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Family of 4 massacred
Investigators from Bulua Police Station identified the victims as Christopher Lastimosa, father; Lea Lasti-mosa, mother; and their sib-lings Christian and Chanly Lastimosa, 9, and 6 years old; all residents of District 7, GSIS Village in Barangay Canitoan, this city.
Police said the victims’ bodies were dumped in a septic tank at the back of victims’ house.
Police arrested a certain Armand Abuyin, a resi-dent of Tagum City. Abuyin
A LAWMAKER and mem-bers of civil society are dismayed over the petitions of various utilities to pass on to consumers the cost of damages inflicted on their facilities by Tropical Storm Sendong last December 17, 2011.
In three separate peti-tions filed with the Energy
SUDARIA Group of Newspapers (SGN) Head Mr. Dante Sudaria (standing third from right) strikes a pose with the technical people of Global Chips Technologies CDO, Inc. and the editors of Mindanao Daily News, Mindanao Star Balita, Business-Week Mindanao, Cagayan de Oro Times, and BWM Magazine after the nearly 3-hour demo on iPod 2 held at the BWM Media Center in Cagayan de Oro on November 14. Photo by Shaun Alejandrae Uy
TEN distressed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), some of them endured mal-treatment and other forms of abuses from their em-ployers, returned to the country on Monday from Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through the help of the Villar Foundation.
The OFWs, who arrived at Ninoy Aquino Inter-national Airport (NAIA) 1 aboard Gulf Air 154 at 10:10 a.m., expressed their profound gratitude to the Villar Foundation led by its Managing Director, for-mer Las Pinas Rep. Cynthia Villar.
Villar personally met the OFWs and assured to help
Villar Foundation repatriates 10 OFWs from Riyadh, KSA
‘Cepalco, Moresco-1, NGCP petition ERC to pass-on to consumers Sendong damages’
them and their relatives start a new life as part of her advocacies.
Since the Villar Foun-dation was established in 1992, it has endeavored on the repatriation of OFWs, particularly those who had encountered harrowing
Bodies dumped in septic tank recovered by police authorities
By JOEL ESCOL of Mindanao Daily News
CAGAYAN de Oro City––Police au-thorities yesterday arrested the alleged suspect behind the killing of a mother and father and their two children in a remote village here.
found traces of wounds and bruises in his hands when arrested by responding policemen, who immedi-ately called the Scene of the Crime Operatives (Soco) to conduct investigation on the brutal slaying of the Lastimosa family.
Chona Pepito, Lea’s sis-ter, in an interview with a local radio station, said her last contact with his sister was on November 4, 2012.
“I contacted my sister after November 4 but they
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By LORRY V. GABULE
ILIGAN City––Amon Jadid or New Year of Hi-jrah Calendar first day of Muharram, falls on 15th November this year.
Muharram (Forbidden)
Amon Jadid falls on November 15
Regulatory Commission (ERC), the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company (CEPALCO), Misamis Ori-ental Rural Electric Service Cooperative-1 (MORESCO 1) and the National Grid Corporation of the Phil-ippines (NGCP) are seek-ing the approval of ERC to pass on to consumers the
portion of the damages to their respective facilities not covered by insurance.
In their respective peti-tions, CEPALCO declared P30, 190,606 in damages suffered from Sendong, MORESCO-1 around P10-million and the NGCP 727,088.64.
“This is unconscionable,”
declared Rep. Rufus B. Ro-driguez in a phone inter-view. “We will oppose this at the ERC and Congress. How can they pass on these damages to the consumers who already suffered the floods of Sendong? There is no legal and moral basis for this claim and we will
is one of the four months during which it is forbidden to wage war or fight.
Amon Jadid is one among the recognized Muslim Holidays in the country by virtue of Article 169 of Presidential Decree
(PD) No. 1083 or the Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines, dated February 4, 1977.
Muslim holidays will be officially observed in the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Norte, Lanao
del Sur, Maguindanao, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and in the cities of Cotabato, Iligan, Marawi, Pagadian,
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Konsumanteng Kagay-anon Inc invites you to join a briefing on CEPALCO’S ERC petition to pass on to consumers that portion of the P30 million damages caused by Sendong not covered by insurance, 10 a.m. Monday, November 19 at Cepalco conference room. T. Chaves Street, CDO.
COMPLETION OF NAZARETH GYM. Rep. Rufus Rodriguez leads the pouring of cement in the groundbreaking for the completion of the barangay gymnasium in Barangay Nazareth amounting to 2.5 Million. With the Congressman are barangay officials headed by her sister Brgy Chairwoman Jocelyn “Bebot” Rodriguez, Kagawads Rodney Quiblat, Henry Madria, Felipe Abrogar and Rommel Pimentel
ZAMBOANGA City––Ten human trafficking victims were rescued while a sus-pected illegal recruiter was arrested by the police in a west coast barangay in this city.
The local police’ Women
and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) reported that the victims were res-cued Monday afternoon at a rented house in Barangay Baliwasan, 3.5 kilometers west of this city.
The victims were re-
cruited from the cities of Davao, Pagadian and Zam-boanga to work on a palm oil plantations in Malaysia, the police said.
The police withheld the identities of the arrested
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao––Police operatives in Sultan Kudarat have launched a province wide manhunt against a group of men believed to be responsible for the grenade attack on a farmer’s home Tuesday dawn that left one dead.
Tuesday’s attack was the third in the province in the past week with the two previous grenade explosions left a total of eight people wounded.
Chief Inspector Celestino Daniel, chief of the Columbio municipal police station, identified the fatality as Tuansi Payot Dilangalen, 60, who was asleep when the suspects tossed a fragmenta-tion grenade in his house through an open window.
The blast mangled the farmer’s body.According to Daniel the blast was so
powerful that it tore Dilangalen’s house made of light materials.
Land dispute was the possible motive of the grenade attack, according to Daniel.
He said Dilangalen had a long stand-ing land dispute with a certain Monsod Mangelen, also a resident of Barangay Poblacion, Columbio, Sultan Kudarat.
The duo was locked in a squabble for a patch of land in a hinterland area in Columbio.
Daniel said Bilaan tribal leaders in Columbio have settled the conflict through traditional method and ordered Dilanga-len to relocate but he allegedly refused.
Manhunt launched against suspects in grenade attack
Governor pushes aggressive fight
vs drug addictionTAGUM CITY, Davao
del Norte—Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario pushed for more aggressive stance in the fight against drug addiction in this province as the Provin-cial Drug Abuse Prevention and Rehabilitation Board (PDAPRB) started the Anti-Drug Abuse Prevention Week on Monday.
“Drug addiction is a very dangerous problem but we are trying our best to prevent it and make people aware of the menace. There is no leniency for this crime,” he said.
The governor said there are millions of Filipinos suf-fering from drug addiction and “it is very frustrating to see them waste their talents and potentials.” However, he said, victims of illegal drugs deserve a second chance and this is what the province is providing them, a second chance.
“We should never let our guards down in our fight against the drug menace,”
Del Rosario said.Dr. Arthur Suico, chief of
clinics of the Davao Region-al Hospital, said there are at least 44 drug rehabilitation centers in the Philippines, with one each in Davao City in Tugbok, Abong-Abong in Zamboanga City and the Regional Luntiang Paraiso Drug Rehabilitation Center in Davao del Norte.
The Center provides free services for indigent drug and alcohol dependents from the province who seek rehabilitation.
Up to 17 dependents graduated from the Center in 2010. The graduates have completed the six-month rehabilitation period and 18 months aftercare.(PNA)
n Victims deserve a second chance
COMPOSTELA Valley––At least 60 workers of a ba-nana plantation here staged strike after the manage-ment of the Korean-owned firm failed to give in to the demands of the workers for salary increase and other benefits.
Members of the Fresh-max Employees Union stop working starting round 4:00 Tuesday morning and established a picket line at the roadside leading to the
Workers of Korean-owned banana firm stage strike
firm’s office in Sitio San Miguel, Compostela, Com-postela Valley Province.
