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By M.A. De los sAntos

FIFTY more beneficiaries of Iloilo City’s mass housing program may lose their units following the investigation by the Iloilo City Urban Poor Af-fairs Office (ICUPAO).

ICUPAO head Jeck Conlu told City Hall beat reporters that his team is set to send notice of violations to the 50 homeowners next week.

Conlu said this group is the second batch of housing benefi-ciaries who risk losing units.

“They have violat ions that warrant taking back of the awarded housing units to them,” Conlu said.

ICUPAO has sent notices of violations to 70 persons who are registered owners of the city’s mass housing units spread in

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GOVERNOR Arthur Defensor Sr. is mum on the purpose and result of his meeting with all Iloilo congressmen except first district Rep. Richard Garin last March 19, 2017.

Defensor confirmed presence of Reps. Arcadio Gorriceta (2nd district), Arthur Defensor Jr. (3rd dis-trict), Ferjenel Biron (4th district), and Raul Tupas (5th district) in the meeting.

When asked why Rep. Garin was a no show, the governor refused to disclose any details of the gath-ering.

“Indi na kamo mamangkot sina,” he told the Capitol

beat reporters on Mar. 20.He also refused to divulge the purpose and result

of the meeting.Political observers and pundits speculated that the

sit-down was a sort of political gathering in line with the 2019 elections.

Defensor is expected to retire from politics when

By Jennifer p. renDon

THE Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) is ready to take on suspected illegal drug personalities plying their trade in the

province.But it looks like IPPO anti-narcotics

operatives will have their eyes on street-level pushers.

At least for now.

On March 20, 2017, the IPPO hierarchy called for a conference with chiefs of police (COPs) to discuss Project Double Barrel Reloaded, relaunch of the PNP’s war on

GEARING UP FOR 2019?Guv mum on meeting with 4 congressmen sans Rep. Garin

Non-city residents got relocation lots – ICUPAO

THIS is what makes Boracay Island extra special – Ati kids playing on the white sand beach, their laughter in tune with the sound of the waves and the wind. (Jyh Ming Gonzales)

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ILOILO City Councilor Joshua Alim has asked City Engineer Roberto Divinagracia to investigate the ongo-ing fabrication of concrete box culverts at Jalandoni Street, City Proper.

“The fabrication is being done at the busy street occupying one lane of the road and it poses danger to the students of University of San Agustin and the public in general,” Alim told Divinagracia in a letter dated March 20, 2017.

Alim said a portion of the road had been closed for a month already.

“Since it is a public road, it is your office that can immediately act on the matter,” Alim said.

He asked Divinagracia to order the removal of the obstruction “before accident or any untoward incident may happen.”

The construction in front of USA campus is the initial phase of the P100-million comprehensive drain-age project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

Before the construction started, the DPWH said the drainage concrete boxes will be pre-fabricated and will be transferred to the area before the dig-gings start.

But it turned out the concrete culverts are being fabricated at the project site.

Earlier, Councilor R Leone Gerochi, SP com-mittee on public works chairperson, noted the same observation.

The Daily Guardian reached out to Divinagracia but he is not available as of press time.

By MAriCyn A. De los sAntos

EIGHT employees of the Iloilo City Government were trapped inside an elevator at the City Hall around 11:45 a.m. of March 20, 2017.

Victor Facultad, building administrator, confirmed that the employees were trapped inside Elevator No. 2 at the 7th floor.

“May nag-hingagaw sakay sa elevator nga nagapasirado na. Nabungguan niya ang sira amo to nga indi na magpanaog ang elevator,” said Facultad.

Also trapped was a pregnant woman, Rey Delfin Jr., and other women employees under the Office of City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog.

Firefighters from the Bureau of Fire Protection Iloilo City freed the trapped persons after half an hour.

Facultad said he reported the incident to the supplier of eleva-tor.

There are three elevators for public use at the City Hall. Another elevator is used by the City Hall officials.

By JoMArie A. Billones

ROXAS City, Capiz – A sus-pected drug pusher was charged on Mar. 17, 2017 for illegal drug trade.

Cases for violation of Sec-tions 5, 11 and 12 of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002) were filed against Joy Sison, 49, who was arrested Mar. 15 in a buy-bust operation at his house in Kilometer 3, Barangay Lawa-an here.

The charges were filed with the City Prosecutor’s Office here.

Members of the Capiz Pro-vincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 6 (PDEA), in coordination with Roxas City Police Station, ar-rested Sison after he allegedly sold a sachet of suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer for P2,000.

When frisked, the suspect yielded 21 sachets of sus-pected shabu weighing more or less 30 grams and valued at P200,000.

Senior Superintendent Sam-uel Nacion, Capiz police chief, said Sison voluntarily turned herself in to the police during the implementation of Oplan


A BAKESHOP employee turned over to police a drone after it landed inside the premises of her employer’s property.

Helen Sulleza, administrative coordina-tor of Angelina Bakeshop, surrendered the drone after it was found at the Valderama Family compound in Lopez Jaena Norte, La Paz around 8:00 a.m. of March 20,

2017.Senior Inspector Rey Sumagaysay,

La Paz police chief, said it was initially doubted that the drone may have been used


A LABORER died in an apparent case of suicide in Altavas town, Aklan.

The body of Jen Mark Geroy, 20, was found by his mother hanging inside a nipa hut, some 50 meters from their own house, at around 6:45 a.m. of March 19, 2017.

Geroy was believed to have tied a rope around his neck and lashed it to a horizontal bamboo pole inside the hut.

Investigation disclosed that there was visible

strangulation mark on his neck.A deep and wide laceration was also found

on his left wrist.The family believed there was no foul play

on Geroy’s death.Geroy’s mother claimed that her son had been

hallucinating since October 2016.As the family described it, “he claimed to be

seeing imaginary fantasy things.”The victim was rushed to Altavas District

Hospital where he was proclaimed dead on arrival.

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“Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.” – Donald Rumsfeld

N`EW YORK CITY – Even members of the Iloilo City

Council are getting annoyed and embarrassed that Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog has become the most favorite punching bag of President Rodrigo Duterte each time the president unleashed his irascible wrath against some Liberal Party (LP) bigwigs.

So alarmed and disturbed are the city aldermen and women that they are now willing to help Mabilog collate the city

government’s programs and/or accom-plishments against illgal drugs and make

a common stand.They, too, must be hurting while

seeing Mabilog reeling from absurd allegations that the city mayor, ranked No. 5 in the World Mayor two years ago, is a protector of mer-chants of prohibited substance.

Guided by an impermeable moral compass, the city councilors, led by Vice Mayor Jose III Espinosa, must have felt they could no longer afford to sit down and act like kibitzers while Mabilog was being pounded from pillar to post by a heavy bone-crusher.

-o0o-We still have faith with our repre-

sentatives from Western Visayas in the

Philippines even if their independence was recently subjected into a microscopic sleuthing by some of impatient constituents who thought their unanimous yes votes for death penalty was a tell tale sign of their implied subservience to the Duterte administration.

As if their acid test was not enough, our congressmen and women will again be tested in at least two major issues that will soon be tackled in congress: the impeachment cases versus President Rodrigo Duterte (already filed) and Vice President Leni Robredo (still being floated).

If they reject both impeachment cases (granting that an impeachment case will be officially filed against Robredo), their constituents will never badger them. Life must go on.

WHEN the new National Bureau of Investigation agent-in-charge in Bacolod, Renoir Baldovino assumed office at the start of this month, he said that he would

concentrate on anti-graft and corruption cases. His pronouncement received the usual “ho-hum”, “here we go again” reaction.

This attitude is perhaps due to the belief that the work of the NBI is more on such grizzly and heinous crimes as murder, rape and robbery, whole scale estafa, kidnap-ping and gangsterism. Indeed, graft and corruption is understood to be the domain of the Ombudsman.

Then he burst into the news, this time not in a bottom page but at the headline because of the entrapment operation that hooked an alleged BIR revenue officer. The news had the trappings of a movie – a revenue agent allegedly receiving extorted

money from an NBI operative. The BIR officer was arrested right there and then.

