at 4:00 pm that same day. Up for grabs are bragging rights that, yes, your team has got that Midas touch, and proof that when it comes to events at The Village Center CDO, which services the exclusive villages of La Buena Vida; the Italian styled homes of Montana Vista; the Spanish-Mediterranean feel of Frontiera; Portico, the 20-hectar neighborhood patterned after rustic Spain; Lessandra Heights; and, La Mirande, which finds inspiration from Provence -- all that glitters can truly be turned to gold.

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JICA grant for COWD kicks off CAGAYAN de Oro City - In its desire to provide better service to its customers, the Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) has sought the assistance of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for its non-revenue water reduction (NRW) program. NRW, which is largely due to leakages and pilferage, a problem common to water providers. COWD said that management and reduction of such aside from being capital intensive requires extensive technical expertise. JICA came to COWD’s rescue after tropical storm Sendong wrought damage on several of its production facilities by providing a P50.1 million rehabilitation grant through procurement of equipment to restore COWD’s capacity to provide adequate water supply. The project was completed in September 2013. Currently, through the Special Assistance for Project Sustainability (SAPS)

JICA is extending another grant for Provincial Cities Water Supply Project Phase III in coordination with Yokohama Water Co., Ltd. (YWC). In the kick-off meeting on May 2, JICA representative Sumi Yukiyasu and YWC officers Yasutoshi Nagai, Ken Yokohama and Shinta Segawa initially discussed with COWD Board of Directors Chair Ruben Vegafria, with member Sandy Bass and the management team led by COWD general manager Rachel Beja how the activities will be carried out within the given time frame of six months. They have also brought with them state of the art leak detection equipment for COWD’s use during the duration of the grant. A special NRW reduction team was likewise formed to specifically focus on the program. Beja said that aside from conducting leakage survey training, the JICA study team will also investigate

COWD’s current NRW reduction activities, institutional organization and financial situation in order to come up with proposed improvement plans. COWD is optimistic

that this collaborative effort will be fruitful as they are committed to provide all the needed support to ensure it that the water consumers get the most benefit. (COWD/PIA)

Republic of the Philippines Office of the President HOUSING AND URBAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINITION COUNCIL HOUSING AND LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD Northern Mindanao Region, Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Alfredo O. Layos President of Alsomavic Estate Development Corp. has filed with the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board–NMR for Cancellation of License to Sell Nos. LS -25853 & LS-25854 dated August 8, 2012 issued to his Midland Valley Homes in Kalasungay, Malaybalay City for a re-issuance of a new License to Sell for Block 11 to Block 17, that all papers attached thereto are available for inspection during business hours by any person having legal interest thereon and upon proper application ;and that copies thereof shall be furnished to such person upon payment of the proper fees. Any person with valid objection to the Cancellation of the License to Sell Nos. LS-25853 & LS-25854 of Midland Valley Homes and in the re issuance for a new one, may file his objection in writing with the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board Northern Mindanao Region, 3rd Floor, Dupoint Building, A Velez St. Cagayan de Oro City, Tel (08822)721466 (Fax Direct) within (2) weeks from the date of last publication. Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, April 7, 2014. By Authority of the Board; (SGD.)CHARITO A. RAAGAS Regional Director MDN: May 9, 2014

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AgSur residents still enjoy shorter 2-hr daily brownout By CHRIS PANGANIBAN, Regional Editor

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—While long hours of brown outs has been pestering consumers in many parts of Mindanao, residents in this province still enjoy at least only two-hour daily rotating power interruptions.

Engr. Emmanuel Galarse, general manager of Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative (Aselco), said the province only suffered some 4.6 megawatt of power deficiency even as the energy

crisis has already reached its peak this month that the two-hour daily brown out could be the maximum time the consumers could suffer. “Normally this is the longest time we can experience at this peak month of power crisis,” Galarse said. The better power outlook in the province is a welcome development since Aselco has earlier projected a threehour daily rotational power interruption starting this month as the water level of two hydropower plants in Bukidnon and Lanao del Sur will dip into a recordlow levels. The power curtailment situation in Agusan del Sur in the wake of Mindanao power crisis is even one hour lower than last year when consumers experience three hour rotating brownouts.

Galarse however admitted consumers will have to bear the brunt of getting a much higher electricity bill this month reaching to as much as P9 to 11 per kilowatt hour since Aselco has been buying energy to costly diesel-powered plants to replenish the shortage of hydropower. Aselco has relied about 50 percent of its electricity needs to Pulangi and Agus hydropower plants but with receding water levels the supply has gone down to 30 percent that the cooperative had to buy more power to diesel-powered plants to hasten the impact of energy crisis. According to Aselco report, peak demand starting March 2014 has reached to 27.8 megawatts causing a slight 4.65 megawatts

shortage to electricity in the province since the hydropower plants of National Power Corp.-Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. could only provide 8.24 megawatt while diesel-powered Mapalad Power Corp. supplies 10 megawatts and power barge operator Therma Marine Inc. delivers 5 megawatts. As consolation to the consumers, Aselco has refunded a 5 centavo per kilowatt hour from their monthly bills after the Energy Regulatory Commission granted their petition from the overcharged bill incurred by power supplier Therma Marine, Inc. from October 2012 to January 2013. Some P7.6 million will be refunded to the consumers starting this month that will last up to six months.

By PAT SAMONTE Regional Editor

del Sur and Davao Oriental. In a press release, Milfrance Capulong and Elizabeth Ladaga of the NGCP Regional Corporate Communications Department for Mindanao said the power cut will take effect simultaneously from 6 am to 6 pm involving the Bislig-

PNOC Jct.-Trento 69KV Line, Bislig-San FernandoBarobo 69KV Line and Bislig-Tabon/Cateel-Baganga 69KV Line. To be affected are the towns of Trento, Sta. Josefa, Veruela, Bunawan, and Loreto in Agusan del Sur, Bislig City, municipalities of Lingig, Hinatuan, Tagbina and Barobo, Surigao del Sur, and the towns of Boston, Cateel, Baganga and Caraga, Davao Oriental. Affected distribution utilities are Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative (ASELCO), Surigao del Sur Electric Cooperative I (SURSECO I) and Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative (DORECO). According to Capulong and Ladaga, reasons for the power supply cut are: 1) Annual Preventive Maintenance (APM) of 30 MVA power transformer and its associated HVE, the power circuit breakers (PCBs) of 69KV bus and feeders, including its associated HVE such as bus potential transformers (PTs), current transformers (CTs) and lightning arresters (LAs); and 2) Ride-on TL repair works on 69KV transmission lines connected at Bislig Substation. Capulong and Ladaga assured that normal operations will immediately resume after work completion. They advised NGCP customers and the general public to take the necessary preparations and precautions for the scheduled interruption.

