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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G Cardinal Tagle today will give the com-mencement address at the academic convocation of Xavier University through a video message. The cardinal was expected to grace the convocation personally. However, he is not able to return in time after attending the instal-lation of Pope Francis on March 19. Cardinal Tagle

Cardinal Tagle addresses XU commencement today

By MinDa Staff

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Phil-ippines --- The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) announced that immediate solutions aimed to rapidly address the seri-ous power deficit in the island-region of Mindanao are underway. At the Zamboanga Power Summit held here Friday last week, MinDA Chair Luwalhati Antonino said that among the solutions identified include the re-opening of the Iligan diesel power plant and the com-missioning of two other power plants in the region. “Once reopened, the Iligan diesel power plant, which has a full generating capacity of 100 megawatts will significantly ease up Mindanao’s current daily power deficit of 100-300 megawatts,” she said. Antonino explained that the Iligan diesel power plant is expected to resume its operations by next month and will start generating an initial of 20 megawatts. It is expected to achieve its full restoration by the end of the year.

Mindanao’s power woes no more -MinDa “once reopened, the iligan diesel power plant, which has a full gen-erating capacity of 100 megawatts will significantly ease up mindanao’s current daily power deficit of 100-300 megawatts,”

She added that two more power plants namely the 15-megawatt Mapalad diesel power plant being operated by the Mapalad Energy Generating Cor-poration (MEGC), and the 15-megawatt Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) or bunker fuel Peaking Plant of the EEI Power Corporation will add 30 megawatts of additional power to Mindanao. The Department of En-ergy (DOE) disclosed that power demand and supply outlook for Mindanao this year will peak at 1,484 mega-watts while its power plants can only supply estimated 1,181 megawatts. Mindanao is currently experiencing a 300-megawatt power deficit, which caused

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Malaysia goes for the ‘kill’

By Al Jacinto ZAMBOANGA CITY – Malaysia has deployed more armoured vehicles and com-bat helicopters, including naval boats to Sabah in an effort to flush out dozens of remaining followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram who have been fighting security

forces on the oil-rich island being claimed by both sides. About a dozen armoured personnel vehicles arrived in the town of Lahad Datu to support ground troops hunting down at least 50 members of the Sultanate of Sulu headed by Raja Muda Agbimuddin, the sultan’s

GenSan negotiates with major power consumers for voluntary de-loadingBy Allen V. Estabillo

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews)– The city government has initiated negotiations with major lo-cal power consumers and distribution utility South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco II) for the implementation of the Department of Energy’s (DoE) voluntary de-loading scheme to ease the worsening power shortage here.

Tropical urban polluting diesel power plant on the waterfront and mountains with excavations in the background. Concept of global warming and industrial pollution.

eleven agricultural extension Workers (aeWs) and two municipalities from Northern mindanao were recognized by the Depart-ment of agriculture for their commendable performance and unwavering commitment to the advancement of the rice sector. The awardees were the municipalities of opol, misamis oriental represented by mayor Dexter B. Yasay (top left photo, right) and Kapatagan, lanao del Norte represented by mayor Benjie Y. Baguio (bottom left photo, 3rd from left) as outstanding rice municipalities. The agricultural extension workers hailed as outstanding rice achievers were Sagrada P. alvarez (oroquieta City), agnes Gracia Sue S. Butalid (Clarin) and Bonida a. onos (Clarin) of misamis occidental; emerita P. Capaytas, Fedelina m. Cuaresma, manuel P. Sabillo, Fe a. enriquez, Violeta B. Florin, ma. luisa Q. Gabutin, estrella m. morilla and Josefina J. Sa-billo of Kapatagan, lanao del Norte. The awardees received their plaques of recognition with P1-million worth of agricultural projects for the outstanding rice municipalities and P20,000 cash incentive for each of the outstanding aeWs, which were awarded to them by no less than Da Secretary Proceso J. alcala(7th from left) and assisted by assistant Secretary and National rice Program Coordinator Dante Delima (7th from right), Undersecretary Joel S. rudinas (6th from left) and regional execu-tive Director lealyn a. ramos (6th from right) on march 15, 2013 at the Philippine international Convention Center in manila. # (VaNeSSa mae S. SiaNo, Da-raFiD 10)

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DENR- CENRO TANDAG ‘s SATISFATORY ACCOMPLISHMENTCENRO- Tandag has satisfactory accomplishements during quarter of CY 2013. Based on official records, it has ap-prehebded 15, 530.68 bd.ft of illegal; lumber from Januay to March of the current year. The owners/ possessorsof the said forest products are undergoing investigation and criminal complaints will be filed against them with the office of the Provincial prosecutor if gathered evidence would warrant such action. On the implementation of executive order No. 26, its national Greening Program personnel have surveyed 210 hectares of areas to be planted which is equivalent to 100% of its goal for this quarter. The surveyed areas are located inside the projects of Bacolod upland Farmer’s Association (BUFA) and La Purisima Farmers Association (LAFA) in order to involved the active participation of these upland farmers who are the main beneficiaries of the program in that locality. With this auspicious start, it is hoped that 2013 will again be a banner year for CENRO Tandag.

