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BUKIDNON GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES MPC(BUGEMCO)
To all BUGEMCO Members;
Notice is hereby made that the 23rd Annual Membership GeneralAssembly of BUGEMCO will be held on February 22, 2013, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at Kaamulan Open Theater, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon.
PRINCESS FAIRLANE R. ANAJAOSecretaryRICHEL R. OKIT, CPA, MBA
Chairperson
Attested:
Customs vows to identifypeople behind smuggling
Aside from the finan-ciers, Lim also wanted to know who are the protec-tors of smugglers inside and outside the BOC.
The BOC in Northern Mindanao––composed of Deputy District Collector Marvin Mison, Phividec Administrator Leo Magno, MICP Chief for Assess-
BUREAU of Customs, Region 10 (BOC-10) District Collector for Northern Mindanao Lourdes Mangaoang (left), (BOC-10) Deputy District Collector Marvin Mison, Customs Deputy Commissioner Danilo Lim, Phividec Administrator Leo Magno, and Acting Port Collector Javier Alpaño of the Mindanao In-ternational Container Port (MICP) present to reporters part of the 17,500 bags of smuggled rice from India that the BOC-10 confiscated inside the MICP in Tagoloan town, Misamis Oriental yesterday morning. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit
From left, Atty. Cirilo Nala, Commission on Elec-tions (Comelec) provincial election supervisor, explains to journalists the nature and scoop of the Comelec gun ban during the holding of seminar on
election coverage conducted by Sudaria Group of Newspapers and Philippine Veterans Bank under the auspices of the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) held at the BusinessWeek Mindanao Media Center
in Cagayan de Oro on February 19. Other invited speakers for the one-day seminar on election coverage are veteran journalists Froilan Gallardo and Richel Umel. Photos by Gerry L. Gorit
By GERRY GORIT of Mindanao Daily News
CUSTOMS Deputy Commissioner Danilo Lim has ordered for an expanded probe aimed at identifying the financiers behind the series of smuggling as the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Northern Mindanao yesterday seized P26-million worth of Indian white rice at the Mindanao In-ternational Container Port (MICP) in Tagoloan town in Misamis Oriental.
ment Division Hernando J. Mendoza, and MICP Act-ing Port Collector Atty. Javier Alpaño––seized 35 twenty-footer container vans loaded with 17,500 bags of smuggled rice from India yesterday morning.
Lim, who supervised the confiscation, identified
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TOY SAFETY ACT APPROVEDCongressman Rufus Rodriguez delivers his sponsorship speech on House Bill 6529 (Toy and Game Safety Labelling Act) of which he is one of the main authors. The bill seeks to ensure that all toys and games for children be properly labelled in order to protect our children from potential hazards coming from these toys. The bill was approved by the House of Repre-sentatives on third reading, it was also approved by the Senate.
LTO-Puerto heightensEWD campaign in Oro
By ERIK P. VALCORZA of Mindanao Daily News
CAGAYAN de Oro City––The Land Transportation Of-fice (LTO) extension office in Barangay Puerto under Engr. Jesus P. Chan and Police Precinct no. 6 head Sr. Insp. Lornoel B. Ochate arrested 28 erring drivers for violating the Early Warning Device (EWD) law.
Chan said the LTO-Puerto and the police flagged down drivers of private and public vehicles to check whether they have with them an early warning device.
The arrest of 28 erring drivers should serve as remind-ers to drivers to bring with them an EWD everytime they travel, he said.
On one hand, Chan said the mandatory ICC sticker for helmet of all motorcycle drivers took effect on Janu-ary 1, 2013.
Chan reminded bike-riding individuals to always wear helmet with ICC sticker.
Emano was visibly irked of the laxity of the local po-lice in running after crimi-nals that prey on innocent people especially women who were unable to defend themselves.
On Sunday evening, Alma Naguita, 35, a salesla-dy of a mini grocery in barangay Carmen here, was shot dead in cold blood by unidentified gunmen who held her up in barangay Kauswagan.
Naguita was on her way home late Sunday night from work when unidenti-fied robbers waylaid her a few meters away from her house in Sunrise Village in Kauswagan.
The shooting of Naguita sent shock to Cagayanons as incident of similar instances where women were robbed and shot dead even at their doorstep occurred here in past weeks.
Emano recal led the shooting of a woman in barangay Nazareth who was about to enter their gate when held up by gunmen.
The woman resisted prompting the unidentified
Get criminals in 46 hours,says Emano
By CRIS DIAZ, Associate Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City––City Mayor Vicente Emano on Tuesday has ordered the local police 46 hours to get the per-petrators of unsolved robberies and killing in this trading hub of Cagayan de Oro City in Northern Mindanao.
robber to shoot her almost at her doorstep, Emano said.
‘The killing of Naguita showed the same patterns of past robberies and shoot-ings giving us an impression that the criminals were the same suspects who pulled these dastardly acts,’ Emano added.
The city executive gave the local police 46 hours to provide city residents tan-gible results in their pursuit against often riding tandem or solo biker suspects. CD
EMANOSuspects carnap Turner’s pick upCAGAYAN de Oro City––Local police tracking the shooting to death of an American businessman and his girlfriend here on Monday morning considered carnapping as a possible motive of the killings.
Inspector Edwin Ipan, of the Opol police station, said that Mi-chael Alan Turner and his girlfriend Sandra Paredes, 19, were shot and killed while having a walk on a beach in Opol town early dawn Monday.
Ipan said that Turner’s Toyota
Hi-Lux pick up went missing but it was later recovered Monday morn-ing when its occupants figured an accident in Manticao, some 50 kilometers west of Opol town.
He said that relatives of Turner’s wife were asking the whereabouts of Turner’s vehicle which was later identified by law enforcers who responded when the vehicle met an accident in Punta Silom, Manticao past 2:00 a.m. Monday.
Witnesses said the town ambu-lance brought the occupants for
treatment to a neighbouring city of Iligan, some 30 kilometers west of Manticao, Ipan said.
He said that the health person-nel failed to get the identities of occupants tagged as suspects the shooting to death of Turner and his companion. Police were pursuing their identities now, Ipan added.
Ipan said the vehicle, registered in the name of Turner’s lawyers, was a totally wrecked and was placed in the custody of Manticao police. CD
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RICE | page 10 VICTIMS | page 10
COMPOSTELA, Compos-tela Valley––Typhoon Pablo victims here complain of irregularities from the relief and rehabilitation program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), ranging from falsification of liquidation reports on the cash-for-work programs and lack of system in rehabilitation work.
