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By CRIS DIAZ, Associate editor

CHARGES with violation of anti-graft and corrupt practices were filed anew against Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano and 12 members of the City Council with the Ombudsman in Manila Monday morning.

Trading Corp., as party to the offense.

Named respondent in the graft case were Mayor Vicente Emano, Vice Mayor

Ian Acenas, city councilors Simeon V. Licayan, Adrian Barba, Alvin R. Calingin, Dante B. Annie Daba, Dante B. Pajo, Alden D. Bacal, Jose Pepe Abbu for First District, Honorables Ramon G. Tabor, President Elipe, NadyaEmano-Elipe and Juan Y. Sia for Second Dis-trict and Ex-Officio Mem-ber: Councilor Dometilo C. Acenas, Jr.

The case stemmed when the city government termi-nated the contract of lease

with New Wishing Star Trading Corp. for violation of the contract of lease.

Ching said his company won the bid and executed a 25-year contract of lease of the second floor at the Carmen Public Market on August 2011.

The corporation also spent more than P30 mil-lion to comply with the provision of the contract to renovate and introduced improvement of the leased area in Carmen Market.

He said he was surprised when on May 25, 2012, the city‘s legal officer issued a notice of cancellation of his contract to operate the Carmen Public Market.

In a 22-page complaint, Ching said told the Om-budsman that his company did not violate the contract of lease with the city govern-ment and alleged that the termination of the contract was oppressive and has no legal basis.

EMANO GREETS NEW POPDEV CLUB OFFICERS. These young officers of the Federation of Cagayan de Oro Population Development Club of Public and Private High Schools exchange pleasantries with Mayor Vicente Emano. This, after taking their oath be-fore the city chief executive during this week’s flagraising ceremony at the City Hall. Photo courtesy of City Information Office

PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III witnessed the signing of a tripar-tite Memorandum of Agreement among the Department of Budget and Management, Department of Education, and the Government Service Insurance System in cer-

emonies held in Malacañang on Tuesday.

The MoA, signed by Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, Edu-cation Secretary Armin Luistro and GSIS President and General Manager Robert Vergara, aims to

implement a realistic and equitable solution to the “chronic issue” of unpaid premiums by restoring the benefits of nearly 800,000 active and inactive employees of the DepEd since July 1997.

Under the agreement, the DBM

will settle P6.92 billion of premium-in-arrears representing the govern-ment share and expedite payment by advancing P3.46 billion or half of the total amount. In return, the GSIS, through

New agreement to hike teachers’ benefits, pensions

By PAT SAMONTE

BUTUAN City––A woman has swindled nine people of some P1.8M worth of valuable goods in what authorities described as large-scale estafa.

In a report, SPO4 Rey Poloyapoy of the local police said the suspect, known as Diana Plaza de Dios, issued checks totalling P1.8 mil-lion to the nine victims in payment for goods like wire-less phones, xerox copier machines, assorted paints, appliances, and grocery items. After the transaction,

Woman swindles 9 with P1.8 million

bouncing checksthe victims said de Dios seemed “to have vanished in thin air.”

“The suspect was last seen at Surigao City port on Sunday, September 9,” Poloyapoy said.

The victims told police that when they tried to en-cash the checks, EastWest Bank, Butuan Branch told them the account of Diana de Dios was already closed, he said.

Police investigation showed the suspect’s rented store on Langihan Road and house in Cinderella Homes

By BEN D. ARCHE DAVAO City––Some big investors engaged in export-ing manufactured products have poured out new invest-ment package with a total of worth P108 billion in Davao Region, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 11 bared recently.

Rachel Remetio, DTI’s Industr y Development Division chief said that several processing facili-ties in Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental have poured additional capital for their new export ventures.

Among the cited compa-nies are the Franklin Baker Company of the Philip-pines in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur and the Mati-Peat Top Corporation in Mati City, Davao Oriental, all are engaged in processing coconut products.

Remetio said

R-11 gets P108b fresh investment

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TUBOD, Lanao del Norte––A two-day workshop dubbed as ‘4th Northern Mindanao Fes-tival Management’ was held in this fast-rising province to help further improve the existing fes-tivals in Lanao del Norte.

“This training will provide the participants with new and creative ideas on dance cho-reography, formation, festival costumes, props, choice of music and style”, explained Provincial Tourism Officer Minda Regis.

The workshop was conducted on September 6 and 7, 2012 at Macapagal Training Center, Capitol Site, Pigcarangan, in the capital town of Tubod.

The anticipated workshop

was organized by the Provin-cial Tourism Office and funded by the Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 10.

39 participants composed of teachers, choreographers, town council members and barangay captains attended the festival management training.

The DOT initiative is aimed at assisting the Lanao del Norte municipalities in enhancing their local festivals with the ul-timate goal of increasing tourist arrivals and strengthening local tourism industry.

“The workshop also supports the latest advertising campaign of the Department of Tourism - It’s more fun in the Philippines,

by helping make our festivals more colorful and lively”, DOT-10 Marketing and Promotions Specialist Decius Esmedalla said.

The second and third festival management workshop was held at Misamis Oriental and Misa-mis Occidental respectively.

For his part, Gov. Khalid Di-maporo urged the participants to actively promote Lanao del Norte to help erase the negative publicity received by the prov-ince in previous years stressing that, “bad publicity can only be neutralized by good publicity. So we need to see exciting festivals and colorful celebrations in all our municipalities”. PIO-LDN

The raiding police team found one US Springfield cal. 30 rifle, one US Car-bine cal. 30, one grenade launcher, one .45 cal. pis-tol, one rifle grenade, two M79 grenade rifles, includ-

Ex barangay chief nabbed for illegal possession of firearms

ing assorted ammunition magazines and 85 rounds of different kinds of am-munition.

Arrested was Leo An-tonio, 56, former Blocon barangay captain, who failed

to escape when the law en-forcers swooped down at his residence at around 5 a.m.

Sr. Insp. Darwin Dura of the Provincial Public Safety Company and Supt. Jiusseppe Geralde, DSPPO provincial intelligence of-ficer led the raiding armed with search warrant issued by Judge Loida Posadas Ka-hulugan of RTC Branch 21.

Authorities are preparing a charge in court against Antonio for violation of Presidential Decree 1866 as amended by Republic

Act 8294 known as Illegal Possession of Firearms and Explosives.

Earlier, police authorities also arrested Mayor Jimmy Joyce of Jose Abad Santos town for possession of illegal firearms after a cache of firearms was recovered dur-ing a raid in his residence.

Joyce gained his tempo-rary freedom after posting a bail of P200,000 while his six security aides were ordered by the City Prosecution Office freed for insufficient evidence against them.

Police have intensified its campaign against loose firearms after Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Ra. Cagas revealed the presence of several armed groups in the province. Cages believed that some politicians in the province will utilize these groups to terrorize voters in the coming elections.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) placed the province under its con-trol to avert further esca-lation of violent activities during the last elections.

By BEN D. ARCHE, Regional editor-Davao

DIGOS City––Operatives of the Davao del Sur Provincial Police Office (DSPPO) recovered some undocumented firearms in a raid in the former barangay captain’s residence in Barangay Blocon, Magsaysay town in Davao del Sur Thursday morning.

Participants in the Festival Management workshop held last September 6 and 7, 2012 at Macapagal Training Center, Tubod, Lanao del Norte listen intently to the lecture of music professor Frank Englis from MSU-IIT.

Bigger and better festivals seen in Lanao del Norte

THE Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology (MOSCAT) will be celebrating its 29th Founding Anniversary this year bearing the theme “One MOSCAT @ 29: Steadfast Towards Institutional Ex-cellence” on September 14-20, 2012. One of the highlights of the celebration is the Search for Mr. & Ms. MOSCAT 2012.

