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SAN FRANCISCO, Agu-san del Sur--- The town council may amend a new tax ordinance to drastically lower down the skyrocketing rental fee for stall owners around the Poblacion after heeding the protest from

The consultation at the Sangguniang Bayan iN San Francisco where businessmen question the skyrocketing stall renatl fees. CHriS V. PaNGaNiBaN

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Al Jacinto / Jan. 17, 2013) – Abu Sayyaf rebels holding at least 5 kidnapped foreigners have rejected demands by a former Muslim rebel group to free their captives being held in the southern Philip-

By Al Jacinto ZAMBOANGA CITY – Former Zamboanga del Norte congressman Romeo Jalosjos, Sr. who was con-victed of statutory rape, and his younger brother Dominador, also convicted of robbery, were both barred from running in the mid-term elections in the Philip-pines, reports said. It said the Commission on Elections has cancelled the candidacy certificates of the two brothers – with the elder Jalosjos running for mayor in Zamboanga City, and his brother for governor in Zamboanga del Sur province. “In two separate resolu-

BY PAT SAMONTE

BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform in Caraga breached its land acquisition and dis-tribution (LAD) projection last year and topped in the national tally percentage-

TraFFiC HaZarDS. CaGaYaN De oro CiTY -The rTa should not allow the installation of tarpaulins like these two at the licoan intersection which perfectly block the pedestrian's view of the traffic light months after they have served their purpose. if the companies which put these up had any sense of civic responsibility, they should remove these traffic hazards and be accountable for any accidents they cause. (BWm News Photo)

San Franz dads give in to stall owners plea

local businessmen during a consultation yesterday. Local businessmen mostly old-timers here came in droves at the Sangguni-ang Bayan session hall to complain about what they claimed as surging rental fee of stalls that have already

Jalosjos brothers barred from running in May polls

tions promulgated January 15, the Comelec unanimous-ly cancelled the certificates of candidacy of the Jalosjos brothers. In one of the reso-lutions, the poll body said the Commission is under a legal duty to abide by the final judgment issued by the judiciary,” according to a report by television giant GMA News. It quoted lawyer Sixto Brillantes, the chairman of the Commission on Elec-tions, as saying that the Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga City found out the elder Jalosjos whose lifetime sentence was com-muted to 16 years in 2007 by then-President Gloria

Abu Sayyaf rebels reject MNLF demands to free foreign captives

pines, security officials said Wednesday. Officials said a senior leader of the Moro National Liberation Front, Habier Malik, tried to negotiate with the Abu Sayyaf for

DAR-13 tops 2012 target inland acquisition, distribution

wise. This was learned from DAR-Caraga information officer Joie Ceballos, who said that the regional office delivered 9,049 hectares of agricultural lands or 114 percent of its 2012 target

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Dar-10 aDopt-a-chilD program. A hundred children coming from Sendong-afflicted families in Macanhan were treated to a day of fun and entertainment at the DAR-10 regional office in Macanhan , Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. DAR employees gave their “adopted” children gifts which consisted of toys, school supplies and clothes in the spirit of sharing and caring during the Yuletide season. Regional Director Felix Aguhob gave his full support to the activity and personally welcomed the young visitors during the Christmas party on Dec. 27 at the DAR-10 compound. The DAR Ladies Association initiated the program and hopes to sustain it with the cooperation and support of the entire DAR-10 family.

CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan De Oro City - A senior po-lice official today warned police of partisan politics as the midterm elections this coming May nears.

S enior Pol ice Supt . Lyndel Desquitado, deputy police regional director, appealed to police officials especially police chiefs to stay away from partisan

CAGAYAN de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano has ordered the cancellation of all quarries permits in the city’s sub-urban district of barangay Balulang here.

Emano also ordered the arrest of all sand and gravel operators who would violate Memorandum No. 055-2013 directed to the local police command and the city’s environment and natural resources office.

The city mayor issued the memorandum in response to complaint of continued illegal quarrying of sand and gravel along the riverbanks of the Cagayan De Oro River in barangay Balulang.

Barangay balloon was one of the hardest-hit baran-gays when the killer flash flood spawned by typhoon Sendong in mid-December last year.

The memorandum cancelling all permits to quarry the sand and gravel in the area was also in response to recommendations by a committee that studied flood control in Cagayan De Oro City.

Emano orders cancelall quarrying permits

Police warned of partisan politicspolitics.

Desquitado said that police officers knew of the standing order to stay away from politics every t ime the PNP regional command holds command conferences.

He said all provincials, cities, and municipal po-lice directors could es-tablish good relations in

their assigned commu-nit ies by staying away from all forms of political activities.

Desquitado said that police officers found en-gaging in political activi-ties could face adminis-trative charges aside from facing possible suspension or dismissal from service.

He said a police officer

could be around during political activities only as part of their duties and obligations to secure and protect the community.

Desquitado, however, said that the PNP regional office here has yet to re-ceive complaints on police officer engaging in politi-cal activities in any part of the region.

By rutchie c. aguhoB

TANGUB City, Misamis Oc-cidental––The Regional De-velopment Council of region 10 (RDC-X) has endorsed the proposal for the Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) Loan Package of US$500 million.

Support of RDC-X, along with the other RDC’s of Min-

RDC-X pushes for the PRDP loan package of US$500mdanao and three regions each in Visayas and Luzon was sought by the Department of Agriculture (DA) for the approval of the loan.

The council endorsed the proposal during the recent 95th Full Council Meeting of RDC-X, here, upon the recommendation of the Eco-nomic Committee, as the PRDP projects’ goals and

objectives are geared towards the attainment of strategic interventions on food security and rural development as contained in the Medium-Term Regional Development Plan (MTRDP) 2011-2016.

An offshoot of the agree-ment between the World Bank and DA, PDRP merges the proposal of US$200 million additional financing for the

Mindanao Rural Develop-ment Program (MRDP) 2 and US$300 million for Central PRDP that cover Regions 4A, 4B and 5 in Luzon and Regions 6, 7 and 8 in the Visayas.

A six-year national gov-ernment platform for an inclusive, value-chain ori-ented and climate resilient agriculture and fisheries sec-tor, PRDP has four major components:

Investments in Agricul-ture and Fisheries Modern-ization Program (AFMP) planning at the local and national levels (I-PLAN), intensified building up of in-frastructure and logistics for development (I-BUILD), in-vestments in rural enterprises and agricultural and fisheries productivity (I-REAP) and the implementation support to PRDP (I-SUPPORT).

Survey at Lumbia lot onTHE City Council committee on urban and rural poor chaired by Councilor Alexander Dacer yesterday tasked the city engineer to conduct a survey of the lot occupied by the Km 8 Landless Association located at Airport Road in Barangay Lumbia.

This is in line with the request of the association for the installation of water and electrical connection in the area. Councilor Adrian Barba said this should be inspected by the City Engineer to settle first boundary and RROW issues and find out if it is a titled lot.

Market concerns to be look intoTHE City Council committee on economic enterprises chaired by Councilor Emmanuel Abejuela next week will tackle the complaint of Kagayha-an Alliance for Peace and Development, Inc. on the foreign corporation sub-leasing the second floor of the Cogon Public Market.

The committee had invited the president of UMVA, sector president PR Section Cogon Market, OIC-City Economic Enterprises Department (CEED) Allan Fer-nandez, Acting City Administrator and City Accountant Wilma Polley-Rugay and Mr. Edu Go of 858 Cogon Market Complex to tackle this. Meanwhile, the committee will also look concerns and issues presented by the Cagayan de Oro Fruits and Vegetable Marketing Association, Inc. (CDOFVMAI), Fruits and Vegetables Landing Area, Bulua Westbound Terminal and Public Market to the committee. The president and vice president of the CDOFVMAI and OIC-EWTPM Dr. Perla Asis were invited to attend the meeting. (JBD)

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BAGANGA, Davao Orien-tal—It has often been said that tragedy, disasters and unfortunate events often bring out the best and worst in humans; they also unite or divide a people. And Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) was no exception: it galvanized the world, especially local organizations, to positive action to help the survivors cope with the devastation as well as assist their com-munities get back on its feet. In the eco-tourism resource-rich barangay (vil-lage) of Ban-ao, the farthest barangay of this town which borders the municipality of Cateel and Baganga, a

By GRACe AlmedIllA

COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE––To see for them-selves the real situation of the province after the wrath of Typhoon Pablo, the United Na-tion’s Foreign Mission Donors came. They were guided by Secretary Dinky Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare & Development (DSWD) who did the situation briefing as they were warmly welcomed by Governor Arturo T. Uy at the Provincial Capitol on January 15, 2013.