By Editha R. Salvador

CAGAYAN DE ORO –In celebration of the Women’s Month this year, the Depart-ment of Agrarian Reform-Regional Office 10 held a tree-planting activity on March 15 in Malasag, a reforestation area in this city. DAR-10 Regional Director Felix Aguhob together with Asst. Regional Directors Eddie Agac-ac and Nicky Peralta led the officers and staff in planting some 350 seedlings that included du-rian, rambutan, mangosteen, lanzones, and coconut in the 3.5 hectare area that DAR-10 has committed to sustain, manage and develop based on a MOA between DAR and DENR in support to the National Greening Program. With the enthusiasm shown by the DAR-10 per-sonnel, Mennen Tubiano, Regional Chapter President

Dar-10 personnel led by rD Felix aguhob gathered for a pose after planting about 350 fruit tree seedlings in malasag, CDo to highlight the agency’s Women’s month celebration this year.

DAR-10 celebrates Women’s Month with tree plantingof DAR Ladies Association (DARLA) that spearheaded the series of activity for the month-long celebration, hopes to plant more trees in the future. On March 19, some DARLA officers also vis-ited MALISA Home in Jampason, Jasaan, Misa-mis Oriental. Established by the German Doctors, a humanitarian organiza-tion based in Frankfurt, Germany, MALISA Home takes care of girls who are victims of rape and traf-ficking. At the time of the visit, 17 girls with ages ranging from 9 to 20 from different places in Mindanao have found refuge in the so-called “home away from home”. The DARLA brought 3 big water containers to the facility and plans to bring more donations within the month. Meanwhile, in order to

provide the DAR-10 em-ployees with the opportunity to earn additional income, DARLA also tapped the Xavier University Food

Technology Center to con-duct a hands-on training on meat processing. The participants provided their own ingredients during the

one-day activity. Conducted on March 20 at the XU facility in Manresa Farm at Masterson Avenue, Upper Carmen, the training

is designed to equip the DAR personnel with the basic skill and knowledge in case they will venture into an alterna-tive livelihood.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, -- The city government of Cagayan de Oro and the province of Bukidnon are set to sign a Memoran-dum of Agreement (MOA) to undertake harmonized measures on Disaster Risk Reduction and Manage-ment/Climate Change Act on March 21. Spearheaded by the De-partment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in region 10, the parties to the MOA shall agree to undertake climate change adaptation measures and disaster preparedness activities; pursue advoca-cy, monitoring and data

CdeO, Bukidnon ink MOA for protection of river basinbanking using up-to-date technology and community-based approaches; create legislative action and policy support; and provide bud-getary support as to allow local governments the flex-ibility to operationalize the programs/projects/activities towards disaster risk reduc-tion, preparedness, miti-gation and rehabilitation, among others. Further, Baungon, Talakag and Libona towns in Bukid-non will also participate in the MOA signing. Meanwhile, the aftermath of the devastation brought about by Typhoon Sendong in December 2011 neces-

sitates that the city, mu-nicipalities and barangays traversed by the Cagayan de Oro river shall enhance their collaborative capac-ity to be more proactively involved and fully engaged in addressing the threats of disaster and climate change adaptation. Bukidnon Governor Alex

P. Calingasan and Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano are among the signatories in the MOA. Other signatories are Mayor Pedro R. Alvarez of Baungon, Mayor Leonardo Genesis T. Calingasan of Libona and Mayor Nestor B. Macapayag of Talakag. (Rochelle D. Dagang/DILG/

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WaTer DaY CeleBraTioNLocal officials, heads of both government and private agen-cies and representatives from the various sectors including the archdiocese and local media are expected to gather this afternoon at the Limketkai Mall Rotunda to join in the local celebration of World Water Day hosted by the Cagayan de Oro City Water District and the NorMin-Natural Resources Management Council, Inc. COWD is among the water dis-tricts all over the Philippines chosen by the Local Water Utilities Administration as local convergence points for this simultaneous national observance of World Water Day. The theme of this national celebration is “Tubig Para Sa Lahat, Lahat Para Sa Tubig.” Incidentally, World Water Day is one of the key events identified by the United Nations when it declared 2013 as International Year of Water Cooperation.

The goal of this activity is to enhance the awareness of all water stakeholders on the importance of water as a finite resource which needs to be judiciously used and conserved to attain sustainability for the future generations.

Engr. Edgardo C. Demayo, OIC of the Office of the Senior Deputy Administrator of LWUA, will be turning over a com-memorative World Water Day Plaque to COWD and NorMin-NRMC during the short program in recognition of their active participation in this campaign.

AEWs and two NorMin towns honored as rice achievers

ELEVEN Agricultural Extension Work-ers (AEWs) and two municipalities from Northern Mindanao were recognized by the Department of Agriculture for their commendable performance and unwavering commitment to the advancement of the rice sector.

The awardees were the munici-palities of Opol, Misamis Oriental represented by Mayor Dexter B. Yasay (top left photo, right) and Kapatagan,

Lanao del Norte represented by Mayor Benjie Y. Baguio (bottom left photo, 3rd from left) as outstanding rice municipalities.

