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THE Philippine National Police (PNP) will no longer be allowed to present crime suspects to the public without the consent of the suspects’ lawyers, according to In-terior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas.

This was the new regulation announced by Department of Interior and Local Gov-ernment (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas in a press briefing on Saturday, January 26.

Roxas said this was upon the recom-

mendation of PNP Director General Alan Purisima.

He added that Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and the National Bureau of Inves-tigation (NBI) have also been consulted on the new policy.

“We need to balance the right of the public to know alongside the rights of the accused. This is a new regulation, and we will formally issue it this Monday (January 28),” Roxas said.

Roxas said the media also needed to secure interview requests with suspects through their lawyers.

These interviews, however, will not be allowed while the suspects are still under police investigation.

The Secretary said those who are ac-cused of committing crimes and who are in police custody will eventually be presented to the public during inquest and other legal public proceedings. --Rappler.com

Roxas: No more presentation of suspects to public

Malacañang’s hand now all over FOI bill

THE town of Cabadbaran became a city on July 28, 2007 by virtue of Republic The city hall of Cabadbaran City in Agusan del Norte. Inset is Mayor Dale B. Corvera.

Cabadbaran blazes trail to the future

Third part

By PAt SAmONte of Mindanao Daily News

Editor’s Note: As Cabadbaran City prepares for 2013 Dagkot Festival, an annual celebration in honor of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Mindanao Daily News features this capital city of Agusan del Norte in a series of articles to take a glimpse into its history up to the present. Credit goes Wikipedia, Wiki Pilipinas and Cabadbaran Today for the materials used.

Act No. 9434.The man at the helm

“It’s no longer Freedom of Information but Freedom of Exemption,” says Kabataan Partylist Raymond Palatino

To MANy, it is questionable if proponents of Freedom of Information (FoI) bill backed out at the so-called stage of final push.

This week, the Maka-bayan bloc of progressive partylist groups in Congress announced their withdrawal of authorship from the FoI, pending the deletion or

By RONALYN V. OLeA of Bulatlat.com

amendment of what it called “Malacañang-sponsored provisions.”

In a press conference, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño, a principal author of the bill, said: “…[w]e feel that the substitute bill, because of the weight of the restrictions, does not anymore reflect our vision

of a genuine Freedom of Information Bill.”

The Makabayan bloc––composed of Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela Wom-en’s Party, KabataanPar-tylist and ACT Teachers Partylist––says the consoli-dated bill, House Bill 6766, “would restrict, rather than facilitate, public access to information.”

Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino lamented that amendments had dis-torted the bill.

“It has mutated already,” Palatino said in Filipino. “It’s no longer Freedom of Information but Freedom of Exemption. I did not sign a

FoE bill, which means ‘foe,’ contrary to the FoI bill be-ing pushed by the people.”

Palace versionThe consolidated bill

HB 6766 lists ten points of exceptions.

Exempted from public access include those per-taining to national security or defense, information that refers to the foreign affairs of the Republic of the Philippines.

Records of minutes dur-ing decision-making and policy-formulation, includ-ing the opinions and advice given then, are not to be disclosed. Drafts of

A SENIoR official of the 36th Infantry Battalion based in Surigao del Sur bewailed the harsh com-mentaries hurled against him by some media prac-titioners as he expressed regrets over the military’s failure to arrest the recent rebels’ attack on a banana plantation in Barangay Ana-hao in Tago town.

Lt. Col. Joseph Norwin D. Pasamonte admitted that he was badly hurt over the harsh commentaries made by some broadcast jour-nalists.

on January 18, dozens of rebels, believed to be

Right place,wrongtime

By ALmA C. CORNeLiOof Mindanao Daily News

PoLICE station com-manders in Cagayan de oro City were monitor-ing compliance of the installation of closed-cir-cuit televisions (CCTVs) in their establishments, city councilor Ian Mark Nacaya said Saturday.

Nacaya said that the city government found more than 400 establish-ments in Cagayan de oro City without CCTVs in their premises.

‘The management of these companies ex-ecuted an affidavit of undertaking promising to install CCTVs in their premises pending ap-proval of their mother companies in Manila,’ Nacaya said.

He said that com-pliance of the CCTV ordinance is one of the requirements for renewal of business permits for establishments with a capitalization of

Police to monitor

CCTVs in oro firms

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MoRE than 200,000 agrar-ian reform beneficiaries, most of them rice and corn farmers, have no more rea-son to fear losing their crops to incoming typhoons and other natural calamities this year.

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Department of Ag-

DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late JACINTO G. BALATERO, who died intestate on the 28th day of January, 2008 at Molugan, El Salvador City, that the deceased at the time of his death left a parcel of land particularly described as follows to wit; TCT NO. T-48062 “A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 4958-B, Psd-10-045014 with a portion of Lot 4958, Cad. 237, Cag. Cad.), situated in the Barrio of Molugan, Mun. of El Salvador, Province of Misamis Oriental. Containing an area of FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX (576) SQUARE METERS, more or less.” is the subject of DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE in favor of FLAVIANA S. BA-LATERO, of legal age, widow, Filipino; DONN RAYMOND S. BALATERO, of legal age, married, Filipino and DIANA RIZZA S. BALATERO, of legal age, single, Filipino and both residents of Zone 1, Molugan, El Salvador City; herein-after referred to as the HEIR-VENDOR, that for and in consideration of the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND (P50,000.00) PESOS, Philippine currency, receipt in full is hereby acknowledge from the Vendee, MA. LOURDES MARIEL N. SANTOSIDAD, of legal age, single, Filipino and resident of #112 2nd Avenue Sta. Ana, Davao City, hereby CEDED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED and CONVEYED to the aforementioned Vendee, as per Doc. No. 351; Page No. 71; Book No. 96; Series of 2013; under Notary Public of ATTY. BUE-NAVENTURA E. SAGRADO.

MDN: JAN. 14, 21 & 28, 2013

DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late JACINTO G. BALATERO, who died intestate on the 28th day of January, 2008 at Molugan, El Salvador City, that the deceased at the time of his death left a parcel of land particularly described as follows to wit; TCT NO. T-49061 “A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 4958-C, Psd-10-045014 with a portion of Lot 4958, Cad. 237, Cag. Cad.), situ-ated in the Barrio of Molugan, Mun. of El Salvador, Province of Misamis Oriental. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED (200) SQUARE METERS, more or less.” is the subject of DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLE-MENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE in favor of FLAVIANA S. BALATERO, of legal age, widow, Filipino; DONN RAY-MOND S. BALATERO, of legal age, married, Filipino and DIANA RIZZA S. BALATERO, of legal age, single, Filipino and both residents of Zone 1, Molugan, El Salvador City; herein-after referred to as the HEIR-VENDOR, that for and in consideration of the sum of TWENTY THOUSAND (P20,000.00) PESOS, Philippine currency, receipt in full is hereby acknowledge from the Vendee, JANNEX N. SANTOSIDAD, of legal age, single, Filipino and resi-dent of #112 2nd Avenue Sta. Ana, Davao City, hereby CEDED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED and CONVEYED to the aforementioned Vendee, as per Doc. No. 350; Page No. 70; Book No. 96; Series of 2013; under Notary Public of ATTY. BUENAVENTURA E. SAGRADO.

MDN: JAN. 14, 21 & 28, 2013

P1-b allocated in farm insurance for 200,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries

riculture (DA) announced recently that the national government has allocated P1 billion for agricultural in-surance coverage of at least 224,036 agrarian reform beneficiaries nationwide.

Secretary Proceso Alcala of DA and Undersecretary Jerry Pacturan of DAR and made the announcement

during the signing ceremony of the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries-Agricultural Insurance Program (ARB-AIP) at the DA Central office.