Saturday brownout in Agsur, Surigao Sur, Davao Oriental Happy 128 Birthday Anniversay of its founder

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BUTUAN CITY -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has announced a scheduled power interruption tomorrow, May 10, 2014, in parts of Agusan del Sur, Surigao

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AGUSAN DEL SUR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Invitation toSan Apply forAgusan Eligibility Francisco, del Sur and to Bid Tel Nos. (085) 343-8456, 839-2275, 242-3280 The Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ASELCO) with office address at San Isidro, San Invitation to Apply for Eligibility and to BidSubsidy Funds, invites interested Francisco, Agusan del Sur with source of funds from PINOY’s Additional 2013 parties to pre-qualify and to bid for the supply of LABOR AND MATERIALS for the construction of lines in various The Agusan del SurinElectric withdel officeSur address at San Isidro, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur withWires, source ofKWH funds from PINOY’s sitios the Cooperative, Province Inc. of(ASELCO) Agusan including supply of Service Drop Meters, Additional 2013 Subsidy Funds, invites interested parties to pre-qualify and to bid for the supply of LABOR AND MATERIALS for the construction of lines in various Housewiring Materials which contracted works be completed within Forty-Five (45) Days upon signing of sitios in the Province of Agusan del Sur including supply of Service Drop Wires, KWH Meters, Housewiring Materials which contracted works be completed within Memorandum of Agreement, receipt of Notice of Award, Notice to Proceed, and Job Order: Forty-Five (45) Days upon signing of Memorandum of Agreement, receipt of Notice of Award, Notice to Proceed, and Job Order: Purok / Sitio

