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Good harvestCAGAYAN de Oro City––A total volume of 2,691,434 metric tons (MT) of major crops was produced in Northern Mindanao during the second quarter which is higher by 157 percent compared to the 1,049,050 MT in the same period of 2010.

Data presented by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics to the National Economic and Develop-ment Authority (NEDA) in Region 10 showed that increase in the volume came mostly from indus-trial crops, especially sugarcane.

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Stolen $100 billsOZAMIZ City––1,403 pieces of $100 bills stolen from the Land Bank of the Philippines (Land-Bank) Ozamiz City branch last June 27, are now the subject of an alert warning for banks, foreign exchange dealers, money changers and remittance agents.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), issued a circular last Sep-tember 2 listing the serial num-bers of the $100 bills. $140,300 in US dollar notes were carted away by robbers who held up the armored van of the DASIA security agency hired by the LBP. Any attempt to exchange, deposit or remit any of the stolen US dollar bills must be reported to the LBP or the nearest law enforcement agency, according to the Central Bank warning.

PH economy grewTHE country’seconomy posted a modest growth of 3.4 percent in the second quarter of 2011 as weakness in construction and in-dustry offset growth in consumer spending amid a lackluster global recovery.

Socio-economic Planning Secretary Cayetano Paderanga, Jr. said the growth was below the government’s forecast of 4.5 to 5.5 percent.

Paderanga noted that growth was driven by the strong rebound of the agriculture sector (7.1%), particularly sugarcane, palay, and corn, and the modest expansion of the services sector, primar-ily financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, and other services sub-sectors.

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CAGAYAN de Oro City––Solar power plants can provide the cheap-est source of electricity in Mind-anao if plans push through for its distributed generation among the island’s larger distribution utilities.

In a media presentation made Wednesday at a local restaurant,

TAGOLOAN, Misamis Oriental––The Steag State Power Inc. (SPI), a world class energy company and leader in advanced coal-power gen-eration technology which operates the 210 MW Mindanao Power Plant here, and the DEG, one of Europe’s largest development finance institutions which promotes private business

BUSINESS leaders in Mindanao are eager to make Mindanao products more competitive in the global market. Thus they are calling for the creation of a transportation and logistical plan to make the island to realize this vision.

During the recent 20th Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCon) held in Pagadian City, the Mindanao’s business sector stressed the need for plan to strategically accord greater consolidation of the island’s export products.

The leaders are looking for in-creased support to Mindanao’s fruit industry in terms of infrastructure facilities, it being the leading prod-ucts for export.

Business leaders came up with a Mindanao Policy Agenda which they presented to Mindanao Develop-ment Authority chair Sec. Luwalhati Antonino.

Antonino represented President

‘Give preferenceto Bukidnon coops’

Solar power most ideal to address Mindanao power shortage: Cepalco

Steag, DEG launch project for local governments’ effective poverty watch

By MIkE BAñOS

By ALLAN MEDIANTEExecutive Editor

Engr. Cecilio U. Sumaoy, senior man-ager of the Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co. (CEPALCO) system opera-tions department, cited the inherent advantages of solar PV plants over thermal and other plants of the same capacity.

“The demand for power in Mind-anao is constantly increasing,

Biz groupscry for moreinfra support

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structures to contribute to sustainable economic growth and improved liv-ing conditions, with a host of project partners, launched a P16.9-million project to help local government units to monitor poverty effectively and responsibly.

The project seeks to update the da-tabase and information system of the Planning Offices of Misamis Oriental

Tanada was referring to the Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative (BUSECO) and the First Bukidnon Elec-tric Cooperative (FIBECO) which are the main power key players

Tanada’s pronouncement has bolstered the efforts of the two cooperatives in its plan to acquire ownership and

LANDBANK confers awards to top partner countryside financial institutionsLANDBANk named the D’Asian Hills Bank, Inc. from Bukidnon as the most outstanding Countryside Financial Institution (CFI) in LANDBANk’s recent recognition of Outstanding Partner CFIs. Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio Delos Reyes (2nd from right) and LANDBANk President and CEO Gilda E. Pico (6th from right) led the conferment of the award which includes a plaque and cash prize of P300,000. With them are LANDBANk Director Crispino Aguelo, Director Domingo Diaz, Director, Director Victor Gerardo Bulatao (not in photo) and EVP Wilfredo Maldia. D’Asian Hills Bank Chairman and President Estelito Marabe received the award together with Vice Chairman Dra. Genalyn Marabe, Chief Finance Officer Marilou Sagitarios & Compliance Officer Rhoda Vargas.

By ALLAN MEDIANTE, Executive Editorand ANN NOBLE, Bukidnon Bureau Chief

BUKIDNON––Deputy House Speaker Lorenzo R. Tanada lll, in a very recent visit and press conference at Valencia

City, this province, insisted that the two Bukidnon electric cooperatives must be given preference to take over the manage-ment of the hydro-electric plants should privatization of Pulangi IV continues.

management of the Pulangi IV hydroplant situated in Maramag town.

Tanada was in the prov-ince recently as keynote speaker of Valencia City’s launching of its first historical photos and cultural exhibits.

T h e D e p u t y Ho u s e Speaker bared that although

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“If a property can be insured against floods, fire, earthquakes and other calamities, then the same property can be insured against fraudulent land titling, too,” lamented Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III who is now pushing for the immediate enact-ment of a law creating a system of land-titling insurance.

Law for land-titling insurance pushedBy ALLAN MEDIANTE, Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City––Instances of poor landowners being robbed of their lands due to fraudulent titling cannot be underestimated.

Pimentel decried on the issue after a very recent controversy involving huge land in Quezon City with fraudulent title. Many ordinary landowners are now threatened to be evicted from the homes that they purchased with their sweat and hard-earned money.

Pimentel, however, empha-

sized that ultimately, in the Que-zon City land row, the matter of determining ownership of the land is to be resolved by the courts.

Nevertheless, he said, “… noth-ing should stop our legislators from coming up with solutions to avoid expensive litigation trace-able to the intrinsically flawed land titling system in the country.”

Pimentel agrees that the sys-tem of land titling in the country is institutionally flawed. As a result, there has been no end in land title disputes in courts.

Worse, the flawed land-titling system has been taken advantage of by criminal syndicates preying on innocent purchasers of real estate, he said.

Establishing a land title insur-ance system will protect the land titles of owners of real property in the same way that one procures insurance of his property against fire, earthquakes, and other ca-lamities.

Buyers of real property can be assured that they will be insulated from possible harassments and even eviction under a land titling

insurance system.This is the reason Pimentel is

strongly reviving the initiative to establish a land-titling insurance system in the country.

Pimentel expressed confidence that this land title insurance sys-tem will protect owners of real estate against defects in their land titles and help maintain the integrity of the Torrens Title sys-tem, which is the foundation of ownership to real property.

He said there had been an investigation by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee during the time of his father, Senator Aqui-lino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. “That is the reason the land-titling insur-ance was proposed in the Senate before,” he added.

The Senate Blue Ribbon Com-mittee investigation uncovered the modus operandi of syndicates specializing in fraudulent registra-tion and titling of land.

In that investigation, the com-mittee concluded that the whole system of the land registration and titling of land is institutionally and intrinsically flawed.

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The bank said in a statement it has earmarked P120 million for a seven-story main corporate cen-ter, a 9,670-square meter building which will have a footprint of 1,182 square meters per f loor and an additional of 1,296 square meters for its basement.

The new building will have a three state-of-the art training rooms, a 200-seat-er modern cafeteria, two executive dining lunges, a customer service call cen-ter, a modern data center, an executive committee conference room equipped with a videoconferencing facility and a roof-deck t hat c an accommo d ate 1,000 people.

Aside from the multi-purpose room for meetings and sports activities, the roof-deck will also have a chapel and a gym. The basement, on the other hand, will have 80 parking spaces, half of them for

One Network Bank earmarks P212m capital, another P35m for e-banking

By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO

DAVAO City––One Network Bank has set aside P212 million in capital expenditure this year with half of it

for its main center and another P35 million for electronic banking technology.

clients of the bank. The bank will again

set as ide another P120 million for the furniture and other facilities for the center which is scheduled to be completed in March next year.

The building will house the 325-member head of-fice unit of the bank, an indication of its “commit-ment to providing bet-ter and more streamlined services to its countryside clients.”

As part of its invest-ment in technology, the bank is also setting up 36 automated teller machines this year to boost its fleet to 140 machines by the end of the year. This will cost the bank P17 million.

The bank is also unveil-ing an P11-million Online Bank, an electronic bank-ing system that will allow its clients to do banking transactions through the Internet, pay their bills and

transfer money to other bank accounts.

To strengthen its cus-tomer service, the bank is also investing P3 million for its call center facility which will have a call cen-ter number of (082)233-7777, whi le another P4

million for the acquisition of a software for its elec-tronic banking technology.

The bank is also open-ing its branch in Makati City this year, part of its plan to open five branches within the year that will also include those in Es-

peranza, Sultan Kudarat, Sangali, Zamboanga City and a second branch in Butuan City. Another part of the plan is a branch in Baganga, Davao Oriental.

The bank has also al-located P14 million to buy sites for its branches in

Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte; Surigao City; and Libungan, South Cotabato.

It is a lso renovat ing its branches in Bansalan, Davao del Sur; Don Carlos, Bukidnon; Monkayo and Compostela, Compostela Valley.

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALEFile No. D-2011-338

‘Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act. 3135 as amended filed by Ruben Dy married to Rosalina K. Dy a resident of Iligan City, Philippines against (Purita G. Renido, Domingo G. Irvin and Esterieta Galarroza residents of Poblacion, Initao, Misamis Oriental) to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 26, 2011 amounts to P195,000.00 excluding penalties, charges, attorney’s fee and expenses of foreclosure the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on 20 OCT. 2011 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter at the entrance of the office of the Regional Trial Court Branch 44 Initao, Misamis Oriental to the highest bidder, for cash and in Philippine currency the following property with its improvements, to wit:

PARCEL-1TAX DECLARATION NO. G-008731

BOUNDARIes: NORTH Lot 001 eAsT Lots 002 sOUTH Initao River WesT Lot 010 CADAsTRAL NO. 1512-C Cad 365 AReA 4,101 square Meters LOCATION Kamelon, Initao, Misamis Oriental

PARCEL-2TAX DECLARATION NO. G-008734

BOUNDARIes: NORTH Lot 020, sec. 08 & PROV’L RD. eAsT PROV’L RD. sOUTH FOResT ZONe & LOT 016 WesT Lot 020 & 025 CADAsTRAL LOT NO. 909-RP CAD 365 AReA 33,620 square Meters LOCATION Calacapan, Initao, Misamis Oriental

PARCEL-3TAX DECLARATION NO. G-008733

BOUNDARIes: NORTH Lot 008, sec. 08, Initao River eAsT Lot 002 sOUTH PROV’L RD, WesT PROV’L RD, CADAsTRAL LOT NO. 909-F PLs 616-D AReA 2,200 square Meters LOCATION Calacapan, Initao, Misamis Oriental ‘Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the titles herein above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be. ‘In the event the auction should not take place on the said date it shall be held immediately on the next day without further notice. ‘August 11, 2011. (sgd.) NORBERTO F. LABIS sheriff IVBWM SEPT. 5, 12 & 19, 2011

Finance Secretary and LANDBANK Chairman Ce-sar Purisima and LAND-BANK President and CEO Gilda E. Pico led the confer-ment of the awards with Sen-ator Juan Miguel Zubiri, who was then Chairman of the Senate Committee on Coop-eratives, and Representative Jose Ping-ay, Chairman of the House Committee on Cooperative Development.

Now on its 21st year, the Gawad PITAK is a much-coveted award for LAND-BANK-assisted cooperatives in the country. The 8th Gawad Entrepreneur, on the other hand, recognizes excellent operations and sig-nificant accomplishments of LANDBANK-assisted SMEs particularly in contributing to the economic progress and social development of local communities. It also seeks to provide SMEs with

Landbank holds 21st Gawad PITAK and 8th Gawad Entrepreneur

LANDBANk named spouses Severina and Benjamin Velos of Malaybalay, Bukidnon as the Outstanding Entrepreneur (agri-based category) in its 8th Gawad Entrepreneur. They received the award during the ceremony held last August 8, 2011 at the Century Park Hotel, Manila. Finance Secretary and LANDBANk Chairman Cesar V. Purisima led the conferment of the award together with LANDBANk President and CEO Gilda Pico, EVP Willy Maldia, and EVP Cecile Borromeo.