According to Pacturan, the P1-billion agricultural insurance program will be implemented in partnership with the Philippine Crop In-

surance Corporation (PCIC) to ensure the productivity of lands awarded to farmers under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).

“The program aims to protect agrarian reform beneficiaries against losses due to pest and disease infestations, natural calami-

ties and extreme weather conditions brought about by climate change,” Pacturan explained.

“This is consistent with the integrated support ser-vices interventions provided by the national government to agrarian reform benefi-ciaries,” Alcala added.

Targeted to benefit from

the program are 224,036 beneficiaries engaged in rice, corn, high-value com-mercial crop, and livestock production this 2013.

An estimated 137,352 beneficiaries who are into rice and corn production are expected to contribute to a higher count of

THE City Council during its regular session Tuesday ad-opted a resolution request-ing Philippine Congress to enact a Magna Carta for barangay officials and employees.

City Councilor Ian Mark Q. Nacaya, author of the

TuRNovER oF PRojECT IN PuERTo. Congressman Rufus Rodriguez leads the ceremonial ribbon cutting at this turn over ceremony of a completed 2 storey building with 6 classrooms at Puerto National High School worth P1.9M. Witnessing the activity is Principal jean Ma-casero, barangay council representative Kag. Pastor Gontiñas, and Danny Acero, DPWH officials headed by ADE Cesar Hipona, Engr. Nicoline Blanco and the students.

Magna Carta for brgy execs soughtresolution, explained that barangay officials are ren-dering public service but are not receiving benefits and enjoying privileges as members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).

He said barangay offi-

cials, barangay police, day care workers and barangay health workers and nutrition scholars should also receive pension and health benefits.

Nacaya said Congress should give them priority as they are forefront runners in government service. CD

CAGAyAN de oro City––The United Nations’ office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-oCHA) appealed today for US$76 million from the international community for the survivors of Typhoon Pablo (Bopha).

The amount is 17 percent higher than the US$65 mil-lion requested on December 10, 6 days after Pablo lashed the southern Mindanao re-gion and affected more than 6 million people, 850,000 of whom still have no decent permanent shelter.

Todate , 36 percent (US$27 million) of the required US$76 million has been received by the UN agencies (30%) and non-government organiza-tions (70%), leaving a gap of US$48 million, said UN Humanitarian Coordinator Luiza Carvalho during the launched of the “Revised Typhoon Bopha/Pablo Re-sponse – An Action Plan for Recovery.”

“The funding and re-sources we have at present are not commensurate with the needs that we must meet,” she said in an emailed statement.

The international com-munity, including the Unit-ed States, Australia, Japan, European Union, Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, and Switzerland, have pledged support to the effort for the ‘Pablo’ survivors.

The Revised Action Plan outlines plans for how the humanitarian community, with the government of the Philippines in the lead, will continue to provide both immediate lifesaving assistance and early recov-ery support to the most more than 920,000 people in Mindanao in the next six months.

Carvalho said the appeal is for the support for 46

UN-ocha appeals for US$76-mfor ‘Pablo’ survivors

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Davao City l Davao Oriental l Davao del Sur l Davao del Norte l Compostela ValleyDAVAO REGION

PROteStiNG tUBBAtAHA DeStRUCtiON. In response to the over 17-meter destruction of the Tubbataha Reef in Palawan last january 17 by the uS Navy ship, militant youth organizations in Davao City hold a protest action january 21 in front of the Ateneo de Davao university. The groups called for the abrogation of the visiting Forces Agreement, Mutual Defense Treaty and the Mutual Logistics Support Agreement. Davaotoday.com photo by Medel v. Hernani

By iReNe V. DAGUDOG of DavaoToday.com

DAVAo City––Nuns leading a citizen-led movement for disaster response and climate justice advocacy have been responding to the needs of flood-affected areas here since Sunday, January 20.

“Naningkamot gyud mi nga makatabang sa mga panginahanglan sa mga biktima ug naningkamot mi nga matagaan silag tingog sa ilang mga nasinati sa baha,” said Sister Noemi Degala, secretary general of Balsa Mindanao.

Degala, a nun from the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary, along with other nuns from the Reli-gious of Virgin Mary, Benedictine Sisters, Marist Sisters, Marist Missionary Sisters and Charles Borromeo Sisters distributed over 3,100 meal packs in Waan, Gravahan, Tigatto, Bankerohan, 5A and Buhangin Gym.

The group launched a feeding mission that served 400 residents of Matina Gravahan, one of the inundated communities near the Davao river.

The beneficiaries of the soup kitchen temporarily stayed at the University of Mindanao Matina Gym. The next day, on January 21, Balsa Mindanao served 450 other residents from Waan, one of the 15 villages under state of calamity.

“Luoy kaayo mi kay kung wala mi na-rescue kaga-hapon (Enero 20) sa bangka patay gyud mi. Nagtubo ang dakong sapa unya ang diri sa amoang kilid sa Waan nagdungan og tubo anang gabie (sa Enero 19),” said Neneng Ticson, 52, a resident of Purok 3, Waan village.

As of January 21, 9AM, there were a total of 1,023 families with 3,605 dependents affected in purok 1 to 5, 7 and Sto. Niño, data from the City Social Service and Development office noted.

“Kinahanglan nga i-advice gyud nga temporary lang sila didto mopuyo,” said village captain, Macabayao Ada-pan. He added that they have to look for other places for short-term relocation.

The village captain said they expect another flooding worse than what happened in 2002 when his village was inundated with floodwaters. “Nasegundahan napod karun. There’s a big possibility nga mausab, bigger pa,” he said.

“Magtinabangay ta nga mapaabot sa gobyerno ang mga issue kung nganong nag-abot gyud ning baha nga bisag walay dakong ulan dinhi sa Davao,” Degala of Balsa Mindanao said.

Nuns hold soup kitchen for Davao

flood victims

TAGUM City––The elderly population in the province do not just fade away since the provincial government sees to it that they continue to be very visible in the development undertakings even in their twilight years.

In a bid to further pro-mote the welfare and sense of importance of the el-derly sector, the province organized the council of the elderly, known as the ACHIEVERS (Active, Car-ing, Happy, Inspired, En-

Seniors don’t just fade away in Davao Norteergetic, Volunteers for the Elderlies’ Welfare, Rights and PrivilegeS).

The group will serve as the adviser of the of-fice of the Governor on senior citizens affairs on a voluntary basis, as well as, the promotion of their well-being, rights and privileges,

Del Rosario emphasized the importance of continu-ously tapping the wealth of experience, intelligence, and capabilities of the elderly sector.

“our elderly should not just fade away. They have to continue helping us out and guide us in our development undertakings,” he said.

The governor revealed the province has since ad-vanced the welfare of the older persons by implement-ing the government’s social welfare program and by providing them the avenue to remain active, such as through numerous semi-nars, socio-cultural activi-ties, and livelihood projects.

“I have always recog-nized the valuable role that the elderly has contributed in building our country,” del Rosario said, as he enjoined the group to include in the structure of the ACHIEV-ERS the elderly associa-tions of the various local government units, down to the barangay level.

New Corella Vice Mayor Petronilo Jocson, the duly-elected president of the ACHIEVERS, assured the

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CANTILAN, Surigao del Sur – Staunch anti-mining advocate Regina Lopez rallied residents in the seven towns of Surigao del Sur last Monday to oppose mining in eco-tourism sites.

Gina Lopez rallies Surigaonons vs. miningBy Vanessa L. Almeda, MindaNews

Some 6,000 advocates chanted and raised their fists to mark their strong anti-mining stance against the continued degradation of an ecosystem area that has already started to grow brown and murky.