They were Mr. William Wairoa-Harrison, Security Advisor of UN Department

Mindanao. 9,020 hectares of these were owned by small growers while the other 5,166 hectares were owned by corporate farms. PBGEA said most of the plantations were for Cavendish bananas. “It will take at least a year to rehabilitate,” the PBGEA report said.PBGEA estimated that po-tential revenue losses of the banana planters in terms of

P7-B worth of bananas destroyed by typhoonlost harvests for this year is P8 billion.Undelivered banana boxes because of the typhoon were estimated at close to 50 million valued at US$4 per box. The southern Philippine island of Mindanao is host to 80,000 hectares of banana plantations, making the crop one of the country’s top fruit export, second only to pineapple. Third largest is Philippine mango. The country’s export of bananas defied global trade slowdown last year, keeping the Philippines total exports on the growth path despite the decline of the country’s manufactured exports, the PhilExport said. Industry leaders doubted if the industry could re-cover fast enough to sustain double-digit growth this year. (Bong D. Fabe)

BAGANGA, Davao Ori-ental—At least P7 billion worth of banana plantations in Mindanao were destroyed by Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) in December, reported an association of banana grow-ers and exporters yesterday. Pablo destroyed at least 14,186 hectares of banana plantations mostly located in Compostela Valley prov-ince, which is about a fifth of all standing bananas in

UN Foreign Mission Donors visit ComValof Safety and Security; Mr. Kasper Engborg, the OCHA Sub-Office Head in Davao City; Mr. David Cardin, OCHA Head of Office based in Metro Manila and; Ms. Ugochi Dan-iels, the Acting Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Philippines.

With Secretary Soliman also were Mr. Reed Aescliman, the Deputy Mission Director of USAID; Mr. Luke Myers, Counsellor for Development and Head of Cooperation of the Canadian International Development Agency; New Zealand Ambassador Reu-ben Levermore; Mr. Vicente Selles of the Embassy of Spain;

Australian Ambassador Biel Lueddell and other guests.

The presentation of the province’s general situation done by Secretary Soliman included affected areas and population, situation at the evacuation centers, total num-ber of damaged houses, and DSWD services and interven-tions ranging from food dis-tribution, financial assistance, psychosocial interventions, emergency shelter, and cash for work program.

The Secretary also pre-sented DSWD’s 2013 Relief, Recovery, and Rehabilitation Plans for the typhoon’s greatly affected areas.

Sense of community begins to develop in devastated village of Baganga, DavOr

sense of community is starting to develop in each survivor—a feeling of unity, commonality and oneness with each other. A sense of hope for a brighter future is pervading the little village of Ban-ao. And “visitors” can’t help but notice the unity of the people here. “I often wonder what the overall feeling in this village before Pablo was. But now, the feeling of unity and oneness is so palpable in everyone that I can’t just feel or sense it but also see it in the people, in the way they help each other cope with

the disaster,” Ed Cox, expert disaster response and hu-manitarian volunteer of the Rotary Club’s Disaster Aid International (DAI) said in a casual conversation with this reporter on board one of the vehicles of the Balay Mindanaw Group of NGOs (BMG) on the way to Ban-ao from Cateel. Cox, who admitted his frustration at people who don’t understand his “job”, said that there were times that he felt so frustrated at and disappointed with the response from government and so-called expert disaster response and humanitarian

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SAN Juan City Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada urged President Benigno Aquino III to al-locate more funds intended for legal assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are facing criminal charges in their respective host countries.

JV aSKS PNoY For more FUNDS For oFW leGal aSSiSTaNCe

Butuan City – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-CARAGA) has joined the Unity Walk and Prayer Rally for a Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) 2013.

DILG Caraga joins Unity Walk for Secure & Fair Elections 2013

The activity marked the start of the election period on January 13, this year.

It started from Guin-gona’s Park to the Agusan del Norte covered court, this city, at the drumbeats of the PNP Band.

In his message, Po-lice Chief Supt. Getulio P. Napeñas, new director for the Police Regional Office (PRO-13), emphasized that the 2013 Elections is a politi-cal exercise which must be safe, secure and fair enough.

He assured the voters that

the PNP and other agencies involved in the electoral process will work in unity to achieve a peaceful conduct of the elections.

There was lighting of the unity candles during the ecumenical prayer.

Participating agencies, aside from the Philippine National Police, were the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Commission on Elections, Department of Education, City Government of Butuan and religious groups.

Atty. April Joy Balano, provincial election super-visor of Agusan del Norte led the signing of the Unity Pledge on behalf of COME-LEC Regional Director Fran-cisco G. Pobe.

The pledge has mani-fested the firm intent of the voters to uphold the integrity of the election process and to elevate the level of maturity of the Filipino electorates by holding candidates to a law-abiding campaign. (Florian Faith Jr. P. Bayawa, LGOO II/arjaysfelicilda)

Ejercito Estrada made the call following reports that some 3,000 OFWs around the world are facing criminal charg-es, ranging from immi-gration-related cases, murder, theft, to drug trafficking.

In China alone, 78 Filipinos are reported to have been convicted for drug trafficking and are awaiting death sentences.

The young legislator, who is the vice chairman of the House labor and employment committee, noted that a measly P60 million was appropriated this year for the legal assistance fund (LAF) that could be used by the Department of Foreign

Affairs (DFA) to bail out OFWs who are in conflict with the law in at least 68 host countries.

"I cannot imagine the fact that our OFWs whom we refer to as the ‘modern-day heroes’ are getting less out of their contribution to our country," Ejercito Estrada said in exaspera-tion.

"If not for the remit-tances of these hardwork-ing OFWs, our economy could have been in the red. And, yet, the pres-ent government seems lukewarm in attending to their needs, especially in terms of providing legal assistance to those who are locked in legal battle in their respective host

countries," he stressed.Under Republic Act

(RA) 10022 or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Fili-pinos Act, the government is under obligation to allot P100 million for legal ser-vices to migrant workers and overseas Filipinos in distress. The allocation is coursed through the DFA, which is mandated to provide legal assistance to OFWs.

Of the amount, P50 million would come from the Contingency Fund of the President, P30 mil-lion from the Contingency Fund of the President So-cial Fund, and P20 million from the Welfare Fund for Overseas Workers. An additional P30 million is

taken from the General Appropriations Act.

R e cords f rom t he Overseas Workers' Wel-f are Ad m i n i s t r at i on (OWWA) showed that OFWs have paid more than P1 billion in mem-bership contribution, as every outbound worker is required to pay $25 for their protection.

For the whole of 2012, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) projected that OFW remittances would reach $24 billion, 19.4 percent higher than the level registered a year ago. These remittances fuel consumption spend-ing which is considered the backbone of Philip-pine economy.

ILLEGAL LOGS – Photo shows elements of the 26th Infantry Battalion, led by Corporal Amado S. Dableo Jr, escorting the 54 pieces of illegally-cut logs they have earlier confiscated at the junction of Labnig, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur. The operation was joined by the Philippine National Police and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, headed by Mr. Ronie N Mercado. (26IB photo/asf)

BUTUAN City ¬ - The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) here is requesting the Government Service Insur-ance System (GSIS) to grant a one-year moratorium on the payment of outstand-ing loans of employees of the local government, badly affected by the recent flooding,

In a resolution passed by the SP recently, it was pointed out that a suspen-sion or a break would be a good pause from all the calamities that the city had experienced and still expe-riencing.