Barangay

Municipality

Kilometers of Lines (AsPlanned) 1PHASE

KWH SD & HW

O.S 0.400

U.B. 0.400

Alloc. 20

1.400

0.240

1.200

0.630

0.140

0.630

Bayugan City

4.460

0.720

Bayugan City

1.300

0.480

San Isidro

Bayugan City

1.000

Consuelo

Bunawan

Mambalili

Purok 6A Purok 6B

11

Total Material &

KWH Meters, SDW & HW

Approved Budget

Labor Cost 235,936.89

Materials 82,024.40

Cost 317,961.29

42

835,258.50

172,251.24

1,007,509.74

40

390,589.48

164,048.80

554,638.28

3.410

34

2,176,913.95

139,441.48

2,316,355.43

1.200

40

827,241.48

164,048.80

991,290.28

0.180

0.900

40

552,844.10

164,048.80

716,892.90

1.000

0.350

1.000

60

629,047.15

246,073.20

875,120.35

Bunawan

3.000

0.180

2.900

40

1,284,352.00

164,048.80

1,448,400.80

San Teodoro

Bunawan

0.140

0.190

0.070

40

272,572.73

164,048.80

436,621.53

San Teodoro

Bunawan

0.780

0.350

0.700

20

538,955.65

82,024.40

620,980.05

Purok 7

San Teodoro

Bunawan

60

176,086.93

246,073.20

422,160.13

12

Purok 8

San Teodoro

Bunawan

0.600

0.560

0.600

25

561,453.52

102,530.50

663,984.02

13

Purok 6

Anolingan

Esperanza

1.800

0.210

1.600

40

900,328.06

164,048.80

1,064,376.86

14

Purok 3

Valentina

Esperanza

15

172,230.23

61,518.30

233,748.53

15

Purok 16

Poblacion

La paz

16

Purok 13

Magaud

Loreto

17

Azpetia

Prosperidad

Patin-ay

Prosperidad

19

Purok 5A Purok 6A, Taglimao Purok 9

San Jose

Prosperidad

20

Mahayahay

Anoling

Rosario

21

Purok 5

Cabantao

Rosario

1.980

22

Purok 6

Maligaya

2.250

23

Purok 7

Barangay 4

24

Purok 2

Buenasuerte

25

Purok 3D

Tagapua

26

Coalition Zillovia

San Luis

28

Purok 4 Purok 4B, Sitio Katigbook Purok 3A

Rosario San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Luis

El Rio

Sibagat

0.180

29

Purok 3B

El Rio

Sibagat

0.180

30

Purok 1

Kauswagan

Sibagat

31

Purok 10

Mahayahay

Sibagat

32

Purok 6

Tabon-tabon

Sibagat

33

Purok 8

Tabon-tabon

Sibagat

34

Purok 4

Tag-oyango

Sibagat

0.800

35

Purok 1

Conception

Sta. Josefa

0.500

36

Purok 3

Conception

Sta. Josefa

1.100

37

Purok 2

Sayon

Sta. Josefa

0.300

38

Purok 8

Basa

Trento

39

Purok 4

La Fortuna

Trento

40

Purok 5C Purok China

Poblacion Santa Maria

1

Purok 2A

Getsemane

Bayugan City

2

Tambuang

Marcelina

Bayugan City

3

Purok 3A

Mt. Carmel

Bayugan City

4

Purok 2

Pinagalaan

5

Mambaac

Salvacion

6

8

Purok 5 Purok 9,Upper Cusma Purok 7

9 10

7

18

27

41

0.180

0.420 0.420

30

243,096.34

123,036.60

366,132.94

0.990

20

957,698.75

82,024.40

1,039,723.15

0.400

1.700

60

403,747.67

246,073.20

649,820.87

0.630

0.700

0.360

35

592,812.88

143,542.70

736,355.58

0.630

0.700

0.540

60

647,497.34

246,073.20

893,570.54

0.900

35

152,059.88

143,542.70

295,602.58

0.280

0.630

30

938,362.49

123,036.60

1,061,399.09

0.840

0.990

60

1,301,078.67

246,073.20

1,547,151.87

0.900

60

474,014.43

246,073.20

720,087.63

2.250

0.900 0.500

0.320

0.200

25

361,633.50

102,530.50

464,164.00

0.450

0.210

0.360

35

348,396.12

143,542.70

491,938.82

1.620

0.140

0.540

40

724,719.84

164,048.80

888,768.64

1.620

0.140

0.540

25

696,721.70

102,530.50

799,252.20

30

148,924.06

123,036.60

271,960.66 299,363.14

35

155,820.44

143,542.70

1.000

45

150,669.43

184,554.90

335,224.33

2.400

40

1,505,081.29

164,048.80

1,669,130.09

0.280

35

197,862.33

143,542.70

341,405.03

0.280

40

212,874.80

164,048.80

376,923.60

0.600

20

380,505.39

82,024.40

462,529.79

0.080

0.300

27

277,796.99

110,732.94

388,529.93

0.080

0.800

18

527,498.75

73,821.96

601,320.71

0.240

0.200

35

293,960.33

143,542.70

437,503.03

0.320

0.100

60

222,449.84

246,073.20

468,523.04

0.400

0.300

0.320

15

394,220.52

61,518.30

455,738.82

Trento

0.630

1.380

0.540

60

928,194.20

246,073.20

1,174,267.40

Trento

2.070

0.450

0.630

40

972,586.05

164,048.80

1,136,634.85

2.400

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The bidding be conducted open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criteria, which shall benon-discretionary issued to interested bidThewill bidding willthrough be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using ders based oncriteria, the approved schedule of activities. Only Bids Accredited Bidders and Bids who pass check will be opened. of activities. pass/fail which shall be issued to from interested bidders based on the theeligibility approved schedule Only The interested parties may secure bid documents andBids checklist of qualification the Office of the Chairman and pay the annual accreditaBids from Accredited Bidders and who pass therequirement eligibilityatcheck will bePBAC opened. tion fee of Php 1,000.00. The schedule of the Bidding Activities are as follows: The interested parties may secure bid documents and checklist of qualification requirement at the Office of the PBACPARTICULARS DATE/TIME Chairman and pay the annual accreditation fee of Php 1,000.00. Issuance of Bid Documents/Checklist of May 9 – 28, 2014 The schedule of the Bidding Activities are as follows: Qualification Requirements 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Pre-Bid Conference May 15, 2014, 9:00 A. M. Submission/Opening of Bids May 29, 2014, 2:00 P. M. PARTICULARS DATE/TIME Bid Evaluation May 30, 2014, 10:00 A. M. Post-Qualification 2, 28, 2014, 2014 2:00 P. M. Issuance of Conference Bid Documents/Checklist of MayJune 9 – Issuance of BAC Resolution Recommending Qualification Requirements 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. the Award to the General Manager June 13, 2014, 8:00 A. M. Pre-Bid Conference May 15, 2014, 9:00 A. M. The bid forms may be purchased by interested bidders from the office of the PBAC Chairman and upon payment of a non-refundable fee in the amount of TEN THOUSAND PESOS (PHP 10,000.00). The method of payment will be in cash. The Bidding Documents shall be received personally by the prospective bidder or Submission/Opening of Bids May 29, 2014, 2:00 P. M. his authorized representative. Qualified Bidders are required to submit corresponding bid bond which is 5% of the Approved Budget Cost (ABC) either in cash or manager’s check at the Evaluation 30, 2014, 10:00 A. M. start of theBid bidding. Further, Bid bonds will be forfeited if the winning bidder failed to deliver May on agreed dates. Suppliers/Bidders who fail to submit bid bond will not be allowed to join the bidding even if they have receivables from ASELCO. ASELCOPost-Qualification reserves the right to accept orConference reject any Bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all Bids any time2:00 prior toP. contract June 2, at 2014, M. award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected Bidder or Bidders. Issuance of BAC Resolution Recommending (Sgd.) ERIEL B. PEDROSO the Award to the General Manager June 13, 2014, 8:00 A. M. Chair, BAC The bid forms may be purchased by interested bidders from the office of the PBAC Chairman and upon NOTED : The payment of a non-refundable fee in the amount of TEN THOUSAND PESOS (PHP 10,000.00). method of payment will be in cash. The Bidding Documents shall be received personally by the prospective (Sgd.) EMMANUEL B. GALARSE bidder General or his Manager authorized representative.

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A survey by a local pollster says that President Aquino is perceived to be pro-middle class, a finding that is the equal opposite to the one done in the US showing an economically emasculated middle class. The US survey paints a gloom picture for that country’s middle class whose income is said to be shrinking. But the local middle class is shown to be better off because that sector is not left out from partaking of the economic growth pie posted by the local economy under the stewardship of the Aquino administration. Indeed there is truth to these contrasting studies. While the US middle class are hard-up paying for their various mortgages such as housing and motor vehicles, the local middle class, on the other hand, serves as the biggest market for housing developers and car dealers. The reported increase in car sales posted by local car dealers proved without an

A deeper view Jesse E.L. Bacon II iota of doubt the improved purchasing capacity of the country’s middle class. The proliferation of studio type condominium units is another gauge that could be used to prove this point. In America nowadays mortgage foreclosures of housing and car loans has already reached an alarming proportion. It is because of this predicament on the part of its middle class that calls are made for some changes in the attitude of American business entrepreneurs. The American middle class is demanding for that country’s controlling elite to temper its greed by shar-

ing part of its wealth to the middle class. The United States as a country draws its strength on its huge middle class who in the past had the money to pour into the economy through their purchases. At this point, this is no longer the case. America’s middle class is shrinking and their purchasing capacity is diminishing. Economists say that 76 percent of America’s wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few hundreds of families only. This finding is actually no different to the findings of the World Bank showing that practi-

cally 80 percent of the 7.2 percent economic growth rate posted by Aquino administration last year was only enjoyed by 41 families. This similarity could be attributed to the fact that the same logic permeating from greed dictates and shapes the behavior of both economies. Capitalism we should understand thrives on greed. The very logic that enables capitalism to achieve its desired objectives is anchored on greed. Remove greed from capitalism and see how that economic order tumbles down. And the logic of greed is the very logic also that shapes every human desire. It is in this regard that we can see the symbiotic relationship between the individual or personal greed that the systemic or structural greed feeds. Greed is the god of capitalism. And greed it is that humans, given their nature, worship and adore. See facts, page 11

Cancer from processed foods!

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred…” (Proverbs 15:17, the Holy Bible). -oooCANCER FROM PROCESSED FOODS: The horrors of eating processed food, among them incurring health and life-threatening diseases like cancer, high blood pressure and diabetes, got highlighted during the speech of medical-doctorcancer-survivor Dr. Marilou Catibog, a guest of the Rotary Club of Intramuros. The prescription, Dr. Catibog said, is to avoid eating these kinds of food altogether, for partaking of them during our meals is very much like eating “embalmed animals”, with each and every chemical that went into the “embalming process” also going into our bodies. Eat vegetables, fruits,

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio and take dietary supplements, said the doctor, whose parents (father and mother) died of cancer and whose siblings are also battling with the disease. Dr. Catibog said she licked the “Big C” by precisely eating vegetables, fruits, avoiding meat, and imbibing a lot of dietary supplements. Wow! And to think that our people are bombarded with daily advertisements in all media, enticing them to eat processed food as if their very lives depended on it. -oooSCHOOLS MUST TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE DANGERS OF JUNK

FOODS: My former law professor at the UP College of Law in Diliman, Quezon City several years back, Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, is on the right track seeking the imposition of taxes on junk foods, for the illnesses brought about by junk foods now account for millions of death in the Philippines annually. We have to stop the danger to life posed by these junk foods alright, but then, the noble objective of this move by the feisty lady senator will be better achieved if a more aggressive legislative stand is taken by her. I am thinking that Sen.

Santiago should come up with a law that would teach our school children (and even our out of school youth) about the dangers of junk foods and other processed food and meat products which are now selling like hot cakes in all parts of the country. Then, we should also legislate on the standards that meat and food processors and junk food makers should comply with in manufacturing their products, to assure less salt and chemicals going into them, and into our own bodies as well. -oooGOD WANTED MAN TO BE VEGETARIAN: Here is what the Bible, in its Genesis 1:29, says about what God wants us to eat so we can have a longer life, really: “Then God said, `I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole See foods, page 11

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Think a minute. What’s the difference between the best and second best? Between average and excellent? The difference between a good sports team and a great one? It’s the hard work, training and discipline. You can only get out of something what you put into it. “The enemy of the best is second best.” Successful people sweat the small stuff and work hard at the details. That’s what makes them successful. But many of us just can’t be bothered to do our very best work. We look for shortcuts and the easier way to do things. Our problem is we just want to “get by” with work that is acceptable, but not work that is our very best.