The subject of their pro-test is the MarcVentures Mining and Development Corporation (MMDC) op-erating in the Mt. Hilong-Hilong ranges that is seen to threaten a major river serving a major irrigation in three towns in the province.

Lopez’s attendance to this quiet and rustic town sent buzzwords to locals who for months have pinned hopes of her presence so they will be able to bring their cause to national attention.

Chito Trillanes, head of the Social Action Center (SAC) in Lanuza town, said Lopez’s presence “has been a long dream of our people to find a link to bring our issues to the national gov-ernment.”

Jeanette Palang-Zayas, municipal councilor, said

they have high hopes that Lopez’s presence and com-mitment to help in their anti-mining cause will get to the President’s ear as soon as possible.

The managing director of the ABS-CBN Foundation was in provincial capital Tandag City a day before the Cantilan sojourn as part of her two-day sortie in the province.

The Cantilan gymna-sium was filled to the raf-

ters with participants from this town and neighboring areas, as well as students from local public schools, fisherfolks, farmers, women and religious groups, bank employees, retirees, and ordinary folks gathered to see Lopez.

Johnny Lugo, chair of Barangay Linintian, said 80 to 90 percent of his con-stituents are solid against mining.

Linintian is one of the

populated barangays of this municipality, which has 17 barangays. Five barangays are opposing the operations of MMDC, which residents blamed behind the murky waters of the Cantilan River due to siltation.

Miguel Azarcon, kaga-wad of Barangay Parang which is close to where MMDC operates, lamented how his riceland in Sitio Tuog has turned into a brownish pond of silt. He complained of the govern-ment’s alleged continued inaction against MMDC’s operation that he claimed destroyed agricultural activ-ity in the area.

Don’t sell your vote

In her hour-long talk, Lopez presented her posi-tion against “how mining is being run in this coun-try” and why it should be stopped.

She said the only way to stop mining in the country is for the people to act and bond together and “to not sell your votes,” reminding them of the forthcoming elections just a few months

away. She also hinted on the

division between the pro and anti-mining politicians, to which the audience roared and applauded.

Cantilan is known for its strong opposition against mining operations in the province dominated by the Pimentels, who own and operate CTP Construction and Mining Corporation in neighboring Carrascal town.

Cantilan Mayor Genito said in his speech that the continued mining activities in the mountains of Hilong-Hilong will further threaten the waters of Cantilan, af-fecting fisherfolks.

Lopez rallied the stu-dents to join her in generat-ing 10 million votes for the Save Palawan Movement while also urging them to cast their votes wisely.

“Don’t go for candidates who only think of filling up their pockets, but go for those whose interest is not for himself but for others. This is nothing political but we just want to say we don’t want to destroy our rich biodiversity,” she said.

Tandag Bishop Nereo P.

odchimar, in a message read during the gathering by Fr. ovies Pateros, denounced all mining operations in the province while also citing a study conducted by the Social Action Center (SAC) that mining companies do not operate “responsibly”.

Anti-mining advocates here has organized a fun run on April 27 during the Earth Day Celebration to drumbeat the call for a moratorium on mining in the province.

Fifty thousand runners are expected to join the run that will stand to benefit farmers and fisherfolks in Cantilan, Bislig, Liangga, and San Miguel towns, Lo-pez said.

A petition letter call-ing for President Benigno Aquino III to declare a moratorium on all mining operations in the province signed by various local non-government organizations, environment groups and sectoral organizations in the area was handed over to Lopez.

She promised to bring it to the President. (Vanessa L. Almeda/MindaNews)

STA. CRUZ Placer, Su-rigao del Norte - One thousand three hundred seventy five Surigoanons have benefitted from the medical mission held at the Surigao City National High School Gymnasium, Barangay San Juan, Su-rigao City on January 22 this year.

of that number, 270 persons had tooth extrac-tion; 455 were given free eye glasses after having their eyes examined; 100 persons had dermatologic examination; and treat-ment and 550 persons for medical consultation and treatment.

Military mission treats 1,375 patients

By 1st Lt. Stephen G. Basco

The medical mission was also assisted by the dental team from the De-partment of Education - Surigao City Division, headed by Dr. Ma. Anal-iza Lerio, DMD; 1364th Dental Detachment, Mili-tary Treatment Facility, Camp Edilberto Evan-gelista Station Hospital, 4ID, stationed at Patag, Cagayan de oro City, headed by 1Lt. Cathrine Arlyn Nilo; 4thForward Support Medical Com-pany, S er vice Support Battalion, 4ID, stationed at Bancasi, Butuan City, headed by SSg Roldan B. BalogalPA.

The activity was jointly initiated by the Philippine Medical Association of Chicago, USA, headed by Dr Simeon Sevandal; the Rotary Club of Metro Surigao, headed by Bong Quintero; and the Rotary Club of Midtown Jewels, headed by Bessie Lim, in partnership with the 1st Technical and Adminis-trative Service Brigade, AFPRESCoM, headed by Lt. Col. Abraham C. Bay-an; and the 30thInfantry (Python) Battalion, 4th Infantry (Diamond) Di-vision, Philippine Army, headed by Lt. Col. Vin-cent B. Iringan. (SGB/asf )

SURIGAO City - The Depart-ment of Education (DepEd) Surigao del Norte Division has spearheaded a Workshop on Support Programs and Resource Mobilization cum Modules Writeshop, January 11-12.

Led by Schools Division Supt. Evelyn R. Fetalvero, and Asst. Schools Division Supt. Nelia S. Lomocso, the workshop centered on Rep.. Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao's life as basis for values for-mation. The main output of the workshop was a learning module of his life.

It was learned that Pac-man's fame became the beacon

Deped holds workshop on Pacman’s life

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AGRI CENSUS - Photo shows Agusan del Norte OIC Provincial Statistics Officer Reynelo Magno (right) tells media that palay, followed by corn, leads as temporary crop in the province of Agusan del Sur. This, during the launching of the 2012 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries held in Butuan City. Also in photo is NSO-Caraga Director Rosalinda Celeste. (Gerie Mae G. Coco/PIA-Caraga/asf)

of every Filipinos, especially for the youths of today.

Department heads, IP coordinators and IT experts of the division participated the event.

The workshop's final out-put was already submitted to DepEd Secretary Armin A. Luistro, FSC after his quick visit in Surigao del Norte last week, it was learned. (By FTAP/asf)

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“Thank you very much for making me join the broadcasting seminar on October 15, 2012 at BusinessWeek Mindanao Media Center. I would have regretted it, if I didn’t come. I learned a lot of things on how to become a better broadcaster. Then, all I had was confidence. Now, it’s confidence with knowledge. The activity was a lot of fun. I thought it would be awkward, but I found myself being comfortable with my fellow school broadcasters, and also with our speaker, who never failed to get my attention. He is now my role model of an effective speaker. It is because, through the four hours that I have listened to him, I never, even once, bored and all he said is still clear in my head. It was an experience that I’ll never forget and I’ll treasure forever.”

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KORONADAL City - North Cotabato has begun preparations for the Cotabato Regional Athletic Association (CRAA) Meet in March, this year.

North Cotabato prepares to host regional meet

By Danilo E. Doguiles

CRAA is Soccsksargen Region’s schools divisions annual regional sports com-petition, winners of which will represent the region to the national games.

Soccsksargen Region includes the provinces of North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sarangani and Sultan Kudarat as well as

the cities of General San-tos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato.

The CRAA Meet on March 1 – 4, 2013 will be the first time for North Cotabato to host.

The decision to finally host the meet came af-ter Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza reviewed

the feasibility study and recommendations of the Provincial Sports Technical Working Group (PSTWG) in response to the request of the Department of Edu-cation (DepEd)- 12 for the province to act as this year’s host.