Romulo Serot and his son Remly, volunteers of the DSWD’s cash-for-work program after they lost their house, were surprised to learn that they received an amount lower than what the department’s liquida-tion report posted. What appalled them more was someone else signed the job orders for them.
Based on the report, each of them received 350 pesos a day for 12 days of service or a total of 4,200 for each of them. But according to Remly, “We only got a
More irregularities in DSWD rehab for Pablo victims raisedRomulo Serot and his son Remly, vol-unteers of the DSWD’s cash-for-work program after they lost their house, were surprised to learn that they received an amount lower than what the depart-ment’s liquidation report posted. What appalled them more was someone else signed the job orders for them.
DAVAO City––No distribu-tion list, no release of rice “kahit mag-rally pa sila” (even if they stage a rally).
This was the message of Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soli-man to Barug Katawhan
‘No distribution list, no release of rice’Soliman reiterates:
By LORIE ANN CASCARO of MindaNews.com
(People Rise Up), a group of Typhoon Pablo survi-vors behind the January 15 barricade in Montevista town, Compostela Valley that paralyzed transport along the Davao-Butuan highway for at least 10 hours.
The standoff was re-solved later in the day when
Soliman and Barug officials signed an agreement for the release of 10,000 sacks of rice that Barug, which complained of alleged ir-regularities in government’s distribution of relief goods, would distribute.
No release of rice has been made because while
Barug has submitted to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) a distribution plan, it has not submitted a dis-tribution list.
“It wasn’t released be-cause they have not com-plied with our agreement,
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA of DavaoToday.com
total of 900 (pesos). My father’s share is 300 while mine was 600.”
Contrary to the report, Romulo worked for only a day. “I only worked for a day because I just borrowed the tools,” he said, complaining that DSWD did not provide for tools.
His son Remly only worked for three days and was contracted to receive 200 per day.
They said they were hired on the last week of December by a Mau-Mau Garcia who works in the local government office.
“We were paid right (away) in the bunkhouse (the relocation area they built),” said Remly, who received the pay for both him and his father. “We only signed on a piece of paper with a list of peoples’ names, but nothing like this (job order).”
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SURIGAO del Norte - Every year, several self-funded health-care professionals, mostly doctors and nurses throughout the United States, Europe and the Philippines, belonging to UPLIFT INTERNATIONALE, a non-government orga-nization make a voluntary commitment of their expertise and time to join in a medical mission dubbed as “Mending Faces…One Child at a Time,” for the impoverished Filipino children.
30IB assists island medical mission
By Capt. Esteban L. Mangabat
The goal of which is to provide free reparative sur-gery to children born with facial deformities, primarily cleft lip and palate.
For CY 2013, UI sched-uled a nine (9) day medical mission in Dapa District Hospital, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte thru TAGHOY PHILIPPINES that contacted 30th Infantry Battalion, 4th Infantry Divi-sion, Philippine Army thru a letter on 10 September 2012, informing the unit of the medical mission, and at the same time its
participation for security logistics.
The “Mending Faces...One Child at a Time” medi-cal mission was then held in Dapa District Hospital, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte on 02-10 February 2013 thru the approval of the Provincial LGU of the use of the hospital facilities, with a total of one hundred fourteen (114) patients treated.
Lt. Col. Iringan ex-pressed his appreciation to the staff of UI/TAGHOY PHILIPPINES and Provin-
cial LGU for conducting the medical mission in Siargao Island where a lot of the residents with facial deformities could not af-ford to have themselves operated for the reason that they lack the financial capacity to pay/support such operation.
He commented that “The Mending Faces… One Child at a Time medical mission is something that the treated patients and their families will remember for the rest of their lives and they really have to
BUTUAN City - The De-partment of Agrarian Reform (DAR-Caraga) turned-over the com-pleted rehabilitation/concreting of NRJ Pobla-cion II to San Antonio farm-to-market road in RTR, Agusan del Norte on Friday, February 15.
The 6.5-kilometer road traverses three baran-gays namely Poblacion 2, Balang-balang, and San Antonio and is expected
to help farmers and more than 1,000 agrarian re-form beneficiaries in the area bring their products such as rice, vegetables and coconut faster to the market at a cheaper transport cost.
T h e P 3 6 . 6 - m i l l i o n projec t i s funded un-der the Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project-Phase 3 (ARIS-PIII) of the DAR and is implemented by DPWH.
A road project from San Antonio to Brgy Tag-bongabong amounting to P33 million,the counter-part of the LGU-RTR.
DAR Regional Director Faisar Mambuay expresses hope that the project will be taken care of as this will truly bring economic development among the farmers and residents in the area. (NCLM/Joie L. Ceballos/DAR-13/PIA-Caraga/arjaysfelicilda)
Dar turns-over road project
CAMP Rodriguez, Butuan City - A man held his own family hostage inside their residence in Casetta Vil-lage , Brgy Cagniog, Su-rigao City early afternoon of February 17, this year.
Surigao City police in-vestigators identified the suspect as Ruby Cuevas Boquilon, 38 years old, a seafarer, while the victims were Margelyn Fallado Bo-quilon, 32 years old, their 13-day old baby and nanny Ailyn Estrada Simbahon 21years old.
It was learned that at 11 o’clock in the morning, Ruby acted strangely and forced his wife, with the baby and Simbahon to go inside their bedroom and locked with him inside.
The wife wanted to go
out, but was held by the husband, threatening to kill them if they ever force their way out.
The commotion prompt-ed former Mayor Juancho Maturan of Sison town, who was then at the scene, to call for police assistance.
Immediately, Police Supt. Joseph Nohara of the Surigao City Police Sta-tion, activated the Crisis Incident Management Task Group (CIMTG), headed by himself.
Upon investigation, it was learned that Ruby Boquilon had a history of nervous breakdown.
Negotiation was then started at 2:3O in the afternoon, during which Ruby requested to talk to his father Bernandino and
brother Rico. Failing to negotiate, the
CIMTG brought in Dr Manuel Bauzon, a psychia-trist for another try, but to no avail prompting PSupt. Nohara to direct his men to subdue Ruby.
At 5:30 same afternoon, the team succeeded to neu-tralize the hostage-taker, wo the victims were safely rescued.