The agricultural extension workers hailed as outstanding rice achievers were Sagrada P. Alvarez (Oroquieta City), Agnes Gracia Sue S. Butalid (Clarin) and Bonida A. Onos (Clarin) of Misamis Occidental; Emerita P. Ca-paytas, Fedelina M. Cuaresma, Manuel

P. Sabillo, Fe A. Enriquez, Violeta B. Florin, Ma. Luisa Q. Gabutin, Estrella M. Morilla and Josefina J. Sabillo of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

The awardees received their plaques of recognition with P1-million worth of agricultural projects for the outstanding rice municipalities and P20,000 cash incentive for each of the outstanding AEWs, which were awarded to them by no less than

DA Secretary Proceso J. Alcala(7th from left) and assisted by Assistant Secretary and National Rice Program Coordinator Dante Delima (7th from right), Undersecretary Joel S. Rudinas (6th from left) and Regional Executive Director Lealyn A. Ramos (6th from right) on March 15, 2013 at the Philip-pine International Convention Center in Manila. Photo by VANESSA MAE S. SIANO, DA-RAFID 10

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BUTUAN City - The Gender and De-velopment Coordinating Committee chaired by Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga Regional Director Atty. Marylin Pintor conducted recently the Candidates' Forum at the Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center, this city.

Candidates’ Forum in Butuan conducted

By Jennifer P. Gaitano

The activity was part of the Women's Month celebration with the theme "Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pag-tahak sa Tuwid na Daan (Women: Guide to A Straight and Narrow Path)."

Local candidates pres-ent were Congressional Candidate Lawrence Lem-uel Fortun; Re-electionist Mayor Ferdinand Amante

Jr.; Vice Mayoralty Candi-dates Angelo Calo, Ran-dolph Plaza and Josephine Marticion-Salise.

Congressional Candi-date Roan Libarios was represented by Ms. Athel Ijos of Gabriela.

Each candidate was given seven minutes to present their respective platforms of governance

for women.Issues and concerns on

gender equality and women empowerment were also raised and discussed by the participating sectors and candidates.

The candidate a lso submitted their written platforms for women to GADCC-Caraga for follow-up and monitoring when-ever they win in the May 13, 2013 election.

Students from differ-ent schools were able to ask questions, commonly citing issues on the Repro-ductive Health Law, dis-placement affecting women and children concerns, and availability of scholarship program for the youths.

GADCC distributed sur-vey questionnaires to get the participants’ views on the candidates’ agenda for women. (JPG/PIA-Caraga/asf)

BUTUAN City – A 38-year old person was arrested by PDEA agents in buy-bust operation, afternoon of March 13, this year 2013, at Purok-3, Barangay Doon-gan, this city.

Confiscated from the suspect was one heat-

sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected “shabu”.

Said item and the urine specimen of the suspect were submitted to the Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory - Caraga for laboratory ex-

amination and drug testing. The suspect is detained

at PDEA-Caraga detention cell, while a case for viola-tion of Sec. 5 (Sale of Dan-gerous Drugs), Article II, RA 9165 is being prepared for filing in court. (ESO, PDEA-13/PIA-Caraga/asf)

1 person arrested in buy-bust operation

By Erwin S. Ogario

RECYCLING - Shown here are the finished products of seven young artists from Bu-tuan City and Tandag City using recyclable materials. This is in line with project “Ang Pagbutwa Hong Balangay” (From Waste to Work of Art) spearheaded by Butuan City government and the Local Youth Council. (Robespierre C. Tradio, PIA-Caraga/asf)

BUTUAN City - The Na-tional Statistics Office (NSO-Caraga) is gearing-up preparations for the 2012 Census of Philippine Busi-ness and Industry (CPBI) in the month of April, this year.

Director Estela de Guz-man of the NSO-Industry and Trade Statistics Department said the undertaking is aimed at collecting information on the levels, structure and trends of economic activities of the formal sector of the economy.

It also seeks to gather data on employment, compensa-tion, income, expense, total assets, capital expenditures and inventories and pro-duce indicators from these variables.

Director De Guzman fur-ther said that data collected through the CPBI will become bases of government and the private sector in formulat-ing policies and economic development plans.

She added, “specifically, the census results are used in: measuring and compar-

ing national, regional and provincial economic growth; planning and policy formu-lation;

Determining performance and contribution of MSMEs; providing benchmark data on trade in services; and market research, industry studies and other economic analysis.”

NSO-Caraga Regional Director Rosalinda Celeste, on the other hand, said the questionnaires for the 2012 CPBI will be delivered per-sonally to sample establish-ments and enterprises by the NSO field men during the period April 1-30, 2013.

“Collection of the ques-tionnaires will start 10 days after the distribution. Estab-lishments and enterprises can also respond through web-based questionnaire at www.census.gov.ph/itsd,” explained Director Celeste.