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however, no significant ad-ditional power generating capaci-ties are expected within the next two to three years to address this problem,” Mr. Sumaoy said in a position paper released during the presentation.

Mr. Sumaoy presented figures which showed that while Luzon and the Visayas still enjoy gross energy reserves, Mindanao only has small reserves during week-ends when many of its factories

THE Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) recognized the country’s outstanding cooperatives, cooperative rural banks, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in its an-

nual Gawad sa Pinakatanging Kooperatiba (Gawad PITAK) and Gawad Entrepreneur in ceremonies held at the Century Park Hotel in Manila.

incentives to motivate them to improve their businesses.

“We celebrate LAND-BANK’s founding anniver-sary by recognizing out-standing cooperatives and SMEs who help significantly in the development of the communities where they operate, thereby revitalizing the rural economy at large,” Pico said.

The following are the winners under the Gawad PITAK – agri-based category with their respective prizes in the form of fixed assets:

1st Place – Catmon MPC in Sta. Maria, Bulacan: P500,000;

2nd Place – Bagumbayan Primary MPC in Llanera, Nueva Ecija: P400,000;

3rd Place – Baug CARP Beneficiaries MPC in Ma-gallanes, Agusan del Norte: P300,000;

4th Place – Kabalikat

para sa Diyos at Bayan MPC (KADBAYAN) in Odiongan, Romblon: P200,000;

5th Place – Leon Small Coconut Farmers MPC (LE-SCOFAMCO) in Leon, Il-oilo: P100,000

Winners under the Non Agri-Based Category are:

1st Place – Dingle Gov-ernment Workers Develop-ment Cooperative in Dingle, Iloilo: P300,000;

2nd Place – Sta. Cruz Savings and Development Cooperative in Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur: P250,000;

3rd Place – Iwahori MPC in Mariveles, Bataan: P200,000;

4th Place – Escalante Public and Private School Teachers and Employees MPC (EPSTEMPCO) in Escalante City, Negros Oc-cidental: P150,000;

5th Place – San Pedro de Alcantara Kilusang Bayan sa

Pagpapaunlad (SPAKBPI) in Bocaue, Bulacan: P100,000

The Ligas Kooperatiba ng Bayan sa Pagpapaunlad from Guiguinto, Bulacan is awarded the Ginintuang Ga-wad PITAK award under the non-agri-based category. It received P1 million worth of fixed assets. Meanwhile, the Ginintuang Gawad PITAK award under the cooperative rural bank category is con-ferred to Countryside Co-op Rural bank of Batangas from Batangas City. A prize of P500,000 worth of fixed assets was given.

On the one hand, the winners for this year’s Gawad Entrepreneur are the fol-lowing with their respective prizes:

• LBP Entrepreneur of the Year – Sps. Cristina and

Mario Nicolas of Carmen West Rosales, Pangasinan: P350,000

• Outstanding Agri-based Entrepreneur – Sps. Sev-erina and Benjamin Velos of Malaybalay, Bukidnon: P250,000

• Outstanding Non Agri-based Entrepreneur – Sps. Cricelda and John Ma. Chu-macera of Tagkawayan, Que-zon: P250,000

Special Citation Category• SME Maka-Kalikasan

– Sps. Severina and Benja-min Velos of Malaybalay, Bukidnon

• SME Kayamanan ng Pamayanan – Sps. Marcelina and Salvador Cabaero of San Guillermo, Isabela

Senator Juan Miguel Zu-biri is the Chairman of the 2011 Gawad PITAK Board of

Judges, with Representative Jose Ping-ay as Co-chairper-son and LANDBANK Presi-dent and CEO Gilda Pico as the Vice-Chairperson.

Other members of the panel are: Agriculture Secre-tary Proceso Alcala, Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio Delos Reyes, Polytechnic University of the Philippines President Dr. Dante Guevar-ra, Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas Chairperson Rafael Gayaso, and Cooperative Develop-ment Authority Chairperson Emmanuel Santiaguel.

Meanwhile, Gawad En-trepreneur contenders are judged on two levels – the SME Selection Committee and the SME Final Screening Committee.

are not operating. Latest figures from the National Grid Corpora-tion of the Philippines (NGCP) show there is a power capacity shortage in Mindanao and gener-ating reserves are down to critical levels despite the extended rainy season which has keep the level of Lake Lanao at safe levels.

Considering how over 50% of Mindanao’s present power needs are filled by hydro power plants, solar power can immediately ad-dress the current capacity short-age and perfectly complement the hydro power plants, especially

during El Niño episodes or the dry season.

Despite having an availability factor of only 30 percent, Mr. Sumaoy said solar power plants would prove to be most useful in addressing daytime peak loads. This would enable hydro plants to store water for release during the night time peak hours with oil-fired thermal plants as the last to be dispatched, resulting in much lower power costs to the consumer and other end users.

Two of the island’s private power utilities are now looking to join forces with the larger rural electric cooperatives to embed solar power plants within their franchise areas and leapfrog the national transmission system.

“Instead of CEPALCO doing the bulk of the planned solar PV generation projects, we bring together around 20 distribution utility companies (the larger electric coops, with CEPALCO and Iligan Light) to install five megawatts of PV plant (total of 100) as generating plants embedded in their distribu-tion systems,” said Engr. David A.Tauli, CEPALCO Senior Vice President for Engineering and spokesperson of the Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers in a personal interview.

“Solar PV power plants are the fastest to deploy among the types of renewable resources identified under the RE Law, and megawatt-sized solar PV plants could become operational within seven (7) months from a deci-sion to go ahead with solar PV projects,” Mr. Tauli noted.

“Solar PV plants are the only type of plants that can be brought into operation in less than a year after a decision to go ahead with construction has been made.”

Solar PV plants can be con-structed within one year from approval by ERC of the fIT for electricity from RE plants imple-mented under the RE law. The only other type of power plant that could be made operational within one year are second-hand operational diesel-fueled power

plants imported to Mindanao from Luzon or from outside the country.

“We are not saying that Solar PV alone will solve the problem of power capacity shortage in Mindanao,” Mr.Tauli noted. “We are saying that Solar PV is the fastest way for bringing in substantial capacity (100 MW or more) to Mindanao, and it will do so with minimal impact on the rates paid by Mindanao power customers compared with diesel power plants.”

Citing figures from the Na-tional Renewable Energy Board (NREB) Mr. Sumaoy in his posi-tion paper said adding 760MW of RE plants for the proposed feed-in Tariff (fIT) will result to a rate impact of only P0.1050 per kWh, with solar contribut-ing only P0.0114/kWh. This is much lower than the P0.50/kWh Mindanao consumers had to pay when the grid was forced to tap thermal power plants from power barges for baseload power at the peak of the 2010 Mindanao power crisis.

Besides the inherently more expensive fuel, diesel or bunker fuel prices also have the ad-ditional risk of energy security with prices and availability ris-ing in opposite directions as a result of continued unrest in the Middle East. Coupled with the hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide emissions inherent in diesel and bunker fuel, the comparative advantage clearly lies in the side of solar energy for Mindanao, Mr. Tauli said.

However, since the present grid code mandates PV power plants of 20 MW or larger be connected to the transmission system, the 5MW of smaller size of “embedded” solar plants un-der the “distributed generation” scheme are not. Typical distrib-uted power sources under a fIT scheme have low maintenance, low pollution and high efficien-cies.

Instead of big, base load power plants with all their in-herent financial, social, envi-

ronmental and other problems, distributed generation envisions many small, independent power plants serving the immediate community, which could be a barangay, municipality or a prov-ince. In this way, total cost is re-duced, social and environmental impact is mitigated mostly due to its smaller scale and the fact that the persons who operate it and benefit from it are both within sight of each other.

Mr. Tauli said the scheme will bypass the transmission system (that is, the PV plant will be connected directly to the distribution system rather than to the transmission system) and thereby avoid the transmission rates (currently around P1.00 per kWh) that would otherwise be paid for using the transmis-sion system now operated by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

“The NGCP is wary of con-structing RE plants as embedded generation and is proposing to put a cap on the capacity of em-bedded generation of distribution utilities,” Mr. Tauli said. “But the NGCP does not have the power to limit the capacity of embed-ded generation. They will have to submit a petition to the ERC to do that, and we will of course oppose the limitation of embed-ded generation because only the NGCP will benefit from such limitation while customers will pay higher rates for generation from RE plants.”

The construction of 100 mega-watts (MW) of solar photo-voltaic (PV) power plants in Min-danao will significantly mitigate the shortage of power generation capacity that is now afflicting this part of the country, and is growing more serious with each passing year. The PV plants will displace, or make unnecessary, the equivalent capacity of oil-fueled power plants, he added.

The expensiveness of RE sources of energy becomes irrelevant, (because of the fIT mechanism in the RE Law) in us-ing them to respond to capacity

shortage in Mindanao. “This is the beauty of the fIT

mechanism under the RE Law,” Mr. Tauli noted. “It will enable Mindanao to respond to the short term (within 5 years) power problem with the costs of doing so shared among all power cus-tomers in the Philippines rather than shouldered by Mindanao customers alone, as would be the case for any conventional power plant constructed in Mindanao.”

The DUs will ask Malaca-ñang to allocate at least 100MW capacity for Mindanao and compel the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to immedi-ately approve and release the guidelines for feed-In Tariff (fIT) for electricity generated from renewable energy resources.

Cagayan de Oro Councilor President Elipe, chairman of the city council’s energy commit-tee, has sponsored a resolution passed by the council last Mon-day asking the national govern-ment to increase to 200MW the allocation for solar energy under the RE law, with 150MW allocated for Mindanao.

Mr. Elipe noted that the Re-newable Energy Act of 2008 ex-empts renewable energy sources from Value Added Tax (VAT), grants a seven-year income tax holiday to RE power plants and prioritizes the purchase, grid connection and transmission of electricity generated by RE companies.

Not the least, Mr. Tauli fur-ther noted that while Luzon and the Visayas have the large po-tential for wind farms, Mindanao has no economically viable site for MW-sized wind farms, and could depend only on solar and biomass as RE resources.

At present, there are cur-rently a total of six large-scale solar projects planned for Min-danao with a total capacity of 260MW. They are to be located in Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Zam-boanga, Laguindingan Dinagat, Surigao del Sur, and Villanueva in Misamis Oriental, Sulu, Sultan Kudarat and Davao del Sur.

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Corn production in Normin, up 58% in 2Q

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Data gathered by the Na-tional Economic and Devel-opment Authority (NEDA) in Region 10, showed that all the provinces of the region posted positive performance as a result of sufficient rainfall during the period.

Of the five provinces, Misamis Oriental recorded the highest improvement of 162 percent, followed by Misamis Occidental, 79 per-

By APIPA BAGUMBARAN

NORTHERN Mindanao produced 78,894 metric tons (MT) of corn dur-ing the second quarter of 2011, up by

58% compared to the 49,854 MT posted in the same quarter of 2010.

cent, Bukidnon, 55 percent, Lanao del Norte, 50 percent and Camiguin, 16 percent, said Engr. Cecilio Y. Clarete, chief economic development specialist of NEDA-10.

Clarete said Misamis Ori-ental posted remarkable triple digit increases in both white and yellow corn production totaling 5,477 MT from the 2,090 MT, in the same period of 2010, due to increases in

area harvested, as well, as in yields.

Despite a decline in area harvested, corn production in Bukidnon increased due to the usage of roundup-ready (RR) varieties and sufficient rainfall which greatly influ-enced the province’s favorable production output, he further said.

The regional average yield also increased to 2.64 MT from the 2.18 MT, per hect-are, noted during the same period of 2010 with Misa-mis Occidental posting the highest yield increase at 46 percent.

Clarete said the improved yield in Misamis Occidental

was due to less occurrence of pests and diseases and the adoption of high yielding varieties.

Correspondingly, white corn farm gate price (FGP) went up 46 percent while that of the yellow corn went down 12 percent.

The increase in the FGP of white corn and the 51 percent production increase pushed up the value of white corn production to Php461 million or 120 percent higher than in the same quarter of 2010.

Even if the FGP of yellow corn decreased, the value of yellow corn produced in the quarter was 43 percent higher due to the 63 percent increase

in the volume produced.Meanwhile, the region’s

net corn sufficiency level af-ter considering total usage of foods, seeds, feeds and wast-

ages stood at 27.59 percent, posting a production short-fall of 207,091MT from the consumption requirement of 285,985MT. (PIA-10)

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Aquino in the annual event.“The fruit industry is not able

to maximize its competitive edge in the global market due to limited availability of essential infrastructure facilities,” the Mindanao policy agenda

on agriculture sector stressed as reported by MinDA.