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The very best Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst There’s a story about a builder who went on a trip overseas, so he put his manager in charge of building a new house. He told his manager to use only the best materials and not to take any shortcuts to save money or time. The boss wanted this new house to be excellent and the very best. After the boss left, however, his manager did not follow those instructions. Instead he cheated and kept his boss’

money for himself. He used the cheapest, junk building materials. He did everything the cheap, easy way, thinking his boss would never know. After his boss returned and saw the new house, he told his manager: “Only you and your family deserve to live in this beautiful house. I’m giving this house to you! It’s your new home!” So how about you? Are you doing your very best in life? At your job? At home?

MALAYBALAY City–– Almost everybody, if not everybody, thinks that writing is a gift, not a craft that can be learned, honed and mastered. If you’re talking about poetry and other forms of creative writing, maybe you’re right. Surely, William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe were a species above Homo sapiens when it comes to literature. It would take eons of evolutionary process to equal or surpass their superior literary genes. But I’m talking about the “ordinary” forms of writing, the one we use at work, in school and other daily interactions. These don’t require skills in applying figures of speech like metaphor and hyperbole. The only requisite here is knowledge on verbsubject agreement, proper grouping of sentences into a paragraph, and logical sequencing of ideas. Sadly, not a good percentage of students, including those in college, can write a few coherent

sentences much less paragraphs that tell a story or convey a message clearly. I’ve read a good number of essays by both high school and college students, and the way they’re written made my blood pressure rise. Mind you, it’s not only the grammar and syntax that we’re dealing with but also the obvious absence of mental effort – never mind heart – put into them. One must wonder how students – in particular those taking up social sciences and other courses that require a lot of writing – come to earn degrees if they barely have the basic skills in written communication. Reading their term papers, exams and dissertations would be instructive of just how much the educational system itself has become one huge anomaly. Such problem naturally extends to the workplace. Many office workers have to wrench their guts out to be able to write a simple report or memo. In my previous work with a UN-funded environment project, many of my fellow employees

were honest enough to admit that writing reports is the last thing they’d like to do. So, whose fault is it if our students and children cannot effectively communicate in writing? Are the schools and teachers to blame? And if they are at fault, what could be lacking in the instructional system? It would help to ask English language teachers how much time they devote to teaching their students to write. Yet, whatever shortcoming our schools may have is only part of the entire picture. I believe the home is the best place to start teaching children to write. Parents need not be good writers themselves to do this. Nor do they need to converse with their children in English in the belief that it would subsequently develop their writing ability too. Not at all, the biggest thing that talking in English at home could do is alienate the children from their native tongue. Here’s what my own parents did to me: They just

At school? Are you working hard to be the best father and husband you can be? Are you trying to be the best mother and wife you can be? Remember, God gave us His very best: His one and only Son, Jesus Christ. So He hopes that we will give back to Him our very best—not just our second best. Does he deserve anything less? After all, He created you to enjoy His very best. So why not ask Jesus Christ to forgive you for not living the way you know you should. Then ask Him to take charge of your character and give you His help. Then you can start disciplining yourself to always be your best, and never again have to settle for second best. Just Think a Minute.

pampered me with books. And no, I didn’t start right away with novels like “The House of the Seven Gables” but with kiddie stuff like “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves”. I started from there and later gobbled up Greek mythology, King Arthur, the Shakespearean tragedies and the other classics. In short, my parents taught me to love reading but not in an imposing way. They would just place the reading materials either on my bed or beside my toys. That’s how I fell in love with the written word. And when it happened, it was like an unstoppable flood rushing into a vast desert of thirst for knowledge. You want your children to learn writing? Make them fall in love with reading first. It will open a whole new world for them – now and in the future. •• (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. H. Marcos C. Mordeno can be reached at hmcmordeno@gmail. com.)

Why the US is pivoting to Asia Pacific

First of three parts P hilippine of f ici a ls say US President Barack Obama’s visit to the Philippines, the final leg in a series that includes Japan, South Korea and Malaysia, intends to deepen and strengthen US-Philippine bilateral ties. The Obama visit is part of US efforts to increase its comprehensive engagement with countries in the Asia Pacific region. He and President Aquino are set to tackle economic and security cooperation, including the modernization of the two countries’ defense alliance as well as efforts to expand economic ties and spark economic growth through the Partnership for Growth (PfG).

The Philippines has been relying on its relationship with the US amid its recent territorial row with the Chinese government. Analysts have expressed that the scenario of an actual military conflict between China and the Philippines is possibly only being stoked, as they note US efforts to strengthen its own ties with China. Regardless of any USPhilippines defense pact, critics have stated that there is no guarantee the US will fight side by side with the Philippines should the dispute with China intensify. While China’s growing economic and militar y power in Asia Pacific poses a threat on US economic and military influence in

the region on one hand, the latter’s prolonged economic crisis and weak recovery, on the other hand, is the compelling reason behind the US pivot to Asia Pacific. In her essay America’s Pacific Century, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton described the region is central to US economic and strategic interests; and that it

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Zambo City daily rotational brownouts up to 10 hours daily

The SPI op erates a 210-MW coal-fired power plant in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental. Sahi said the TMI is only supplying 17 MW out of its 18 MW contracted power to Zamcelco and Mapalad, which also has a contracted power of 18 MW, only generates 12 MW. He said the generators of the two IPPs conked out due to machine “overload” as they were supposed to supply electricity to power distributors for 12 hours but have been extended to 17 hours and sometimes to 24 hours daily. He s aid t he y cou ld not tell until when the member-consumers will experience a 10-hour daily rotational brownout. (PNA)

Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) president Omar Sahi said Wednesday that the rotational brownouts have increased to 10 hours daily as Zamcelco is only receiving a total of 47 megawatts power supply. “The power deficiency is almost one-half,” Sahi said, citing Z amcelco’s peak-load demand of 85 MW daily. The longer brownout period came barely a week after Zamcelco’s 130,000

member-consumers started experiencing six to eight hours daily power outage. Earlier this year, the rotational brownouts in this city only lasted two to four hours a day. Zamcelco is being supplied by the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation and two independent power producers (IPPs) namely the Therma Marine, Incorporated (TMI) and the Mapalad

Power Corporation (Mapalad). Sahi said the brownouts have increased to 10 hours daily as the supply from PSALM went down further to 18 MW from the previous of 29 MW. Sahi said that PSALM’s contracted power to Zamcelco is 54 MW. He said PSALM’s capacity went down due to the decreasing water level at the Pulangi River in Bukidnon. Two of three turbines in the Pulangi Hydropower complex were shut down. He said the other factor that affects PSALM’s capacity to supply power is that the repair works on the two generators of the Steag State Power, Incorporated (SPI) have yet to be completed.