Union President Er-win Canalda said they had decided to pursue the labor strike after the management refused to give in to their demands of P30 daily wage increase and other benefits such as sick leave, union leave and a sack of rice per month.
During the strike, the firm’s Korean owner talked
to the workers together with representatives from the National Concilia-tion and Mediation Board (NCMB) but no negotia-tions happened due to the absence of the manage-ment’s lawyer.
The striking workers are determined to pursue the strike to the end unless the management would negotiate and their collec-tive bargaining agreement concluded
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BUTUAN City--Five people including a police officer were injured when a Mitsubishi Montero sports car fell on the slope of a road after the driver lost control of the vehicle in Bayugan City Tuesday.
Authorities identified the victims as driver Arandy Domingo Silva, 35, and his passengers, SPO4 Ron-aldo Baclot Cañada, 49, of the Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte police, Eduardo Ritunalta Cayabyab, 51, Ternoliano Molina Deliso, 58, and Ronald Velonta Cañada, 21.
Caraga police spokesperson Supt. Martin Gamba said the sports car was heading here from Barobo, Surigao del Sur at around 4 pm when Silva lost con-trol of the vehicle as he tried to overtake a vehicle. The Mitsubishi sports swerved to the left and fell on the sloping portion of the road, Gamba said.
The victims were rushed to the New Bayugan Medical Hospital where they are now recuperating, Bayugan City police said.
5 hurt in AgusanSur road mishap
By PAT SAMONTE and JOEL PORTUGALof Mindanao Daily News-Butuan City
KIDAPAWAN City––City Mayor Rodolfo Gantuangco admitted in public that he allowed the meeting between the lawyer of New Zealand national David William Wakefield and his alleged victims and their guardians.
Gantuangco, in an interview over Catholic-run DXND, said there was a request from his friend, who hap-pens to be Wakefield’s lawyer in the Philippines, to facilitate such meeting.
He said the meeting took place in his own resort at Barangay Sikitan, this city, on Saturday, a day before Wakefield was released from deten-tion in Davao City.
The mayor said the meeting was
about the amicable settlement of the case.
Gantuangco denied reports there were pressures from the government of the New Zealand to release their national who was locked in Davao City jail after complaints of child trafficking, statutory rape, and child abuse were filed against him by two minors from Kidapawan City.
The mayor was told that Wakefield was released from detention due to some technicalities, especially on the manner of the arrest.
He, however, disclosed he gave mobilization funds to arrest Wake-field.
“The police used my own car.
I gave them mobilization funds to arrest Wakefield. But the arrest was not done properly so the case was dismissed,” said the mayor.
The meeting took place despite strict orders from the Department of Justice (DoJ) in Region 11 not to allow meetings between the lawyer and the victims.
Wakefield, accused of molesting two children from Kidapawan City, was arrested on October 25 inside his hotel room in Davao City. The victims were reportedly recruited by two women and were brought to Wakefield’s room where were they allegedly abused, along with other minors.
Mayor brokers ‘Wiki’ meeting with victims
MULTI-STAKEHOLDERS composed of key officials and representatives from local government units, government agencies, non-government organizations, the military and police, in-cluding the media in Basilan will hold a forum on the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement on Nov. 24.
Forum on ‘Bangsamoro Framework’ in BasilanExcept for Isabela City,
which is the capital town of the province, the entire province with 11 other mu-nicipalities are already a part of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or ARMM. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has established camps, mostly in the hinterlands of the
island province.Basilan Provincial Ad-
ministrator Tahira Ismael said the forum will address misconceptions on the cel-ebrated agreement entered into by the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) last Oct. 15.
The forum will be held
in partnership with the Basilan Communicators Network Inc. and the Nag-dilaab Foundation Inc.
Ismael has expressed concern on the growing misconceptions about the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement.
She said that “our people have a wrong understanding
of the agreement,” fearing this might lead to further division among Basileños if not corrected.
She admitted that she herself is not very knowl-edgeable about the agree-ment.
Myra Alih, president of the Basilan Communicators Network Inc., said that the
“MILF (followers) has a wrong understanding of the framework, which will lead to more frustrations among our people if the agreement implementation will fail.”
Alih is the provincial director of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Basilan
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AGUSAN DEL NORTE - A clash between the troops from the 3rd Special Forces Battalion, Special Opera-tions Command, Philippine Army and 10 members of the NPA Guerilla Front 16, North Eastern Mind-anao Regional Committee sparked in Upper Bango-nay, Jabonga, this province, morning of November 12, this year.
NPA rebels ran from fierce fightBy: 1st Lt. Joe Patrick A. Martinez
After a 15 minutes fire fight, the NPA withdrew carrying with them their wounded comrades away from the encounter site.
This is the same group of rebels, whom the troops have encountered on November 3 where an AK47 rifle was recovered.
Lt Col. Potenciano C. Camba CAV (GSC) PA, 3rd Special Forces Battalion com-
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Twenty-seven local estab-lishments have participated in the Technical Assistance Visit (TAV) seminar con-ducted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Western Misamis Oriental Provincial Office, recently.
DOLE Provincial Head Rodrigo A. Deloso said that during the seminar, owners and top management of the 27 micro enterprises wrote their action plans and indi-cated their commitment to make their establishments better, in terms of produc-tivity and profitability.
Mr. Deloso said the sem-inar was aimed at orienting micro-enterprises on labor, health and safety standards and work improvement in small enterprises (WISE).
He further said estab-lishments that undergo the TAV Program will have tem-porary “immunity” from regular inspection, provided they have developed worked strategies within six months to one year, leading to labor standards compliance.
The certificate of partici-pation in the TAV warrants inspection on the conditions
27 micro enterprises undergo DOLE TAV seminar
By: Apipa P. Bagumbaran
BANCASI, Butuan City– One member of the New People’s Army (NPA), whose name is withheld for security reason, has returned to the folds of the law, through the 30thInfantry Battalion, Philippine Army, based in Brgy. Sta Cruz, Placer, Surigao del Norte, noon of November 11, this year.
The returnee admitted to have been convinced to cooperate with gov-ernment after a series of Community Organizing for Peace and Develop-ment (COPD) operations, conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Surigao del Norte.
“I am happy that we were given the right an-swers to current issues against the government. I thought that the COPD operation of the AFP is same as the anti-NPA encounter-type military operations.”, the returnee state, adding that “I am
NPA ‘rebel’ su r ren d er s to
30IB
Philhealth launches MOVES in Ramon Magsaysay
happy that the AFP has brought to with the con-cerned agencies, giving answers and solutions to problems in our com-munity.”
Lt. Col. Vincent Irin-gan, 30IN commanding officer, said, “giving the right information to the people is the best way to empower and enlighten them. After the series of COPD operations in the area, we are expecting more NPA members to return to the folds of the laws and will choose to live a peaceful life”.
He disclosed that “in my area of responsibil-ity, we are gaining more enlightened NPAs now cooperating along our with peace advocacy.”
For his part, Col Ron-ald N. Albano, 402nd Bri-gade commander, said “we assure the people in our area of an enjoyable and peaceful life towards sustainable development.” (JPAM/asf )
mander has ordered his men to continue the pur-suit operation against the withdrawing NPAs to put an end to their terroristic activities in the area.
Col. Ronald N Albano PA MNSA, 402nd Brigade commander, described the NPAs as hindrance to the development of that side of Mindanao even as he called on all
the stakeholders, especially the LGUs and LGAs in his area of responsibility to take the lead in facing what he described as very unfortunate situation in the community.
“We, as your soldiers for peace will always be around and will confront all threats that make our people lives miserable,” he added. (JPAM/asf )
and benefits of workers. DOLE inspectors will
act as acting Labor Com-pliance Officers during monitoring visits. They will advice and closely su-pervise establishments to apply good practices and standards, he said.