Beautiful and witty la-dies, handsome and smart gentlemen are the ambas-sadors of the different com-peting units during the said event. The candidates were introduced to the MOSCAT community last September 3, 2012. They were dressed in their casual attire and had proven their worth as they walked, posed and smiled to the crowd. Everyone was very glad as they saw the elegance of the women and the style of the men which really captured the atten-tion of the people around. Then the candidates visited the different institutes and offices of the college for the courtesy call. Right af-ter the courtesy call, they had their “Adopt a Tree” activity. This activity was aimed to promote the im-portance of nature protec-tion and to make people realize their vital role in mitigating climate change. Along with this activity, the candidates were also very fortunate when they had their seminar-workshop about handicraft making from recyclable materi-als. All of them were very pleased with the knowledge and information gained for they know that it can be used as an effective tool to help curb the problem of solid waste.

The next day, the Mr. and Ms. MOSCAT candi-dates showed their confi-dence during the swimwear photo shoot at Janopolan Nature Spring Resort, Clave-ria, Misamis Oriental. Ev-eryone looked stunning and gorgeous in their swimwear. Everybody is also looking forward to the results of the other pictorial sessions especially for the selection of the Mr. and Ms. Photogenic.

This coming September 12, 2012, the candidates will have their Press Conference to determine how prepared they are, how witty they are, and how intelligent they are in front of the people toss-ing different questions. And on the night of September 14, 2012 at 7:00 PM, the

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By APIPA P. BAGUMBARAN

MARAWI City––Local of-ficials, civil society organiza-tions, and other concerned stakeholders called on the government to classify Lake Lanao as “Class A” fresh-water.

In yesterday’s public hearing for the Lake Lanao water classification, both the Provincial Council and the City Council presented their respective resolutions asking for the classification of Lake Lanao into “Class A.”

“Class A” freshwater can be sourced as drinking water provided they undergo some treatments in order to meet the National Standards

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Phivolcs’ exhibit in Zambo CityZAMBOANGA City––Th e Philippine Institute of Vol-canology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is holding an ex-hibit in this southern port city to keep the public informed about earthquake, tsunami and volcano.

Phivolcs-Zamboanga City Science Research An-alyst Engr. Allan Rommel Labayog said the exhibit “is one way of explaining (to the people)everything about earthquake and other natural phenomenon in the simplest form.”

On exhibit at the local Phivolcs offi ce in Barangay Sta. Maria are the new infor-mation materials which our offi ce our main offi ce installed last week, Labayog said.

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By AL JACINTO, Regional editor-Zamboanga

By BEN D. ARCHE DIGOS City––A tenant and a farm owner were slain while his son was wounded in a brawl that happened in Sitio Bob, Barangay Ba-rayong in Magsaysay town, Davao del Sur recently.

Chief Inspector Robert Caraoa, Magsaysay Police chief said the fight started when the farm caretaker complained of lopsided scal-ing of their palay harvest.

Killed were

2 killed, 1 hurt in farm row

Groups endorse Sulu governor as sole Armm gubernatorial candidateZAMBOANGA City––An umbrella organization of civil society groups in Min-danao has endorsed the governor of Sulu province as the government’s official candidate to next year’s elections in the Muslim autonomous region.

The Movement for Sus-tainable Good Governance, whose members include at least 30 civil society organi-zations from the five-prov-ince Muslim autonomous region, passed a resolution and a manifesto endorsing Gov. Sakur Tan to President Benigno Aquino.

Tan, who recently joined Aquino’s Liberal Party along with other provincial gov-ernors and mayors, was earlier endorsed by the Moro National Liberation

Front to the President as the official LP candidate for the elections in the Au-tonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

The Muslim region is

Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan and other ARMM governors and politicians take their oath as new mem-bers of President Benigno Aquino’s Liberal Party. A member of the Movement for Sustainable Good Governance signs his name in manifesto endorsing Sulu Governor Sakur Tan as the official candidate of the Aquino administration to the ARMM polls. At least 30 civil society organizations from the five-province Muslim autonomous region passed the manifesto fol-lowing a summit in Zamboanga City. Photo by Mark Navales and Maritess Fernandez

composed of Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Maguindanao and Lanao provinces, in-cluding the cities of Lamitan and Marawi.

“Gov. Sakur Tan has all the good qualities of a true leader and as representa-tive of the Muslim people; we have endorsed the Sulu governor to be the official candidate of the Aquino administration to the up-coming ARMM elections in May.”

“The civil society orga-nizations strongly support the leadership of Gov. Sakur Tan because of his genuine and untainted political ca-reer and sincerity to serve the people and bring peace, progress and development not only to Sulu province, but to the whole of the ARMM,” said Dr. Amildasa Annil, the leader convener and president of the Move-ment for Sustainable Good Governance.

Republic of the PhilippinesFOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT

Fourth Shari’a Judicial District IliganCity

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-072AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES HIDEHIKO KENNETH KIMURA and IRISH ROA KIMURA,

HIDEHIKO KENNETH KIMURA and IRISH ROA KIMURA, Petitioners,x--------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses Hidehiko Kenneth Kimura and Irish Roa Kimura and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Iligan City, their marriage was performed under Civil rite on July 30, 2007 at Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, they converted to Islam faith of which conversions to Islam were registered with this-Court: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2007 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2007 or for over five (5) years now, they had never been communicating or support-ing either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on July 30, 2007 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 25, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 5th day of September, 2012.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MDN: Sept 6, 13 & 20, 2012

Republic of the PhilippinesFOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT

Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-073AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JULIUS B. VIZCAYNO and DELIA T. QUIRANTE-VIZCAYNO,

JULIUS B. VIZCAYNO and DELIA T. QUIRANTE-VIZCAYNO, Petitioners.x-------------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of die divorce between herein spouses JULIUS B. VIZCAYNO and DELIA T. QUIRANIE-VIZCAYNO and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Dr. 6. Falang Apt., San Jose Subd., Mahayahay, Iligan City and at Cebu City respectively, their marriage was performed under Civil rite April 2, 1977 at San Fernando, Cebu they converted to Islam faith of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court; That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested in compatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2000 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2000 or for over twelve (12) years now, they had never been communicating or sup-porting either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on April 2,1977 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 25, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, thiis 5th day of September, 2012.


MDN: Sept 6, 13 & 20, 2012

Republic of the Philippines FOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT

Fourth Shari’a Judicial DistrictIligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-074AM) REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES DENNIS A. RAMIREZ AND LOVELLAMAE T. KWONG,

DENNIS A. RAMIREZ AND LOVELLAMAE T. KWONG. Petitioners.x---------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses DENNIS A. RAMIREZ and LOVELLAMAE T. KWONG, and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Tipanoy, Iligan City and Lumbia Airport, Cagayan de Oro City respectively, their marriage was performed under Civil rite on December 21, 2000 at Cagayan de Oro City, their converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court; That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship mani-fested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2005 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2005 or for over seven (7) years now, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs: petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on December 21, 2000, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient In form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 22, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 5th day of September, 2012.


MDN: Sept 6, 13 & 20, 2012



IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-076AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES CHARLIE A. SUZON AND CRYSTAL M. BALASTA-SUZON,

CHARLIE A. SUZON AND CRYSTAL M. BALASTA- SUZON, Petitioners,x----------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses CHARLIE A. SUZON and CRYSTAL M. BALASTA-SUZON and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Iligan City, their marriage was performed under Civil rite celebrated on May 8, 2005 at Clarin, Misamis Oriental, their converted to Islam faith of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2007 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2007 or for over five (5) years now, they had never been communicating or support-ing either financially or emotionally to each other: neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on May 8, 2005 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 26, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 6th day of September, 2012.


MDN: Sept 6, 13 & 20, 2012

Gold Star Daily and MindaNews correspon-dent Cong Corrales said that two police officers carrying high-powered firearms (M-16 rif les) stopped reporters from entering the conference room in the DILG-Region 10 building where a hear-ing on the administrative case against Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Emano was being held.

