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full story | page 8 vote-buying | page 11

Vote-buying in the country has become more sophisticated and rampant than ever as the May 13 election approaches, a Catholic Church-backed poll watchdog said.

the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said that political parties had become wiser about buying votes to avoid detection and to ensure victory.

Ana Singson, PPCRV communications and media director, said candidates or their emissaries are tempted to buy votes “in the dead of night.”

“Without being specific in northern Luzon and even in Mindanao, we are getting reports that some parties rove at night with CVL (computerized voters’ list),” Singson said.

“the voters are asked to sign thinking that it’s of-ficial because they have the list… now knowing

Vote-buying gets trickier

Ana singson, PPCrv communications and media director.triCkier | page 8ComeleC | page 11

vote buying? An unidentified man distributes P100 bills with a small paper bearing the name of a politician in Barangay Luna in Surigao City on Thursday, 9 May 2013. Mayoral candidate Christopher Bonite, whose name was printed on the paper accompanying the bills, has denied sanctioning the act in an interview with MindaNews.

By roel CAtoto of MindaNews

SuRigAo City––Vote-buying has been reported in this city and in various towns across Surigao del norte with the amounts ranging from as low as P10 to as high as P5,000 depending on the contested positions.

Surigao folk call money used to buy votes “tili-tili,” which literally means drizzle or light rain.

twenty- and 50-peso bills at 20 and 50 have report-edly circulated in different villages in the city and in the province through purok leaders or “coordinators” who serve as bagmen of politicians.

A 26-year-old voter of barangay Luna, Surigao City said he had received so far a total of P540 and five boxes of match. two candidates for councilor gave him P20 each, and two others gave him P50 each.

the same voter received P100 from a candidate for mayor, 350 from a congressional candidate and five pieces of matchbox from an aspirant for the provincial board.

He said the coordinators came to his house and handed the money stapled to a paper bearing the candidates’ names and their faces. before leaving, he added, they would say, “Ajaw kalimte sija sa eleksyon” (Don’t forget him/her this election).

the source said he has become jobless after his work contract with a mining company expired last year. but he admitted that even if he has a job he would still accept money from politicians, saying it would just be pocketed by the coordinators if he refused.

“Some leaders will keep the money to themselves, they will not distribute all of it,” the source, who was a coordinator during the 2010 elections, said.

He said he expects bigger amounts with one party reportedly offering at least a thousand pesos to voters who would vote its candidates for governor, congress-man and mayor.

He said candidates who resort to vote-buying has a

By PAt sAmonteCaraga News Bureau

BUTUAN City––Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr. here has filed a petition with the Commission on Elections for the disqualification of rival Rep. Jose Aquino II for alleged prohibited acts under the Omnibus Election Code. Aquino is challenging Amante for the top post of this commercial capital of Caraga Region on Monday’s election. in a 14-page petition, Amante, through lawyer Agustin tarroza, alleged that on or about April 17, 2013, Aquino “has allowed the installation and display of a large billboard, with a bulldozer along J.C. Aquino Avenue, the main thor-oughfare and the national Highway in the City of bu-tuan, fronting respondent’s political headquarters.” Amante claimed that the billboard, “notably with-out any identification as to source and in whose favor

Disqualify AquinoMAyoR AMAnte teLLS CoMMiSSion on eLeCtionS Vote-buying in Surigao

City, Surigao del norte: From 10-peso to P5,000

CAgAyAn de oro City––Mayor Vicente emano on Saturday denounced the local Liberal Party (LP) can-didates of incriminating the Commissions on election (CoMeLeC) of planning to rig the mayoral election here scheduled today.

emano said his office re-ceived an unsigned instruc-tion to all LP watchers and the Center for Democratic Party to be on guard against teachers assigned as board of election inspectors (bei) by the Comelec.

these bei teachers would bring 300 jamming

oro mayoralty bet accuses LP bets of

maligning Comelecdevices on election day here to delay transmission of the election results, emano said.

He said that the bei would then open the Pre-cinct Count optical Scans (PCoS) to replace the memory card so that a data configured earlier would, instead, be sent.

emano said that the LP has panic that it is imagining anything so it could have reason to blame or protest the local CoMeLeC of their imminent defeat.

“it is unfortunate that the Liberal Party in Manila has

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CARAgA Region, butuan City––A permit to construct a 30-megawatt P 3.5 billion hydropower plant in Jabonga, Agusan del norte is now undergoing intensive review, an environmental official said thursday.

eric gallego, spokesperson of the Department of environment and natural Resources (DenR) in Caraga Region, said that the First generation Mindanao Hydro Power Corporation has applied for the construction of the hydropower plant,

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The Commissions on Elec-tions (COMELEC) has found 36 Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines distributed in various areas in Mind-anao defective, Comelec Regional Director Nilo Pipo said on Friday.

He said the Comelec has started distributing 3,740 PCoS to various polling

Defective PCOSCoMeLeC SAyS noRtHeRn MinDAnAo HAS 36

places in northern Mind-anao starting thursday in preparation for the May 13 elections next week.

Pipo said the Comelec has already asked for the replacement of the defec-tive PCoS although the Comelec technical men was able to remedy the 23 of the 36 PCoS found defective.

“We asked for 13 PCoS

as replacements and we are expecting these units to arrive here on Saturday,” Pipo added.

He said that the Come-lec has a replacement for every defective PCoS in the region.

Pipo said that the de-fective PCoS were found during the final testing and sealing of the PCoS machines on thursday at

Second of the four series

WitH the election happen-ing today!

“People shall again de-cide who deserve for their mandates to lead them,” so goes the romantic idealism of American democracy.

Such decision may just be as sacred as a popu-lar mandate of leadership free of votes-buying as it were the intent found in one Sixto brillantes’ heart pure and unshackled off a patron’s will.

but these were not so, i suspect.

unless, of course, we become farsighted not to see facts and figures under our noses any more than what we are told!

ironically, however, we live and love the lackluster experience of history that we likely cannot afford to get lost ourselves.

our problem as Filipi-nos, we get on swallowing with what our forefathers threw out! We eat yucks!

Worst, everybody does not seem to feel a dose of his own medicine for three long years of famine and infamy --every after an electoral mistake.

Why? Were all the bu-reaucrat-capitalists voted to the leadership detached

the precinct level. “the testing and final sealing ended Friday,” he added.

Pipo said that he has in-structed the board of elec-tion inspectors to inform the Comelec of the progress of the final testing and seal-ing of the PCoS machines so that an updated report could be submitted to the Comelec national office. CD/bb

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

news, Creams and greases...

Cenen Mollejo

from their vested interests - unlike the elite illustrados in the Philippine past?

For every politician, politics is business; and, business requires capital.

A congressman-candi-date may spend from P10 M to P110 million pesos (as winning expenses) in an election to get P 70 million pesos per year --allowances and more excluded. How much he gains in a three-year term?

Alas, brillantes’ revolu-tion is on the road to break the vicious cycle!

is it?irreversible Culture of

Leadership: brillantes’ vic-tory may be worth a celebra-tion, had Philippine history been sketched otherwise!

For how often do we have a government leadership from the poor?

it has since belonged to the elite, folks!

imelda R. Marcos just happened to immortalize a maxim that “god has cre-

ated some men more equal than others . . .”

the fallacy may have been stupid ly craf ted though, but she is factu-ally right.

For neither do we have a government by the children of the lesser eve; nor does it mean to benefit them --and never will be!

it is always of the elite and for the elite.

Meaning, we have a gov-ernment that represents that class and always protects its own interest!

Mind you, individuals of this class cannot afford a lifestyle least financed by the government including their family travels and the wages of their domestic helps.

government, under the guise of public service, is the luxury they cannot live without.

indirectly or not, it has become the most effective medium to increase their fortunes by expensive popu-

lar mandate and authority.And, that kind of politics

is yet irreversible in the next 60 million years --or even beyond, who knows...

For they, and their com-ing descendants, shall claw on to it - womb to tomb - no matter what!

Sedula Leadership -then and Always: A glimpse of history may give us better way to understand what contradiction brillantes is up against.

For what motivated lead-ers centuries ago remains the same salivative stimulant for power today.

Well, he may have aimed at, just as the satirical Don Quijote did in a wrong time, hitting double-alpha on each heart of L’Manche-windmills in the Philippines.

“Suntok sa buwan” is the Filipino figurative pun to call that aggression against politicians’ windmills --the tradition long lived up since their ascendants.

nonetheless, brillantes’ fight bears relevance upon the missianic formulare found along their political slogans and battlecries.

everyone thereof speaks about saving the country. that isn’t so bad, of course.

each of them proposes new kind of democracy against the efficiency of the existing patronage politics (synonymous with dynasty).

For brillantes, these are perhaps sheer useless and empty burbles flooding our atmosphere --every election madness.

of course, nobody be-lieves in them any more than being charitable, if not giving deadma, for their old rhetorics and other antics.

Let a lone the cash clipped to sample ballots they dispense through their political minions!

