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VOL. 2, No. 200 Cagayan de Oro City Wednesday January 9, 2013 P10.00 www.businessweekmindanao.com NONOY LECHON SERVICES OFFERED OUT OF TOWN ORDER For more details, contact Tel. No.: 309-5276 HERMILINO VILLALON Editorial: e-mail: [email protected] 72-33-44, 856-3344 Advertising: e-mail: [email protected] Contact cell nos.: 0917-7121424, 0947-8935776 EVACUATION | page 10 2012 Year-end Review (Pagbalik-lantaw sa dagkong panghitabo sa Year of the Dragon 2012) ENERO 25, 2012 – SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile has pointed out that he is willing to step down should the public would question the way he handles the impeachment trial of embattled Chief Justice Renato Corona. Enrile became emotional during a debate after the prosecution panel complained about the strict policy of the impeachment court in regard to the panel’s presentation of the pieces of evidence. Atty. Leon Gan, city administrator, (above photo) stresses a point in his speech Tuesday to the thou- sands of supporters who flocked to City Hall to show their support to Mayor Vicente Y. Emano. Rumors of a suspension order to be served to the mayor from Malacanang prompted the people to mass at the City Hall Grounds but as of yesterday no such order has been received by the mayor. (inset photo of Emano supporters says they “dont want Emano to be suspended coz they love him. PHOTOS BY GERRY LEE GORIT AND ROLAND SUDARIA The supporters, bearing placards and slogans voicing their sentiments, started amassing on Monday and have vowed to keep vigil until Friday when the dead- line passes for the supposed serving of the suspension Shi, 35, all of Fujian, China. Of the four, only Sy could speak English. They were all charged on Monday with illegal posses- sion of firearms before the City’s Prosecutor's Office. The suspect were tem- porarily residing at Aloba, Macasandig and Thousands show support to Cag de Oro Mayor Emano Four Chinese nationals charged for gun firing By GERRY LEE GORIT C AGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Some 10,000 people from 77 barangays of Cagayan de Oro City have amassed at the City Hall compound to show their support to Mayor Vicente Y. Emano who is reported to be given a suspension order from Malacanang. order. According to city admin- istrator Atty. Leon Gan, the suspension order probably stems from one of two cases filed against the mayor by political opponents, but By CRIS DIAZ CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Police here filed charges against four Chinese nation- als caught on Sunday for illegally firing their guns. The suspects were identi- fied as Jason Limsoy Chang, 42, Tomy Kua Sy, 32, Sek Qing Hui, 44, and Jake Co EMANO | page 10 FIRING | page 10

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Page 1: Mindanao Daily News (January 9, 2013 Issue)

VOL. 2, No. 200 Cagayan de Oro City Wednesday January 9, 2013 P10.00

www.businessweekmindanao.com

NONOY LECHON SERVICES

OFFERED OUT OF TOWN

ORDER

For more details, contact Tel. No.: 309-5276

HermiliNo VillaloN

Editorial: e-mail: [email protected] • 72-33-44, 856-3344 Advertising: e-mail: [email protected] Contact cell nos.: 0917-7121424, 0947-8935776

EVACUATION | page 10

2012 Year-end Review(Pagbalik-lantaw sa dagkong panghitabo sa Year of the Dragon 2012)

ENERO 25, 2012 – SENATE President Juan Ponce Enrile has pointed out that he is willing to step down should the public would question the way he handles the impeachment trial of embattled Chief Justice Renato Corona. Enrile became emotional during a debate after the prosecution panel complained about the strict policy of the impeachment court in regard to the panel’s presentation of the pieces of evidence.

Atty. Leon Gan, city administrator, (above photo) stresses a point in his speech Tuesday to the thou-sands of supporters who flocked to City Hall to show their support to Mayor Vicente Y. Emano. Rumors of a suspension order to be served to the mayor from Malacanang prompted the people to mass at the City Hall Grounds but as of yesterday no such order has been received by the mayor. (inset photo of Emano supporters says they “dont want Emano to be suspended coz they love him.

photos by gerry lee gorit and roland sudaria

The supporters, bearing placards and slogans voicing their sentiments, started amassing on Monday and have vowed to keep vigil until Friday when the dead-line passes for the supposed serving of the suspension

Shi, 35, all of Fujian, China. Of the four, only Sy could speak English. They were all charged on Monday with illegal posses-sion of firearms before the City’s Prosecutor's Office. The suspect were tem-porarily residing at Aloba, Macasandig and

Thousands show support to Cag de Oro Mayor Emano

Four Chinese nationals charged for gun firing

By GERRY LEE GORIT

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Some 10,000 people from 77 barangays of Cagayan de Oro City have amassed

at the City Hall compound to show their support to Mayor Vicente Y. Emano who is reported to be given a suspension order from Malacanang.

order. According to city admin-istrator Atty. Leon Gan, the suspension order probably stems from one of two cases filed against the mayor by political opponents, but

By CRIs DIAz

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Police here filed charges against four Chinese nation-als caught on Sunday for illegally firing their guns. The suspects were identi-fied as Jason Limsoy Chang, 42, Tomy Kua Sy, 32, Sek Qing Hui, 44, and Jake Co

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News In Focus wEDnESDAy | JAnUARy 9, 2013

Hyping growth amidst continued poverty

P R O G R E S SI v E l ab or groups and youth groups in 2012 also consistently criticized the lack of a na-tional industrialization drive in the Aquino government’s economic policy. They as-cribe to it the Philippine government’s ‘job-gener-ation strategy’ premised on offering foreign inves-tors what progressive labor groups call as cheap and repressed labor.

The youth group Anak-

bayan said the Aquino ad-ministration’s failure to generate enough job op-portunities proves that its economic policies are inef-ficient.

Despite efforts to bring down the workers’ wages, unions and strikes in order to attract more investors, job generation hardly coped with the number of people needing jobs. Even govern-ment data showed that since Aquino took power, and despite his much vaunted rosy economic outlook, the seven-percent unem-

ployment rate in July 2010 remains in July 2012, plus, there are more underem-ployed Filipinos this year (22.7-percent) than during his first month (17.9-per-cent), when he promised the Filipinos they can start dreaming again.

When Baldoz boasted of the increased number of temporary and low-paying jobs this December, due to the holidays, the KMU slammed it as another proof of Aquino’s failure at pro-viding decent employment. It is “scraping the barrel,

maximizing the smallest positive signs in the coun-try’s bleak employment situation for propaganda purposes,” Elmer “Bong” Labog, KMU chairman, said in a statement.