Corrales chairs the C agayan de Oro City chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.

The police officers al-legedly told Corrales that

DILG imposes media blackoutOFFICIALS from the regional office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Cagayan de Oro City barred reporters last September 10 from covering a hearing on an administrative case against the city mayor, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) sounded the alarm bell yesterday.

the hearing was “exclusive” to the parties in the case. Corrales said he offered to send one reporter each from print, radio and TV to cover the proceedings, but that the policemen refused.

In a press conference after the hearing, DILG investigating officer Ran-nie Palisok claimed that the order to bar the media came from DILG Legal Ser vice Director Jesus Duque IV.

Palisok added that the conference room where the hearing was held could not accommodate reporters due to space limitations.

However, Corrales told CMFR that the same num-ber of reporters expected to cover the hearing were able to fit in the same con-ference room during an emergency Cabinet meet-ing called by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the aftermath of the 2009 flash floods in the city.

Corrales said DILG-Re-gion 10 Assistant Regional Director Nilo Castañares also said the counsels from both parties had agreed to bar the media so the proceedings would pro-ceed “smoothly.” But both counsels denied that they had agreed to bar reporters

from covering the hearing.CMFR tried to talk to

Castañares, but his sec-retary said he was out of town.

An information officer of DILG in Region 10 told CMFR there was no order from the department to bar the media from covering the hearing.

She insisted that it was the counsels who had re-quested that the hearing be exclusive to the parties concerned.

The information offi-cer added that the armed policemen were posted at the venue to maintain peace and order.

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ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI. . .

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THINK a minute.There was a young, in-

telligent university student named Bill. Bill was what some people call a “free spirit” or “hippie.”

He had wild long hair, always wore the same old and torn T-shirt, jeans and no shoes.

Across the street from the university campus was a conservative church.

The people there were rich, older and well-dressed. They wanted to help the university students nearby, but they did not know ex-actly how to do it.

Well, one day Bill de-cided to go visit this church by his university. As usual, he went wearing his only jeans, old, torn T-shirt and his dirty long hair.

The church service had already started and was full, so Bill walked down

Think A Minute

Jhan Tiafau HurstJhan Tiafau Hurst

The hippie and the old man

the center aisle looking for a seat.

People were getting more and more uncomfortable as they watched this unclean, wild-looking young man.

Finally, Bill got to the front and saw there were no more empty seats, so he just sat down on the floor right in front of the preacher.

No one had ever done that in this church before! By now, everyone was upset and distracted.

Then, a respected old

church deacon got up and started toward the front.

Everyone was thinking: “You can’t blame the deacon, he really should correct this disrespectful young man.” Everyone was watching.

Eve n t he pre a che r stopped his sermon when the old man finally got to the front. Then, they were all completely surprised to see the old deacon drop his walking stick and very slowly sit down on the floor next to this young hippie.

He did not want this

young man to sit alone and feel unaccepted. The people in the church were moved to tears.

Finally, the preacher said: “What I am preaching about today you will prob-ably never remember. But what you have just seen you will never forget!”

Friend, it does not mat-ter how you look or how much money or education you have. It does not mat-ter what wrongs you have done in your past.

Jesus Christ forgives and loves you just the way you are.

So won’t you ask Him to forgive you and finally take full charge of your life?

He will fill your life with His real love, peace, and power you need to start changing and living His way every day.

Just Think a Minute.

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PEOPLE are knitting brows on the case filed against Mayor Vicente Emano. Emano is charged with alleged derelic-tion of duty and gross negligence in connection with Typhoon Sendong.

Not only because the case clearly demonstrated ‘political harassment’ but its motive is also definitely designed to discredit Emano. Oftentimes, we are resolve that cases such as these are in good faith. However, an instinc-tive appraisal of the case leads us to consider that such is a mockery in the highest order.

Obviously, the Department of Interior and Local Gov-ernment (DILG) know beforehand that the case against Emano was an empty complaint. Unconfirmed reports had it that President Aquino himself is not interested in the case. Had the case convinced the President, the investiga-tion would have moved after the complainants filed the case in Malacañang early this year.

An informant from the Office of the President said that Aquino originally endorsed the case to former inte-rior Secretary Jesse Robredo for investigation. However, Robredo knew that the case was ridiculous and did not lift a finger. Newly installed Secretary Mar Roxas reopened the case allegedly on instigation of Gov. Oscar Moreno of Misamis Oriental. It is of public knowledge that Moreno was an ally of former Pres. Arroyo. Moreno heads Lakas-Kampi political party in Misamis Oriental until he joined LP early this year.

Everybody know that Moreno joined the Liberal Party (LP) through Mar Roxasl Roxas is LP’s national Chair. Undeniably, local LP leaders were saddened with the in-clusion of Moreno that some of them even lodged formal protest. Well, what is new in Philippine politics? Moreno was thinking of his political future and joining LP would probably help him attain his goal.

Although Moreno knew that the case against Emano was ridiculous, he also knew that the case, if politically handled, would certainly pin Emano. Moreno knew that Sec. Roxas could execute his plan. Whether Moreno has a hand in Emano’s political persecution, every Emano opponent is a suspect. That is politics. Anyway, this con-tention could be true but there is no denying that the only way to win against Emano in an election is to prevent him (Emano) from running an elective post.

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… I lift up my eyes to the mountains---where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth…” (Psalm 121:1-2, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-ROTARY CLUB OF IN-

TRAMUROS TURN-OVER CEREMONY: I am thank-ful to God, in the name of Jesus, that the Rotar

y Club of Intramuros is once more witnessing its annual turn-over of leadership to its new set of officers who will be at the helm in discharging and fulfilling the very noble mission entrusted to all Rotarians worldwide---which is “Service Above Self ”---for Rotary Year 2012-2013, by “Building Peace Through Service”.

This turn-over and induction ceremony on September 13, 2012 is a testament to the enduring commitment of the Club’s members, aptly called the

Continuing to live by Rotary’s ideals

We must prepare for war

“Ilustres” of Rotary In-ternational District 3810, to continue being in the forefront of helping the poor, the marginalized, and the multitude of less fortunate members of Phil-ippine society, voluntarily, and always selflessly.

Personally, this is my second turn-over and in-duction ceremony with the Club. I first did this in 2007, after finishing my first term as president under the Leader Team of Past District Governor Lyne Abanilla, who also belongs to the Rotary Club of Intramuros.

I have been honored by the Club when it returned

me as president once again, for Rotary Year 2011-2012---the only one so re-elected in its 31-year history.

-ooo-LET US CONTINUE TO

LIVE BY ROTARY IDE-ALS: As long as we have members who are willing to set aside personal interests to pursue the collective dream of Rotary to serve each and every person who is in need and to make a difference in his life, and then take the mantle of Club leadership even at the cost of personal comfort, finances and, occasionally, relationships, and as long as we hold on together, as the popular song goes, in

our desire to serve with-out expecting anything in return, then, our dream of seeing the world changed for the best will never die.

Indeed, through the years, the Rotary Club of Intramuros has contin-ued to “Lead the Way” in the worldwide effort to be the charitable and service organization of choice, as shown by Ilustres tirelessly joining Rotarians of all kinds of creed and color, all kinds of faith and spiritual denominations and political persuasions everywhere, to “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity.”

As we draw to a close the ChangeMaker Year under the leadership of RI President Kalyan Ba-nerjee of the Rotary Club of Vappee, India, and of District Governor Ernesto Y. Choa of the Rotary Club of Bagumbayan Manila, may I make this plea, one more time: let us continue to live by the Rotary

THE world is shaky. Inter-national human relations are shaky too. A lot of countries, it seems, do not understand with each other anymore. Or if they still have good relationship, it is quite bad. It does not look precious and lovely. Some world leaders have ugly attitude and are not so friendly like many years ago.