Even before the national gov-ernment could act, the Department of Agriculture quickly announced its plans to pilot test infrastructure facili-ties in strategic fruit production areas to include farm-to-market roads, irriga-tion, farm and post-harvest facilities

such as mange hot water treatment tanks and packing houses through their regional offices.

In the same conference, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently commit-ted 26 perrcent of its P125.5 billion 2012 budget to Mindanao focusing on major infrastructure projects to

connect areas to key transportation facilities.

“We will push for the completion of the gaps in Mindanao’s national road network while respecting Min-danao’s natural and cultural integrity when building new roads in environ-mentally and culturally critical areas,” Antonino said in her speech.

Antonino said DPWH has now listed its priority projects for Mind-anao, which include among others, Kapalong – Talaingud – Valencia road

project, North Cotabato – Gensan road network, and the Zamboanga West Coast road project.

Other proposed priorities are the Sta. Filomina-Ticalaan Section, Bayugan Tandag Section, Bukid-non-Agusan Road, Kalamansing-Palimbang Maitum Road, and Sulu Transcentral Road.

Mindanao has the highest per-centage of unpaved national roads as of 2009 which was pegged at 34 percent.

“The transport and logistics network of Mindanao needs to be integrated to harness intra-regional complementation, move products to Luzon, Visayas, and the rest of the world, and also provide easy access to our tourist destinations,” Antonino added.

The MinBizCon is the largest annual gathering of business leaders and private sector stakeholders all over Mindanao.

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THE Aurora Integrated Multipurpose Cooperative (AIMCooP) recently held a 4-day activity to commemorate its head office’s 44th founding anniver-sary in Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur.

A band competition served as the opening salvo with the El-ementary and High School Divisions strutting their wares for the Drum and Lyre exhibition.

Pacienciano Tomarong, general manager of AIMCooP, said that by giving these students the opportunity to compete, they are actually building self-confidence early in their lives.

“Their countless practice serves them a dedication for their respective schools and even sets them away from drugs and other vices”, GM Tomarong comnmented.

During the event, the Aurora Re-gional Pilot School (ARPS)-Regular and Aurora Pioneers Memorial Col-

AIMCooP celebrates 44th anniv with lechon festivallege (APMC) bested-out the elemen-tary and high school categories, respectively.

Late afternoon’s session promot-ed sportsmanship and camaraderie with a basketball friendship game between AIMCooP and LGU Aurora Team (winner), while Dep Ed battled with Brgy. Poblacion (winner).

The last teams who showed their prowess in basketball were the mighty varsities from Aurora National High School (ANHS) & Aurora Pioneers Memorial College (APMC) (winner).

Dr. Felipa Ruste, the AIMCooP Board Chairperson opened the day’s activity with a very inspiring message citing the growth of AIMCooP through the years, through innovation, best practices, image building and com-munity service.

The following day, AIMCooP organized an unusual game but nevertheless put the crowd’s par-ticipation to the hilt. A Shoot-the-Ball

competition, a basketball ring without the usual backboard and the crowd-pleasing “That’s my Pig”, participants were blindfolded and were tasked to catch a very sneaky pig.

The afternoon session proved to be a marathon. After three hours of non-stop presentation of the can-didates for Folk Dance, Pop Dance and Hip Hop Competition, nine (9) “showtime performer” from Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Pagadian, Molave, Ipil and Aurora among others took turns in treating the full-capacity crowd in the town’s Freedom Plaza by rattling the dance floor with their somersault and flawless executions of difficult routines.

Three members of the panel of judges from Zamboanga Sibugay, Oroqueta City and Cagayan de Oro City have a hard time in choosing the winners, given the colourful and meaningful costumes, well-prepared mix of sounds and effects and difficult yet doable steps and variations.

The next day’s thematic struc-ture was “freebies”. As in everything was offered for free, free haircut, free massage, free manicure, free pedicure and even free arozcaldo during the Medical, Dental & Optical Mission.

No less than mayor Enrique J. Cabahug, Jr., CPA, delivered a message on healthcare awareness.

AIMCooP brought top-notch doctors, dentists, and optometrists from Pagadian City and Cebu City assisted by the La Salle Univer-sity Nursing Students headed by Sr. Marilyn B. Bacsain, DC for the Mis-sion on the 3rd day of its festivities. Alongside, 91 individuals volunteered for the blood donation headed by the Red Cross-Pagadian Chapter.

Some local constituents said that AIMCooP’s anniversary celebration has levelled up to the town’s local fiesta.

The day started with an early morning mass celebrated by Rev.

Fr. Dodo Suarin and Rev. Fr. Ape Alvarez. On the fourth day was the Lechon Festival Competition. A total of 40 entries from the 30 Micro Cen-ters of the Main Office and some from the branches participated.

All men are created equal, but lechon? They came in different sizes and shapes. Spicy or otherwise. Yet in the end, only one shall satisfy the judges’ heart (and tummy’s) content: San Pedro Micro Center, Pagadian City was declared as the undisputed champion for the 1st Lechon Festival.

Perhaps to burn all those extra calories and fats, an Employees Fun Run, Hataw and Boxing at the Park capped off a wild, wacky and wondrous anniversary celebration.

What sets apart AIMCooP from other Coops and even other orga-nizations nationwide? As a routine and a discipline, they started each week with an invocation, singing of the Pambansang Awit and the

AIMCooP Hymn. They then recite in unison the Coop Pledge, their Vision, Mission and Goal.

GM Tomarong emphasized that AIMCooP not only maintains its supremacy through service partner-ship with the community but through its holistic goal of being the “catalyst for economic change”.

As the cooperative gears to become the top of its kind in the industry and reaching for a 1 Billion Pesos Asset by year end, Ms. Gay Marissa C. Ceniza, the Membership Development Officer aptly said: “We choose to be service-oriented over profit-centered organization and our employees and members don’t just see a relationship happening today but a life-long and dedicated partnership.

AIMCooP is now accessible through its 43 branches and continu-ously expanding spanning the major cities and key municipalities from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

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A green market experience, Tabuan sa Uma

Kudos to our outstanding teachers

Work works

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Opinion

Think a minute.Did you know that the av-

erage person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work? That means those who use 50% of their ability stand out from the rest. So the very few who actually give their full 100% of strength and smarts to their work become the most successful of all.

Many people want the greener grass, but they don’t want to pay the higher water bill to get it! “No person has ever slept his way to success, since he just sleeps through his best opportunities.” While we’re sleeping, our talents and abilities sleep with us.

The only way to smell sweet success is to wake up, so you can work up the lad-

FRUITS and vegetables that grow in the Philippines can all be found in Misamis Oriental. The best thing is they are avail-able all year round, cheap and abundant.

Blessed with fertile soil and fine weather that receives good rainfall in most part of the year, Misamis Oriental is the most economically blessed province in Mindanao which has a share of many natural bounties.

Tabuan sa Uma is a classic example where sustainable agricultural harvest through strong public and private part-nership could be seen at their best. It showcases the vision and effort to liberate the farm-ers from land bondage and improve their income level.

Any local visitor or a for-eign tourist can look forward to the best Misamis Oriental green market experience. Aside from the established tourist destination and parks in the province, tourists can also visit or head on to the Tabuan sa Uma, at the Capitol Grounds this September 19, 2011 to learn and discover more of our produce.

When roads from farm to market ease the flow of agricultural crops and sell the produce to the wider consum-ers’ spectrum, food comes on hand. Aided with govern-

THIS month, we celebrate a very special occasion: the National Teacher’s Month Campaign.

The Campaign, which is now in its second year, was conceived to respond to the call of the United Nations Educational, Sci-entific, and Cultural Orga-nization (UNESCO) to cel-ebrate World Teacher’s Day meaningfully on October 5 of every year.

One of the objectives of the National Teacher’s Month Campaign is “to revi-talize the image of teaching as a vocation by increasing public awareness on the value of teachers in Philip-pine society and national development.”

What better way to do

der to where you want to be. Then after you’ve reached the level of success you want, work is the only way you can stay there to keep enjoying it.

Remember, nothing just happens by itself; somebody has to do the work to make it happen.

The great music com-posers like Beethoven and Mozart did not sit around waiting to get inspired before they started working.

They got inspired because they were already working at it. But it’s not enough to work hard.

An important question we need to ask ourselves is what are we working for?

We can’t just work hard, we also have to work smart.

Don’t get ripped off by working your whole life for something that doesn’t give you real quality of life.

We need to be smart and get the best deal we can for our life of work.

Some people work hard all their lives and become rich, but inside they’re still very poor and unhappy. They’re unsatisfied and empty be-cause they didn’t work smart for the right things.

Our Maker knows that the only way we can enjoy real success and satisfaction is by living His way everyday in a close, personal relationship with Him. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you’ve done.

If you’ll ask Him and re-

ally mean it from your heart, Jesus Christ will forgive you and give you a new life today.

Then everyday He’ll help you know how you can work hard and smart to have the life He created you to enjoy.

Just Think a Minute.

ment assistance in marketing and short term financing through the Land Bank or the Development Bank of the Philippines. The conduit loans can help farmers modernize farming methods through the acquisition of farm imple-ments, seeds and fertilizers. Cooperatives and NGO’s also come in through other form of micro lending and training.

A periodic project of the Provincial Government, it is a holistic and cooperative ap-proach to financial wellness, productivity values and move more people to benefit from the agricultural growth in the country side. In many aspects, the Governor of the Province, Oscar S. Moreno, a promdi by heart but an investment banker before he took up poli-tics have steered the interest of the farmers and consumers that green transformation in the province is possible.

Agriculture in Misamis Oriental is not only limited to fruits and crops, it has other economic component on fisheries and live stocks which have been addressed with the mariculture parks in the municipalities of Balin-gasag and Magsaysay. Chicken contract growing have also attracted major investments from San Miguel Foods, Gen-eral Milling and Vitarich.

Other homegrown growers like Anak Ciano and Gamma Foods registered a significant growth.

Naawan in the western side of the province have like-wise pioneered in the Pangas-ius culture duplicated from the success of fish production in the Mekong River of Vietnam. Pangasius have landed their initial harvest in the hotels and restaurants in Cagayan de Oro City under the commercial name of Cream Dory.

The economic growth in Misamis Oriental is phenom-enal and has surpassed other Philippines areas of business expectation. Recent Nation-al Economic Development Authority (NEDA) statistics showed a P2.13 Billion of investments in the first half of 2011, up 656 % of the same period which was only P315 Million in the previous year of 2010. New investments were mostly in the industrial and manufacturing sector along the towns of Tagoloan and Villanueva where the Philip-pine Veterans Industrial & Economic Development or Phivedic is located.

The component City of El Salvador, contributed also to the expansion of processed food, noodles and beverages. Cagayan de Oro, a chartered city of Misamis Oriental ac-

counted for the biggest bulk of investment of more than P1.6 Billion mostly on com-mercial and high rise hotel development.

When there is growth in the industries and increase flow of commerce, it creates the influx of migration among technical and skilled workers together with their families resulting to the increase and demand for food. To check on market price index and sustainability, Tabuan sa Uma and its farm resources help maintain the balance of supply and demand.

Tabuan sa Uma could still be optimized with other foreign investors’ interest to lease idle government lands for farming and export their produce to the other Asian countries that are not blessed with fine weather.

this than to spread word a b o u t t h e r e m a r k a b l e achievements of Metro-bank Foundation’s Search for Outstanding Teachers awardees?

This year’s 10 Outstand-ing Teachers are: Mrs. Mar-cela E. Jingco of Angeles El-ementary School; Mrs. Lora E. Añar of Bukidnon State University ; Dr. Teodora D. Conde of Andres Boni-facio Elementary School; Mrs. Djhoane C. Aguilar of Panabo Central Elementary School; Dr. Chelo C. Tangan of Cagayan National High School; Mr. Buenaventura D. Luces of Lusacan Nation-al High School; Mrs. Vilma C. Ambat of Baguio City National High School; Mrs. Maricel S. Franco of Nueva

Vizcaya General Compre-hensive High School; Dr. Jericho Thaddeus P. Luna of the University of the Philippines-Manila; and Dr. Allan B. De Guzman of the University of Santo Tomas.

In this week’s column, let me recognize five of them.

Mrs . Jingco, Master Teacher II with English as her specialization, was in-strumental in the behavioral change among schoolchil-dren at the Angeles El-ementary School after she conducted research on the effective use of EKAWP (Edukasyon sa Wastong Pag-uugali) Modules and Character-based Education in the instruction of GMRC (Good Manners and Right Conduct) lessons.

