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ARMM canvassCOTABATO CITY (Mind-aNews/– The Regional Board of Canvassers (RBOC) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) convened at 6:14 p.m. Monday but failed to initialize the Consolidated Canvassing System (CCS) that would receive the electronical-ly-transmitted certificates of canvass from the five ARMM provinces because the third member failed to show up. Ray Sumalipao, regional director of the Comission on Elections in the ARMM and chair of the three-member RBOC, convened the session at 6:14 a.m. with vice chair Ramy Guiling, the Regional State Prosecutor, but declared a 15-minute recess at 6:52 p.m. and later suspended the session until 10 a.m. Tuesday because the rules require that initializing must be done in the presence of all three mem-bers and ARMM Education Secretary Jamar Kulayan, the supposed member-secretary,was a no-show.

Energy conservationCAGAYAN DE ORO CITY-- The Department of Energy (DOE) conducted an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Seminar last May 6. The seminar aimed to pro-vide information on household energy saving concepts and tips. Senior Science Research Specialist of DOE-Manila Nori-ta Froilan shared some house-hold energy saving concepts and tips in order to extend supply of fossil fuels; save the environment; contribute to a sustainable future; boost limited government resources; and save money. In addition, consumers can actually skip ironing of clothes and save both time and money by using fabric conditioners and by using a hanger upon drying them. lluminating the corner of the house that only needs light, replacing incandescent bulb with a Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL), cleaning the tubes of the lamp regularly and using natural lighting when feasible can also help save energy.

joyous. Local residents celebrate as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) officially proclaimed Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer oscar Moreno as mayor of Cagayan de oro yesterday. The Comelec has also proclaimed Rolando “Klarex” uy as winner of the first district congressional race and Rufus Rodriguez as winner in the second district congressional race. Photo by Rolando sudaria

ILIGAN City––Riding on the platform of a better peace and order situation, a retired police officer appears headed for victory as mayor of this city.

Celsio Regencia, a former city police director, has so far gar-nered 33,754 votes while closest rivals Henry Dy had 29,252 and Franklin uijano 11, 292 based on results posted on the Commission on Elections

(Comelec) website as of 7am

Tuesday.A win by Regencia will make

him the first retired police official to become mayor of this city.

As of Tuesday morning, 59% of the city’s 1,007 precincts (173 clusters) in 44 barangays had been canvassed.

Comelec said Iligan has 139,390 registered voters but based on digi-tized tallies posted on its website, only 80,546 voters cast their vote on Monday.

Regencia gained broad support after Davao City Vice Mayor Ro-drigo Duterte publicly endorsed his candidacy aside from being backed by Senator Panfilo Lacson, said 44-year old taxi driver Jun Manuel.

Regencia is a staunch critic of the ongoing peace process between the government and the Moro Is-lamic Liberation Front, particularly the proposed inclusion of some barangays in Iligan in the botched

Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain.

His campaign focused on sup-pressing rising criminality and syndicates.

Among the prevalent crimes here are shooting incidents and illegal drug trade.

Five other candidates ran for city mayor -- Giovannie Encabo, Rel Bendanillo, Joel Naga, Samuel Acut, Ismail Malangas and Yuri Taongan. (Violeta M. Gloria/MindaNews)

Retired cop official leads Iligan City’s mayoralty race

By FERdinandh B. CaBRERa of MindaNews

COTABATO City––The convoy of Buluan, Maguindanao Vice Mayor King Jhazzer Man-gudadatu encountered suspected sniper fire in North Upi town on Monday afternoon.

The vice mayor, son of Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu, said he and his group were monitoring the results of yesterday’s elec-tion at the time of the incident.

The younger Mangudadatu said in an inter-

view that they were about to leave North Upi around 2pm amid a downpour when he noticed that the van leading the convoy had stopped.

“It was then I received radio call from the first vehicle informing me that they were shot,” he said.

The bullet damaged the left window of white Toyota van which they rented.

The vice mayor reported the incident to the North Upi police.

Mangudadatu recalled he was shuttling

between the towns of North Upi and South Upi four times yesterday and kept on transferring from one car to another while monitoring the election results concerning his father.

He surmised it could be sniper fire since they saw nobody at the scene of incident. He did not discount the possibility that it was politically motivated.

North Upi police chief Inspector Reynaldo Gabudao said they were still gathering more information on the reported shooting.

‘Sniper fire’ meets convoy of governor’s son

South CotabatocanvassingKORONADAL CITY— Can-vassing of votes by thePro-vincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) in South Cotabato hit a snag Tuesday due to problems with the compact flash (CF) memory cards ofprecinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines in five lo-calities, an official said. Duque Kadatuan, Commis-sion on Elections supervisor for South Cotabato, declared a break shortly before 10 a.m. after revealing the results of the gubernatorial race from the town of Banga. The gubernatorial race is being contested by incumbent Gov. Arthur Pingoy Jr., Second District Rep. Daisy Avance Fuentes and formerKoronadal City mayor Fernan-do Miguel. (Bong Sarmiento)

By ChRis V. PanGaniBanEditor-at-large

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—Except for a hot-ly-contested race between Plaza siblings in the second congressional district, the entire local administra-tion slate of the province are heading for a landslide victory.

Based on unofficial re-sults at the provincial can-vassing of the Commission on Elections, Rep. Maria Evelyn Plaza-Mellana is fighting toe-to-toe with his brother former congressman Rodolfo Plaza with her hav-ing a slim 962 edge over him in counting of eight towns and Bayugan City.

Mellana got 44,053 votes against Plaza’s 43,091 votes.

R e e l e c t i on i s t G ov. Adolph Edward is enjoy-ing a comfortable wide margin over closest rival Dicken Otero of Liberal Party garnering 92,562 votes as against 52,168 votes of

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Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Tubod

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In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that FRETCHIE JUNE PARAMI PERALES has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “FRETCHIE” to “FRETCHIE JUNE” in the birth certificate of FRETCHIE PARAMI PERALES who was born on JUNE 25, 1992 at TUBOD, LANAO DEL NORTE and whose parents are FELIPE PERALES and EDNA PARAMI. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than May 21, 2013 .

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SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—Except for a hotly-contested race between Plaza siblings in the second congressional district, the entire local administration slate of the province are heading for a landslide victory.

Based on unofficial results at the provincial canvassing of the Com-

mission on Elections, Rep. Maria Evelyn Plaza-Mellana is fighting toe-to-toe with his brother former congressman Rodolfo Plaza with her having a slim 962 edge over him in counting of eight towns and Bayugan City.

Mellana got 44,053 votes against Plaza’s 43,091 votes.

Reelectionist Gov. Adolph Ed-ward is enjoying a comfortable

wide margin over closest rival Dicken Otero of Liberal Party garnering 92,562 votes as against 52,168 votes of

Otero. His running mate, re-electionist Vice Gov. Santi Cane Jr. Also took a commanding lead over Adolph Edward’s elder sibling Victor Plaza with 86,905 votes than Victor’s 52,312 votes.