For pure public service? you can tell that to the marines!

Lest we forget, Sedula-leadership gave birth to the Philippine democracy --the same environment we breath with fervor. Huh?!

thanks to the Spanish APPeAl | page 4

CAgAyAn de oro City––the widow of murdered American Michael Alan turner on thursday de-manded the return of her husband’s personal belong-ings that included three Automated teller Machine (AtM) cards.

turner’s wife Marissa complained that a certain SPo2 Jonathan eduave who conducted the investiga-tion at the municipal town of opol refused to release turner’s personal belong-ings although the case has been filed in court.

Widow wants AtM, belongings of murdered

American returnthese items include the

wallet with three AtM card, Mont blanc Pen valued at P 5,000 color gold with the engraved name of Michael turner, one phone 4 (black colour), one Samsung gal-axy S, nokia n3 and C3 (small) and one Swiss knife.

Marissa said inside the wallet were 3 AtM cards of Metrobank card, union bank (Visa) card and union bank (eon) card, driver’s license, some iDs.

She said she wants the AtM card so she could

P3.5b hydropower plant in Agusan norte mulled

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Election Watch

The ruling clans of Mindanao: same families in 50 years, 25 years

DAVAo City––the Dima-poros of Lanao del norte and the Plazas of Agusan del Sur are the longest-surviving political clans in Mindanao, having ruled their areas for at least half a century, interrupted only briefly when the People Power revolt ousted the Marcos dictatorship in 1986, replaced local chief execu-tives with oiCs (officers–in-charge) and elected a new set of officials in 1988.

Although it took them six years to reclaim the gubernatorial post after their ouster in 1986, it took them only a year to be back in power: in the first post-Marcos election for the House of Representatives and the Senate in 1987, the patriarchs -- Mohammad Ali Dimaporo and Dem-ocrito o. Plaza -- who had previously served for three decades as governor and congressman -- were elected representative of their respective districts, along with Dimaporo’s son, Abdullah.

Ali represented the sec-ond district of Lanao del Sur, Abdullah the second district of Lanao del norte and Plaza the lone district of Agusan del Sur.

by 1992, the clans were back at the top. Plaza and Dimaporo’s son, Abdullah, were elected governor. Ali remained in Congress.

in the post-Marcos era, clan members have been holding on to the gover-nor’s seat in the last 21 years (seven terms) and the congressional seat in 17 years (five terms) either by succession or by swapping posts.

Abdullah served as gov-ernor from 1992 to 1998, his wife imelda from 1998 to 2007 and their son Moham-mad Khalid since 2007. Kha-lid is seeking a third term except for the period 1992 to 2001, the Dimaporos have also been representing the 2nd congressional district since Congress reopened in 1987: Abdullah from 1987 to 1992 and 2001 to 2010, his daughter Fatima Aliah from 2010 to 2013. this year, Abdullah is returning to the post his daughter is vacating while his wife imelda, who was elected 1st district representative in 2010, is seeking reelection.

in Agusan del Sur, the Plaza patriarch ran for governor in 1992 and was reelected in 1995 but died the same year. Vice gover-nor Alex bascug took over but in the 1998 elections, Plaza’s widow, Valentina, who was governor from 1980 to 1986, made a comeback. She retired from politics in 2001, the same year her son Adolph edward won the seat she vacated.

By CArolyn o. ArguillAs of MindaNews

Adolph edward was re-elected in 2004 but while he was expected to run for a third term, his sister, Ma. Valentina ran instead. He returned to the gubernato-rial post in 2010 and is now seeking reelection.

After the 1987-1992 stint of the Plaza patriarch in Congress, the Plazas re-turned to Congress in 2001 and have stayed on. Adolph edward’s brother, Rodolfo served from 2001 to 2010. in 2010,Rodolfo, who ran for Senator but lost, was succeeded by sister. Ma. Val-entina while another sister, evelyn Plaza-Mellana rep-resented the newly-created second district.

Adoph, Ma. Valentina and evelyn are all running for reelection. evelyn will be pitted against her brother Rodolfo. Another brother, Victor, is running for vice governor against Adolph’s running mate.

Another Plaza son, Dem-ocrito ii, served as mayor of butuan City in Agusan del norte for five terms from 1992 to 2007, except for 2001 to 2004 when his wife Leonides theresa was mayor. Democrito ii passed away on october 29, 2010.

Comeback When Cora-zon Aquino took over as President in February 1986, among the first things she did was to appoint oiCs nationwide to replace local chief executives elected in 1980.

in Lanao del norte, oiC Francisco Abalos was even-tually elected governor in 1988. Lanao del Sur had two oiCs: Saidamen Pangarun-gan from 1986 to 1987 and Princess tarhata Alonto-Lucman from 1987 to 1988. Pangarungan was elected governor in 1988.

the Dimaporo patri-arch, who was ousted as Lanao del Sur governor in 1986, began his political career as representative of the undivided

Lanao from 1950 to 1953, sought reelection but lost to Domocao Alonto.

He won his electoral protest on May 25, 1957, with only a few months remaining of his supposed term.

When RA 2228 divided Lanao into del norte and del Sur on July 4, 1959, Salvador Lluch was first appointed as governor. in January 1960, Dimaporo was named governor.

When he ran and won a seat representing the lone district of Lanao del norte in 1965, Vice governor Arsenio Quibranza, a po-litical foe whose daughter imelda would later marry his son, Abdullah, took over as governor. in the 1967, 1971 and 1980 elec-tions, Quibranza was elected

governor while Dimaporo served as congressman from 1966 to 1972.

When martial law was declared in 1972, the Di-maporo patriarch was ap-pointed by then President Ferdinand Marcos as gov-ernor of Lanao del Sur and President of the Mindanao State university.

in 1980, the last local elections before People Power ousted Marcos in 1986, Quibranza was elected governor of Lanao del norte, Dimaporo as governor of Lanao del Sur.

in December 1989, Di-maporo resigned from his congressional post to run for governor of the soon to be inaugurated Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). the House of Representatives’ website says Abdullah resigned to run for ARMM governor but it was actually the patriarch who ran but lost to Zacaria Candao of Maguindanao.

in 1992, he was reelected

to Congress while his son Abdullah won the guber-natorial post of Lanao del norte.

Dimaporo retired from politics in 1995. He died in 2004 at the age of 95.

in Agusan del Sur, the patriarch, Democrito o. Plaza, a logging magnate, was governor of the un-divided Agusan province in 1964 until its division into Agusan del Sur and Agusan del norte in 1967. He represented the lone congressional district of Agusan del Sur in Congress from 1969 to 1972, in the martial law-era batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986 and the post-Marcos Congress from 1987 to 1992.

He was serving his sec-ond term as governor in 1995 when he passed away. He was 74.

Second to the Dimaporos and the Plazas, the Amantes of Agusan del norte have held on to the gubernatorial post in the last 18 years,

from 1995.governor erlpe John

Amante and sister Ma. An-gelica Rosedell, are swap-ping posts this year. the governor, who is completing his third term by June 30, is running for representative while his sister, three-term Rep. Ma. Angelica Rosedell, is returning as governor.

Ms Amante was gover-nor from 1995 to 2004. Her brother succeeded her from 2004 to 2013.

the siblings are certain of victory next week. both are running unopposed.

the Amantes have also been representing the 2nd congressional district for 20 years since 1987 (except for the period 1995 to 2001).

their father, edelmiro Amante, who passed away on March 10, served from 1987 to 1995, interrupted by a brief stint as execu-tive Secretary under then President Fidel Ramos. He returned to the post from 2001 to 2004, was succeeded

by Ma. Angelica Rosedell from 2004 to 2007, the pa-triarch again from 2007 to 2010 and the daughter again from 2010 to 2013.

the other clans serving at least 15 years as governor are the Akbars of basilan, the Romualdos of Camiguin, the Mangudadatus of Sultan Kudarat and the Pimentels of Surigao del Sur.

Wahab Akbar served as governor of basilan from 1998 to 2007, followed by his wife, Jum. Akbar was elected lone district rep-resentative to Congress in 2007 but was killed in an explosion in the batasang

Pambansa compound on november 13 that year.

While Akbar’s wife, Jum, ran for governor in 2007, his other wife, Cherrylyn Santos, ran for mayor of isabela City. both widows are seeking a third term.

in Camiguin, the pa-triarch Pedro Romualdo served as lone district

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Caraga Region

CAMP RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City - in an e f for t to account a l l w ante d p e rs ons and bring them before the bars of justice, elements of the San Francisco Police Station has ar-rested a fish vendor for violation of Republic Act 9262 (Violence Against Women and Children), morning of May 7 this year.

Arrested on orders of Judge Victor A. Canoy of RtC branch 29, Su-rigao City. was Arnel Alom Mayola, 27 years old and resident of brgy Honrado, San Francisco, Surigao del norte.