She also acts as their barangay’s coordinator for the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 and has assisted her barangay’s Committee on Health and Sanitation.

Mrs. Añar, Instructor II who specializes in Mathe-matics and Guidance Coun-seling, has developed several instructional materials and modules that have served as references for other teach-ers. One such reference is her popular elementar y mathematics module that employs fun activities for children to develop their love for learning math and solving complex mathemati-cal problems.

She has also immersed herself in studying the dif-

f iculties future teachers encounter in their practice teaching assignments inside and outside of the Bukidnon State University.

D r. C o n d e , M a s t e r Teacher II—Specialization in Science, is known for her innovation in developing and recycling instructional materials. Among her in-novative devices are a brain model made up of used stockings and cotton, and an improvised rocket ship made of discarded plastic bottles.

Dr. Conde has also ini-tiated different teaching strategies such as the Child-Friendly Approach, which focuses on the students’ inner and hidden feelings.

Mrs. Aguilar, Master

Teacher II with a special-ization in English, has been an active figure in the im-plementation of the Basic Education Assistance for Mindanao or BEAM, a proj-ect of the Department of Education funded by the Australian government.

She has adapted an effec-tive teaching strategy that

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By REY and FRANCIS THAISE CIMENE

Sports: Anyone?Views.Opinion

WHILE riding a cab in one of the major cities just recently, on my way to my destination, the radio was on and the an-nouncer mentioned a DOH warning on the rising numbers of pneumonia/ bronchopneu-monia cases these days. So I thought, it best to give way this week to updating our readers on this particular disease in-stead of proceeding with an-other topic I already prepared. Pneumonia is an inflam-mation of the lungs, which is caused by either a bacteria, a virus or even by chemical irritants. There are instances wherein the illness starts as an upper respiratory tract infec-tion, and later on proceeds as pneumonia. When the infec-tion affects patches or areas of the lung parenchyma, it is thus called as Bronchopneumonia. Knowing what caused the in-fection is very important as the treatment of choice will have to be directed to it. Say for exam-ple: if it is bacterial, the type of antibiotic to be used will have to be one that is known and

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WE had always been strong believers of the significance of sports as part of the total development of a person. From elementary to high school, we were already involved in sports. Rey writes: Soccer had been my life for eight years while finishing my basic edu-cation. When I entered Capi-tol University as a Marine Engineering student, I was a member of the first soccer team of the then Cagayan Capitol College. At present, I coached the soccer club of Merry Child School for more than two months now with my two daughters, who are in Grades 4 and 2, in the team. I observed that since my youngest daughter joined the soccer club, she had be-come more responsible when it comes to taking care of her-self and her studies. She had shown a lot of improvement in her self-confidence and the perception of having the world revolved around her had been replaced with the value of be-ing a team player. One parent approached me one day and shared that since her son joined the team, his son became less interested in computer games. Before, there was even an instance when he defecated on his chair because he was so engrossed with the game. Many parents shared the same sentiments and even have more stories to tell about how soccer improved the be-havior of their children. Francis writes: Growing up along the beach made me an athletic student in elemen-tary and high school. I never remembered that somebody taught me how to swim. My childhood memories were filled with the games we played when I was young and most especially when I became the captain ball in our softball team in high school. We are grateful indeed that we were given those op-portunities to enjoy the play stage in life that contributed to who we are today. That’s also the reason why we don’t want to cheat our children’s childhood by forcing them to just focus on academics which could have adverse effects on

their personal development later on. John Medina in his book “Brain Rules” stressed that: “Physically fit children identify visual stimuli much faster than sedentary ones. They appear to concentrate better. Brain-activation studies show that children and adolescents who are fit allocate more cognitive resources to a task and do so for longer periods of time.” To this, Dr. Antronette Yancey (a 6 foot 2, former professional model, now a physician-scientist, a basketball player, a published poet and performing artist) added that: “Kids pay better attention to their subjects when they’ve been active.” They are less likely to be disruptive in terms of their classroom behavior when they’re active. Kids feel better about themselves, have higher self-esteem, less depression, less anxiety. All of these, of course, can affect their academic per-formance. That’s why we take this op-portunity to commend Capitol University for a successful Intramurals 2011 last week. Being a proud member of the University, I had witnessed how the school prepares and spends for the intramurals. Faithful to its promise of developing the students into “Total Persons,” I can say that our Admin-istrators are true educators who know what is value for money for its studentry. It is heartwarming to see how the students actively participate and witness every activity lined up for three days. For this reason also, Glori-ous Hope Christian Center launched yesterday (September 18, 2011) the Glorious Hope Football Club (GHFC). It envi-sions to utilize football to help mold the youth with proper values through sports. The Club is open for membership most especially to the out-of-school youths and frustrated soccer players (i.e., those who never got the chance to hone and enjoy their skills in soccer during their younger days). Interested parties may visit Glorious Hope Christian Cen-ter at 2/F Aquino Building, Mabini-Velez, Sts., Cagayan de Oro City or call 09176262203.

Pneumonia: Do’s and Don’tsproven to kill the microorgan-ism. Thus, the importance of shying away from just getting an over the counter medicine minus the doctor’s prescrip-tion! It is worth mentioning here that the Department of Health is actively campaign-ing and implementing the “ no prescription for antibiotics, no dispensing or selling “ in the pharmacies or Botikas. Which I really hope would have the full cooperation of the indus-try. The illness per se, is not life threatening, provided it is diagnosed early and treated ac-cordingly. The danger actually lies , when it occurs among the very young , like infants and children under 5 years of age, as well as in the elderly or those who are immunocompromised ( those with chronic illnesses like diabetics on hemodialysis, cancer patients, leukemias , HIV Aids, to cite a few ). The common presentation is that of cough with phlegm (the color of the sputum varies with the causative organism

), fever, chills, loss of appetite, fatigue, shortness or diffi-culty of breathing. For infants, sometimes, it may just be fever and bluish or grayish discol-oration of the nail beds, and a crackling sound heard when breathing ! For our school age children, sudden worsening of the condition, which may have started as an upper respiratory tract infection should alert the parents/ guardians of the possibility of developing a pneumonia. Diagnosing the disease requires a thorough physi-cal examination, history tak-ing, and is assisted by certain Diagnostic Tests like Chest Xray, Complete Blood Count, Sputum gram staining and culture. Treatment may be done at home with oral antibi-otics, plenty of fluids and rest. In instances where there is difficulty of breathing which may require oxygen therapy, or when there is vomiting and weakness , hospitalization will be the better option. Prevention though is still

the gold standard , I would say. Vaccines are readily available these days. A healthy lifestyle , with avoidance of alcohol and smoking, nutritious diet, ex-ercise and plenty of fluids will save us money and time! How-ever, when there is a member in the household or community with the illness already, hy-giene and sanitation will play a major role: thus, handwash-ing and covering one’s mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing will help contain the micro-organism from its fur-ther spread.

A win-win solutionCELLPHONES have become not just symbol of affluence, but necessary gadgets even for those who earn the minimum wage. It was in this context that the Philippine government, in 1995, decided to liberalize the industry by passing Public Telecommunications Policy Act, or Republic Act 7925. The law broke the monopoly as at that time, the only player was the Philippine Long Dis-tance Company. The same law ordered the main player to interconnect with the new comers. As a result of the imple-mentation of the law as well as the development in tech-nology, the Philippines has become the “text capital of the world” as millions of text mes-sages are sent every minute. Because of this, competi-tion among telecommunica-tions companies have become so stiff that everyday new pro-motional campaigns are un-veiled to sway the customers. Companies spend big chunks of their capital expenditures on formulating these promos as well as marketing them.

This has also resulted in the “unli” promos, or promo-tional campaigns where a cus-tomer can send as many text messages as possible within the specif ied period. And the leading innovator of this campaign was Sun Cellular, a brand of the Digital Telecom-munications of the Gokongwei group. Early this year, however, PLDT dangled a P74 billion offer for 52% of Digitel, which the latter immediately agreed to buy. There were also reports that PLDT’s main competitor, Globe also tried to buy the brand but was refused. Because the merger has to be approved by the govern-ment regulatory body, the National Telecommunications Commission, those opposing it like Globe have raised a howl because to them this will result in monopoly. The NTC has yet to release its decision. In the visit of Ernest Cu, Globe president, to Davao City to lead the launching of its first f lagship store in the city at Abreeza, he said the government as regulator must look at the action of

the American government in blocking the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. The contention is that the merger will not only sideswipe the competitors but will also allow the emerging giant to control the pricing of prod-ucts. But should the government block the merger? The answer is no. There is no need to op-pose the merger to allow the market to play its course. By opposing the merger the gov-ernment will only be sending the message that capitalists do not have control over to spend their money to expand their businesses. This mindset will only drive capitalists to other coun-tries where investment climate is better, where government intervention is less. In a level playing field, the argument that the emerging giant can impose itself will not hold water. What can the government do to ensure that competi-tion will continue to vibrant if it will approve the merger? Globe, in filing its opposition,

said that the merger will result in 45 frequencies for PLDT-Digitel, while it only has 10 frequencies to service its 26 million customers. As a regulatory body, the NTC must ensure that there is a level playing field for the competition to continue to exist. The function of the govern-ment is to ensure that every in-dustry player enjoys the benefit of a fully deregulated industry. Not the industry where a cartel exists, like the oil industry.

What is franchisingFRANCHISING is the most successful business system in the world. Yet the vast majority of people, including many who are involved in this segment of free enterprise, don’t have a true understanding of what franchising really is. Whenever you hear the word “franchise” you think of fast food restaurants like “Jol-libee” or “McDonald’s”, but there is more to franchising than the two giants. Franchising is simply a special type of licensing ar-rangement for the distribution of services and products.Franchisors allow another entity - the Franchisee - to use their business system, trade-marks and corporate identity for a certain period of time. It is based on an interdependent relationship between the two

parties. Both must work as a team and accept responsibil-ity and accountability for the success of the system and business. In other words, it’s like a marriage - it should last forever or at least 5-10 years. The job of the Franchisor is not to make a Franchisee successful, as the Franchisee must take an active role in marketing the brand, working the operating system, etc. Being part of the system does not guarantee for person-al success. The Franchisee has to work hard as well, enduring long hours and sacrifice some-times. Franchisors must provide the best operating system pos-sible and assist Franchisees in getting efficient, effective and profitable by providing sup-port services throughout the

relationship. Business format franchises offer the Franchisee not only a logo and trademark, but also a complete system of doing busi-ness. The word “system” is the key concept to franchising. A Franchisee receives as-sistance with site selection of the business, personnel train-ing, business set-up, advertis-ing and product supply. For that, the Franchisee pays at the start of his fran-chise an up-front payment called the “franchise fee”, and on-going “royalty” which en-ables the Franchisor to provide more research and develop-ment, training, and support for the entire business. In a few words, the Fran-chisee purchases someone else’s expertise, experience and method of doing business and

does not have to go through the “labor pain” of a new start-up company. Rudolf A. Kotik is the Founder of RK Franchise Consultancy who developed more than 400 Franchises in the Philippines and can be reached through rk@rkfran-chise.com

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she has named the “Half Life,” which enables a student to work independently by eliminating the number of pupils working on a particular task by 50 percent until such time that the child is left to work on the task alone.

Dr. Tangan, Master Teacher I who specializes in Social Studies, initiated the birth of a functional audio-visual room at the Cagayan National High School, which has served as a venue for film-viewing, computer-aided in-struction, seminars, competitions, meetings, and review classes.

She also authored a Social Science workbook entitled “Sanayang Aklat sa Araling Panlipunan I,” which was ad-opted by the DepEd Division of Tuguegarao City.

More on the other teacher awardees in next week’s column.

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CONGRESS has approved a bill granting tax incentives to families participating in a foster family program for children who are abandoned, exploited or have physical disabilities .

Cagayan de Oro City 2nd Dist. congressman Rufus Ro-driguez who co-authored the Bill with Bagong Henerasyon Rep. Bernadette Herrera-Dy, (principal author) said the Lower House voted unani-mously to adopt the Senate version of House Bill 4481 after congressmen found no substantial conflicts between the two proposals.

HB 4481, or the Foster Care Act of 2011 seeks to

THE onslaught of extreme weather events and erratic climate patterns attributable to the effects of climate change underscored the need to beef up agricultural methods, es-pecially in highly vulnerable countries like the Philippines, to ensure food security and environmental sustainability.