PSTWG chair Allan Matullano disclosed that

an initial P2.1 M have been set aside by the provincial government for the event.

other incidental ex-penses will be charged to the appropriate provincial office, he added.

Preparations for the playing venues and bil-leting areas in Kidapawan City, Matalam and Kabacan are ongoing in partnership with the DepEd –Cotabato

Division office. Dep-Ed will manage the

sports competitions. Events include athletics,

volleyball, basketball, soft-ball, baseball, gymnastics, swimming, arnis, badmin-ton, sepak-takraw, football, archery, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, boxing and chess.

In a meeting with the PSTWG, Gov. Mendoza

emphasized the need to ensure the safety of the delegates to and from the billeting and playing areas.

Discipline and healthy competition should prevail during the games, she added.

Usually, CRAA meets gather over 5,000 athletes, coaches, and chaperons. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12/VDB-ICDC-North Cotabato/ar-jaysfelicilda)

KORONADAL City - Two brand new motorcycles were turned over, Janu-ary 21, to the city police office by Mayor Peter B. Miguel, as the LGU’s augmentation to police mobility and visibility.

The vehicles were re-ceived by SPo1 Bernie M. Geroche, supply and

finance officer of the local police office, in the presence of General Ser-vices officer Benito Quirao, other PNP personnel and city government employees.

The red 4-stroke mo-torcycles, costing P279,634 each, are complete with s t and ard a c c e ss or i e s , blinkers, a helmets with

LGU-Koronadal donates motorcycles to PNP

bluetooth and leatherette jackets.

Mayor Miguel said “the new motorcycles would hopefully help the Koro-nadal PNP in its campaign for peace and order, provide mobility for PNP operatives

and traffic control proce-dures during special events.

In 2011, the city govern-ment also donated one 4×2 Isuzu D-Max PV pick-up vehicle to the local police force. ( http://koronadal.gov.ph/asf )

KORONADAL City - Over 100 small-scale fisherfolk in Barangay Kalanganan, Cotabato City have re-ceived bangus fingerlings from the Bureau of Fisher-ies and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-12).

Cotabato City Fishery officer Halkat Ibrahim said the beneficiaries were identified by thorough background checks, assur-ing that the recipients are really operating existing fishponds.

More than 110,000 fin-gerlings were given out free, January 9. The num-ber was said to be enough to cover some 300 hectares of fishponds.

It was the second Ban-gus fingerling dispersal, as in 2012 some 120,000 fingerlings were given out to the first set of recipients.

More dispersals are ex-pected this year, Ibrahim said.

“It is indeed a great help for us, especially that fingerlings nowadays are sold at P2.50 to P3.00 each,” beneficiary Romulo Diesto Jr.

Asked about the status of the Bangus industry in the city, Cotabato Fishery Coordinator Abubakkar Depatuan noted that pro-duction of bangus in the area is increasing.

The number of fish-pond operators, who are now engaged in growing bangus, is also increasing, he stated.

Though bangus har-vests in the area are still exclusively sold in Cota-bato markets, BFAR 12 and the local government of Cotabato positively fore-see the city’s potential, as a major producer in the country.

Cotabato City also en-visions to become one of the top Bangus producers

in the country. To ensure success of the

dispersal activity, BFAR 12, under the leadership of oIC Regional Director Ambutong K. Pautong, will closely monitor the practices of the recipient farmers.

Fingerling dispersal is just one of the programs that BFAR 12 is imple-menting to strengthen the f ish production of Soccsksargen that covers the cities of Cotabato, Gen-eral Santos, Kidapawan, Tacurong, and Koronadal, as well as the provinces of South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Sarangani.

Director Pautong be-lieves that this kind of input assistance would also help boost the live-lihood of the fisherfolk. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12/Jane Christine Balayo-BFAR 12/asf )

BFar distributes bangus fingerlings in Cotabato

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think A minute

Jhan tiafau Hurst

THINK a Minute.Who said life’s fair? I

heard my grandmother say that a thousand times if I heard it once. And there was a reason she said it often. When my grandmother was a little girl, one day her father just left her and her mother—and he never came back!

So my grandmother fought that feeling of re-jection and unfairness all her life. From an early age as a child she learned that life isn’t fair!

My guess is so did you.Hopefully you didn’t

experience such a pain-ful injustice as my grand-mother. But as a child your father punished you for something you didn’t do; or a neighbor blamed you for something that was someone else’s fault.

Maybe you had a teacher

Who said life’s fair

in school who really treated you unfairly. And now that you’re an adult, your boss is unfair.

Laws seem to discrimi-nate. Even your wife or husband may treat you unfairly or accuse you un-justly. Who said life’s fair? It’s not!

So what can you do to handle the unfairness of people and life? Well, once again Jesus Christ has an answer to our life’s toughest questions.

Do you want to talk

about unfairness?Jesus Christ is the num-

ber one victim of injustice in history! Even people who didn’t like this man admitted that He was the last one in the world who should be executed and killed as a criminal!

If Jesus Christ was not a good and innocent man, then no one is! So next time you and I think we’re being treated unfairly, just tell Jesus about it.

He knows exactly what you’re feeling and going

through.How do you handle un-

fairness in life? you really can’t without Christ. But with Him you can over-come anything that life and others do to you. Jesus has already paved the way for you to follow.

He’s been there and done that. And He gives that same power to anyone who will ask Him to take charge of their life every day.

His own inner strength and peace that doesn’t let the unfairness of others keep you down.

you’ll even be strong and free enough to forgive those who hurt and treat you unfairly. Jesus’ power is yours for the asking.

So why not ask Him to forgive you and take control of your life today and every day?

Just Think a Minute.

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Opinion

Cris Diaz

The Chinese connectionA LAWyER reportedly took custody of two Chinese nationals caught ‘illegally’ mining in the outskirts of Cagayan de oro City last week. Perhaps, this person is no ordinary lawyer to have connections with Chinese miners.

An informant said that the two Chinese nationals gained freedom due to alleged interference of a strong man in Manila. This Manila person, another foreigner, reportedly pulled the legs of people up there prompt-ing local law enforcers to release the Chinese nationals here. Reports had it that the Chinese nationals could not present valid documents to prove that they entered the country legally. That is the job of the local immigration officials to find out.

The coming into the picture of a Cagayan de oro-based lawyer who picked up the Chinese nationals from the custody of enforcers was a surprise. This lawyer sports a clean image as a legal practitioner. A silent type person, nobody knows that he has the ‘illegal miner’ Chinese connections here until the incident took place last week.

Anyway, we heard that the lawyer is running for an elective post come May this year. Perhaps, the stakehold-ers among the Chinese community in the local mining industry are bankrolling the lawyer’s campaign chest. The problem, however, is that the lawyer’s chances of winning the electoral contest is nil. That is what they said.

In some instance, the lawyer-candidate would decide the political ticket’s overall performance. They said that if the lawyer wins, the whole ticket would gain control of the majority seat of the electoral slots.

Anyway, the story of a Chinese funding electoral candidate is not new. I remember someone who report-edly got Chinese backings in his bid for an elective post in Misamis oriental this midterm election. Everybody knows this person. He employed names of government officials to succeed in getting the trust of the Chinese stakeholders.

Incidentally, his Chinese connections are also miners. The candidate reportedly acts as the Chinese intermedi-ary in transacting with various mining agencies of the government. The guy boosts of connections in the Senate and Congress that he often threaten to recommend the relief of any environment official who refused to give in to his Chinese bosses.

There were reports that these Chinese miners are object of massive environment complaints in Luzon. The Chinese miners, however, continue to plunder natural resources with the protection of the top people in the Senate and Congress.