The appeal was to give

SP urges GSIS to grant moratorium on loans

By Nora L. Molde

government employees enough time to repair and fix the damages incurred during typhoon Pablo.

Through the approval of the resolution, GSIS mem-bers will be given a chance to have breathing space.

The resolut ion was unanimously approved by all members of the SP, led by Vice Mayor Law Fortun, who said that if their request is granted, it will significantly ease the plight of the said employ-ees. (NCLM/Junesther Jean S. Iway/Butuan City Vice Mayor’s Office/PIA-Agusan del Norte/asf)

C A G AYA N d e O r o City – The 10th Field A r t i l l e r y B a t t a l i o n ( 1 0 FA Bn ) , w h i c h i s under the operational control of the 4th In-fantry Division, has a new commanding of-ficer.

He i s Lt . C o l on e l Emilio Pedro, vice Lt. Colonel Jose Valentin Panadero.

Br i g a d i e r G e n e r a l Pedro P. Biasbas, com-mander of t he Ar my A r t i l l e r y R e g i m e n t (AAR), presided over the turn-over ceremony, Wednesday, inside Camp Evangelista, this city.

Formerly with the OG7, AAR, Lt. Colonel Pedro is the 14th com-mander of the 10FABn.

In his message, BGen Biasbas said “this unit has been brought by Lt Col. Panadero to greater he ights , hav ing b een

artillery battalion changes guard

By Arjay S. Felicilda

able to accomplish ex-cel lently the assigned mission of the unit, es-pecially in civil-military operations.”

Congratulating Lt. C ol . Panadero ‘for a job wel l done’, BGen. Biasbas challenged the new 10FABn chief to equal, if not surpass the accomplishment of his predecessor.

“Rest assured that you have my trust and confidence that you can better lead this unit con-sidering your credentials and service reputation,” BGen. Biasbas added.

T h e 4 t h I n f a n t r y “D i am on d” D i v i s i on received B Gen. Bias-bas in front of the Ad-ministration Building, 8:00 in the morning of Wednesday. (based on rep or t f rom Lt . C ol . Eugnio Julio C. Osias IV, 4ID Spokesperson)

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GENERAL Santos City - A local blogger bagged the top prize in the nationwide “Google Map Your Town" competition.

Gensan blogger wins in Google Competition

By Nirvana Alpha Vita G. Fruylan

Mr. Reynard Navarro, a member of the Soccsk-sargen bloggers or “Sox Bloggers,” completed the five-month online competi-tion from April to August last year, mapping Sural-lah, South Cotabato and the City of General Santos with more than 1,200 edits.

“Edit is a term used in putting identif iable marks to a map like name of streets, roads, establish-ments, tourist destinations and other landmarks using the Google Map Maker ap-plication,” Mr. Navarro said.

Google Southeast Asia’s head of outreach, Aileen Ap ol lo-de Jesus , said Google Map Maker is a product that enables people

to add to and update the map for locations around the world.”

She added Google and the Department of Tourism (DOT) have been working on the improvement of the accuracy of Google Maps in 80 provinces around the Philippines by encouraging map makers to do local map ups or “mapping party”.

City Media Affairs Of-ficer Avelmar Manansala underscored the impor-tance of map ups not only to increase awareness in tourism-related spots in the country, but most espe-cially, in locating disaster-prone areas in the locality to prepare for calamities.

“This will help planning,

engineering, and tourism officers in the locality to determine strategic loca-tions in the area where establishments should be put up,” he explained.

Manansala is the lead convener of Sox Bloggers and also one of the four members of Team Philip-pines in the 2012 Google Map Maker Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Hyderabad, India.

In April last year, Gen-eral Santos City hosted the first Google Map Maker Summit Mindanao par-ticipated by representatives from the religious sector, academe, local government unit’s (LGU) tourism and

planning officers, blog-gers, policemen and other stakeholders.

Manansala said Google chose Gensan to be the venue of the Mindanao Summit because it has “the most active community of mappers” in the area.

“The latest, triumph of Mr. Navarro is a manifesta-tion that our advocacy to propagate the use of map maker has been quite a suc-

cess among volunteers in the region,” he explained.

This, he said, is also in support of the DOT’s campaign: “It’s more fun in the Philippines” as nobody will be lost while visiting places in the country.

Meanwhile, Mr. Navarro received a netbook as a price and Php100,000 to a public school of his choice which will be donated by Google in the first quarter

of this year. He chose Lake Sebu

Central School as the ben-eficiary of his winning. Pupils in said school are mostly T'boli children.

Lake Sebu is South Co-tabato’s tourism hub and home of the T’bolis who are known for their rich culture that has been preserved and practiced until today. (PGFruylan/PIA-Gensan/arjaysfelicilda)

BIMP PROJECTS – Photo shows members of the Philippine delegation, led by Trade Un-dersecretary Merly Cruz (3rd from right), review the progress of sub-regional projects at the 21st Senior Officials Meeting of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), which opened in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah yesterday. Also in the photo are Mindanao Development Authority Executive Dirrector Janet Lopoz and Department of Tourism XI Director Art Boncato. (Minda/asf)

KORONADAL City – The City Health Office Diagnos-tic Center is now open, with a new x-ray machine as one of its amenities.

The City Information Of-fice in a statement said that at least 20 patients, mostly elderly, were the first clients who lined up for the x-ray services.

At the launching on Janu-ary 8, Mayor Peter B. Miguel, said the city had been longing to acquire an x-ray machine, considering its importance in the early detection of related

Koronadal opens diagnostic

centerillnesses.

Further, he said that in-digents and senior citizens would benefit much from this center especially that diagnostic services in private institutions are expensive.

However, the local chief executive added that the city government would be collect-ing minimal fees to sustain the operation since the city would also be spending for x-ray films and its processing although special discounts would also be given to in-digents and senior citizens.

Acting City Health Officer Jean Genevieve Aturdido said the city government would be collecting P160.00 per request, similar to what the South Cotabato Provincial Hospital is collecting.

With the opening of the City Health Office Diagnos-tic Center, Dr. Aturdido foresees the construction of a TB- Direct Observe Treatment Strategy (Dots) building and a lying-in center, soon. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12/Bic Manato-Koronadal CIO/arjaysfelicilda)

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“Thank you very much for making me join the broadcasting seminar on October 15, 2012 at BusinessWeek Mindanao Media Center. I would have regretted it, if I didn’t come. I learned a lot of things on how to become a better broadcaster. Then, all I had was confidence. Now, it’s confidence with knowledge. The activity was a lot of fun. I thought it would be awkward, but I found myself being comfortable with my fellow school broadcasters, and also with our speaker, who never failed to get my attention. He is now my role model of an effective speaker. It is because, through the four hours that I have listened to him, I never, even once, bored and all he said is still clear in my head. It was an experience that I’ll never forget and I’ll treasure forever.”

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THINK a minute.Can you imagine life

without machines? If we didn’t have cars, buses, telephones or 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

The human machine

you and me!The human machine. In

fact, the more that scien-tists 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, emo-tions, 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 sim-ply 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.

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ing 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 instruc-tion book for the human machine, so we can keep enjoying life without hurt-ing 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, suc-cessful way.

It’s the only way you’ll ever enjoy your life fully the way it was meant to work.

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Cagayanons welcome Mr. HalterenA TARPAULIN welcoming Mr. Wim van Halteren hanged at the façade of the Mindanao Daily News (MDN). Looks like an important guest is around? It is no wonder at all. After all, MDN occasionally holds seminars and workshops on journalism and broadcasting.

Aside from masscom students, MDN also invites senior high school students and senior elementary pupils to participate seminars and workshops on journalism and broadcasting. MDN has competent lecturers in various fields of journalism. The newspaper’s editors possess vast experience on broadcast and print journalism.

The seminar and workshop on journalism and broadcasting do not focus on developing the potentials of budding writers and broadcasters alone. There are also times that junior and senior executives from public and private agencies join in the MDN’s journalism and broadcasting program.