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certification. DOST Regional Director Brenda Nazareth-Manzano said Thursday the ISO Certification is valid until February 2, 2017. Manzano said it was issued by the Certification International Philippines, Incorporated (CIPI), an internationally renowned ISO certifying body. The certification stated that DOST-9 operates a Quality Management System (QMS) conforming to the ISO 9001:2008. The DOST-9’s business processes such as the following: Provision of Technology Transfer Services; Science Promotion; Science and Tech-

nology (S&T) Information Dissemination; and S&T Scholarships are well covered by the recertification. Manzano said the ISO 9001:2008 specifies requirements for a QMS where an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Moreover, Manzano said that it aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual improvement. The ISO Certification renewal is not an outright privilege as it requires an an-

nual surveillance audit and a more thorough reassessment audit every three years, to ensure that DOST-9 QMS compliance is consistent. Manzano said that the annual a two (2) day reassessment and surveillance audit was conducted for two-day in January this year. With this, Manzano said the DOST-9 is expected to deliver quality S&T services to its customers. The DOST-9 is the first DOST regional office in the country to implement a QMS that conforms to international standards. The first ISO certification of DOST-9 was issued on January 22, 2008. (PNA)

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barangays, grouped in 6 clusters, will compete after a short program at the municipal quadrangle with Governor Antonio H. Cerilles as the guest of honor and speaker. Palad-Palad is a Subanen term for thanksgiving, as local folks acknowledge the

countless blessings bestowed by God upon their fertile land. It is also an apparent portrayal of the unity of its tri-people - the Lumads, Christians and Muslims. The blessing and inauguration of the ground floor extension of the municipal hall and the Abante Bayog

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AMBOANGA CITY – The daily rotational brownouts in this city have further increased to as long as 10 hours daily brought about by the worsening power situation in the Mindanao grid.

DOST-9 gets ISO 9001:2008 certified for the third time

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Science and Technology-9 (DOST-9) has announced its successful renewal of ISO 9001:2008 NOTICE OF PARTIAL EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS WITH DEED OF TRANSFER OF THE DECEASED SPOUSES LIBRADO V. GONZALEZ (GONZALES) And MELECIA GIMENO GONZALEZ (GONZALES) Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 Rule 74 of the Rules of Court, NOTICE is hereby published that the intestate real property of the deceased SPOUSES LIBRADO V. GONZALEZ (GONZALES) and MELECIA GIMENO GONZALEZ (GONZALES) who died on October 20, 2005 and August 13, 2003, respectively, both in Iligan City, is the subject of a Partial Extrajudicial Settlement Among Heirs with Deed of Transfer, namely: LIBRADO J. (G.) GONZALES (GONZALEZ), JR.; ROSALINDA GONZALEZ-MURILLO, GUILLERMO G. GONZALEZ, and JOSEPHINE G. GONZALEZ, over a one (1) parcel of land particularly described on the aforesaid document, before Notary Public, Atty. Wilson C. Namocot, which instrument was entered as Doc. No. 262; Page No. 54; Book No. 91; Series of 2014 of his Notarial Register. MDN: Apr. 25, May 2 & 9, 2014

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DIPOLOG CITY - The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-9 in cooperation with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) has recently concluded its provincial summit on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) for local chief executives (LCEs) here in this city. The two-day summit, which was held at the Boulevard function hall, was participated in by the mayors, DRRM officers and planning and development coordinators of the 25 municipalities and the two cities of Zamboanga del Norte with Ms. Teresita Catalbas of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)-9 and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)-9 Assistant Regional Director Atty. Nilda Cemine as resource speakers. Catalbas underscored the vital role of the LCEs in times of calamity while Cemine explained on the budget allocation and proper fund disbursement. Zamboanga del Norte Vice Governor Senen O. Angeles, who declared the summit open a day earlier on behalf of Governor Roberto Uy, cited the need of prioritizing the establishment of the DRRMO in every local government unit (LGU). He also cited the relevance of the summit as it made the disaster responders in the local level more aware of their role. Dipolog Mayor Evelyn

T. Uy, on the other hand, cited the unpredictability of any disaster (natural or man-made) – the very reason why each LGU has to prepare for its occurrence. “Because of this predicament, man has all the reasons to prepare for any eventuality that may affect his well-being, his family resources or even his life,” she said. Ne wly app ointed OCD-9 Regional Director Emilia V. Julhajan said “the two-day activity aims to enhance the capability of the LGUs in the province to respond to people’s needs in times of disaster.” According to Julhajan, the DRRM summit complemented the recently-conducted “Iba na ang Panahon” summit held earlier in Zamboanga City. “While the “Iba na ang Panahon” summit initiated by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) deals on science and technology and focuses on disaster mitigation and prevention, the provincial summit on disaster risk reduction management focuses on disaster preparedness, response and rehabilitation.” During the two-day activity, the participants were able to share their experiences and impart their best practices in their respective LGUs. They also came up with plans of action to be more responsive to the needs of the people in times of disaster and to lessen impact of any disaster on the lives of the people and community. (FPG/ATR/ PIA9-Zambo Norte)

Bayog town celebrates 47th Founding Anniversary

BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur - The municipality of Bayog marks its 47th Founding Anniversary today with the 3rd Palad-Palad Festival highlighting the celebration. Mayor Leonardo L. Babasa said twenty-eight

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that ROWENA S. CARINHAY has filed with this Office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JAY CREZAMAE SAMORANOS CARINHAY who was born on November 9, 1999 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are JERRY JAMES LAGRIA CARINHAY and ROWENA REMILLETE SAMORANOS. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than May 10, 2014. (SGD.) NORMA S. DIPUTADO City Civil Registrar MDN: May 2 & 9, 2014

OCD-9 conducts DRRM summit in Zambo Norte

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry office Province of Davao del Sur Municipality of Matanao Publication Notice A. 10172

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

Date: 28 April 2014

CCE—0014—2014R.A.9048/R.A.10172 In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRS Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Imple-mentation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R. A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that MATEA MEDY BANZON-FERNANDEZ has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in the date of birth from “5-23-70” to “APRIL 15, 1970” in the CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH of MATIA MEDY GEN0VIA BANZ0N at MATANAO, DAVAO DEL SUR and whose parents are VICENTE BANZON and RECARDA GENOVIA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 16 MAY 2014. (Sgd.) NONITA DIONISIO-DALUMPINES Municipal Civil Registrar

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Community Public Address System will also be held today. Bayog was created into a municipality on May 8, 1967 by virtue of RA 4872 authored by then Representative Vincenzo Sagun of the lone district of Zamboanga del Sur.

In compliance with Section 7 ofR.A. No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that GEE BE ACHAS QUIMSON has filed with this Office PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR in his Certificate of Live Birth from “FEMALE” to “MALE”. He was born on 24 December 1992 at YUMBING, MAMBAJAO,CAMIGUIN, PHILIPPINES and whose parents are : JOSEPHINA MALAGUE ACHAS and RICARDO CADELINA QUIMSON. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 26 MAY 2014. (Sgd.) EDITHA B. MOOSREINER Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: May 9 & 16, 2014

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AGUM CITY – “Since the start of power blackouts here, we have less customers because they prefer to go to internet cafés in malls where there are power generators,” lamented businesswoman Rhodora Khadil.