Now, this guy is running come May elections in Misamis oriental with an objective to control all mining activities in the province. In other words, this candidate has already sold Misamis oriental and its people to the Chinese investors in the mining industry.

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIoNS: “… Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things…” (Philippians 4:8, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-CoMELEC VIoLATES

FREEDoM oF THE PRESS: Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. of the Commission on Elections and the other commissioners of the poll body may have violated the 1987 Constitution and Republic Act 3019 of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act when they signed their Resolution 9615 which requires prior approval by the Commis-sion of any appearance or guesting of a candidate in any radio or TV broadcast.

Comelec violates freedom of the press

Undeniably, the Consti-tution is saying, under its Section 4, Art. 3, that no “…law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.” on the other hand, Repub-lic Act 3019 punishes any government official who causes any undue injury to any person---including an injury brought about by a violation of that person’s Constitutional rights.

Resolution 9615, mean-

while, is saying that no candidate can appear or be a guest in any radio or TV broadcast if the prior ap-proval of the Commission was not secured, and if the other candidates running for the same position were not afforded the same op-portunity to promote their candidacies---which, in ef-fect, constitutes an abridge-ment of the freedom of the press, or of some kind of a prior restraint on the right of media to freely exercise their profession.

-ooo-PRIoR APPRoVAL IS

PRIoR RESTRAINT: of course, the Commission may argue that the require-ment of a prior approval by the poll body of any guesting or appearance of any candidate in a radio or TV broadcast, and af-fording other candidates an equal opportunity to promote their candidacies, are meant only to ensure faithful compliance by all candidates of the time limitations on broadcast election propaganda under Resolution 9615.

And this is a highly laud-able objective, if we seriously think about it, because the limitations---120 minutes for TV advertisements and 60 to 90 minutes for radio advertisements---are meant to equalize the chances of rich and poor candidates of being publicized over radio and TV broadcasts.

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IT HAS been several days now that some senators in the Philippine Senate are at odd with each other. It all began with Senator Juan Ponce Enrile versus Senator Trillianes. The mat-ter dragged for sometimes until another senator, Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago came in and fired her guns and cannons against Enrile. The matter blew up the legislature body as heated arguments and shouting echoed in all corners of the place. As if the matter was not enough, the same senator Santiago fired more shots hitting Sen. Pamfilo Lacson. Thus bad blood spread fast.

of course, Sen. Lacson who was hit badly returned the fire by saying Sen. San-tiago was a crusading crook. This statement has landed on the lady senator with strong blow and she had to be rushed to her doc-tors. She was advised not to get back to the senate as she suffered a mild stroke. other senators were just silent but could have been dragged to the battle had the matter continued on blow-ing. The media covered all that included some hurting

THE Sowing the Seeds of Peace, a Mindanao peace advocacy group supporting talks between the Govern-ment of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front (NDF), has said that more natu-ral disasters like typhoons Sendong and Pablo loom in the immediate future un-less comprehensive social and economic reforms are instituted.

B i s h o p F e l i x b e r t o Calang, convenor of Sowing the Seeds, stressed that “the roots of our environmental crises today are linked to monopoly of land, extractive industries and land conver-sions, and an economy that is not pro-Filipino but caters to foreign interests.”

Calang said that genu-ine agrarian reform and a nationalist development program are “our only way out of these catastrophes since decades of market-oriented, consumerist, and exploitative paradigms have led us into this mess today.”

The GPH should take into utmost consideration the signing of the Com-prehensive Agreement on Socio-Economic Rights (CASER) with the National Democratic Front (NDF) “because it provides con-crete solutions to the root causes of environmental

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organization will facili-tate the sense of importance and belongingness of the older persons.

“our mission is to give our fellow senior citizens the opportunity to live longer and happier with the battlecry: ‘empowering the senior citizens to be

ALIVE’,” he said, adding the acronym stands for an active, lively, inspired and vibrant elderly sector.

The organization of the ACHIEVERS was fa-cilitated by former Asec. Leonilo Lariosa, whom the Governor Rodolfo del Rosario has appointed as the provincial consultant on elderly affairs. --Noel Baguio-Davao region

Bickerings at the Philippine senate

the Striker

Ben Emata Jr.comments from the parties that are still smoking with hatred. Enrile, presumably feared something will hap-pen to Santiago voluntarily stopped from making noise. In short, there was utter ceasefire.

The quarrel was just like any fight among stu-dents in high school or in the elementary schools by young kids But while the battle among small boys and girls do not affect any-thing, the senatorial battle certainly affect the interest of the general public. The combatants here get big amount of money for sala-ries and allowances while doing nothing good for the country. This is terrific. I am very sure the general taxpayers are holding their breath as they watched for more revelations. And this is the first time that the legislature was rocked with

infighting.one of the bitter result

was that a senator was re-portedly paying the salaries of her housemaids and even her husband out of the sen-ate funds. This was revealed by no less than Senate Presi-dent Enrile. This is only a small matter that surfaced during the start of the fight and we never knew still other that are illegal and not acceptable remained in the dark waiting to be exposed. Had Enrile went on with his pronouncements, per-haps more shocking matters could blow up in the minds of the general public. In my case, I was definitely startled and shocked by such information.

People have a lways thought of the Philippine Senate as a sacred body. Nobody ever thought the senators are getting a lot of money for their wages and

allowances and on top are government funds being used by some of them even to pay their housemaids, etc. These expenses might even include drivers, se-curity guards, restaurant and hotel bills and many more. In my case, I always thought the senators are clean people and honest because we trust them to draft statutes or laws of the land. I still could not believe that some of them are using government money for their personal expense. This is just terrible.

The senators are of course powerful people in our system of government. We accord them with so much respect and honor. They are the number one people in the system. We cherish them as much as we salute the priests for honor and dignity. We uphold the men and women in the sen-ate for their honorable works because without them, the country would not even know its own destination. They are really the leader we defend so much. But if there are abuses committed by some of them, then our Republic will surely be in peril or in an ugly position.

Peace group presses inking of GPH-NDFP social, economic reforms

deal to avert more Sendong, Pablodestruction.”

“The signing of the CASER is all the more im-perative in the light of the Typhoon Pablo tragedy that severely hit the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao oriental. Millions of poor farming folks in these affected places are now demanding rehabili-tation of their lands which necessitates, among oth-ers, the implementation of genuine agrarian reform as well as the cessation of the environmentally-damaging huge extractive industries and other big business ventures in the said areas,” Calang said.

Calang added: “We have

said time and again that sig-nificant reforms and genuine peace can only be attained when the root causes of the armed conflict are addressed. It is unlikely to speak of ending the civil war through laying down of arms in as much as armed resistance persists only when injustices such as landlessness, labor exploitation, unemployment, human rights infringements, among others, abound.”

He said that many pro-grams in the CASER “are worth looking into since it can provide us with an ecologically-sound roadmap for the future.”

Calang further said that the Typhoon Pablo disaster

poses an imperative on the GPH and NDFP to resume peace negotiations to revi-talize each side’s working groups and the Reciprocal Working Committees tasked to draft the components of the agreement which includes, as NDFP’s propos-als, the following: economic sovereignty and national pat-rimony; agrarian reform and agricultural development; national industrialization and economic development; economic planning; rights of the working people, liveli-hood and social services; environmental protection, rehabilitation and compen-sation; and foreign economic and trade relations.

MANILA––Mariwasa, the country’s leading ceramic tile maker, officially joins Siam Cement Group (SCG), a Thailand-based multina-tional with business units in cement, building materials, paper, chemicals, distribu-tion and investment.