Since MDN transferred its editorial offices in Abel-lanosa St. in Cagayan de Oro City last year, publisher Dante Sudaria established a ‘media center’ at the heart of the editorial office. The MDN’s media center serves as the center of all activities relative to the newspaper’s vision and mission of serving the public. It serves as training center not only for budding writers but also for entrepreneurial undertaking of both public and private

entities. The media center is also venue of MDN’s press conferences of invited guests.

Some known personalities like Cynthia Villar and JV Ejercito were once guests at the MDN’s media center. There were other top government and private execu-tives who became guests at the MDN’s sponsored ‘press conferences’ at the media center, too.

Mr. Halteren could be just one among the most important guest speakers around. A bit excited, I went inside the editorial newsroom only to learn that Halteren is a guest of MDN itself. Indeed, Halteren was a very important guest.

Mr. Halteren came from Holland. An expert in publishing and printing business in western countries, the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce FDN, Inc. (Oro Chamber) sent Halteren to conduct a diagnostic of MDN operations – risks and opportunities in the local publishing industry. Halteren represents PUM Nether-lands Senior Experts, a non-government organization helping businesses around the world particularly small and medium scale industries to succeed.

I was told that Ruben Vegafria, Pres. of Oro Chamber and PUM regional representative, encouraged MDN to apply for technical assistance from experts of PUM Netherlands. PUM Netherlands then sent Mr. Halteren to Cagayan De City. To Mr. Halteren, the MDN staff and its publisher Dante Sudaria, welcome you to Cagayan De Oro City. We hope you will bring with you the fondness of recollection in this City of Golden Friendship back to the Netherlands. React crisguardian@yahoo.com

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God…” (John 1:12, the Holy Bible).

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FAITH” OF “CHILDREN OF GOD, BLOOD KIN OF THE CHRIST”: I am shar-ing with my readers here a piece entitled “Statement of Faith” from the group “Children of God, Blood Kin of the Christ”, which we already published before. I am soliciting comments, and, perhaps, asking my readers here to answer this very important question: “are you a child of God, blood kin of the Christ”?

Here is the “Statement of

Are you a child of God, blood kin of the Christ?

Faith”: “I am a child of God, blood kin of the Christ. God chose me, I did not choose God. God chose me even before the creation of the world, to be one with Christ.

“I am sent by Jesus, as Jesus was sent by the Father in heaven. I will go and make all the nations His disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them all that He commanded us to do.

“I will proclaim the Word of God everywhere, all the time, even while I am lowly. I am a child of God, blood kin of the Christ, because I accepted and have faith in Jesus as my God and Savior.

“With my acceptance and faith in Jesus as my God and Savior, He redeemed and forgave me with His blood, He communed and united with me, and I became a new creation as part of his Holy Body. I believe that

His blood of salvation now runs through my veins.

“I am a child of God, blood kin of the Christ, and I will be among those whom Jesus will bring up in the clouds at the end of time, and who will be with Him in Paradise in eternal life. Amen.”

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THE “STATEMENT OF FAITH”: It appears that the foregoing “Statement of Faith” is drawn from several passages of the Holy Bible. These are John 1:12, Ephe-sians 1:7, Hebrews 9:14, John 15:16, Ephesians 1:4, , John 20:21, Matthew 28:19-20, 2 Timothy 4:1-2, 1 Timothy 1:26-29, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 5:30, 1 John 1:7,

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organizations that he wanted to give up.

“But then, I see the survi-vors and then hope springs back to life. Yes, you can see sadness in their eyes. But you can also see there the fire of hope burning. And it is our job, our work, our responsibility to make sure that this fire of hope in them is not extinguished. It is our job to convert this hope into positive action for them to be able to help themselves. That’s the meaning of as-sistance,” he said.

And this hope is what’s driving the survivors in Ban-ao forward into rebuilding a devastated community and rebuilding lives, even if it means literally picking the pieces and putting them back together.

“Teary-eyed, Punong Barangay Mera Ching said that despite the unfavour-able fate they had in the past year, there is always a reason to celebrate a new life, a new beginning. And this should not be missed especially by the little children,” Rochelle “Bibing” Mordeno, executive director of Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI) said in BMG’s DR and hu-manitarian interventions update report to donors, partners and the general

public.Ching, at 42, is ably lead-

ing Ban-ao’s slow but sure recovery and rebuilding efforts.

Because of Ching’s lead-ership, purok (sitio) leaders of Ban-ao are also taking very active roles in the “new Ban-ao,” consisting of sev-eral Tent Communities.

“This also helped unload the burden on the part of the punong barangay [as] all of the seven purok leaders are actively involved especially on major decision-making and planning related to the tent community and the barangay in general,” Mordeno said.

These leaders are: Nel-son Calig-onan (Purok Magtinabangay A); Darwin Calig-onan (Purok Mag-tinabangay B); Uldarico Limocon (Purok Masipag A); Edgar Ponce (Purok Masipag B); Salvador Esca-millan (Purok Mahayahay A); Mark Anthony Mandawe (Purok Mahayahay B); and Anselmo Rodriguez (Purok Mahayahay C).

“These leaders are with us every time we do distri-bution of goods and even in the clearing of debris for the tent houses. Hence, the quick and more orderly facilitation of activities in-volving a crowd of people,” she added.

If Typhoon Pablo (Bo-

pha) broke the leadership and will of some political leaders in areas it devastated, in the little village of Ban-ao, Pablo gave Ching and her leaders the chance to shine through and prove their leadership skills and political will.

While there are hun-dreds, even thousands, of volunteers who have come and gone to help Ban-ao rise from the clutches of death, and even thousands more from the international, national and local commu-nities who gave resources through the disaster re-sponse program of the BMG — like the people behind The Johanniter Interna-tional (JOIN) Assistance of Germany, Rotary Club’s DAI and ShelterBox, Ayala Foundation, Ortigas Corpo-ration, Nyima Foundation, Team Energy and others who would rather remain anonymous — credit really rests with the survivors themselves for never losing hope in the midst of the devastation.

From the very beginning, the survivors know that they are stakeholders in the difficult task of community rebuilding.

“I am very happy that Balay Mindanaw is here to help us rebuild. But since Balay Mindanaw and its volunteers are just ‘visitors’

here, we cannot expect them to stay for long. So it is really us, survivors, Ban-aowons, who have to rebuild our barangay,” said survivor Florgardo Mandawe, 55, summarizing the sentiments of other survivors.

The survivors, through Ching and purok leaders, are consulted by BMG and DAI before implement-ing any activity here. This is very important as this gives the survivors a “sense of ownership” for every accomplishment towards “community renewal.” This will also further boost the hope in them as this ap-proach consider them as the key stakeholders, not just mere aid recipients, said BMG chief Charlito “Kaloy” Manlupig.

With the assistance of BMG, Ban-ao is beginning to resurrect. There is now a semblance of normalcy in the community.

The first occupants of the Tent Community here already have Food Always in the Home (FAITH) veg-etable gardens, as well as pots of flowers. To comple-ment this, the 67th Infan-try “Agila” Battalion led by Lt. Col. Krishnamurti Mortela, who is also chief of the Incident Command Post (ICP) in Baganga, has established a nursery and gardens of kangkong and

camote near the destroyed Ban-ao Elementary School. The Department of Agricul-ture has also provided the barangay with sacks of rice ready for planting. As of first week of January, resident of the Tent Community resi-dents have already started planting rice.

To further enhance the spirit of normalcy and facilitate the smooth management of the Tent Community, the residents created 13 basic committees based on the international clustering approach, such as relief distribution; sup-ply management; commu-nity kitchen; medic/health and women-and-children friendly spaces; security/protection and/or safety; psycho-social; water and sanitation, hygiene; griev-ance; data/record manage-ment; and livelihood. Over-seeing all these committees is James Mandawe, who was designated as overall team leader.

While there are already patches of vegetable gar-dens, daily food sustenance is still a challenge for the survivors as livelihood is still hard to get. Which is why BMG regularly (every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) provides all 520 families in Ban-ao with food packs, non-food items, hygiene kits, etc. prepared

by the BMFI team based in Cagayan de Oro City or at the O’Carmelites Parish Re-lief Operations Center, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur.