The entire slate of provincial

board under Adolph Edward’s National Unity Party also swept all the 10 seats in the two provincial districts.

Reelctionist Rep. Maria Val-entina Plaza also leads over her closest rival Bob Aquino with 13, 985 edge. Plaza garnered 45,739 votes as against Aquino’s 31,754 votes covering two towns and Bayugan City.

Congressional racetight among Plazas

PARty-liStDiNAGAt islands––the Ecleo dy-nasty in the Province of Dinagat islands is losing its grip with Akbayan party-list Rep. Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao elected as the new representative of the lone district of the Province of Dinagat islands to the House of Representatives. Bag-ao of the liberal Party got 25,615 votes against the Nacio-nalista Party’s Gwendolyn Ecleo’s 22,369 votes or a lead by 3,246 votes. (Vanessa Almeda)

BiAN CoNCEDESSECoND district Congressional candidate Joji ilagan-Bian has conceded defeat as she was about 17,000 votes away from incumbent Congresswoman Mylene Garcia-Albano who garnered 85,499 votes as of 3 pm yesterday. Bian made her decision early morning yes-terday despite that the City Board of Canvassers has yet to finish the transmission of results. (KMF)

‘oRAl READiNG’CotABAto City––Computerization is supposed to guarantee fast results but technology has a way of getting in the way, prompting Maguindanao’s Provincial Board of Canvassers to decide on what could be best described as “oral read-ing” of the municipal results, not from the handwritten certificates of canvass of the past, but from the laptop.(Carolyn o. Arguillas)

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PAQUIBATO, DAVAO City––A group of Lumad voters here raised funds so that they could travel for three hours and cast their ballot in Monday’s automated elections.

Lost names, vote-buying in PaquibatoBy Ma. GiGi a. TEnEBRoso of DavaoToday.com

WaiTinG aREa. Voters in Malabog village, Paqui-bato district wait in this room before they can cast their votes. davaotoday.com photo by jandy Ken C. Lizondra

Dante Bandihan said a one-way motorcycle fare from his home in Tuytuyan, Calinan to Malabog village is pegged at PHP 400 each. Luckily, he said, their tribe found a way to raise money and rented a small truck that transported him and 28 other Lumad voters.

He shared, though, that it took him a while inside the precinct because he was very careful in shading the ovals.

“Mas dali ang pagboto karon kay mag shade shade lang. Pero, dugay sa paglinya kay usa ra man ang PCOS, unya balik balikon pa’g sulod kay iluwa man,” he told davaotoday.com.

But while Bandihan and his

tribe were able to vote, others were not lucky.

In Malabog Central Elemen-tary School, out of the 2,672 registered voters, only 1,637 were able to vote, disenfranchising the rest of the 1,035 voters.

The problems here included missing names in the masterl-ist posted outside the polling precincts. Many went home unable to vote.

As of 2 PM Monday, only 300 voters in Paquibato Central El-emetary School were able to vote out of the 1,562 registered voters because of the same problems.

Aside from disenfranchised votes, last-minute vote-buying was also reported in Paquibato, according to the New People’s Army (NPA).

In a statement released Monday, Ka Simon Santiago, NPA political director, said four village captains in Paquibato district “surrendered” to them and reported of receiving money from re-electionist Representa-tive Mylene Garcia. In Mapula village, 27 envelopes with PHP 300 each were allegedly seen, PHP 15,000 in Lumiad village, PHP 20,000 in Paquibato village and PHP 15,000 in Panalum village.

Paquibato is a known NPA stronghold in Davao City.

Two days before election, the NPA’s 1st Pulang Bagani Battalion under Ka Parago Sandoval also arrested seven members of the Police Regional Office-XI Traf-fic Management Group in an undisclosed Paquibato village.

Santiago said they were ar-rested for “violating the revolu-tionary policies on elections” as they served as escorts of a village captain who brought money to allegedly buy votes.

The PNP personnel were Edgardo Butad, Erald James M. Cajeras Sr., Vincent M. Dela Torre, Abdul Azis A. Ali Jr., Ariel Carbule, Edmond O. Trenidad and Rusalito C. Caranguit.

They underwent investiga-tion, education and strong warn-ing within an hour before they were released by the NPA. (Ma. Gigi A. Tenebroso/davaotoday.com)

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FoR ThE FiRsT TiME, inmates at the south Cotabato Rehabilitation and detention Center in Koronadal City cast their votes for the May 13 polls.

Mindanews photo by Bong s. sarmiento

By MaRya saLaMaTof Bulatlat.com

AS THE COMELEC started giving the media updates on the number of votes canvassed for senatorial can-didates, it called the source of its tallies as “Comelec transparency server.” But naming it transparent does not make it so, according to the summary of reports received by election watch-dog KontraDaya.

“Contrary to statements of Comelec chairman Sixto Brillantes, PCOS-related problems were widespread yesterday,” said Renato Reyes Jr., co-convener of KontraDaya. He said no matter how Brillantes tries to downplay the problems, the widespread incidences of PCOS machine malfunc-tions, thereby delaying elec-tions, had been witnessed by many Filipino voters.

Reyes reiterated the chain reaction of problems result-ing from malfunctioning PCOS machines – all of which ultimately resulting in vot-ers’ disenfranchisement, he said. But considering that the Comelec has already described as orderly to near-

Canvassing of votes, not spared from problems

perfect the holding of elec-tions yesterday, the media are hard put to find data on how many Filipino voters had been disenfranchised, and how many PCOS ma-chines have broken down or were partially bogged down yesterday. In an interview, ABS-CBN Ted Failon, for example, asked Renato Reyes Jr. of KontraDaya where

data for that can be sourced now? “Can we get it from the Comelec? Or can Kon-traDaya’s network of groups that monitored the elections compile it?” Failon asked.

With the election results emanating now from a black box, the chairman of UE political science department also reportedly noted that questions still hang over the

transparency and credibility of the transmission of votes. But he noted also that these questions on the processes of elections and counting are being buried in the speed in which the election results are being counted and an-nounced.

Credibility problemsAs electoral count

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CAMP RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police authorizes are hunting the three unidentified persons, allegedly offer-ing money in exchange for indelible ink finger marking.

This particular ‘mo-dus operandi’ was dis-covered in Barangay San Jose, Mainit, Surigao del Norte, evening of May 12.

The three motorcycle-riding men were said to be supporters of a gubernato-rial candidate in Surigao del Norte.

The syndicate was discovered when three alleged victims brought their case to the Mainit Municipal Police Station.

Ten other individuals were later found to have been victimized by the perpetrators.