“We are very happy with this progress. SCG is known for its dedication to excel-lence in every industry it is engaged with. Mariwasa had humble beginnings but now we are the biggest producer of quality ceramic tiles in the country. SCG’s stanch support to Mariwasa has made it what it is today”, said Jakkrit Suwansilp, VP-Sales & Marketing of Mariwasa Siam Ceramics, Inc.

Despite stiff competition in the ceramic tile market due to the influx of imported tiles, Mariwasa still emerged as the market leader in the ceramic tile industry and has maintained its majority market share among local tile makers. Capitalizing on its uncompromising quality and introducing innovative products, the company enjoys the no. 1

Mariwasa officially joins SCG, ASEAN’s largest industrial conglomerate

spot as the most preferred local brand of ceramic tiles by end-users. As Mariwasa officially joins SCG, it’s now part of the world’s largest ceramic tile manufacturer.

SCG and Mariwasa share a common goal in sustainable development practices. As a result of SCG’s investment, Mari-wasa operates a production facility in ISo-Certified plant located in Sto. Tomas, Batangas where renewable energy sources are being utilized. The technology uses rice husk to replace existing fossil fuel through gasification and combustion process. The waste ash com-ing from these gasification and combustion process is re-processed to produce a higher value raw material for ceramic body powder production. This yields a significant reduction in carbon footprint and waste materials to protect human health and environment.

Furthermore, SCG’s commitment to innovation has inspired Mariwasa to develop highly innovative

To unwind from the pressure of daily work and to strengthen the spirit of camaraderie among collagues, the faculty and staff of Old Damulog National High School went on a field trip in the island of Bohol on December 21-23, 2012.Teachers experienced a tiresome and fearful trip from CDO with Ocean Jet on morning of December 22 and arrived at Jagna,Bohol 2:00 pm of same date. All worries and fears faded away specially those who landed first time while travelling along the seashore of Bohol to our resting place.The day of their tour on December 22 was the most

exciting moment for the teachers.Thirty-one teachers goes on a land tour to the different tourist spots in Bohol. They visited the water dam where they took their breakfast, then in chocolate hills, the ship house, the reforestation and in tarsier . Another exciting and enjoyable mo-ment when they reached and took their lunch at the floating restaurant in Loboc river. “ Eat all you can” foods were served while taking a tour on the river. They passed by on xzootic animal at Loay, to Baclayun church and the cave in Dawis. In the morning of December 23 a former student of ODNHS who is

now a marine engineer invited the teachers to have breakfast in their house. It was evident in the eyes of the proud teachers the joy and fulfillment for having a successful student like Primo Golosendo. Mr Ernesto Reciña the school principal admired so much the hospitality of Lodi and Primo’s family. They ended their tour by swimming at Anda de Boracay beach. But only Ms. Clary May Baldoman and Ms. Mary Ann Galo enjoyed in swimming, for the rest of the teachers were fixing for departure.Teachers bought bundles of calamay for pasalubong at Jagna before heading towards home.

ODNHS FACULTY TRIP TO BOHOLBy:Urbana G. TinacoOld Damulog National High SchoolOld Damulog, Damulog, Bukidnon

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HAVE you ever heard the term “sala”? It is most com-mon among Indigenous Communities in Northern Mindanao. In fact, when one hears that somebody has to undergo a “sala” or “salaon” by a certain tribe, it is believed that said person has committed a violation to the customary laws of that certain tribe. And, as a restitution for the crime committed, he has to give to the community something of value like animals, money or machine.

one particular incident I have observed is the involve-ment of an electric coopera-tive in the Southern part of Bukidnon. Since they need to fasttrack preparation for an almost billion peso-in-vestment, the Pulangui V Hydro-Electric Power Plant, they have to gain acceptance by the affected communities which includes the Manobo tribes of the highlands of Kibawe, Bukidnon and other IP Communities who are seen to be displaced by the proposed project.

At first, the commissioned Project Management office thought it easy to penetrate the place and gain the nods of the affected communities, not

The infamous ‘sala,’ a tool for social acceptabilityBy ANNALYN BAUtiStA-ALeNtON

cognizant of the many cul-tural and religious violations they had committed. They easily move-in and out of the place, pass through areas the Manobos considered sacred, and allegedly made tactless statements concerning their place and practices, and non-execution of promises and commitments, however small.

Unknowingly, said ac-tuations were seen by the communities as a disrespect to their place, their culture, tradition and laws. Though said communities looked innocent and harmless, but they were so vigilant of the PMos every move, taking note of their every viola-tions and crime. When the day of reckoning came, the Manobo Elders and Leaders of villages in the surrounding areas finally convened on the day the Electric Coop needs the final endorsement for the project. The Tribes decided to hold a “Sala” to the Electric Coop, which requires the “violators” to be present and face their court. Confused questions arose and fear of getting killed by IP warriors enveloped each one’s heart, believing that this could be a bloody event as there already were alleged threats of the

lives of all those connected with the EC entering their territory . “Why go all the troubles courting these Tribes where an entity with rich financial resources is already capable to push through with the project and relocate the affected communities with ease,” thus the basic question.

But what was so amaz-ing and admirable in them is their structured justice system handed down from generations as evidenced by the way they conducted the “sala”. Just like our Sub-poena, the alleged violators and their leaders were called in to meet with the tribal Datus and bring in their valuable assets as restitu-tion of the crime committed. Hence, the group delivered one work-ready carabao, a cash equivalent to the cost of a one low-cost housing unit, and a lot of foods and meal items. The EC bigwigs, though reluctant, gave in to their request but took with them a Tribal Leader from other un-involved tribes to serve as their advisors and mentors of their customary laws and practices. But the gesture of bringing-in an “out-sider” seemed to bring insult to the elders, one of which reacted with a little hostility, the reason of which confused

us observers. Thanks to one of the bigwigs who has been exposed to the IP cultures and tradition that he was able to pacify the situation by doing the removal of the “Tangkulo”. The “Tangkulo”, a colorful cloth worn over the head of the male tribal leaders symbolizes power and authority the wearer has in his community. Accordingly, the gesture signifies courtesy and respect to the Tribal Council, and showed that the party is paying respect to their authority as leaders of the tribe and recognizing their customs and tradition as a way of blending in and gaining acceptance by the IP Community.

As the ritual progressed via long discussions and agreements by leaders of both parties, followed by the traditional offering of live animals, I realized that the “sala” is not a venue to identify and punish the wrongdoers but a venue to hear grievances of all parties involved with the objective of restoring old and broken relationships. It is rather a mechanism to determine the social acceptability of an entity’s actions to the IP Community in relation to their customs and traditions. The giving of restitution,

which is predetermined by the elders and tribal leaders prior to the “sala” is not actu-ally a sanction for the “crime” committed by the lowlanders, but, foremost, the symbolism of the value or cost of the broken relationship between the alleged offenders and the Community vis-à-vis their customary laws.

In the case of the con-cerned EC, the “sala” called for by the elders and tribal leaders for them is intended in its entirety to remind the lowlanders of their account-ability to pay respect to the cultures, tradition and cus-tomary laws of the people living in the “Pusaka” where proposed technological in-frastructures are seen by the community as a threat to the preservation of their cultures, tradition and environment. As related by one of the el-ders, the “Pusaka” is their ancestral land handed down from generation to genera-tion, and as such, considered sacred are protected by their “Magbabaya (the ruler of the universe). Anybody found to have exploited or have dis-respected the “Pusaka” must be subjected to a “sala” to determine if such behavior is acceptable by the community or punishable in accordance with their established laws.

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resolution, order, memo-randa or audit reports of any branch of government are also to be exempted from access.

Any information that pertains to internal or exter-nal defense, law enforcement and border control is also not to be disclosed.