In a recent forum hosted by the House Committee on Ecol-ogy and the Special Commit-tee on Reforestation entitled “Biotechnology: A Potent Tool for Climate Change Adapta-tion and Food Security”, Dr. Wayne Parrot, Crop Science professor from the University of Georgia, USA, highlighted the role of biotechnology both as a climate change adaptation

House holds forum to adapt climate change and food security through Biotechnology

measure and in low carbon footprint promotion.

Parrot, who is actively in-volved in years of research and development in agricultural crops and teaches genetics, agroecology and sustainable agriculture, said biotechnology can help in climate change in two ways: one is through miti-gation and the other is through adaptation.

“In the last 15 years since its global introduction, GMOs have given positive economic and environmental impact and about 80% of processed food in the market have something derived from GMOs. More-over, 14M out of the 15.4M farmers in 29 countries using genetically modified crops are

actually small farmers (culti-vating 200 hectares or less),” stressed Parrot.

Ecology chair Rep. Dan Fernandez, who welcomed the opportunity to listen to experts on the effects of climate change, also acknowledged the existence of the controversy in biotechnology even in the halls of Congress, as two House bills from “opposing ends of the controversy” has been filed, one by Reps. Rufus Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro) and Maximo Rodriguez, Jr. (PL- ABANTE MINDANAO), HB 2276, and HB 1810 by Reps. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2nd District, Pampanga) and Dios-dado Macapagal-Arroyo (2nd District, Camarines Sur).

“As legislators tasked to craft policies to help the gov-ernment deal with the effects of climate change, we have to come up with responsive policies informed by science,” Fernandez stressed.

“Biotechnology may lead to higher crop yield, thus rais-ing income for those living in the rural areas and lessen the need to convert forest lands to meet agricultural and food demands,” Yu said.

Hon. Mel Senen Sarmiento (1st District, Western Samar), who is an active member of the ecology committee, said the committee supports cli-mate change mitigation and adaptation measures of the government, particularly the

Bill for abandoned, abused, neglected children approved – Rufus Rodriguez

strengthen and propagate foster care for abandoned and neglected children and minors with special needs.

Rodriguez says the law is timely since incidences of child neglect and abuse has become rampant. Herrera- Dy also maintained that the rights of a child must be respected and defended at all times and all efforts must be exerted to eliminate all condi-tions that prejudices the full development of childhood.”

Foster care seeks to pro-vide planned temporary sub-stitute parental care to a child by a foster parent.

Qualified for the program are minors 18 years below or

are above 18 years but unable to fully take care of, or pro-tect themselves from abuse, neglect, cruelty or discrimi-nation due to physical and mental disabilities.

Rodriguez says the Bill will benefit children who are abandoned, surrendered, ne-glected or victims of sexual, physical and who sufferr other forms of abuse or ex-ploitation.

A child who is set for adoption or whose adoption has been disrupted may also be placed under the program. Those suffering from devel-opmental or physical dis-ability are likewise qualified as well as children released

from jail on recognizance.Herrera-Dy said the Sen-

ate version does not include children afflicted with HIV-AIDS which is provided in her bill.

“Exploited, abused and neglected children are to be given substitute parenting so that they will feel the love and care of a family that will help them secure a brighter future,” Herrera-Dy stressed.

The administration law-maker said a foster parent must be of legal age and at least 16 years older than the foster child; must be able to provide the child with a fa-milial atmosphere and must have a health and harmoni-

ous relationship with each family member.

An alien must have a six-month residency in the Phil-ippines, in addition to the other qualifications provided by the measure, she said.

A foster child will be en-titled to financial subsidy and Philhealth insurance from the government.

On the other hand, foster parents will be granted addi-tional P25,000 tax exemption for each dependent not ex-ceeding four if the foster care is conducted for a continuous period of one year.

Accredited non-govern-ment foster agencies will be exempted from payment of

income tax and may qualify as donee institution.

Violators of the provi-sions of the measure face a maximum imprisonment of six years and a P10,000 fine.

Other authors of the measure include Reps. Juan Edgardo Angara; Carlos Pa-dilla; Florencio Miraflores; Augusto Syjuco, and Salvador Escudero.

Department of Agriculture, and its thrust to attain food security and sufficiency.

Sarmiento who expressed the need for government to spend more on research to ensure food security and suf-ficiency for the Filipino people who will soon reach 100M also said he is “happy to see more departments during the general appropriations deliberations exerting efforts to mainstream climate change adaptation measures.”

Climate Change Commis-sioner Naderev Sano illustrated the global effects of climate

change and global warming, and carefully detailed the vul-nerability of the Philippines, especially its impact on the country’s agricultural sustain-ability.

“Climate change is not solely an environmental is-sue, but a political, economic and social issue as well. When climate change because of hu-man activities, we also change everything including food, clothing, and the way we con-struct buildings,” said Sano.

“Addressing the climate change challenge means build-ing a better nation,” he added.

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September 18-24 2011

Republic of the PhilippinessUPReMe COURT

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL10TH Judicial Region

Branch 44Initao, Misamis Oriental

IN Re: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF sP. PROC. NO. 2011-1007ENTRY IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVEBIRTH OF NANAN B. DADOLE, NANAN B. DADOLE, Represented byVENUS B. DADOLE, Petitioner, - versus- THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OFINITAO, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Respondent.x-------------------------------------------x

ORDER Petitioner NANAN B. DADOLe, represented by her mother VeNUs B. DADOLe, filed this Amended Petition to correct the erroneous entry in her Certificate of Live Birth with Registry No. 95-528 of the Initao Registry, Initao, Misamis Oriental to wit: her gender – from MALe to FeMALe. Finding the Petition in order let the Initial Hearing before this Court be set on November 4, 2011 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Let a copy of this Order be posted on the (1) Bulletin Board of the Lo-cal Civil Registry Office of Initao, Misamis Oriental, (2) Bulletin Board of Municipal Hall of Initao, Misamis Oriental, and (3) Bulletin Board of this Court. The petitioner is ordered to cause a publication of this Order in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks. It is hereby noted that petitioner had furnished a copy of her Amended Petition with its annexes to the Office of the solicitor General ( RR# 072 dated 8/17/11) to Oriental ( RR# 071 dated 8/17/11), and to the Local Civil Registrar – Initao ( RR# 070 dated 8/17/11). Lastly, since the motion is in order and meritorious, it is hereby granted. Petitioner is exempted from payment of court fees for this petition. so Ordered. Done in Chambers on August 25, 2011 at Initao, Misamis Oriental. (sgd.) JUDY A. SIA – GALVEZ Acting Presiding JudgeBWM SEPT. 12, 19 & 26, 2011

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL

10TH Judicial RegionBranch 41

Cagayan de Oro City

OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFFFile No. 2011-034

2nd NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 / 1508 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-ibig) Cagayan de Oro City, against ESTRELLA PATALINGHUG ESTRADA of legal age, Filipino married to IGNACIO P. ESTRADA with residence and postal address at Lot 2 Blk. 10, Greenville subdivision, suntingon, Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgaged indebtedness which as of December 10, 2010 amounts to THREE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX PESOS & 95/100 (P 316,196.95) Philippine Currency, including penalties, charges, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned sheriff or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on October 24, 2011 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning at the main entrance of the Regional Trial Court Branch 41, Capitol Compound, A. Luna street, Cagayan de Oro City to the highest bidders, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following personal property to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-198981

LOT : Lot-2, Blk-10, Pcs-10-003614 CONsOLIDATION-sUBD. : Lots 16-0-1, 16-0-2, 16-0-4 all of Psd-10-048495 LOCATION : Bugo, Cagayan de Oro AReA : Fifty (50) sq. m. more or less. Including all improvements found thereon. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall he held on the next working day without further notice.

Cagayan de Oro City, August 24, 2011

FOR THe PROVINCIAL sHeRIFF By: (sgd.) ALDEN V. SAMBAAN sheriff IV

BWM SEPT. 12, 19 & 26, 2011

NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the late FLORENCIO F. RULONA who died on Oc-tober 01, 1997, at Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City, at the time of his death, he left a certain House and Lot con-sisting of One Hundred Thirty Four (134) square meters more or less under National Housing Authority (for brev-ity Authority) (NHA), which is herein more particularly described as follows, to wit: Lot 17, Block 05 plan 1BR containing an area of One Hundred Thirty Four (134) sq. mts. more or less situated at Lapasan SIR. is the subject of Extra- Judicial Settle-ment with Deed of Absolute Sale.,under the notarial reg-istry of Atty. Henry Bacal as per Doc. No. 39; Page No. 08; Book No. XXXVIII ; Series of 2011 BWM SEPT. 12, 19 & 26, 2011

NOTICENotice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the LATE PRISCILA L. BACONGUIS situated at Agusan, Cagayan de Oro City embraced in OCT No. P-556 consisting an area of Five Hundred Seventy Six Square Meters more or less is the subject of an Extra Judicial Settlement of Estate of Deceased Person With Donation under the notarial registry of Atty. Em-manuel Akut per Doc. No. 64, Page No. 14, Book No. 83 Series of 2008.

BWM Sept. 11, 18 & 25, 2011

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL

10TH Judicial RegionBRANCH 18

Cagayan de Oro City IN THe MATTeR OF THe PeTITION FOR sPeC. PROC. CAse NO. 2011-127CORReCTION OF eNTRY IN THe ReCORDs OF BIRTH IN THe OFFICe OF LOCALCIVIL ReGIsTRAR, CHANGING THe eNTRY FOR THe DATe AND PLACe OF MARRIAGe OF PeTITIONeR’s PAReNTs FROMAUGUsT 28, 1973, CAGAYAN De ORO CITY TO MAY 7, 1991, MCTC BALINGOAN, TALIsAYAN, MIsAMIs ORIeNTAL DANUEL O. RAMERI Petitioner, -versus- THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY Respondent.X---------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER The instant Petition, Danuel O. Rameri (hereafter petitioner), seeks the correction of entry in the petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth, viz: Date of marriage of petitioner’s parents: from “August 28, 1973” to “May 7, 1991” Place of marriage of petitioner’s parents: from “Cagayan de Oro City” to “MCTC, Talisayan, Misamis Oriental” Petitioner averred that the instant petition is not intended to avoid any criminal, civil or financial liability. Neither will the same affect his civil status or citizenship. Finding the instant Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, let the initial hearing of this case be set on November 7, 2011 at 8:30 in the morning before this Court. Let Copy of this Order be published, at the expense of petitioner, once a week for three (3) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Cagayan de Oro City. Respondent Local Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City and any per-son having or claiming any interest on the entries whose corrections are sought , may, within fifteen (15) days from the notice of this Order or from the last date of publication thereof, file their opposition/comment thereto and appear at the scheduled hearing. Furnish copies of this Order, together with the Petition and its annexes, to the office of the Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City, the office of the solicitor General and the National statistics Office, Manila. sO ORDeReD. August 12, 2011, Cagayan de Oro City (sgd.)Dennis Z. Alcantar Presiding JudgeBWM Sept. 19, 26 & Oct. 3, 2011

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukid-non – The national govern-ment’s National Greening Pro-gram (NGP) implementation is getting elaborate support as more sectors have signified to plant trees in various timber-land areas of the province. Governor Alex P. Calin-gasan, during his town and barangay visits, intensified his call for the regreening of the province in line with the government’s implementation of NGP. The provincial government’s September celebration of the civil service month will also be highlighted with a tree plant-ing activity on September 23 at Barangay Natid-asan this city. With this massive drive of implementing NGP, other sectors manifested interest to

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Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City. Six towns in Misamis Oriental––Lagu-indingan, El Salvador, Opol, Tagoloan, Jasaan and Me-dina––will be piloted for CBMS implementation, and Cagayan de Oro City for the GIS upgrading.

The beneficiaries were selected due to their strategic importance to the industri-alization and eco-tourism potential of the region, and considering the limited collaboration of its private sectors on poverty reduction initiatives.

Dubbed as “Project EM-POWERING (Enhanced Monitor ing System on Poverty Watch for a more Effective and Responsive Approach in Governance), the Project aims to enable local government units to acquire and possess techni-cal skills and know-how in utilizing development tools such as the Community Based Monitoring System or CBMS. The project hopes to contribute immensely to Northern Mindanao’s eco-nomic growth.

It also hopes to improve the capacity of an LGU in processing relevant data from a useful information system that can efficiently gauge poverty status. An ef-fective information system such as the CBMS, is hoped to enable the LGU in coming out with appropriate actions to address the underlying causes of poverty, and re-sponsively assess the impact of their policies, programs, projects and activities on anti-poverty.

Steag says the project will focus on updating the data-base and information system of the Planning Offices of the local government units.