The woman has been charged and is out in bail. We don’t know what action the BIR on its own will take against her although it would help burnish the BIR image if it informs the public what it will do. After all she’s their employee.

Just three days earlier, a friend lamented with the same circum-stances as this alleged extortion case by a BIR officer. I suggested that he should go and report to the NBI because of the promise of Baldovino to ferret out grafters in government. I thought that we should give the NBI a chance to make good its promise.

My distraught friend said he could not because he would be marked by the BIR; the “front” bureau personnel is not alone. He insinuates a ring within the BIR that insures that their operation is not limited to only one. There is, my friend said, a teamwork, if that is a good word.

From his lamentations, it seems that the BIR crooked operative is only a front and the tentacles go up higher. At one time he also told a fellow businessman about his predicament and received this advice - just agree on the BIR proposal and save yourself.

But like all sorts of extortion, the evil does not go away. It only multiplies and makes the victims suffer more with bigger demands.

Last Saturday another Bacolod businessman who asked not to be identified because he fears retaliation, repeated almost the same scenario of extortion by some crooked BIR employees. He added more and this involves agents of BIR employees.

He said these operators are easy to detect because they are daily personalities in the BIR office. Some even mislead businessmen or their representatives because these operators oftentimes man the desks and tables of the BIR employees and entertain the public.

We can take these allegations as untrue but this businessman has no reason to approach me and tell his experience in the BIR. For what except perhaps he wants to unload his misery?

As he was seated far from our table, he can be relied upon because he came to me four times to tell this story and more. I asked for names but he declined. Indeed we are concerned with the immoral act rather than the immoral actor. We leave the actor

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(Conclusion)

THE formation of gangs is a com-mon problem nowadays, especially to some public schools.

Gangs are active in large cities of the country and sometimes due to pressures

from the police and other rivals, some are spread-ing to the smaller cities or towns in the countryside where they shift-ed their illegal operations.

U s u a l l y , teens f rom a bad home life or with psycho-logical problems join in gangs to

solve their issues with peers as well as with their families. These reasons of gang memberships turn gangs to become vio-lence. Furthermore, the reasons for gang violence can be traced in the childhoods of the gang members committing the crimes or in their family.

A study showed that 50 percent of men who are abusive toward their spouses end up being abusive to their children as well. Hence, teens who have grown up in a vio-lent home or family are often much more violent than teens who have not.

Other reasons for gang violence are the use and sale of drugs, alcoholic drinks, gang’ rivalries, fights among members of the same gang or of the other gangs.

To be accepted into the gang, teens often have to commit some sort of crime or go through hazing. Hazing is usually consid-ered forcing a new member of a group, such as a fraternity, sorority, or a gang, to perform an embarrassing or illegal act to be accepted into the group.

Hazing often occurs in high schools and colleges. Some hazing rituals involve harassing members of other gangs. This gang related hazing in high school and college may result to retaliations and eventually to gang violence in schools and in community.

To combat gang formation, schools should know the reasons for why gangs form and attract the students. Interventions must be done to address this gang forma-tion and the probability of expanding gang memberships and territories. Target stu-dents vulnerable to gang recruitment shall be identified and subject for mentoring and conflict resolution programs.

Values education curriculum should be strengthened to establish good moral and ethical standards among students. Schools should offer programs or integrate in the curriculum about gangs, their destructive-ness and on how to avoid them. Teaching and non-teaching staff should be trained or educated to know how gangs develop and on how to stop them.

As much as possible, schools should include in their policy manual or student handbook the banning of anything related to gang membership, such as, weapons, gang-identified clothing, and gang signs or symbols. Schools must assess gang prob-

lems and implement strategies to prevent gang-joining.

School security personnel must be aware of any gang formations and activities and may conduct random “on the spot” search-ing of suspected gang member students or their lockers.

Schools should develop programs to reduce behavior problem and violence in school. This program should be designed to kids who are at the greatest risk of joining gangs, such as, kids who have dropped out of school or are not fully engaged in school, kids who do not have a good home life and feel unaccepted, or kids who want to have a family, or kids pressured by their peers to join in a gang.

In the United States, anti-gang forma-tion programs reduced the number of kids who get involved with gangs.

Finally, the family plays important role in gang formation and dissolution. Schools should offer programs for parents on gang formation and on how to deal with it. Schools should conduct regular monitoring of their students and of youths who are not enrolled in school but are always in the vicinity of the school.

The move of the Iloilo City Govern-ment to strictly implement curfew for minors is another kind of intervention to minimize gangs’ untoward activities at night.

Although these interventions have no magical solution for eliminating gangs, they may make gangs appear less attractive and prepare individual students resist gang pressure to join with them.

SHE WEARS pink from top to toe, with her half-rebonded and half permed hair and a cautious smile to prevent her false teeth from falling off. The minute she walked in the

gate where she works, she’ll greet everybody she passed on with that certain grace unexpected of her.

Then she headed to the office where she is assigned, she will grace-fully place her pink bag at the top of the table, check in the mirror if her eyebrows are in place and she will fix herself with utmost confidence.

After a quick chitchat with a co-employee, she gets a trowel and inserts a towel on her back pulling it up to her neck before proceeding to the office yard. With her wedge 2-cm deep in mud, she worked her way

pulling weeds and planting ornamentals around a tree. She does this every day after she was transferred from one office to another.

No one tended the garden since she was instantly terminated. The tree still stood there but the ornamentals she planted around it, some wilted and few thrived. The stones she painted white and bordered herself were scattered and put to waste. I remembered very well how she made herself useful despite being ostracized and rumored as crazy and useless.

Two years had passed I bumped into her in a house of a com-mon friend during the feast of the Candelaria. We were not that close but when she saw me, she talked to me as if I were the only person that could ease her burden that moment in time, she cried her heart out, and I felt her anguish and hopelessness. I took it home, cried and wrote this:

“I cannot forget how your face distorts from the excruciating pain which squeezed your heart so much that tears could hardly come out in your eyes anymore they have drained not only your heart but your soul as well.” This is what she told me:

“It happened right after Christmas, when I was still in debt in thought that I could pay out of my salary, just when I still have to send my young-est daughter to college, just when I was investing for my son’s review for the nursing board exam, and just when I have enjoyed the so called ‘convenience’ of having a job that could sustain me and my family.”

And she wailed asking why?“Why have they done this to me?” She continued to ask, “Why

did they even consider that I am a single parent? The protection I need since they pulled me from my previous employer, the mere fact that for whatever accomplishment they have today I started it all. For all the wrong that I may have done I supposedly deserve a second chance.”

But she was disposable like everybody else, except of course for the chosen few. Sadly, the repercussions of this heartless deci-sion are rather irreversible.

You showed me your callused hands from taking farm-jobs here and there.

Your youngest daughter stopped school and encouraged to join the leftist.

Your son was implicated and imprisoned in drug dealing.You can barely eat three times a day andYou continue to be a laughing matter of your neighbors.These series of unfortunate events could not have happened

if they have an ounce of . . . never mind, but I will not forget the last thing you said “God sees”. With this I am not at all different from your predicament.

This kind of faith is very admirable- to live with barely a tint of hope in one’s quandary, a scarce feast in your platter, and with joy across the ocean of sorrow. Re-echoing your cry is an almost silent scream for redemption for oppressed women around the world!

educAtionupdAtes

Dr. Rex Casiple

Gangs in Schools: How to Combat Them

ReFlectionsFr. Roy Cimagala

Re-echoing a woman’s cry

Ilonggos are known to al-ways decry any attempt to destabilize the incumbent administration. If any of the two – Duterte and Robredo – will be removed from office, a power vacuum can’t guar-antee a sustained or immedi-ate political and economic

instability.

NORMALIf government is on wobbly

legs, life for Filipinos will not be normal.

Nobody would want to have this kind of environment es-pecially if our priority is to provide our children with three square meals a day and send

them to school.If our solons will reject

one impeachment and support another, their constituents will suspect that they are playing political favorites and are not taking their mandates seri-ously.