The case was then brought to the attention of Municipal Election Of-ficer Virgilio M. Garcia. (PO3 Darlin Cabalinan-Migullas, Duty PNCO, PRO-13 Info Offfice and member of MinPressDev/MMG/asf )

Authorities investigate indelible ink ‘syndicate’

By PO3 Darlin Cabalinan-Migullas

TEACHERS ON-DUTY - Hundreds of teachers, rendering election duties, return the certificates of canvas from their respective polling places to the Butuan City Comelec Office, almost 10 in the evening, Monday. (PIA-13/asf)

CAMP RODRIGUEZ, Bu-tuan City - A 46-year old resident of Barangay Hor-nasan, San Agustin town, Surigao del Sur reportedly collapsed, while waiting for his turn to vote, Monday.

Police said, this took place inside the premises of Sto. Niño National High School in said barangay, while waiting for his turn to vote, Monday.

The victim, whose name has been withheld by au-

thorities, was rushed to a nearby hospital, but de-clared dead on arrival by the attending physician.

Earlier, the victim was complaining of stomach ache.

The attending physi-cian declared, the victim to have died of myocardial infractions. (PO3 Darlin Cabalinan-Migullas, Duty PNCO, PRO-13 Info Offfice and member of MinPress-Dev/MMG/asf)

Man dies awaiting turn to vote

CAMP RODRIGUEZ, Bu-tuan City - Three persons rushed to the Buenavista Municipal Police Station after they have been alleg-edly shot by the group of Barangay Poblacion Chair Arapan, early morning of May 13.

Accordingly, around 4:00 a.m., the victims were at the waiting shed outside the Sto. Niño Church in Purok-7 of said barangay when Arapan and his men arrived and fired their guns

at them.Authorities immediately

responded and recovered three empty shells of un-known caliber of firearm at the crime scene.

Recovered items will be subjected for ballistics examination at the Regional Crime Laboratory Office. Case is now under further investigation (PO3 Darlin Cabalinan-Migullas, Duty PNCO, PRO-13 Info Offfice and member of MinPress-Dev/MMG/asf)

Brgy chair fires gun in Buenavista

BUTUAN CITY – A power was disrupted 3:45 p.m. on elec-tion day here in the city, as fire razed a car display center at the downtown area.

Fire disrupts power in Butuan City on election day

By Robert E. Roperos

The city’s Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said that the fire started at the KIA Motors Display Center’s mezzanine floor.

Investigation revealed that faulty electrical wir-ings caused the fire, which was put under control 30 minutes after.

Meanwhile, in a phone-

patch interview with 107.8 Power FM this afternoon, Engr. Darwin Daymiel of the Agusan del Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ANECO) said that only the connection of KIA Motors Display Center and the adjacent establishment was isolated after the fire incident.

He added, there are no communal transformers installed in the area “thus, the voting precincts at the nearby elementary school still went on and canvassing of votes was still conducted as scheduled Monday eve-ning,” Daymiel said.

As this developed, Day-miel called on the public to stay calm and assured there was no longer power interruption that evening, as canvassing of votes took place.

He also said that “start-ing Sunday, we were in red alert status and we have doubled the regular maintenance crew to ad-dress whatever power inter-

ruptions that may possibly happen,” Daymiel said.

Engr. Daymiel further said the National Grid Corporation of the Phil-ippines didn’t have any power curtailment sched-ule Monday.

He explained further that like what happened

Monday in Las Nieves town where at around 10:30 a.m., a power disruption occurred because of line streaming.

However, Daymiel said the power was restored after the maintenance crew surveyed the lines in the area and fixed the problem.

He said line streaming means that there electrical lines that are currently installed in areas where trees grow.

He added as these trees move, the electrical lines will also be affected that causes brownout. (RER, PIA-Caraga/asf )

BUTUAN CITY – The De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-13) has strength-ened anti-illegal logging task force in support of the national government’s ef-fort to curb illegal logging operations in the country.

During the recent Ex-ecutive Committee meeting of the Caraga Conference for Peace and Development (CCPD) at the Bishop’s Home in Barangay Am-payon, Forester Achilles Ebron emphasized that the operationalization of the

multisectoral checkpoint is one way to strengthen activities against illegal logging.

He added that the check-point is an effort to address the anti-illegal logging ac-tivities in hot spot areas.

Ebron explained this also in line with the activation of the anti-illegal logging task force, under serial No. 2012-005.

It was learned that the idea of operationalizing checkpoints with represen-tatives from government agencies manning it, came

after PNP-Caraga Regional Director GetulioNapeña suggested to converge per-sonnel of the DENR, AFP, PNP, and other agencies.

One of the tasks of the checkpoint is to conduct self-monitoring of wood products that are illegally-cut and transported, and not only on checking fake documents.

Aside from this, Forester Ebron recommended the operationalization of the anti-illegal logging task force operation center.

“Our basis for establish-

ing anti-illegal logging task force operation center is the Executive Order No.23 issued in February 1, 2011 referring to the moratorium of the cutting and harvesting of timber in a natural and habitual forest then creating the anti-illegal logging task force,” Ebron said.

Resolution No. 2012-005 has converted the anti-illegal logging task force operation in Mindanao from civilian to active mili-tary operation. (RER/Joan YaesuPepito, PIA Caraga/asf)

DENR-13 strengthens anti-illegal

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Re c o g n i z i n g t h e power of radio, the AgriPinoy Corn

Program of the Depart-ment of Agriculture Cara-ga taps its potential thru the conduct of the Univer-sity on the Air (UOA) on White Corn Production.

The University on the Air on White Corn Pro-duction radio course will be carried out thru the expertise of the Regional Agriculture and Fisher-ies Information Division (RAFID) with the support of its farmcasters from the local government units.

Last April 16-18, 2013 a series of the mass briefing and enrolment was con-ducted in the provinces of

Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte and in Butuan City.

Around 500 farmer-students were officially enrolled in the program in the whole region.

The University on the Air on White Corn Produc-tion will be aired one hour per week to start this com-ing June to August 2013.

Farmers who were of-ficially enrolled will just tune-in the radio program and learn the lesson based on the course module to be discussed on the air.

The program will be anchored with the respec-tive farm casters with the support of the LGU based

corn coordinators.Outstanding farmer-

students will be selected based on their class per-formance and result of examinations and will be recognized during the mass graduation tentatively set this coming September 2013.

RAFID OIC Rebecca Atega said during the en-rolment that radio is the cheapest means of com-munication and a power-ful tool in disseminating the right technology thru reaching the target audi-ences even in the remotest place.

Me anw h i l e C ar ag a AgriPinoy Corn Program Coordinator Abel Wagas

University on the Air Program for Corn Production Soon to be heard in Caraga Region

expressed optimism that the University on the Air on White Corn Production could help improve the

farming practices.White corn is being

advocated nowadays for human consumption as

identified under the Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP). (A.P.A./Rapid da caraga)

Agusan del Norte Provincial Corn Coordinator Oscar Tuyor (left) urged farm-ers to make use of the radio as a means of learning the right technology on corn production during the mass enrolment in Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte.

BUTUAN CITY– In time with its Sapphire Anni-versary celebration, the Agusan High School Class ‘98 here will be launching the ‘Visual Arts Collection’, May 15, at the city Library.