The truth is, there is chronic unemployment problem in the Philippines, the KMU said. The youth feel it most, as unemploy-ment rate among the 15 to 24 years old are more than twice the national rate, even using the government data.

The workers and the LAbOr | page 10

PNoy’s cheap labor policy

THE Philippine Atmo-spheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Ad-ministration (PAGASA) said Tuesday the low pres-

Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez speaks before barangay tanods during their enhancement training and their role in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. In this event, 920 tanods from Distrcit 2 of Cagayan de Oro City covering 56 barangays were given sweatshirts, caps, handcuffs and flashlights through the efforts of Cong Rufus Rodriguez and Abante Mindanao Congressman, Maximo Rodriguez Jr.. Also in the photo are Emil Rana of City DILG, City Police Direc-tor Gerardo Rosales, DILG Regional Director Rene Burdeos and Liga ng mga Barangay President Dometillo Acenas, Jr.

Low pressure area threatens flash floods, landslides in M’nao

sure area (LPA) continues to affect Mindanao as it threatens flashfloods and landslides.

Weather Forecaster Jori

Loiz said as of 4 a.m., the LPA, embedded along the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), was spot-ted some 340 km South-east of Davao City (5.0°N, 128.0°E).

Loiz said the LPA has a chance to become a tropical depression since its stay-ing in the sea. The agency continues to monitor.

If it strengthens into a tropical depression, Loiz said it will be named “Bis-ing” – the second cyclone to hit the country this year.

Loiz said the LPA con-tinues to bring moderate to

heavy rains in Mindanao which may trigger flash floods and landslides.

He noted that the vi-sayas, especially its eastern section, will also have light to moderate rains because of the weather disturbance.

Loiz said parts of South-ern Luzon will also expe-rience occasional light to moderate rains due to the clouds of the LPA that ex-tends to these areas.

Northern Luzon, on the other hand, will continue to have passing light rains due to the northeast monsoon or “hanging amihan.”

BUTUAN City––An alleged accidental firing of an improvised shotgun has killed a 25-year old farmer in Purok 3, Brgy. Laperian, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, January 5, this year.

Police identified the victim as Alberto Guyay Miomo, 25 years old, single, farmer and a resident of Brgy. Aurora, Prosperidad town, while the suspect was Jesus Hesusa Hemodo, 44 years old, married, farmer, and a resident of Purok 3, Brgy. Laperian, same town.

Initial investigation by personnel of the Prosperidad Municipal Police Station revealed that the victim forcibly entered the house of the suspect looking for a certain Mary Jane Hemodo.

She is said to be the daughter of the suspect, whom the victim had lived with for quite a time.

Armed with an improvised 12 gauge shotgun, the suspect blocked the victim, but the victim allegedly grabbed the weapon until it accidentally fired hitting him (the victim) in the stomach.

Miomo was rushed to the D.O Plaza Memorial Hospital, Patin-ay, Prosperidad medical treatment, but died later.

The suspect voluntarily surrendered and turned-over the weapon to the Prosperidad Municipal Police Station. (RKAP/PSupt. Martin M. Gamba/asf)

Accidental firing kills farmer in AgsurContributed by rUTh KAhrrEEN ArANTON- PONTILLO

MAINTAINING the spirit of transparency in Cagayan de Oro City under the admin-istration of Mayor vicente Y. Emano, the 16th City Council during its regular session this morning pre-sided over by Councilor Ramon G. Tabor adopted a resolution waiving the rights of the city govern-ment to confidentiality of information.

For this purpose, the legislative body authorized its depository banks to dis-close to the Bangko Sen-tral ng Pilipinas (BSP) all information pertaining to deposits, investments, loans and other transactions, including the history and status of the City’s dealings with them and for the BSP to make inquiries as may be necessary and to share or furnish the same to the Department of Finance as may be required in the per-formance of its functions.

Councilor Simeon Lic-ayan, chair of the committee

Oro waives rights over confidentiality

of info in banks

on finance and ways and means, said even if this is not requested, the city has opted to issue the waiver for transparency purposes.

“It is the decision of this administration to al-low anyone to look into its deposits,” he added.

Councilor President D. Elipe explained that banks are not allowed to relay to the public any information pertaining to their clients, that includes local govern-ment units, unless explicitly given the authority or waiver or by a court order.

The Bank Secrecy Law is absolute. Banks cannot relay bank statements un-less the depositor waives this right, he said.

But the city is open and that it has no anomalous transactions, Elipe cited, adding that financial papers of the city and transactions are also open and can be seen in the bluebook.

The resolution was en-dorsed by the committee on laws and rules chaired by Councilor Tabor, Councilor Adrian Barba, vice chair, and Councilors Alexander S. Dacer and Emmanuel D. Abejuela, members. (LCR)

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3wEDnESDAy | JAnUARy 9, 2013

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THE year 2013 has been de-clared as the National Year of Rice (NYR) by President Benigno S. Aquino, III under Proclamation No. 494 which was signed on October 18, 2012.

Carrying the theme: “Sapat na Bigas, Kaya ng Pinas”, the declaration is the government’s cam-paign of intensifying its advocacy in achieving rice self-sufficiency.

2013 National Year of Rice launched in MisOrPart of this promo-

tion is also to enjoin the producers, policy mak-ers, consumers and other stakeholders to help attain the government’s ultimate goal of food security and sufficiency.

With this at hand, it will encourage the public to become responsible rice consumers.

The province of Misa-mis Oriental in Northern

Mindanao has formally announced the above said proclamation during the opening of its 83rd found-ing anniversary on Janu-ary 7, 2013 at the capitol grounds, Cagayan de Oro City.

Highlighting the activ-ity is the showcasing of the agri-fishery products from the different mu-nicipalities tagged as the Tabo sa Umahan carrying

the theme “ Agrikulturang Misamisnon-Malaumon ug Malahutayon.”

Department of Agricul-ture - 10 (DA-10) Regional Executive Director Lealyn A. Ramos urged the Mis-amisnons to support the campaign.

“Let us eat the right amount of food and reduce rice wastage. I am encour-aging each and everyone to also try other staple food

such as corn, root crops and bananas. One way or another we are helping our country achieve rice sufficiency and do away from rice importations.”

On the other hand, Mis-amis Oriental Governor Oscar S. Moreno through the aggies department of the province accepted the challenge in supporting the government with its advocacy.

The unveiling of the 2013 NYR logo, headed by DA-10 Director Ramos, Misamis Oriental Gov-ernor Moreno with the participation of Akbayan Chairperson Ana Theresia Hontiveros-Baraquel and the municipal mayors in the province, has denoted acceptance of responsibil-ity in rallying the NYR campaign in their respec-tive municipalities.