Participated firms were the Golden Era Food Chain, Inc.; Snowpy Ice Cream; RL Pharmacy; Joy Ann Drugstore; Centro Photo Shop; Claritas Enterprise; Printpage Enterprise; D’ Shoppers; International Star Jewelers Pawnshop, Inc.; Brewberry Café; Jonathan Marketing; Lovely Emms Kakanin; Cyberclub Car-men; Punchbowl Music and Booze; Mighty L & K Food’s, Inc.;
Prito De Oro, Inc.; New Leaf; Ambria Pawnshop; Ban Sabai Thai Massage; Lokal Grill and Seafood; Abrillo Furniture; Busi-ness Depot; Waphi Phar-macy; Cagayanon’s Lechon; Michael Ann Bakeshop; Mars Internet Café; and Bro’s Grill Sisig and BBQ. (Aloha Balhon-Jaudian, DOLE-MisOr West/APB, PIA-10/asf )
PAGADIAN CITY, –- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Zamboanga del Sur Service Office on Friday distributed checks for the Per Family Payment Rate (PFPR) to the local government unit of Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur.
PhilHealth chief Estrella Manantan said PFPR checks amounting to P802,750.00 were distributed to the LGU of Ramon Magsaysay during the launching of the Mo-bile Orientation Validation and Enrollment Schemes (MOVES) in the 26 mu-nicipalities of the province.
Manhattan said MOVES, a flagship program of Presi-dent Benigno S. Aquino’s ad-ministration, was conceived by the National Health In-surance Program (NHIP) to service the sponsored mem-bers of PhilHealth identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Na-tional Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduc-tion (NHTS-PR).
Further, the PFPR checks are intended to augment the funds of LGUs in the operation of health units.
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“It serves as an augmentation fund for health services to answer the cost of preven-tive aspect of health needs of NHTS/DOH-sponsored beneficiaries,” she added.
A total of 3,285 beneficia-ries received the long awaited PhilHealth PVC (ATM type) card with 2 years availability which covers from January 1, 2012 up to December 31, 2013.
RM has sponsored 1.035 indigent beneficiaries, while the provincial government has
8,500 beneficiaries and 1st district representative Victor Yu has another 98 beneficiaries..
During the activity, Manantan said an infor-mation and education campaign was conducted which included orienta-tion on the NHIP and the profiling and enlistment of members to the Pri-mary Care Benefit (PCB) providers.
PhilHealth also dis-tributed updated Member
Data Records and enter-tained queries especially on the documentary at-tachments and Phihealth benefits.
A total of 11,443 Phil-Health cards will be dis-tributed to the indigent beneficiaries of Zamboanga del Sur. “We started dis-tributing the cards to the 26 municipalities and we hope to finish the distribution on the 29th of this month,” Manantan reported. (ALT/GCC/PIA,PagadianCity)
BAGANGA, Davao Ori-ental, -- The military has affirmed its support to the establishment of the Ca-teel Agricultural Produc-tion Center in Barangay San Alfonso.
Lt. Colonel Krishna Murti Mortela, command-ing officer of the 67th Infantry Battalion said making the CAPC op-erational manifests the commitment of the soldiers to peace where members
Army renews support to agricultural production in Davao Oriental
By Joey Sem G. Dalumpines
of the military contingent strengthen partnership with the farmers.
“The soldiers of the 67th IB will be the solid partners of the farmers,” he said.
The CAPC is equipped with activity hall, wormbin house, farm equipment and vegetable nursery.
Corazon Losentes, offi-cer-in-charge of the Munici-pal Agriculture Office said the CAPC serves as a techno demo farm, learning site,
research and develop-ment extension area and a point of convergence where various agricul-tural projects on crops, livestock, fisheries and recommended technolo-gies will be showcased.
Vice Mayor Isidro Castro thanked the inter-ventions of major stake-holders and committed to sustain this LGU-owned facility that will cater to farmer needs from the
different barangays and even the whole province of Davao Oriental.
Josefe Madanlu said he was able to send his chil-dren to college by engaging in vegetable production with the help of his wife.
He encouraged his fel-low farmers to follow his lead in diverse agricultural production. (PIA XI, 1Lt. Raable Ymas, community development officer, 67th IB/ JSGD)
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ZAMBOANGA CITY, -- A total of 63 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and dependents from Isa-bela City and Zamboanga City completed the train-ing course on Leadership, Conflict Resolution, En-trepreneurship and Fran-chising organized by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Welfare Office No. IX.
The training, held on November 8-9, 2012 at Max’s Restaurant, Zam-boanga City was aimed at recognizing roles, forging alliances and networking with partners that will be of help to the agency for ef-fective delivery of programs and services.
“We are challenged to set-up and step-up our programs and services to provide better options to our would-be OFWs and returning OFWs. We will cease from asking what better employment can our country provide so as not to send out OFWs abroad, instead, how can we capacitate our OFWs
63 OFWs, dependents complete Capability Building Training
to meet and compete with technical skills and expertise globally, ” DOLE Assistant Regional Director Virginia L. Bonbon said.
On the other hand, OWWA-9 Regional Di-rector Hassan Gabra T. Jumdain challenged the participants to take part in every OFW-related activity, “OWWA has the programs and services but these can serve its purposes only when you yourselves will act as our partners.”
Meanwhile, Noel Tar-razona, chief trainer of the NOTACOR Philippines Inc., was the resource speaker during the training. He disclosed the ten secrets of
Leadership such as: Integrity with People, Nurture other People, Faith in People, Lis-ten to People, Understand People, Enlarges People, Navigates for other people, Connects with People, Em-powers People & Repro-duces Other Influencers.
The training paved the way for the election of new set of officers for the Fed-eration of OFW Family Circles in Region IX which was organized by Direc-tor Jumdain in 2008. The new set of officers will be inducted on the last week of November 2012 .
Heads and representa-tives of the different gov-ernment agencies, non-
The LGU-Tacurong family was elated when a letter from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) dated October 15, 2012 informed Mayor Lina O. Montilla that the city had been shortlisted among the Top 5 National Gawad Pamana ng Lahi (GPL) finalists for the City category.
Mayor Montilla was in-vited for a panel interview by the GPL National Board of Judges on October 18, 2012. The said interview was said to focus on local good governance and inno-vations. This is the final step in the process of selecting the GPL national winner. “To be recognized as one of the most excellent units is a great blessing for the City of Goodwill. I salute everyone in the LGU and all Tacurongnons for a job well done,” Montilla said.
On-site national vali-dation was conducted by Mr. Cresencio B. Velasco, Dean of the Open Univer-sity-University of North-ern Philippines in Vigan
DILG names Tacurong as National Gawad
Pamana ng Lahi finalistCity. Velasco had earlier congratulated the City as he was impressed by its compliance to the Full Dis-closure Policy, system of governance, innovations, and of course, its people.
According to DILG, Gawad Pamana ng Lahi is a total award concept designed by the depart-ment and is conferred to the most deserving pro-vincial, city, and municipal governments for reason of exemplary in Administra-tive Governance, Social Governance, Economic Governance and Environ-mental Governance.
Among the criteria are: Local Government Perfor-mance Management System (LGPMS) score; national and international awards; record review of core out-come indicators (NSCB on poverty incidence, DOH on health, BLGF-DOF on financial status, etc); and result of on-site validation. LGPMS assesses LGUs’ institutional capacity in various areas of governance. (LGU TACUTONG/JLC.B)
government organizations and banking institutions such as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Technical Educa-tion and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Philip-pine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), Phil-Health, PAG-Ibig Fund, Mindanao Commission on Women, Visayan Forum Foundation, Inc., Silsillah Dialogue Movement, Land Bank of the Philippines and Bank of the Philip-pine Islands attended the opening program.(Mary Jane R. Amarado/OWWA9/PIA9/alt)
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“Really!” said the man. “What kind of car does your daddy have?”
The little girl answered: “Oh, he hasn’t got the car yet, but he’s got the brush to clean it.” Well, I suppose you have to start somewhere!
The important thing is that you do get started. And to do that, we first have to decide what kind of life we want.
It’s strange how many of us want to live forever, when we can’t even decide what to do with our life now!
Like the guy who said: “I’m going to stop putting things off, starting tomor-
LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves…” (1 Peter 2:15-16, the Holy Bible).