The activity utilizes the photography books dona-tion of Mr. Leo Mascariñas,

Class Chair Eleanor Jaca said the project aims to create awareness and en-hance the creativity of the Butuanons in the field of photography.

“By the year 2014, the Butuan City Library Visual Arts Collection will have grown to over 1,000 titles, ranking it among the larg-

est nationwide,” said Jaca. During the project

launching, City Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr will deliver his message and lead the awarding of cer-tificate of appreciation to Mr. Mascariñas.

It was learned that Mr. Mascariñas started look-ing pictures, as a child in Butuan, using his parents’ camera.

“He was then designated master photographer by the Toronto Camera Club, among the oldest photog-raphy organizations in the world,” Jaca revealed.

Meanwhile, Jaca encour-aged the young people to

Agusan High School launches visual arts collection

By Jennifer P. Gaitano

NAME SEARCH - A boy helps his mother in searching for her name in the voters’ list at the Mariano Espina Memo-rial Central Elementary School, Barangay Taft, Surigao City during the May 13 elections. (MindaNews photo by Roel N. Catoto/asf)

AGUSAN DEL SUR- The province of Agusan del Sur will unveil its rich cul-ture, natural wealth and beauty in the upcoming 21st Naliyagan Festival from June 12-17, 2013.

The formal opening program on June 12 is in time with the celebration of the 115th Philippine Independence Day which starts at 4:30 in the morn-ing with an ecumenical dawn prayer.

This will be followed by the holding of the holy mass at 6 a.m. in all Parish churches in the province.

While the holy mass is on-going, a Manobo ritual called the “Panawagtawag” (Calling of the good spir-its) will also be conducted.

The wreath-laying at the Rizal monument will highlight the celebration of the Philippine Indepen-dence Day.

At 10:30 in the morn-ing of the first day, the opening of the Naliyagan Trade, Services and Enter-tainment Center (NTSEC) will be held.

At the NTSEC, various booths by the 13 munici-palities and the lone city of Bayugan will be proud-ly displaying their best products, including farm produce and handicrafts.

The aroma of Agusan delicacies will surely fill the air as booths of food and entertainment will also be opened to the public.

Agusandel Sur will also showcase the best practices of the local government and the different services offered by the provincial government.

The evening will even be more colorful with the

presentation and talent showdown of the 2013 BaiNaliyagan.

Back-to-back concert will be held at the Nali-yagan Main Stage and the Rizal Stage, with perform-ers coming from Manila.

A fireworks display will brighten and color the skies at 9:30 in the evening and the live bands will play until 12:00 midnight.

During the duration of the six-day festival, various displays of region’s indigenous culture and sports competitions can be witnessed.

A bauto (canoe) race will take place at the lagoon right at the center of the Naliyagan cultural area.

All 114 barangays will participate in the Baran-gayansaNaliyagan. Every barangay is expected to send a delegation and hold a presentation during this event.

And just like in the past Naliyagan Festival, motorcycle drag race and motocross will highlight the fourth and fifth day of the festival.

On the sixth and award-ing day, the 46th Foun-dation Day Anniversary Celebration will take place, and the famous “Binaga” or the roasting of hundreds of kilos of mudfish will be the highlight the day.

Everybody is encour-aged to join and take part in the famous and longest binaga.

During this time, Agu-sanon’s hospitality, kind-ness and friendliness will be seen and felt by those who want to know who the y are . (DMS/RER/PIA13/asf )

Agusan del Sur celebrates Naliyagan

Festival 2013By David M. Suyao

learn to appreciate the world of photography “for they might soon discover their talents that would lead them to becoming renowned pho-tographers.

She further called on photo enthusiasts to “come and visit our city library and see the pictures that paint a thousand words.” (JPG/PIA-Caraga/asf)

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THINK a minute.In 1974, a retired U.S.

soldier sent a note to the U.S. government that read: “I’m sending $10 for blankets I stole in World War II. My mind cannot rest until I do this.” He went on to say, “Sorry it’s late, but I want to be ready to meet God.”

The U.S. government put that retired soldier’s $10 into what is called the Conscience Fund.

This Conscience Fund receives about $45,000 each year from different soldiers who have finally been forced by their own guilty con-science to pay back money to the government for the things they had stolen.

So far, this special fund has received more than $3 million of returned stolen money!

Regret is a powerful thing. The people who re-turned this stolen money

Any regrets?

were so happy and relieved to finally be free from their guilt. Feeling guilty is ac-tually a good sign, because it means our conscience is healthy. But then we must follow our conscience and do the right thing to try and right our past wrongs. Otherwise, we will keep liv-ing with our painful guilt and regret.

Maybe it’s apologizing and telling someone you’re sorry because you wronged and hurt them. Or paying back money and things you’ve stolen.

You might need to forgive someone else who wronged and hurt you, because you realize now that being right is not as important as your friendship with that person, or worth living with anger and unforgiveness in your heart.

But just as important as it is to try and right our past wrongs with others, doing these things alone cannot make us right and give us peace with our Maker, God. Just like drinking Diet Coke doesn’t take away all the calories in the French fries

and ice cream we just ate.This is why Jesus Christ

is our only hope. Jesus Him-self said that the only way anyone can get completely free from their guilt and regrets to have peace with God their Maker, is we each must ask Jesus for His gift of forgiveness. Since you and I on our own cannot make all our past wrongs right by trying to be a good, even religious person. If we could, then God the Son would not have needed to become a human being to die and pay the penalty for all our wrongs.

So won’t you ask Jesus to forgive you and set you free from all your guilt and regrets? Then ask Him to take full control of your life, so you can start living with a clear conscience and peace of mind for the rest of your life.

Just Think a Minute.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. - Buddha

I have always been fas-cinated by the idea that a treasure lies buried deep within us. There is truth to this belief. This truth is proven by nature; a giant tree lies buried in the seed, and a majestic eagle lies dormant in the egg.

What Alladin’s cave of riches lie hidden inside of us? The money-grubber will be disappointed, but the wisdom-seeker will be captivated.

Our treasure chest con-tains this ineffable knowl-edge: that everything we need to be happy, to live in contentment and peace, is already inside of us! Isn’t this realization worth its weight in gold?

The business of happiness

Girlie Gualberto-suan

The treasure inside of us

But buried treasure is useless unless we find it. The mountain of books I have perused sketches a map that could lead us to this elusive cache of valuables.

We are familiar with the statements, “What a man thinketh so he is,” or “Thoughts make the man”.

Our mind is the master, and beautiful feelings are the essential character of our natural state of mind. We are born with happy, loving thoughts. Observe a baby or a toddler. Aren’t they spontaneously laughing and hugging, trusting and

loving? That’s our natural, pure state of being.