World power is domi-nated by a few big nations, who themselves are not hav-ing beautiful relationship. The problem is they have nuclear weapons which if used irresponsibly can blow out earth in not so

The Striker

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long a period.The Philippines has

always been a very weak country. It was some of our leaders who became pow-erful, wealthy and strong. Some of them just disap-pear and perhaps settle somewhere else beyond the reach of suspicion or

prosecution. A lot of them have properties in foreign lands either registered in their names or in someone’s name Their estate proper-ties are safe under the care by others. And who will run after them or their proper-ties in such a situation?

Our Armed Forces is

weak. It lacks men, guns and other powerful weapons. We lack modern war materials and surely we cannot face any enemy in a war. Again, this is the fault of our lead-ers who never paid any attention to strengthening our military. We have age old cannons, old units of planes, poorly equipped small vessels that could not even fight the smuggler in Mindanao. We simply are weak. We have so many of-ficers in the military with few soldiers without proper weapons.

How can we defend

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CAGAYAN ELECTRIC POWER & LIGHT CO., INC

Important Notice to CEPALCO Customers

Subject: Scheduled Power Interruption on Sunday, September 16, 2012 The Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co., Inc. (CEPALCO) would like to inform all customers that power supply will be interrupted on September 16, 2012 as shown below: Reasons : TO FACILITATE THE ERECTION OF 69KV STRUCTURES ALONG BUGO, PUERTO, AGUSAN AND

TABLON AREAS.

Date

: Sunday, September 16, 2012

A. Interruption Time : 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM (12 hours)

Affected Areas : M3 - TAGOLOAN-CAGAYAN 69-KV CIRCUIT: 1. Cagayan de Oro Oil Company, Tablon 2. Cagayan Corn Products, Tablon

TAGOLOAN FEEDER # 1: 1. Portion of Barangay Bugo from Upper Bantiles up to Puerto. 2. All the Barangays of Puerto, Agusan, Tablon, Baloy & Cugman. 3. Portion of Gusa from Cugman side up to Philippine Independent Church, Gusa. 4. Malasag, FS Catanico and Balubal. 5. DMPI plantation, MENZI Agri, etc..

B. Interruption Time : 6:00 AM – 7:30 AM (1 hour and 30 minutes) switching works 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM (1 hour and 30 minutes) switching works

Affected Areas : M3 - TAGOLOAN-CAGAYAN 69-KV CIRCUIT: 1. Del Monte Philippines, Inc., Bugo 2. Mitimco, Baloy 3. Gaisano City, Recto Ave. 4. Lim Ket Kai Mall, Lapasan 5. Lim Ket Kai Plant, Puntod 6. Nestle Philippines, Inc. Tablon 7. Alwana, Cugman 8. HCH Corporation, Tagoloan 9. Vicmar, Tagoloan

TAGOLOAN FEEDER # 1: 1. Portion of Natumulan down to Casinglot, Tagoloan. 2. Portion of Barangay Bugo, from Casignglot side up to Greymar & Reyes Subdivisions. 3. Portion of Gusa from Philippine Independent Church, Gusa up to Lapasan 4. Greater portion of Lapasan. 5. Portion of Lapasan-Camaman-an road from Recto Ave. towards Limketkai Commercial

Center including Grand Caprice Restaurant. 6. All of Osmeña St. and portion of Cogon Market Area including Roxas St. towards portion

of JR Borja St.. 7. Upper Gusa & Indahag.

CHARLIE FEEDER # 1: 1. Greater portion of the City Poblacion along and bounded by Hayes St., Mortola St., JR

Borja St. including S.Daumar St. up to corner JR. Borja St., Aguinaldo St. up to corner Justo Ramonal St.,

2. Along Pabayo St.; including portions of C. Pacana St., JR Borja St., Gomez St., C.Taal St., T.Neri St., Abejuela St., Hayes St. and Gaerlan St. from Pabayo St..

MACASANDIG FEEDER # 1: 1. Hayes St. from corner A.Velez St. towards City Hall area & Burgos St., along T.Chavez St.

from Burgos St. up to Tiano Bros. St. - including portions of Tiano Bros. St., Rizal St., Capistrano St. from Hayes St.; and; Dolores St..

2. Along Burgos St. from T.Chavez St. up to corner Gomez St. including portions of Abejuela St., T.Neri St., Cruz Taal St. and Gomez St. from Burgos St..

3. Surroundings along Mabini St. from corner A.Velez St. towards Capistrano St. up to corner Gomez St. including portions of Tiano Bros. St. from Mabini St.; Yacapin St. from Capistrano St. towards Burgos St.; and; C.Pacana St., JR Borja St. and Gomez St. from Capistrano St.

4. Along Pabayo and T. Saco Streets from Dolores towards Clementino Chaves St. up to 15th-26th St., Nazareth.

5 Greater portion of Macasandig all of Tibasak all the way to Taguanao CHARLIE FEEDER # 2: 1. Portions of T.Chavez St. from Corrales Ave. up to Tiano Bros. St. including portions of

A.Velez St from Hayes St.. 2. Along Hayes St. from Camaman-an towards V.Roa St. up to corner J.Ramonal Ext.,

including Pinikitan, Adela, Balangiao area, Quirino St. and Yacapin Ext.; portions of Macasandig, XU Grade School areas.

3. Along J.Ramonal Ext. from Sto. Niño, Cogon towards V.Roa St., R.Chavez St. up to Corrales Ave. corner A.Luna St.; D. Velez St & Yacapin St., JR Borja Sts between V. Roa St. and Mortola St.(PNB/Everbest) towards Daumar Sts. To Yacapin Ext. up to Doña Nieves St.

4. Along Corrales Ave. towards FICCO, Nazareth, including Yacapin Street Towards Capistrano St.,

5. Greater portion of Nazareth; greater portion of Ramonal Village. From Hayes-12th Sts up to T.Saco-14th Sts. ,T.Saco-6th Sts.,14th-21st Sts., and 15th-21st Sts.

6. Along Montalban St. from near Tiano Bros. St. towards Burgos St., del Pilar St. and Magsaysay St. including portions of Macahambus St. and Abellanosa St. from Burgos St..

7. Portions of A.Luna St. from corner Corrales Ave.; towards vicinities along A.Velez St. up to corner Mabini St. including portion of: Makahambus St. from A.Velez St. and Tiano Bros. St. from Macahambus St.

CHARLIE FEEDER # 4: 1. Portions of Camaman-an near and including towards Manto to the San Jose and St.

Vianney Seminaries, greater portion of Camaman-an proper towards Bontong, Bolonsori up to Upper Camaman-an and Hayes Subdivision including Tipolohon.

2. Part of Limketkai Center, Lapasan including Mc Donalds, PNB and Allied Bank. 3. Along Recto Ave. from corner Agora Road towards Maharlika Bridge including Coca-Cola

Plant Portion of A.Luna St. towards all of Mabulay Subdivision including portion of the Provincial Capitol and Provincial Hospital Area.

4. Medical Center area along and bounded by Capistrano St., Echem St. up to corner Akut St., A.Velez St., and Recto Ave.(UCCP side), including all of Consolacion.

5. Corrales Ext. from Gaabucayan St. towards most of PPA area. 6. Agora Market area including Gaabucayan St and portion of Lapasan. 7. J.Pacana St. from Recto Avenue towards all of Macabalan area. 8. All of RER Subdivision Phases I & 2 including Dolores compound; towards Fortune Express

Shop along Maharlika Highway; including all of NHA-KSS Subdivision and portion of Bayabas near Manila Broadcasting Radio Station to Capisnon area.