For the community’s water needs, the ICRC has provided a water bladder. DAI is also providing 2 water filter capable of fil-tering 10,000 liters of wa-ter a day for 10 years. The “Engineering Brigade” of BMG’s social enterprise development arm, the Ka-tilingbanong Pamahandi sa Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (KPMFI), augmented by skilled laborers from among the survivors conscripted through the cash-for-work program, built a communal facilities including kitchen, bathing area and toilet for men/boys and women/girls.

KPMFI also conducted Quick Skills Inventory and other related assessments of the survivors which resulted to the identification by the survivors themselves of their community’s needs such as vegetable seeds for their vegetable gardens, ready-to-plant coconut trees for their coconut farms, and fishing boats and gears for the fishermen.

KPMFI and the survivors also identified daily, weekly, monthly, bi-annual and annual sources of income for the residents. (Bong D. Fabe)

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2 Thessalonians 4:13-17, and John 3:16.

It is in fact a state-ment of the foundational doctrines of “Children of God, Blood Kin of the Christ”---the very Biblical passages that gave birth to the group and which defines each and every member, as well as the calling that have been given to each of them.

This “Statement of Faith” in fact confirms to the members that they have been called, and are being sent, to proclaim the Word of God to the whole world, so that Jesus’ admonition in Matthew 24:14---that “this Gospel will be preached to all the nations and then the end shall come”---will somehow find fulfillment.

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SULU––The Sulu Provincial Government has inaugurated a newly-constructed two-storey building that will house the Women and Children’s Center in the capital town of Jolo in the southern Philippines.

Presidential Peace Adviser Teresita Deles graced the occa-sion led by Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan

sulu inaugurates Women, children’s centerand First Lady Nurunisah Tan and attended by top provincial and municipal officials, and women groups.

Gov. Tan said the construc-tion of the center was completed in just a little 10 months. “Thus far it is the most beautiful building in the town of Jolo, but not as beautiful as the ladies of the Sulu Provincial Women’s Council led by its Chairperson, Hajja Nurunisah A. Tan, the inspiration who drove us to undertake a labor of love for the construction of this building.”

“For many years this par-ticular site housed the Sulu Provincial Jail where hardened criminals and other misfits of society occupied its dark and filthy cells. Now in its stead rises this building, beautiful both in appearance and purpose. Rising from the ruins and ashes like the proverbial phoenix, this building is analogous with our espousal for the changes we envisioned for Sulu. The transformation of this site from a house of social rejects to a halfway home for women and children is poetic justice taking its course,” he said in his inspiration speech.

He said the past can be an inspiration in shaping the pres-ent that can fulfil the promise of a better and secured future. “We refer to our glorious history as a people and a civilization not out of pride or vanity, but as a bridge to facilitate our steady and unfaltering crossover to the modern world. Our character as a people was put into acid tests in many instances in our history. The bravery shown by our forefathers and the resolve

and determination they dis-played assured our survival as a people. We have weathered many storms that swept over our province, and now that same spirit is again called to fore; not to survive another war but to survive in peace with our dignity intact,” he said.

Gov. Tan said many buildings rising in the landscape, includ-ing the new center, underline the growing confidence of the people and the business com-munity that normality is steadily returning to Sulu which suffered not only from war and clashes, but also from the unkind per-ceptions which shackled her as a typecast.

He said the time is rife for the local people to break out from the box and transcend the curtailing limitations which stunt their growth, blunt their capabilities and hamper their march to excellence. While some misgivings harbored by the people are effects of the turn of events in history or what some sector termed as “historical injustices”, but “the real enemy is within us, residing in our minds.”

“I am not calling for the all-out reinvention of the Tausug, but call on their traditional boldness and resolve to muster the strength to realigned their focus towards a more positive and progressive target. There is no need for us to organize a revolution or a rebellion for independence or autonomy. With our abundant resources, fertile lands and rich marine life, let us rather struggle for economic self-sufficiency where true freedom can be achieved;

freedom from hunger, poverty, illiteracy and the freedom to advance as a people with a glorious past and a secured future,” Gov. Tan said.

“If we have sown the seed of something beautiful like the Sulu Provincial Women and Children’s Center and allow-ing it to rise and bloom from the soil of filth and discards of society, there is no reason then, on why we cannot make a difference and prove to the world that we can be better. Let us take the bull by the horn; swim against the tide of misperceptions and let Sulu come out from the shadows which for a long while kept her in the dark,” he added.

For her part, Mrs. Tan said the new center is a good start for the Sulu Provincial Women’s Council as their efforts and services are recognized and appreciated in the most con-crete and tangible way by the construction of this building through the combined efforts of the Sulu Provincial Government and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process to which Sec. Deles heads.

She said the rights of the most vulnerable sector in our society, the women and children, are at times not given due atten-tion or appreciation, especially so in what is perceived to be a tradition-centered community.

Gender equality is already a non-issue in this time and age and the related issue of the rights of women and chil-dren are already enshrined in international protocols and local laws, she said.

“But on the other hand, it

is the lack of knowledge on the laws governing the rights of our young citizens and the responsibilities of society itself as a whole to nurture and protect them, that are still lacking and in want. A civilized society is mea-sured by the way it takes care of its children and others who are still considered susceptible to abuse and maltreatment,” Mrs. Tan said.

She said economically, there are still a large number of people, especially women who are struggling to make ends meet in sustaining their families that they may live a decent life.

Even with both parents working, she said, it is still insufficient when considering the costs of education and other daily expenses. “Imagine how a single parent who is left to fend for herself and for her children living under such a condition. Added to that is the stigma that she will carry as an additional burden to an already heavy load. There are parents who cling to the traditional thinking that they carry a blank check when disciplining their children, forgetting the fact that there is a thin line between a disciplinary scolding or spanking and child abuse,” she said.

Mrs. Tan said those and other facts of everyday life are not given due attention owing to ignorance and the absence of an institution that will take extra effort to develop social consciousness about the rights of women and children and the responsibilities of society and the state.

She said the Sulu Provincial

Women and Children’s Center will serve as a half-way house for those who felt transgressed, traumatized and violated and will counsel and offer advices on the options open to them.

“We will engage the ser-vices of trained counsellors who are professional enough to lend sympathetic ears to those who are in need to talk about their problems. Financial independence will go a long way in alleviating the hardship of women who are left on their own, abandoned and in a state of helplessness. The center will coordinate with concerned agencies concerning livelihood training and other programs designed to offer even just a glitter of hope,” Mrs. Tan said.

She said the many wars and clashes which swept the prov-ince left scars upon the lives of many and created a generation of widows and orphans giving roots to social problems. All efforts geared towards reso-lutions of the offshoots of the war are part and parcel of the peace process, which is a continuing and open-ended process, she said.

“We hope that the Sulu Provincial Government and national government agencies like the OPAPP, will continue to render support and assistance to the Sulu Provincial Women and Children’s Center, as we in the Sulu Provincial Women’s Council commit to continue to partner with the government and share in the responsibilities in the service to society and fulfil our obligations to the people,” Mrs. Tan said. (Mindanao Examiner. With a report from Ahl Salinas)

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By Ben d. Arche DAVAO City – The Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has earmarked some P8.1 bil-lion for the rehabilitation and early recovery of the victims of typhoon Pablo.

DSWD Undersecretary Mateo G. Montaño said the fund will be used for pro-grams like livelihood, core shelter, emergency shelter and cash-for-work.