Ruby was then submitted to the psychiatrist for initial treatment and eventually brought to the San Luis Home Care in Brgy Ipil, Surigao City while his wife and child were escorted to the residence of the wife’s sister, Mrs Merly Fallado Maturan, in Brgy Washing-ton, Surigao City. (PAPM/arjaysfelicilda)
Breadwinner holds own family hostage
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YOUTH CODE – The Caraga Youth Leaders' Network (CYLN), represented by its CEO Rex Y. Ybañez, turns-over the Butuan City Youth Code to the vice mayor. The CYLN itself crafted the Code, the first in Mindanao. (CYLN/Jennifer P. Gaitano, PIA-Caraga/asf)
thank UI and TAGHOY PHILIPPINES for their very generous effort.”
Lt. Col. Iringan added that “This activity is truly
in-line with the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ “IPSP Bayanihan” where we are able to collaborate and coordinate with all sectors
of the society to join hands in “winning the peace” and be able to set in motion de-velopment in the country.” (ELM/arjaysfelicilda)
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KORONADAL City - The Department of Agriculture of Region 12 (DA-12) will get P1.29-billion budget this year, a whopping 62 percent higher than its 2012 budget of P739 million.
DA-12 gets P1.29-B budgetBy Danilo E. Doguiles
This is in recognition of the region’s 128 percent staples self-sufficiency as evidenced by the 1.28 mil-lion metric tons (MT) of rice it harvested last year, data from the Agri Pinoy Palayan Program indicate; it is also in recognition of other accomplishments of the regional field office.
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala lauded Re-
gion 12 for its contribu-tion to the Food Staples Self-sufficiency Program. “This means that Region 12 contributed 31.89 percent of the total production in Mindanao and 7.14 percent of the total production in the entire Philippines,” Alcala said.
“Let us always remem-ber that the primary objec-tive of the Aquino admin-
istration is to achieve food staples self-sufficiency,” Alcala told over 2,500 farm-ers who came during the turnover of P321-worth of farm machinery in Tupi.
Alcala and DA-12 Re-gional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan led the distribution ceremony during the Ulat ng Bayan and Farmers’ Heart Day at DA 12’s research station
in Tupi, South Cotabato. Datukan said that the
distribution of farm ma-chinery is in accordance with the national govern-ment efforts to achieve FSSP.
The farm machinery, equipment, and other as-sistance will benefit over a hundred beneficiaries in the region.
Recipients include at least 79 farmer associa-tions, 37 individuals, seven local governments, and two state-run schools in North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, General Santos City, and Cotabato City.
Under the department’s Agri-Pinoy Palayan Pro-gram, DA-12 handed to beneficiaries 40 hand trac-tors, 20 floating tillers, 35 shallow tube well engines, and seven mini four-wheel drive tractors.
Meanwhile, the Agri-Pinoy Maisan program
distributed three cassava granulator-cum-shredders, two moisture meters, two disc harrows, one 90-horse-power four-wheel drive tractors, two village type corn-on-cobs dryers, eight hermetic cocoons, and two shredders.
Agri-Pinoy High Value Crops Development Pro-gram (HVCDP) also turned over to beneficiaries 13 power sprayers; 1,700 cans of onion seeds; 35 plastic water drums; 1,800 meters of HDPE pipes; and 14 knapsack sprayers.
HVCDP also delivered one hand tractor with com-plete accessories to LGU of Malungon, Sarangani; and one 35 HP 4-WD trac-tor to LGU-Tupi in South Cotabato. These machines were granted under the DA’s 85-15 counterpart scheme where DA pays for 85 per-cent of the machine cost.
The Organic Agricul-ture Program, on the other
hand, delivered three 1.5 ton-capacity shredders to the LGUs of Kidapawan City, General Santos City, and Columbio town in Sultan Kudarat.
DA also gave three chill-ers and two chest-type freezers to two barangay food terminals in Glan, Sarangani.
Before the event in Tupi, Alcala also distributed as-sistance to the members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) during the launching of the Sajahatra Bangsamoro Program at the Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute in Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.
Aids included a 90HP 4-wheel drive tractor, 300 bags of certif ied palay seeds, 300 bags of white open-pollinated corn seeds, 30 cans of assorted veg-etables, and three goats. (DED-PIA 12/LMS-DA 12/arjaysfelicilda)
KORONADAL City - Stu-dents needing jobs for the summer vacation can now apply for a spot in the Spe-cial Program for Employ-ment of Students (SPES)
North Cotabato Gov. Em-mylou Taliño-Mendoza in a statement said, the provincial government is now accepting applications from interested individuals who would like to work at any of the provincial government offices for 20 to 22 days.
Gov. Mendoza said, the job is open for poor but deserving students.
When accepted, each SPES employee will be paid P220 for each day of work. Of this amount P132 (60 percent) will be paid by the provincial government while the remaining P88 will come from the Department of La-bor and Employment.
To qualify, applicants must be residents of the prov-ince, 15 to 25 years old, fourth year high school, graduating from high school, college freshman by the opening
of classes in June, currently enrolled in college or out-of-school youth interested in going back to school.
Applicants should submit four sets of 2012 Income Tax Return of parents, proof of recent grades (report card, class cards, or certification of grades), birth certificate, and four ID pictures with name tag.
They must personally submit the complete require-ments to the Provincial Hu-man Resource Management Office or PHRMO at the Provincial Capitol, Amas, Kidapawan City.
Last day of submission of applications will be on March 15, 2013.
Schedule of the SPES jobs this summer will be announced later, according to the notice.
SPES is a program of the DOLE mandated un-der Republic Act 7323 oth-erwise known as "An Act To Help Poor But Deserv-ing Students Pursue Their Education By Encouraging
N. Cotabato LGU announces summer jobs for students
By Danilo E. Doguiles
Their Employment During Summer and/or Christmas Vacations, Through Incen-tives Granted to Employers, Allowing Them to Pay Only Sixty Per Centum of Their Salaries or Wages and The Forty Per Centum Through Education Vouchers To Be Paid By the Government, Prohibiting and Penalizing The Filing of Fraudulent and Fictitious Claims, and For Other Purposes."
Its objective is to help poor students, pursue their edu-cation by providing income or augment their income through encouraging their employment during summer and/or Christmas vacations.(DEDoguiles-PIA 12/IDCD-PGO North Cotabato/asf)
KORONADAL City - The provincial government of North Cotabatowill will receive P7 million from the Department of the Interior and Local Government as a reward for its accomplish-ments in good governance.
The award comes from the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) given by the DILG to the LGU for pass-ing the evaluation under the DILG’s 2nd Round Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) said the office of Gov. Em-mylou Taliño-Mendoza in a statemet.