-ooo-CAUSE OF HEINOUS
CRIMES IN RP: Someone who reads my columns
and listens to my radio broadcasts sent me a text message, complaining about how some trike (or, padyak, in the vernacular) drivers at the Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) in Pulung Cacutod, Angeles City would smoke marijuana while waiting for passengers at their terminal located right infront of the Zone’s main gate.
The Zone guards are just ignoring them, no policemen or any other law enforcement officer is keeping watch over them, much less arresting them for publicly violating the dangerous drugs law. The texter told me that this is
row.”You see, even if others
have made decisions for you, you can still decide how you’ll respond and handle the life that’s been handed to you. You still have con-trol of your own attitudes. Happiness is an attitude and choice, no matter what situation you’re in.
Remember, you can al-ways find someone worse off than you whom you can help. It’s only when we stop looking at our own problems
and reach out to make oth-ers happy, that we ourselves can be truly happy. But if you choose not to make a decision, that also is your decision you’ll live with.
There are many smart, talented people who have never enjoyed the success they could have, simply because they could not make a decision and dis-cipline themselves to follow through with it.
Remember, if your life doesn’t change, it’s going stay
the same! It’s that simple. So to move on from where you are, you must first decide where you’d rather be. If you can’t change your mind, you can’t change your life. “The moment you’re through changing, you’re through!”
The great writer Tolstoy said: “Everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to change himself.” So ask yourself right now: What’s the one decision I need to make to change my life?
The smartest one you can make is to ask your own Maker to take control of your life every day. Then with Jesus’ power, you can start making the best choices that will change you and give you the new life you want. In fact, you can decide your destiny today.
Just Think a Minute.
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Why is Brillantes being singled out?
the reason why trike driv-ers, tricycle drivers, and other by-standers manage to commit heinous crimes---they are drug crazed, in full public view yet.
I wonder if Angeles City Mayor Ed Pamintuan or the police in the city are even aware of this. Perhaps, they are not, so the ille-gal practice is unchecked. Woe to Filipinos if they are aware of it, but are not doing anything about it. I guess that, if this can happen in a very busy city like Angeles City, which is literally just a stone’s throw away from Metro Manila, it is also happening in other cities and municipalities in the Philippines.
-ooo-SCTEX SPEED LIMITS,
ONLY FOR THE HAPLESS MOTORISTS: Someone should tell the van-riding-security guards manning the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) in Central Luzon to be more consistent in applying the speed limits. Some motor-ists are starting to feel that
A candidate, a gambling lord?
Cris Diaz
A CANDIDATE for town mayor in Opol, Misamis Oriental reportedly maintains a gambling den in down-town Cagayan de Oro City. Actually, the candidate ran for mayor in Opol in past elections but did not make it. Perhaps, to compensate his misfortune in that mayoral contest, he opted to run for the barangay’s top post. He won as barangay chief of one of Opol’s villages.
Again, this barangay chief is run-ning for mayor is Opol. Supporters said that the candidate is good and approachable. He owned, or partly owned, a resto bar in downtown Cagayan de Oro City. However, there are reports that the resto bar has its other side – it allegedly operates an illegal gambling den for card games.
An informant said that gamblers at the resto bar are locally known personalities. The informant means that patrons of the gambling den are executives. Some even swear that top government officials gamble in that resto bar. Is this owner cum candidate a gambling lord?
One could hardly believe that the resto bar would become favorite hang out of government officials patronizing gambling. There had been insinuations in the past that the candidate-owner of the resto bar is untouchable. Aside from being well connected, the candidate reportedly maintains some media personali-
ties (perhaps, pseudo media people) to make sure that his reputation is protected.
Whether this information is legitimate, the city govern-ment must investigate. Local officials know that people in Cagayan de Oro City frown on gambling. The city is not ready to host a gambling casino else, this would have been here 20 years ago. The operation of a gambling den in the resto bar is, therefore, illegal. On the other hand, has anybody issued a permit for its operation?
Local law enforcers may have knowledge of the gambling den. However, the local police are adamant to institute measures for fear that they might step on swollen toes. Notwithstanding, it is the duty of the law enforcers to act on activities they believed illegal and prohibited.
While the city and local law enforcement agencies are up against all forms of illegal activities, the continued operation of the illegal gambling at the resto bar is de-spicable. If we turn a blind eye on unlawful activities, we simply accede to accusations that our law enforcement is useless - our city officials are incompetent!
One thing, the mayoral candidate is currently an elected barangay official. With all candors, this mayoral candidate should uphold the law at all cost. He should order a stop to the operation of the illegal gambling at the resto bar. If not, he (candidate) would be sending wrong messages to the Opolanon that they would have to elect an undeserving candidate.
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HealthIn Focus
Dr. Mary Jean Loreche
HEALTH is not just the absence of disease. Health is the totality of a person: mental, physical, emotional, spiritual. Once a break oc-curs in any of these, then a disorder or illness is pres-ent, which may hamper one’s ability to live a full, quality life. Despite our claim that we are in the 21st century, which makes this generation to be more open and accepting to the so called freaks , there seems to be a hesitance as yet to admit that we, or a family member may be suffering from a mental illness. The tendency is to deny such existence, which, can be hazardous to the patient, as help becomes delayed or denied.
Schizophrenia is one such mental disorder. In
A basic introduction to Schizophrenia
the early stages, it may be difficult to tell if the person is suffering from such, as the symptoms develop slowly over months or years. It is a chronic , severe and disabling disorder.
As a Medical student , many years back, I was privileged to be enrolled in a school whose Neuro-Psychiatry Department was one of the best. My exposure to patients with mental disorders ranging from personality disorders
to Psychotics to Schizo-phrenia was such, that, my skills to detect the illness was honed. I nearly fell in love with the Specialty, and would have chosen it. Until, a patient under my care, who I thought was well enough to be discharged, committed suicide. That was when I decided that it wasn’t for me.
To be labelled as a” men-tally ill person “ carries with it a responsibility. If a friend, a family member or
an acquaintance is mentally ill, this person needs help as he/she may pose a threat to himself/herself, and to the people around them.
Diagnosing it correctly, just like other diseases, is of utmost importance, as treatment is vital to the patient’s capacity to a near normal existence.
For schizophrenia, a Psychiatric evaluation is a MUST, as the medical history taken from the in-terview of the patient and the family ,is central to its diagnosis. Otherwise, for anybody to just label one as a schizophrenic may not be a wise thing to do.
Patients who are diag-nosed as Schizophrenics have problems with their thoughts, which may be
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SIXTEEN CHECKPOINTS will be established by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Region 10 (DENR 10) in strategic areas in Northern Mindanao to detect and apprehend illegal forest products.
DENR 10 Regional Executive Director Ruth M. Tawantawan, chair of the Regional Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force said the move is part of the implementation of Executive Order No. 23 which declared a moratorium on the cutting and harvesting of tim-ber in the natural and residual forests and creating the anti-illegal logging task force. The Regional Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force is composed of officials from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Army (PA).
The composite checkpoints will be named as Regional Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force Checkpoints. In the province of Bukidnon it will be established in Libertad, Quezon; San Isidro, Talakag; and Pamutulon, Kalilangan. In Lanao del Norte the composite checkpoints will be es-tablished in Dalipuga, Iligan City; Nunocan, Iligan City; Libertad, Kol-
ambugan and Butadon, Kapatagan. In the province of Misamis Occidental it will be established in Taboo, Jimenez; Lapasan, Clarin; Tangub City and Calamba. In Misamis Oriental it will be established in barangays Bulua, Lumbia, Kibaluyot and Balubal.
Director Tawantawan disclosed that the composite checkpoints will help seal the entry of illegally cut logs from the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao and Caraga region. The composite checkpoints will be manned by personnel from the DENR, PNP, PA and DILG through the local government units in the respective areas. “We need the sup-port and assistance of our partners in our campaign against illegal logging in the region”, she added.
This agreement is contained in a resolution passed during the meeting of the Regional Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force held at the DENR regional office recently now for the approval by all its members.