9. Greater part of Bulua from Bulua Rotonda towards all of Iponan. 10. Greater part of Patag including Calamansi Drive, Apovel subdivision, Terry Hills

subdivision and Anhawon, Bulua area. 11. Along 6th Division Road from PNP Regional Training School up to Bulua Rotonda

PUEBLO FEEDER # 2: 1. Portion of Upper Carmen, Upper Balulang and all of Brgy. Lumbia including; PNR Sawmill,

Shop and transmitter; Pueblo de Oro, Camella Homes, Xavier Estates, Xavier Heights, Xavier High School, La Buena Vida, Frontiera and Montana subdivisions; CAA-BAT Lumbia Airport & Rio Verde.

CARMEN FEEDER # 3: 1. Portions of Carmen: along vicinities of Villarin St. towards portion of Canitoan-Pagatpat

Road; including St. Mary’s Academy (formerly Cathedral School of Technology), Golden Village, City Hospital-DOH Area, COWD reservoir and Seriña St. from Villarin St. down to Madonna and Child Hospital.

2. M.Suniel St. from Villarin St. down towards portion of Mabolo St.; including Matilde Neri St., Dabatian St. and Cagayan de Oro College area; and; portion of Lirio St. area.

3. Portions of Upper Carmen towards Dagong including SM CITY; PRYCE HOTEL; SPUM & SEARSOLIN.

4. Greater part of Patag along 6th Division Road up to PNP Regional Training School including Calamansi Drive & Camp Evangelista.

Power will however be restored immediately without notice when line works of CEPALCO are completed earlier than scheduled.

We hope the affected customers and the public in general

will be guided by this announcement. Thank you. Released by: Ms. Marilyn A. Chavez

Senior Manager Customer & Community Relations Dept. MDN: Sept 13, 2012

ILIGAN City––The final draft of the city disaster risk reduction manage-ment plan (DRRMP) is expected to be completed in mid-October, this year.

This was stated by Ms. Gemma Dalena, coordinator of the United Na-tions Development Program of Iligan, who helped in the preparation of the said plan.

She assured that everything is still within the two to three-month timetable.

There is still another round of meeting with the technical working group, work of the writing team and consultations with the four pillars of the city DRRM Council before this is approved.

The crafted Iligan City DRRM plan will serve as the guide of the city DRRM council in the implementation of the programs and projects against the ad-verse effects of calamities the city for the year 2012 to 2020. (MTA, VCG/asf )

Iligan DRRM plan up for completion next month

By MELVIN T. ANGGOT and VIRGILIO C. GARCIA

By AIDA C. AGAD

NORTH Cotabato––The local government unit of Makilala town continues the values formation campaign among its employees.

Makilala Mayor Rudy Caoagdan said, the cam-paign ensures efficient de-livery of basic services to the constituents.

The crusade, the mayor added, is in addition to the LGUs effort to face the problem on poverty.

Mayor Caogdan vowed to make sure that all gov-ernment workers in the municipality are able to complete the two-day values formation trainings and spiritual retreat initiated by the LGU, in partnership with Fr. Jun Matas of the

Makilala pushes values formation for

public servantsOblates Mary Immaculate (OMI) congregation.

The latest values forma-tion and spiritual retreat attended by local govern-ment employees was held on September 4-5, this year.

The first session was conducted April this year, with about 300 municipal personnel attending.

The Department of Edu-cation (DepEd) Makilala District had also allowed its more than 700 teachers to undergo the same training activity last August.

Mayor Caoagdan is hopeful that more govern-ment personnel will have deeper commitments for an honest and dedicated public service delivery in Makilala town. (ac agad PIA12/asf)

Golden Boulevard Urban Poor Officers Take Oath - The new set of officers of the Golden Boulevard Urban Poor Association of Zone II, Barangay Carmen pose with City Mayor Vi-cente Emano after taking their oath during this week’s flagraising ceremony at City Hall. (CIOPHOTO/asf)

By DANILO E. DOGUILES

KORONADAL City––Pan-tawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) or the Condi-tion Cash Transfer (CCT) is expanding towards fami-lies and children in need of special protection, said DSWD-12 Director Zora-hayda T. Taha.

She further said, the modified CCT will “provide and strengthen the safety, protection, and develop-ment of children in difficult circumstance.”

More than 8,000 benefi-ciaries that include home-less families, families of child laborers, indigenous peoples, migrant families,

4Ps to cover homeless, displaced families

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Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez answers questions raised by resource persons during a recent Committee on Revision of Laws hearing in the House of Representatives for House Bill 1495 (An Act Amending RA 9344, otherwise known as the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006), which he authored together with Abante Mindanao Congressman Maximo Rodriguez, Jr. Rep. Rodriguez filed the bill in order to, among others, lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 years old to 12 years old who acted with discernment. He filed this bill to help curb the nefarious practice of syndicates in using minors to commit crimes. House Bill 1495 was consolidated into House Bill 6052 which was subsequently ap-proved by the House of Representatives and transmitted to the Senate. Also in the photo is Rep. Pedro M. Pancho of the 2nd District of Bulacan.

COTABATO City––Fresh fighting erupted anew when members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and fighters of breakaway Bangsamore Islamic Freedom Fighters clashed Monday in Maguindano town of Datu Saudi Ampatuan wounding a civilian.

Col. Prudencio Asto, Army’ 6th In-fantry Division spokesman, identified the wounded as Kasan Lauban, a local villager.

Asto said the firefight started as mem-bers of both factions, who were long fight-ing for a piece of land in Sitio Maligaya,

part of Barangay Kitango, met by chance in the area on Monday morning.

The hostilities resulted in the evacua-tion of hundreds of villagers from Kitango and nearby villages.

Asto said the firefight only ceased after senior MILF Commander Wahid Tundok went to the area and convinced the war-ring parties to cease fire.

The clash was the first recorded between the two groups after signing a local peace covenant last week.

MILF clashes with BIFF in Ma’danao

A ‘GHOST BUSTER’ has annihilated different kind of bizarre ghosts in the then-graft ridden Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), resulting in the discovery of the missing P1.6 billion worth of pre-miums of public school teachers and employees in the region, according to Senator Franklin Drilon on Monday.

Drilon identified the ‘ghost buster’ as OIC ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman who revealed the anomaly during the Senate finance com-mittee deliberation on the ARMM’s proposed P13.998 billion budget for 2013.

”We have no ghost buster in ARMM. And he is Mujiv Hataman. Why do we say this? Because in ARMM there are a lot of ghosts: ghost lawyers, ghost voters, ghost internally displaced persons, ghost contrac-tors, ghost gasoline stations.

CAMP SIONGCO, Magu-indanao -- Unidentified armed men fired rifle gre-nade at the house of a town mayor in Maguindanao that left one wounded, police said Monday.

Maguindanao police director Senior Supt. Jaime Pido said a manhunt had been launched against the attacker/s who fired three M-203 rifle grenades at the house of Datu Salibo Mayor Akmad Ampatuan Saturday evening which wounded a family worker.

Pido said police investi-gation showed that one of

Armed men attack Ampatuan’s house

the grenades landed near the mayor’s house while the two others fell near the house of Nor Kalon, the house helper.

According to Pido, the family believed that the strafing and grenade attack was politically motivated.

It was the second time, since last year, that mayor Ampatuan’s house was sub-jected to harassment. The mayor was among those charged in the brutal Maguindanao “chainsaw massacre” where scores were killed including 30 journalists.

P1.6b payment for ‘ghost’ mentors in Armm exposed

There were ghost employees so that a total of P1.6 mil-lion in GSIS, PagIBIG and PhilHealth premiums could not be located,” Drilon told the media after the budget hearing.

In an effort to trace the people behind the irregular-ity, Hataman has asked the Senate blue ribbon commit-tee, headed by Mindanao Senator Teofisto Guingona III, and Drilon’s finance committee to investigate the missing P1.6 billion in GSIS, PhilHealth and Pagibig premiums.

”Upon the suggestion of Gov. Hataman, the blue rib-bon committee and finance committee will conduct an investigation on where funds went because right thou-sands of teachers could not avail of the benefits in the GSIS because the premiums were collected per record but there is no record of remittances,” Drilon said.