The unveiling of the 2013 National year of Rice (NYR) logo headed by DA 10 Re-gional Executive Director Lealyn A. Ramos and Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar S. Moreno with the participation of the municipal mayors and Akbayan Chairperson Ana Theresia Hontiveros-Baraquel, denotes the acceptance of responsibility in rallying the campaign in their respective municipalities. Photo by Rudy Vallejera

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Editorial : [email protected] • Advertising : [email protected]

wEDnESDAy | JAnUARy 9, 2013

We grow minds!

“I wish to thank my journalism adviser, Ms. Jinky A. Macario, for letting me join the radio broadcasting training at the BusinessWeek Mindanao Media Center on September 29, 2012. It was a realization of my long interest to experience such a kind of special and wonderful training. Now, I know that broadcasting is not only all about uttering the words clearly and properly, but also about functioning of mind appropriately.”

- Jassel N. Tecson Manticao Central School, Misamis Oriental

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TACURONG City - The local government unit (LGU) of Tacurong City is currently operating a Business One Stop Shop (BOSS) that seeks to speed up the processing of permits of individuals or companies operating businesses within the city.

LGU holds one stop shop business licensing

The city gymnasium is used as venue of the facility that runs until January 21.

Under the BOSS con-cept, the longest a client could complete the pro-cessing of business permit is 30 minutes, provided all requirements are presented.

Licensing Officer Rene Torreflores said that busi-ness operators were given ample time since October last year to comply the requirements.

With all documents complied with, there are only three steps to follow in the renewal of business permits. Firstly, accom-plishing of the Business Permit Unified Form for computation of taxes and regulatory fees; secondly, payment and issuance of business permit a long with the signature of the city treasurer; and thirdly, approval of the business permit by the city mayor or the city administrator.

A fourth step though is required for new busi-ness applications (client goes to BIR for business registration).

For business operators who have yet to comply with the stipulated require-ments, offices under the LGU, as well as national line agencies are found at the BOSS.

As anticipated, a few clients went to the BOSS

on the first day, but City Administrator Eduardo Nicolo expects that bulk of business operators will flock in the venue starting next week.

In 2011, a total of 1,191 permits were processed under the BOSS. The figure exceeded the LGU’s target of 841. Torreflores said that they expect an increase in the figure in this year’s one stop shop. (Allan Freno/asf)

The National Grid Cor-poration of the Philip-pines (NGCP) ended 2012 with the restoration of its transmission facilities damage d by Typhoon Pablo, De cember last year.

It has fully restored and energized the last of the Pablo-damaged transmission facilit ies: the Cateel-Baganga 69kv line servicing Surigao Del Sur I and Davao Oriental Electric Cooperatives.

Said transmission line was the hardest hit NGCP facility, with 256 toppled and 7 leaning electr ic poles on this line alone.

Overall, Pablo caused 551 NGCP structures to topple, while 57 others were left leaning.

For 22 cons ecut ive days, 328 of NGCP’s line personnel from all over the country worked full-time to restore the damaged transmission lines in order to meet the December 25 target energization date

NGCP completes Typhoon Pablo restoration efforts

set by President Aquino. However, despite round

the clock efforts, continu-ous rains in Mindanao delayed restoration.

Many of NGCP’s equip-ment, including its heli-copters used for hauling materials and stringing cables, were grounded by heavy rains.

Typhoon Pablo le f t seven NGCP transmis-sion lines paralyzed, af-fecting the Northern and Southern parts of Eastern Mindanao.

At present, all Pablo-hit NGCP facilities con-necting power customers are fully energized. (pr/arjay s. felicileda)

TrAININg – Thirty residents of ComVal Province pose, with the model house they have constructed, after finishing the Cash for Training Program of TESDA and DSWD. With them is Compostela Valley mayor Jessie bolo (third from right). (comval net/asf)

C A G A YA N d e O r o C ity - Major G ener al Nestor A. Añonu e vo, commander of the 4th I n f a n t r y D i v i s i o n , Phi l ippine Army, has encourage d a l l Fi l ipi-nos to continue learn-ing and emulating the e x a m p l e s s e t b y D r. Jose Rizal, so that true hop e of the countr y is achie ve d.

S p e a k i n g d u r i n g t h e 1 1 6 t h d e at h a n -n i v e r s a r y o f R i z a l a t Kiosko Kagawasan, this city, General Añonuevo

4ID chief urges Filipinos to emulateRizal

By Arjay S. Felicilda of Mindanao Star Balita

said “I hope Jose Rizal’s memor y wi l l cont inue t o l i v e i n o u r m i n d s and burn br ight in the heart of our young gen-erat ions .”

T h e 4 I D c h i e f l e d his t roops to the ear ly m o r n i n g c o m m e m o -r at ive c e re m on i e s at -tended by personnel and key f igures in local and nat iona l governments .

During the occasion, Mayor vicente Y Emano p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e death of Riza l must be a F i l ipino’s model for

a sense of nat iona l ism and patr iot ism.

“Rizal’s heroism kin-d led the p eople’s col -lective desire to be free f rom the re igns of the Sp a n i s h s ov e re i g nt y,” the mayor averred.

The event was a l so graced by Pol ice Chief Supt . Gi l Hi to s i s , re -g iona l d irec tor of the Pol ice Regiona l Of f ice (PRO-10) , who joined t h e w r e a t h l a y i n g . (based on repor t f rom Lt . C ol . Eugenio Ju l io C. Osias Iv)

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5wEDnESDAy | JAnUARy 9, 2013 Community Editor: JOE DEL PUERTO FELICILDA • Email: [email protected]

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KORONADAL City - After delivering two batches of relief assistance to Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental, the regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA 12) has helped the farmers in North Cotabato hit by typhoon Pablo last December.

N. Cotabato ‘Pablo’ survivors get aid By Danilo E. Doguiles

DA 12 Regional Techni-cal Director for Research and Regulations Enriqueto Natividad led the distribu-tion of more than P2 million worth of aid to farmers in the municipalities that sus-tained agricultural damages.

At the height of typhoon Pablo, storm signal num-ber 3 was hoisted over the province.

Rehabilitation assistance included 436 bags of certi-fied palay seeds for farmers in Pikit, Kabacan, and Pig-cawayan municipalities, as well as 527 bags of hybrid white corn seeds for farmers in Pikit, Kabacan, Anti-pas, Magpet, Pres. Roxas,

Midsayap as well as other towns in the province’s first district.

DA also distributed 65 kilograms of squash seeds.

DA 12 Regional Execu-tive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan said the goods were given to farmers to help them recover from the damages wrought by typhoon Pablo on their farms.