The Ilonggo constituents will be watching you, Reps. Sharon Garin (Ang Asosasyon

Sang Manguguma Nga Bisaya-OWA Mangunguma Inc.); Atty. Jerry Trenas (Iloilo City); Rich-ard Garin (Iloilo, 1st District); Arcadio Gorriceta (Iloilo, 2nd District); Atty. Arthur Defen-sor Jr. (Iloilo, 3rd District); Dr. Ferjenel Biron (Iloilo, 4th District); Raul Tupas (Iloilo, 5th District); and Maria Lucille Nava (Guimaras).

to the NBI and to the internal watchdog of the BIR.From two businessmen came the scenario of extortion that is

similar to the NBI catch. The modus operandi follows this path: a businessman is “assessed” with a very high tax. If he complained, the businessman is given an option, called a compromise, then negotiations take place until the businessman agrees to an accom-modation, a 3-way sharing.

The government is paid one third which is receipted. The crooked BIR personnel takes the other third and the businessman saves the rest. Sometimes the sharing takes a different form but

the final agreement is that the government takes the smallest of the pie.

That the BIR issued a receipt means that the amount is the actual payable to the government. The extrapolation of alleged assessment is apparently for extortion.

One chain store owner told me last Monday that when he asked for further reduction, he was referred to the Manila BIR office where the top man agreed to a compromise but referred him back to Bacolod for the “final” assessment.

We commend Baldovino and the courageous Genevieve Buena-flor with the hope that the BIR clean up because we must protect the honest BIR employees.

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BACOLOD City – Nearly 6,000 stake-holders of the sugar industry called for a boycott of all products of beverage giant Coca- Cola and the ouster of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol in a rally March 20, 2017 in front of the company’s Bacolod bottling plant.

Manuel Lamata, president of the United Sugar Producers Federation of the Philip-pines (UNIFED) said the Sugar Alliance of the Philippines plans to bring the mass action to the national offices of the Depart-ment of Agriculture in Quezon City and

Coke headquarters in Taguig City.They also plan to push for an immediate

Senate investigation into the use of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) or corn sugar by beverage firms.

“We cannot take this sitting down just for the sake of their own profit,” Lamata said.

He added that they “cannot compre-hend why Agriculture Sec. Manny Piñol would side with foreign multi-national companies.”

“It will be a long fight but we will fight,” he stressed.

He said they will seek a dialogue with

Piñol and ask for an explanation.“We met with President Rodrigo Duterte

with the help of Bukidnon Governor Jose Zubiri in Davao where he promised to help the sugar industry with our problem on high fructose corn syrup. Pinol was not there,” Lamata said.

Francis de la Rama, president of the Confederation of Sugar Producers Inc. (CONFED) called for “unity among the stakeholders of the sugar industry.”

Environment group Green Alert Negros also called for a ban on HFCS which they claimed has genetically modified organ-

UNIFED President Manuel Lamata (left photo) pours out the content of softdrink in can to dramatize his protest against a giant beverage firm for using High Fructose Corn Syrup as sweetener instead of local sugar. Placard bearing protesters (right) hold a rally in front of the bottling plant in Barangay Mansilingan on Mar. 20, 2017. (D. Yasa photos)

‘Boycott coke, oust Piñol’

By Dolly yAsA

BACOLOD City – The De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on March 17, 2017 conducted an investigation into the discovery of 15 dead pangolins in Baran-gay 2 here.

Based on the initial report of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro)-Bago City, a resident found the pangolin carcasses wrapped in plastic bags around 10 a.m. of March 16.

By Dolly yAsA

BACOLOD City – Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Lloyd “Mike” Dino is the guest of honor and speaker of the 81st induction cer-emony of the Negros Press Club on April 8, 2017 at the SMX Convention Center at 6:30 p.m.

Dino is the chairman of Art Tabang, an or-ganization that helps develop virtual artists in the country.

He is also the chairman of MUGSTORIA, a virtual rendezvous of social media storytellers which has been very active in documenting the life story of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Dino, who is married to the former Kristine Marie Uytengso, is the founder of Bisaya na Pud Movement.

NPC is the oldest press club in the country having founded in 1936 and has 150 active mem-bers from the print, radio and television outlets in the province of Negros Occidental.

This year’s theme for the induction is “Respon-sible Media: Critical Partner in Nation Building”.

To be inducted into office are Renato Duran, president; Rico Gantalao, vice president; Erwin Nicavera, secretary; Shiela Gelera, treasurer; and Eugene Adiong, auditor.

The members of the board are Chrysee Samil-lano, Jemlo Victosa, Glazyl Masculino, Martian Muyco, James Toga, Aquilino CIocon, Elsie Jolingan, Dolly Yasa, Edgar Lucasan and Teresa Ellera (ex-officio).

Duran, a newscaster and anchorman of Aksyon Radyo Bacolod, said his flagship pro-gram for this year is to establish a health assis-tance program for the members.

Silay City Mayor Mark Golez already turned over P100,000 as seed money for the program

Duran, together with the new set of officers, held an action planning session at the Buenos Aires resort in Barangay Ma-ao, Bago City

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ism “that is harmful to health of humans and causes obesity and diabetes.”

Sugar planter groups from Panay and Negros Oriental also sent representatives to the protest action.

Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Bacolod Councilor Cindy Rojas, Bago City Mayor Nicolas Yulo and Murcia Vice Mayor Jerry Rojas read letters of support of their organiza-tions for Sugar Order 3 and the stand of the sugar industry.

Negros Occidental Gover-nor Alfredo Maranon Jr., in a phone call to Lamata, said he supports their cause.

“He also told me that he will ask the Sanggunian Panlala-wigan to pass a resolution during their regular session on Wednes-day this week not to ask Coke to be a sponsor during the annual Panaad Festival of the province as well as a ban on the selling of Coke products during the dura-

tion of the event,” he added.Pontevedera Mayor Jose

Maria Alonzo also read a let-ter from Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri.

“I would like to express my support to my fellow Negrenses on this day as you hold your protest action against those who are favoring the use of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) over our organically grown sugar,” Zubiri said.

He said that he, along with Senators Cynthia Villar and Richard Gordon and other senators “who feel the plight of our sugar farmers who have been affected by the unabated entry of HFCS in the country, we promise to fast-track the Senate inquiry, in aid of legis-lation, on the impact this will cause to our sugar industry.”

Zubiri also “condemned and would like to remind Agricul-ture Sec. Manny Piñol to revisit his mandate and protect the agriculture sector and the small farmers instead of taking the

side of foreign interests”The rallyists also burned a

big effigy of a Coke bottle with the head of Pinol.

The three-hour program caused a major traffic jam in the area that stretched more than five kilometers along Murcia- Alijis highway which is the entrance into Bacolod City from the east.

In the press conference, National Federation of Sugar Planters (NFSP) president En-rique Rojas told reporters that the court hearing the case filed by Coca Cola against the Sugar Regulatory Administration has denied the petition to intervene filed by several sectors.

The hearing on the case on Mar. 20 was also reset.

Earlier, the court denied the Temporary Restraining Order filed by Coca Cola against the implementation of SRA’s Sugar Order No. 3 which regulates the entry of HFCS in the country and classifying the same as reserved sugar.

where they laid down the proj-ects and programs of the club

for this year.Among these are seminars

for the professional advance-ment of the members, medi-

cal mission that will include bloodletting as well as the usual sportsfest and other social ac-tivities of the club.

The resident brought home one of carcasses to be cooked but when he learned that the act is illegal, he returned it to the place where it was found.

Technicians from the Cenro Conservation and Development Section proceeded to the loca-tion to verify the incident along with personnel of Bacolod City Police Station 2.

Inspection revealed that the

scales of the mammals were removed.

The animals were brought to the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office-Negros Occidental for tissue sampling.

The carcasses and tissue samples were then transported to a mortuary in Bago City for further analysis to determine the species of pangolins and the cause of their death.

DENR-NIR director Al

Orolfo said that he has tasked the agency’s enforcement unit to intensify its monitoring of main ports for the entry of endangered species.