North Cotabato gets P7-m reward
for good governanceBy Danilo E. Doguiles
PCF is a financial incen-tive intended to jumpstart and sustain local socio-economic development projects aligned with the national development goals and objectives, particularly those geared toward the at-tainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in local economic develop-ment, tourism, disaster risk reduction management and solid waste management.
For an LGU to qualify and avail of the PCF, it should first pass the
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Why China would not honor UNCLOS?CHINA would not acquiesce to the idea of bringing the West Philippine Sea conflict to the international body for arbitration. Observers in geopoli-tics based the premise for the simple reason that China could not win the case in the international court.
We were talking about the issue in the West Philippine Sea where China was claiming territorial rights based on ‘historic rights.’ Other countries have also a stake in that group of rocks and reefs believed to have abundant mineral deposits. Neighboring countries like Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, and even Taiwan were also claiming part and portion of the West Philippine Sea to be theirs.
We have no idea how other countries came to claim ownership of that group of rocks, shoals, and reefs that could not sustain life. The Philippines were not claiming this area of conflict right from the start since the Philip-pines has sovereign rights over these places. Sovereign rights and historic rights were two different descriptions that sound synonymous when they were not.
Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, 2nd District of Cagayan de Oro City, said that the Philippines were not claiming the contested areas in the West Philippine Seas since those areas were already part of the Philippines. What was there to claim when one already owned the thing? Therefore, it was wrong to say that the Philippines were claiming ownership to the contested areas in the West Philippine Seas.
Rodriguez said that it was proper for the Philippine
government to elevate the case to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) for arbi-trary decision. Even if China would not represent itself in the hearing of the case, UNCLOS will decide the case based on internationally accepted laws of the sea.
The contention that China would refuse to send representation obviously indicates that China is on the losing end. China would not accept any decision that would favor the Philippines. Be that as it may, UNCLOS would definitely respect the Philippines sovereign rights of some areas in the West Philippine seas. Among areas identified as conflict areas where the Mischief Reef, the Recto Bank, and the Scarborough Shoal.
Senator Gregorio Honasan wants the Philippines, China, and other countries claiming ownership of con-tested areas in the West Philippine Seas to settle amicably the conflict through the equal sharing of the resources in the conflict areas.
Honasan said that such solution would definitely lead to a peaceful solution on the issue of ownership of contested areas in West Philippines Seas.
Rodriguez disagreed saying entering into such agree-ment would mean surrendering the country’s sovereign rights of the areas.
He said that the Philippines might enter into an eco-nomic partnership with China or any country only when these countries recognized the Philippine‘s sovereign rights over those areas. ‘Once these countries, including China, affirm recognition of the Philippines sovereign rights over those contested areas, then the country would be willing to sit down with them in the round table,’ Rodriguez said. React: [email protected]
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“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Ben-jamin Franklin
AS THE “E-S-I-P” paradigm goes: Earn. Save. Invest. Protect.
Risk is an inherent part of life. We simply have no foolproof way of know-ing what tomorrow may bring. As many would agree, “OGK” – only God knows!
As you go out striving to attain financial security by building your financial fortress through honest means of earning, saving, investing and accumulating your assets, it pays to bear in mind the scout motto: “Be prepared.”
Be ready to address all possible dangers and diffi-culties that lie ahead – more specifically, the financial perils and pitfalls that could occur. Lack of preparation could easily lead to your financial downfall.
In life, financial chal-lenges do come to everyone with no exception. It is as sure as the sun rises to greet
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The financial doctor
ESIP step 4: learn to protect!
each and every morning. A lot of these challenges are expected. If you have a child, you’d most likely want him or her to study in the best schools to gain better footing someday.
This corresponds to a future cost that you should have prepared well in ad-vance. But for those un-predictable misfortunes that behave much like the stormy weather that spo-radically comes and goes, the big question to be wary about should be: “When is it coming?” Somehow, risk can be mitigated to a great extent. Risk protection is good preparation.
Without prior protective financial buffer mechanisms in place, any of your assets
could potentially be wiped out even by a single financial disaster. Your hard-earned P5M could easily go up in smoke if your house burns down without prop-erty cover. You’d have to shell out another P1M to replace your car should it get totally wrecked without sufficient insurance. Your physical business assets and stock inventory should also be part of a comprehensive business protection strategy.
At the end of the day, especially for those whose income are still mostly ac-tively generated, it should be very important not to miss out that you – your mind and body – are your greatest lifetime assets.
All your other assets
wouldn’t be around with-out you.
Among the most impor-tant questions you might need to ask are: “If I cannot physically do the work ex-pected of me due to sickness or disability, how big will its impact be to my loss of income? Do I have enough buffer in place? Are there significant others depend-ing on my income? How financially tragic will it be for me, my family and my business, work or profession if I have no prior prepara-tions made?” Your mental and physical capital rightly deserves all the adequate protection it should have.
Be a good scout. Be ready and prepared. Be adequately protected. Act now!
-----(Dr. Adonis Agcopra is a
registered international fi-nancial strategic consultant with IARFC and is portfolio director of AFIC Meridian Consultants. URL: www.aficfinancialconsultants.com. Email: [email protected].)
I WAS shaken a bit when I learned that a group loyal to the Kiram family of Sulu publicly announced their intentions of pushing for the sultanate’s Sabah claim by a “mass action or a show of force “ in Lahad Datu, a coastal town of Sabah. The reports are not so clear yet so we don’t have details of the so-called “stand off ” be-tween Malaysian authorities and the 200 or so Muslim Filipinos (some of them armed).
A bit of a backgrounder.It is said that before gov-
ernments came, the King of Brunei once sought help from the Sultanate of Sulu
The Sabah affair
to quell a rebellion in the former’s kingdom. In return for winning the day for the Brunei king, a piece of land now known as Sabah was given to the Sultanate as a reward. Since that time up to now, the Kiram family of Sulu maintains it has pro-prietary rights over Sabah as evidenced by the lease
entered into between the Sultanate and the British North Borneo Co. in 1878. In 1963, the British turned over to Malaysia control over Sabah and a 50-year lease was reportedly entered into with Malaysia still paying annual “rentals” to the Sultanate. There are reports that the contract of
lease is expiring next month ( 50 years from 1963). The Kirams evidently want to re-establish or re-confirm their rights by actual “occu-pancy”. Hence, the current controversy.