Palay seeds were sourced out from Buffer Stocking Program of the AgriPinoy Rice Program, while the corn seeds were charged against the Quick Response Fund ng AgriPinoy Corn Program.

AgriPinoy High value Crops Development Pro-gram provided the squash seeds.

Earlier, DA has distrib-uted two batches of similar rehabilitation and recovery assistance to typhoon vic-tims in Compostela valley and Davao Oriental, the hardest-hit areas. These aid amounted to more than P15 million.

Assistance included lending of several four-wheel drive tractors that may be used in the immedi-ate rehabilitation of dam-aged farms. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12/LMS-DA 12/arjays.felcilda)

CAMP ALAGAR, Lapas-an, Cagayan de Oro City – The Police Regional Office (PRO-10) has hosted the commanders’ meeting pre-sided over by Police Direc-tor General Alan Purisima, recently.

Centering on security preparations for the 2013 mid-term elections, the meeting was attended by commanders of different Regional Special Operations Task Groups (RSOTG) cov-ering the Misamis Occiden-

PRO-10 hosts commanders’ meeting with Chief PNP

By Police Supt. Ronnie Francis M. Cariaga

tal, Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur and Basilan considered as priority provinces, as regard the upcoming polls.

He also met with the commanders of Task Force Panguil and Task Force Ranao.

In such gatherings, Di-rector General Purisima related that during the news conference in Camp Crame, Quezon City, the Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas has named the 15 high-risk provinces in the

country, terms of political violence.

The chief PNP was joined by senior police officials from Camp Crame, namely Police Director Ager Ontog Jr., acting chief of directorial staff; Police Director Samual Diciano of the Directorate for Operations;

Police Director Felipe Rojas of the Directorate for Research and Develop-ment; Police Director Lina Sarmiento of the Director-ate for Police Community

Relations; Police Director Gil Meneses of the Civil Security Group; and Police Director Wilhelm Barlis of Police Security Protection Office.

Police Chief Supt. Gil Hitosis, PRO-10 director, stated that the presence of the Chief PNP even during the Christmas and New Year holidays was an indication of his desire to achieve a secure and fair elections, May this year. (RFMC/ar-jaysfelicilda)

ILIGAN City - Five restau-rants and five hotels, inns and pension houses were honored as the city’s Top Tourism-oriented Estab-lishments.

The Quality Service Awards in the food facility category were given to 9’res Cafe’ and Restaurant of Ba-rangay San Miguel; Tatay’s Grill and Bar of Tambo, Hinaplanon; Fontina Cof-fee Restaurant Gallery of Tibanga Highway; and Sun-burst Fried Chicken, Inc. of Barangay Pala-o.

Awardees in the accom-modation facility category were the Celadon Pension

10 tourism-oriented firms honored

House of Barangay Pala-o; Elena Tower Inn of Baran-gay Tibanga; Kingsway Inn of Tibanga Highway; SMC HRM Laboratory of Quezon Avenue; and Corporate Inn of Barangay Pala-o.

Senior City Tourism Of-ficer Donnabelle Olado said the awardees have all passed the survey, validation and evaluation, in consonance with the standards of the De-partment of Tourism (DOT).

The honors given are ex-pected to serve as inspira-tion to other businesses in providing quality service to the public.( iligan.gov.ph/arjaysfelicilda)

HUMANITARIAN AssIsTANCE – The Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (WesCom-AFP) moves to render humanitarian assistance and disaster response to survivors of Tropical Cyclone Pablo (Bopha) in the municipalities of El Nido, Taytay, Roxas, Culion, Coron, Araceli and Cagayancillo, Palawan province. (JPA/RVC/WEsCOM/PIA9-zBsT/asf)

D I P O L O G C I T Y, - Lourdes Pabilona, Officer IV of the License Divi-sion, under the Office of the City Mayor calls for owners and managers of business establishments to renew their business permits before the dead-line to prevent possible penalties and additional burden.The city government is encouraging all business establishments to renew their business permits and licenses by conducting a “One-Stop Shop” at the City Hall Lobby.The scheme opened last January 2 and will be con-cluded January 20 of this year. It is composed of all off ices under the LGU involved in the licensing renewal process namely: the City Health off ice; Office of the Building Of-

Dipolog opens “one-stop-shop” for business license renewal

By Mary May A. Abellon

ficial; Engineering Office; Bureau of Fire and Pro-tection; CMO-Licensing Division ; and Office of the Treasurer.This is conducted an-nually to help facilitate the smooth flow of the business permits licens-ing renewal process. In addition, this will make it easier for the public

to renew their permits without the burden of going from one office to the other.The business license re-newal is pursuant to Or-dinance No. 96-001, Series of 1996 otherwise known as the Revised Revenue Code of 1997 of the City of Dipolog. (ALT/MAA/PIA-Zambo Norte)

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of your life, moving ahead toward your goal of success and happiness. But after you plan your work, you have to work your plan.

Discipline is what brings your dreams into real life.

A dream with no dis-cipline will just remain a dream, and a plan without work will be a plan that won’t work.

So today, why not ask the One Who designed the plan for your success to take full charge of your life.

Jesus also has the power you need to make that plan start working for you. With His plan in hand, you’ll go all the way to the life He wants you and your family to enjoy.

Just Think a Minute.

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Opinion

Cris Diaz

The ‘dark horse’ gallops in MisorLast of two parts

FORMER provincial governor Bong Calingin still wishes to win the Con-gressional seat in Misamis Oriental’s second district. However, Bong’s chances of winning would only be on track if he could regain his political turf in the vote-rich town of Clave-ria. Another thing, he’s running as an independent candidate showed that political parties are no longer interested to take him. This corner would discuss more about Calingin’s candidacy in the coming days.

Jun Baculio, Padayon Pilipino. A.k.a., ‘Jun Bacs’ in the political circle has the City of El Salvador in the province’s west coast as his political bailiwick. Although Jun Bacs served as Congressman for three consecutive terms, it did not provide him a chance to win an electoral contest twice in a row.

In 2007, when his term as Congressman ended, Jun Bacs ran for Governor and lost. In 2010, Jun Bacs ran again for Congress. As usual, Jun Bacs lost.

Jun Bacs losing the electoral contest is no longer an enigma. It only means that Jun Bacs has also lost the vote-rich town of El Salvador. Like the towns of Claveria and villanueva, El Salvador, have about 30,000

registered voters.Jesus Jardin, Liberal Party. Known as ‘Jess,’ Jardin is

a cosmetic doctor. Jardin is an incumbent member of the provincial board. He comes from Jasaan, another vote-rich town of almost 30,000 registered voters in the province east coast.