But as we travel through life, the bumps and detours we hurdle on the road is our initiation to stress, insecurity and pain. We develop a thought system that stores these painful memories and perceptions. It’s similar to a program in a computer where we store accumulated data. In our personally programmed thought system, we record our experiences, and what other people teach us about life. Most of what we keep are the harmful, unfavour-

able lessons which produce gloomy emotions. They block out the good feelings and inspiration that come from our natural state of mind.

Our emotions are created by our thoughts. The next time you feel miserable or angry or fearful, observe where your thoughts are coming from. They are produced by a programmed thought system which you create, based on your nega-tive observations. To allow them a foothold is like al-lowing misery to become a part of your family. Quickly replace them with optimis-tic, cheerful thoughts that bring happy feelings.

Thinking is an ability of the intellect, and not our reality. This truth is so liberating, it can save us many years of tears. Our thoughts live in our mind.

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Atty. Batas Mauricio

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… `This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnash-ing of teeth… Have you understood all these things?’ Jesus asked…” (Matthew 13:49-51, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-ERUPTIONS IN THE

SUN: Now that the 2013 elections are over and the winners proclaimed, there is a need to go back to our or-dinary routines, and look at news stories that have been sidelined by the electoral exercise. One such story is the on-going eruption of our sun, which has become more frequent, according to foreign news stories. For May 2013 alone, there have been four eruptions

Sun headed for ‘big bang?’

already (the latest of which was on May ̀ 13, 2013), and scientists are saying there will be more.

The news stories are carefully-worded, wanting to give emphasis to the in-ability of the eruptions to cause any real damage to earth. The stories are saying that only the satellite and communication facilities of our planet will be destroyed by the sun’s eruptions, and nothing more. But, these assurances are based only on what have been happen-

ing so far.What if bigger eruptions

or explosions would happen in the sun? What if an explo-sion that would rip the sun apart will happen? That will surely reach the earth, and would burn everything here, and even the sun itself, the stars, the moon, and the sky, wouldn’t it? The question is, can this big eruption that can rip the sun and thereby burn everything in the solar system as we know it today happen?

-ooo-

SUN HEADED FOR A “BIG BANG”: Based on available literature on solar storms, solar flares and sun explosions in the Internet, anything is possible, even an explosion that would bomb the whole sun away. The literature is scary because it is saying that there seems to be an inexplicable activ-ity in the sun that seems to be headed for a “big bang”. When or how, are questions that still remain unclear, but, the undeniable reality is that there is going to be a big bang in the sun.

Which made me think. Did those who wrote the Bible have foreknowledge about this “big bang in the sun”? Did Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, know such a “big bang in the sun” was really coming and that was the reason why He took

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Bro. Edcel L. Closas

FRESH GoSPEl oF tHE DAy: John17:11-19(May15, 2013-Wednes-day) John 17:11-19-And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we [are].

1 Timothy 2:5-For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. This is proven in our holy gospel for today that Jesus prayed for His people. this is called an “intercessory prayer” which the intents of the said prayer is referred to other persons not for “personal reasons.” 1 Timothy 2:1-I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men. Are we praying for other people? Actually, praying for others is a “saintly acts” because this is done out of “generosity.” this is what Jesus did in our gospel that he asked the Father “to unite His people here on earth” in order that they will “not be scattered and lost.” in this gospel we are reminded to “unite ourselves instead of division” especially in the recent results of our elections. Ephesians 4:31-32-Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speak-ing, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. For those who won in their different positions, “please be humble and fulfill your plans” because “promises are made to be broken.” On the other hand, to those who are not chosen, accept the truth that this is not your time to serve. Anyway, you can serve in your private ca-pacity despite you are not an officials in our society. Am i right? SPONSORED:Neneth - Bobong Balino- Dr. Edith, PhD- Tony Jor-dan - CDO. St. Peter Calungsod, pray for us! Listen: Radio Ultra AM-1188-3:00 PM - Sunday: #09284149490-09266607505: Question – Prayer request

Promises are made to be broken

Fourth of the five series

TODAY, we just elected new set of leaders!

But what’s wrong with our people? They don’t seem happy with democracy’s victory...

Why? Have we ever had one since?

Anyway, the nation only feasts in the campaign pe-riod to hours past midnight before election day --until skies are yet a little darker.

Every local economy

news, Creams and Greases...

Cenen Mollejo

Nation may appeal for gaba after SC errs on media against Comelec

Dr. Adonis Agcopra

The financial doctor

DO YOU PLAN to retire someday? Whether it is by choice or by force, when-ever that retirement comes, most people say they plan to. But have you started with strategies to get there as planned? Most say they haven’t thought about it.

Some people have this big dream in life – to be able to retire earliest and at the youngest possible age. As Jim Rohn says, if you’d like to do what you want to in life as long as you can, then you’d better be doing the things that you have to as quick as you can! Accu-

Retirement and inflation

mulate enough money by then so you need not worry that much about money again. For the detractors, money is of course not the most important thing in this world. But as Zig Ziglar would say, our need for it is as close to oxygen!

Among the most im-portant factors to consider when projecting realistic future retirement figures is the increasing cost of living due to inflation. For the past 30 years, Philippine inflation rate averaged 6% per annum.

Granting you are now age 45 and desires to “retire” at age 60, you have 15 years to go. At 6% projected an-nual inflation, if you look forward to living a lifestyle based on a current monthly cost of living of PhP50,000 (PhP600,000 annually), then expect to spend approxi-mately PhP120,000 each month (PhP1,440,000 annu-ally) by the time you retire!

Then we ask: How long do you expect to last? Based on your personal life goals as well as your family medical history, would you probably

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even runs wild for that matter.

However, a minute after voters cast their choices, everyone looks just as dismal as he were in 3 years past.

Tired and hopeless! There seems no differ-

ence between his and the look of every loser-candi-date whom he voted against.

The elector, with his

family, is again an outcast from democracy’s celebra-tion in another 3-long-year-leadership-term.

Such revelries and par-tyings belong only to the ones who have spent much capital buying that victory out from the electorate.