Information obtained by any committee of either House of Congress in ex-ecutive session is also to be exempted from disclosure.

other exceptions in-clude trade secrets, personal information of a natural person, classified as privi-lege communications in legal proceedings by law or by Rules of Court, and if information is already made accessible through other means.

These provisions are all present in Malacañang’s FoI version.

In 2011, some advocates of the FoI have already raised concerns over the versions then being drafted by the Malacañang study group on FoI.

In a policy forum or-ganized by the Center for Media Freedom and Re-sponsibility in July 2011, University of the Philippines (UP) law professor Theo-dore Te expressed strong criticism against the Palace’s version. “It is very ironic that the bill supposedly enhances liberty but actu-ally diminishes it,” Te said. “you cannot have a bill that has so many restrictions.”

In the same forum, Luis Teodoro, CMFR deputy ex-ecutive director and former dean of UP College of Mass Communications, already warned that “if the admin-istration’s version would be adopted, FoI advocates should reject and condemn the passage of the bill.”

Back then, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño said the exceptions can be easily invoked by government agencies to justify denial of access.

CMFR’s Teodoro, in particular, zeroed in on national security as among the exceptions.

“National security should not be used as a catch-all phrase to evading release of information, especially because of the intelligence community’s antipathy to human rights, its policy has always been antitheti-cal to citizen participation,” Teodoro said.

In his paper titled “En-hancing or restricting ac-cess?” released in early 2012, Teodoro said the provision forbidding the release of information on policy dis-cussions until the adoption of a policy is “antithetical to the principle of citizen participation in the making of state policy.”

In a statement, Anak-pawis Party-list Rep. Rafael Mariano also criticized the inclusion of drafts of or-ders, resolutions, decisions and memoranda among the exempted documents.

Police...from page 1

P600, 000 and above.Violators of the CCTV

ordinance would face sanc-tions from suspension of business operations to fines and closure of the establish-ment, Nacaya said.

Last year, a financial firm was ordered closed when found out that it has not complied with the CCTV ordinance.

A grenade planted by an unknown suspect at the front door of Golden Financial in Lapasan here exploded wounding nine people when personnel reporting for work in the morning opened the door.

Police invest igators failed to get the identities of the suspects since there was no CCTV installed in the premises, Nacaya said.

He said the city govern-ment ordered the financial firm to close as a stern warning to all other estab-lishments without CCTVs in their vicinity.

As of today, more than 100 establishments in Cagayan de oro City had already complied the CCTV ordinance.

‘We hope the remain-ing 437 firms would install

Time...from page 1

members of the New People’s Army (NPA) chopped the ready-to-harvest banana trees in a seven-hectare plantation in Barangay Anahao Daan.

But Pasamonte pointed out that no one immediately reported the matter to him or to any of his colleague.

“Reporters should not blamed us because we knew nothing about the attack until it happened,” said the military official.

He said the military had been doing its best to make its presence in the area felt.

He added: “Besides, we are not the only military units in Surigao.”

“We cannot take any action unless there is an incident report,” he said as he pointed out that his group only knew of the incident hours after it happened.

Future...from page 1

was and until to date is Mayor Dale Bokingo Cor-vera, a dynamic and char-ismatic leader who made a name as Agusan del Norte Vice Governor and Pro-vincial Board Member for several terms.

The present Sangguniang Panlungsod is led by Vice Mayor and Presiding of-ficer Harris Glenn D. Puyot and composed of Robert B. Cong, Ernie M. Ceniza, Salutario B. Cuasito, Lito B. Bulasa, Nieva C. Famador, Alicia C. Funcion, Raykito M. Kittilstvedt, Ernesto G. Tapales, Leo M. Jongko and Phillip D. Ramirez.

In a matter of months, Corvera rid the new city of street trash, streamlined the bureaucracy, brought services of the local gov-ernment directly to the barangays, and renovated the city hall.

Corvera took at heart what former Rep. Edelmiro A. Amante, author of the law creating Cabadbaran City, said: “The growth of the city depends on every hand, and more importantly on every heart, for with the heart and hand so joined together, without much

Mariano said these are “cru-cial” in public consultations, especially the formulation of implementing rules and regulations.

Teodoro also criticized the removal of the public interest override on execu-tive [Presidential] privilege. This, he said, is tantamount to “institutionalizing ab-solute executive privilege through law.”

In a press conference, Casiño also pointed out the same provision, saying it institutionalizes the Presi-dent’s “executive privilege,” allowing him to withhold certain records of minutes and advice given to him as privileged “by reason of the sensitivity of the subject matter.”

Casiño said the param-eters are unclear.

ACT Teachers Party Rep. Antonio Tinio noted that the discretion and power to tag documents as con-fidential is given to a large number of people. He said that under the substitute FoI bill, the determina-tion whether a document would be exempted from the FoI Act shall be the responsibility of ‘the head of office of the government agency in custody or control of the information, or any responsible central or field officers duly designated by him.

AmendmentsGabriela Rep. Emmi de

Jesus said they would push for a progressive version of the bill, similar to the original bill they filed.

“We will fight it out in the period of amendments,” De Jesus said.

“What we need is a genu-ine FoI bill, not a watered-down version,” Casiño said. (http://bulatlat.com)

waiting, we can witness the unfolding of progress. Let us all labor for the speedy progress of our city.”

In his First Mayor’s Re-port to the City, Corvera made his program clear and direct: “What we can hold on at this point is fact that we have already set our city toward a course that we have collectively set our eyes on. It is a direction that for the months we have provided with foundations for us to land swiftly into a harbor where we can reap the realities that we have been dreaming of. It is a dream too big, an aim too high considering the harsh realities that are currently hounding our people – that is the dream for quality life for every Cabadbaranons.” Next: The new city’s gover-nance

their CCTVs before the bend of March this year,’ Nacaya said.

He said the CCTV is an important gadget for identifying suspects in the commission of criminal acts and as a deterrent factor for criminals to commit crimes. CD

Press...from page 6

Be that as it may, how-ever, it is clear that securing prior approval of the Com-mission on any broadcast would mean limiting or abridging the right of media entities to air what to them is a newsworthy event.

-ooo-CoMELEC ACTIoN

SHoULD BE TESTED WITH SC, oMBUDSMAN: Whether the Comelec may care to admit it or not, the requirement of a prior ap-proval would actually mean giving the poll body the right to choose which radio or TV broadcast involving candidates can be shown or aired.

This is certainly curtail-ing or cutting down freedom of the press, which causes undue injury not only to the affected media entities but to the candidates as well.

I hope an affected can-didate files cases in the Supreme Court and before the office of the ombuds-man real soon to test the Constitutionality of Reso-lution 9615 and determine whether Brillantes and the other commissioners---Rene Sarmiento, Lucenito Tagle, Armando Velasco, Elias yusoph, Christian Robert Lim and Grace Padaca---could be held liable for graft under RA 3019.

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(PMC) to be assisted by a Technical Working Group (TWG) providing techni-cal support and a Program Secretariat (PS) for the ad-ministrative support. At the regional level, a Regional Coordinating Team (RIT) shall be created to coordi-nate the over-all ARB-AIP implementation within the regions/provinces.

As a complementary program to DAR’s various credit access improvement and agricultural production enhancement programs, the agricultural insurance program shall benefit Agrar-ian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARC-CESS), Agrarian Production Credit Program (APCP), Credit Assistance Program for Program Beneficiaries Development (CAP-PBD), and Microfinance Capacity Development in Agrarian Reform Areas (MICRoFIN_CAP@ARAS) key program beneficiaries, among others.

The ARCCESS Project, which is being implemented by the DAR in 233 pilot sub-projects nationwide, aims to improve the farm-based net income of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) through the development and consolidation of agri-based enterprises.