Implementation of the process of the project would include: 1. Assessment and

validation of the data avail-able in the target municipali-ties -a. Assessment of CBMS Implementation, b. Data Collection, c. Determination of the GIS requirements;

2. Converting of the data into tabular forms using the CBMS software -a. Data encoding and digitizing, b. Data processing and valida-tion of CBMS results, c. De-velopment and Integration of GIS;

3. Passing of the project to the target municipalities to create sustainability- a. technical assistance, and, b. Preparation of case studies.

Community Based Moni-toring System or CBMS, is a tool to diagnose the extent and causes of poverty in the area. It was introduced to the local government units to help them in formulat-ing policies and programs, to aid in identifying target beneficiaries and to facilitate assessment of the impact of those policies and programs.

CBMS incorporates the design and methodology for data collection and process-ing, validation and utiliza-tion. Although it is being endorsed through several memorandums of the gov-ernment, only few LGUs have adopted it because it requires voluminous work that needed in data collec-

tion. The few that adopted CBMS were also incapable of converting the data into

information, especially with spatial characteristics, that can be used to fight against poverty.

In Misamis Oriental, par-ticularly, 14 municipalities have started to adopt and implement the CBMS but have not fully utilize the sys-tem due to lack of capacity to validate and process the data into a development planning tool with geographic infor-mation system (GIS).

The project would be car-ried out for 18 months ( from September 2011 to March 2013) funded by STEAG State Power Inc. & DEG as donor agencies.

Technical implementa-tion and evaluation will be assisted by Program Partners which include the Depart-ment of the Interior and Lo-cal Government; CBMS Net-work Coordinating Team; ASSIST Asia, and Xavier University.

Gov. Calingasan intensified NGP implementation

take part in regreening the province. The academe’s San Isidro College here in Malaybalay is signing a memorandum of agreement with the provincial government to allow it to plant and nurture trees in an as-signed one-hectare area of the Bukidnon tree park. The Bureau of Jail Manage-ment and Penology (BJMP)-Bukidnon and the Bureau of Fire Protection offices as well as other government offices also initiated its tree planting activities which are landmark contributions to the full imple-mentation of the national gov-ernment’s greening program. CENRO-NGP focal person Alberto Ecuacion said, CENRO Malaybalay’s 319-hectare target coverage that would be planted with 159,500 trees recently got an additional 137 hectares to

be planted with 68,500 trees, as pledged by participating sectors. He said, the massive cam-paign of the provincial gov-ernment led to the increase of participating agencies, boosting the local implementation of the NGP. Areas covered by CENRO-Malaybalay are the two cities of Malaybalay and Valencia, the municipalities of Lantapan, Ca-banglasan and San Fernando.

Gov. Alex P. Calingasan

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RePUBLIC OF THe PHILIPPINesReGIONAL TRIAL COURT10TH JUDICIAL ReGION

BRANCH 28MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN

IN Re: ISSUANCE OF NEW OWNER’S MIsC. CAse NO. 103 DUPLICATE COPY OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-424 HUERLITA ABUCAYON, Petitioner,X-------------------------------------------/

ORDER Petitioner , Huerlita Abucayon, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single and a resident of Ramonal Village, Camaman-an, Cagayan de Oro City, thru counsel, alleges that she is the registered owner of a parcel of land situ-ated at san Jose, Mahinog, Camiguin containing an area of 1,587 square meters covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-424 duly registered in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Camiguin. That the owner’s duplicate copy of the TCT of the aforesaid parcel of land was lost and despite earnest effort to retrieve it from the fire incident that happened on December 21, 2008 that burned her entire house includ-ing all her important papers and documents, the same was of no avail. The fact of such loss was duly registered in the Office of the Registry of Deeds of Camiguin. That said title was not delivered to any person or entity to secure pay-ment or performance of any obligation whatsoever. That there exist no deed or instrument affecting the said land have been presented for or pending registration in the Regiter of Deeds. The original copy of the Transfer Cer-tificate of Title of the above-mentioned parcel of land is intact in the Office of the Register of Deeds in the Province of Camiguin. It is the main thrust of the petition that after hearing new Owner’s Duplicate of Transfer Certificate of Title be issued under the same terms and conditions as contained in the original on file. The petition being sufficient in form and substance is hereby set for hearing on October 11, 2011 in this Court’s session Hall, to start at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Let copy of the petition together with all its annexes and of this Order be furnished The Register of Deeds at Mambajao, Camiguin; The Administrator, Land Registration Authority at Quezon City; and Provincial Prosecutor of Camiguin. The Process server of this Court is directed to post copies of this Order in the 1.) Bulletin Board – Public Market, Mahinog, Camiguin; 2.) Bulletin Board – Municipal Hall, Mahinog, Camiguin; 3.) Bulletin Board – Provincial Capitol, Mambajao, Camiguin and 4.) Bulletin Board – this Court. Let copy of this Order be published at petitioner’s expense once a week for three consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing in any newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Camiguin. Any person or entity whose interests might be adversely affected by this proceeding may file written opposition within a reasonable time prior to the date of hearing and appear personally during the hearing to substantiate the same. sO ORDeReD. Done at Mambajao, Camiguin, this 23rd day of August 2011. (sgd.) RUSTICO D. PADERANGA JudgeBWM SEPT. 12, 19 & 26, 2011

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

12TH Judicial Region, Branch 21Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte

IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE BIRTH RECORD OF KLEINT DUHAYLONGSOD SPL. PROC. NO. 21-448EVANGELISTA

HELEN LOGATIMAN DUHAYLONGSOD-EVANGELISTA, Petitioner. - versus –THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR,SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO,LANAO DEL NORTE, Respondent.x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -//

O R D E R A verified petition for Correction of Entries in the Birth Record of Kleint Duhaylongsod Evangelista in the Local Civil Registry of Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte, was filed by petitioner Helen Logatiman Duhaylongsod-Evan-gelista on September 01, 2011, praying this Honorable Court that after notice, publication and hearing, an order shall issue ordering the Local Civil Registrar of Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte, to: 1) CANCEL and CORRECT the following entries in the birth record of KLEINT DUHAYLONGSOD-EVANGE-LISTA; a. Her SEX or GENDER from MALE to FEMALE; b. Her type of birth from TWIN to SINGLE; c. Her child’s middle name from DUHAYLUNGSOD to DUHAYLONGSOD; d. her maiden family name from DUHAYLUNGSOD to DUHAYLONGSOD; 2. ISSUE to the petitioner a corrected copy of her child’s birth certificate; and 3. FORWARD a copy of the corrected birth certificate to the National Statistics Office, Manila. Finding the verified petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing to December 07, 2011 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Let this order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Lanao del Norte once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. The Local Civil Registrar of Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte, and any person who has an interest in the petition may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition or from the last day of publication of this order. Further, let this Order be posted for fifteen (15) consecutive days prior to the date of hearing on the bulletin board of the Municipal Hall of Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte; on the bulletin board of barangay Poblacion Kapa-tagan, Lanao del Norte where the petitioner is residing, and on the bulletin board of this court. The petitioner is directed to notify this Court of the publication of this order three (3) days before the scheduled hearing date.

Furnish copy of this Order to the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Lanao del Norte, the Local Civil Registrar of Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte; Atty. Reymund G. Inihao, PAO Office, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte and Helen Logatiman Duhaylongsod-Evangelista, Poblacion, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. SO ORDERED. September 8, 2011. Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

(Sgd.) ALAN L. FLORES Acting Presiding JudgeBWM SEPT. 19 & 26, Oct 3, 2011

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

12TH Judicial Region, Branch 21 Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte

IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE BIRTH RECORDOF ALEJO Q. TAGALOG FROM SPL. PROC. NO. 21-446FEMALE TO MALE IN THE ENTRYFOR HIS SEX OR GENDER,

ALEJO Q. TAGALOG, Petitioner.

- versus –

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR,SALVADOR, LANAO DEL NORTE, Respondent.x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -//

O R D E R

A verified petition for Correction of Entry in the birth record of Alejo Q. Tagalog in the Local Civil Registry of Salvador, Lanao del Norte, was filed by petitioner Alejo Q. Tagalog on August 12, 2011, praying this Honorable Court that after notice, publication and hearing, an order shall issue directing the Local Civil Registrar of Salvador, Lanao del Norte, to: 1) CANCEL and CORRECT the fol-lowing: The entry in the sex of the petitioner from FEMALE to MALE; 2) ISSUE to the petitioner a corrected copy of his birth certificate; and 3. FORWARD a copy of the corrected birth certificate to the National Statistics Office, Manila. Finding the verified petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing to November 23, 2011 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Let this order be published in a news-paper of general circulation in the province of Lanao del Norte once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. The Local Civil Registrar of Salvador, Lanao del Norte, and any person who has an interest in the petition may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition or from the last day of publication of this order. Further, let this Order be posted for fifteen (15) consecutive days prior to the date of hearing on the bulletin board of the Municipal Hall of Salvador, Lanao del Norte; on the bulletin board of barangay Mapurog, Sapad, Lanao del Norte where the petitioner is residing, and on the bulletin board of this court. The petitioner is directed to notify this Court of the publica-tion of this order three (3) days before the scheduled hearing date. Furnish copy of this Order to the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Lanao del Norte, the Local Civil Registrar of Salvador, Lanao del Norte; Atty. Reymund G. Inihao, PAO Office, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte and Alejo Q. Tagalog, Mapurog, Sapad, Lanao del Norte. SO ORDERED. August 24, 2011. Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

(Sgd.) ALAN L. FLORES Acting Presiding Judge

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Ce-ment manufacturer Holcim Philip-pines, Inc. will gather represen-tatives from government, non-government organizations (NGO), business and the media in this city on Sept. 21, for a Coffeetalk on Sustainable Construction.

Arch. Mike Guerrero of the Green Architecture Advocacy of the Philippines will be the keynote speaker on the forum which will discuss how barangays can be more sustainable.

His presentation will be an-chored on the five pillars of sustain-able construction as defined by Holcim. Sustainable construction refers to the practice of creating structures in ways that are innova-tive and transferable, environmen-tally responsible, economically viable and aesthetically pleasing.

A panel of reactors will also show how the sustainable con-struction standards to be expound-ed by Guerrero are reflected in various local initiatives. Invited reactors include Misamis Oriental Vice Governor Norris Babiera (gov-ernment), Lugait Chamber of Com-merce President Ranario Perez (business), and Rene Michael Banos, president Konsumanting Kagay-anon, Inc. (media).

Holcim Philippines COO Ro-land van Wijnen, Lugait Plant Manager Lorenz Pendang and Davao Plant Manager Joe Bernal will also be on hand to share their views on sustainable construction.

Another Holcim Coffee-talk on Sustainable Construction

Aerotropolis - an urban form where infrastructure and the economy are centered on an airport and its connectivity; a major destination where air travelers and locals alike can work, shop, meet, exchange knowledge, conduct business, and be entertained without going more than 15 minutes from the airport.

This is the concept that Ayala Land, Inc. has ad-opted as a possible model for development around the Laguindingan airport area. “Our view is that airports will shape business location and urban development in the 21st century just as high-ways, railroads and seaports have done in the past,” said Ms. Anna Maria Gonzales

Ayala eyes Aerotropolis concept for Laguindingan

(Ayala Land, Inc. Urban and Regional Planning Division) as she presented the com-pany’s development plans on the Laguindingan airport area during the September 15 meeting of the RDC-10 Special Committee on the Laguindingan Airport Devel-opment Project (LADP). She explained that the company will focus on connectivity, tourism, and logistics, maxi-mizing local employment and source of supplies.

“We are happy to see the presentation of Ayala Land as it gives us the gen-eral directions on what to do next,” Mr. Ruben Vegafria, the Chairperson of Promote CDO said, expressing the participants’ general reac-

tion to the information from one of the country’s biggest investor groups. Mr. Vegafria reported on the activities of the Investments Promotion, Tourism and Employment Sub-Committee.

Meanwhile, civil works component (construction of buildings, access roads and perimeter fence) of the Laguindingan Airport Proj-ect is now 94% complete, and to be fully completed in January 2012, LADP Project Manager Edgardo J. Mangalili reported. The installation of the air navigation system and support system facili-ties (ANSSF) component, has, however, not yet started. DOTC officials under the newly appointed Secretary

Mar Roxas are still consider-ing options on the technology to be procured for the Instru-ment landing system (ILS). With this development, the earliest time for the airport to be completed would be on the last quarter of 2012.

“We don’t mind the delay in the project as long as safety and integrity of the airport project is not sacrificed,” said Governor Oscar S. Moreno of Misamis Oriental (RDC-X LADP Spe-cial Committee Chair).