Orolfo said that he believes that the pangolins came from Palawan as they are not en-demic in Negros island.

Pangolins and anteaters are included in Appendix I of the Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

sports,” said Jojo Castro of the Iloilo City Sports.

The event, which was also a part of the city sports office’s slogan “Sa Sports may Meda-lya, Sikwayon ang Droga”, emphasizes that illegal drugs

has no place in society, more especially in sports.

The weekend events featured 15-Under Boys, 15-Under Girls and 12-Under Boys.

Several public school teams joined the competition - Iloilo City National High School, Jalandoni Elementary High

School and National High School, Mandurriao National High School, San Juan ES, Jaro ES, CPU, and Ateneo de Iloilo.

The games will be played in four straight Saturdays to determine the champion of the tournament.

to spy on the businessman’s property.

More than two hours later after hearing that a drone was turned over to police, its owner appeared before La Paz Police Station.

Vicente Andaliza, 35, of

Puerto Real Subdivision in Barangay San Isidro, La Paz, claimed that he used the drone to check their roof for re-pairs.

As he maneuvered the drone, he allegedly lost control of the gadget because of strong winds.

On top of that, his controller

ran out of battery.Andaliza said he didn’t know

it landed on the Valderama compound, more or less 400 meters from his house.

The drone was turned over to Andaliza after he let Sulleza view the recorded footage to prove that there was no spying activity that occurred.

Tokhang in July 2016.He was presumed to have

quit peddling illegal drugs until recently following the pro-nouncement of President Ro-drigo Duterte for the PNP to stop

its anti-illegal drug operations.Based on police evaluation,

his brother Iper Sison is listed as a high-value target.

his term ends in 2019.There are also speculations

that he will be replaced by his son, Rep. Defensor Jr., who is also set to complete his third 3-year term.

This early, observers said that the gubernatorial race will be a 3-cornered fight be-tween Defensor Jr., Biron, and Garin.

Biron lost to Defensor in the 2013 elections and might take a shot at the governor’s office if political pundits are to be believed.

Garin, who is ending his third term as congressman, is also believed to be interested in the governor’s post.

But Defensor Sr. said it is still too early to discuss poli-tics.

“Tama pa ni ka-temprano, sagad niyo pang-usisa ka puli-tika kay ka-dugay pa ang elec-tion,” he said.

He said the one who will replace him will be chosen by the voters.

When asked if he will en-dorse his son, the governor remains elusive with his re-sponse.

“He expressed interest (to run). Amo lang na masabat ko sa inyo,” he said.

In a previous interview, Rep. Defensor said running for gov-ernor is one of his options.

In a text message to The Daily Guardian on Mar. 20, Rep. Defensor said the meeting was “nothing in particular.”

Biron said the meeting “was an invitation by Governor Art to know the plans of everyone.”

“I made known my plans to run for governor. No concrete discussions made,” he said in another text message to The Daily Guardian.

various relocation sites.

UNOCCUPIEDConlu cited another trend

that came up in the ICUPAO in-vestigation – there are awardees who were given lots but are not originally from the city.

“There are lots that were award-ed four to five years ago but remain unoccupied,” Conlu said.

He said ICUPAO found 20 cases of awardees, who were not originally from the city.

“After the lots were awarded

to them, they returned to their place of origin, not in the city but in the countryside, in dif-ferent provinces in Panay,” he said.

With this trend, Conlu said he is mulling to revisit the re-quirements for the recipients of lots or house/lot from the city.

“Isa man sa ginatan aw na-ton. Nakita naton sa pagduhon sang bag-o nga pagsulondan kon paano i-qualify. Daku nga numero halin sa province naga kadto sa city diri gpangabuhi pero indi sila originally from the city,” Conlu said.

“Tan –awan naton kon paano naton iqualify dapat kon pila ka na ka tuig naga stay sa city bag o ka mga qualify,” Conlu said.

Conlu said the city will take back the awarded lots but will give the beneficiaries the chance to explain their side.

“Bawion ina sa ila kon indi nila majustify pero ginatagaan ta man sila sang oportunidad nga maoccupy nila, kon indi gid kuwaon gid naton sa ila kag ihatag sa iba,” Conlu said.

Beneficiaries have 60 days from the day of award to oc-cupy the lot.

drugs campaign.Senior Superintendent Har-

old Tuzon, Iloilo police chief, said that they discussed the guidelines on the implemen-tation of the Double Barrel Reloaded.

Under the rebooted anti-drugs campaign, police will still use two approaches or phases: Oplan Tokhang Part 2 revisited and Oplan HVT (high-value target).

In the conduct of Oplan Tokhang, police will do re-vis-itation or monitoring of previ-ous Tokhang surrenderers aside from visiting newly-identified drug personalities.

But the watchlist on newly-identified drug personalities should be validated by both the Police Regional Office (PRO-6) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-6).

“If the list is not yet validat-ed, we could not do the Tokhang on these newly-identified drug personalities,” Tuzon said.

The chief of police should take the lead in every Tokhang operation, alongside barangay officials or members of the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) and rep-resentative from the religious sector.

Under Oplan HVT, police will classify their targets – street level pushers; and those involved in drug trading out-side the municipal boundaries or those operating in several towns.

The station drug enforce-ment team (SDET) should lead the operations against drug level pushers while HVT personalities will be the targets of the Provincial Drug Enforce-ment Unit (PDEU) and SDET.

Also, HVT personalities should be included in a re-

validated list.For now, “we still have to do

a re-validation conference with the PDEA,” Tuzon said.

Without that validated list, local police will have to focus on street level pushers for now.

“Unless, the appreciation of our SDET will categorize a previously validated HVT personality into a street level pusher. ‘Yan, pwede pa ring ma-operate at ma-aresto,” Tu-zon clarified.

During the conduct of Oplan Tokhang in July 2016 until Double Barrel was stopped end of January 2017, more than 7,000 drug personalities have surrendered in Iloilo province.

When the police went back with Double Barrel Reloaded, more than 500 Tokhang sur-renders were re-visited but none for newly-identified group because of the absence of a validated list.

“I understand the talk about (me getting back to) world number one with Andy (Mur-ray) and Novak (Djokovic) not playing well and I’ll try to back it up. But this is my 90th (tour-level) title so I’ll try to enjoy this first.”

The rematch of the Austra-lian Open semi-final saw the close friends hold serve until the 10th game of the opening set when Federer, ahead 5-4, outlasted Wawrinka in a thrill-ing 21-shot rally for the service break.

Wawrinka, making his first appearance in an Indian Wells final, came out firing in the second set as he became the first player to break Federer this fortnight and then saved a

pair of break points in the next game to move ahead 2-0.

But Federer never wavered as he coolly won the next three games and then broke Wawrin-ka in the 12th game to close out the match in 80 minutes.

On championship point, Federer jumped right on Wawrinka’s serve and quickly had his compatriot running back and forth along the baseline.

Finally, when Wawrinka reached out desperately to send a forehand back, Federer charged to the net and slammed down a running forehand to clinch the title.

While the defeat left Wawrin-ka an emotional wreck, with the teary-eyed U.S. Open cham-pion calling himself Federer’s “biggest fan”, the popular champion was left to soak up a

standing ovation.Federer now joins Djokovic

as a five-time winner at the event and becomes the oldest champion in the tournament’s history, surpassing Jimmy Con-nors who was 31 when he triumphed in 1984.

“I was very sad when I couldn’t come here last year so just being here is a beautiful feeling,” Federer said during the trophy presentation.

“It’s been just a fairytale week. I’m still on the come-back. I hope my body is going to allow me to keep on play-ing.

“I came here for the first time 17 years ago so to be here again as the champion is an amazing feeling. And I can’t tell you enough what it means to me.” (Reuters)

The Spikers maintain their unblemished record in the on-going tournament after posting its fourth straight victory.

They have now secured a

ticket to the next round where it will be joined by two other teams together with a guest squad from Japan.

Ceseal Delos Santos, the Blazer’s head coach, said they are raring for the semifinal

match on Mar. 30, 2017. “Good thing the girls fol-

lowed the game plan and we made it to the semifinals. We’re preparing for it. I hope ev-erybody will step up,” Delos Santos said.