By PAT SAMONTE and JOEL PORTUGAL

BUTUAN City––Police ar-rested two drug suspects and confiscated 20 sachets of methamphetamine hydro-chloride or shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 1, General Luna, Surigao del Norte Sunday.

In a belated report, Caraga police spokesper-son Supt. Martin Gamba identified the suspects as Leonardo Gonzaga, 25, and his live-in partner Cherrylyn Esclamado, 23. During the “sting” operation at around 2:30 pm, the police opera-tives also seized from the suspects five 1,000-peso bills, a red Honda motorcycle and several drug paraphernalia.

General Luna Vice May-or Pastor Bioy, Barangay 1 councilmen Ariel Reyes and Bobby Cometa were present during the operation, Gamba said. Suspects were detained at Surigao City police station while the seized items are now under the custody of Surigao del Norte Provincial Crime Laboratory also in Surigao City, he added.

Cops nabtwo drug suspects

CAGAYAN de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano said the adoption of the Updated Disaster Protocol and Alert System will serve as a guide and will help the city dur-ing calamities.

In a press statement, the mayor lauded the members of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) for coming up with this measure.

The alert system was presented by CDRRMC officer Engr. Mario Batar during the council’s meeting Thursday presided over by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas.

He said this was the result of a Multi-Hazard Con-tingency Planning workshop sponsored by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair (UN-OCHA) upon the request of the mayor, who is the CDRRMC chair.

“Dako kaayong tabang ang pagsagop sa updated di-saster operational protocol and alert system nga maoy mag-giya sa dakbayan sa hustong mga paagi ug sistema

Protocol, alert system to guide Oro during calamities, says Emano

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The search is on for the best news and feature reporting on biodiversity and climate change. The hot issue of biodiversity and climate change received a much-needed public awareness boost when the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), GIZ and the Phil-ippine Press Institute (PPI) launched the special award on “Best in Biodiversity and Climate Change Reporting” at the 2012 National Press Forum held in Manila. This is a special award under the 2012-2013 Civic Journalism Community Press Awards that will be presented dur-ing the 17th National Press Forum in June 2013. It has become evident that climate change and biodiversity are intrinsically linked. Ecosystems and their biodiversity are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. However, when conserved and man-aged sustainably, intact and biodiverse ecosystems pose immense opportunities for climate protection and ad-aptation to climate change. Biodiversity and ecosys-tems provide livelihood to millions of Southeast Asians in rural and urban areas. The region is home to more than 20 percent of the global biodiversity, approximately 35 percent of the global mangrove forests, and 30 percent of the coral reefs. It is therefore not surprising that the Philippines, as part of the ASEAN, is considered as the haven of a multitude of the world’s rarest plant and animal species. However, many of these ecosystems and their bio-diversity are already being affected by climate change, which puts sustainable de-velopment in peril. The chal-lenge lies in the promotion of appreciation and aware-

Reporting on biodiversity and climate change awards is up

ness of biodiversity and the services it provides, while encouraging conservation efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. According to Dr. Ber-thold Seibert, project direc-tor of the ACB-GIZ Biodi-versity and Climate Change Project, “the relationship between biodiversity and climate change cannot be translated into a gut issue that the man on the street can understand without the help of the media, especially the newspapers. GIZ and ACB recognize media’s sig-nificant role as a partner in demystifying biodiversity and promoting the link between biodiversity and climate change and high-lighting their importance to humans”. Rolly Inciong, head of ACB’s Communication and Public Affairs, said that through this special cat-egory, ACB, GIZ and PPI will recognize the efforts of community journalists in educating the public on the linkage between biodi-versity and climate change. Are the Filipino com-munity journalists up for this challenge? Now is the opportunity for local news-papers to publish articles related to biodiversity and climate change and submit entries to PPI from Septem-ber 2012 to May 2013. The winners of this category will be announced in June 2013. Community journalists may check the following websites for more information on climate change and bio-diversity: UN-REDD www.un-redd.org, Global Issues www.globalissues.org, PBS Newsletter www.pbs.org, Science and Development Network www.scidev.net, Conservation International www.conservation.org.

By Mike Baños

FORMER Senator Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. believes the Philippines needs a road map for the coconut in-dustry to restore its once dominant position in the global oils market. Listed as one of President Benigno Simeon Aquino’s first six choices for the Lib-eral Party’s senatorial slate for the 2013 elections, Mag-saysay said he would look into how the Senate could restore the country’s com-petitiveness in the highly competitive lauric oils global market. “The share of coconut oil (CNO) is about seven percent,” Mr. Magsaysay said. “It’s expensive and con-sidered a premium oil but Europeans and Americans prefer it especially in the baking industry. Soybean and palm oils have a 55 percent market share and are cheaper.” Besides the price issue, Mr. Magsaysay said such a road map should also ad-dress the country’s inability to replace senile coconut trees. “Indonesia accounts for 34.9% of the world’s coconut production even if they have a lower total acreage than

Magsaysay eyes road map to revive PHL coconut industry

the Philippines (2,231,710 has. Vs. 3,401,500) because they have a higher yield per hectare (6.67MT/ha vs. 4.61MT/ha.),” he added. Mr. Magsaysay said In-donesia continues to plant coconut trees in contrast with the Philippines where they are continually cut down. The coconut industry is considered a major dol-lar-earner in the country that provides livelihood to a third of the country's population. One fourth of the country’s 12 million hectares of farmlands is devoted to coconut farms in 68 provinces. The Philippines currently has a 59 percent share in the total coconut exports globally, and the industry contributes 1.14 percent to the gross national product every year. It provides liveli-hood for some 3.5 million coconut farmers, mainly in Southern Luzon and Min-danao. “I was in Cagayan de Oro earlier with former Senator Bobby Tañada to find out if the copra industry is still viable,” Mr. Magsaysay said in a press conference hosted by the Misamis Oriental provincial capitol Friday, Sept. 7. “It seems that half

the time, our plants are not running because we run out of copra and have to import from other countries like Papua New Guinea.” Exports of coconut based commodities from Region X increased by 27 percent in 2011 to US$ 528.6-mil-lion despite a 29 percent drop in volume, figures from the Phil. Coconut Authority Region X show. For the second quarter of 2012, however, the value of coconut-based exports from the region dropped 42.31% to US$ 121.4-mil-lion compared to the same period last year despite a five percent increase in mature nut production, six percent rise in copra production and 37.2 percent increase in green nut production. Mr. Magsaysay said also wanted to take a first-hand look at Region X to see more what the government and the private can do.“I have some friends who are part of the country’s policy making body so it’s good to give them a feedback what are the real on the ground conditions on this part of the Philippines.” In particular, Mr. Mag-saysay cited how the Phil-ippines coconut industry suffers in comparison to

those of Indonesia and Ma-laysia where the large-scale corporate farms which can operate more efficiently are the norm. “Because of land re-form, we no longer have large scale farms which have been splintered and are not efficient for large scale production,” Magsaysay said. “We believe if we have a government road map to rehab our industry we can do better.” He cited the recent ex-ecutive order issued by Pres. Aquino to the DENR allow-ing the planting of coco-nuts in leased government lands for as long as 25 years akin to the timber licensing agreements (TLAs) for the production of forest lumber trees. “Our capitalists are not interested to develop agribusiness in the rural areas,” he lamented. “Un-less you have a large scale farm like the PCA model of 20 hectares with 2,000 trees, corporate coconut production is not viable.” The former legislator also cited the need to spur development of new high-value added products such as coco sugar and xylose besides virgin coconut oil (VCO), desiccated coconut and biofuels, which have the potential to further expand the potential of the industry which now produces 47 products for the domestic market and 62 for foreign markets, making coconut a strategic agricultural com-modity.