NEDA-X Director Leon M. Dacanay, Jr., vice-chair of the special committee, said that the RDC wants to see to it that everything will be fine once Laguindingan Airport is operational. (peleta b. abejo, kmd, nro-x)

CONVERGENCE CARAVAN:The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Northern Mindanao holds a caravan at the Misamis Capitol grounds to intensify information campaign on its convergence strategy. In photo is Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar S. Moreno delivering his message.

Holcim slates ‘Coffeetalk’ on

Sustainable Construction

will be held in Baguio on Oct.26. These activities will culminate in a national forum in Manila this No-vember where Holcim Philippines plans to have participants present their ideas on building sustainable communities to a panel of top-level experts.

The regional coffeetalks are part of Holcim Philippines’’ efforts to promote sustainable construc-tion, one of the main advocacies of the Holcim Group. Last year, the company launched the first Holcim Journalism Award for Sustainable Construction to bring the discus-sion about this vital issue to a broader base of participants.

Holcim is one of the world’s leading suppliers of cement and aggregates (crushed stone, gravel and sand) as well as downstream activities such as ready-mix con-crete and asphalt. The Group holds majority and minority interests in more than 70 countries on all continents. Holcim Philippines, Inc. (HPHI) is a Philippines-based ce-ment manufacturer and a member of Holcim Group. Holcim Philip-pines is involved in the manufac-ture, sale and distribution of cement to the domestic and export mar-kets. The Company produces four cement products: Holcim Excel, Holcim WallRight, Holcim Premium Bulk and Holcim 4X. Its products are sold in bags, jumbo bags and in bulk. Holcim Philippines operates four cement plants in La Union, Bulacan, Misamis Oriental, and Davao. It currently has more than 1,700 employees in the Philippines.

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tization is imminent as man-dated by EPIRA, there is a probability of an amend-ment of the privatization law if the Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC)

recommends for it. He how-ever showed uncertainty on a congressional amendment to EPIRA, but maintained that should privatization push through, the local stakehold-ers must be given first priority in the acquisition of Pulangi lV.

Aside from this recent development, the two electric cooperatives are also gaining support from other sectors.

On his part, Vice Gover-nor Jose Maria R. Zubiri also favored Tanada’s stand, when officials of the two coopera-tives presented their proposal to him at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

The vice governor said that should privatization of the Pulangi IV comes into fore, the local energy distribution players (Buseco & Fibeco) must be given priority to ac-quire it. This is just fair, Zubiri said, because Bukidnon is host to Pulangi lV hydro plants. Ït is but just logical for the prov-ince to be given priority to manage its power generation facilities and in the allotment of substantial power supply that it needs,” he added.

During the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session, BUSE-CO area manager Juancho

T. Chiong cited Mindanao as an engine of economic growth for the country but the national government still needs to see it as such and not merely dub it as a land of promise. Mindanao’s steady power supply must be ensured and must be safeguarded from private investors who accord-ing to Chiong are merely out for profit.

Seeking to address issues and concerns on energy crisis that also affect the province, the provincial government through Governor Alex P. Calingasan convened power summits on January 6 and August 11, this year, and with energy stakeholders from the local government units, cre-ated a group named Bukidnon Power Commission (BPC).

BPC then manifested its united stand and solid po-sition favorably endorsing privatization of the hydro-electric plants, but on the

condition that Bukidnon be given the right of first refusal and the option for a negoti-ated sale.

Coops must register with CDA

Meanwhile, the coalition of the provincial government and the two electric coopera-tives was viewed as a positive move by most of the stake-holders but not to a group that wants the electric coops to operate as a genuine one.

In a recent forum orga-nized by electric consumers, Provincial Cooperative De-velopment Council (PCDC) chairperson Hermogenes C. Alovera said that it is about time that electric consumers of Bukidnon should be in-formed of the real status of the electric cooperatives, which accordingly, do not and did not follow the practices of a genuine cooperative.

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Regional Director Orlando Ravanera who also attended the forum opined that electric consumers may have been deprived of their rights as owners of the cooperatives because the electric coops never registered with the CDA. Should they have regis-tered, its member-consumers would have been afforded the privileges due to them as co-owners, like dividends and patronage refunds, according to Ravanera.

The PCDC and the group - Association of Electric Consumers-Bukidnon – has clamored for a referendum on the conversion of the electric cooperatives from non-stock to stock cooperative by regis-tering to CDA.

The two electric coopera-tives, BUSECO and FIBECO, have been operating under the National Electrification Administration (NEA) man-date.

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agricultural institution. It also promotes the town of Claveria, the province of Misamis Ori-ental and Northern Mindanao region as unforgettable tour-ist destinations with its top ecotourism spots and points of interests.

In a press conference and during the selection of the Pag-eant’s Male and Female Darling of Press titles, the eighteen witty and intellectual candidates in-troduced and presented to the

Aquabest, the country’s leading water refilling franchise is proud to an-nounce its support and participation at the recent franchise Asia 2011 to be organized by the Philippine franchise Association (PfA).

franchise Asia 2011 is Asia’s largest franchise event and will feature the two top level meet-ings of the World franchise Council (WFC) and the Asia Pacific Franchise Confederation (APfC), to be attended by the heads of national franchise associations worldwide. The show will have breakout sessions and seminars, featuring the latest trends and developments in franchising. The event promises to be an excel-lent forum for business matching between franchisors and would-be franchisees.

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Aquabest Supports Franchise Asia 2011member of PfA and has a nationwide network of around 500 stores and is considered among the leading play-ers in the water franchising industry. This year the company is franchise Asia’s silver sponsor. Apart from its usual booth, the company will unveil the second part of its “Shift Happens” Campaign as well as its expansion plans.

The company says that it is currently focusing on provincial expansion as the market has much potential to drive the company’s growth. Also, the company is also looking at partnering with prospec-tive overseas master franchisees to begin its overseas expansion. “We are looking at the possibility of expanding overseas, we believe that our commitment to added value and quality service will help us success-

fully expand overseas and show the world the filipino businesses have what it take to compete globally“ says Carson Tan CEO of GQWEST Inc

the mother company of Aquabest.The cornerstone of the com-

pany’s new 3 in 1 Combostore con-cept that was launched along with

its “Shift Happens” campaign. “We see the Combostore as comprising a majority of new franchisees in the coming years, since we introduced it in April there are already various combostores this confirms our belief that the industry is moving away from being price driven to value driven” says Tan who adds that he sees more combostores opening in the next few months especially from applicants from the show.

The Combostore franchise inte-grates three tried, tested, and suc-cessful concepts into one. Bundled in the package are GQWEST’s Aquabest, Laundrybest, and Oxyplus brands. Aquabest is the company’s flagship brand, which is shifting to offer struc-tured water. Laundrybest is the com-pany’s Laundromat franchise, while Oxyplus is their oxygenated alkaline

water brand. Individually, the brands are all very successful and widely known; together they form a revolu-tionary and holistic way of looking at the water franchise industry.

franchisees of the Combostore stand to benefit from the expanded target market and synergies resulting from the fusion of the three brands. This triples their opportunities and chances for success without spend-ing to individually invest in the three brands. The concepts offer a faster return period and better margins. Compared to other water franchising concepts, it is more efficient and sus-tainable. It does this by maximizing the use of every resource from the water to the manpower of each store.

The franchise Asia 2011 will run from September 23 to 25 at the SMX Convention Center in Manila.

Press the various landmarks and points of interests that would engage foreign and domestic tourists to visit. This was done during a memorable tour of MOSCAT facilities.

Members of the press pres-ent toured the School’s green and beautiful model farm; the well-maintained Millenium Landmark; the MOSCAT Re-filling Station, Jeep Laboratory, the historic site of the Center for Lifelong Education (CLE); the Agro-meteorogical (Agromet) Station; the Auditorium and the Cafeteria.

The candidates also ex-plained to the visitors how they worked in the different projects to help keep the State College clean and green and attractive to foreign, local and domestic tourists.

The pageant also hopes to epitomize the essence of wom-anhood and manhood as a MOSCATian.

The candidates are students who try to make things possible in their quest for greatness, to aim for the best, spell the dif-ference, chart every win, touch human hearts and as individu-

als, to add glow to nature as they promote the ecotourism biodiversity of MOSCAT.

The eighteen male and female candidates together and the whole studentry hope to spell the real essence of MOSCAT’s theme of “A UNI-FIED MOSCAT: SOARING GREATER HEIGHTS At 28th as the state college celebrates a weeklong 28th LINGGO NG MOSCAT celebration Septem-ber 12 to September 18.

This year’s Mr. & Ms. MOSCAT ECO-TOURISM candidates are the equally witty,

lovely, handsome and intellec-tual male and female candidates: Jun L. Atlao, Deneb Alexis C. Anonat, Jercelo P. Molato, Jimuel Q. Maxilum, Elmer B. Mancao, Mark Anthony Sabal, Jan Jerick Salazar, Nikki Ford Tion and Jo-han Sale; Lida M. Benotong, Di-ana J. go, Marife A. Maestrado, Aubrey T. Asilum, Bernadette S. Ariata, Lialyn Ocate, Jessen Mae Facturanan, Nova Paderanga and Jackielou Calam.

MOASCAT envisions a State-of-the Art Institutional EDEN (Educational Develop-ment and Enshrinement of

Nature) of higher learning for world-class leaders with high sense of relevance and balanced sensitivity to human needs and ecological wholeness.

The premier institution hopes to soar to greater heights at 28. Its mission is to fast tract national progress and development through instruc-tion, research, extension and production that enhance the quality of life, foster peace and harmony among peoples and promote natural integrity and eco-tourism biodiversity in Northern Mindanao.

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Five out of the 200,569 Pantawid Pamilya Reg-istered Beneficiaries in Region 10 was given the opportunity to testify the impact of the Program to their families and their children on local radios and television programs here in Cagayan de Oro City last September 2 and September 7, 2011.

Lanie S. Bancong of Damulog, Bukidnon, Per-la A. Labrado of Iligan, Lanao del Norte, Joy P. Cortez of Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental, Gloria Sabuga-a of Camiguin Province and Jesusa Cantona of Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental were able to express how much Pantawid Pamilya have changed not only their economic status but im-proved their relationships with members of each of their families.

“Ang una gyud namo gapaliton sa Five Hundred (Pesos) para sa Health sa among mga anak mao ang ilang gatas ug mga bitam-ina, ang Three Hundred ipalit namo sa ilang mga gamit sa eskwelahan (The first thing we buy for the Five Hundred Pesos for the health of our children are milk and vitamins and

For more information, pls call:Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office X Masterson Avenue, Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City(088) 858 – 6333 / 72 – 6394 / 858 – 8134 / Email: fo10@dswd.gov.ph / Website: www.fo10.dswd.gov.ph

kaya ng Pinoy Tumawid sa kaunlaran!

Five Families, Five Gains and Five Stories Sharedthe Three Hundred Pesos is used to buy school supplies and pay miscellaneous fees for school”, shares Joy, a mother of six children.

“Sa among giapilan nga Family Development Ses-sion kada bulan, among nahibaluan nga importante gyud diay nga mananghid sa asawa o bana kung mo-lakaw. Mao nga karon, ang akong bana mananghid na gyud kung siya molakaw. Ang Programa nagpalig-on sa among relasyon isip mag-asawa ug usa ka pamilya (On the monthly Family De-velopment Session that we attend, we learn the impor-tance of telling each other our whereabouts. Now my husband asks permission of where he is going. The Program builds stronger our relationship as husband and wife as well as our relation-ship in the family, added Joy.

“Tungod sa Pantawid Pamilya, dili nako mau-law ug halobilo sa ubang tawo. Nahatagan ko ug self confidence, daghan ko nakat-unan sa Family De-velopment Sessions (FDS). Sauna, naa rako permi sa balay, tungod sa Pantawid Pamilya natagaan ko ug higayon nga makaadto sa laing lugar ug nakasakay ug eroplano sa gitambun-

gan nga Parent Leaders Congress. Nahatagan usab ako ug higayon nga makita sa personal ang atong Pesi-dente, si President Benigno Simeon Aquino. (I even learned a lot of things in the FDS. I never expected that I can travel and ride a plane to attend a Parent Leaders Congress in Manila and was given the chance to meet the President of the Republic of the Philippines, President Benigno Simeon Aquino)”, happily uttered Gloria.

As a parent leader, Glo-ria witnessed how other member beneficiaries were not interested to send their children to school before. But according to her, the presence of the Program ignited in them an interest in doing so since they can now provide the needs of their children in school. In fact, she added that her members are now attending to the needs of their children in school and save a little amount for their snacks. She even testified that nowadays the number of absences of their children has evidently decreased.