After all, people sold them the sacred mandates only to collect the capital investment, capital cost, capital gains, returns-of-investment and more

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Republic of the PhilippinesFOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT

Fourth Shari’a Judicial DistrictIligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND Civil Case No. 2013-047REGISTER DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES ALJARREAU B. SY AND JEN M. MORTEL-SY,

ALJARREAU B. SY AND JEN M. MORTEL-SY Petitioners.x---------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified petition for issuance of decree of divorce and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rite on March 19, 2011 at Santiago, Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. Petitioners, were converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam was registered with this Court residents of Suarez, Iligan City and Estrella, Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, respectively: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between the herein petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated since early part of January, 2013, thereby decided to live physically in bed and board, that reconciliation between petitioners is no longer possible or a remedy, thus, divorce is sought by them in order to free themselves from the marital burden; WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on May 22, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 3rd day of May, 2913.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MDN: May 8, 15 & 22, 2013

Republic of die PhilippinesFOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT

Fourth Shari’a Judicial DistrictIligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND Civil Case No. 2013-048REGISTER DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES ROLANDO A. RIVERA AND LORRAINE MAE C. GABRIEL-RIVERA,

ROLANDO A. RIVERA AND LORRAINE MAE C. GABRIEL-RIVERA, Petitioners.x--------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified petition for issuance of decree of divorce and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rite on April 10, 2002 at Iligan City. Petitioners, were converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam was registered with this Court, residents of Ditucalan, Iligan City and Poblacion, Linamon, Lanao del Norte, respectively; That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between the herein petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated since early part of 2006, thereby decided to live physically in bed and board, that reconciliation between petitioners is no longer possible or a remedy, thus, divorce is sought by them in order to free themselves from the marital burden; WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on May 22, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner, SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 3rd day of May, 2013.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: May 8, 15 & 22, 2013

Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT4th Shari’a Judicial District

Iligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVR AND REGISTER CIVIL CASE NO. 2013-051THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES RAMAL A. CALIMPON AND DARLYNE C. RIOS.

RAMAL A. CALIMPON AND DARLYNE C. RIOS. Petitionersx--------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on January 28, 2006 at Linamon, Lanao del Norte, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were Registered with this court both of them can be served with summons and notices at c/o Zaide Law Office, 2nd Floor, Pafs Mejia Bldg., Roxas Avenue, Iligan City; That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for more than three (3) years already, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation: Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs. Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on January 28, 2006 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; Reconcili-ation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on May 29, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this day of May, 2013.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MDN: May 8, 15 & 22, 2013

Republic of the PhilippinesFOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT

Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND Civil Case No. 2013-046REGISTER DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSESCECILIA KWAN LACASAN AND JESUS SABACAJAL CEBALLES,

CECILIA KWAN LACASAN AND JESUS SABACAJAL CEBALLES Petitioners.x---------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is a verified petition for issuance of decree of divorce and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rite on May 16, 1986 at Iligan City. Petitioners, were converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam was registered with this Court, both residents of Purok de Oro, Zone 3 Poblacion, Iligan City; That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between the herein petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated since 2000, thereby decided to live physically in bed and board, that reconciliation between petitioners is no longer possible or a remedy, thus, divorce is sought by them in order to free themselves from the marital burden; WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient Inform and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on May 22, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 2nd day of May, 2013.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MDN: May 8, 15 & 22, 2013

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT4th Shari’a Judicial District

Iligan City

TERESETA HO LOREMAS-TRINIDAD, Petitioner, Civil Case No. 2013-030 - Versus - For: Issuance of Divorce Decree.NOEL L. TRINIDAD. Respondentx----------------------------------------------------/

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

TO: NOEL L. TRINIDAD 53-D Balingasa St., Balintawak, Quezon City

GREETINGS

WHEREAS, on May 6, 2013, this Court issued an order directing the petitioner to effect service of summons by publications upon respondent NOEL L.TRINIDAD in a newspaper of general circulation in this city one a week for 3 consecutive weeks at the expense of herein petitioner: WHEREAS; that petitioner is a Muslim and husband and wife married on March 10, 1993 at Quezon City; WHEREAS, petitioner filed this petition against the respondent for violation of Art 52 of P.O. 1083 or the Muslim Code; WHEREAS. That respondent more than eight (8) years since 2002 separated from the Petitioner and right from that time no communication whatsoever took place between them and hence, the herein petitioner is compelled to pursue divorce against him, and since then no support is given by the former to the latter; NOW, THEREFORE, you respondent NOEL L. TRINIDAD is hereby summoned and required to file with this Court, within 15 days from the last date of the Publication of this summons, your comment/answer to the petition furnish copy to the petitioner care of Emilia G. Pilapil Tominobo, Iligan City; You are reminded of IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restrained in filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the grounds hereof as defenses in the answer/comment. Should you fail to answer/comment to the petition within the aforesaid period, the court shall proceed to receive the evidences ex- parte upon which judgment shall be rendered on the same petition. Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, May 6, 2013.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: May 8, 15 & 22, 2013

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

4th SHARI’A CTRCUTT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District

Iligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE ANDREGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN CIVIL CASE N0. 2013-044SPOUSES ORLANDO O. CAYANONG AND REGINA P. ALONZO-CAYANONG,

ORLANDO O. CAYANONG AND REGINA P. ALONZO-CAYANONG, Petitioners.x---------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on June 18, 2005 at San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at c/o Zaide Law Office, 2nd Floor, Pafs Mejia bldg., Roxas, Avenue, lligan City; That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for over six years (6) years already, since early part of 2007, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on June 18, 2005 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on May 22, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines this 30th day of April, 2013

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: May 8, 15 & 22, 2013

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District

Iligan City

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE ANDREGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES CIVIL CASE N0.2013-045ROY ZALZOS AND MARILYN GIO-ZALZOS.

ROY ZALZOS AND MARILYN GIO-ZALZOS, Petitioners.x---------------------------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on October 25 1980 at Buug, Zamboanga Del Sur, they converted to Islam faith of which conversions to Islam were Registered with this court both of them can be served with summons and notices at c/o Zaide Law Office, 2nd Floor, Pafs Mejia, Roxas Avenue, Iligan City: That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for over thirteen (13) years already, since early part of 2000, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on October 25, 1980 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on May 22, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines this 2nd day of May, 2013

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MDN: May 8, 15 & 22, 2013

RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Office

Province of Misamis OrientalMunicipality of Lagonglong

NOTICE OF THE PUBLICATION

In compliance with R.A. No. 9048, Notice is hereby served to the public that MARVEN CUAY PAHUYO has filed with this Office of a petition for a change of First Name from “DANILO” to “MARVEN” in the birth certificate of DANILO C. PAJOYO who was born on January 23, 1971 at Poblacion, Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are FELIPE PAJOYO and ROSARIO D. CUAY. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than fifteen (15) from the time the First Notice would have been published.

(SGD.) REX R. VALMORES Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: May 8 &15, 2013

Republic of the PhilippinesPROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR

OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRARMunicipality of Dimataling

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Incompliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ROSELLA GAMOLO YANONG has filed with this Office a petition for Change of first Name from ROSALIE to ROSELLA in the birth Certificate of ROSALIE PALOMARES GAMOLO who was born on October 19, 1958 at Sibugay Uno, Dimataling, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines and Whose parents are BIENVENIDO S. GAMOLO and PORFERIA I. PALOMARES. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file her written opposition with this office Not later that May 6, 2013.

(Sgd.) PIÑFORT N. PANAGSAGAN Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: May 15 & 22, 2013

Media...from page 7

--bleeding the dead stone further.

And, the agony, likely perpetual, begins again for the rest of the cursed lot!

Such is the same to ev-eryone in the Spanish time, today... and so will be.

Haven’t we ever changed?Same Dogs in Differ-

ent Collars: What the Brillantes-revolution up to dismantle overnight is a political culture --not even Uncle Sam dared to do!