The members of the Regional Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force pres-ent during the meeting were DILG Regional Director Rene Burdeos, PNP Regional Director Gil Hitosis and officials from the Philippine Army. The regional task force also
came up with a resolution requesting the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to include the detection of il-legal forest products in the training of K9. Another resolution was made by the regional task force requesting the Bureau of Customs to share their X-ray machines for the detection of illegal forest products in the port areas.
Also present during the meeting were DENR Regional Technical Di-rector Agustilo Obsioma, Regional Director Rex Monsanto of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau with the Provincial and Community DENR officers. A staff from the national task force was also present during the meeting.
Meanwhile, the DENR 10 also strengthened the management, moni-toring and control of various ports particularly on the shipment of illegal forest products. DENR 10 personnel that were assigned at the Port Inte-grated Clearance Office (PICO) shall be reshuffled every month.
It was gathered that forest officers with the support of volunteers, com-munities and the local government units shall continue to patrol forest areas in the region as part of the campaign against illegal logging and timber poaching.
Anti-illegal logging checkpoints to be established in Northern Mindanao
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BUTUAN City––According to Vice Mayor Law Fortun, family is the real treasure of oneself, the sense that makes sense and the wealth that pushes us to do the impossible simply because they give us the motivation to stand up for the things we believe in, the inspiration to make a difference and the driving force to never be afraid to be who we are.
This is the legacy he would like to inculcate not only to his children but also to every individual that we are what we are because of our family.
To further strengthen the advocacy and the belief in the power of the family to guide and en-lighten, the Sangguniang Panlungsod has approved SP Resolution No. 595-2012 focused in facilitating the upliftment of families towards a better quality of life through a land and housing program.
This is made possible thru a Memorandum of Agreement between the City Government of Bu-tuan and iHome Butuan, Inc., for the implementa-tion of socialized land and housing projects in this city by which the City Mayor of Butuan was given legal authority to enter to and sign into such hon-orable deed under the effective leadership of Vice Mayor Law Fortun.
Sociologists firmly believe that family plays an important role in our society especially in the upbringing and development of an individual to becoming upright individuals.
This resolution will certainly pave the way to a more established city as it realizes its humble pur-pose of giving families a better Home to live in.
A vision of the present government of this city to make Butuan a more stable City through a strong family bond.
A home for a family
Adventure education center to open in 2013CEBU CITY - Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. - Kool Adventure Camp (RAFI-KAC) will inaugurate the Philippines’ first fully dedicated adventure educa-tion center next year. This initiative is to continue transforming the lives of the youth and professionals for leadership and team development through expeditions, kayaking, ropes courses, service learning, adventure camps, and backpacking challenges. As of November 2012, the buildings and facilities in the center are close to completion. Aside from the buildings, the center features 28 kinds of Challenge Ropes Course (CRC) High El-ements. CRC is an experiential adventure activity that offers groups and individuals the opportunity to participate in a series of activities involving mental, physical, and emotional risk taking. This gives individuals the opportunity to increase their communication skills while becoming effective at group problem solving. Attempting and succeeding in this type of activity often gives one a feeling of accomplishment, self-worth, elation, and recogni-tion that is quite possible in seemingly impossible situations. “The center located in Balamban is a first for our country and a major initiative of RAFI. It is also a big responsibility we assume .There are other insti-tutions in the Philippines involved in team building and adventure. Many also just for entertainment and leisure. Kool Adventure Camp is a serious attempt to build leadership attributes in the Filipino youth,” explained Roberto E. Aboitiz, president of RAFI. Edvan Loh, KAC camp director, stressed that besides the technical equipment, training structures and facilities that have been built, the high level of quality and safety that has been designed into its curriculum, program and systems are what distin-guishes the KAC centre. “Our team of passionate and professional instruc-tors are highly trained and competent in both outdoor leadership skills and facilitating learning through the outdoors,” added Loh. KAC has been offering adventure education pro-grams for leadership and team development for youth and professionals for the last decade. It is one of the programs under RAFI’s Leadership & Citizen-ship focus area where future leaders are nurtured to prepare them to take an active role in affecting change. Other focus areas of RAFI are Integrated Development, Micro-finance & Entrepreneurship, Culture & Heritage, and Education.
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The Department of Fi-nance (DOF) is mandated to set the guidelines for screening evaluation and approval of tax incentives for microfinance NGOs based on established indus-try standards for microfi-nance operations. Likewise, the DOF shall determine performance criteria which serve as con-
The participation of micro-finance institutions in the development of the country is being pushed so that there will be greater financial opportunities to the mar-ginalized sectors. Rep. Maria Evita Arago sought themeasure through House Bill 6655, saying microfinance can provide financial assistance and other services to the poor including, but not limited to, savings, insurance and loans. Arago said microfinance as defined under the bill is a credit and saving mobili-zation program exclusively for the poor to improve the asset base of household and expand the access to saving the poor. “It involves the use of viable alternative credit schemes and saving pro-grams including the exten-sion of small loans, sim-plified loan application procedures, group char-acter loans, collateral-free arrangements, alternative loan repayments, minimum requirements for savings and small denominated saver’s instruments and insurance
schemes,” Arago explained. Arago said the measure will provide the qualified microfinance NGOs with tax incentives that contribute to their institutional growth. “It is crucial that micro-finance institutions be ac-corded the policy support and framework that would provide them the encour-agement to enhance their service to finance deserv-ing individuals or groups,” Arago said. Arago said it is the de-clared policy of the State to prioritize the alleviation of poverty in the country. “It is vital that financial services be made accessible to the disadvantaged in our country. A liberalized and market oriented economy through entities such as non-government organi-zations play a significant role in alleviating poverty,” Arago stressed. Under the proposed “Microfinance NGOs De-velopment Act,” all non-stock, non-profit Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) accredited non-government organizations (NGOs) or foundations engaged pri-
marily in the provision of microfinance services are covered by this Act, pro-vided that these NGOs or foundations are qualified to gain a donee institution status. A donee institution as defined under the bill, is a non-stock, non-profit corporation or non-gov-ernment organization, to which donations are wholly tax deductible from gross income of the donor or exempt from donor’s tax in accordance with Section 34(h) and 101 of Republic Act 8424 otherwise known as “Tax Reform Act of 1997″. Arago said to automati-cally be given a donee insti-tution status, microfinance NGOs or foundation shall be first accredited by the Phil-ippines Council on NGO Certification (PCNC) and the BIR. Under the bill, a general amnesty on all taxes past due and unremitted, including penalties, as of the date of approval of this Act, shall be granted to non-stock, non-profit BIR accredited microfinance NGOs or foundations.
Development of microfinance NGO in the country pushed
ditions for withdrawing the tax incentives as well as the donee institution status from microfinance NGOs. Furthermore, it may depu-tize private sector tertiary organization for assistance in carrying out its functions.
The BIR shall issue a certification of donee in-stitution status, as well as a certificate of tax amnesty/exemption from liability as may be applicable to these NGOs or corporation arms. (lvc)
Leading telecommuni-cations company Globe Telecom has completed its landline interconnec-tion with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) in General Santos City and the whole prov-ince of South Cotabato over the weekend. This follows the activa-tion of their commercial wireline interconnection in Tarlac province barely two weeks ago. Both firms are also working on similar ar-rangements in Pangasinan, Zambales, Davao del Sur, and Davao del Norte. Aside from GenSan/South Cotabato and Tarlac,
Globe, PLDT interconnect landlines in GenSan, SoCot
Globe and PLDT already have existing landline in-terconnection in Metro Manila, Cavite, Iloilo, Capiz, Maguindanao, Batangas, Cebu, Negros Occidental, Negros Orien-tal, Bohol, Leyte, Davao City, Pampanga, Bulacan, Zamboanga, Laguna, Que-zon, La Union, Nueva Ecija, and Benguet. Interconnection allows subscribers of both firms to call each other locally within the same area. In the past, a Globeline user calling a PLDT land-line subscriber next door will be charged for long distance calls amounting to P6.50 per minute since
there was no direct con-nection between the two companies. This time, Globelines customers can simply dial the seven-digit telephone number to connect with PLDT and vice versa. “The ones who will ben-efit from this cooperation and healthy competition are the Filipino consumers, both residential and com-mercial, as they can now realize substantial savings in their phone bills as well as gain greater access to telecommunications,” said Atty. Froilan M. Castelo, Head of Globe Corporate and Legal Services Group. The move is in compli-
ance with the compul-sory interconnection of authorized public tele-communications carriers under Republic Act 7925 which aims to create a universally accessible and fully integrated nationwide telecommunications net-work to encourage more infrastructure investments from the private sector that would benefit the consumers. “This only proves that even industry competitors can work together to serve public interest and spur the domestic economy with cost-effective services,” he added.