However, there is no such thing as ‘Jasaan vote.’ The town has dozen of local leaders whose political influence remain intact through the years. Beside, Jardin is not born politician. A medical practitioner, Jardin is preoc-cupied serving his patients. Of course, a doctor earns higher than the salary of an elective official.

Actually, Jardin’s successful entry in politics started when Padayon Pilipino drafted him as a provincial board member candidates in the 2010 elections. Initially, Jardin’s aggressive stand on various issues in the province at the provincial board has caught the fancy of the electorates.

They thought Jardin as a potential future leader of the province. Nonetheless, this expectation died when Jardin has a sudden change of heart. Political observ-ers saw his flight to the Liberal Party as a sign of ‘bad faith.’ In other words, Jardin has shown a shaky albeit political maturity.

Who among the four candidates Uy, Calingin, Baculio, and Jardin would likely gain an upper hand in the con-gressional race this year? By now, the ‘dark horse’ starts to gallop in one’s mind. This corner would disclose its identity soon. React: [email protected]

Kakampi mo ang batas

Atty. Batas Mauricio

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offer-ing and sacrifice to God…” (Ephesians 5:1-2, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-POLICE AND MILI-

TARY MEN AS JUETENG OPERATORS? Discounting issues of whether the kill-ing of 13 people in Quezon Province Sunday night was a legitimate police operation or not, it is definitely scary to read news accounts that the event could be related to a murderous dispute about controlling jueteng operations in the Southern Tagalog Region and, per-haps, in the other parts of the country, at a time when Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas is waging a war against the illegal numbers game.

What the news accounts seem to indicate is that those

Police, military men as jueteng lords?

who were killed---ranking police and military officers who were in the company of an alleged jueteng lord---were part and parcel of big-time jueteng operations involving millions and mil-lions of money, which do not seem bothered or even intimidated, or have no iota of respect at all, for Roxas’ much-publicized campaign or fight against jueteng.

Perhaps, this is the rea-son why jueteng cannot real-ly be stopped and eliminated in this country. Too many high police and military officials seem to be jueteng operators themselves, ap-parently using civilians as mere fronts. The real ques-tion, however, is this: why

are policemen and military men daring to operate or be involved in jueteng, even if the announced policy of both Roxas and President Aquino is to stop it?

-ooo-WHERE IS THE P100

M? Now, there is even a report that the 13 who were killed last Sunday, January 06, 2013, were carrying with them some P100 million in cash, to be used in jueteng operations in the Southern Tagalog and Bicol regions. But then, that big amount of money seems to have vanished, as it was not even included in the earlier re-ports about the shooting.

Were the slain men really carrying those millions at

the time of the incident? Was that the reason why there were high military and police officials accom-panying the alleged jueteng operator who was also killed at that time? And, where is this money now? Why was it not even mentioned by police authorities in earlier reports of the shooting?

-ooo-PAG-ASA NOW A BRO-

KEN RECORD: PAG-ASA, or the Philippine Atmo-spheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Ser vices Administration, is now sounding like a broken record, every time a low pressure area or a weather disturbance makes its way into the Philippine area of responsibility: citizens and residents alike must be careful against flashfloods and landslides.

But then, we all know that such warnings have not been of any effective help most of the time. Many people still die from the

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Conclusion

IN A SPEECH at the Asian International Banking Con-ference last year, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tet-angco, Jr. said: “Microfi-nance and financial inclu-sion are advocacies which we have pursued well before it became popular to do so.”

Indeed, the BSP remains at the forefront of establish-ing a policy and regulatory environment conducive to financial inclusion.

“This stems from the recognition that financial inclusion is a worthy policy objective that could and should be pursued alongside the promotion of stability and efficiency in the finan-cial system,” according to

Speaking Out

Ignacio bunye

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

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

Iligan City

IN RE: Petition to approve and Register the Divorce spouses,

EUNIL B. AVERGONZADO, Petitioner, CIVIL CASE No.2013-001 - Versus -VANESSA FE C. PONO, Respondent.x-----------------------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before this court is verified Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce Agreement filed by the Counsel of the petitioner and alleging among others: That petitioner and respondent are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on December 18, 2008 at Carmen, Cebu, the petitioner conversion to Islam faith, of which conversion to Islam was Registered with this court, they can be served with summons and notices at Cogon East, Carmen, Cebu and c/o GANDAMRA & GANDAMRA Law Offices, 2/F Diocesan Cetrum Bldg., Lluch St, Iligan City respectively. 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 leached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in the early part of 2010 or more than two (2) years already now, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agree-ment in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in 2010, 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 severing their marriage bond on December 18, 2008 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 January 30, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any inter-ested 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 f Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 2nd day of January 2013.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: Jan. 9, 16 & 23, 2013

Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

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

Iligan City

IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION TOAPPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE CIVIL CASE NO. 2013-003BETWEEN SPOUSES ROLANDO MADARANG, JR. AND ARACELI V. PACULBA-MADARANG,

ROLANDO MADARANG, JR. AND ARACELI V. PACULBA-MADARANG, 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 14, 1990 at Iligan City they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions lo Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at their residence at Tag-ibo, 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 seventeen (17) years now since early part of 1995 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 14, 1990, 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 January 30, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any inter-ested 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 ORDFRFD. Iligan City, Philippines, this 7th day of January, 2013.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: Jan. 9, 16 & 23, 2013

Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

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

Iligan City

IN RE JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE ANDREGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN CIVIL CASE NO. 2013-002SPOUSES MARIO M. GALLEROS AND CHERRY U. CASTILLO-GALLEROS,

MARIO M. GALLEROS AND CHERRY U. CASTILLO-GALLEROS, 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 November 16. 2002 at Panaon. Misamis Occidental, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversion to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at their residence at Iligan City, but they can be reach with summons and other legal processes at c/o Zaide Law Office, 2nd Flr., 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 more than five (5) years now, 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 November 16, 2002, so that they will have free hand to do with 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 January 30, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any inter-ested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Lei 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 4th day of January, 2013.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: Jan. 9, 16 & 23, 2013

Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT

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

Iligan City

IN RF PETITION TO APPROVEAND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF CIVIL CASE NO. 2013-004SPOUSES LEMUEL S. MAYBITUIN AND MAY GRAVINO-MAYBITUIN,

LEMUEL S. MA YBITUIN AND MAY GRAVTNO-MAYBITUIN, 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 16, 2004 at Iligan City, 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 their residence at Iligan City, but they can be reach with summons and other legal processes at c/o Atty. Hernan R. Tabalba, Tibanga Hi-way, 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 eight (8) years now since early part of 2005, 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 16, 2004, 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 January 30, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any inter-ested party may appear and show why the petition should not be gr anted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the Pity of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. S0 ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 7lh day of January, 2013

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: Jan. 9, 16 & 23, 2013

Reaching out to the ‘unbanked’

the 2012 Year End Report on BSP Financial Inclusion Initiatives.