The Marcos years saw the infamous “Jabidah Massacre” where Muslims who were allegedly secretly trained in Corregidor to invade Sabah were murdered to prevent the “oplan” from being divulged, except for a lone survivor, Abidin Arula, who succeeded on telling the world about the alleged invasion plan. The “Jabidah Massacre” so angered the
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AN opposition Senator on Sunday urged the government to examine closely the framework agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Sen. Gregorio Honasan of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) said that the government should initiate extra precaution in the delib-eration of the framework agreement to make sure that it would appease all stakeholders in Mindanao.
‘Like anybody, I am happy with the forging of the framework agree-ment with our Moro brothers in
Mindanao. We all need peace. The signing of the framework
agreement was an initial step to attain lasting peace in Mindanao,’ Honasan said in a talked with local media here.
He said that both the government and MILF should resolve sensitive issues that affect other stakeholders, especially the non-Moro (Muslim) in Mindanao.
Aside from the Moro and the Moslems, there was an urgent need to define the role of other stake-holders such as the non-Moro or
Moslem population in Mindanao,’ Honasan said.
‘We were talking about the future. We designed our decisions today for the generation to come. This was the reason we should exercise extra pre-caution in addressing the framework agreement with our Moslem brothers in Mindanao,’ Honasan added.
While efforts were exerted for the successful implementation of the framework agreement in the next three years, the initiative should continue even at the end of President Aquino’s term. CD
CAGAYAN de Oro City––Gihin-gusgan karon sa Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 10 ang ilang kampanya batok sa mga pulitiko o partido nga gustong mogamit sa Panta-wid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) ug sa ubang programa sa departamento alang sa ilang pultikanhong kalihukan ug interes.
Kini human gipakatap na sa tanang probinsiya sa Northern Min-danao ang mga tarpaulins, stickers ug uban pang advocacy materials aron ipahibalo sa katawhan nga
bugtong ang rehiyonal ug sentral nga buhatan lang sa DSWD ang makatangtang sa benepisaryo sa talaan sa Pantawid Pamilya kung dili sila makatuman sa mga kondi-syones sa program.
Matud ni Atty. Araceli F. Solamil-lo, Regional Director sa DSWD Field Office 10, nga ang maong mensahe gipakaylap sa tibuok rehiyon aron dili na pwede’ng hadlokon ni bisan kinsa nga tawo-kandidato man o dili, ang mga benepisaryo kung dili mosuporta sa usa ka pulitiko o usa ka partido.
Hinuon, giklaro ni Atty. Sol-
amillo nga walay gahum ang DSWD nga mosilot sa mga pulitiko nga mo-abuso sa Pantawid Pamilya ug ubang programa sa DSWD.
Ang Bawal ang Epal Dito Cam-paign sa DSWD gilusad human nakadawat og mga taho ang ahensya nga daghang pulitiko ang nihadlok sa mga benepisaryo nga tangtangon ug dili pahatagan sa ilang binulan nga cash grant kung dili sila mo-suporta niini.
Karong umaabot Sabado gikatak-da nga ilusad sa tibuok nasud ang engrandeng kampanya sa DSWD.
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department’s assessment on good governance and be conferred with the Seal of Good Housekeeping based on key governance areas, namely: transparency, ac-countability, planning, and valuing performance monitoring.
According to guidelines on the PCF, said fund can be used to subsidize local development projects in the Annual Investment Program (AIP) and funded out of the 20 percent Local Development Fund (LDF).
Gov. Mendoza said the provincial government is
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now preparing proposals and pertinent documents for projects where the P7 million PCF could be allot-ted for. She expects these to be submitted to the DILG soon.
In October 2011, North Cotabato was conferred with the SGH.
For such accomplish-ment the LGU received an incentive of P3 million under the DILG-Gawad Pamana ng Lahi program.
Gov. Mendoza has ear-marked the P3- million award for the establishment of the Cotabato Children’s Crisis Center. (DED-PIA 12/ MDD-IDCD-PGO-North Cotabato/asf )
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Bawal ang Epal Dito Campaign gihingusgan sa DSWD
CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan de Oro City – The Philip-pine National Police (PNP) regional command here on Tuesday acquired 11 motorcycles to boost po-lice visibility efforts in Northern Mindanao.
Police Supt. Ronnie Cariaga, spokesperson of the PNP regional command here, said that the brand new motorcycles came from Camp Crame in Manila aimed at improving the local police capability to fight criminalities in their areas.
Cariaga said that the distribution of motorcycles and capability equip-ment to the PNP’s regional commands showed the sincere effort of the PNP leadership in transforming the police organization into a more credible police force.
Last week, Cong. Jose Ma. F.Zubiri III Bukidnon turned over nine ve-hicles for use of Kibawe, Kadingilan, Dangcagan, Kitaotao, Don Carlos, Quezon and Maramag municipal sta-tions while two other vehicles went to the regional public safety battalion.
Cariaga said that the continued support of local government units and other stakeholders in updating resources of the police command
would also motivate law enforcers in the fight against all forms of crimi-nalities in their respective areas of concerned.
He said the newly acquired mo-torcycles went to the chiefs of police of Kitaotao and Baungon municipal police stations in Bukidnon, Kaus-wagan and Mona municipal police stations in Lanao Del Norte, Sapang Dalaga and Aloran municipal police stations in Misamis Occidental.
Cariaga said chiefs of police of Opol, Naawan, Medina, and Tagoloan municipal police stations in Misa-mis Oriental and Police Station 4 of Cagayan de Oro City Police Office got the issued motorbikes. CD
PNP regional command acquired 11 motorcycles
The PNP regional com-mand in North-ern Mindanao receives motor-cycles from the PNP’s logistic command in Camp Crame to augment police capability to fight crimes in the region.
The 2013 NYR logo includes the letters N, Y and R to denote the National Year of Rice, using the colors of the Philippine flag and forming a rice plant. It also represents the three sectors that will be contributory in the attainment of rice self-sufficiency: Producers (farmers), Public and Policymakers.
CAGAYAN de Oro City – TO ultimately attain the country’s goal of rice self-sufficiency, the Regional Agriculture and Fisher-ies Information Division (RAFID) in coordination with the Agri-Pinoy Rice Program of the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10) will spearhead a regionwide Information Caravan on the 2013 National Year of Rice (NYR) from February 26-28 and March 7, 2013, in the provinces of Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental and Camiguin, respectively. Wherein, an overall of 2,000 partici-pants are expected to join the event.