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House of Travel @ Centrio OpensTogether with Congressman Anton Lagdameo (left), Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano, cuts the ribbon during the opening of the House of Travel, Inc. at the Ayala Centrio Mall, November 8, 2012. Present during the occasion are HTI Chairman of the Board Ambas-sador Antonio Lagdameo (2nd from left), his wife Ms. Maria Linda Floirendo Lagdameo (3rd from right), and Ma. Dulce Pelaez (rightmost). CIOPHOTO
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SUPREME COURT4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT
4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City
IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THEDIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES ERL PJ F. DELA CRUZ CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-092AND ELVIE T. REMEDIOS-DELA CRUZ,
ERL PJ F. DELA CRUZ AND ELVIE T. REMEDIOS-DELA CRUZ, 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 January 26, 2010 at Pagadian City, 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 the address of the undersigned counsel at Zaide Law Office, 2nd floor Pafs Mejia Bldg.. Roxas Avnue, 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, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize 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 severing their marriage bond on January 26, 2010 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 December 11, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED Iligan City, Philippines, this 13th day of November, 2012.
HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding JudgeMDN: Nov. 15, 22 & 29, 2012
Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT
4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District
Iligan City
IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVEAND REGISTER THE DIVORCE CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-093OF SPOUSES ROBERT E. AGDA AND RONNA D. JAMANDRON-AGDA,
ROBERT E. AGDA AND RONNA D. JAMANDRON, Petitionersx-----------------------------------------------------------------/
ORDER
Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on December 29, 2006 at Tetuan, Zamboanga City, 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 Zamboanga City and Iligan City respectively, but they can be reach with summons and other legal processes at c/o Zaide Law Office, 2nd Flr., Pafs Mejia Bldg., Roxas Avenue, Iligan City, That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated since early part of 2009, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Memorandum of Agreement or Divorce by Talaq to make their separation permanent, that reconciliation between petitioners is no longer possible or a remedy, thus divorce is sought by them in order to free themselves from the marital burden; WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on December 11, 2012 at 900 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 ORDERED Iligan City, Philippines, this 13th day of November, 2012.
HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge
MDN: Nov. 15, 22 & 29, 2012
Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT
4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT4th Shari’a Judicial District
lligan City
EDSIL T VALESCO, - Petitioner, CIVIL CASE No.2012-091
- Versus - For Judicial Decree of Divorce.
NOBEL YN Y. LOSENADA, Respondent.x-----------------------------------/
ORDER
This court received petitioner and respondent’s Memorandum of agreement and letter’s manifestation of No Objection to the petition. Herein parties requested the Court tor the hearing of the case as soon as possible. That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil riles on January 28, 1999 at lligan 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 the address 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, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize 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 severing their marriage bond on January 28, 1999 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 December 11, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at winch time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of lligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. lligan City, Philippines, November 14, 2012.
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BUTUAN City––Edging the further development and es-tablishment of the MASICAP Program of the Department of
A step for developmentIndustry, Vice Mayor Law For-tun, along with the agreement of the Sangguniang Panlung-sod of the City of Butuan, has approved a resolution giving authority the City Mayor to enter into and sign, for and in behalf of the City Government of Butuan, a Memorandum of Agreement by and between the MASICAP Development Foundation, Inc. and the City Government of Butuan, for the implementation of Medium and Small Scale Industries Coordinated Action Program II.
This resolution has been approved for the continua-tion of its program since its successful MASICAP Program previously held which on the concept of harnessing the idealism, volunteerism and service orientation of graduat-
ing Business Administration, Commerce and Economics students who were trained to assist micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the preparation of feasibility studies and other documenta-tions necessary to avail and take advantage of bank loan/grant applications with the dif-ferent funding institutions as well as assistance in expanding their business operations. Not to mention the target of the program to expand the same in some provinces and cities in Mindanao. As such, the said foundation will provide technical personnel from those trained by the said foundation who will assist directly the prospective proponents of
MSMEs within the jurisdiction of the City of Butuan with the funding support. This is not only for the development of the MSMEs in Butuan but this is also for the development of the said graduating students to fully equipped and polished them in applying the theories of the business world will offer and how to overcome the same. With the never ending support and trust that the national government has entrusted to the City Government of Butuan under the effective judgment of our Vice Mayor Law Fortun and the Sangguniang Members, the local government of Butuan will surely make its way to a more bolder and aggressive business location.
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were nowhere to be found. So I decided to go to the school and check with her kids but their adviser said the siblings were ab-sent since Monday,” added Pepito.
Pepito added that she went immediate to the victim’s house at District 7, GSIS Village, Baran-gay Canitoan. A man, she said, who was later known as Armand Abuyin was in the house and told her Christopher and the kids were in Manila processing some papers. He did not elaborate.
Pepito smell something fishy on the statements of Abuyin thus she sought the help of police authorities since Abuyin denied her from entering her sister’s house. Abuyin also claimed the house was leased to him at P5,000.
Later, Pepito and some policemen entered the house and saw traces of blood going at the back of the house, where a bad smell came from.
Authorities then found the bodies of the family dumped in a septic tank, and already in advance state of decomposition.
The victims’ bodies bore multiple stab wounds. The father’s hands were all chopped in pieces. The mother was also topless naked. Investigators had yet to establish the mother was raped before being killed. Investigators also found a jungle bolo and kitchen knife bathed in blood.
Abuyin attempted to escape from the crime scene but police probers arrested him and placed him as the suspect of the brutal killing of the Lastimosa family. Drug paraphernalia and residue were found at the possession of the suspect.
Police investigation also disclosed that Christopher was an auto mechanic in said area where the suspect also worked as a helper.
The two became friends which made the suspect had access to the family’s house. Abuyin was also a suspect in the slaying of a school security guard, police probers said.
Neighbors heard invec-tive shouting of a man on a rage on Monday midnight but didn’t mind them. They thought the couple was only having quarrel.
Villar...from page 1
ordeal in the hands of their employers.
The Villar Foundation also provides medical assistance to ‘sick’ returning workers and help them be equipped with skills to find new employment.
The former congresswoman cited the need for the OFWs to have new skills to easily land a job and get them reintegrated in the society.
“In coordination with the Ople Center, we will teach them new skills for their livelihood,’ said Villar who is running for senator under the ruling Liberal Party and its coalition partners.”
“We also hold yearly OFW Summits – this year it is set on
Amon...from page 1
and Zamboanga. This is under Article 170 of the said Presidential Decree.
Article 172 of the same P.D.1083 provides that ‘all Muslim government officials and employees in places other than those other than those enumerated under Art. 170 shall be excused from reporting to office in order that they may be able to observe Muslim Holidays.
The Civil Service Com-mission has also issued CSC Resolution No. 81-1277 dated November 13, 1981 recognizing the above-cited Muslim holiday.
HJ. Kadatuan P. Endaila, regional director, National Commission on Muslim Fil-ipinos (NCMF), Region 12, Cotabato City, said all Mus-lim employees nationwide are excused from reporting to office in observance of the above-mentioned holiday.
Petition...from page 1oppose this petition in ev-ery forum it is brought up.”
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disorganized, claim to hear voices like someone is talking to them, control-ling their minds or plotting against them.