Through the DAR’s pro-vision of professional ser-vices and common service facilities (CSF) or farm ma-chines and equipment (i.e. tractors, combine harvest-ers, mechanical transplant-ers, and hauling trucks) to ARB organizations, the project is expected to result in economies of scale in farm production. These interventions are expected to lead to farm organizing or consolidation and this, in turn, will contribute to better prices, improved net income, and sustainable livelihood of beneficiaries.

on the sides of roads.” ‘Pablo’ destroyed approximately 216,000 homes.

While various groups and working to support gov-ernment efforts to improve the living conditions of those in the camp sites, “the main priority and solution is to help people repair or rebuild their homes through Shelter Kits.

Carvalho also identified as “essential” the rehabilita-tion of agriculture and the re-establishment of liveli-hoods in the devastated areas in the southern Mind-anao, especially since almost 80 percent of households in the affected areas rely on subsistence farming.

‘Pablo’, a Category Five super typhoon, affected over 6.2 million people with close to 850,000 sur-vivors remain displaced. ‘Pablo’ killed at least 1,060 people while those mission todate is more than 800. It also destroyed more than 210,000 houses, vital public infrastructure and vast areas of agricultural land.

“Typhoon Bablo was the most deadly stormglobally in 2012, and reportedly the most powerful storm to hit southern Mindanao in more than 100 years,” she said. (Bong D. Fabe)

the total program benefi-ciaries as they will be under the program’s coverage for two cropping cycle.

on the responsibilities of the partner agencies, the DAR is tasked to identify qualified CARP benefi-ciaries as program benefi-ciaries, provide technical support to facilitate credit access, enhance agricultural production, and submission of indemnity claims to DA-PCIC through its Regional offices, among others.

The PCIC, on the oth-er hand, is responsible in providing the agricultural insurance utilizing the P1 Billion subsidy solely for premium payment of cov-erage of eligible farmers endorsed by DAR.

Both the DAR and the DA shall shoulder their respective administrative and operational expenses to ensure smooth program implementation.

The program shall be managed by a Program Management Committee

Pablo...from page 2

projects in 12 humani-tarian sectors, including durable shelters and iden-tification of resettlement s ites for communit ies vulnerable to floods and landslides; food security and agriculture, ensuring access to water, sanitation and hygiene services, as well as early recovery and rees-tablishment of livelihoods for affected communities; protection, health, nutrition and education.

“For the Early Recovery and Livelihoods Clusters we are requesting a combined total of US$17 million; for Food Security and Agri-culture US$10 million is needed; aid agencies from the Shelter Cluster are ask-ing for US$11.5 million; and in the area of WASH US$4 million is requested,” she said.

She said that most criti-cal at this stage is the need for shelter since most of the survivors “are residing in spontaneous settlements, on the remains of their former homes and some are living

Victims...from page 3

Balsa Mindanao’s ini-tiative was seconded by a resident here.

“Kanang naga-abuso sa atong kinaiyahan dapat hu-nongan nila na, kay bisan kami nga naa sa ubos nga mag-uuma nagatanom pa man gani og mga kahoy aron protektahan unta sila pod dili pod mag-abuso,” appealed Antonio Mansia, 43, a resident of Purok 9.

According to Valente Turtur, officer-In-Charge of the City Agriculturist office, 50 farms were af-fected in Waan, covering 35 hectares. Forty farmer-households were affected.

Damaged crops in-clude sweetcorn, egpplant, saluyot (corchorus), camote (sweet potato), string beans, papaya,upo (gourd) and amplaya (bitter melon) amounting to PHP 1.2 Million.

“Para dili ta makatilaw og sobrang trahedya, unta hunungon na nila ang pag-abuso sa kinaiyahan, kay pait kayo. Kita man tanan ang maperwisyo di lang kay isa kun dili pangkinatibuk-an kutob abuton sa tubig maigo,” emphasized Mansia.

Meanwhile, Balsa Mind-anao said they will continue with their feeding mission.

“Nagbudget ang grupo kung unsay makaya. I-iden-tify namo kung asa na mga lugar ang among serbisyo-han, according sa ma-feed namo,” noted Degala, adding that “nanginahanglan mi og daghang mga pilantropo aron magtabang sa amo og deliver og services sa mga area dili lang sa Waan apan sa tanang apektado nga lugar sa Davao.” (Irene V. Dagudog/davaotoday.com)

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Early registration for elementary, high school

By JOmAR LiWAGON ReYeS

THE order of Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro for the conduct of the nationwide early registration for all school-aged children and youth, including those with learning difficulties is indeed laudable.

Earlier, Mr. Luistro directed school officials from the DepEd regional and division offices to work closely with parents, the local government units, civil society groups, barangay, and Sanggunian Kabataan officers in the conduct of child and youth find activities to ensure their registration for school year 2013-2014.

It is worthy of high praise because the holding of early registration for elementary and high school––and even those with learning difficulties––would ensure an orderly and would result to better planning before the opening of classes in June.

That would mean, the perennial problem houding the education department can be addressed without cramming and grumblings.

Problems such as lack of books, classrooms, lack of teachers, among others can be addressed with ease.

Not only that, the holding of early registration day every January will enable the education department to collate information on the expected enrollees come June and to come up with contingency measures for issues and concerns that may arise.

As Mr. Luistro said: “We also want to ensure that we can bring as many learners to school whether they are regular students, drop-outs, first time enrollees or out-of- school children and youth.”

By JASPeR mARie OBLiNA-RUCAt

CAGAyAN de oro City––The Department of Trade and Industry Region 10 is warning entrepreneurs of the ongoing and increas-ing cases of cyber hacking especially on the import and export transactions of Filipino importers and Chinese suppliers.

Linda o. Boniao, offi-cer-in-charge of Depart-ment of Trade and Industry Region 10, said that these cases of cyber hacking

Cyber hacking diverts money to hacker’s account, entrepreneurs warnedusually divert Fi lipino importers’ payments to the hacker’s bank account.

Further, she said, the Embassy’s economic team in Beijing has already met with the officials of China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Criminal Investiga-tion Department (ICD) particularly their cyber crime investigation officers to discuss on these report-ed cases. So far, there have been six cases reported to the Philippine Embassy in China by Filipino victims, Boniao revealed.

According to the report, there are three variations of these instances. one in-volves a Filipino importer and a Chinese supplier with the former’s final transac-tion payment diverted to the hacker’s account in China. The second involves a Filipino importer and a Chinese supplier, with the former’s payment diverted to the hacker’s account outside China. And the third type involves a Fili-pino importer and a non-Chinese supplier, with the former’s payment ending

up in the hacker’s bank account in China.

Through investigation, Chinese officials have been able to trace the perpe-trators to Africans, spe-cifically, Nigerians, said Boniao.

Chinese findings are further confirmed by the National Bureau of Investi-gation here, she added. In a similar set-up between Filipino importer and Chi-nese supplier, they were able to trace the deceptive email directing the Filipino importer to deposit the

payment in the hacker’s account, to Nigeria.

Boniao explained that MPS authorities can easily freeze bank accounts in China, if they are subject to criminal complaint. However, this is not easy in other countries as it will require court order. She added that Chinese

officials cannot assist if hacker’s bank account is outside China for lack of jurisdiction.

In the end, Boniao said that the most effective means of preventing cyber hacking menace is for en-trepreneurs to be vigilant about the occurrence of such crime. (JMoR-PIA10)

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who helped propel Mindanao’s economy for decades be recognized...thus,

RATIONALE OF THE PROJECT

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

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

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

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

MISSION & VISION OF THE AWARDS

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

Mechanics of the Search:

Duration of the Search : January 15, 2013 to May 15, 2013Awards Night : June 1, 2013

Entry Requirements:

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

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

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

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

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