Bearing the theme “Sapat na Bigas, Kaya ng Pinas”, it is a social marketing and advocacy campaign which seeks to attain the three-fold goal of achieving rice self-sufficiency in the country, promoting better health among rice consumers, and improving the productivity and income of rice farmers.
Included in the activity will be a briefing on the 2013 NYR of Rice, which was officially declared by Presi-dent Benigno S. Aquino, III under Proclamation No. 494, signed on October 18, 2012. Complement to this, there will be an open dis-c u s s i on that will take course between farmers and the DA featuring top-i c s such a s R i c e Varieties for Ad-verse Conditions, Community Seed Banking and Various Farm Machineries and Equipment assisted by the region.
National Year of Rice Info Car to highlight rice self-sufficiency
The department’s at-tached agencies will also be joining, including the National Food Authority, National Irrigation Ad-ministration, Philippine Rice Research Institute and the Philippine Crop Insur-ance Corporation who will likewise tackle on additional production support, post-harvest and farm mechani-zation assistance, market development services and insurance coverage.
With the NYR affair at hand, the DA-10 anticipates to enlist more agricultural stakeholders, including farm-producers, general public and policymakers to have higher regard and increased productivity among rice farmers as well as healthier rice consum-ers. Along this line, the department also counts on the reduction of rice wastage and importations in finally realizing rice self-sufficiency by the year 2013 closes.
Last year, Northern Min-danao produced 637,347 million metric tons of pa-lay. This is 4.31% higher compared to 2011’s rice production, also register-ing a 74% sufficiency level.
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the shipment’s consignee as “Jefmin Farmers Multi-purpose Cooperative” with listed address as Barangay Datung Matas in Concep-cion, Tarlac.
A Tarlac-based farmers cooperative allegedly im-ported the rice without the needed supporting docu-ments from the National Food Authority (NFA), the BOC said in a statement.
The confiscated rice shipments col lect ively weighed 875 metric tons––and can fetch a minimum of P26 million in the retail market, the statement said.
Earlier, Lim and newly-installed Port District Col-lector for Northern Mind-anao Lourdes Mangaoang intercepted 10 twenty-footer container vans loaded with 5,000 bags of Vietnam rice consigned to a Luzon-based farmers cooperative also at the Tagoloan port.
“The pattern that has emerged is that Luzon-based farmers cooperatives which have no permit from the NFA prefer Cagayan de Oro as unloading point for its illegal importation,” said Lim after Mangaoang managed to intercept two unauthorized importations at the MICP in Tagoloan town.
For her part, Mangaoang said: “The string of setbacks against illegal rice importa-tions should serve as stern warning to importers that the Cagayan de Oro Col-lection District is now off-limits to smugglers.”
On one hand, Lim sus-pects the series of smuggling using the port of Tago-loan are the handiwork of syndicates that abuse and misuse the tax-free importation privileges of farmers’ cooperatives to bring in foreign-grown rice bought at subsidized prices to the detriment of both local farmers and tghe government.
Likewise, Lim promised to provide unconditional support to Mangaoang’s effort to make Cagayan de Oro a hostile territory to smugglers.
Mangaoang, who took her post as port collector for Northern Mindanao in January this year, vowed to protect local farmers from illegal importations.
She said she will not allow local producers of veggies and rice to suffer merely because of smug-gling.
Affair...from page 6
Muslim world that a group of Muslims, led by a Tausug professor at the University of the Philippines named NUR MISUARI rose up in arms and started a rebellion to seek justice. The rest is history.
Fast forward to present time.
I called my frat brod, A T T Y R A N D O P L H “BONG” PARCASIO, one of the closest to Chairman Nur (called Ma’as” by those
Rice...from page 3
Soliman told reporters Friday after Task Force Pab-lo’s briefing at the provincial capitol of Compostela Valley in Nabunturan town.
“What they gave us was just a list of places where they would repack the 10,000 sacks of rice. That’s not enough because we are accountable for the 10,000 sacks of rice, Soliman said, adding, “kahit magrally pa sila… labag sa batas ang pinaggagawa nila sa amin” (even if they stage a rally, we cannot release the rice because what they want us to do is a violation of law).
She said the distribu-tion list is not a special requirement for Barug but a requirement for all. Other entities asking for rice such as municipalities, comply with the requirement, she said.
Soliman said this is the reason why there are family
close to him) to find out if the MNLF had some hand in this latest caper in Sabah. I got this initial feeling because I was the one who fetched Chairman Nur from Malaysia when he was arrested by Malaysian authorities in the early years of the Arroyo administra-tion after a failed “rebellion” in Sulu. Of course he was a prime suspect but he was subsequently cleared by a Philippine court. I recall Ma’as telling me on board the C-130 PAF cargo plane that ferried us back to Luzon that he would not stop fight-ing for the return of Sabah “come what may”. He must be nursing not only the Bangsamoro aspiration of recovering their homeland (including Sabah) but also was hurting due to the way he was treated by the Malay-sians during his detention.
But Atty. Bong immedi-ately denied the involvement of MNLF and Ma’as in this latest incident in Sabah, although they both have the compelling motives to do so. “We are busy with our campaigns (Bong is running for congressman in the 2nd district of Davao del Sur) and Chairman Nur is busy dealing with the Abu Sayyaf menace in Sulu and also his candidacy for governor,” Bong immediately said. I’ll take it on its face value for the meantime.
There is a lot of ramifica-tion in this present Sabah incident that needs to be untangled. For example, the MILF is fighting for the Bangsamoro homeland but it has excluded (conveniently or otherwise) mention of Sabah in its demand for specific areas. Of course, Malaysia being a facilitator in the peace talks gives some inkling to observers why Sabah is not in the radar screen of the parties to the negotiations.
There is more than meets the eye, as the saying goes.
In the meantime, let’s just all sit by and watch. Interesting developments are still in the offing.
access cards. “This is being done at the barangay and municipal levels. This is not new and this is not during disasters only but in all other programs such as 4Ps (Pantawid Pamilyang Pili-pino Program). We have a list of names with addresses and we have a system where the Commission on Audit can come to us, or it can go to the beneficiaries to check on them. That is the reason why we are asking for a list but until now they have not given it.”
She explained that the DSWD will have to account for the 10,000 sacks of rice which cost millions of pesos.
Ten millionA sack of rice at the
National Food Authority costs P1,350. Ten thousand sacks would cost at least P10 million pesos.