Owner of an internet café in this city, Khadil complained of low incomes due to regu l ar power outages that hit Tagum since the onset of summer season. Khadil is among the small entrepreneurs and consumers who are increasingly frustrated with the city’s three-hour rotational blackout which is being implemented by the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative (Daneco) in all of its franchise areas in Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley provinces. Ironically, while consumers suffer from reduced electric use, they now face impending power rates increase. Daneco-National Electrification Administration’s (NEA ) Management Information Officer Diona Abaquita told DavaoToday “that an average increase of seventy centavos (.70) per kilowatt

hour will be added to their monthly electric bills because Daneco had purchased additional power from private companies to maintain its power requirement.” Daneco’s peak demand is an average of 71 megawatts while Daneco claims that current sources are i n a d e q u at e . D a n e c o’s p ower source is compr is e d of Yuchengcoled constr uction f irm Engineering Equipment Inc. and Power C or p. (EEI) at 13 megawatts, Aboitiz-owned Therma Marine Inc. (TMI) at 15 megawatts, and PSALM at 20 megawatts. During non- peak hours, Abaquita added, Daneco member-consumers has 75-76 megawatt power requirement while the electric supplier main source, PSALM, only produces between 20 to 30.7 megawatts. B e n e d i c t O ng k i ng , D ane co-NEA G enera l

Manager, said the Mindanao grid has triggered a generation rate increase since bunkers and fuel generating plant of Daneco were maximized due to insufficient supply of power coming from government-owned plants. The Tagum bunker diesel-fired power plant is 100-percent owned by EEI, Ongking said. Ongking said “the decision to purchase supplemental power supply is essential to accommodate at least 140, 000 memberconsumers of the cooperative.” In the meantime, local residents and business owners here are complaining that the prolonged scheduled power outages have disturbed their normal routine and “damaged the local economy.” Teresita Maglandayon, who operates a small photocopying business in her home, said her photocopying machines and other appliances were damaged by the regular

blackouts. Maglandayon said the long scheduled power outages have taken a heavy toll on residents, along with the added misery of “water shortages,” as some water pumps are electric. With the prolonged power outages, Daneco advised its member-consumers “to be prudent in the usage of power and to institute measures to reduce power consumption as much as possible especially during peak hours.” DANECO is the exclusive power distribution firm in the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley including the cities of Tagum and Island Garden City of Samal. It also provides electricity to municipalities of Monkayo, Montevista, Nabunturan, Compostela, New Bataan, Mawab, Maco, Pantukan and San Isidro.(Mart D. Sambalud/ davaotoday.com)

By Carolyn O. Arguillas

DAVAO CITY — Rotating brownouts here have increased from a maximum of six to 7.5 hours daily as the power supply allocation for Davao Light and Power Company was reduced further, from 120 MW last week to 102 MW starting May 7. In a statement, Davao Light said its contracted supply with the National Power Corporation (NPC) is 280 MW but NPC through the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) could only supply 102 MW as of May 7. “This reduction forced Davao Light to increase the length of its scheduled rotating brownouts from 6 hours to 7.5 hours (5 hours during peak hours and 2.5 hours during off peak) effective today,” it said. It, however, added, that

“the actual switch off and switch on time may vary from the announced schedules and may exceed the stated duration depending on the actual load curtailment levels imposed by NGCP on Davao Light, which changes every hour.” The NGCP website’s power situation outlook as of 6 a.m. of May 7 showed Mindanao’s system capacity at only 822 for a peak demand of 1,211 MW or a deficit of 389 MW. In other parts of Mindanao, power outages are even longer. In Zamboanga City, brownouts are from 10 to 14 hours. In Surigao and Ozamiz cities power interruptions as of May 7 were up to six hours; in Malaybalay between 2.5 and five hours. Although Steag State Power, Inc., operator of the 210-megawatt coal plant in See davao, page 11

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CENRO-Sipalay initiates measures to rehab, protect remaining virgin forest in southern Negros BACOLOD CITY, May 7 (PNA) – After conducting a survey and expedition of the last remnant of the virgin forest in southern Negros, the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office-Sipalay City will craft concrete and attainable strategies to rehabilitate the wilderness in the area. Last month, CENR Officer-Sipalay Vilma Limates led the team that discovered parts of about 2,000 hectares of wilderness area. They also conducted a reconnaissance survey of the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) Area covering more than 8,000 hectares in the neighboring Hinobaan town. According to CENRO-Sipalay, the wilderness area is considered the last remnant of the virgin forest made up mostly of dipterocarp forest trees and other premium species. Limates said it was the first ever expedition trip conducted by the CENRO-Sipalay. They were assisted by the Hinobaan Police Station in Negros Occidental, Basay Police Station in Negros Oriental and the Philippine Army outpost also in Basay, Negros Oriental. Private group Tree King Inc. based in Basay cleared the roads for the convoy of five motorcycles, two All-Terrain Vehicles and four fourwheel drive vehicles during the survey. “With strong partnership among all stakeholders, there is no doubt that the wilderness area and the adjacent CADT area will be revived,” Limates said. (PNA)

Captured Philippine eagle turned over to Philippine Eagle Foundation COTABATO CITY, The baby Philippine eagle captured by farmers in a remote village in North Cotabato had been turned over to proper authorities and is now safe, authorities here said. Magpet municipal environment officer Edgardo Linsag said the baby Philippine hawk eagle was turned over to the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) in Davao City Tuesday. The two month-old eagle was recovered by farmers in Barangay Manobo, Magpet, North Cotabato over the weekend. Linsag also clarified earlier report that the captured big bird was a monkey eating eagle which is endemic in the country's highest peak Mt. Apo. Linsag said the eagle, more than a kilo in

weight, fell from a huge tree in the thickly forested Barangay Manobo while its mother eagle was nowhere to be found. Farmers saw the baby eagle being attacked by

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Indian capital most polluted air in world: WHO report NEW DELHI, Indian capital Delhi has the most polluted air in the world, local media reported Thursday. The concentration of PM2.5 (fine, respirable particles) is the highest in Delhi at 153 micrograms per cubic meter (g/m) when the World Health Organization (WHO) standard is just about 10g/m, Times of India newspaper quoted a WHO report on 1,600 cities and 91 countries released Wednesday as saying. The fine, particulate pollution which is considered most dangerous for health is way higher in Delhi compared with many other crowded Asian cities, including Beijing which has a PM2.5 level of 56g/m, Karachi (117g/m) and Shanghai (36g/m), said the report.

The concentration of PM10 (coarse particles) in Delhi is about 286g/m, more than 14 times higher than the WHO annual mean standard of 20. Peshawar (540g/m) and Rawalpindi (448g/m) in Pakistan fare worse on this parameter. Indian cities with a very high PM10 level include Gwalior, Raipur and Lucknow. This is not the first time Delhi has earned the dubious distinction of having extremely polluted air. In January, Yale University's Environmental Performance Index 2014 had ranked India among the bottom five in a list of 178 countries for various parameters, including air pollution, according to the newspaper. (PNA/ Xinhua)

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eagle, is now taking care of it and once it is already capable of flying, it will be returned to the wild, also in Barangay Manobo, Magpet town. (PNA) LAP/NYP