“Being at home doesn’t guarantee anything,” Stotts said. “Certainly, it’s an advan-tage, but we can’t let down our guard.”

In Los Angeles, Kyrie Irving scored 46 points as the Cleve-land Cavaliers rolled over the Los Angeles Lakers 125-120 at Staples Center.

Irving connected on 15 of 21 shots from the floor for the Cavaliers, who increased their lead over the Boston Celtics for first place in the Eastern Con-ference to 2 1/2 games.

LeBron James tallied 34 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and Kevin Love added 21 points and 15 boards for Cleveland, who improved to 46-23.

Elsewhere, JJ Barea tallied 11 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Dallas Maver-icks went wire-to-wire to beat the Brooklyn Nets 111-104. (Agence France-Presse)

PorTlaNd Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard (0) dunks over Miami Heat’s James Johnson (16) and Hassan Whiteside (21) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Miami. (Lynne Sladky/AP)

IloIlo City mounts football games for youth to dissuade them from vices like illegal drugs. (Jojo Castro)

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THE Iloilo City government lauded the Iloilo City Develop-mental Football Tournament at the Central Philippine Univer-sity (CPU) Football Field last March 18, 2017.

Mayor Jed Pat r ick E. Mabilog, Vice Mayor Joe III Espinosa (chairman of the Iloilo City Sports Council) and other city officials orga-nized the event under Public Private Community Partner-ship through Sports with Jaro Football Club as private sector partner.

“The tournament is part of our grassroots program in football for the public schools as this aims to encourage the youth in their involvement in

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ANOTHER Ilongga volleyball player is making waves in the national scene following her impressive performance in the Philippine Superliga Invi-tational.

Aiza Maizo Pontillas served as the hero for Petron Blaze Spikers which blasted rival Fo-ton Tornadoes (25-12, 25-10, 25-23) in the 2017 Belo-Philippine Superliga Invitational at the San Juan Arena over the weekend.

The native of Passi City, Iloilo finished the game with 10 attacks and a block to lead the Blaze Spikers.

MIAMI – Damian Lillard carried his team on his back Sunday (Mar. 20, 2017 in PHL), scoring a season-high 49 points as the Portland Trail Blazers stopped the Miami Heat 115-104 at AmericanAirlines Arena.

The 26-year-old point guard from Oak-land, California made 12 free throws and nine three-pointers, the same number the entire Heat team did. His 49 points was just four fewer than the Miami starting lineup.

“That was one incredible performance,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “There

may be less than five players in this league that you have to do something different on your pick-and-roll coverage. Lillard is one of those guys.

“Once he got going, there haven’t been many shooting performances like that in the league this year. He was outstand-ing.”

Despite playing on back-to-back nights, Lillard showed no signs of fatigue, making 14 of 21 shots from the floor.

It was Lillard’s 13th game this season with 30 or more points and his fourth with 40 or more. He started the night seventh

in NBA scoring with an average of 26.5 points.

Lillard got help from Jusuf Nurkic, who had 21 points and 12 rebounds as Portland improved to 32-37 on the season.

CJ McCollum added 18 points as the Trail Blazers won their third game in a row and are now one game behind the Denver Nuggets for the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference.

Blazers coach Terry Stotts said he hopes his players remain focused during their final 13 games, 10 of which are at home.

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Lillard explodes for 49 points against HeatA REJUVENATED Roger Federer beat fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-5 in the BNP Paribas Open final on Sunday (Mar. 20, 2017 in PHL) to earn a record-tying fifth Indian Wells title and the distinction of being the tournament’s oldest winner.

The 35-year-old Swiss, who made a stunning return from a six-month injury layoff to win the Australian Open in January, capped an impressive run in the California desert in which he did not lose a set.

“I have totally exceeded my expectations. My goal was to be top eight by Wimbledon. This is just a dream start,” Federer, who will climb four spots to world number six on Monday, told Sky Sports courtside.

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AN ACADEMIC research paper by Uni-versity of the Philippines (UP) Profes-sor Emeritus Epictetus Patalinghug, et al. entitled Assessment of the Structure, Conduct, and Performance of the Phil-ippine Telecommunications Industry, determined that the only realistic third player in the local telecoms industry is the government – and that the govern-ment must build a ‘last-mile’ network that is not financially viable for private operators to build.

Speaking at the Philippines Telecoms Summit held recently by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Patalinghug posi-tioned that a third player from the private sector may have a difficult time attaining financial viability in the short run due to its late-mover disadvantage. They will also need to penetrate undeveloped ar-eas whose deployment costs are higher than the almost saturated urban markets dominated by the incumbents.

The market realities of capital intensi-ty, sunk costs and economies of network size therefore prevent a realistic entry of a private third player, according to Pa-talinghug.

The paper showed that in 2015 alone, PLDT and Globe’s capital expenditures already amounted to 29% of their total service revenues. This ranked second only to China’s 36% globally. In con-trast, telecoms firms in the US spent only 14% of their revenues on network im-provements in 2015.

Patalinghug’s findings coincided with the DICT’s position that the recently ap-proved national broadband program of the government will help improve in-ternet speed in the country and provide more Filipinos with access to the inter-net. This will be achieved through a nationwide network that will link previ-ously unconnected rural areas.

DICT Secretary Rodolfo Salalima said in an interview that the national broad-

band network is needed not only by the public but by the private telecoms firms as well in order to expand the reach of their services towards the countryside.

Salalima added that compelling the telcos to do business in countryside areas that are not viable will entail significant costs that will have to be shouldered by their subscribers. “We need the national broadband network as a way to lower costs and help out in rendering services to the public,” he said.

In a meeting with President Duterte in October, Salalima recommended that the government build and manage the net-work, and then allow private companies allowed to lease it. This would be benefi-cial to the telcos, who lack the necessary broadband infrastructure in far-flung or ‘missionary’ areas.

“We hope to lay the groundwork — so telcos can come in and begin to of-fer much-needed internet services to the residents there,” Salalima said.

WHILE average internet connection speed is increasing, a study finds that local telecoms firms must continue to put up large capital costs and significant annual expenditures in order to maintain and upgrade the network infrastructure, as well as invest in new tech-nologies and facilities.

SEMIRARA Mining and Power Corp. (SMCP) on Monday said it turned over some P2.65 billion in royalty payments to the Department of Energy (DOE) for 2016.

In a filing with the local bourse, Semirara said its lat-est royalty payments reflect a 47-percent increase from P1.8 billion in 2015.

According to the company, more than P1 billion will go to local government units of the Province of Antique, the Municipality of Caluya and Barangay Semirara.

“SMPC is committed to creating shared value for our stakeholders. Because of our partnership with the national government, we are able to generate growth that redounds to our host prov-ince, municipality and com-munity,” Semirara President and COO Victor A. Consunji said.

Under Philippine laws, local government units are entitled to a 40-percent share of royalty proceeds from pe-troleum, coal, geothermal, hydrothermal and wind re-sources.

Citing a Department of Budget and Management report released June 2016, Semirara said its 2015 remit-tances accounted for 83 per-cent of the P2.2 billion total government royalty collec-tions from energy resource and production.

Semirara’s host region Western Visayas was said to have received the lion’s share of nearly P725 million. (GMA News)

By Louine Hope Conserva

THE Philippine Veterans Bank-Iloilo inaugu-rated its newly-renovated branch on Mar. 17, 2017 in line with the 72nd anniversary of the Liberation of Panay on March 18.

The inauguration was led by PVB Chair-man and Chief Executive Officer Roberto F. De Ocampo, OBE and President and Chief Opera-tions Officer Nonilo C. Cruz, Branch Banking Group Head and Senior Vice President Vilma A. Noche and Corporate and Consumer Relations Head and Vice President Mike Villa-Real; Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor, City Mayor Jed Patrick

Mabilog, and City Councilor Jay Trenas.De Ocampo, who traces his roots to Duman-

gas, Iloilo, said PVB is different from other private commercial banks as it is a “bank with a heart.”