She further assured that, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Com-monwealth Act No. 591, all information provided are kept strictly confidential and

shall not be used as evidence in court for purposes of taxa-tion, regulation or investiga-tion; nor shall such data or information be divulged to any person except authorized employees of the NSO, act-ing in the performance of their duties; nor shall data be published except in the form of summaries or statistical tables in which no reference to an individual, corporation, association, partnership, insti-tution or business enterprise shall appear.

The 2012 CPBI is one of the designated statistical activities undertaken by the NSO which aims to collect and generate information on the performance, levels, structure and trends of eco-nomic activities of the formal sector in the entire country for reference year 2012.

The 2012 CPBI is the 15th in the series of economic cen-suses conducted in the Phil-ippines. The last economic census was the 2006 CPBI conducted in 2007. (JPG/PIA-Caraga/arjaysfelicilda)

NSo readies 2012 CPBi in Caraga

By Jennifer P. Gaitano

the past six months, they have already reached 1,007 rice farmers in Sultan Kuda-rat province, 499 in South Cotabato, and 441 in North Cotabato.

Usapang Palay FGDs pri-marily consider rice farmers who have not undergone any farmer field school nor received any relevant train-ing from DA 12 as well as rice growers whose farm yield is below 3.8 metric tons per hectare.

DA 12 Regional Execu-tive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan, said she thought of this initiative for farmers and technical persons to come together for the im-provement rice farming and production in the region.

Through this approach, she added, farmers are en-couraged to share with DA

and its agricultural tech-nologists the problems that affect them.

“Main objective of the project is to enhance the interest and enthusiasm of the farmers to learn and appreciate the best farming practices to achieve high yield on rice production in their communities,” she said.

For this activity, DA is being assisted by other agen-cies, including Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), Na-tional Seed Quality Control Services (NSQCS), Philip-pine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the local government units.

Usapang Palay project team leader Soraida Bangon, disclosed that most farm-ers who participated in the meeting are more concerned with control and preven-tion of pests and diseases affecting their farms.

“Farmers should take the opportunity to attend Usapang Palay discussions in their respective communities because they will learn much from these gatherings and help the department imple-ment appropriate actions.” Bangon said.

More Usapang Palay are expected this year, Bangon added. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12/LMS-DA 12/asf)

effective application of a system, including processes for continual improvement.

CIPI is duly accredited by the Philippine Accredita-tion Board (PAB) and the United Kingdom Accredita-tion System (UKAS). It is one of the best ISO 9001:2008 standard certifiers, both in the country and abroad. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12/asf)

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KORONADAL City - The artistic brilliance of many Koronadaleños was once again spotlighted as the city celebrated the 2013 Arts Month, February 1-28, with a series of activities.

Koronadaleños artistry shines @ Arts Month Celebration

As a kick off activ-ity, a Ko’gon Artists Arts Exhibit was organized at Gaisano Grand Mall on Februar y 14-28, 2013, providing visual artists the opportunity to showcase their work of arts and earn livelihood through selling their artworks.

The display included variety of painting styles and approaches to include; Abstract style, Represen-tat ional Art , Real ism, Primitivism, Modernism, Landscape, Still life and Figure paint ing. Also, one of the artists exhib-ited his woodcarvings or sculptures in wood.

Unsold artworks were displayed at the City Hall Lobby starting March 7; hence, dealers and resell-

ers would have a great selection of arts.

To further beautify the streets of Jaycees Avenue, ten aspiring groups with a maximum of 4 mem-bers competed in a Mural Painting Contests on Feb-ruary 20-22. These large publ ic ar tworks br ing significant messages to its casual viewers. Al l designs are within the context of the city’s 8 Core Values to include: Love of God, Love of Country, Respectfulness, Integrity, Commitment, Discipline, Stewardship and Com-petitiveness.

The participants were judged based on the fol-lowing criteria; Creativity and Presentation -25%, Originality-35% and Rel-

evance - 40%.Neil Jay Castante and

Haron Castromayor got the First Place, the Sara-vian Artist with members - Mielbert Balmatero,Czar Subang,Mark Eclipse and Genesis Estorque got the 2nd Place and Suffred Sibag got the 3rd Place, all receiving cash prizes and certificates.

To conclude the month-long celebration, February 28, an On-the-Spot Poster Making Contest, where 16 high school students, ages 12 to 16, competed based on the theme “Ani ng Sining”with subtheme “Celebrating Icons”, was conducted at Gaisano Mall followed by a culmination and awarding program in the afternoon.

KORONADAL City - Since its implementation in Oc-tober last year, “Usapang Palay” has directly reached at least 1,947 rice farmers across three provinces in Soccsksargen Region.

Usapang Palay, an initia-

tive of the Department of Agriculture (DA) 12, brings discussions of issues and farmer education right in communities where the rice growers reside.

Experts from DA 12 visit rice-producing com-

munities to talk with farm-ers; employing focus group discussion methods, these technicians discuss how the latter could improve in their production with appropriate technologies.

Besides technology dis-

KORONADAL City - For the second time, the De-partment of Science and Technology (DOST) in Soccsksargen Region or Re-gion 12 has recently passed surveillance audit for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008, an official of the agency confirmed today.