The National Statistics Of-fice reports aggregate merchan-dise exports for the first quarter of 2012, showed an increase of 4.6 percent to $12.856 billion from $12.286 billion posted during the same quarter in 2011. Coconut oil retained its eminent position among the top five export commodities along with apparel, woodcraft and furniture, coconut oil, banana and tuna.

By Ben D. Arche

DAVAO City – A code of practice (COP) that would regulate the Pummelo (Pom-elo) industry in Region XI is now being drafted by the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) for the Davao Pomelo

Industry Council (DPIC). The code will standardize the practice employed in the processing and packaging to ensure the quality of the product. Marie Lou Gabiana, IP Field Operations Unit spe-cialist said the code will

serve as the guidelines for all the activities of the pum-

melo growers in region. Gabiana added the COP will be completed early month and to be reviewed by the pummelo growers on Sept. 14. “The growers will pro-vide inputs in the processing that would be incorporated to the COP,” Gabina said. On Oct. 1, she said, rep-resentatives from BPI-11 and stakeholders will con-vene for the presentation of the code. At least three pummelo or pomelo producers in the region like the Nenita Pe-

Guidelines drafted for Pomelo industry in Davao Region

trade, Vic Farm and Davao Golden Pomelo have applied for GI quality seal to make their products distinct from the products coming from other places. These big three growers have initiated the forma-tion of the Davao Pomelo Industry Council in Region 11. Gabina said the GI qual-ity seal will be an additional mark, which signifies pre-mium quality aside from the firm’s stamp that would identify the origin of the product.

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IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-077AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ANTONIO R. TABILJRAN AND ANNALYN C. REGUYA,

ANTONIO R. TABILIRAN AND ANNALYN C. REGUYA, Petitioners.x---------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses ANTONIO R. TABILIRAN and ANNALYN C. REGUYA, and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Molave, Zamboanga del Sur and Iligan City, respectively, their marriage was performed under Civil rite on October 24, 1999 at Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship mani-fested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2007 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2007 or for over five (5) years now, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on October 24, 1999, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 26, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not he granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 6th day of September, 2012.


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IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-078AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES VAN TUNG VO AND CECILS T. DOMINGUEZ,

CECILYIN T. DOMINGUEZ AND VAN TUNG VO. Petitioners.x-------------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses VAN TUNG VO and CECILYN T. DOMINGUEZ, and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Oroquieta City and Iligan City, respectively, their marriage was performed under Civil rite celebrated on July 10, 2006 at Tudela, Misamis Occidental, they converted to Islam faith of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court: That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2007 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation In the early part of 2007 or for over five (5) years now, they had never been communicating or support-ing either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on July 10, 2006 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden: reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 26, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 6th day September, 2012.


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IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-071AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JULIO V. TERO and VICTORIA B. TERO,

JULIO V. TERO and VICTORIA E. TERO.Petitioners,x--------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses JULIO V. TERO sad VICTORIA E. TERO and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Iligan City, their marriage was performed under Civil rite on May 18, 1999 at Alubijid, Misamis Oriental, their converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2004 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2004 or for over eight (8) years now, they had never been communicating or support-ing either financially or emotionally to each other; neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on May 18, 1999 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 25, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 5th day of September, 2012.


MDN: Sept 6, 13 & 20, 2012


Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligaii City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-069AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES EFREN B. HILARIO and EDNA R. HILARIO,

EFREN E. HILARIO and EDNA R. HILARIO, Petitioners.x---------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified Joint Petition for approval and registration of the divorce between herein spouses EFREN B. HILARIO and EDNA R. IHLARIO and alleging among others; That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, both Muslim converts and residents of Iligan City their marriage was performed under Civil rite on September 9, 1989 at Lala, Latiao del Norte, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were registered with this Court: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship mani-fested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioner and respondent and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2002 they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in the early part of 2002 or for over ten (10) years now, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other: neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner and respondent seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on September 9, 1989, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them is no longer a remedy, as all efforts necessary for possible reconciliation had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this Joint Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hear-ing of this case on September 25, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 5th day of September, 2012.


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City administrator Leon Gan said the Ching’s com-plaint could withstand in court. He did not elaborate.

Earlier, the city govern-ment charged New Wishing Star Trading Corp. for al-leged unauthorized inser-tions in some provision of the contact of lease making it appear that the city govern-ment has agreed on those questionable provisions.

Checks...from page 1

here were “simultaneous-ly closed and abandoned.”

Poloyapoy said de Dios was reported to have loaded several appliances and valu-able goods on a black Toyota sports utility vehicle with a PNP commemorative plate.

Police Sr. Supt. Nerio Bermudo, officer-in-charge of the Butuan City Police Office, warned the public to be wary of the suspect’s modus operandi. He also directed all station com-manders in the city to locate the suspect and “file ap-propriate charges in court if situation warrants.”

“We urge the complain-ants to file their complaints immediately so that we can apprehend the suspect if she is located anywhere in Butuan City,” he said.

Poloyapoy said the vic-tims lodged their complaints with the police for record purposes only. He did not name the victims.

Fresh...from page 1

Franklin Baker invested some P97.438 million for the expansion of their des-iccated copra production, creamed coconut and coco-nut concentrate while the Mati-Peat augmented its capital by P10.915 million for their coconut peat.

DTI-11 said that the investment status of Davao Region for the first six months of this year was considered low compared to the investment standing of same period last year.

The region had a total of P3.958 billion in invest-ment in the first semester of 2011 mostly from housing, processing facilities and business process outsourc-ing (BPO).

Listed as top investor in 2011 was Therma South, Inc. with P24 billion followed by New Carcar Manufac-turing - P3.5 billion, and Southernpoint Properties Corporation - P2.340 bil-lion.

Pensions...from page 1

its Board of Trustees, will condone P14 billion of accrued interest as well as grant a five percent discount on the principal.

Vergara said that with the signing of this MoA, DepEd employees will soon enjoy a proportionate increase in their eligible benefits, higher loanable amounts and potentially, increased retirement benefits.

He added that retired and inactive employees of DepEd may also receive higher pensions as the GSIS will recalculate their benefits and refund any amount that was deducted and will adjust their pensions accordingly.

Rotary...from page 4

ideals enshrined in its Four Way Test.

-ooo-TRUTH, FAIRNESS,

GOODWILL, BENEFIT TO ALL: Let us pursue the truth, for the truth shall set us free. Let us pursue everything that is fair, for it will be the source of success, protection, direction, and benediction for everyone.

Let us pursue goodwill and better friendships, for goodwill proceeds from the heart of the righteous, and better friendships come to those who know how to be humble before God and before his fellowmen.

Let us pursue what is beneficial for all, for then, a nation where everyone benefits from the bounty of God and from the generos-ity of all men is a nation that is upright, listening to, and obeying God, at all

War...from page 4

our country in case of aggression? How can we drive from our shores our

Homeless...from page 5

families with children with disabilities, displaced families due to manmade and natural disasters and other families in need of special protection will be covered in the modified CCT, she added.

“We will work with members of civil society organization in the region in implementing the program. Recently, we gathered CSOs to discuss about the program expansion,” Director Taha.

Rhe agency is still ac-cepting CSOs interested to become partners for the modified CCT implemen-tation.

To date, more than 196,000 households are covered by the program in

System...from page 6

kon adunay mga katalag-man o’ kalamidad sama sa baha, linog, sunog ug uban pa”, the mayor cited.

Action planAside from adopting

this system, the CDRRMC has come up with an action plan for disaster prevention and mitigation, disaster pre-paredness, disaster response as well as for rehabilitation and recovery.