“So kahit na mag-rally sila nang mag-rally, hang-gat hindi nila ibibigay yung listahan, hindi rin namin maibibigay kasi may re-sponsibilidad kami” (No matter how many rallies they would stage, we cannot release the rice unless they submit the distribution list because we are responsible for that), she said.
Barug agreed in the Janu-ary 15 document signed with Soliman, on the fol-lowing: the submission of a distribution plan which includes place and time; distribution list contain-ing the names of recipients and addresses; names of responsible persons who shall guarantee safe dis-tribution; place of distribu-tion (barangay/purok); and distribution to be witnessed by DSWD representative and a provincial and local government unit (LGU) representative.
The agreement also pro-vides that the release of rice will be done at DSWD regional office depot; that the goods are acknowledged as coming from DSWD and PLGU (provincial LGU); that a report after distribu-tion be rendered; and that proper storage of the rice following safety standards is ensured.
According to the distri-bution plan it submitted, Barug will distribute the rice in eight towns in Com-postela Valley (Nabunturan, Montevista, Laak, Mawab, Compostela, Maragusan, New Bataan and Monkayo); three towns in Davao Ori-ental (Baganga, Cateel and Boston); one town in Davao del Norte (Kapalong); and three towns in Agusan del Sur (Veruela, Loreto and Trento).
Compostela, Davao Ori-ental and Davao del Norte belong to Region 11 or the Davao region while Agusan del Sur belongs to Caraga region.
‘Afraid’Barug organizers ex-
pressed fears the list would be used for something else.
In a press statement dat-ed February 11 and e-mailed to media outlets by BAYAN-Southern Mindanao, Barug called for Soliman’s ouster, citing alleged irregularities.
It alleged that the DSWD has been “conniving with the fascist AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) for its counter-insurgency program in demanding the names of rice recipients–a questionable government procedure given the relief and quick assistance nature of such a service.”
“The DSWD’s insistence (on the distribution list) bolters our suspicion that the names could be used against other members of Barug Katawhan so that they too could be charged with similar criminal offenses, earlier filed against Barug Katawhan leaders.
Eight members and sup-porters of Barug are fac-ing charges for leading the Montevista barricade.
Bello Tindasan, Barug’s farmer sector leader, said residents fear the military’s participation in the reha-bilitation program might be used for counter-insurgency.
“We have re ce ive d threats from the military, saying that those who joined the barricade were members of the NPA (New People’s Army),” he said.
Soliman said the police filed cases against eight leaders of the group for al-leged public disorder, among others.
No charges were filed against those who partici-pated in the barricade, she said.
About a hundred mem-bers of Barug picketed in front of the DSWD regional office on February 12 calling for Soliman’s ouster, citing DSWD’s alleged corrupt and inept implementation of relief and rehabilitation operations.
“On the corruption and allegation… it is important to have evidence,” Soliman said.
On calls for her ouster, Soliman said: “I serve at the pleasure of the President.”
“Serving at the pleasure of a President who is equally insensitive to the plight of the poor fits her well enough.. she did the same kind of ‘pleasurable’ service, too, under the hated regime of Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,” said lawyer Car-los Isagani Zarate, second nominee of Bayan Muna partylist.
Bayan Southern Mind-anao spokesperson Sheena Duazo said the recent exposé and cases filed against the DSWD are “glaring proof that the agency is lying about transparency.”
Suazon said the January 15 barricade was a concrete proof of DSWD’s negligence.
Grace Curso, Barug’s women sec tor leader, claimed Barug represents the “real” voices of the vic-tims and that their group will investigate any com-paint related to govern-ment’s relief and rehabilita-tion program.
Curso said they opened a “grievance hotline” at 09497697407 for issues re-lated to the ongoing relief and rehabilitation work.
“Anyone may contact this number any time and we will
immediately respond to help in addressing the needs and concerns of Pablo victims,” said Karlos Trangia, Barug spokesperson.
Organizers claimed 5,000 joined the barricade last month but Compostela Valley Governor Arturo Uy and Soliman, who were supposed to be in a convoy to New Bataan with repre-sentatives of foreign govern-ments and humanitarian agencies, said there were only about 1,500.
Of this number, only about half were from Com-postela Valley province, Uy told a press conferece in Tagum City two days later. (Lorie Ann Cascaro/MindaNews with a report from Carolyn O. Arguillas)
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But the DSWD denied releasing funds for the cash-for work program. Carmela Duron, head of the DSWD-XI Marketing Unit, clarified in a text mes-sage that “according to the local government unit of Compostela, they did not yet release (the fund).”
Duron added that “all DSWD bunkhouse con-struction are undergoing post-audit” by the Com-mission on Audit.
Josephine Hata, the camp leader of the “bunkhouse community” located in the University of Southeastern Philippines’ compound in this town was surprised to hear about the alleged “padding” of the liquida-tion report.
“Dakoa pud ana uy, og ugaling tinuod. Panloloko naman yan (If that’s true, it’s a very big amount. And that’s deception). The ques-tion is they have team lead-ers, and how come they do not know it?” she said.
No clear systemAside from this anom-
aly, Hata also chided the DSWD’s programs for be-ing inefficient and unsys-tematic.
Hata recalled how the DSWD sent 46 carpenters for constructing the bunk-houses. She observed that for two weeks these men worked without a clear sys-tem, “they (did) not provide enough tools. There were also no materials that the carpenters can use to repair houses, so they just went around looking for some.”
Hata said the amount spent on hiring the work-ers would reach around 150,000 pesos, which could have been better spent on buying housing materials and they would have rebuilt their homes.
She further said the bunkhouse was obviously not enough for the families displaced by the storm. She said there were 165 families staying in the USEP com-pound.
Hata added that when residents who occupied the town hall were sent home, they were afraid they might be next. When the bunk-houses were built, Hata fought for her neighbors to avail of them.
“ These bunkhouses were supposedly built for residents of Mangayon, a
far-flung village here in Compostela. We are quali-fied to occupy a bunkhouse because we have children,” she said.
The DSWD posted cri-teria for priority occupants: those who have children aged zero to two years old, who are living in danger zones and whose houses were totally destroyed, in-cluding those families who have a member that has disabilities.
Hata said that the DSWD would only allow one family per bunkhouse room. But she pleaded with the local government and the DSWD that they allow more families to enter since her neighbors reach to 53 families.
“We assured the LGU that we can keep the peace and cleanliness in the bunk-houses so we asked them to allow more than one family per room. I can’t imagine us living comfortably while our neighbors have no clear place for themselves,” she said.