Dr. Zenaida P. Hadji Raof Laidan, DOST-12 re-gional director, said they have shown continuous im-provements in the Quality Management System (QMS) of the regional office and its four Provincial Science and Technology Centers (PSTCs) to comply with the standards set by the ISO 9001:2008.

The Certification In-ternational Philippines, Inc. (CIPI) conducted the surveillance audit on the DOST-12, which first ac-quired the ISO 9001:2008 certification in 2008.

“This is a validation of DOST-12’s continued implementation of the in-ternational QMS standard as an instrument to further enhance the office’s com-petitiveness and to meet the needs and expectations of the people,” Dr. Laidan said.

CIPI lead auditor Arnel D. Guevarra, meanwhile, noted that the organiza-tion continues to demon-strate effective and efficient implementation of quality management systems com-pliant to ISO 9001:2008 standards.

DA-12’s ‘Usapang Palay’ reaches 1,900 farmers

By Danilo E. Doguiles

semination and exchanges of ideas such gatherings also provided opportunities for farmers to voice their concerns and problems.

Data from the Usapang Palay team, indicated that

DOST-12 hurdles 2nd surveillance

audit for ISOBy Danilo E. Doguiles

For On-the-Spot Poster Making Contest, Winston Aguirre (Saravia National High School) got the First Place, Neil Marcrade Sil-vederio (KNCHS)- 2nd Place and Ma. Micahela Darangan (IBED) – 3rd Place. They also received cash prizes and certifi-cates.

With the conduct of

said activities, the city government anticipates the rise of future artists.

Organizers , headed by Ms. Gemma Amor Panza of the Koronadal Investment and Promo-tions Center were hopeful that the celebration will rouse the interests and appreciation of the Ko-ronadaleños to engage in

arts, thus, removing the opportunity to be drawn in destructive vices like alcohol and drugs among young people.

The Arts Month is an annual celebration by vir-tue of Presidential Procla-mation 683 issued by the then President Corazon Aquino in 1991.(By:Carol Mariano/arjaysfelicilda)

“This was demonstrated by the effectiveness of the links between the require-ments of the standards generally established based on the achieved functional objectives for the year,” he added.

The surveillance audit covered DOST-12’s business processes such as the provi-sion of scientific technology transfer services, science promotion S&T informa-tion dissemination ,and S&T scholarship.

Audit also covered sys-tems and processes on pro-curement, customer satis-faction feedback, internal audit; corrective/preventive action, management review; and validation of scope of certification.

The first reassessment audit on the DOST 12’s QMS was conducted by CIPI last November 10-11, 2012 during its 3rd year of acquisition of the prestigious certification .

The agency achieved its first surveillance audit on ISO 9001:2008 in March last year.

ISO 9001:2008 specifies requirements for a QMS where an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide prod-uct and services that meet customer and applicable regulatory and statutory satisfaction.

Moreover, it aims to continually improve cli-ent satisfaction through

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Any person with valid objections or pertinent comments of the above-mentioned application may file his/her objection in writing and under oath, with the Office of the City Mayor within one week from date of publication.

Let this Notice be published at the expense of the applicant.

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Any person with valid objections/or pertinent comments of the above-mentioned application may file his/her objection in writing and under oath, with the Office of the City Mayor within one week from date of publication.

Let this Notice be published at the expense of the applicant.

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Editor: RUEL V. PELONE Email: [email protected]. : [email protected] • Advertising : [email protected]

Opinion

Come what may

Ruel V. Pelone

“VISION without action is a daydream. Action with-out vision is a nightmare.”

Japanese Proverb

AFTER the observance of the Lenten Season next week comes the start of the campaign period for the local candidates.

To be exact, the Com-miss ion on E le c t ions (Comelec) set March 29 to May 11, 2013 as the cam-paign period for candidates seeking the congressional, gubernatorial, mayoral, vice mayoral seats, and those running for coun-cilors.

But this early, it seems that politics in Cagayan de Oro is really “alive and kicking” as Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano gets the blame for the robberies and killings, traffic mess,

‘Emano’s old friends of yesteryears’

and all sorts of problems as if Emano is the only person capable of provid-ing all the solutions to the problem of every single resident of the city.

They are blaming Ema-no because he was unable to guard every single citi-zen of the city from harm. Proof, Emano’s accusers said, he is not doing any-thing to stop robberies, kil lings, etcetera––and even petty quarrel of a couple––from happening.

Question? Why should we blame Emano for all the crimes that are happening in Cagayan de Oro?

Possible answer: He is getting all the blames be-cause he is now an unwant-ed mayor to those people that Emano is known to be in company with as in “Emano’s old friends of yesteryears.”

Take the case of Coun-cilor Edgar Cabanlas.

Cabanlas is a known ally of Emano. Now he

becomes number one critic of Emano. True?

Putting all the blame to Emano’s apparent failure to stop the rising tide of criminality in Cagayan de Oro is just like barking up the wrong tree.