Jesusa Cantona also shared the values she has learned as a Parent Leader. At first, she found it difficult being given a responsibility

of being a parent leader but she was encouraged to do the load because she saw the trust of her member ben-eficiaries who chose her to become their Parent Leader in their group.

Perla Labrado testified that her member beneficia-ries are more encouraged in bringing their children in Health Centers for regular preventive check-ups and sending them to school for education. Pantawid Pamilya helped them to understand the value of health and edu-cation to fully cross from pov-erty to a more beautiful life in the future.

She added that, vices were minimized because of the presence of the Program. One of the conditions of the Program is for them to stop their vices and the disadvan-tages of having vices were also discussed in the FDS.

Lanie Bancong shared the positive changed of her husbands’ behavior. She said that he is now open minded and more eager to solve the problems of the family.

Also, according to Perla her member beneficiaries now value the importance of vegetable gardening. All of them now have a garden in the backyard and continue

serving their children with their harvested vegetables from the garden.

Five different experiences, testimonies and gains were aired by them brought about by the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, a project of the National Government implemented by the DSWD.

There are still 200, 564 stories to tell about how much

the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program has helped families in Northern Mind-anao. Aimed at breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty, the DSWD believes that change can happen to families—for them to be self-reliant families that could stand on their own.

Written by Ruchell L. Mula, Pantawid Pamilya Information Officer

By JOE PALABAO

ONCE again Northern Mind-anao’s, Department of Tourism (DOT X), successfully orga-nized a display of products, and tourism destination information for the 22nd Philippine Travel Mart (PTM) which was held at the SMX, Pasay City, September 2 – 4.

SMX is the new home of the event of Philippine Travel Mart which is an annual major mar-keting effort of the Philippine Tours Association in coordina-tion with the Department of Tourism, its Regional Directors throughout the country, Tour-ism officers, and the academe, the private sector, tour opera-tors, local government units and travel agencies.

The recent event also pro-moted Northern Mindanao tourism in the national and international scene.

DOT’s 22nd Philippine Travel Mart a successIn an interview, Decius

Esmedalla, DOT 10 Market-ing In-charge told Business Week Mindanao that Philippine Travel Mart is a marketing en-counter to promote new tourism products and its biodiversity . It also endorses tourist destina-tions and attractions on various categories such as adventure, culture, nature and food to some extent.

It also includes shipping and airlines industries as marketing strategies to maximize business transactions to open up new doors for business partners in the industry. DOT 10 was also represented by Beverly E. Tapongot and Dennis Bryan Villarin-Project Coordinator BIMP-EAGA .

The event also featured en-counters with products that carry unique features and ame-nities such as those in the “Sale Ng Bayan” which is composed of

several attractive packages in all Regional destinations.

Philippine Travel Mart is also an event for people in the north and other countries to have a glimpse of what the Philippines can offer in terms of destinations and attractions. For the next quarter there would be similar event for the department to ensure that the regionis are properly represented and at par with other regional marketing efforts.

Northern Mindanao, DOT Region X exhibitors showcased the various regional destinations of the five (5) provinces and eight (8) cities. Northern Min-danao was represented by the province of Misamis Oriental promoting its tourism destina-tions such as the “ Lasang Secret Adventure”which was a major sponsor of the Event.

Misamis Oriental was rep-resented by Dorothy Pabayo,

Provincial Tourism Consultant-former DOT 10 Director and Ms. Cathy Miego, Provincial Tourism Officer.

Cagayan de Oro, the “City in Blossom, Bloom and Boom,” featured its White Water Rafting Adventure catapulting CDO as the White Water Rafting Capital of the Philippines today, its other adventure parks and cultural destinations such as the Jatico Adventures, Mapawa Nature Park, Malasag Mountain Resort, Cagayan de Oro Hotels and Restaurants Association (COHARA) Cagayan de Oro Travel & Tours Association (COTTA), the Food Processors Association of Northern Min-danao (FOPANORMIN) with their peanuts, pastel and other Pasalubong Products.

Gingoog City, was not to be outdone, presenting its beautiful Tiklas Falls. Bukidnon featured the Monastery of the Trans-

figuration of Malabalay City, Del Monte Plantation of Del Monte, and Valencia Lake Apo.

Other Northern Mindanao presentations were: Maria Cris-tina Falls-Iligan City, Christ-mas Symbols Festival, Lanao Norte-Tinago Falls and Min-danao Civic Center; Ozamis

City-Fuerte de la Concepcion Y del Truinfo-historical Cotta; Layawan River-Oroquieta City and the Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park (MOAP) and the many tourist destinations of Northern Mindanao which were showcased during the Philip-pine Travel Mart.

By JOE PALABAO

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Tour-ism (DOT X) is all set for the National Tourism Week celebration. Preparations for the celebration are underway, which include a gallery dis-play of tourism biodiversity photo exhibits on environ-ment; promotion of tour-ist destinations, grandiose performances, and cultural

DOT- 10 all set for Nat’l Tourism Week celebshows, The event unfolds at the Activity Center of SM City from September 19-27.

The celebration is also participated by the private sector entities – the Cagayan de Oro Travel and Tours Association (COTTA), the Cagayan de Oro Hotel and Restaurant Association (CO-HARA), Giya Amihanang Mindanao (GAMA), schools, media, Local Government Units (LGUs), Partner Line

Agencies, regional tourism councils and offices.

This year’s theme “World Wetlands Day 2011 Forests for Water & Wetlands” is in close coordination with the Department of Environ-ment and Natural Resources (DENR).

The World Tourism Or-ganization is also closely monitoring this year’s gran-diose celebration for the preservation of the environ-

ment vis-a-vis tourism ac-tivities. Lecture on environ-ment, coastal clean-up will be one activity to highlight said celebration.

Activities like craft demo, food sampling, live dem-onstration, flower arrange-ments, fruit and vegetable carving, film showing, arts and culture, travel encoun-ters, tour packages on sale, destination updates, forum, regional raffles and musical

extravaganza are among the celebration’s features.

In a recently concluded coordination meeting for the celebration, the following schools and private sectors have already signified the intentions to participate in the grandiose event: Liceo de Cagayan University (LDCU), Lourdes College, STI-DCO Campus, COC Phinma, Tagoloan Community Col-lege with LGU, Xavier Uni-

versity Dev Com Students for the event’s feature.

For eco-tourism adven-tures: Jatico Adventures, Mapawa Nature Park, Mala-sag Mountain Resort, Lasang Secret Adventure, White Water Rafting and Tubing and other tourism activities.

Also highlighting the event is the DOT X- 7th Year Search for Singing Ambas-sadors, a musical event on September 24 at the Activity

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23-25 September 2011Rodelsa Hall, Liceo de Cagayan University, Cagayan de Oro

10:00 am Grapes (Czech Republic) (1’31” Comedy) 1:00 pm The Silent Army (The Netherlands) (1’55”Drama) 3:00 pm Intact (Spain) (1’48” Thriller/Drama) 7:00 pm How About Love (Switzerland) (1’46” Drama/Romance) 10:00 pm Mosquitoe’s Tango (Slovakia) (1’55” Tragicomedy)

10:00 am Long Weekend (Belgium) (130” Comedy/Drama) 1:00 pm Exchange (Romania) (1’38” Drama) 3:00 pm The Lark Farm (Italy) (1:37” Drama) 5:00 pm The Crocodiles (Germany) (1:42” Comedy/Drama) 7:00 pm The Escape (Denmark) (1’54” Drama/Thriller) 10:00 pm Letter to America (Bulgaria) (1’41” Drama)

10:00am Princess(finland)(143”Drama) 1:00 pm Mataharis (Spain) (1’40” Comedy/Drama) 3:00 pm An Ordinary Execution (France) (1’48” History Drama) 7:00 pm Little Robbers (Austria) (1’20” Family) 10:00 pm Mammoth (Sweden) (1’54” Drama)

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PRESIDENTS, vice presidents, and deans of member-schools of the prestigious Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities [PACU] gathered at Liceo de Cagayan University last week for a two-day confer-ence.

“The Art and the Practice of Deanship,” held at Liceo’s state-of-the-art AVR-3, explored contemporary approaches in the practice of being a dean---in particular, the dean as leader, manager, and scholar.

“We are honored to host this national event,” said Dr. Mariano M. Lerin, President of Liceo de Cagayan University.

PACU is the oldest edu-cational organization in the Philippines representing 180 private higher education in-stitutions (HEIs). Only gov-ernment-recognized private HEIs in the Philippines are offered membership to the or-ganization, which speaks as the private higher education voice in matters of public policy and provides vital programs, information, and forum for dialogue on key issues.

The two-day program kicked off with the Opening Ceremonies at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15. After Dr. Lerin’s Welcome Remarks came the Opening Remarks of

Top Pinoy educators converge at Liceo U. for a national conference

TOP GUNS. Dr. Mariano M. Lerin of Liceo U., newspa-per columnist and award-winning writer Dr. Isagani R. Cruz of Far Eastern University, and Dr. Ma. Cristina D. Padolina, Chair of PACU’s Program Committee and President of Centro Escolar University.

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Dr. Ma. Cristina D. Padolina, Chair of PACU’s Program Committee and President of Centro Escolar University. Then came the Keynote Speech of Dr. Vicente K. Fabella, Presi-dent of Jose Rizal Univer-sity. Dr. Patricia B. Lagunda, Executive Vice President of Baliuag University thereafter introduced the participants of the two-day meet.

The sessions for the rest of the day were the following:

“Academic Management: Ensuring Quality Education,” by Dr. Grace Aguiling-Dalisay, President of Republican Col-lege, 9 a.m.

“Mentoring Faculty,” by Dr. Maria Teresa P. Tinio, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Far Eastern University, 10.30 a.m.

“Implications of Global-ization in Higher Education: Dean’s Perspective,” Dr. Isagani R. Cruz, Consultant for Aca-demic Institutional Develop-ment, Far Eastern University, 1:00 p.m.

“Motivating Faculty,” Dr. Evelina M. Vivencio, Dean, College of Education, Univer-sity of the East.

On Friday, the second day of the conference kicked off with a Film Showing on Stu-dent Development.

The following sessions then took place:

“Best Practices in Qual-ity Management,” Dr. Maria Flordeliza L. Anastacio, Dean, School of Accountancy and Management, Centro Escolar University, 9 a.m.

“Driving Performance Ex-cellence in the Academe,” Ms. Angelica C. Fraginal, Managing Director and Senior Consultant, ACF Consultancy and Training Services, 10.30 a.m.

“What Deans Ought to Know About Outcomes-Based

Education and How to Imple-ment It,” Dr. Bonifacio T. Doma Jr., 1.30 p.m.

The two-day conference wrapped up with Closing Re-marks by Dr. Peter P. Laurel, President, PACU, and President of the Lyceum of the Philippines University. “I congratulate Liceo de Cagayan University because this is certainly one of the best PACU conferences ever,” he said.

The Master of Ceremonies was Mr. Edwin M. Delos Santos, Internal Auditor of Liceo de Cagayan University.

MISAMIS ORIENTAL STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY present there ultimate student of different course to represent there institute to compete and to be choosen as Mr & Ms MOSCAT ECO-TOURISM 2011, during there press presen-tation and pre-judging for prelimenary interview of candidates at MOSCAT Conference room on Sept. 9, 2011, standing on photos are the Mr & Ms MOSCAT ECO-TOURISM 2011 Candidates , setting from left , Jobl Mark of DXGG - FM MOSCAT Campus Radio,Joey Na-calaban of Sunstar CDO, Dr. Alma L. Cosadio, Dean, Institute of Agricuture, Joe Palabao of Businessweek MIndanao, Dr. Elizar M. Elmundo, VP - Academic Affairs, Hon. Alfred Azcuna , Vice Mayor of Claveria Misamis Oriental, Ms Rhoda B. Gadrinab, VP- Adminatra-tion. and Nicole Managbanag of Sunstar CDO.

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MISAMIS ORIENTAL - The Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology (MOSCAT) in Claveria town bared this week a unique way to promote ecotourism and biodiversity through a beauty and title pageant - the Search for Mr. & Ms. MOSCAT ECO-TUORISM 2011 – which has started this week.

MOSCAT wants the Search to be a prestigious beauty and brain pageant with a cause. The organizers stressed that it would not only be a mere beauty pageant but one that would exhort the community on the positive side of educa-tional and social awareness.

The search for Mr. & Ms. MOSCAT Ecotourism 2011 is also a venue to promote the State College as the best agricultural institution. It also

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