The core shelter, Mon-taño said is the permanent home of the affected families while the emergency center

The Philippines’ largest na-tional flag carrier, Cebu Pa-cific (PSE:CEB) announced it will operate direct daily flights between Manila and Dubai, beginning October 7, 2013. CEB will be the only Filipino carrier to fly direct to Dubai. Daily flights from Manila to Dubai are scheduled to depart at 4:40PM (Manila time), while flights from Dubai to Manila depart at 11:10PM (Dubai time). It will be the budget airline’s first long haul destination. “CEB is proud to be the only Filipino carrier to fly direct to Dubai. We are glad to be of service to over 700,000 Global Filipinos who are in UAE. Now, our kababayans in Dubai can

Ten Local Government Units (LGU’s) in Region 10 are now in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR 10) in implementing Public Land Titling based on DENR Ad-ministrative Order (DAO) No. 2011-06. According to Regional Executive Director Ruth Tawantawan, ten LGU’s responded to the execution of Memorandum of Part-nership Agreements (MO-PA’s) of DENR-10 namely: Maramag, Quezon, Don Carlos, Sumilao, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Mambajao, Kapatagan, Linamon, Bacolod, Lanao del Norte and Cagayan de Oro City. “The execution of Mem-orandum of Partnership Agreement between the

CaGaYaN De oro - a road in barangay Kauswagan, Daculan, remains unpaved for years now as residents try to cope with the mud whenever the rains pour. residents say the road has been left as is by the barangay government due to politics, saying that barangay chairman Pedro Balite is to be blamed for their woes.PHoTo BY:GerrY lee GoriT

P8.1-B rehab fund set aside for victims of t yphoon Pablo

is composed of bunkhouses for temporary shelter of the victims.

Montaño said the ty-phoon totally damaged about 34,634 houses sending 176,617 families homeless, and partially damaged some 38,529 houses.

At least P3.453 billion of the fund will go to the core shelter program and P385 million will be for the temporary shelters.

The social welfare de-partment is also setting aside P1.756 billion for livelihood activities and P1.197 million for cash-for-work.

DSWD Regional Di-rector Priscilla N. Razon said the affected families who will work through the cash-for-work program like building bunkhouses and debris cleaning to be paid a daily minimum wage of P218 daily.

There are about 83 bunkhouses to build, 60 in Davao Oriental and the rests in Compostela Valley with an initial budget of P48.5 million.

Volunteers in repacking relief goods are also getting paid, Razon said.

Cebu Pacific announces direct daily flights to Dubai - 3,000 seats available

enjoy fares that are up to 40% lower than current offerings and fly direct to Manila, a mere 9 hours away from their loved ones, via a CEB flight,” said Alex Reyes Cebu Pacific General Manager, Long Haul Divi-sion. CEB is also offering over 3,000 seats to Dubai for the special fare of PHP888. This seat sale is available from January 17 to 20, 2013, or until seats last. This seat sale is valid for travel from October 7, 2013 until Janu-ary 15, 2014. “With CEB’s direct service to Dubai, Filipinos overseas can look forward to going home more often. Their relatives and friends can also visit them in Dubai more often,” added Reyes. Data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Ad-ministration (POEA) shows that UAE ranks second to Saudi Arabia in terms of number of land-based new hires and rehires. In 2010, there were 201,214 land-based workers deployed to UAE. “Dubai is the largest long-haul market to and from the Philippines. IATA PaxIS data indicate more than 70% of passengers in this route take multiple stops, and connect-ing flights because no home carrier offers a non-stop service,” said Reyes. CEB’s Mani la-Dubai flights will be operated on

the Airbus A330-300 aircraft with a configuration of more than 400 all-economy class seats. Guests can also enjoy WiFi connectivity inflight. CEB previously an-nounced that it will lease up to 8 Airbus A330-300 aircraft for its long haul operations. The airline will take delivery of 2 Airbus A330 aircraft this year, and an additional 2 in 2014. The Airbus A330 has a range of up to 11 hours which means CEB could serve markets such as Australia, Middle East, parts of Europe and the US. CEB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 23 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft. Its fleet of 41 air-craft is the one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2013 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 19 more Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders. CEB operates the most extensive network in the Philippines with 32 domes-tic destinations and hubs in Manila, Cebu, Clark, Iloilo, Kalibo and Davao. It offers 21 international destina-tions, namely Bangkok, Bali, Beijing, Brunei, Busan, Dubai, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Incheon (Seoul), Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lum-pur, Macau, Osaka, Shang-hai, Siem Reap, Singapore, Taipei and Xiamen.

LGU’s partner with DENR-10 on Public Land Titling

LGU’s and DENR in Re-gion 10 calls for a better teamwork to fast track the titling of A & D lands. It hopes to improve formal land administration and registration system land records management in-cluding revenue genera-tion and speedy delivery of land transaction”, Director Tawantawan added. The DENR Administra-tive Order No. 2011- 06 entitled “Prescribing the guidelines for the imple-mentation of public land titling in partnership with local government units” enables the integration of the local titling activity into the LGU’s programs. The authorized LGU’s shall facilitate the titling of public lands through an ordinance creating a local titling program, titling of-

fice and adjudication teams. Such ordinance serves as a prerequisite for an LGU to avail the assistance from the DENR field offices. LGU-DENR partnership calls for the creation of a composite land adjudica-tion team who will work under the supervision of the DENR land manage-ment officer (LMO). The team will help the DENR in the titling of alienable and disposable lands in cities and municipalities. The LGU’s in partner-ship with the DENR, other government agencies and stakeholders may create a Land Information Office within their jurisdiction for more efficient LGU titling program.. The DENR-10 L and Management Service con-ducted an orientation on

DAO No. 2011-06 last year participated by DENR-10 employees, non-government organizations, academe, private sectors, civil society and other stakeholders to provide accurate informa-tion on Public Land Titling with the partnership of LGU’s and DENR-10. It focused on the training on land laws and policies, land surveys and disposi-tion, community mobili-zation and adjudication activities. (Shannon Lyn D. Alpas/DENR-10, RPAO#01-004-2013).

CAGAYAN DE ORO - “Min-tras sayo pa, hinaut unta nga pahimubsan kini nga panahon sa atong mga kaigsoonang negosyante sa pag-sumite sa ilang business permit renewal aron usab malikayan nga pa-hamtangan og multa,” said Mayor Vicente Emano in a press statement as he reminds businessmen to submit their applications for business per-mits and renewals before the deadline. The Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) at City Hall is open until January 21, he announced. The BOSS was opened in Cagayan de Oro to streamline business permitting easier and less tedious to the business sector. Mayor Emano said the one stop shop will serve their needs even during this week-end. Meanwhile, the City Council committee on economic enter-prises chaired by Councilor Emmanuel Abejuela next week will tackle the complaint of

Oro mayor urges business sector to submit applications for permits before deadline

Kagayha-an Alliance for Peace and Development, Inc. on the foreign corporation sub-leasing the second floor of the Cogon Public Market. The committee had invited the president of UMVA, sector president PR Section Cogon Market, OIC-City Econom-ic Enterprises Department (CEED) Allan Fernandez, Acting City Administrator and City Accountant Wilma Polley-Rugay and Mr. Edu Go of 858 Cogon Market Complex to tackle this. Meanwhile, the committee will also look concerns and is-sues presented by the Cagayan de Oro Fruits and Vegetable Marketing Association, Inc. (CDOFVMAI), Fruits and Vegetables Landing Area, Bulua Westbound Terminal and Pub-lic Market to the committee. The president and vice presi-dent of the CDOFVMAI and OIC-EWTPM Dr. Perla Asis were invited to attend the meeting. (JBD)

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Kimberlite Pawnshop will be having an AUCTION SALE on all items that expired on November 2012

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December 2011 FEBRUARY 21 14 28 16

January 2012 MARCH 20 13 29 15

February 2012 APRIL 19 12 26 17

March 2012 MAY 22 15 29 17

April 2012 JUNE 21 14 26 19

May 2012 JULY 24 12 26 19

June 2012 AUGUST 21 14 28 16

July 2012 SEPTEMBER 20 13 27 18

August 2012 OCTOBER 18 12 25 16

September 2012 NOVEMBER 20 15 27 20

October 2012 DECEMBER 11 18 18 13

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Kimberlite Pawnshop will be having its monthly AUCTION SALE with corresponding expiry dates. All items will be sold to public auction at KIMBERLITE PAWNSHOP on the following dates and venues.