But if you insist that Emano is a failure then, let us all remove the PNP re-gional director, city police director and even the po-lice precinct commanders. And then why dont we ask President Benigno Aquino III to appoint Emano as PNP’s regional director for Northern Mindanao––and also as police director of the elite Cagayan de Oro City Police Office––and at the same time police precinct commanders.

“Dili diay kahimo ang pulis kung wala si Dong-koy? Ahay!

diSmayed | page 10

Dismayed with Pope Francis

kakampi mo ang batas

Atty. Batas Mauricio

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all of these things shall be given to you…” (Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, in Matthew 6:33, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-DI SM AY E D W I T H

POPE FRANCIS: Reading the news accounts about what Pope Francis said dur-ing his investiture Tuesday, March 19, 2013, I sort of got dismayed. I expected his message to be simple and direct, focused on the real need of Catholics around the world today, which is the deepening of their faith by relentless reading of, meditation on, and obedi-ence to, the Bible. Unfor-tunately, the new pope’s attention seems directed at some other things.

Yes, Pope Francis is cor-rect. Yes, Catholics should aspire to respect each of God’s creatures, respect the environment in which we live, protect the people, show love and concern for everyone, especially the children, the elderly, and those in need. And yes, Catholics should “embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity.”

But, how are they going to do all that? It is easy to command others to do this and that, but then, how

can we be sure that those commands will be carried out? As it is, despite the fact that Catholics represent the most number of God-believers worldwide, there is widespread disrespect for God’s creatures and the environment, and disregard for the rights and welfare of the people---especially the children, the elderly and those in need---even among Catholics.

-ooo-BIBLE AS THE BASIS

OF MAN’S RELATION-

SHIP WITH GOD: The imperative of the times is a creation of a community of believers that is steeped in God’s commands as en-shrined in the Bible. The time has come for all be-lievers---not only Catholics, of course, but more so with them---to go back to the basics of their relationship with God. It has become urgent for every faithful to understand that the only real and beneficial relationship with God is that which is based on His Word, the Bible.

Consequently, all believ-ers must exert their every effort to read the Bible, un-derstand God’s commands, and then dutifully and care-fully obey everything that is written in it. It is no longer enough to

Cris diaz

THE regional police command in Camp Alagar in Cagayan de Oro City has issued security and safety tips for the general public to keep themselves and their families safe at all times.

Police Supt. Ronnie Cariaga, spokesperson of the PNP-10 regional command, emailed the safety and security tips yesterday afternoon.

Here are the 13 safety and security measures:

1. Keep your wallet in a safe place. Do not place it in a loose pocket like a jacket pocket or the back pocket of your pants. Avoid putting it in the outer pockets of your bag. Also, keep your bag close to your body, preferably where it is easy for you to keep an eye on your bag while walking.

2. Avoid carrying large amounts of money and wearing flashy and expensive jewellery when riding a public transportation.

3. Do not walk in dark alleys and streets where only a very few people pass by. Take secure and well-lighted walkways instead. If you can, walk in the company of other people.

4. Familiarize yourself with the area where you fre-quently pass by. Be wary of your surroundings and if you notice someone is following you, go to the nearest building with a security guard right away.

5. Refuse rides offered by strangers.6. Avoid responding to small talks aimed at you by

strangers on the street.7. Always be on guard for suspicious people wherever

you are. If you think someone is stalking you, always go where there are many people, or where there is a security guard or a police officer.

8. If witnessing or in the midst of a crime, stay calm as much as possible. Maintain presence of mind and take note of the physical appearance and other strik-ing details about the crime. This will help the police identify and capture the robber.

9. Do not argue or fight with armed criminals. They are dangerous and possibly mentally and emotionally unstable. Be calm in speaking with them.

10. When riding a taxi, especially at night, write down important details such as plate numbers, body markings, color, and the model of the taxi. Also take note of the time and place when and where you boarded the taxi. If you can, share this information through text with another person who is not with you so that other people can know your whereabouts and you can be tracked.

11. When riding a taxi alone, always be in the rear seat of the vehicle. Immediately lock the doors at the rear and passenger seats.

12. Avoid using your cell phone while walking and while riding a public transportation to prevent being a victim of snatching.

13. Prepare your fare prior to boarding any kind of public transportation so you don’t have to take out your wallet and possibly expose the other contents of your bag. React: [email protected]

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Crooked | page 11

THE Aquino admin-istration’s vigorous push for gambling to become a steady source of revenue to fund various governmental programs and projects is a misplaced, if not a crooked proposition, under the President’s daang matuwid mantra.

No matter how this ad-ministration justifies its move in seeing to it that gambling becomes a major industry in this impov-erished country, nothing can ever exculpate such push. All the arguments are stacked against such action for gambling, legal or illegal, destroys the moral fabric of society.

Aquino or anyone else in his administration can not alter the fact that gam-bling is an expense on the part of the gambler. As an expense, the question that should be asked if such expense is productive or counter-productive. Will the money gambled pump prime the economy so that it’ll generate more wealth for the people and the nation?