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hours to 7.5 hours.” Brownouts would be 5 hours long from page 2 from page 1 during peak hours and 2.5 jersey and empty shells of hours during off peak hours. power company has issued the scheduled three to four caliber 5.56mm M16 rifle (MindaNews) hours rotating brownouts adjacent to the subject, Gille in this premier capital of said. Northern Mindanao. Along He said that the uniden- from page 1 the public announcement, tified human skeleton was the CEPALCO issues a disbelieved to be a member of back online. Guerilla Front Committee Paguio said the addi- claimer saying the power 68 of the North Central Min- tional 10MW mean that 30 company could not dedanao Regional Committee minutes were shaved off termine the exact time of who was part of the group from the 7.5-hour sched- the “switch off and switch encountered by the troops uled brownout in Cagayan on”during the brownouts. On Tuesday, the brownof the army’s 8th Infantry de Oro. Batallion in the vicinity of “We are breaking again outs in Cagayan De Oro City Basak, a farming village in the schedule brownouts have gone up to as long as Lantapan, Bukidnon last into two groups to ease 12-hour in some areas in the consumers because we the city. March 2014. Lt. Col. Lynart D Cas- have been receiving many The STEAG Power Company, a coal-based power tisimo, Commanding Of- complaints,” he said. ficer of the Army’s 23RD Paguio said CEPALCO plant in the industrial zone Infantry Battalion, said that received a total of 39MW in Villanueva, Misamis Orithe communist rebels must Thursday morning. He said ental announced the operahave deliberately killed a the city requires 140MW tion of one of its two power turbines on Thursday that wounded comrade who was of electricity every day. a burden during the rebels He said CEPALCO is would generate, at least, 105 withdrawal at the height presently drawing 42MW MW, an electrical power of the military hot pursuit from its Minergy power that would be distributed plant; 2MW from the Bo- throughout Mindanao. operations. “The incident was a clear bonawan River run off Jerome Soldevilla, the manifestation that the com- project ; and 1MW from STEAG spokesperson, said munist New People’s Army its solar plant in Barangay that the company has two power turbines with a total (NPA) has no concern or Indahag. respect with their members,” “We are still on the capacity of 210-megawatts. Castisimo said in a report deficit. That is the reason He said that the two to the army headquarters why we cannot ease the turbines went on emerbrownouts,” Paguio said. gency maintenance after here. Gille said that the mili- The power situation the sudden power blackout tary has turned over the hu- in Zamboanga and Davao in Mindanao sometime in February this year. man skeleton and his other cities are also grim. belongings to the Philippine Omar Sahi, Zamboanga According to Soldevilla, National Police (PNP) in City Electric Cooperative STEAG has scheduled one Mirayon, Talakag, Bukidnon (Zamcelco) president, said of its turbines to operate on for possible identification Zamcelco is only receiving Thursday while the other and for the provision of a 47MW while their daily one would be in the first of June. decent burial. CRIS DIAZ, peak demand is 85MW. He s aid t his forced Soldevilla, however, said Exec. Ed./ PAD4thID Zamcelco to implement that the 210-megawatt that a 10-hour brownout in the STEAG generates would be distributed throughout Zamboanga City. from page 1 J o u r n a l i s t F r e n c i e Mindanao – leaving only it difficult to see beyond 10 Carreon said the brown- about 20-megawatt for the meters during brownouts. outs in Zamboanga City power plant’s operations. He also doubts whether also extends by as much Even if STEAG operates fully, there is no guaranthe CCTV cameras installed as 14 hours. in strategic areas in the city “We can barely work. tee that the brownouts in have the capability to see in There are no news stories Cagayan De Oro City in coming out about our pre- particular and in Mindanao the dark. Task Force Davao, the dicament,” Carreon said. in general could be resolved, batallion tasked to protect In Davao City, rotat- Soldevilla added. the city from terrorism, has ing brownouts have been also pitched in, according to increased from six to 7.5 from page 6 TFD head Casiano Monilla. hours. In the past, the personal He said that the TFD has But MinDA’s Diosma supplied the city seven four- said that the DLPC report- greed of the American midman, two-motorcycle teams ed that their precarious dle class was symbiotically to help monitor the area, power situation has been fed by the systemic greed especially during brown- eased by Steag’s 105MW. that capitalism spawns. But outs, to help increase law “Davao Light might when the gods of business ease their brownouts to in America became too enforcement visibility. TFD units have also been only four hours,” he said. greedy to amass more for deployed in areas as far Mindanao’s ele c t r ic their own selves, they deas Calinan and Catalunan cooperatives also fared fied the demand for them well in the present power to share a bit to the middle Grande. Danao, meanwhile, asked crisis since many of them class part of their wealth. The current dysfunction the Davao Light and Power resorted to buying moduCompany (DLPC) to im- lar generating sets to feed of the American society in all its facets is the direct remediately address the power them with electricity. Marebec Cagalawan, sult of this insatiable greed situation. In a statement, DLPC communications officer of as clearly pointed out by said Wednesday that the the Misamis Oriental Rural studies and surveys. If the National Power Corpora- Electric Service Coopera- American capitalist order tion (NPC), through the tive 1 (MORESCO-1), said will be threatened with disNational Grid Corporation their franchise area, which integration attribute the of the Philippines (NGCP), covers the western towns same to the insatiable greed has reduced DLPC’s power in Misamis Oriental and of the lords of business in allocation by 18 megawatts. several mountain villages America. What is happening to This drops the supply al- in Cagayan de Oro, is the American middle class location from 120MW last sparsely populated. week to 102MW starting She said factories in now is in reality not farthe area have contributed fetched from happening in Wednesday. DLPC’s contracted sup- their spare electricity for our country. The same logic ply with NPC was 280MW. use by the other consum- of greed is the one shaping and dictating how business The reduction, the DLPC ers. statement said, “forced “We are only experienc- should be done here. Under this order, the Davao Light to increase ing two-hour brownouts,” the length of its scheduled Cagalawan said. (Froilan middle class is an indisrotating brownouts from 6 Gallardo / MindaNews) pensable partners of big

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business hence the need to chip off a part of the profit business is amassing for itself. The middle class is the one that runs for the business entrepreneurs their business enterprises. You deprive them of their rightful share to the fruits of their labor is fatal. The loyalty of the middle class to the profit-oriented enterprises they are working for largely depends on the ability of the entrepreneurs to give them a fair and equitable share of the wealth generated through their sweat and blood. Deprive them with this, their loyalty is lost. This disconnect between the middle class and the business entrepreneurs they are working for is more pronounced now in America but we are not immune to it unless greed is tempered and the relationship between the two is humanized from its present dehumanizing practice. •• (Reactions at jelbacon@ yahoo.com or at jelbacon@ gmail.com. Read me also at www.raconteurme.blogspot. com)

earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. “‘And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.’ And it was so.” -oooREMINDERS: Please tune in: “Tambalang Batas at Somintac sa DZEC”, at 1062 kHz on the AM band, Mondays to Fridays, at 6 a.m.; “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas sa Radyo Trabungko FM”, at 103.7 mHz in Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Mondays to Fridays, at 7 a.m.; and “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas sa DYKA” at 801 kHz on the AM band (Panay Island), Mondays to Fridays, at 10 a.m.