“We help those who are in need and assist them with their financial plans. Although we emphasize that it built to give honours to our veteran soldiers who fought during World War II to give us liberty,” he said.

Villa-Real said all their 60 branches are un-dergoing rebranding nationwide.

The Iloilo branch, which has been operating since 1993, was the first to undergo renovation in Panay.

PVB Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Roberto F. De Ocampo welcomes guests during the inauguration of the renovated Iloilo branch on March 17, 2017. Behind him is the World War II His-tory Wall which depicts the heroism of veterans. (Ricky Alejo)

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Net speed improving but intensive capital still needed for infra build

A BANK WITH A HEARTVeterans Bank inaugurates renovated branch

An academic research paper by University of the Philippines (UP) Professor Emeritus Epic-tetus Patalinghug, et al., called an Assessment of the Structure, Conduct, and Performance of the Philippine Telecommunica-tions Industry, explained that the rate of change of average internet connection speed in the Philip-pines is increasing, and this gap will soon be bridged by new in-vestments in network facilities.

Data from content deliv-ery network services provider Akamai showed that the aver-age connection speed for fixed broadband in the Philippines in Q2 of 2016 increased by 23% over the previous quarter. Mo-bile broadband fared even bet-ter, with almost twice the aver-age connection speed of fixed broadband in the same period.

Akamai’s Q3 2016 report on the other hand showed further improvement as the Philippines’ average mobile internet speed of 13.9 mbps for the July to September period was the fast-est in the Asia Pacific region.

Gaining more ground in broadband speed and service delivery will mean overcoming

more barriers however, among them the massive annual capi-tal requirements to continually maintain and upgrade the network infrastructure. Phil-ippine telecoms firms’ invest-ments in major infrastructure programs are expected to continue even beyond 2020.

In 2015 alone, capital ex-penditures amounted to 29% of PLDT and Globe’s total service revenues. This ranked second only to China’s 36% globally. In contrast, telecoms firms in the US spent only 14% of their revenues on network improve-ments in 2015.

For 2017, both PLDT and Globe have raised their capital expenditures for greater expan-sion of their networks and to improve their quality of service. PLDT reported that it plans to spend Php40 billion for capi-tal expenditures this year. The amount will be used for de-ploying additional frequencies, building-up their fixed-line seg-ment, and undertaking a major network expansion to improve the coverage and quality of its voice, SMS, and mobile inter-net, particularly its LTE service.

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ONLY 11 days are left for the public to exchange old peso bills for the new generation currency banknotes, in line with the demonetization process of the Bang-ko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

“Paalala na March 31, 2017 and huling araw ng pagpapalit ng lumang serye ng perang papel sa mga bangko o BSP offices/branches,” according to an ad-visory by the BSP and the National Telecommunica-tions. The advisory was sent to subscribers of Globe Telecom Inc. on Monday.

The NTC also sent similar advisories to overseas Filipino workers and the public at large via Smart Communications Inc. last week.

The BSP earlier extended the deadline for chang-ing the new denomination series (NDS) banknotes – first launched in 1985 – for the new NGC banknotes until March 31, 2017.

The BSP has moved the demonetization of NDS banknotes to April 1, 2017, from January 1, 2017, which means that the new denomination bills will no longer be accpeted as a currency of exchance for goods and services.

Overseas Filipinos were advised by the BSP to ex-change their old peso bills by placing a reservation for NGC notes via online at orbs.gov.ph, but with a ceiling of P50,000. (GMA News)

PUMP prices of petroleum products will go down agian this week, according to an oil company, after crude prices registered declines in world markets.

In an advisory, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. said it will roll back gasoline prices by P0.80 per liter and diesel by P1.20. It will also lower kerosene prices by P1.20 per liter.

The adjustments will take effect at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21.

In separate advisories last week, Flying V, Petron Corp.,

SEAOIL Philippines Inc. and Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. also lowered gasoline prices by P0.35 liter and die-sel by P0.60. Kerosene prices were also adjusted down by P0.70 per liter.

PTT Philippines Corp. and Phoenix Petroleum Philip-pines Inc. also implemented the same adjustments, but ex-cluding kerosene.

The latest data from the Department of Energy showed gasoline prices in the country currently range from P39.40 to P48.09 and diesel from P28.05 to P33.95. (GMA News)

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FIVE years ago, the country’s economy was going through unstable times. Consumers were faced with tightening bud-gets, forced to choose where they would spend and where they would cut down. Watsons wanted help. So in 2012, they launched the “Switch & Save” campaign, an educational ef-fort that showed smart shop-pers how to save on their per-sonal care essentials in order to afford more of the things they really wanted. All they had to do was shift from the leading brand to the Watsons brand.

In those first years, the simple idea proved a smashing success. Watsons customers all across the country made the switch, changing out their toothbrush-es, tissues, lotions and more for the affordable, high qual-ity Watsons alternative. With such great momentum behind the movement, they decided to expand the campaign to the pharmacy. Launching Watsons Generics in 2014, Watsons was able to bring that same promise of affordable quality to Filipi-nos everywhere. Improving the state of nation’s healthcare was

a huge win.But even with so many

switchers on board, not every-one seemed to be convinced. The notion that “cheaper means lower quality” had some shop-pers resisting the change. Yet the Watsons team knew the truth- that with their products’ amazing quality, most people wouldn’t even feel the differ-ence. That’s when a big idea was born- The Switch Test. The team would mount an in-store activity that asked shoppers to compare Watsons to the lead-ing brands. The hitch- they’d have to do it blind. Without being able to see the brands, customers were asked to try out two products and choose the one they would rather buy. From body scrubs to hair irons, shoppers felt their way through the Watsons selection, and the results were overwhelming.

8 out of 10 shoppers chose the Watsons Label product over the leading branded counterpart, an amazing testament to Watsons quality. But the surprises didn’t end there. When informed of the savings they could get with Watsons Label, the remaining

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However, many Filipino vehicle owners still do not have mo-torcar insurance. According to a study conducted by the Land Transportation Office, 17.7% of 8 million vehicles registered do not have comprehensive motorcar cover.

Why? It’s probably because of the tedious process. First, you would have to study the various car insurance products offered by different companies—already a laborious act by itself due to the volume of car insurance providers in the market today. Next, you would likely need a face-to-face discussion with an agent or even visit his or her office just to get a quote. It is only after agreeing and negotiating on the terms of the quotation that you would get to fill out an application and pay. Lastly, you would then have to wait for days before you get your insurance.

Fortunately, leading non-life insurance company Malayan Insurance Co. Inc., has stepped up to make the process of secur-ing protection for your car easier. Leveraging on the Filipino fondness for accessibility and online use, Malayan Insurance has launched auto.malayan.com, a first-of-its-kind platform that lets you buy car insurance online.

With auto.malayan.com, you don’t need to worry about tak-ing a leave from the office just to stand in a queue all day. You can now simply go online and apply for your comprehensive car insurance, get an instant quote, and pay the corresponding fees online. You can also submit insurance claims through the same platform.

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Gathering together Wat-sons six celebrity endorsers (Christian Bautista, Tessa Pri-eto-Valdes, Iya Villana, Kylie Padilla, Lorna Tolentino, and Edu Manzano), they put them all to the Switch Test. Run-ning the same blind test used in stores, Watsons asked each of the celebs the simple ques-tion, “What’s the difference

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GISON AND ROSALIA VASQUEZ known as parcel of land with Tax Dec. No. 05-02-009-00382; situated in Barangay Domingo; District of Arevalo, City of Iloilo; containing an area of Seven Hundred Eighty Four (784) Square Meters, more or less; is subject of DEED OF ADJUDICATION to their surviving Heirs namely: Renato Vasquez Gison; Cecilia Vasquez Gison; Nelly Vasquez Gison; Genonito Vasquez Gison married to Edna Abuck; Elsa Gison Panique, widow; Rex Vasquez Gison; widower; Alona Vicenta Vasquez Gison; Gerardo Vasquez Gison married to Ma. Sheila Forro and Theresa Vasquez Gison. As per Doc. No. 70; Page No. 15; Book No. XIX; Series of 2017; under Notary Public of Atty. Ernesto H. Mediodia.