Only Friday, last week, Aquino presided over the inauguration of the first of the four giant hotel and re-sort casinos that are locating at the Philippine Amuse-ment and Gaming Corp. or Pagcor’s Entertainment City at the reclamation area

a deeper view

Jesse E.L. Bacon II

A crooked daang matuwid

in Paranaque City. In the next three years, three more giant hotel resort casino complexes will rise in the same place.

The entire gambling complex is estimated to cost $4 billion. The first casino to be opened re-portedly cost $1 billion. When completed, the complex is expected to generate annual revenue of $6 billion, which if realized will be $1 bil-lion higher than what Las Vegas is currently generating. It means the Philippines is fixated on playing host to one of the world’s biggest gambling industries.

The country, let us not forget, already plays host to several casinos located not only in the National Capital Region but in several major cit-ies all over the country as well. This means that with the completion of the Entertainment City

gambling complex, we might have more casinos than su-permalls if we include the mini casinos that do not do full gaming operations but only have slot machines or on-line gaming facilities.

The Aquino administra-tion says that these gambling casinos will cater mostly to foreign high roller gamblers. But what it conveniently failed to mention is the fact that these gambling joints will likewise attract local gamblers both rich and poor because no one can ever prevent them if they wish to gamble their money. Besides, the logic of the existence of these casinos is to cater to the desire of those itching to gamble their money.

We will not contradict the Aquino administra-tion’s claim that a large part of the casino’s income will become government revenue that in turn can be used to fund various social services and other

public programs and proj-ects. But what the Aquino administration could not dispel is the social costs that gambling, no matter how highfalutin sounding it may be, will inflict on the country.

How many families have been broken because any or both of the spouses got hooked to gambling? I per-sonally know of so many families, friends in fact, that ended up destroyed because of the pernicious effects of gambling. The one thing that the government can not deny is the fact that gambling is addicting thus no different to illegal drugs such as shabu.

Legalized gambling is actually just like having all addicting illegal substances legalized, too. This is where the moral and ethical issues about gambling come into fore. Even if the government will say that the main targets of these casinos are the high roller gambler-businessmen, still the expense they will incur in these casinos can never be justified morally and ethically.

Unless these high roller gambler-businessmen have a supply of money that never dries up because they print their own money, then per-haps they can be forgiven for incurring such

Rhyanne Monsanto

Message to the fresh graduates

(And Not So Fresh)First of a series

AS I WAS organizing my computer files, I stumbled upon an old power point presentation that I have done three years ago. Just weeks before I braved on and set my sails to a new adventure here in Australia, I was given the honour to speak to a group of senior university graduating stu-dents of Liceo de Cagayan University in my hometown, with the topic of “Enhanc-ing Work Attitude in the Corporate World.”

I completely forgot about this talk that I have done. But when I browsed through my slides, memories of my glorious past flashed back. And since the March is the graduation month in the Philippines, I would like to share my message to all my fresh graduate friends back home. (If you are not a fresh graduate anymore but you still want to feel fresh, this is also for you):

CONGRATULATIONS graduates! Your years of hard work with a combina-tion of sweat and tears have finally paid off in this one culminating event called the graduation. But let me

tell you, your graduation is not the final destination, it is just a stop-over. Soon you find yourself travelling on board to a new and bigger adventure in the real job market.

Yes, there is life after university. Don’t get stuck within the four walls of the university campus. It is a tough and competitive world out there. You have the tools and the knowledge you have learned in school. But do not rely on them alone. Be street smart as well. Use your common sense. Learn how to interact with people. IQ will help you get the job, but your EQ will help you to retain the job and be promoted.

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EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE RAMON NOGUERA WITH DEED

OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late RAMON NOGUERA, and at the time of her death he left a parcel of land located at Lumad, Mambajao, Camiguin, embraced by Original Certificate of Title No. P-6639V covered under Tax Declaration No. 04000101277 Lot No. 135 PART, containing an area of SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THREE (653) square meters and bounded as follows; North: Lot No. ROAD, East: Lot No. 154-F-139, South: Lot No. Lot No. 134 Gonzalo Chan, West: Creek is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE RAMON NOGUERA WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE made and executed by the Heirs namely; ASUNCION NOGUERA REYES, of legal age, widow and resident of Po-blacion, Mambajao, Camiguin; AIDA CAINGLET PEREZ, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Lumad, Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin; NORMA N. BACOR, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Lumad, Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin; CONCEPCION NOGUERA, of legal age, Filipino, widow and resident of Cebu City; ROSA E. NOGUERA, of legal age, Filipino, widow and resident of Cebu City; RENATO NOGUERA, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Lumad, Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin; LUIS NOGUERA, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Lumad, Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin; JAIME NOGUERA, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Lumad, Mambajao, Camiguin; LUIS CANONIGO, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin, DAYLINDA B. HONTIVEROS, of legal age, Fili-pino, married and resident of Lumad, Mambajao, Camiguin; EVONNIE C. PEÑALOZA, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Tagdo, Mam-bajao, Camiguin, are the only legal heirs and children of the Late RAMON NOGUERA. That for and in Consider-ation of the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P100,000.00) Philippine currency in hand paid from AILEEN C. NOGUERA, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Lumad, Mambajao, Camiguin, do hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY of a parcel of land unto said vendee AILEEN C. NOGUERA, as per Doc. No. 409; Page No. 81; Book No. XIX; Series of 2010; under Notary Public of ATTY. ANIANO S. PADERANGA

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THE Philippine Palmoil Development Council, Inc. (PPDCI) is taking the lead in holding the 8th National Palm Oil Congress on April 18-19, 2013, here at the Xavier Sports and Country Club, Xavier Estates, Mas-terson Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City.