May o l a , w h o w a s arrested r ight in his residence, is now tem-porary detained at San Francis co Munic ipa l Police Station in Surigao del norte.

the court has rec-ommended a fixed bail o f Php 2 4 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 for his temporary release. (ZMP/MMg/asf )

Fish vendor arrested

for VAW-CBy PO3 Zena Menioria

Panaligan

BUTUAN CITY – The city mayor has urged the city police to intensify crime investigation and manhunt operation, if only to sustain peace and order in the locality.

the city mayor said, “it is very important for the people to know the real peace and order situ-ation in the city as the government is promoting transparency and good governance.”

Peace and order situa-tion is also the main fac-tor among others which investors would ask before putting up business in any area,” he pointed out.

As this developed, bu-tuan City Police office Director nerio bermudo briefed the local media on the peace and order situation of the city, as compared to the previous year’s crime incidents.

bermudo reported that as of April this year, 223 crime incidents have been recorded by his office.

this, he said is lower by 9% from the 245 incidents during the same period of last year.

“there is a significant surge in butuan City's crime solution efficiency rating. of the 223 recorded incidents as of April 2013,

92 were already solved, translating into an effi-ciency rating of 41%,” said bermudo.

bermudo also revealed the difficulties they have encountered. Like the lack of cooperation of the vic-tims whenever the police would ask copies of CCtV footages of the robbery incidents.

“Victims would refuse and require the police to secure first a court order,” he said.

Delayed reporting of crime incidents to the police was also one of the factors “that gravely affected our investigation

processes.” Hearing all of these

from the city police direc-tor, the city mayor still urged the PnP to maximize efforts, intensify crime investigation and man-hunt operations to put the responsible people in jail and teach them lessons.

“this will also make victims feel satisfied of the PnP performance, burmudo said.

“i want to see a sample of how you (PnP) do your job to prevent or solve criminalities. Rest assured that you have my support and let’s do everything that we can to secure the

lives and properties of our citizens,” the city mayor stressed.

bermudo further stated that the crime solution efficiency of his office is continuing to surge high since 2011 to the present because of active, dili-gent and competent police work, as well as the con-tinuous support of the local government unit here in the form of communica-tion and transportation equipment, surveillance cameras, generator sets, increase in gasoline alloca-tion, financial support, and other logistical support. (JPg/PiA-Caraga/asf )

PNP urged to intensify anti-crime campaign

By Jennifer P. Gaitano

AGUSAN DEL NORTE – The provincial office of the Commission on elections (Comelec) said the final testing and sealing (FtS) of the PCoS machines in the precincts was generally successful.

there may have some glitches, but everything are insignificant, said Provincial election Supervisor Raquel Limbaco, adding that they already have completed the distribution of the PCoS machines to the different polling places.

“We have also prepared contingency PCoS machines for the election day and provided the board of elec-tion inspectors (beis) with user’s manuals following their operational orientation earlier,’ Lawyer Limbaco further said.

technical support per-sonnel are also going to be assigned in the precincts to immediately address what-ever problems during the election day.

Caraga Region has 2,212 clustered precincts with 1,445,724 registered voters, Limbaco revealed.

Lawyer Limbaco appealed for a out support and coop-eration of the general public to achieve an Honest, orderly and Peaceful elections on May 13. (Jennifer P. gaitano/Media ng bayan/asf)

AgNte is all set for

May 13 pollsBy Jennifer P. Gaitano

Vote-buying...from page 1

big chance of winning even if they have no clear platforms and programs.

“How many city coun-cilors and provincial board members will just sit and stay silent? there are many of them, and they can’t bring anything good for the people of Surigao,” he said.

A resident in Pilar town in Siargao island, Surigao del norte said a candidate for mayor gave him P 5,000 last week.

“that’s cash inside an envelope and each voter will have it,” he said, adding he has not spent the money yet but he was planning to use it for his children’s school needs.

“i heard that his two opponents will give P2,000. but i learned that if that’s the case the candidate who gave P5,000 will give an ad-ditional P2,000,” the source said.

Open ballotFirst time-voter Jason

Plaza, 20, of barangay Wash-ington in Surigao City said he was offered P1,350 by campaigners of a candi-date for mayor Wednesday evening at his house. but he and other members of his family refused because they were required to show their ballots to ensure that they would really vote for that candidate.

Plaza said he will not accept it even no condition was imposed.

For city councilors and provincial board members the rate is from P10-50 per voter.

Local radio news anchor Jun Clerigo posted in his Facebook account that some voters would not leave their house because they might miss the “tili-tili.”

in Payawan, barangay

Luna, Surigao City a 25-year old voter said he waited along with bystanders at street corners until late at night for three nights hoping to receive “tili-tili.”

“We stormed him (cam-paigner) and took whatever amount he could give us. Sometimes i got double or triple (the usual amount) because i told him that there were other voters in the house,” he added.

No word from candi-dates

incumbent governor Sol F. Matugas is up against former governor Robert Lyndon S. barbers for the same post.

District 1 Rep. Francisco t. Matugas is going against gertrudes Saberon for the second time. District 2 Rep. guillermo A. Romarate Jr. will try to foil former congressman Robert Ace S. barbers’ comeback bid.

in Surigao City, Mayor ernesto t. Matugas will grapple against former mayor Alfonso S. Casurra and independent candidate Christopher t. bonite.

Mindanews asked sev-eral candidates including some of those mentioned above through text if they are giving money but no one sent a reply.

Cultureiglesia Filipina indepen-

diente bishop Rhee tim-bang said vote-buying in the province of Surigao del norte has become a culture.

“this is an ordinary thing. i mean majority of the voters will receive money from candidates and major-ity who win are the ones who give money during elections,” he said in an interview with Mindanews.

timbang said the diocese and the whole iFi congrega-tion have intensified their voter’s education campaign across the province includ-

ing Dinagat islands. He said the campaign includes asking voters to not accept money from politicians.

“this vote-buying is an evil act. this is a clear viola-tion against the will of every Surigaonon voter,” he said.

CondemnedFernando A. Almeda, Jr.,

president of the Coalition of Surigaonons for good governance-transparency and Accountability (Co-Sugg-tA) condemned vote-buying as a betrayal of public trust and a pros-titution of people’s will.

He said he received a lot of information that candidates from the dif-ferent towns in Surigao del norte have resorted to vote-buying.

Almeda is also the point person in Surigao City for AbS-Cbn’s bayan Mo, ipa-trol Mo aside from leading a operation Kontra Hudas, a movement against vote-buying.

“because it takes two to tango, politicians will buy votes and people will sell their votes, too.” there is no politician who will give money if the voters will not accept it.

Almeda said he and his volunteers will document the voting process includ-ing irregularities like vote-buying and vote-selling.

Asked what they will do if they catch people suspect-ed of doing these violations, Almeda said, “We turn over to the police in the nature of citizen’s arrest.”

“if prima facie evidence is established we will deal with this high crime to the fullest limit of the law,” he said.

CoSuggtA is mainly composed of professionals and lawyers.

Atty. irish novern Pasco, city election supervisor, did not reply to Mindanews’

query if a person caught giving money with the name and face of a candidate at-tached to it can be arrested or not.

Article XXii of the om-nibus election Code defines vote buying as giving, of-fering, or promising money, favors, or jobs in exchange for getting a person’s vote for the principal or causing the person to vote against somebody else. it holds criminally liable both the vote buyer and vote seller.

Persons found guilty faces a prison term of one to six years and shall be permanently barred from holding any public office as well as denied their right of suffrage. (Roel Catoto/Mindanews)

Appeal...from page 2

criminals! note: Spain, saving then

its national expense and social order, opted to cast prisoners away into the colonies they themselves would find via exploration.

if you were a bankrupt Spanish citizen then, roast a family, go to prison and pray for that fate...

Just as what all other felons became, Spanish colonies made them elite illustrados --rich and in-fluential.

on the Philippine is-lands, they were like gods!

Since, aside from all other grandeur the self-claimed divine mandate and authority bequeathed them over vast indio lands, tax imposition was the nerve center of political gover-nance.

you can imagine a piseta (20 centavos) charged for a sedula (today’s Community tax Certificate) imposed per indio over three centuries since the mid-1600s.

Collection of this from

among the 20 million indios throughout the archipelago attracted the illustrados to shamelessly jam packed into political leadership.

And, neither was there a remittance to their country’s national coffers; nor did the Spanish Crown audit on their colonial revenues!

isn’t politics so lucrative?---

(to expect in the next series: Patronage Politics, eternally since!; Same Dogs in Different Collars)

Plant...from page 2

He said DenR Regional Director nonito M. tamayo has ordered the review of the application of First genera-tion Mindanao Hydro Power Corp. for the Special Land use Permit

gallego said that a special land use permit is a three year permit or privilege granted by the State to a person to occupy, possess and manage in consider-ation of the specified return (rentals), any public forest lands for a specific use or purpose.