ERRATuMIn the issues of The Daily Guardian dated Feb. 10, 17 &

24, 2017 entitled “ Rural Bank of Alimodian (Iloilo) Inc. vs. Beulah A. Caloso, AIF of Juanita Glenda A. Plaga” Juanita should be ZANITA.

Our Apology.

“This branch got burnt down in November 2014. We waited for the go signal of the Bureau of Fire Protection that the stric-ture was still intact. And so we started the renovation works in 2016. We have finished it last year but we inaugurated it only this year in time for the Libera-tion of Panay. Our façade has a large ‘V’ and we hope that our bank will now be more visible and vibrant,” he said.

He also clarified the notions

that PVB only caters to veterans.“Our clientele are primarily

government agencies, pension-ers and many private individu-als. Many would think that it is only for veterans. But the same as any other commercial banks, we also have corpo-rate loans as well as loans for small and medium enterprises (SMEs),” he said.

He added that 20 percent of the bank’s net income goes to a group called Board of Trustees

AWARD-winning comedian and TV host Michael V. continues his journey as a Kapuso as he renewed his contract last March 15, 2017 with GMA Network, Inc.

Present in the contract signing were GMA Chairman and Chief Executive Of-ficer Atty. Felipe L. Gozon, GMA Presi-dent and Chief Operating Officer Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr., GMA Executive Vice Presi-dent and Chief Financial Officer Felipe S. Yalong, GMA Entertainment TV’s Senior Vice President Lilybeth G. Rasonable, GMA Vice President for Drama Produc-tions Redgie Acuña-Magno, GMA Vice President for Business Development De-partment III Darling de Jesus Bodegon, GMA Senior Assistant Vice President for Business Development Department II Ja-nine Piad-Nacar, GMA Senior Assistant Vice President for Alternative Produc-tions Gigi Santiago-Lara, GMA Assistant Vice President for Drama Productions Cheryl Ching-Sy, Senior Program Man-agers Bang Arespacochaga and Camille Hermoso Hafezan and Bitoy’s wife and manager Carolina Bunagan.

The Kapuso comedy genius said he is very happy to renew his ties with GMA 7 which has been his home network for more than two decades, “21 years na akong Kapuso. Ito talaga yung bahay ko. Sinubukan kong gumawa ng project sa ibang Network pero dito talaga yung puso ko, hindi ko maaalis. Isa pa, masaya ako sa ganda ng relasyon ko with every-one here to the point na parang hindi na boss yung turing ko sa kanila, kung hindi parang kamag-anak na.”

At present, Bitoy headlines two of the Network’s multi-awarded programs: the longest-running gag show Bubble Gang and well-loved family sitcom Pepito Manaloto.

He shared that he is very happy and thankful with the viewers’ incessant sup-

Michael V. remains a full-fledged Kapuso

port to his shows all these years, “Actu-ally, kaya kami running pa rin ngayon ay dahil sa viewers. Kaya naman maka-kaasa sila na may iba pang mga dadagdag at bibisita. Para yun sa kanila e. Sabi ko nga, they inspire us. Sa kanila kami hu-muhugot ng inspirasyon o idea so masaya ako sa suporta nila sa amin since then.”

During the contract signing, Atty. Go-zon said he is delighted that Bitoy con-tinues to affirm his loyalty to the Ka-puso Network, “Well, si Bitoy naman idol ng marami e. Para sa akin, siya ang pinakasikat na comedian sa ngayon. At proud ako diyan kasi wala akong naririnig na negative about him.”

He also added, “And the fact that we are still together for 20 years and more, siguro naman we don’t have to say any-thing about loyalty.”

Meanwhile, Mr. Duavit described Bi-toy as a unique individual with tremen-dous talent, “Isa ako sa taga-hanga ni Bi-toy because he is just so unique, so great and admirable as a co-worker that aside from making us all very proud, we are extremely happy na nariyan siya at patu-loy ang kanyang tiwala. At tayo naman ay

patuloy na naghahanap ng paraan para ip-akita sa kanya yung appreciation namin.”

Mr. Yalong, in turn, praised how Mi-chael V. has become one of the Kapuso Station’s pillars, “Kami ay tuwang tuwa na kasama pa rin natin siya. Kasi kung may tinatawag tayong pillars of drama, Bitoy is also a pillar as far as entertain-ment is concerned. No doubt na sobra ang pagmamahal niya sa ginagawa niya.”

Meanwhile, Rasonable said that she admires Bitoy’s dedication and hard work in all of his shows in GMA, “Saying that Bitoy as a prized possession of GMA is an understatement. Kasi talagang bukod sa pagiging loyal niya for the past 21 years, very generous siya sa kanyang talento kaya napakahalaga ng contributions niya sa entertainment ng GMA. Napaka-active ng participation niya sa creative process ng show na kasama siya.”

The GMA executive also added that they will continue to provide quality shows for him. “Makakaasa ang fans niya na tuloy tuloy lang ang Pepito Manaloto and Bubble Gang for him since napakala-kas nun. Then he has another show, it’s a contest but we’ll announce it later pa.”

for Veterans for World War II.“The group gives medi-

cal checkups for veterans. As of now their budget can only cover Luzon but hopefully in two to three years we can ex-pand the clinics in Visayas and Mindanao,” he said.

HISTORY WALLPart of the rebranding is the

putting up of World War II his-tory wall in all the branches.

It is comprised of six pan-els, with several panels dedi-

cated to local World War II events that have happened in Panay and Romblon.

“The wall depicts what happened in the location of that branch. It is like a mini museum. Our objective is for people to get to know history. I hope they will be interested to look at it,” he said.

It also has features artifacts, paraphernalia, memorabilia from the war, and a display monitor showing WWII docu-mentaries and photos.

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MEMBERS of Panay Adoptive Parents Association (PAPA) are urging other cou-ples to adopt children.

“We want more children. There is sheer joy in a big family. That is why we adopted a child. When our second son arrived in our home, our first born became more respon-sible,” said Mark and Reinalyn Cabag.

Mark is president of PAPA while his wife Reinalyn is one of the officers. Ca-bag issued this statement when the De-partment of Social Welfare and Develop-ment (DSWD) Field Office VI established an Adoption Help Desk at SM City Iloilo recently.

The Adoption Consciousness Week is being observed Every month of Febru-ary. This year’s theme is “Pagmamahal Palaganapin, Legal na Pag-aampon Ating Gawin.”

Cabag said that Ilonggos—especially those childless couples, those who want to have additional kids, or even singles but must have father or mother figure—should think of adopting children because they deserve to have permanent homes.

“We want to have a society free of abandoned children,” said Cabag.

Cabag added that what melted their heart when they did adopt a child was the gradual disappearance of classic symp-toms of an abandoned child.

“Before, we did not even see him cry. And then we scheduled his feeding time. Then we realized that loving a child could melt the hardest of hearts,” he said.

Rod, another adoptive parent and a phy-sician, said, “Try legal adoption. It will change your heart, it will soften your heart. You are going to have a heart of a giver.”

In the same manner, Mafloradel Cabu-cos, one of PAPA’s officers, told about the joy of legal adoption, “Deep in our hearts,

By DoLLy yasa

BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Enrique Montilla III of Isabela, Ne-gros Occ. said all is set for the town’s fiesta celebration on April 19- 22, 2017.

Montilla said he gathered department heads, the Department of Education and barangay captains, including town scholars, who are all expected to participate in the fiesta celebration.

Day 1 on April 19 is for DepEd. The opening day will start with an 8:30 a.m. mass followed by the opening of Agro Fair and the mass wedding or Kasalan ng Bayan.

A motorcade spearheaded by the DepEd will feature at least 30 vehicles including those acquired by the town for the disas-ter-preparedness program.

Participants in the drumbeating contest will also join.The day will be capped with the DepEd Night featuring an

Acrobatic show at the Civic Cultural Center.April 20 is the Barangay and Scholars’ Day. It will feature the

agri-booth contest to be participated by 30 barangays clustered into 15 groups.