Believing that financial inclusion is a key component of inclusive growth, the BSP is actively implementing policy and program initia-tives to realize the Philippine government’s vision for the financial sector.

This vision is highlighted in the Philippine Develop-ment Plan 2011-2016: “an inclusive financial system

which provides for the evolving needs of a diverse public.”

One of the notable pol-icy and regulatory actions undertaken by the BSP is the implementation of the enhanced rules on true and transparent lending.

To improve the imple-mentation of the Truth in Lending Act (Republic Act No. 3765), protect consum-ers from lack of awareness of the true cost of credit,

and ensure that they make informed decisions when they borrow, the BSP and other regulatory agencies issued similar regulations to cover all credit providers.

These regulations man-date full disclosure of all charges related to the ex-tension of credit.

Credit granting enti-ties are presently required to charge interest on the outstanding balance of a loan at the beginning of an interest period and consider all charges incident to the loan in computing the Ef-fective Interest Rate (EIR). The EIR, whether quoted annually or monthly, should be the only rate quoted in all loan documents, including marketing materials.

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DevelopmentsEditor: ALLAN M. MEDIANTE • Email: [email protected]

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By Fredelyn Ragandang

MALAYBALAY - The Provin-cial Government of Bukidnon headed by Board Member Alfeo U. Baguio of Bukidnon-3rd District delivered the P1-M check each to Comval Gov-ernor Arturo Uy and Davao Oriental Governor Corazon Malanyaon. This after typhoon “Pablo” ravaged the two provinces and wrought unprecedented destruction on the lives and properties of the residents of said provinces.. Bukidnon was under storm signal number 3 and also suf-fered millions of damages on infra and agri sector. However, the damages that Pablo had caused in Bukidnon is lesser compared to its neighbor-ing provinces of Comval and Davao Oriental where some municipalities had been wiped out. According to Governor Uy, the P1-M check is a big help especially that they are still in the stage of recovery and rehabilitation, and in sustain-ing foods for the victims who have nothing to rely on, when it comes to their source of income (Coconut producer). The governor said that Pablo has damage to P10-B on Agri Sector and P3-B on Infrastructure; 80% of the 245 barangays were affected; 38,000 totally damaged houses

Bukidnon gives financial aid to Comval, Davao Or

and 50,000 partially damaged. An estimated more than 1000 fatalities and more than 400 persons are still missing. On the other hand, Davao Oriental Governor Malanyaon stated that in their province there were 406 fatalities; 3,018 injured; 22 missing; 51,763 total numbers of families af-fected, around 30,000 or 53% were from the 3 worst hit mu-nicipalities: Baganga, Cateel and Boston. P8.5-B worth of Agriculture products and facilities were damaged and 30% on Coral Resources were also damaged; 132, 105 hectares of forestlands are destroyed. Approximately P333 million cost of losses on Trade and services. Governor Malanyaon de-clared that all financial as-sistance be alloted for the construction of shelters for the TS Pablo victims. With the PGB’s P1-M check of financial assistance, most probably 12 housing units can be built out from it and it will be named after Bukidnon. Accordingly, when the construction will be finished, the Provincial Gov-ernment of Davao Oriental will invite the Provincial Officials of Bukidnon to formally turn-over the 12 housing units. The lady-governor thanked the PGB’s generosity and com-passion in helping them ease the pain and sufferings they’re facing right now.

The Department of En-vironment and Natural Re-sources, Region 10 (DENR 10) successfully conducted a one day value Forma-tion/Strengthening and Environmental Awareness Seminar recently. Selected members of the Cagayan de Oro River Ba-sin Management Council (CDORBMC) – Technical Working Group (TWG), people’s organizat ions (POs) from the province of Bukidnon and person-nel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources participated in the seminar which was held in Cagayan de Oro City on December 27, 2012. The activity was spon-sored by DENR through the CDORBMC which is chaired by Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma and co-chaired by DENR 10 Regional Ex-ecutive Director Ruth M. Tawantawan and Regional

DENR 10 holds Environmental Awareness, values seminar

Director Rene Burdeos of the Department of Interior and Local Government. Forester Arnulfo Osio of DENR 10 gave a lecture about the Environment while Dr. Miguela Napierre gave a lecture on values. The one day activity was capped with a Mass which was celebrated by Father Jose Daniel Coronel. Gis-ing Barangay Movement National Convenor and vice-chairman of the TWG – Community Development delivered a message during the opening program. The activity was organized by the CDORBMC Project Management Office headed by Forester Fidel Gamos, Jr. Representatives of the People’s Organizations from the municipalities of Talakag and Baungon, Bukidnon participated in the said activity. The POs live near Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park which is

part of the Cagayan de Oro River Basin. The POs are also partners of the DENR in the National Greening Program (NGP). Representatives from the POs from the municipal-ity of Baungon, Bukidnon include the Kalangan San vicente Farmers Associa-tion (KALASANFA), Lan-gam Farmers Association (LAFA), Sta. Cruz Lacu-lac Farmers Association (SALAFA) and Kalilangan United Forest Farmers As-sociation (KUFFA). The POs from the municipality of Talakag include Saga-ran Farmers Association (SAFA), Inc., Pagsabuwa-han Pag-awit Hu Intunda, Inc. (PPHI), Lantud Kahi-bunan Igtulin Farmers As-sociation (LAKIFA), Cosina Farmers Association, Inc. (COPA, Inc) and Liguron – Dagundalahon – Sagaran ISF (Integrated Social For-estry) Project.(ldc/denr10/rpao#01-003-2013)