Life in the bunkhouseThe bunkhouse “com-
munity” has set their own rules and formed commit-tees to do tasks.
And with many residents without work after the ba-nana plantations were hit by the storm, the bunkhouse “community” made their own means for livelihood, not expecting anything from the government.
“An organization hired some of us in building other structures. They pay those they hire 225 (pesos) per day. Another organization also pays two pesos each for a sheet of nipa roof we make. We also have reached an agreement to a livelihood proposal we made with an NGO,” she shared.
Hata said they have to rely on their collective ac-tion after seeing how food rations have been unsys-tematic.
“Ang paghatag sa bugas dili ra ba jud pareho, naay purok na grabe gyud ang rasyon (The distribution is not equal, some sub-villages have bigger rations),” she complained,
“Naa pa bugas na hasta gyung bahoa, naay gi-LBM. After sa katong inadlaw-adlaw, ang rasyon nahimo ng after 12 days, two weeks ug ingon nila basin once a month na lang (There was rice that smelled bad, and people had loose bowel movement. Their rations also became less, from daily to every 12 days, to two weeks, and perhaps once a month only),” Hata la-mented.
She asked what happened to the assurance from the World Food Program that food supplies for survivors would be enough for six months.
Hata said because of this, the recent barricade of Pablo victims in Monte-vista town didn’t surprise her. “Normal, natural ra gyud to. Kung wala to mabuhat, wala sila murag na-aware diri nga iplastar nila (It was a normal, natu-ral thing to happen. If that did not happen, they will not be aware of us here.” (John Rizle L. Saligumba/davaotoday.com)
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when one thinks of music, culture and the performing arts, only one venue comes
to mind- Rodelsa hall.Established exactly eight years
ago this month, Rodelsa hall has become the center for quality entertainment and groundbreaking performances in Mindanao.
Theater Productions like liceo
u’s king and i, sound of Music, Cinderella, Jesus Christ Superstar, Oliver, and Romeo and Juliet became unforgettable hits that blazed the trail in the school based productions.
Not just that, Rodelsa hall became the center for showcasing quality european films as it partners with the European Union (EU) in
Rodelsa Hall: Home of the Arts in Mindanao
bringing to the community award-winning films via cine europa, a free exhibition of around 21 films from the member states of eu.
The festival is now on its fifth year at the hall.Classical music concerts also became more
accessible as Rodelsa hall premiered memorable performances from great artists like pianists Ingrid Sala Santamaria, Dr. Abel galang, Peter von wienhardt, carmencita aspiras among others.
other renowned artists that had the chance to grace the hall were tenors Sal Malaki and Dave Clark Sibonga, sopranos Evelyn Mandac, Antoni Mendezona and Daylinda Dagondon.
The kabayao Family Quintet also had the chance to perform and wowed the crowd with their engaging performances.
Others include Diomedes Saraza, the violin prodigy from Juilliard School and violinist extraordinaire Joseph esmilla , cellists Victor coo and emily Duffil (australia).
after quite some time, cagayan de oro music lovers also had the rare moment to experience an orchestra concert when Manila Symphony orchestra graced the stage with international pianist and the pride of Cagayan de Oro, Rudolf Pelaez golez as soloist in an SRO performance last 2010.
This year, Rodelsa hall celebrates the 58th Founding Anniversary of Liceo de Cagayan university and the national arts Month with another groundbreaking performance courtesy of the Cebu Philharmonic Orchestra, Unites the world Project orchestra of Japan and international pianist Rudolf Pelaez Golez in a one night engagement this coming February 16, 2013.
This special event is for the benefit of safer River life saver Foundation, inc. This will be the first time that the hall will gather together 50 musicians in one stage.
To know more about the concert and other upcoming performances at Rodelsa hall, please feel free to call 09176366528 or (088) 8584093 to 95 local 109.
See you at Rodelsa hall!
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participants of the recently conducted DSWD Convergence Strategy program MEDIA ToUR (attended by various representatives of media outfits from Cagayan de oro and Misamis occidental) held at Calamba, Misamis occidental last February 6-8, 2013 pose for a shot with Calamba Mayor, Dr. Luisito B. Villanueva (middle) and staff of the Tatsulo programs of the DSWD (pantawid pamilya, Sustainable Livelihood program and the kalahi-CIDSS) during the showcase of products from the various organizations who are beneficiaries of the Sustainable Livelihood program (SEA-k).
Photo by MARko DAVEY D. REYES – social Marketing officer (kalahi-ciDss)
The Goethe-Institut Philippinen invited 10 Delegates from high schools, the Department of Education (DepEd) for the 2nd International Principals Conference for Partner Schools in
South and Southeast Asia in Bangkok, Thailand. The Philippine Delegate will meet 130 high officials and principals from Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Australia.
Taking place from January 18-19, the conference is part of the German initiative “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH ). The Bangkok convention will be focusing on career prospects for graduates in German. German companies and firms have been invited to the conference, to present the various career and development possibilities in German companies. This issue is of crucial importance within the K-to-12 reform of the Philippine education system, as its main goal is to prepare students better for the job market.
The international conference is a response to the increasingly globalized efforts in education which aim at the preparation of students for the international job market. Not only do German companies require German speaking staff but also multinational enterprises. More than 150 companies are currently members of the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and many more multinational enterprises are operating in the Philippines, not to mention those in South and Southeast Asia.
Currently, PASCH has 11 high school partners in the Philippines which are implementing the German language program. The program was introduced in 2011 in a Memorandun of Agreement signed with the DepEd, the German Embassy Manila, and the Goethe-Institut. As well, 36 English teachers have been attending training programs to become German teachers. 4 of them are currently on a 6-month immersion program in Germany.
This international conference will provide ample opportunities for the Philippine delegation, which is headed by the Director IV of DepEd’s Bureau of Secondary Education Dr. Lolita M. Andrada, to network with other high officials in South and Southeast Asia and thereby laying the foundations for international collaborations which prepare Philippine students for the challenges in a globalized world.
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For more information and the respective resolutions of the conference please contact :
Falk SchleicherHead of Language ProgramGoethe-Institut PhilippinenG/4-5/F Adamson Center
121 Leviste St., Salcedo Village1227 Makati City, Philippines
Tel.:+ 63 2 8405723+ 63 2 8405724+ 63 2 8170978
Fax:+ 63 2 8170979 [email protected]
10 DepEd officials, Phil. HS principals discuss career prospects for students of German at in Bangkok int’l confab