When this happens, the patient may withdraw and sit for hours without moving, losing touch with reality. At other times, hal-lucinations or delusions may occur. If one were in the hallucinatory stage, he/she would claim seeing, hearing feeling or sens-ing things or voices that
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Akbar Mayor Alih Sali disclosed that he received information that the MILFs are already recruiting the young, luring them to join the group in view of the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement.
He also said that the MILFs are allegedly applying for integration in the armed forces and the police.
“This is the reason why we need to have people from the GPH panel and the MILF to enlighten us on the framework. Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to understand the framework agreement if we talk by ourselves,” she said.
“Binuang naman na ila ipasa ang damyos sa Sendong sa ato. Na double dead man ta ana,” said a former di-rector of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club (COPC) who preferred to remain anonymous. Dawbe kad-tong apektado ug namatyan sa Sendong? Pabayran pa giyod sa damage? Ka haya-hay ba sad nila!”“Consumers shouldn’t be made to suffer additional burden especially on disas-ters and natural calamities,” said former Oro Chamber President Elpidio M. Paras. “Perhaps the most, utilities could ask for, is some tax relief from government. Maybe we just need to expand insurance coverage the next time.”` In their respective peti-tions, all three entities are asking ERC to declare a Force Majeure Event (FME) which would entitled them to charge their customers a Force Majeure Pass-through Amount for the costs their incurred for the restoration, rehabilitation and repair of their facilities damaged by Sendong. This would entitle them to recover the full amount not indemnified by their insurers from ad-ditional charges collected from their customers.The NGCP petition pro-poses to charge an addi-tional 0.0331 per kilowatt hour (kWh) incurred by each customer starting Sept 2012, 0.0074 for 2013, 0.0073 (2014) and 0.0072 (2015) while CEPALCO proposes to bill an ad-ditional 0.0075 for 2013, 0.0079 for 2014 and 0.0074 for 2015.MORESCO-1 which is covered by a dif ferent rate setting scheme, has instead opted to petition ERC to allow it to borrow P10,024,669.98 from the National Electrification Administration (NEA) at 7% per annum interest, payable in seven years. This will have a rate impact of 0.0228781 per kWh in 2013 to P0.0163454 per kWh in 2019.“Absence of utility insur-ance should not be blamed on the power consumers who themselves are al-ready the victims of being not covered by insurance wrought by fury of Send-ong,” said Oro Chamber Trustee Cerael C. Donggay. “Obviously, not fair to the end Consumers and Juan de la Cruz.”CEPALCO has scheduled a briefing for members of Konsumanteng Kagay-anon, Inc. (KKI) on Mon-day, November 19, 2012 starting 10:00AM at their conference room in Toribio Chaves St. to explain how their petitioned FME pass through amount will affect the customer’s electric bill.KKI has made similar re-quests for briefings with NGCP and MORESCO-1. The former has endorsed the request to its head of-fice in Manila while there has been no response to date from MORESCO-1. BWM News Bureau
others do not see, hear or feel. Delusions on one hand are false beliefs, wherein the patient may be believe that his/her neighbour can control their behaviours through magnetic waves. These false beliefs can vary, but nonetheless is present.
Schizophrenics often say meaningless words “ neologisms”. Their emotions are usually “flat” meaning they have no facial expres-sions at all: may profess to be happy and yet the face doesn’t reflect it at all! The patient likewise shows no pleasure at all for everyday living and usually are so quiet, keeping to himself/herself. There is no attempt to even dress up or clean themselves. Not to forget, that a schizophrenic has agitated bodily movements or may be catatonic: stay-ing still with no sign of any movements at all.
If one were diagnosed as such, with treatment, there may be improvement, but the prognosis is really is difficult to tell. Religious taking of the medications and a strong family support, are most needed by patients not just with schizophrenia but for all mental disorders.
Labels or name calling is nothing but a show of ignorance. An evidence based, scientific approach to diagnosis is important in helping a patient or a loved one. Caring for the mentally ill takes a lot of courage and compassion, and, if they are left on their own, they may not make it through in the jungles of life.....
Nov. 22 at World Trade Center, Pasay- to uplift the lives of our OFWs through business oppor-tunities, especially to those who have not been lucky in their bid to find greener pastures abroad. We want to give them another option other than being a worker abroad, that is, being an entrepreneur in our own country,” Villar said.
Stressing that OFW programs are among the advocacies closest to their hearts, Villar said they are happy that they are in a position to help our countrymen especially OFWs who endured leaving their families hoping they can uplift their economic situation but did not get good treatment from their employers abroad.
“We cannot rescue them all so it is good that both the private sector and the government are extending similar help to OFWs,” she said.
The Villar Foundation has repatriated thousands of OFWs, with assistance from the Office of Sen. Manny Villar and other related government offices like the Department of Foreign Af-fairs, Department of Labor and Employment and the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) as well as the Blas Ople Center and Migrante.
The repatriated OFWs are Roselyn Polo, Inopocan, Leyte; Sally Castillion, Cotabato City; Baingan Sumael, Sultan Mat-sura, Maguindanao; Elin Aidala, Jolo, Sulu; Merly Muay; Dalisay Ebio, Tanza, Cavite; Virginia Oc-ampo, Bongabon, Nueva Ecija; Evangeline Arcena, Davao City; Pilar Melendres, Lamita, Basilan and Charlita Mamporte, General Santos City.
They all fled from their em-ployers and sought refuge at the Bahay Kalinga, a shelter for OFWS under Philippine Overseas Labor Office/OWWA in Riyadh while awaiting their repatriation to the Philippines.
Thirty-two year Polo, a do-mestic helper, was initially de-ployed in Kuwait, but her employer sent her to Riyadh on August 19, 2012. She escaped and asked help from POLO-OWWA on September 19, 2012. She was immediately admitted at the Bahay Kalinga where she underwent treatment for some psychological problems.
She was reported to have suffered from hallucinations due to unknown reasons.
Castillion, Sumael and Aidala who worked as domestic helpers were victims of maltreatment.
Employed through Active Manpower Agency since De-cember 31, 2008, Castillion ran away from her employer, and was endorsed in Bahay Kalinga on August 25, 2012. She was given an exit visa through the Saudi Social Welfare Administra-tion (SSWA) on October 2, 2012.
Aside from the physical and emotional abuses incurred, Sumael who went to the Middle East country on June 20, 2009, also complained of delayed and unpaid salaries. She stayed at Bahay Kalinga since September 17, 2012 until she was sent back to the Philippines.
Aidala arrived in Riyadh on May 12, 2012 but was admitted in Bahay Kalinga four months later. Aside from maltreatment, she likewise had to withstand the poor working and living conditions in her employer’s house.
Muay also bore the fate of Aidala—the poor working and living conditions, but unlike the latter, she held on to her job.
Coming to Riyadh on March 11, 2012, she left her employers’ house without their permission
when the guards could not withstand oppressively hot tem-peratures in the area, they closet themselves inside their vans and enjoy the vehicles’ air-conditioning systems, never mind the speed limit-violators.
However, when the tempera-tures are cooler and the guards become motivated, for reasons of their own, to track the speed of vehicles running at the SCTEX, they flag down anyone they fancy, confiscate drivers’ licenses, but only the licenses of those who refuse to either beg for their mercy, or to shell out something. This is the reason why more and more motorists are shying away from SCTEX already.
-ooo-WHAT DID THE LADY GUARD AT
THE LRT DO? I commiserate with the lady guard of the Light Rail Transit who was caught on camera as she was being berated by a very irate English-speaking commuter, especially because the guard refused to answer back. But then, the real question here is this: what would have prompted the English-speaking commuter to turn wild with rage against the lady guard? If the guard did not do anything offensive in the first place, could the commuter have even started the fracas?
-ooo-WHY IS BRILLANTES BEING
SINGLED OUT? Chairman Sixto Bril-lantes Jr. of the Commission on Elec-tions is correct: why pin the blame solely on him for the disqualification of previously-accredited party lists and for the rejection of the accredi-tation of new applicants since the decision to disqualify and reject came from the whole Commission itself? I hope his critics can come up with an explanation as to why he is being singled out, especially those who claim that Brillantes actually dictates what his co-commissioners’ decision should be.