Senate asked to approve hike of SSS pension bill Bayan Muna Partylist Repre-sentative Neri Colmenares has urged both Houses of Congress to consider the bill increasing the monthly pension of all SSS pensioners by a maximum of P2, 000.00 as one of the prior-ity bills Congress should pass when Congress resumes on January 21. This is in response to the announcement that both the Senate and the House will discuss bills that will be priori-tized before the congressional recess in February. “The House of Representa-tives passed on Third Reading last December 15, House Bill 4365 which increased SSS pension by a maximum of two thousand pesos per month. If the Senate will also approve its pending bills increasing SSS pension, then the bills can immediately be signed into law and the increase could take place this year. Sayang at konting tulak na lang at maaabot na ang matagal nang hiling ng mga pensioners natin na taasan ang kanilang pen-sion” said Rep. Colmenares. “The increase will not only benefit current pensioners, but also all the other SSS members who will someday become pensioners themselves as this will effectively increase their starting pension when they re-tire. We ask Speaker Feliciano Belmonte and Senate President Juan Enrile to include the SSS pension bills as among those bills they will give priority when we resume this month. The House has approved its version through the efforts of Speaker Belmonte and we hope the Senate will approve theirs,” the solon added. There are various SSS bills in the Senate authored by Sen. Lito Lapid, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, Sen. Manny villar, and Sen. Antonio Trillanes all pending before the Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprise headed by Sen. Ralph Recto. “The passage of the SSS pen-sion law will be of substantial help to our senior citizens many of whom continue to receive P1, 200.00 a month. With the ris-ing prices of food and the cost of maintenance medicine, the current SSS pension is inhuman. This will be congress’ gift to all SSS pensioners at the start of the year” said Colmenares who authored the bill at the lower house. “The SSS has P 345 Billion in assets earning an investment income of P21-23 Billion per year and could very well afford pension increases. The P2, 000 increase in monthly pension is a far cry from the increases given to GSIS pensioners, but this is good enough for now. Congress will just have to consider further increases next Congress,” Colmenares ended.

GLOBE Mobile President and CEO Ernest Cu ex-pressed bullish prospects about the growing ubiquity of mobile phones in the Philippines, with mobile set to change the landscape of traditional advertising in the country. As keynote speaker at the 2012 Mobile Marketing Conference of the Internet and Mobile Marketing As-sociation of the Philippines (IMMAP) with his speech “How Mobile is Changing the Advertising Industry”, Cu cited the strong potential of mobile as an effective medium for brands to reach target audiences. “The mobile phone has clearly taken great promi-nence in the human value chain. Time Magazine’s Mo-bility Poll revealed that out of 5,000 respondents across 8 countries, 68% sleep with their mobile phones next to them, and 66% would

Mobile to revolutionize advertising industry

rather take their mobile phones to work instead of lunch,” said Cu. Citing an example closer to home, Cu revealed that in the Philippines, 9 out of 10 people own mobile phones, putting mobile phone pen-etration at its highest peak compared to any other form of medium such as Tv. “Indeed, mobile is the way to go to connect with and engage today’s consumers, as well as to create a rich consumer experience that goes beyond traditional marketing,” Cu confirmed. For Cu, the use of mobile as a channel to communi-cate with a target market pushes brand activation to the limits of a consumer’s imagination, citing aug-mented reality as an ef-fective platform to bring advertising campaigns to life. Cu also said that mobile advertising opens creative corridors for dynamic and

more compelling content, capitalizing on strong visual stimulation to entice con-sumers further. Lastly, Cu hyped the interactivity that mobile encourages, allowing consumers to instantly send feedback, making the retail experience more relevant and meaningful. “Mobile technology has definitely changed the way brands talk to their consum-ers. Because it’s so personal and powerful, it enables the unique efficiency of reaching out to very pre-cise target markets with mobile advertising-driven campaigns hinging on the capability to profile custom-ers and touch them directly,” Cu added.

In 2010, Globe partnered with Out There Media in launching its own mobile advertising platform My Rewards, My Globe Plus, now with over 2 million opt-in subscribers. Top consumer brands such as McDonald’s, Clear and Sunsilk have ef-fectively used the platform to engage and establish affinity with their target consumers. Taking the track of ex-tensively profiling the cus-tomer, Globe is embarking on a massive USD90M IT and systems transformation that will monitor demo-graphics, usage, product subscriptions, transactions, bill payment and behavior

of its subscribers. “As soon as we see that a customer has the propensity to top up load, to roam, or to subscribe to a promo on any given day, we can push the relevant service in an instant, to the right cus-tomer, at the right time,” Cu shared. Cu joined internationally-renowned industry bigwigs such Nick Wiggin, Global Head of Advertising of Hua-wei; Phalgun Raju, General Manager for Southeast Asia at InMobi; Joshua Maa, CEO of Madhouse China; Mark Bookman, CEO of MCN and other global thought lead-ers from a diverse range of industries during the 2-day congress.

GloBe mobile President and Ceo ernest Cu

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Emano...from page 1

he said he does not know which of the two cases has resulted in the suspension order.

Gan said the mayor is ready to accept whatever is the content of the order.

Rumors that the suspen-sion order would be served on Monday spread during the visit of DILG Secretary Mar Roxas in the city but there was no order served. Despite this, the people have remained at the City Hall grounds to show their support to the mayor.

Former President Erap Estrada, vice President Jejo-mar Binay, Senator Jinggoy Estrada and Senate presi-dent Juan Ponce Enrile are expected any day this week in Cagayan de Oro to show their support too.

If the order is served, Gan, who also serves as the mayor’s lawyer, said they will resort to legal remedies such as appealing to the Court of Appeals.

“Dili kini drama,” he said in answer to a reporter’s query.

“There’s no time for drama because the mayor has a lot of projects to attend to in the city,” he added.

He said news of the sus-pension order may have been spread by Emano’s political opponents and

Firing...from page 1Camaman-an in the city’s suburban areas. Inspector Evan vinas of the Agora police in Lapasan said that the suspects were all caught illegally fire their guns at the Northern Min-danao Practical Shooting Association( NMPSA) firing range located at Barangay, Camaman-an this city. "While a shooting com-petition was going on at the other side of the shooting range, the four suspects (Chinese nationals) at the same time fired their guns rapidly without an accompa-nying range officer," vinas said. It is illegal for shooters to fire their guns in any shooting range without be-ing accompanied by a range officer, vinas added.He said the suspects also failed to present valid pass-ports. vinas said that investi-

Jueteng...from page 6

rains, floods and winds that come with each ty-phoon, with each low pres-sure area, with its storm. I wonder if PAG-ASA, and even the National Disaster Risk Reduction Manage-ment Council (NDRRMC), realize the futility and inutil-ity of those warnings and advisories?

Again, I will have to say: the deadly and destructive rains, floods and winds we have been experiencing and will continue to experi-ence in the days to come have a Biblical basis. Since much of our efforts---from the government and from the private sectors alike---pertaining to these natural calamities have not really helped us any, I strongly suggest it is now time to follow what Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, is saying.

For the benefit of those who are interested to know what Jesus said about rains, floods and winds, please read Matthew 7:24-27 of the Bible. These verses are an eye opener---they are saying that Jesus warned all of us that the rains, floods

All credit granting enti-ties are likewise required to use a standard and simple format of disclosure to en-sure that borrowers are pro-vided with the information they need to understand their loan transactions.