The rentals shall be sub-ject to change based on the appraisal or re-appraisal of the land under lease and its improvement, he said.

gallego said that the construction of the weir and the powerhouse will occupy about 6-hectare of public forest land within the ancestral domain claim in sitio Pagipik , barangay bangonay , Jabonga, Agu-san del norte. Puyo river is considered one of the several potential hydropower sites in Mindanao.

He said the project would provide an additional elec-tric power supply particu-larly in Agusan Del norte but made it clear that no trees shall be destroyed during the construction stage. CD

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Tanleh Bldg., Abellanosa St., Consolacion, Cagayan de Oro CityBUTUAN CITY - As a well-compliant office of the Anti-Red Tape Act (ARTA) of 2007, the Bureau of In-ternal Revenue (BIR-17) Revenue District Office (RDO) No. 103 received the Grant of Citizens’ Sat-isfaction Center – Seal of Excellence Award from the Civil Service Commission (CSC), Thursday at the BIR grounds, this city.

CSC-Caraga Regional Director Adams torres bared that the biR here has com-plied and passed the standard requirements to be awarded the Seal of excellence.

“in the month of June of every year, the CSC is conducting simultaneous survey to all biR offices to assess their performance on the compliance of the ARtA law. There are thirty respondents for this survey who are taxpayers and are directly transacting at the respective biR office,” ex-plained torres.

torres also emphasized that government offices that have frontline services

must secure and post their agency's citizens' charter preferably at the entrance part of their building so the public will know the right personnel whom they will transact with.

Along with it is the post-ing of the Anti-fixer Cam-paign material.

it was also learned that among the standards require-ments that an office must comply to be awarded the Seal of excellence from the CSC include the following: 1) Service Quality; 2) Physical Working Condition of the office; 3) basic facilities for pregnant women, senior citizens and persons with disabilities or the compliance of the Accessibility Law; and 4) implementation of ‘no noon break’.

“We have assessed the biR’s performance on the compliance of the ARtA through the 30 respondents of the Report Card Survey that our office has conducted which showed an excel-lent public performance in the overall rating,” stressed

torres. biR Revenue District of-

fice no. 103 headed by RDo Samer Muti, together with Regional Dir. norberto Vitug of biR Revenue Region-17 received the said award from the Civil Service Commis-sion with the presence of Assistant Commissioner David Cabanag.

The CSC also handed-over to RDo Muti the cash reward amounting to P75,000. Muti said the said amount will be used for the purchase of equipment and other materials and services that will help further improve the delivery of its frontline services.

Republic Act no. 9485 otherwise known as an “Act to improve efficiency in the Delivery of government Service to the Public by Reducing bureaucratic Red tape, Preventing graft and Corruption, and Providing Penalties Thereof ” or the Anti-Red tape Act of 2007 was signed into law on June 2, 2007. (JPg/PiA-Caraga/asf)

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DAVAO CITY – Mind-anao’s power supply on election day (May 13) will be closely monitored as the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) sets up mechanism to help boost inter-agency coordina-tion on addressing any unexpected power-related incidents during polling hours.

"A power monitoring center within MinDA has

been set-up and will be acti-vated on Monday to support efforts to ensure reliable power across Mindanao," says Romeo Montenegro, MinDA director for in-vestment promotions and public affairs.

He said the establish-ment of power watch center is in line with the mandate of the Mindanao Power Moni-toring Committee (MPMC), which is to oversee efforts

at addressing the power situation in Mindanao.

Montenegro added that the MPMC power monitor-ing center will augment the Power task Force election 2013 set-up by the Depart-ment of energy (Doe) to ensure stable and reliable power supply during the May 13 national and local elections.

“Although we're com-fortable that measures had

been put in place to ensure that Mindanao will have enough power supply on Monday, we can't discount any possibility of outages arising from various causes," he stressed, adding that, "that's why the power moni-toring center makes sure all hands are on-deck so reports of outages can be quickly addressed."

Montenegro, who also heads MPMC’s technical

working group added that the center will also tap social media networks especially for those using mobile plat-forms to generate ground reports on power-related incidents and provide feed-back on courses of action taken.

the MPMC reported that as of Friday there were no reports of brownouts in the hard-hit areas of general Santos and Zamboanga fol-

MinDA beefs up power monitoring on election daylowing major improvements in the Mindanao grid.

He cited that measures being pushed by MPMC are working such as the reopen-ing of 98MW iligan Diesel Power Plant (iDPP) so it can add power to the grid and stream more capacity in time for the elections.

“i believe the technicians of Mapalad Power Corpo-ration have been working

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as it makes them good.“Religion has inspired

great acts of charity and selflessness, beautiful mu-sic, art and architecture, and countless examples of human kindness and compassion. it has also inspired horrific, bloody wars, brutal inquisitions, tyrannical theocracies, fa-natic campaigns of terror, and countless incidents of discrimination, prejudice and bigotry.

“you are worried that people who aren’t `godly’ are not moral, but religion does not solve that problem. if anything, the problem is far worse when the elect-ed official is a theist who claims that his desires are not just some idiosyncratic expression of individual preference, but the very will of god. And atheist, or agnostic, at least, has no warrant to claim holy sanc-tion or divine infallibility for his opinions, and in theory can be persuaded

God’s standards in electing leadersLiFe’S inSPiRAtionS: “… the wrath of god is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about god is plain to them, because god has made it plain to them…” (Romans 1:18, the Holy bible).

-ooo-goD’S StAnDARDS

in eLeCting LeADeRS: there are some readers of this column who are taking issue on our reminder to voters to elect only those candidates who have the fear and love of god in their hearts, and in whom the Spirit of god dwells, on Monday, May 13, 2013. they say, i am just being religious, and that religion is not the solution to our problems in this country.

Well, first of all, i am not religious. i did not say, Filipino voters must vote according to the dictate of any particular religion.

And neither did i say that religion is the solution to the problems of this coun-try. What i am only saying is that, people need to be spiritual, and obedient to god’s directives, to assure that only the godly---and, as far as i am concerned, better---people are elected this time.

Certainly, many people who have no god at all---or who only profess with their lips that they obey god but who do otherwise---have managed to have themselves elected, and yet all that they were able to do so far is to bring this country and the whole world in fact to the perilous condition they are now in, closer more

than ever to destruction. that being the case, there is a need to try new lead-ers, especially those who sincerely believe in god regardless of religion.

-ooo-ReLigion AnD PoLi-

tiCS, tHe otHeR VieW: nevertheless, there is one reader of ours whose ideas are worth sharing, even if they are contrary to what i believe in. His name is trevor Llewellyn evans, from the Facebook group “the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philip-pines”. Here are his reactions to our column: “Any honest assessment of history would conclude that religion makes people bad at least as often

Cris Diaz

A PoSteR on a private vehicle read, “bisag unsaon, Dongkoy gihapon” (no matter what, we still support Dongkoy). the campaign poster speaks a thousand unspoken words of Cagayanons who never wanted to be part of the political brouhaha. these voters are the silent major-ity, the sector who appeared to be undecided but support “Dongkoy” emano in silence.

“bisag unsa-on, Dongkoy gi-hapon,” is an expression of unequivocal support. A priceless support, so to speak. the political poster was a reminder to emano’s political detractors that they are there. that these voters are always behind “Dongkoy” emano at all costs. once again, this affirma-tion will certainly take a new shape as the election reels off in Cagayan de oro.

no wonder, the administration candidates are so threatened. there had been reports that the administra-tion candidates had resorted to vote-buying elsewhere. one could feel the intensity of power grid that manifests into a phantasmagoria of an imminent end.

For instance, the “team oca” (the administration’s Liberal Party ticket) in Cagayan de oro reportedly sent a stern reminder to all their watchers to be on guard against the board of elections inspectors (bei) of the Commission on elections (CoMeLeC).

the “team oca” reportedly accused “Dongko” emano and the “Padayon-Pilipino” political-ticket of acquiring 300 “jamming device” in order to delay the transmis-

‘Bisag Unsaon, Dongkoy Gihapon’sion of the election results through the Precinct Count optical Scan (PCoS) machine. the local Liberal Party has reminded their watchers to keep an eye of the bei teachers who would tamper the memory cards of the PCoS machine.

From the voter’s viewpoint, the accusation and the fears expressed by the oca -led LP party in Cagayan de oro City were incredible.

What was the point of the “grim reminder” when it is only the administration political party that has the capability to rig an election? With all the resources available, not to mention, the influence of an executive department toward the other branches of the govern-ment, the administration political party could create scenarios to favour their political ends.

the allegation, therefore, of the “oca-led LP” in Cagayan de oro City of election rigging to be perpetrated by “Dongkoy” emano was a deception in the highest or-der. While reminding people and poll watchers to resist possible fraud during an election is a laudable move, to accuse the opposition and “Dongkoy” emano’s group as responsible for imagined fraud on election Day is preposterous.

notwithstanding, regardless of trickery that the “team oca” and their political minions would employ, the people of Cagayan de oro City could never be fooled. the”team oca” should accept the reality that the voters in Cagayan de oro would always support “Dongkoy” emano at all costs. the poster “bisag unsa-on, Dongkoy gihapon,” is a political statement that dramatizes the sentiments of the voters in Cagayan de oro.