-ooo-SENATE URGED TO TACKLE LAND
USE BILL: Here is a press release sent to me through [email protected].: “As the Senate continues to debate the Sin Tax Bill and the 2013 National budget, leaders of farmers, fisherfolk, and urban groups are growing anxious whether the Senate can deliberate the 20-year old Land Use Bill in plenary before it adjourns on December 17.
“According to Campaign for Land Use Policy Now! (CLUP), by 2015, the number of Filipinos will almost hit the 100 million mark and yet lands used for food production are continuously threatened by conversion to industrial, residential and entertainment purposes…”
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after over a year. She escaped and went to Bahay Kalinga on August 18, 2012. She obtained her final exit visa through SSWA.
On the other hand, the em-ployers of Ebio, Ocampo and Arcena refused to give them their final exit visa which drove them to escape and begged for assistance from authorities.
Melendres objected to her contract substitution having ar-rived in Riyadh only on January 17, 2012. She ran away from her employer’s house and stayed at Bahay Kalinga since July 21. The SSWA gave her exit visa on September 19, 2012.
Mamporte finished her one and half year contract on July 28, 2012 but her employer declined to send her back home.
The airfares of the OFWs were provided by the Villar Foundation through its Sagip-OFW helpline program. Likewise, the Villar Foundation also arranged for their trip back to their hometowns.
For more details about OFW-related activities and other pro-grams of the Villar Foundation, please visit its website:www.villarfoundation.org ###
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illegal recruiter and the victims, the youngest of whom is a 16-year-old girl.
Those rescued included eight males and two fe-males, the police said.
They were rescued after the owner of the rented house reported to the po-lice after noticing that the number of occupants in-
creased daily.The victims were res-
cued before they were made to board on a ferry that would bring them to Tawi-Tawi.
From Tawi-Tawi, they would take another ferry to sneak into Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia, the police said.
Appropriate charges will be filed against the arrested illegal recruiter, the police said.
Suspects who killbank worker still free
By NOAH P. JEREMIAS
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte––Police authorities have yet to arrest the suspects reponsible for the killing of a bank official here Tuesday night.
On November 13, at around 7 in the evening, Motor-cycle riding in tandem gunned down 47-year-old Jose Anthony “Tony” N. Agito, Check Account Verifier of LandBank-Tubod branch.
Police blotter showed, Agito was about to go home when the suspects shot him on the forehead and on the different parts of his body.
The report said Agito was driving home onboard his Honda Civic when the suspects, coming from the victim’s behind, shot him.
The suspects were riding in tandem on an XRM-125, said the police blotter. The report however did not specify whether someone was able to get the suspects plate number.
The report said the suspects have made a “U-turn” on the victim’s car after reaching the national highway of Tubod town and then fired at Agito.
Agito, who was born on October 2, 1965, is survived by his wife Clairedelon “Clair” M. Agito––and his two young children, Michael Anthony M. Agito, 14 years Old, and Jacob Anthony M. Agito, 10 years Old.
The couple is supposed to celebrate their 15th Wed-ding Anniversary on December 17, 2012.
Cagas wins in Comelec recountingBy BEN D. ARCHEof Mindanao Daily News DIGOS City––After more than two years of contest-ing on the true winner in the gubernatorial race of Davao del Sur in the May 2010 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Fifth Division finally resolved the issue recently.
In a 27-page resolution dated November 7, 2012, the C omelec declared Douglas R a . C agas as
duly-elec ted governor in the province of Davao del Sur with a margin of 3,668 votes over Claude Bautista.
The Comelec rel ied on the digital images of the ballots fed in the pre-cinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines and the Electronics Returns and Statement of Votes disregarding the doubt-ful results of the manual counting.
Bautista was the for-mer representative of the
Second Distr ict of the province.
C omele c d ismiss e d the protest for failure of the protestant to prove his allegations of alleged “marked ballots, ballots c l a ime d to have b e en shaded by two or more persons, ballots with am-biguous votes, spurious ballots, over-voting and rejected ballots.”
After the canvassing in May 2010 elections, the Provincial Board of Can-vassers proclaimed Cagas
as winner who garnered a total of 163,440 votes over Bautista’s 159,527 votes with a margin of 3,913 votes.
The over-all result of recounting in protested areas, Bautista got 68,000 votes while Cagas reaped 59,259 votes. In the un-protested areas, Cagas got 84 ,049 votes over Bautista’s 51,417 votes.
This is the second de-feat of Bautista against Cagas. Bautista will be running again for gover-
norship in the 2013 elec-tions against the son of Cagas, First District rep-resentative Mark Doug-las C. Cagas. The elder Cagas will run as mayor of Digos City.
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sioner Rene Sarmiento, as the presiding officer, Commissioners Armando Velasco and Christ ian Robert Lim signed the resolution declaring Ca-gas as the duly-elected governor of the province.
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w i t h P h i l i p p i n e Air l ines Foundat ion and the BusinessWeek Mindanao Advertising and Promotions holds a seminar on excellence and ethics in journalism with the theme “Making S ens e of Journa l i sm To day”, O c tob er 25 , Cagayan de Oro City at the BWM Media Center.
The seminar is part o f P P I ’s S c h o l a s t i c O u t r e a c h P r o g r a m . Participating students from the region enjoy a whole-day of learning as key speakers from M a n i l a g a v e t h e m severa l sess ions and workshops.
A l l a n M e d i a n t e , E x e c u t i v e E d i t o r o f B u s i n e s s We e k Mindanao welcomes the par t ic ipants and guests, while Ariel C. Sebellino, PPI Executive D i r e c t o r, g a v e t h e participants an overview
of the Philippine Press Institute.
T h e p a r t i c i p a n t s a re j o u r n a l i s m a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s s tudents f rom Liceo de Cagayan University – Mass Communications Department, Bukidnon S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , St . Mar y’s School in Cagayan de Oro, Central Mindanao University, a n d M S U - I l i g a n Institute of Technology.
The morning sessions i n c l u d e d t a l k s b y national personalities in the media industry. Session 1: Excellence is the Key is handled by G M A- 7 Pro g r am Manager Joseph Alwyn T. Alburo and Session 2: Going the Way of Ethics by Rowena C. P a r a a n , S e c r e t a r y -G e n e r a l , N a t i o n a l Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).
This is followed by an open forum and a workshop, a chance for the student journalists
to participate and share their thoughts.
A s p e c i a l v i s i t b y C y n t h i a Vi l l a r, Chairman & Managing Director of the Villar Foundation also gave the participants her insights on journalism ethics and entrepreneurship. Villar is in the city for the unvei l ing of the Sendong Memorial at Golden Haven Memorial Park, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro.
A l u n c h f o r u m on C orporate S ocia l Responsibi l ity (CSR) i s t h e n f a c i l i t a t e d by Miguel Vi l larea l , Ph i l ippi ne Ve te r ans Bank Vice Pres ident o n C o r p o r a t e Communications.
T h e a f t e r n o o n session tackled on visual communications. The ta lk on Photography vs Photojournalism is delivered by Cagayan de Oro TIMES Editor-in-Chief, Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy.
PPI, BWM hold seminar on journalismB U S I N E S S W E E K M I N D A N A O
Tanleh Bldg., Abellanosa St., Cagayan de Oro City
We grow minds!Photos by ARJAY FELICILDA, RONALD MASTAIL & SHAUN UY
ARIEL C. SEBELLINOPPI Executive Director
PARTICIPANTS COMING FROM DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES IN NORTHERN MINDANAO SHOWING THEIR SEMINAR CERTIFICATES.
JOSEPH ALWYN T. ALBUROGMA-7 Program Manager
MIGUEL VILLA-REALPhil. Veterans Bank Vice President
on Corporate Communications
SHAUN ALEJANDRAE YAP UYCagayan de Oro TIMES Editor-in-Chief
CYNTHIA VILLAR inspires the student journalists to practice on journalism ethics and
entrepreneurship
ROWENA C. PARAANSecretary-General, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).
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