The awarding and recognition of outstanding scholars will also be held in the morning and parlor games in the afternoon.

The highlight of the day is the search for the Lin-ay sang Isa-bela with 15 contestants representing the 15 barangay clusters. The pageant will be held at the Socio Cultural Center in the eve-ning.

April 21 will be the LGU (Local Government Unit) Day which includes the Grand Parade of at least 30 floats represent-ing the government and private sectors.

It will be followed by the Fancy Ball for the children and coronation of the Fancy Ball Queen at the Socio Cultural Center at about 6 p.m.

Culminating the LGU day is a program where the different departments of the local government unit will participate with the theme “Isabela goes international”.

The different departments formed into clusters chose a coun-try, wear costumes and render a number which will be held at the covered court at 9 p.m.

April 22 is the coronation of the fiesta queen in the evening at the socio-cultural center.

Live bands will entertain the crowd during the 4-day fiesta celebration.

THE regional director of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Western Visayas ex-plained the importance of min-erals to human existence and development.

During the radio program “Ikaw Kag Ang Imo Palibot” of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) aired on Radyo ng Bayan, Di-rector Leo Van Juguan talked about the nature of minerals, where they come from and their use in everyday life.

RD Juguan cited the many uses of minerals in agriculture, construction, food, transport, utensils, technology and com-munication.

In agriculture, lime is used for fertilizer, fish ponds and in processing sugar.

Non-metallic minerals such as aggregates particu-larly sand and gravel are used to construct roads and almost all structures from houses to public infrastructures such as schools, offices, malls, hotels, and bridges.

“Copper is needed for light-ing, plumbing, wiring, comput-ers, cars, and gadgets among all many things that need copper for them to be made,” Juguan said.

White and red-burning clay are needed to produce fine china used for dining and other ceramic products.

Both metallic and non-me-tallic minerals are potentially present in Region 6 based on factors such as its geological setting and structure.

Region 6 has a potential for gold, copper, pyrite, manga-nese, chromite and iron. As for non-metallic minerals, marble, silica, sandstone, white clay, limestone, guano, phosphate rock, and semi-precious gem-stone can be found in Panay and Guimaras islands.

For over 14 years now, there are no large-scale mining oper-ations in Western Visayas and Negros Occidental which now belongs to the Negros Island Region (NIR), Juguan said. (LAA/MGB-6)

Adoptive parents call for more couples to adopt children

you are the greatest gift given by God to us. You are longed for and we want to give your our unconditional love.”

LEGAL ADOPTION Adoption is defined as a socio-legal

process of providing a permanent family to a child whose parents have voluntarily or involuntarily relinquished parental au-thority over the child.

“We still have children in child-caring institutions and those in foster homes who need permanent families,” said Rosario Sanagustin.

HOW TO APPLY

Sanagustin said that those who want

to apply could go to the nearest Local Social Welfare and Development Office (LSWDO).

“Even singles could apply as long as there is a mother or father figure in their household,” she said.

The DSWD6 is also conducting a quar-terly Adoption and Foster Care Forum wherein the process of adoption is being explained.

Sanagustin also warned young individ-uals who are into unwanted pregnancies.

“It is better to give up the child to us at DSWD rather than leaving babies some-where else. We ensure that we put them in permanent homes,” she said. (DSWD-6/May Rago-Castillo)

Isabela town fiesta on April 19-22

MGB-6 head talks about importance of minerals

By JosepHine G. CaBaLseTeacher II, BNHS

AS EVERYONE is preparing for moving up ceremony, parents are in dilemma on their children choice to enroll for senior high school. Although career orientation has been done by the schools and the guid-ance office, there are still students who were not able to finalize yet their plans for the last two years in high school.

With the K to 12 objectives; to produce productive and responsible citizens of soci-ety, to equip individuals with essential com-petencies and skills to either pursue to high-er education, employment, entrepreneurship or to have the Baccalaureate course.

For the four tracks that is offered by senior high schools; academic, arts and design, and sports, it is the TVL track that is best to have because of its hands on activities, exploration, creativity, ex-

perimental, and the application of skills to daily life.

There are a lot of readings that explain the reasons why to consider TVL track. One magazine stated that according to statistics there are only 14 out of 100 Grade 1 students go to college. While oth-ers cited that Certificate of Competency and National Certificates can be obtained from TVL, the most important documents needed for employment globally.

TVL Track: Viable Option for Newly Moved Up Junior High School

focUs on DrUG-free fUtUre Pupils of Cansilayan Elementary School in Pototan, Iloilo are captivated by the lecture and film showing on Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) regularly advocated by personnel of Pototan District Jail. (J. Britanico/BJMPVICRS)

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COSMO Iloilo’s biggest fashion spectacle will finally be unveiled in

a glittering dinner show with no less than renowned Ilonggo fashion designer NONO PALMOS showcasing his Hablon stunners on the runway at

the elegant Jade Ballroom of the Grand Xing Imperial Hotel, dahlings!

The much-awaited event, aptly dubbed “Gwapa/Gwapo”, will take center stage on March 25, 2017 at 6 p.m.

Spearheaded by the ever gracious philanthropists, Dr. PACITA TRINIDAD-GONZALEZ and daughter Dr. GOLD T. GONZALEZ, the show aims to raise funds for the Raul M. Gonzalez Sr. Foundation for the continued free medical services for indigent Ilonggos at its Medical/Dental/Diagnostic Digital Imaging Clinic in Petalsville, Tabuc Suba, Jaro, Iloilo City.

What makes this fashion spectacle so unique are the 21 distinguished Ilonggo achievers and leaders who unselfishly lent their time and presence to personally walk on the fashion runway garbed in the latest prêt-a-porter

and haute couture collections of NONO PALMOS.They are: Atty. RAUL T. GONZALEZ Jr., Dr.

CHARMAINE GONZALEZ-CASTILLO, NORMA P. ROSALES, DR. MARYLOU ARCELO, MAYOR TRIXIE FERNANDEZ, DARLENE GO, DIANNE JIMENEZ, DOLLY CHUA, KATHLEEN YNION, PRIMA BUCKLEY-SWEENEY, SHEILA DRAPER, VIRMA YASA, PUTLI FUERTE, ADOLFO and GRETA NGALONGALAY, ATTY. JOEBERT and RHEA PEÑAFLORIDA, MAYOR MAC NAPULAN, DR. ROLLIN TABUENA, JOJO ANG and NIKKO R. CID.

Adding glam to the event is a performance by Violin Virtuoso John Lesaca.

NONO PALMOS, who hails from Miag-ao, Iloilo, is an advocate of heritage fabric Hablon which he always promotes in his fashion show abroad.

The eponymous museum and clinic is the legacy of the late statesman RAUL M. GONZALEZ SR., a three-term congressman of the Lone District of Iloilo City and Justice Secretary during GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO’s presidency. It was built in his honor by his wife Dr. PACITA TRINIDAD-GONZALEZ and children.

Prominent political and diplomatic corps personalities are expected to grace the affair.

So see you all there, dahlings!

Dr. Pacita Trinidad-Gonzalez in front of her husband’s portrait, the late Raul Gonzalez Sr.

Dr. Gold T. Gonzalez

and brother former

congressman Raul

Gonzalez Jr.

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MiaGao Mayor Mac Napulan, Your Pagemaker, Liza Ilarde and PMAP’s Raphael Kiefer

VioLin Virtouso John Lesaca

Dr. Charmaine Gonzalez-Castillo, Norma Rosa-les and Kathleen Ynion

PUtLi Fuerte and Mayor Trixie Fernandez of San Enrique, Iloilo

JoJo Ang, Atty. Joebert Peñaflorida and Nikko R. Cid

VirMa Yasa and Greta Ngalongalay

Dr. Rollin Tabuena and Adolfo Ngalongalay

(Foreground) Diane Jimenez, Marylou Arcelo and Prima Buckley-Sweeney with Rhea Peñaflorida, Dolly Chua, Sheila Draper and Darlene Go.

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