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FReSH goSPeL oF tHe DAy: Luke:24-46-53(May12, 2013-Sunday) Luke 24:46-53-And said unto them, thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that re-pentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem: isaiah 55:8-For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LoRD.

the truth is, no one can question god if why Jesus was born in Jerusalem and the words of salvation begins at Jerusalem. this means

Protect our nation

that god has a prerogative and discretion for His plans.

in connection to this, i am very sure that god has a great plan for our country Philippines and because of this reality; we must preserve and protect our nation from scandals and controversies. What have you done for our country?

Christ loves his nation israel by letting himself to be crucified on the cross as ransomed for the salvations of his people.

Can you give yourself for the sake of our nation?

Can you choose the best politicians in this election?

Romans 13:1-2-Let every soul be subject unto the

higher powers. For there is no power but of god: the powers that be are ordained of god.

Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of god: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

Do good for our govern-ment and in that way you are doing it for our beloved country: SPonSoReD: neneth - bobong balino- Dr. edith, PhD- tony Jordan - CDo. St. Peter Calungsod, pray for us! Listen: Radio ultra AM-1188-3:00 PM - Sunday: #09284149490-09266607505: Question – Prayer request

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Comelec assures functioning PCOS,but worries on ‘human intervention’

Misamis Oriental provincial Comelec of-ficer Atty. Cirilo Nala, Jr. said the remaining percentage was left to “unforeseen events” that could disrupt the regu-lar conduct of the elec-tions.

Atty. Nala was the guest during last Friday’s BusinessWeek Mind-anao News Conference (NewsCon) at the BWM Media Center, at Tanleh Building, Abellanosa Street, Consolacion, Ca-gayan de Oro City.

He said out of 36 de-fective PCOS machines, 16 were repaired and delivered to respective precincts of assign-

ments while replace-ment PCOS machines have also been read-ied, as part of the con-tingency measures of the Comelec and other agencies involved in the elections.

“There is nothing to worry about the PCOS machines. What I’m worried is on the human intervention,” Atty. Nala said. “That is what we should prevent from oc-curring,” he said, refer-ring to manipulation by unscrupulous individu-als who may be out to tamper with the results of the elections.

Atty. Nala said Comelec has also organ-

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Province of Misamis Oriental has assured 99.9 percent preparedness for Monday, May 13 polls, even as its top provincial official en-sured a functioning precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines, following earlier reports that 36 PCOS machines distributed in various areas in Mindanao were found to be defective.

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ized the Rapid Deploy-ment Force to respond to emergencies.

“We have called for a joint command confer-ence after the ambush in Gingoog, involving Mayor (Ruth) Guin-gona. Part of the many things discussed was the revised PNP (Philippine National Police) plan and the entry of 480 ele-

ments of the Philippine Marines.” Atty. Nala dis-closed.

Since Thursday (May 9), as planned, soldiers belonging to the Phil-ippine Marines and Philippine Army were already deployed to be part of the security plan while the Philippine Na-tional Police have been taking charged of far-

flung barangays of Ca-gayan de Oro, Atty. Nala said.

“We have already studied how the candi-dates will try to outwit each other. Ours is to guarantee that elections will push through with-out disruption” from the candidates themselves, by other groups or forc-es, said Nala.

“We make sure that PCOS machines will electronically function. Final testing and seal-ing (FTS) had been done and we had sufficient time to repair or replace them. Technical people from Manila were here to look after the PCOS machines,” he assured.

As this developed, Atty. Nala said that Province of Misamis Oriental has eight Areas

of Immediate Concern to look after, consisting of seven towns and one city.

These are Claveria, Balingasag, Lagonglong, Magsaysay, Medina, Kinoguitan, Salay and Gingoog City, where three PCOS machines had also been reported to have malfunctioned during the testing but had been restored al-ready.

In Manila, both the Comelec and Smartmat-ic have expressed confi-dence the results of the May 13 midterm elec-tions will be okay de-spite glitches in the FTS.

Glitches in the FTS included paper jams and LCD screens mal-func-tioning, but the Come-lec has assured more re-placement machines are available with a total of over 2,000.

The Comelec has distributed 3,740 PCOS machines to various polling places in North-ern Mindanao for the May 13 elections, name-ly, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao del Norte, Mis-amis Occidental and Misamis Oriental, and the two cities of Cagayan de Oro, Iligan City, plus the seven composite cit-ies of El Salvador, Gin-goog, Malaybalay, Oro-quieta, Ozamis, Tangug and Valencia.

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Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of late JULIANO ARQUITA, who died long time ago, left a parcel of land located at Poblacion, Catarman, Camiguin covered under Tax Declaration No. G-0101053, denominated as lot no. 5267. Con-taining an area of 1,266 sqm., is the subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE OF PARCEL OF LAND, made and entered into Hrs. of Cabuntucan, Vicente namely; Rosario A. Echalico and Chymbeline D. Go, heirs Vendor, all of legal ages, married, Filipino citizen and all are residents of Poblacion, Catarman, Camiguin. For and in consideration of the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS ONLY (Php 50,000.00) Philippine Currency in hand paid by Engr. Gary M. Buendia, Vendee, likewise of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Saint Andrew St. Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City. As per Doc. No. 361; Page No. 68; Book No. 31; Series of 2012, under Notary Public of ATTY. ANIANO S. PADERANGA.

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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late Spouses SOFRONIO AMAY, who died on No-vember 9, 2011 at Bulawan, Pagadian City, and NATIVIDAD AMAY, who died on June 5, 1997 at Bulawan, Pagadian City, and both died without living a will, the said deceased spouses is the owner of herein described two (2) parcels of land; “A parcel of agricultural land Lot 4507-B, Csd-09-010678, equivalent to Lot 20350, Pls-119, situated in Bulawan, City of Pagadian, Province of Zamboanga del Sur. Containing an area of FIFTEEN THOUSAND (15,000) Square Meters, covered with Original Certificate of Title No. 3776, which is registered in the name of our late parents Sofronio Amay and Natividad Amay. “A parcel of land Lot 4530-E, Csd-09-007760-D, equivalent to Lot No. 18611, Pls-119, situated in Bulawan, City of Pagadian, Province of Zamboanga del Sur. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE (275) Square Meters, covered with Original Certificate of Title No. 3114, which is registered in the name of our late Father Sofronio Amay, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS, made and executed by and among; JENNIFER AMAY PACAÑA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to Reynaldo Pacaña, and a resident of Poblacion, Carmen, North Cotabato; MA. ARLENE AMAY SUAN, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to Dionie Suan, and a resident of Macasing, Pagadian City; JERSON D. AMAY, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to Grace H. Amay, and a resident of Bulawan, Pagadian City; VERNALIN AMAY MARIÑO, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to Edgar Marino, and a resident of Bulawan, Pagadian City; VERGIL D. AMAY, of legal age, Fili-pino citizen, single, and a resident of Tagum City; ALMARIO D. AMAY, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single, and a resident of Kabacan, North Cotabato; JOSE RAQUEL D. AMAY, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to Evelyn P. Amay, and a resident of Bulawan, Pagadian City; JERWIN D. AMAY, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single, and a resident of Poblacion Carmen, North Cotabato; and FLORABEL AMAY CANSANCIO, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to Jonathan Cansancio, and a resident of Bulawan, Pagadian City; the above-named parties are the sole and compulsory and direct heirs of the late spouses. As per Doc. No. 167; Page No. 34; Book No. CLX; Series of 2012; under Notary Public of ATTY. BALDOMERO FERNANDEZ.

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DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE OF PORTION OF LAND

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late ROQUE CALOPE & LUCINA, who died long time ago, at Catarman, Camiguin, they left a parcel of land located at Poblacion, Catarman, Camiguin, covered under Tax Declaration No. 0100967, denominated as Lot No. 4674 part with an area of 465 sqm, is the subject of DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE SALE OF PORTION OF LAND, made and executed by and between; Maria Raflor C. Sabio & Rafael Calope, all of legal ages, Filipino Citizens and Residence of Poblacion Catarman Camiguin here in referred as Heirs / Vendors; that for and in consideration of the sum of FORTY THOUSAND PESOS (Php 40,000.00), Philippine currency, do hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER, and CONVEY this parcel of land Lot 4674 with an area of Sold Por-tion : 232 sqm., in favor of the Vendees, JUVENOL V. MARINES AND LILIBETH (Spouses) of legal age, Filipino Citizens and resident of Poblacion, Catarman, Camiguin. As per Doc. No. 315; Page No. 62; Book No. 41; Series of 2013, under Notary Public of ATTY. ANIANO S. PADERANGA.