aDDreSS TaGUm maiN Door 1 Misa Bldg., Pioneer Ave., Misa District, Magugpo West, Tagum City PaNaBo BraNCH 1 Lot 8 Blk 22 Cor. Mabitad-Quirino Sts., Panabo City, Davao del Norte Tel. No. (084) 628-8165 PaNaBo BraNCH 2 Blk 10 Stall 7, Panabo Central Market Panabo City, Davao del Norte Tel. No. (084) 628-8529 malaYBalaY BraNCH Estrada Bldg., Fortich-Don Carlos Sts., Malaybalay, Bukidnon

AUCTION DATE: JANUARY 22, 2013Estrada Bldg., Fortich-Don Carlos Sts.,

Malaybalay City, Bukidnon

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NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of EUTIQUIO V. GABOR, who died intestate on June 11, 2000 in Butuan City, consisting of a certain undivided parcel of land identified as part of Lot 393, Cad-84 at Bonbon, Butuan City covered by Tax Declara-tion No. 96GR-06-003-7633-A PIN No. 162-06-003-26-027, containing an area of 1,868 square meters, is the subject of a DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF LATE EUTIQUIO V. GABOR WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS WITH CONFIRMATION OF WAIVER OF RIGHTS made and entered into by deceased Eutiquio V. Gabor’s forced and compulsory heirs, namely, Leonora T.. Gabor, Jovencio T. Ga-bor, Teresita G. Peral and Edgardo T. Gabor, waiving, transferring and ceding their rights and participation on said parcel of land including its improvements thereon to Leonora T. Gabor – 335 square meters, to Jovencio T. Gabor – 98 square meters, to Benigno Gabor – 103 square meters, and ratifying and confirming the 220 square meters of land claimed by Ana Bermundo and 334 square meters of land claimed by Victorio Abad, Sr., per Doc. No. 291; Page No. 30; Book No. XIV; Series of 2010 of the Notarial Registry of Atty. Richard L.Lamigo, Notary Public for and in the City of Butuan.

MDN: Jan. 4, 11 & 18, 2013

Polls...from page 1Arroyo, was not a resident of Zamboanga. “Nagkaroon ng findings ang RTC Zamboanga kay Romy Jalosjos na hindi siya resident ng Zamboanga. Therefore, he is not reg-istered… kaya tinanggal na namin sya sa listahan kahapon,” Brillantes said, adding Jalosjos cannot run for mayor unless he files a petition with the Supreme Court. The Local Government Code requires that any po-litical candidates should be a registered voter in the place he or she is seeking elective post. The younger Jalosjos was also disqualified to run after the Supreme Court affirmed a decision of a court in Cebu convicting him of robbery. “We are implementing it so he cannot run for governor of Zamboanga del Sur. It’s part of the perpetual dis-qualification,” Brillantes said. The law bars a convict from running for public office. But Jalosjos’ supporters said he is likely to bring the matter to the Supreme Court and if worse comes to worst, he may support Zamboanga City Rep. Erico Fabian, who is also run-ning for the mayoralty post against former political ally Zamboanga City Rep. Maria Isabelle Salazar. Jalosjos’ group is allied with the United Nationalist Alliance of Vice President Jejomar Binay. Last year, Municipal Trial Court Judge Nancy Cuaresma, in a 16-page resolution, said (Romeo) Jalosjos cannot exercise the right of suffrage or the right to vote because he is disqualified. “Jalosjos is not qualified to and cannot vote or be voted upon in any national or local elections until his perpetual absolute disqualification s are expressly remitted and restored by pardon,” the judge said. The aging political king-pin, who was convicted in 1997 for raping an 11-year old girl, was able to register with the Commission on Elections in Zamboanga City, but this was opposed by Salazar on the grounds that the former politician is disqualified to register as a new voter here because of his conviction. Jalosjos, who was con-victed with two counts of statutory rape and six counts of acts of lasciviousness, insisted his right to suffrage, adding he had served his sentence. But Salazar said Jalosjos who was sentenced to suffer “reclusion perpetua” and “reclusion temporal” for each count of his crimes, is not qualified to run. The penalty for reclusion per-petua shall be from 20 years, while reclusion temporal is from 12 years. And Salazar said Jalosjos was granted a mere commutation of

Plea...from page 1reached as high as 1000 percent starting this year based on Section 185 of Ordinance No. 9. After a lengthy delibera-tion to hear the gripes of local businessmen, the joint committee hearing chaired by SB member Salvador Retuerto agreed to give in to the demands of just increasing the rental to just 100 percent. This is quiet burdensome on the part of us business-men,” said Pastor Penalver who questioned the town council as to where did they based the new tariff which already based the fees on the per square meter daily rates from what used to be a low monthly rental fee. Based on the new tax ordinance, the new tariff would go as high as more than P4,000 monthly from the old rental fee of P900 a month.

Target...from page 1of 7,941 hectares. Ceballos said that DAR-Caraga “in fact has emerged as leader percentage-wise in the national tally in LAD activity for Calendar Year 2012.” He said that of the 9,049 hectares accomplishment, Agusan del Sur delivered about 50 percent or 4,458 hectares. Land acquisition and distribution or LAD is one of the three major programs of the Comprehensive Agrar-ian Reform Program. This involves land re-distribution to landless actual tilling farmers. DAR-13 Regional Direc-tor Faisar Mambuay thanked his staff, employees and partner agencies for their contribution to the success. “This is indeed a true Caraga victorious spirit which we need to sustain. We have been doing this before, we intend to do it more today and in the future,” he said. Ceballos said DAR-Caraga had been delivering 100 percent or more of its annual LAD projections in the past 12 years. It aims to distribute 10,000 hectares by the end of 2013, he added.

Captives...from page 1

the freedom of the hos-tages in the hinterlands of Sulu Island.

“As far as we know, the Abu Sayyaf has rejected the MNLF efforts to secure the release of the hostages, not without ransoms,” said Army Col. Rodrigo, a spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command based in Zam-boanga City.

Just recently, about 2,000 MNLF members headed by Malik, tried to persuade

sentence by then President Gloria Arroyo in 2007 which resulted in the reduction of his original sentence. Official records with the Bureau of Corrections also show that Jalosjos was dis-charged from the National Bilibid Prison only on March 18, 2009, less than the 5-year period prescribed under the Voter’s Registration Act, according to Salazar. The Election Registration Board also ruled in favor of Salazar, who is also gunning for the mayoralty post in Zamboanga. “The decision of the Honorable Court serves to strengthen our faith in our justice system. With this, we will continue our advocacy of protecting the electoral system from un-qualified or ineligible vot-ers and candidates alike, whose participation in the election would only serve to desecrate and insult the electoral system whose sanc-tity we seek to preserve,” Salazar said. (With reports from GMA News, Mindanao Examiner)

he new tariff would apply to business stall on both sides of the Center Island, around the circumferential provincial road of the town center and within the San Francisco Public Shopping Mall. The town council through the new tax ordinance has dramatically increased a new tariff to boost its tax collection to the ever pro-gressing business activities of this premiere town after nine years that there seems to be tax holidays for stall owners. Retuerto defended the town council’s move saying there have been no new legislative tax measures for a long time and that this has been carefully studied and has gone through public hearings last year to ensure such new tariffs would not be oppressive and excessive to the detriment of the busi-ness climate. But mounting pressures from the obviously irate businessmen prompted the town council to come to a bargaining agreement by amending such provision of Ordinance No. 9. Retuerto however ex-plained before those who attended the meeting that they still have to meet on another committee hear-ing on Monday to iron out the kinks and endorse the proposed amendment to Mayor Jenny de Asis for approval. Businessmen have also asked for the amended ver-sion of the new tariff to take effect up to 10 years but the town council asked for their indulgence of maintaining the five-year period as in-scribed in the ordinance. Stall owners who have already reached a two-year renewal contract with the Municipal Treasurer’s Office when they processed their

business permits this year would still stay.

the Abu Sayyaf to free the foreign captives, including two Filipinos.