The Bangko Sentral has also amended the rules on the provision of micro-agri loans, providing banks with the flexibility to innovate the design of their micro-agri loan products.

The liberalization of earlier rules through the issuance of BSP Circular 748 has allowed banks to better attune product de-sign to the peculiarities and cycles of various types of crops.

Product innovations in micro-agri shall now be approved for as long as the banks demonstrate that they have the appropriate risk management systems in place.

The BSP has likewise issued Circular 746, which allows microfinance clients to continue to enjoy exemp-tion from the submission of documents such as income tax returns and financial statements when availing of a loan.

This exemption, which will continue through De-cember 31, 2014, will ensure that microentrepreneurs and SMEs continue to be able to access financial services through simple documentation.

Unbanked...from page 7

when the people heard about it they came to City Hall on their own will.

One of the barangay chairmen who joined the rally of support was Lapasan chairman Omar Labuntog who said that suspension orders are an “old type of political harrasment.”

“Let the people decide in an election,” he said.

gators were verifying Sy’s claimed that he is a mem-ber of the Cagayan de Oro Chinese Chamber of Com-merce. "The suspects were using loose firearms which are made in Cebu and had no pertinent recordings," vinas added.

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Labor...from page 2

youth questioned the practical value in Filipino lives of Aquino’s vaunt-ed 7.1-percent economic growth in the last quarter, saying that this had not been felt by most Filipinos.

In fact, even analysts from the labor department admit the “Economic growth in the past decade (2001-2010) has not translated to equivalent improvement in employment levels.”

Yet, Aquino is simply continuing, in more intense manner, the job generation approaches of past govern-ments.

“The Aquino govern-ment persists in attracting foreign investors, its main approach to generating jobs in the country, and is trying to prettify this approach by hyping what it sees as minor improvements,” Labog said.

“To attract foreign inves-tors, the government has been offering cheap and repressed labor. This ap-proach has failed to generate sufficient employment for Filipinos and has merely caused greater poverty and hunger among workers,” Labog added.

The labor leader fore-casted that “Unemployment will surely rise in the first months of 2013. While eco-nomic activity related to the 2013 elections may slightly

increase employment a few months before the elections, the employment situation in the country remains fun-damentally bleak.”

Anakbayan said it was very “misleading” of the Aquino government to feed the people news of excellent growth in GDP, while not showing how the ordinary Filipino benefits from the said growth.

“Do they think the people are dumb? They are trying to fool us into thinking that they have done agood job, when wealth and opportunity remain poorly distributed across the population,” said vencer Crisostomo, chairman of Anakbayan.

The youth group rejects what they see as “Aquino’s answer to unemployment,” the K to 12, saying the pro-gram will only reinforce the idea that Filipinos are merely cheap labor to be exported.

Given Aquino’s budget cuts in social services such as education, and the free-dom it grants private institu-tions to raise tuition yearly, Anakbayan says it “makes unemployment possible.”

If the Aquino govern-ment “is serious in providing decent employment to all Filipinos, it should imple-ment genuine land reform and nationalist industrial-ization programs,” Labog of KMU said.

But, judging from Aqui-no’s actions and policies, the labor leader warned that promoting an employment program that is not depen-dent on foreign investors is farthest from the mind of President Aquino. (http://bulatlat.com)

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Cagayan de Oro – Since its opening in November last year, Centrio has welcomed Kagay-anons to its friendly, sophisticated ambience through heartwarming events.

musical groups. “We set up an artistic

event with lights, music and entertainers that all people can enjoy and appreciate especially families,” said Justine Tiro, Centrio Mall Marketing Supervisor.

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Casiño, the organizer, and Dire Husi Executive Director for the whole event.

“They hired us to perform and in return we provide talents for them. As an artist we really need corporate partners, like what an English Poet John Donne, said, no man is an island. I'm very blessed that malls in the city are recognizing local talents,” said Casiño.

Local artist Miguel Quijada performing a fusion dance using artificial light.

Human Statue Axelrose Casilac, posing for the onlookers with the tag line on his suit, “Touch this button and say why New Year?”

Rustie Quintana singing his newly composed Visayan song, “Bagong Henerasyon,” dedicated to the youth, at the Centrio Mall Garden.

Group Hug Band lead singer, Randy Amper Relos performing at the garden of Ayala Centrio Mall.

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Last year, we honored Mindanao’s homegrown businesses...

This year, let the Investors from outside the islandwho helped propel Mindanao’s economy for decades

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RATIONALE OF THE PROJECT

- This is the 2nd Mindanao Business Leaders Awards, in a different category from the first one. The 1st Mindanao Business Leaders Awards was undertaken last year to give due recognition to the achievements of various Mindanao business leaders and entrepreneurs in various categories of homegrown corporate and individual business leadership achievements.

- This year’s search is aimed at giving honor and recognition of excellent business leaders in the investors’s category.

- BusinessWeek Mindanao as a forerunner of information on economic leadership and entrepreneurial achievements of non-Mindanaoan corporations and businessmen, deems it a part of its social responsibility to trumpet the achievements of these pillars of Mindanao’s economy, for others to emulate and thus propel an awareness for the business potential that Mindanao offers in every economic and business investment plan, whether small or great.

-We are helping Mindanao achieve sustainable development of its economy through these humble efforts.

MISSION & VISION OF THE AWARDS

- The holding of BWM Awards annually serves as catalyst to the ongoing efforts of business leaders and entrepreneurs who seek greater heights and strive for success in the noble mission of propelling Mindanao and its people towards full economic growth and sustainable development.

MECHANICS OF THE SEARCH:Duration of the Search : January 15, 2013 to May 15, 2013Awards Night : June 1, 2013

Entry Requirements:

1. Individual and Company/Establishment nominations shall be accompanied with Nomination Forms available on-line at the Sponsors Website, offices of sponsors, or in the printed page of Businessweek Mindanao and Mindanao Daily issues or may be mailed, if requested, by the Awards Secretariat

2. Nominees or candidates in various categories shall be nominated by BusinessWeek Mindanao and Mindanao Daily Bureaus; individuals, organization or groups not em-ployed by or connected to any of the nominated person or firm .

3. Nominations shall be accompanied by the ff documents which can be mailed, or emailed to the awards secretariat - MINDANAO BUSINESS LEADERS AWARDS 2013 Secretariat, Tanleh Bldg., Abellanosa St., Cagayan de Oro City,not later than May 15, 2013.

4. Brief Resume and History of the Nominee (Individual or Firm)- Photos (at least 3) ; Nomination Form ; Documentary evidence such as certificates, awards or citations

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