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DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALEPORTION OF PARCEL OF LAND

Notice is hereby given that CA-SIODORO C. FABRE the only heir of Cocamas, Irene; of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and resident of San Miguel, Mahinog Camiguin, a certain parcel portion of land with tax dec-laration with all improvements found thereon located at Igutan, San Miguel, Mahinog, Camiguin covered under Tax Declaration No. 03000009652 designated lot no. 1870 with an area of 559 sqms. Sold portion: 472 sqm. More or less is the subject of DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE PORTION OF PARCEL OF LAND, for and in consideration the sum of Five Thousand Pesos (Php 5,000) Philippine currency in hand paid by RANDY FABRE single likewise of legal age, Filipino citizen and resident of Cabuan, Guinsiliban, Camiguin do hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY, absolutely, irrevocably, and conditionally, unto said Vendee her/his heirs. As per Doc. No. 314; Page No. 62; Book No, 41; Series of 2013, under Notary public of ATTY. ANIANO S. PADERANGA.

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DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF PARCEL OF LAND

Notice is hereby given that DON M. DELA ROSA, Filipino, of legal age, and a resident of Poblacion, Mam-bajao, Camiguin hereafter referred to as the VENDOR, is the owner in fee simple of a parcel of land situated at Balbagon, Mambajao, Camiguin under TDARP No. 04000407706 denominated as Lot No. 2448 (Lot 2 & 8) with a total area of FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE SQUARE METERS (4,165 sq.m); is the subject of DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF PARCEL OF LAND, for and in consideration of the amount of ONE MILLION PESOS PHILIPPINE CURRENCY (PhP 1,000,000.00) in hand paid CONCEPCION P. CAHAM, Filipino, of legal age, single, and a resident of Baylao, Mambajao, Camiguin hereafter referred to as the VENDEE, the VENDOR hereby FULLY AND IR-REVOCABLY SELLS, TRANSFERS AND CONVEYS the said portion of lot No. 2448 to the VENDEE, as per Doc. No. 124; Book No. II; Page No. 25; Series of 2013; under notary public of ATTY. CARLO C. BORROMEO.

MDN: Apr 29, May 6 & 13, 2013

AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICA-TION OF SOLE HEIR

WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of ABEL CARREON JIMENEZ, who died on May 01 in Tondo, Manila, left parcel of land identified as lot No. 18, Block No. 20, Silver Creek Subd., Puli Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED (100) square meters and covered by TCT No. T-179266 in the name of CORELCO, Inc. is the subject of AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION OF SOLE HEIR WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, made and entered by ELIZA-BETH EVANGELISTA JIMENEZ, of legal age, widow, and a residents of Cagayan de Oro City, the lawful wife, the sole and only heir of Late ABEL CARREON JIMENEZ. For and in consideration of the sum of ONE MILLION PESOS (P 1,000,000.00), hereby SELL, TRANSFER, and CON-VEY, absolute and irrevocably the above-described property in favor of NEIZL FEITH VILLASURDA SIMS. As per Doc. No. 346; Page No. 70; Book No. XXIV; Series of 2013, under Notary Public of ATTY. CONCHITO J. OCLARIT.

MDN: Apr 29, May 6 & 13, 2013

Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Office

Province of Agusan del NorteMunicipality of Buenavista

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ROGER LOPEZ HALLERA has filed with this office a petition for change of first name from RODGER to ROGER who was born on August 28, 1968 at Buenavista, Agusan del Norte and whose parents are Leonardo Hallera and Rosita Lopez. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than May 20, 2013.

(SGD.) TERESITA K. VALDEHUEZAMunicipal Civil Registrar

MDN: May 6 & 13, 2013

R.A. 9048/ 10172 Form no. 10.1 (LCRO)Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Lanao del Norte

Municipality: Sultan Naga Dimaporo -0O0-

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that MICHILL CABONILLAS BUTLIG has filed with this office a petition for correction of clerical error particularly in his GENDER from FEMALE to MALE in the certificate of Live Birth of MICHILL CABONILLAS BUTLIG who was born on January 12, 1978 at Karomatan now Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Hermogenis Butlig and Felipa Cabonillas. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than 17 May 2013.

(Sgd.) MONA C. MANGKA Municipal Civil RegistrarMDN: May 6 & 13, 2013

Republic of the PhilippinesPROVINCE OF BUKIDNON

Municipality of Manolo Fortich

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Petition No. CFN-01-2013

In the Matter of Petition for Change of First Namein the Certificate of Live Birth ofALLAN GAMAY GUMALING

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

The public is hereby notified that ALLAN GAMAY GUMALING has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “FROILAN” to “ALLAN” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ALLAN GAMAY GUMALING. At the expense of the petitioner, let a copy of this petition be published at least once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Bukidnon. Any person having knowledge and/or claiming interest or may be adversely affected by said petition may within ten (10) calendar days file his written opposition with this office.

(SGD) VIRGIE A. COQUILLA Municipal Civil RegistrarMDB: MAY 13, 20, & 27, 2013

Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON Municipality of Manolo Fortich Telephone No. 088-223-2242

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE & DEV’T

PANAWAGAN

Gipanawagan ang ginikanan sa bata nga babae nag edad ug 1 ka adlaw na gi-biyaan sa wala nag paila na ginikanan didto sa Barangay Health Center, Barangay Maluko, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. Kini na hitabo adtong Mayo 24, 1997 sa mga 8:00 sa buntag kapin kung kulang. Gui-aghat ang kadtong naka-ila sa inahan o kabanayan niining maong bata sa pag-pahibalo kang Mrs. ROSARIO A. ESCALERA, naa sa buhatan sa Municipal Welfare and Development Office, LGU, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon; Telephone number 088-228-2256. DAGHANG SALAMAT

ROSARIO A. ESCALERAMunicipal Social Welfare and Development Officer

MDN: MAY 13, 20, & 27, 2013

By PAt sAmonteCaraga News Bureau

BUTUAN City––Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr. here has filed a petition with the Commission on Elections for the disqualification of rival Rep. Jose Aquino II for alleged prohibited acts under the Omnibus Election Code.

Disqualify AquinoMAyoR AMAnte teLLS CoMMiSSion on eLeCtionS

Aquino is challenging Amante for the top post of this commercial capital of Caraga Region on Monday’s election.

in a 14-page petition, Amante, through lawyer Agustin tarroza, alleged that on or about April 17, 2013, Aquino “has allowed the installation and display of a large billboard, with a bulldozer along J.C. Aquino Avenue, the main thor-oughfare and the national Highway in the City of bu-tuan, fronting respondent’s political headquarters.”

Amante claimed that the billboard, “notably with-out any identification as to source and in whose favor it was made, conspicuously made announcements of an alleged evidence portraying Amante as a corrupt public official who allowed the sale of alleged serviceable have equipments owned by butuan City as scrap at a much lower price than the prevailing market value.”

the issue on alleged anomaly in the sale of bu-tuan City’s heavy equip-ments has been one of the central issues in Aquino’s public rallies urging the electorate not to vote for Amante.

in the political cam-paign materials distributed by Aquino’s supporters to the public, the same is-sue involving the alleged anomalous sale of heavy equipment, particularly a D6C bulldozer unit, has been at focus. While it was made to appear in one of the political ads that nor-bert Pagaspas, a candidate for mayor in buenavista, Agusan del norte, bought the unit, the pertinent Deed of Sale showed that the equipment was purchased by Angelo Pomar from Cagayan de oro, who allegedly has personal connections with Aquino, Amante claimed.

Amante also claimed that in the facebook account of Pomar, the D6C buyer was with Aquino in numerous

pictures on several occa-sions together with their immediate members of their families.

Amante, in his peti-tion, said that the use of billboards as political ad-vertisements is one of the prohibited forms of election propaganda under Section 85 of the omnibus election Code, to wit:

“Section 85. Prohibited forms of election propa-ganda. – it shall be unlawful:

x x x(b) to erect, put up,

make use of, float or display any billboard, tinplate-post-er, balloons and the like, of whatever size, shape, form or kind, advertising for or against any candidate or political party;

x x x(d) to show oor display

publicly any advertisement or propaganda for or against any candidate by means of cinematography, audio-visual units or other screen projections except telecasts which may be allowed as hereinafter provided…”

Amante also said that an act violative of the provi-sions of Section 85 of the omnibus election Code is among the grounds for dis-qualification of candidates under Section 68 thereof, thus –

“Section 68. Disquali-fications. - Any candidate who, in an action or protest in whgich he is a party is declared by final decision of a competent court guilty of, or found by the Com-mission of having (a) given money or other material consideration to influence, induce or corrupt the voters or public officials perform-ing electoral functions; (b) committed acts of terrorism to enhance his candidacy; (c) spent in his election campaign an amount in excess of that allowed by this Code; (d) solicited, received or made any con-tribution prohibited under Section 89, 95, 96, 97, and 104’ or (e) violated any of Sections 80, 83085 and 261, paragraphs d, e, k, v, and cc, subparagraph 6, shall be disqualified from continuing as a candidate, or if he has been elected, from holding the office…”

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that it’s already part of the vote buying process,” she said.

the PPCRV official said they’ve started receiving reports from their volun-teers and concerned citizens nationwide of massive vote buying since last February.