Rodrigo said Malik’s group has returned to their bases. “The efforts of the MNLF to secure the freedom of the hostages are unilat-eral on their part and have the permission of the local government officials and military commanders on the ground. But our efforts are also continuing to safely recover all the victims,” he told the Mindanao Examiner.

Police said the Abu Sayy-af is holding a Japanese treasure hunter, Toshio Ito, 66, since 2010 and he was last reported to have been helping the rebel group in cooking food for them and freely moves around.

Senior Superintendent Antonio Freyra, the Sulu police chief, said aside from the Japanese, the Abu Sayyaf is also holding Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani, 43, and his two Filipino assistants Rolando Letrero, 22, and Ramelito Vela, 39.

The trio, he said, went to Sulu province in June last year to secretly film the Abu Sayyaf for a documentary on Al Arabiya News Channel. Prior to his detention, Atyani has had previously travelled to the province in secrecy to interview terrorist leaders, the Philippine military said.

The military has previ-ously said it would arrest Atyani for espionage should he be released by the Abu Sayyaf. Atyani had also clandestinely interviewed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks in the United States.

Freyra said two Eu-ropean wildlife photog-raphers Ewold Horn, 52, from Holland; and Lorenzo Vinciguerre, 47, from Swit-zerland, kidnapped in Feb-ruary his year in Tawi-Tawi province had been brought to Sulu.

“As long as the MNLF (members) don’t put the

law in their own hands or violate the law in pursuance of their efforts, I don’t see any problem. We welcome all efforts in securing the safe release of the hostages,” Freyra said.

Pol ice in Tawi-Tawi said the duo was allegedly seized by members of the Moro National Liberation Front. Another group of kidnappers are also hold-ing a Malaysian fish trader Pang Choon Pong, who was seized in October 2011 in Tawi-Tawi, but his fate remains unknown.

In November last year, Malaysian authorities said two of its nationals were seized by 5 gunmen dis-guised as policemen from a palm oil plantation in Sabah near the Philippine border.

It said the two, who are cousins, were both working for the plantation in Lahad Datu, and had been taken at gunpoint. Their compan-ions said the gunmen spoke in Malayu and Tausug, a dialect commonly used in the southern provinces of Tawi-Tawi and Sulu.

There were no immediate reports whether the foreign-ers are being held in either of the two provinces, but Malaysia said the victims could be in Tawi-Tawi.

Abu Sayyaf rebels are also holding an Australian adventurer, Warren Rodwell, a former soldier, who was kidnapped in the seaside town of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay province in De-cember 2011. Rodwell, 54, is married to a Filipina Mi-raflor Gutang, 28.

The rebels have origi-nally demanded $1 million ransom for the release of Rodwell, but eventually low-ered this to only $460,000. It was not immediately known how much ransoms the Abu Sayyaf is asking for the re-maining captives, who are being held by different rebel commanders. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Th e X a v i e r C e nte r for C u l t u r e a n d t h e

Arts launch the 5th installment of the C I N E M AG I S f i l m festival series.

This year, a total of

By: ShAUN ALEJANDRAE YAP UY

10 films make it into the final stage of the competition.

Xavier University through the Xavier Science Foundation, the XCCA, and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts with the

XU NSTP will hold the 5th CINEMAGIS Digital Short Fi lm Festival in Northern Mindanao, January 24 to 26 simultaneously at the XU Little Theater and SM City CDO Cinema 2.

C I N E M A G I S c e l e b r a t e s t h e filmmaking potentials of region and moves them up into Cinema Rehiyon – Films from the Region initiated by the NCCA Committee on Cinema in February

as part of the month-long celebration of the Philippine International Arts Festival.

Cinema Rehiyon is a non-competitive film festival that harvests films from regions all over the country as part of their thrust of showcasing talented filmmakers and their films and giving them a venue to screen their films.

The CINEMAGIS f ina l i s t s th is year include a variety of genres, from a first-person perspective style of story-telling, to a serious look at discrimination and its implicat ions to society, to a slapstick comedy that will surely give the audiences a breather from all the Philippine mainstream and Hollywood films.

T h i s y e a r ’ s CINEMAGIS official entries are: “Wonderful Nightmare” by Gray Em Erezo, “HD” by Cloyd Winstanley, “Guano” by Javey Martinez, “Dedangerz” by Yvette Sabellona, and “Unos” by Lito Rulona for the Professional Category.

T h e S t u d e n t Category finalists are: “Kuris” by Frenz Dale Magno of MSU-IIT College of Medicine, “Tutob” by Dale Arana and Kissza Campano of MSU-IIT, “Kunhod” by Jasmine Limas of Xavier University, “Agents” by Giojoe Amoguis of COC – PHINMA, and

“Tagpuan” by Lourdie Angelo Naval of Xavier University High School.

P a r t o f t h e CINEMAGIS advocacy is to teach students and enthusiasts the ar t of f i lmmaking through workshops and feedback.

A CINEMAGIS film workshop is also set on January 24 to 25 at the XU Little Theater from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm.

The film entries will vie for a set of awards such as Best Actress, Best Actor, Best in Cinematography, Best Story, Best Short Film, and Best Director to cite a few.

A presentation of nominees will be held on Thursday , the 24th of January at 6:30 pm, XU Litt le Theater, Xavier University.

To be able to watch this year’s CINEMAGIS entries at SM Cinema 2 and XU Little Theater, audiences are advised to bring an entrance r e q u i r e m e n t t h a t is worth 15 pesos only – and should be either of the following combinat ions : A . ) Toothpaste (sachet) and Sanitary Napkin; B.) Toothpaste (sachet) and Bath Soap; or C.) Bath Soap and Sanitary Napkin.

These donations will be part of their on-going relief operations to Typhoon Pablo v ic t ims and other community extension programs.

Last year, we honored Mindanao’s homegrown businesses...

This year, let the Investors from outside the islandwho helped propel Mindanao’s economy for decades

be recognized...thus,

present

RATIONALE OF THE PROJECT

- This is the 2nd Mindanao Business Leaders Awards, in a different category from the first one. The 1st Mindanao Business Leaders Awards was undertaken last year to give due recognition to the achievements of various Mindanao business leaders and entrepreneurs in various categories of homegrown corporate and individual business leadership achievements.

- This year’s search is aimed at giving honor and recognition of excellent business leaders in the investors’s category.

- BusinessWeek Mindanao as a forerunner of information on economic leadership and entrepreneurial achievements of non-Mindanaoan corporations and businessmen, deems it a part of its social responsibility to trumpet the achievements of these pillars of Mindanao’s economy, for others to emulate and thus propel an awareness for the business potential that Mindanao offers in every economic and business investment plan, whether small or great.

-We are helping Mindanao achieve sustainable development of its economy through these humble efforts.

MISSION & VISION OF THE AWARDS

- The holding of BWM Awards annually serves as catalyst to the ongoing efforts of business leaders and entrepreneurs who seek greater heights and strive for success in the noble mission of propelling Mindanao and its people towards full economic growth and sustainable development.

MECHANICS OF THE SEARCH:Duration of the Search : January 15, 2013 to May 15, 2013Awards Night : June 1, 2013

Entry Requirements:

1. Individual and Company/Establishment nominations shall be accompanied with Nomination Forms available on-line at the Sponsors Website, offices of sponsors, or in the printed page of Businessweek Mindanao and Mindanao Daily issues or may be mailed, if requested, by the Awards Secretariat

2. Nominees or candidates in various categories shall be nominated by BusinessWeek Mindanao and Mindanao Daily Bureaus; individuals, organization or groups not em-ployed by or connected to any of the nominated person or firm .

3. Nominations shall be accompanied by the ff documents which can be mailed, or emailed to the awards secretariat - MINDANAO BUSINESS LEADERS AWARDS 2013 Secretariat, Tanleh Bldg., Abellanosa St., Cagayan de Oro City,not later than May 15, 2013.

4. Brief Resume and History of the Nominee (Individual or Firm)- Photos (at least 3) ; Nomination Form ; Documentary evidence such as certificates, awards or citations

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