Stories, however, that Americans changed the political system and its landscape after buying the archipelago from Spain in

the Treaty of Paris --IS A MYTH!

But did they not abrogate the ruling elite class? No Sir!

They could not afford an Aguinaldo-revolt turned against them.

That was not their cup of tea!

America’s agenda was to put up in the Philippines its Asiatic frontier against the Japanese imperial invasion feared to reach the United States.

Instead, US did the ride-of-convenience on the the ruling elite class --the Span-ish Filipinos.

Note: Filipinos were children of the Spanish il-lustrados born within the

colony. Sometimes they were called mestizos.

Americans strengthened them as part of the treaty-agreement --that Span-ish trade and commerce remained and politically facilitated!

Hence, kingmakers were handpicked from among herculean Filipino-families of patrons and olegarchs to lead partisan democracy.

Uncle Sam tutored them his “self-duplicity” on the values of Anglo-Saxon lib-erty --including its blunder.

America, despite its arrogance and prejudice against the ignorance and superstion of Filipino ma-jority, hoped for less.

Filipinos could be good crooks to do, at least, hon-est administration of the American political and economic interests in the islands.

This, in the luxury of

a politics fastened by kin-ship --whether by blood or ceremonial-affinity (com-padrenos). Thanks to Ro-man Catholic sacramental exercises.

Regardless of strong dynastic and patronage dynamics in leadership, US created political party among Filipino patrons and olegarchs as mere semblance of popular democracy.

Americans handpicked party members - of this time’s bureaucrat capitalists - in certain nuances of col-laboration to the American dream.

Hence, the first election happened in 1907 to put up Filipino legislature.

Bragged by American benefactors as the first free election in Asia, people expressed their sentiments through ballots for the first time.

This began, however, the

popular bribery to electors for democratic mandate, in addition to political capital-ization spent to buy patron’s endorsement.

These days, national wannabe’s also funnel funds to local political kingpins for expenses and votes-buying.

It’s not evil to dream on, though...

But, if you fancy on changing the face of politics in the Philippines, consider overhauling not only the politicians in an election --but also the whole sys-tem!

- - -Next of the Series: Bark-

ing a Wrong tree; Conclu-sion

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continues, doubts over the accuracy of counting cropped up immediately. According to KontraDaya, the questionable

results yielded at the start by the PPCRV-KBP’s canvass-ing servers underscore the problems with the Smart-matic Automated Election System (AES). “Without the benefit of public disclosure of the AES source code and thorough pre-testing, these statistically wrong results put the whole canvassing of votes into serious question. Any results from hereon are now questionable,” Kontra-Daya said.

Early into canvassing, the PPCRV-KBP transparency server f lashed on national television a numerical ly improbable total of around 10 million votes for the top senatorial spot while report-ing only a total of 1,418 pre-cincts. KontraDaya described the error as “significant,” explaining that a maximum of 1,000 voters per precinct should only yield a total of

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Bulls’ Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich out for Game 4

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Bulls fo rward Luo l Deng was activated before Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Miami Heat on Monday night but was not in the starting lineup after initially being ruled out because of an illness.

Sports-2dayVice Ganda says he has no

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Veteran guard Kirk Hinrich was officially ruled out because of a bruised left calf, as was former MVP Derrick Rose, who’s been sidelined all season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

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that Deng and Hinrich probably would not play Monday.

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By WaLTER i. BaLanE and PauLnazER LonTua

of MindaNews

MALAYBALAY City––Reports of defective precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines delayed the voting process in several clus-tered precincts across Mindanao Monday, resulting in the disen-franchisement of many voters.

In various precincts across Bukidnon some PCOS machines either bogged down or rejected the ballots fed into them.

In Barangay Kisolon, Sumilao town a PCOS machine bogged down at 7:20am Monday after accepting eight ballots. It was replaced with another unit by 10am.

In Maramag town the machine assigned to the polling place at theMaramag Central Elementary School that clustered precincts 02D, 3A, 3B, and 3C conked out at 7:45am.

It was replaced by another unit which also bogged down by 12:30pm forcing the Board of Election Inspectors to proceed with the voting and store the ballots in the ballot box.

Ma. Denia Matabalan, chair of the cluster’s board of election inspector said they were not half way in the vote. She said they tried

various remedies before deciding to proceed without ballot scan-ning. The ballots were stored in the ballot box

Many voters in the same clus-tered precinct queued for long hours to cast their vote. One of them was incumbent Mayor Alicia Resus who said she and her family had been waiting for eight hours.

Thousands of voters were still queuing at 3pm at the Maramag Central Elementary School even if it had started to rain by then. They squeezed under umbrellas, sheds and trees to avoid getting wet.

Those who managed to fit in the corridors cramped into com-pressed lines. But some opted to go home even before they could vote.

In Valencia City, a clustered precinct housed in Room 17 at the city central school, voting proceeded without ballot optical scanning yet as the PCOS machine had bogged down.

As of 6pm Monday, the Com-mission on Elections provincial office had received reports that at least 29 machines malfunctioned.

Provincial election supervisor Carlito Ravelo said the province’s 20 towns and two cities have one spare PCOS machine each aside

from the four extra machines at the Commission on Elections provincial office.

In Valencia, some voters com-plained that their names were not on the Comelec’s master lists, according to Roving Amvat, co-ordinator of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in Barangay Lumbo.

Ma. Luz Sumalinog, city PPCRV coordinator said she feared a low voter turnout in Lumbo due to the summer heat. In clustered precinct 135, he big-gest in the area, only 344 of 989 registered voters had voted as of 1:45pm. Voters complained of having to queue for hours aside from having to skip lunch.

In Aglayan, Malaybalay City, Avelina Sotto, 54, and her family spent almost three hours Monday morning looking for her name in the barangay’s 20 precincts. Her husband and two sons had already voted.

At least 14 others in the ba-rangay shared Sotto’s ordeal. She told MindaNews her family was surprised because she had voted in the past three elections in the same precinct, 44B.

“I’m sad and disappointed. It is as if I’m already dead. Why is my name not on the list?” she added.

However, the names of at least

10 people who were already dead were still on the lists of voters in Aglayan.

Nita Robillos, PPCRV chair in Aglayan said the Comelec can solve the perennial problem of missing names of voters by posting the lists in the barangays before the election itself.

“Why this has not been done is a big mystery to us. Always, in every election, people find trouble looking for [their] names,” she added.

The transmission of the results from the towns of Bukidnon was also delayed. As of 7:05 am Tues-day only the results from Sumi-lao, Lantapan Pangantucan, Don Carlos, and Libona had reached the provincial canvassing center in Malaybalay.

Among the reasons cited were poor signal in some areas and the lack of modems. In Valencia City for example, only five modems were available for the 27 PCOS machines.