Ongoing projects under disaster prevention and mitigation are: implementa-tion of community-based forestry projects; establish-ment and consolidation of environmental research database that are viable for environmental protection, conservation management and project development; conduct of community-based IEC program for en-vironmental awareness and administration of the city’s septage program, among others.(LCR)SP authorizes MOA with BFAR for marine

Farm...from page 3

Joefil Aragon, the tenant, and Teodoro Tamosa, 55, the farm owner, and father of the wounded Romeo Tamosa, 35, all residents of said place.

Caraoa said that after arguing, the caretaker left and returned shortly armed with a revolver, and entered the compound of the Tamo-sas’ residence.

The older Tamosa tried to pacify Aragon after he shot his son, but instead the angered tenant fired on him, Caraoa said.

But the Tamosas, the police chief added were still able to pick stones, and jointly struck the head of Aragon which killed the later instantly.

Several minutes later, the old Tamosa also succumbed to a single bullet wound in his body while his son was brought to a hospital here.

Authorities recovered the .357 revolver used by Aragon and three empty bullet shells in the crime scene, including five stones with blood stains.

engine projectIN line with the intention to improve the livelihood of fisherfolks, the 16th City Council during its regular session this morn-ing presided over by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian Acenas authorized Mayor Vicente Emano to enter into and sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources –Region 10 (BFAR-10) governing the implementation, operation and turnover of 15 units of air-cool`ed marine diesel engine to bonafide fish-ermen. They will also be provided with technical assistance on the use of these engines.

The city government and the BFAR will jointly provide assistance and will be monitoring the benefi-ciaries.

Fishermen from the ba-rangays of Tablon, Kaus-wagan, Cugman, Bonbon, Puerto and Agusan will benefit from the project.

The Power learned that the total value of the equip-ment is P226,500.

enemies? How can we fight face to face when we lack the weapons? I cannot imagine how we can protect our country, our people and all things around us with such military and people. If we cannot engage in a few hours of war, we have to surrender or face an-nihilation.

It is not to late. We have to modernize our military. By all means we have to procure big guns, howitzers, new jet fighters, gunboats, submarines and get more men to man our military. Now is the time, not to-morrow, because the world is shaky and we can never tell when our enemies will step on our soil. We have to prepare to fight in any kind of modern war. We can not run away because this is our country and we must defend it to the last drop of our blood.

Reduce expenditures in some departments and use the funds to buy modern equipment. By all means we must modernize our mili-tary or we face extinction from the hands of strong neighbors who are eyeing our shores, our mountains and other natural resources. They can annex our place as part of their strong na-tion and they can do that because we are weak. I hope our leaders will wake up and prepare for actions. We must be ready to die fight-ing for our land rather than ready to run away.

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candidates will showcase their talents at the MOSCAT Auditorium. And finally, the Coronation night will be on the 16th day of Sep-tember, 2012 at 7 o’clock in the evening at the same venue. These series of events are prepared and hosted by the Institute of Engineering

and Technology and ably supported by the College Administration through the College President, Dr. Rosalito A. Quirino.

At the outset, everyone is invited to come to MOSCAT and witness the celebration of its 29th Foundation An-niversary, “Basta MOSCAT Sikat!” Nathanielquimada

Push...from page 2

for Drinking Water (NSDW).

Both resolutions also called for the immediate implementat ion of a l l associated interventions including, but not limited, to the rehabilitation of the endemic species in the lake as the continu-ing degradation of the lake will bring suffering to communities relying on its bounties.

Likewise, the Consor-tium of Bangsamoro Civil Society (CBCS) appealed for the restoration of the lake, as a source of drink-ing water and ablution for the Maranao people.

A network of Moro civi l society organiza-tions, CBCS also moves for the improvement and protect ion of the lake against dumping of gar-bage and wastes.

The Lake Lanao water classification public hear-ing was conducted by the Environmental Manage-ment Bureau (EMB) in Region 10 to consult the public on the best usage potential of the lake.

E n g r . F l o r e n c i o Dominguez Jr., chief of the Pollution Control Di-vision of the EMB-10, said the classif ication is an important component of water quality management which wil l guide what enforcement act ivit ies are to be undertaken by the national government and the local government units to protect the lake.

Meanwhile, Provincial Board Member Ansary Maongco pledged that the Provincial Council will make an ordinance for municipalities to properly take care of their coastal areas once the water clas-s i f icat ion is f inal ized. (APB/PIA-10)

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TUBOD, Lanao del Norte––Some 58 elementary public school teachers from different municipalities of this progres-sive province took part in the two-day training designed for football coaches.

The coaches’ training was held on September 8 and 9, 2012 at the Mindanao Civic Center (MCC) Football Field, Bgry. Sagadan, in the capital town of Tubod.

The free workshop is part of Governor Khalid Di-maporo’s Kabataan Sigurado program.

“Football is one sport where Filipinos can excel and can compete against the world’s best if given the right training and international exposure. Here in Lanao del Norte, we’re starting at the grassroots level to discover football talents that we train and develop to become future football stars”, Provincial Information Officer Lyndon Calica explained.

The two-day training taught local coaches effective offensive and defensive strategies for the game of football as well as some teaching techniques to enable them to train young players.

The event was coordinated by the Provincial Com-munity Affairs Office through its municipal coordinators.

The participants were given free snacks and meals and free transportation to their training venue.

On September 22, 2012, an inter-school football tournament is set to be held at the MCC football field participated by elementary students of Lanao del Norte.

Also present was Sittie Aminah Dimaporo who repre-sented Governor Khalid Dimaporo during the opening program. PIO-LDN

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Sittie Aminah Dimaporo speaks before the participants of the two-day Football Coaches training held at MCC Sports Com-plex last September 8 and 9, 2012.

BACOLOD City––Former Ateneo Blue Eagles team captain and television per-sonality Chris Tiu will ad-dress the student-athletes when the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports, Cul-tural and Education Asso-ciation (NOPSSCEA) opens this Friday at the Colegio San Agustin Gym here.

Tiu, who recently joined the roster of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA, will be speaking before athletes from more than 50 NOPSS-CEA member schools.

Chris Tiu to address NOPSSCEA opening Friday in BacolodSports Task Force chair-

man Anthony Carlo Agustin said Tiu could watch the basketball match-up after the opening ceremonies.

Scheduled to play this Friday at 5 p.m. are the West Negros University Mustangs and the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos Rams, for the start of the second round of eliminations in men’s basketball.

Agustin said NOPSSCEA chose Tiu as guest speaker being an outstanding stu-dent and a top athlete at the same time.

The 27-year-old Tiu

studied BS Management Engineering and Minor in Chinese Studies at Ateneo de Manila University while being a key player of the Eagles from 2003 to 2008.

He was part of the UAAP men’s champion team in 2008 with Bacoleño Noy Baclao as one of his team-mates. Tiu was a two-time UAAP Mythical 5 and All-Star Player and won twice the UAAP-NCAA 3-point shootout King title.

Tiu also served as Sang-guniang Kabataan chairman of Makati from 2001 to 2007 and initiated various

programs such as sports clinics and tournaments, arts and crafts seminars, and outreach activities.

He serves as Barangay Kagawad in Makati as a Senior Council Member tasked to handle the Com-mittee on Education, Sports and Culture.

Meanwhile, seven evalu-ators from the Department of Education (DepEd) Cen-tral office are here for a three-day inspection and evaluation of the province’s preparation for possibly hosting the 2013 Palarong Pambansa.

The eva luators are headed by Ma. Arianne Provido from the office of DepEd Assistant Secretary for Technical Management and Administration (TMA) Tonisito Umali.

The evaluators are tasked to oversee the conduct of the bidding and evaluate the province’s capability to host the Palarong Pambansa.

The group will pay a courtesy call on Gov. Al-fredo G. Marañon Jr. and immediately inspect and evaluate the playing venues and billeting centers until September 14. pna

Former Ateneo Blue Eagles team captain and television personality Chris Tiu will be in Bacolod City on Friday in time for the opening of Nopsscea.

mindanao daily news september 13,2012

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