“it’s alarming for us be-

cause it’s getting rampant. the target units before were only families but now it’s per barangay. What’s next, provincial? oh my gosh!” she added.

but Singson admitted that vote buying is difficult to prove.

“it’s very hard. you do not know who they are. it’s very hard to find people who would testify (in court),” she added.

Singson urged the people to continue reporting cases of vote buying to PPCRV “and we would even help you bring the case to Comelec (Commission on elections) if needed,” she said. (Roy Lagarde)

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Lakers hope Howardchooses to return

Even after every disappoint-ment in the Los Angeles Lak-ers’ lost season, Kobe Bryant still wants to keep their roster together. Pau Gasol agrees, although he knows he might be out. And Dwight Howard is in no hurry to decide whether he’ll rejoin this talent-loaded group that didn’t meet its expectations. Howard’s impending free agency was prominent in the Lakers’ minds as they headed into the offseason Tuesday with their exit interviews. General manager Mitch Kupchak said he’s “hopeful” and “optimistic” Howard will re-sign with Los Angeles after his first season ended in a first-round sweep. But Howard, the seven-time

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All-Star center, wrapped up his first season in Los Angeles by vowing to make his decision in his own best interests, giving no indication he favored the Lakers over any other team. “I’m going to take my time, get away from the game, get away from my phones and ev-erything, just clear my head,”

Howard said. “I think I deserve that right, so that’s what I want to do. ... I do what’s going to be best for myself, what’s going to make me happy. At the end of the day, I can’t control who likes me, who dislikes me, but I have the right to be happy. That’s what I’m going to do.” nba.com/news

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CAPRICORN (December 22 – January 19) - Where did the day (or week) go? It feels like time is moving faster, but that’s just a sign that you are in the flow and ready for the big new change that is coming your way. Move fast!

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representative from 1987 to 1998 before moving on to become governor from 1998 to 2007. His son Jurdin Jesus took over in 2007 and is now seeking a third term.

in Sultan Kudarat prov-ince, the patriarch, Datu Pax Mangudadatu served as governor from 1998 to 2007. His son Suharto, who represented the then lone district of Sultan Kudarat from 2004 to 2007, was elected governor in 2007 and is now seeking a third term.

the patriarch set up residence in buluan, Ma-guindanao two years ago in preparation for his run-ning for governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Sultan Kudarat province is not part of ARMM). the ARMM election was supposed to be held in August 2011 but was synchronized with the May 13 mid-term polls.

Datu Pax is running against oiC ARMM gov-ernor Mujiv Hataman and Moro national Liberation Front founding chair nur Misuari, ARMM governor from 1996 to 2001.

Datu Pax’ nephew, es-mael Mangudadatu, is seek-ing reelection as governor of Maguindanao.

in Surigao del Sur, Vi-cente Pimentel served as governor from 1998 to 2007 and from 2007, his brother, Johnny. Another brother, Alexander, has been mayor of tandag City since 2007. Vicente is running unop-posed as mayor of Carras-cal town.

the Pimentels’ mother was a former governor.

Representatives for 26 years At the House of Rep-resentatives, five families have been representing their districts without interrup-tion since 1987 or a total of 26 years: the Zubiris of the 3rd district of bukid-non, the Romualdos of the lone district of Camiguin, the del Rosario-Floirendo clan of the 3rd and later 2nd district of Davao del norte, the bautistas of the 2nd district of Davao del Sur, and the Almarios of the 2nd district of Davao oriental.

the same families are running for either the same posts or another post for yet another three-year hold on power, from 2013 to 2016.

in bukidnon, the patri-arch, Jose Ma. Zubiri, Jr., incumbent Vice governor, is running again for gov-ernor, a post he held from 2001 to 2010.

before that, he served as representative of the 3rd district from 1987 to 1998. His son Juan Miguel took over until 2007 and another son, Jose Ma. iiii, is now running for a third term. Juan Miguel was proclaimed Senator in 2007 but hounded by charges of having cheated to win, resigned in August 2011, his seat taken over by Aquilino “Koko” Pimen-tel, who filed the electoral protest.

in Camiguin, Pedro Romualdo, the patriarch, had been swapping posi-tions with his son Jurdin Jesus since 1987: Pedro as representative of the lone district from 1987 to 1998, Jurdin Jesus from 1998 to 2007 and back to Pedro from 2007 until his death last April 24.

Pedro was seeking re-election when he passed away. His grandson, Xavier Jesus, son of the incumbent governor, Jurdin Jesus, was chosen as the substitute candidate.

Another Romuldo son, noordin efigenio, served as mayor of the capital

town of Mambajao from 2001 to 2007. He ran for Congress against his father in 2007 but lost, His mother, Araceli was elected mayor of Mambajao. in 2010, she was succeeded by Ma. Luisa, wife of Jurdin Jesus, the governor.

the youngest Romualdo son, Rodin, is a barangay chair and heads the pro-vincial federation.

in Davao del norte, the third and later the second district (when the third district was made part of the the new province of Com-postela Valley), has known no other representative but the Del Rosario-Floirendo clan.

Rodolfo del Rosario, brother in law of the late kingmaker, Don Antonio Floiendo Sr., was repre-sentative from 1987 to 1998. before this, he was assemblyman at the Regu-lar batasang Pambansa in 1984-1986 (Marcos named him environment Minister as well).

Del Rosario was elected governor from 1998 to 2004, returned in 2007 and is running unopposed for a third term.

His nephew, Antonio Floirendo Jr. took over from 1998 to 2007 and another nephew Antonio Floirendo Lagdameo, Jr., is now run-ning for a third term.

the second district of Davao del Sur, on the other hand, has known no other representative but the bau-tistas.

benjamin bautista Sr., was representative from 1987 to 1998, followed by his sons Franklin and Claude who had been trading posts – between the congressional post and the mayoralty of Malita town. Franklin is now running for a third term.

in the second district of Davao oriental, thelma Zosa Almario and son Joel have been switching posts since 1987, the mother serving the congressional district from 1987 to 1998, the son from 1998 to 2007, the mother again from 2007.

thelma is running for a third term, unopposed, while Joel, also unopposed, is assured of another term as vice governor.

in Davao City, the sec-ond congressional district has been represented by the garcias for a total of 29 years from 1978, with a respite from 1986 to 1992.

the patriarch, Manuel

garcia, was assemblyman of the interim batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984 and the Regular bata-sang Pambansa from 1984 to 1996. He returned to Congress in 1992 and served until 2001, succeeded by his son Vincent from 2001 to 2010 and daughter Mylene garcia-Albano who is now running for a third term.

Among Mindanao’s 33 city mayors, Rodrigo Duterte of Davao City tops as the longest-staying. Duterte, oiC vice mayor from 1986 to 1988, was elected mayor for six terms since 1988, interrupted only when the three-term rule barred him from running in 1998 and in 2010.

Duterte, whose father Vicente served as governor of the undivided

Davao for 12 years, was mayor from 1988 to 1998, first district representative from 1998 to 2001, mayor again from 2001 to 2010, vice mayor from 2010 to 2013 and running unop-posed, is certain of a seventh term as mayor by June 30.

Within a quarter of a century since the People Power revolt, Davao City has been ruled by the Dutertes, except on term -- 1998 to 2001 -- when Duterte’s vice mayor, benjamin de guz-man, was elected mayor.

When Duter te was barred from running for mayor in 2010, his daughter Sara, then his vice mayor, was elected mayor.

Sara is not running for an elective post but her brother Paolo, a councilor, will be vice mayor by June 30. Like the Duerte patriarch, Paolo is running unopposed.

in tangub City, Philip tan and his wife, Jennifer have been trading posts since 1995, Philip from 1992 to 2001 and Jennifer from 2001 to 2007. Philip returned as mayor in 2007 and is seeking a third term.

Since 1998, the cities of Zamboanga, island garden City of Samal and Dipolog have known no other mayor but the Lobregats, the An-talans and the uys.

in Zamboanga City, Ma. Clara Lobregat completed three terms at the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1998 and moved over to the city as mayor from 1998 until her death on January 2, 2004. Her son, Celso, who took over her congressional seat, was elected mayor in 2004 and is ending his third term by June 30.

C elso and younger brother Jomar are running for the city’s congressional districts – Celso in the first and Jomar in the second.

in Samal City, brothers Rogelio and Aniano have been mayor since the city’s creation in 1998 – Rogelio from 1998 to 2007, followed by Aniano who is eyeing a third term.

in Dipolog City, Roberto uy served as mayor from 1998 to 2007 followed by his wife, evelyn, who is now seeking a third term.

in Dapitan, Koronadal, ozamiz, and tacurong, the same families have been

governing these cities in the last 12 years: the Jalos-jos clan in Dapitan, the Miguels in Koronadal, the Parojinogs in ozamiz and the Montillas of tacurong.