In Ipil town, Zamboanga Sibugay, election officer Alberto Alar said that around 10 of the 64 PCOS machines had “minor glitches” causing delays in the voting process Monday. The ma-chines either rejected the ballots or experienced paper jams.

After some troubleshooting,

some of the machines again be-came usable. Other precincts resorted to trimming the sides of the ballots which did not fit the machines.

However, one PCOS machine was permanently shut down due to a major error. The technician, Krystal Agullana, reported that each time she performed the necessary actions to officially get the machine into its “operational state,” the message “Application Terminated Unexpectedly” ap-peared.

Alar decided to use the only contingency PCOS machine in Ipil which worked after a few tries.

The Comelec provincial of-fice in Zamboanga Sibugay also received reports from the different towns that some PCOS machines had malfunctioned.

Provincial Election Supervisor Roy Prule Ediza told his election officers who encountered such problem to continue the voting process and let the BEIs bring the ballots to functioning PCOS ma-chines and feed the ballots there using the CF cards intended for their precincts.

Alar said the voting had to continue as Comelec Chair Sixto Brilliantes had declared there would be extension of the vot-ing hours.

Defective PCOS marvoting in B’non, Sibugay

Treasure...from page 6

They have no existence in real life. How foolish we are, if we take our negative thoughts seriously and suf-fer them to mess up our lives. Yet we do it all the time.

When our partner is unaccountably late, is not our mind screaming of infi-delity or injury? At DXRU Radio Ultra, a woman came to us asking for help with her hospital bill. She was violently beaten by her hus-band, simply because he saw her talking to another man.

Didn’t the young UP student commit suicide when her parents couldn’t pay her tuition fee? In her mind she saw her future as a wretched purgatory, beyond the reach of even a glimmer of hope. She believed her thoughts to be her reality, and in despair, she gave up on life.

Until we decipher the primordial message, that we are the master of our mind, we will continue to act rashly and tragically.

When I catch myself feel-ing stressed or depressed, I become conscious that I’m thinking through my distorted, programmed thought system. It’s like wearing extremely dark glasses and looking at the world with gloom. I know I

should look at life through a peaceful, natural state of mind, but sometimes it’s not that easy to take those dark glasses off.

Knowing the truth about our thoughts give us the understanding to deal with what is happening. It some-how lightens the burden of worry which deplete our energy and serenity.

Our buried treasure are the beautiful thoughts that spring from the mastery of our mind, from whence flow the cool, clear waters of wisdom, peace and hap-piness.

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Inflation...from page 7

and money. The usual sto-ry goes this way. In our younger years, we have so much time and energy, yet we don’t have that much money. In our mid-life years, we still have energy and (if we are industrious enough) our personal as-sets begin to accumulate, but it seems like we have so little time to do all the things we would like to do. In our later years, we have time (and hopefully, we still have money), yet our energy is already on its way down.

From this observation, one last very important question goes: When re-tirement comes and your energy has waned, do you expect to be able to support

yourself with your own money, or would you like to go through the struggle of being dependent to some-one else?

These are questions worth seriously ponder-ing. Start creating a plan to support the future and senior you. Your future is in your hands. Do it now!

-----(Dr. Adonis Agcopra,

MBA, CIS, RFC® is with the IARFC and is portfolio director of AFIC Meridian Consultants. URL: www.aficfinancialconsultants.com. Email: aficfinancial-consultants@outlook.com.)

last until age 75? Having this projected scenario, by the time you retire at age 60, what assets do you think should you have accumu-lated by then to support your 15 years of retirement? How much should its worth be? Accurate mathematical computations can simulate these projections.

Based on the law of aver-ages, a friend once shared this perception. Of all the resources at our disposal, the most important three seems to be time, energy

Headed...from page 6

time to out to really warn mankind that those who will not accept Him and who will not obey His commands will be “burned forever”?

I know that many who do not believe in Jesus Christ, or even in God, will once again scoff at this, but, in the face of the on-going solar storms reported in science journals abroad, there is a need to look at what the Bible has said about the “day of the Lord”, which should be the “big bang in the sun”.

-ooo-“DAY BURNING LIKE

OVEN” COMING: The Old Testament, especially in its Malachi 3:19 (or 4:1 in other versions), has this to say: “ `Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,’ says the Lord Almighty. `Not a root or a branch will be left to them.’”

The New Testament, in its 2 Peter 3:10 and 12, gives this virtually the same prediction: “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and

everything done in it will be laid bare…. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat…”

In John 15:6, Jesus Christ issues a warning: “… If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned…” In 2 Peter 3:11, this advice is given: “Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives…”

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Votes...from page 8

around 1,418,000 maximum votes.

the PPCRV-KBP later flashed another number which showed the top senatorial vote to be 4.8 million. But the “correction” gives rise to another problem.

Media reports said there ap-pears to be a problem with the script of the canvassing program attributable to Smartmatic. PPCRV, meanwhile, said the data were not correctly formatted and were double-counted. And here, a source of the election watchdog’s worries cropped up.

Smartmatic was reported to have changed the script of the

source code during the canvass-ing to adjust the bloated figures. “that Smartmatic can change the script of the source code during the canvassing shows serious problems with the entire automated system,” KontraDaya said.

the watchdog urged PPCRV to suspend releasing unofficial tallies until Smartmatic has sufficiently explained the bloated figures and how this was corrected. As of this writing, though, the PPCRV continues to release results of canvassing which now follow closely the “transparent” canvass-ing of Comelec, after Smartmatic tweaked the “script” for the more statistically believable numbers.

KontraDaya recalls that a simi-lar problem involving statistically improbable figures happened in 2010, when the total registered voters in the canvassing server reached up to 153 million, exceed-ing even the total population of the Philippines at the time. Smartmatic supposedly changed the source code on the fly on the election day of 2010.

“Without a genuine source code review of the canvassing and consolidation server (CCS), the public can never know what Smartmatic’s system for tallying and canvassing votes really is. it appears that they can also change the source code on the spot, which makes the whole election system a questionable and problematic exercise,” said KontraDaya.

Comelec and Smartmatic ex-plained this away as a technical problem involving the script that does the totals from the PCoS machines. But according to Dr. Gani Tapang of KontraDaya, this explanation does nothing to build transparency and accountability. He added that from now on, “We have no independent guarantee that the votes were not tampered by the PCoS machine or the server.” (http://bulatlat.com)

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MAGNIFICENT 3

PROCLAIMED!

Photos by ROLANDO SUDARIA

THE MAGNIFICENT 3. The triumvirate of Rep. Klarex Uy (1st district), City Mayor Oscar Moreno, and Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (2nd district), were proclaimed as winners at 7:45 p.m. yesterday by Cagayan de Oro City Election Officer Atty. Palmer Palamine, City Comelec Division Superintendent Elena Borcillo and Prosecutor Fidel Macauyag.

MAYOR OCA MORENOCONG. KLAREX UYCONG. RUFUS RODRIGUEZ

HON. ZALDY OCON HON. CANDY DARIMBANG