energy sources like coal-fired power plants, which ironically are also heavily water-dependent technology,” Zarate warned in a press statement on May 5. He said the “failed experiment” should end” and “we return the power sector, this very basic public service, back to the effective control of the state.” “It is Mindanao that is suffering the most on the current power situation and it showed how precarious still is our power situation under this EPIRA (Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001) regime where the island’s major government power assets were privatized and handed down and sold, some for a song, to a few players,” Zarate said. He said that Mindanao’s “induced power crisis” started when the government sold its power generating assets, like the 100MW capacity Power Barge No. 117 in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte and a similar 100-MW capacity Power Barge No. 118 in Maco, Compostela Valley. Zarate noted that these barges were sold in 2009 “for only $30 Million to the Aboitizes,” a major energy sector player in Mindanao which owns Davao among others, while the 96-MW Mt. Apo Geothermal Plant, was sold to the Lopez-controlled Energy Development Corporation. Pay more or live with brownouts “This privatization effectively made Mindanawons virtual hostages of the power cartel. And, this is made even worst by the President’s indifferent declaration two years ago, offering Mindanawons with only two options: pay even higher electricity or suffer more rotating brownouts,” Rep, Zarate said, recalling President Aquino’s statement during the April 13, 2012 Mindanao Power Summit in Davao City. “Worse still, despite these problems and utter failure, the government still wants to further our sufferings by implementing the Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM), the same corporate scheme that is one of the main cause of the high power prices in Luzon and the Visayas, the same greedy mechanism used by power players to game the electricity industry, to the utter detriment of the hapless consumers,” he said. At the Mindanao Power Summit in 2012, President Aquino said: “You have to pay more because this is the reality of economics, not the rhetoric of politics. Everything has its price. We have to pay a real price for a real service. There are actually just only two choices: pay a little more for energy, or live with the lack of energy and the continuation of the rotating brownouts.” (Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews)

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in Mindanao which conked out during the Mindanao-wide blackout on February 27, announced that it will resume supplying electricity to theisland’s grid by May 8, the additional power supply is still not enough. Jerome Soldevilla, Steag communications officer, on Tuesday announced the 105-MW Unit 1 will be online by May 8. It went online at 6:46 p.m. May 7. The additional 105 MW still leaves Mindanao with a 284-MW deficit. Unit 2, which is capable of supplying another 105 MW will be back online only on June 1, Soldevilla said. Privatization, Prioritization Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said he fears that the current power crisis in Mindanao “will once again be used by the Aquino government to even fast track the privatization of the Agus-Pulangi Hydropower Plant Complex.” “Instead of prioritizing the development of renewable energy, this situation will also be used to justify the entry of more dirty

given the opportunity to travel across the Visayas and Mindanao to impart their achievements and challenges in their respective fields. The award-giving body was established on December 6, 1996 during the 30th anniversary of RAFI as a tribute to the philanthropic feats of its founders Don Ramon Aboitiz and his son Don Eduardo Aboitiz. *** You can download the nomination form here: http://www.rafi.org.ph/ event/nomination-form/ For Mindanao nominations, submit accomplished forms to Xavier Science Foundation, Inc., Manresa Complex, Fr Masterson Avenue, Upper Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City or send them electronically to chbemata29@gmail.com.

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Qualified Special Gospel of the day: Matthew9:913(May9, 2014-Friday) Matthew 9:9-13-And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples, Why ate your Master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what [that] meant, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance: This gospel is focusing on Matthew, the tax collector who is called by Jesus to become His disciple. Who is Matthew? He was a sinner, traitor and robber of people’s money. He committed sin of extortion and oppression to the poor. But the wonderful point that we can describe in the scenario, is Jesus still chose him to be an apostle. Philosopher says,” he never called the qualified but he qualified the called.” This is the big love of God to all of us sinners. This is what we called, everyone deserves a 2nd chance. In Isaiah 1:18-come now, and let us reason together, said the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Why? In Jeremiah 31:3-The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. God loves you so much: Printing paid by: Neneth - Bobong Balino- Dr. Edith, PhDTony Jordan - CDO. St. Peter Calungsod, pray for us! Listen: Radio Ultra AM-1188-3:30 PM Sunday: #0928414949009266607505: Question – Prayer request: Please follow me “WORD ON FIRE” on CCTN channel 12-CDO @ 10 PMMondays and Tuesday @ 3:30 PM. God loves you!!!

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PARTNERSHIP. Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano shakes hands with Simon Bakker, President of Kennemer Foods International, Inc. (KFI) after

signing a memorandum of agreement where KFI Inc, will establish a cacao plantation of 1,000 hectares each in the towns of Initao, Naawan, Manticao and Lugait. Governor Emano declared that the KFI Inc project will boost cacao production and will make the province a top cacao producer in Asia. Said plantation project will also help employ agricultural workers in these towns. Also in this photo are, third from left Lugait Mayor Wellie Lim and fourth from left, Naawan Mayor Jaime Roa along with the staff of LGU Naawan. (Photo Supplied)

6th RAFI Triennial Awards nomination caravan goes to XU

By Stephen J Pedroza

Do you know anyone from your community who is worthy to be called a hero? The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI), in collaboration with Xavier Science Foundation (XSF), has brought the search for the next RAFI Triennial Awardees to Cagayan de Oro City and the rest of Northern Mindanao. A forum held at AV8 of Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan on May 2 drew together representatives from various non-government organizations (NGOs), government offices, business

sector, civic and people’s organizations for the call for nominations of deserving Filipinos who work to uplift the lives of the poor and the marginalized. RAFI extended the nomination until May 31 this year to gather a varied set of candidates in this part of the country. “The spirit of this award is to recognize the people who are making change in their communities behind the limelight,” said Roel R Ravanera, executive director of XSF, the partner institution of RAFI serving as a focal organization in Mindanao.

RAFI, a Cebu-based organization, confers the Ramon Aboitiz Award for Exemplary Individual to a commendable person (at least 30 years old) who has poured in selfless efforts and dedication to be a catalyst of change in the lives of the less-privileged in the Visayas and Mindanao. “This country has a lot of heroes who are making a difference in the grassroots communities and that is something to be proud of,” said Dr Jocelyn B Gerra, executive director of RAFICulture and Heritage. “You can nominate those who really work underground,

who are inspiring others and who are our role models.” On the other hand, the Eduardo Aboitiz Award for the Outstanding Institution honors an organization which has been in existence for at least three years, has an unstained track record and demonstrated integrity, leadership and compassion in its service to the society. “The nominees don’t necessary have to have an educational degree. We accept stories from all walks of life, stories of passion and love in developing the lives of fellow Filipinos,” Dr Gerra shared, relating the story of the 5th Ramon

Aboitiz Awardee for Exemplary Individual, Rene “Tatay Ete” Vendiola who didn’t finish high school but was able to push his environmental advocacies and to build his own forest in Negros Oriental. Before coming up with a shortlist of nominees, the search committee of RAFI composed of representatives from the academe, media, business chambers and NGOs will conduct an intensive screening process through paper and people trails to validate the candidates’ credentials. “The screening process usually takes eight months

to more than a year because we check their accomplishments intensively. There will be interviews from time to time and we will go to their communities,” Dr Gerra said. Nominations can still be made even after the deadline. However these will only be included in the next awarding season (in the 7th). Self-nomination is not allowed. There will be five finalists and a grand winner for each category. Aside from the trophy and the cash prize (nearly half a million pesos), the winners will be See awards, page 11