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day and night to fix the iDPP, which is hoped to generate at least 30MW on Monday," he said.

the power plant is ex-pected to be back to its full 98MW capacity in August this year.

Montenegro said that the committee also wel-comes the resumption of a 50MW unit of therma Marine power barge which underwent repair after it conked out on March 21.

"there has never been any let-up in our efforts to find ways to address the supply shortfall as quickly as possible," Montenegro said.

He said MinDA and the Department of energy (Doe) have explored all possible means to bring in needed power especially during the elections, and reiterated Doe’s call for big companies to disengage from the grid on Monday and use their standby gen-erators instead for the power needs.

based on Doe’s projec-tions, power demand in Mindanao on Monday is pegged at around 1,126MW while the projected supply is at 1,330MW, which could turn better if big electricity consumers heed the call.

Co-chaired by Min-DA and Doe, MPMC is composed of the energy Regulatory Commission, national electrification Administration, national Power Corporation, Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation, Mindanao electric Power Alliance and the Associa-tion of Mindanao Rural electric Cooperatives. it has also ensited the support of the national transmis-sion Corporation and the national grid Corporation of the Philippines. MinDA

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“SeCuLAR HuMAn-iStS”: betteR LeADeRS? “on the other hand, a per-son who sincerely believes that they are acting in ac-cordance with the will of the creator is immune to evidence, diplomacy, and compromise, as the many religious wars still smolder-ing after millennia should make abundantly clear.”

“Personally, i think the world would be better served by electing `secular hu-manists’ into government positions. `Humanism’ is defined as a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have he right and responsi-bility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. it stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethnic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason

and free inquiry through human capabilities.

“it is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality. `Secular humanism’ is an ideology that espouses reason, ethics, and justice, while specifi-cally rejecting supernatural and religious ideas as a basis of morality and decision-making.”

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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF

RODOLFO B. BAGUIO WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late RODOLFO B. BAGUIO, who died on May 02, 2011 at MCH, Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte. That the decedent left a parcel of land situated in Marand-ing, Lala, Lanao del Norte covered by TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-19,566 issued by the Registry of Deeds of Lanao del Norte and which property more particularly described as follows to wit. “A parcel of land (Lot-450-C-5-F-1 of subdivision plan, Psd-12-016152, being a portion of Lot 450-C-5-F, Psd-12-003368) situated in the Barrio of Maranding, Municipality of Lala, Province of Lanao del Norte. Containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN (415) SQUARE METERS, more or less, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF RODOLFO B. BAGUIO WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, made and entered into by and between; 1. FLORITA D. BAGUIO, Filipino, of legal age, widow a resident of Abaga, Lala, Lanao del Norte. 2. ROSELYN BAGUIO-NUNEZ, Filipino, of legal age, married a resident of Abaga, Lala, Lanao del Norte. 3. GREENLY D. BAGUIO, Filipino, of legal age, single a resident of Abaga, Lala, Lanao del Norte, the above named parties, all of legal age, are the legal heirs of the late RODOLFO B. BAGUIO. That for and in consid-eration of the sum ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (Php. 150,000) Philippine Currency, the above-mentioned parties, hereinafter called as VENDORS, do herby SELL, CONVEY AND TRANSFER by way of absolute sale, unto DARYLE D. BANGUIS, of legal age, married to NICOLAS S. BANGUIS, Filipino, with residence and postal address at Purok 5, GK, Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, hereinafter called the VENDEE, the above-described real property, containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN (415) SQUARE METERS, more or less. As per Doc. No. 453; Page No. 91; Book No. XXVII; Series of 2013, under Notary Public of ATTY. DOROTHEA SALIGAN-BASALO.

MDN: MAY 13, 20 & 27, 2013

Comelec...from page 1

chosen unworthy can-didates who would employ anything to gain the support of the voters here,” emano said.

He said the information maligning the integrity of the CoMeLeC even before the election starts were a clear indication that the lo-cal LP party is now searching for alibis instead of honour-ably accepting defeat. CD

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withdraw money for their son but she could not do so since eduave continually refused to turn over turner’s personal belongings.

“i am afraid that the cash deposit which might amount to P 500,000 at these AtM cards had been compromised,” Marissa said.

She said she went to the bank to inquire on transactions made with the AtM cards but she could not do so because the AtM cards are not with her.

“i am the only one au-thorized to withdraw for those AtM cards which Michael said have money coming in in February,” Marissa added.

turner, 54, who ran a business processing office (bPo) here was gunned down on the morning of February 18, 2013 while strolling along the beach of opol by three suspects who had been charged in court.

Jose Pallugna, a turner’s lawyer, said that the opol police who was handling the case has not made any arrest also complete infor-mation about the suspects had been already been provided to them.

He said the opol police also refused to release turner’s wallet and per-sonal belongings to his wife Marissa despite demands.

Misamis oriental acting provincial police direc-tor Senior Supt. Leonilo Cabug said that the case was already in court and the police are still inves-tigating the case.

“She (Marissa) could get the wallet anytime from the opol police in-vestigator although other belongings of turner that included a pickup could be used as evidence in court,” Cabug said. CD/bb

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the Caraga Conference for Peace and Development (CCPD) at the Bishop’s Home in Baran-gay Ampayon, Forester Achil-les Ebron emphasized that the operationalization of the multi-sectoral checkpoint is one way to strengthen activities against illegal logging.

He added that the checkpoint is an effort to address the anti-illegal logging activities in hot spot areas.

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

It was learned that the idea of operationalizing checkpoints with representatives from government agencies manning it, came after PNP-Caraga Regional Director Getulio Napeña suggested to converge personnel of the DENR, AFP, PNP, and other agencies.

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

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

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

Resolution No. 2012-005 has converted the anti-illegal logging task force operation in Mindanao from civilian to active military operation. (RER/Joan Yaesu Pepito, PIA Caraga/arjaysfelicilda)

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butuAn City––The De-partment of environment and natural Resources (DenR-13) has strength-ened anti-illegal logging task force in support of the national government’s ef-fort to curb illegal logging operations in the country.

During the recent execu-tive Committee meeting of

govt agency strengthens anti-illegal logging task force

CAMP eVAngeLiStA, Cagayan de oro City ---the 4th infantry “Diamond” Division vowed to make the May 13, 2013 elections safe, peaceful and success-ful, Maj. Leo bongosia, spokesperson of the army’s 4th iD said on Friday.

barely two weeks from his assumption last 26 April 2013, brigadier general Ricardo R Visaya AFP, gen-eral officer-in-Charge of 4iD already led this Army’s Division into new strategies in maintaining peace and security in the region which resulted in commendable accomplishments.

Since 28 April, the Dia-mond troopers already ini-

Abante mindanao Party list rep. maximo b. rodriguez, Jr. calls for a natural gas project for mindanao in the House of Congress.

Abamin bats for devt ofnatural gas in M’danaoA b A n t e M i n d a n a o (Abamin) Party List Rep. Maximo b. Rodriguez urged the government to develop the natural gas deposit in Mindanao as an alterna-tive to cushion the impact of energy shortage on the island.

House Resolution no. 2623 directed the House Committee on energy to conduct an inquiry on re-ports of huge deposits of natural gas in Mindanao and the possibility of putting

up a natural gas project in Mindanao.

the Department of en-ergy has reported a huge deposit of natural gas in the Davao-Agusan basin, the Cotabato basin that covers the Liguasan Marsh and the areas straddling Sulu and tawi-tawi.

Rodriguez said that the World bank has confirmed the Doe findings and encourages the pursuit of a natural gas project in Mindanao.

in his resolution, Rodri-guez urged the government to expand the $ 2.1 billion natural gas master plan of the Philippines to be expanded in order to include the pro-posed natural gas project in Mindanao.

He said that the concerned agencies should also present a feasibility cost-efficiency studies so that the people of Mindanao could afford the cost of the natural gas once this is developed as possible sources of energy.CD

Army vows post-election peace and stability in north Mindanao

tiated 13 encounters with communist new People’s Army (nPA) killing one rebel, bongosia said.

He said the encounters resulted to the recovery of five high-powered fire-arms (1-AK47, 1-M16, 2-M14, 1-ingram machine pistol); five low-powered firearms (4-shotguns and 1-.38 cal. Pistol); hundreds of ammunitions in dif-ferent calibres and the surrender to two nPA rebels.

government troops also recovered 5-hand gre-nades, 5-improvised ban-galore torpedoes, 6-igni-tion switches, 6-firing devices, 8-blasting caps,

rolls of electrical wires, and several backpacks contain-ing subversive documents, the army spokesperson said.

He said the military has doubled its efforts in inten-sifying the conduct of com-bat and security operations relative to the upcoming elections on Monday, 13 May.

bongosia said that the military would ensure a safe northern Mindanao region and secure even after the May elections.

He said the mission would certainly be accomplished in cooperation with the Philip-pine national Police (PnP) and other government law enforcing agencies in the region. CD

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