This was announced by PPCDI President Robertino Pizarro in a communiqué to the Sudaria Group of Publications, along with PPDCI Vice President Er-win Garcia.

With the theme, “Utiliz-ing Unproductive Lands and Promoting Economic Stabil-ity Thru Investments in the Palm Oil Industry,” the 8th National Palmoil Congress ushers in updates on the Philippine palm oil industry, development initiatives, technological advances, banking support, local and international trends and prospects, among others, Pizarro said.

In support to the palm oil congress are the Local Government of Cagayan de Oro, A Brown Energy and Resources Development,

Power crisisGENERAL Santos City––The national govern-ment is planning to acquire and deploy modular generator sets here and in other key cities to help offset the impact of the worsening power shortage within the critical Mindanao grid.

Secretary Luwalhati Antonino, chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), said Wednesday such move was endorsed by the Department of Energy (DoE) as temporary solu-tion to the continuing prolonged daily rotating brownouts in parts of Mindanao.

She said the DoE gave the recommendation in a recent meeting with President Benigno S. Aquino III regarding the power crisis in Mindanao.

“We’re talking and doing negotiations right now with some modular genset suppliers,” Antonino said.

She did not specify the capacity of the modular generator sets and how many units would be deployed but a local power industry executive earlier said a 15 to 20-megawatt (MW) unit would be enough to temporarily cover for the area’s current power supply deficit. (Allen V. Estabillo)

Hot summerKORONADAL City––For those in Mindanao, keep those pamaypays (hand fans) ever ready this summer.

This after an official of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Wednesday admitted that the power supply situation in the island would remain precarious until new power producers would come in to supply the Mindanao grid, especially this summer season.

“When the power situation in the island would stabilize, that we cannot tell since we’re just trans-mitting those generated by the power producers,” Milfrance Capulong, NGCP corporate commu-nications officer for Mindanao, told MindaNews on the phone.

Outages in parts of Mindanao have worsened in the past few weeks to as long as eight hours daily, as in the case of Zamboanga City. (MindaNews.com)

PPDCI to hold 8th Nat’l Palm Oil Congress in Oro on April 18-19

Inc. (ABERDI), API Group of Companies, Kenram In-dustrial Development, Inc. (KIDI), Filipinas Palmoil Plantation, Inc. (FPPI), Land Bank of the Philip-pines (LBP), Department of Agriculture (DA) and other major industry players, with the support from the Department of Trade and Industry, Regional Board of Investments, Philippine Coconut Authority-PODO, Department of Tourism, De-partment of Land Reform, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and other stakeholders.

PPDCI announced in its website that the Philippines is now eyeing to further develop the local palm-oil industry starting with the survey of farmlands suitable to palm-oil plantations in Bukidnon.

This was disclosed by Jesus Arranza, member of the Philippine Coconut Au-thority’s (PCA) governing board and president and chief executive officer of the CIIF Oil Mills Group earlier.

The PCA is set to con-duct a topographic survey of around 100,000 hectares of farmlands in Bukidnon.

This way, we have something to show investors in terms of where they can locate, Arranza’s statement in the PPDCI website read.

Arranza said the survey is part of a program ap-proved by the PCA three months ago. He, however, could not say how much money was allocated to the initiative.

The CIIF official said he is willing to join efforts that encourage investors, particularly Malaysians and Indonesians to locate in the Philippines.

In a previous report re-leased by the Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco) in 2004, of the 304,350 hectares of land suitable for palm-oil plantation in Mindanao, only 20,000 hectares has been used by the industry, PPDCI said.

It said that Medco noted that Mindanao, particu-larly Caraga Region, has the highest potential for the palm-oil industry since it is one of the most suitable areas for palm-oil planta-tion due to good quality of soil type and fair weather conditions.

Oil millers in Mind-

anao are Filipinas Palm Oil Plantations Inc., Agusan Plantations Inc. (Agumil and Buluan Mill) , and Kenram Industrial and Development, Inc, it added.

In its report posted over PPDCI website, Medco noted that palm oil is con-sidered as the world’s most productive oil because its versatile composition is maximized not only for edible oils but also in making food, chemical, cosmetic and pharmaceuti-cal products.

Citing a study published by the University of Asia and the Pacific, Medco said palm oil’s domestic demand will continue to increase f ive percent a year in the next 10 years up to 2020.

In a report posted on its web site, the Department of Agriculture’s Agribusi-ness and Marketing Assis-tance Service noted that the government can consider offering special long-term financing for palm oil, with a seven-year grace period, and duty-free importation of planting materials and farm equipment to entice more players in the local palm-oil industry.

DAVAO City––The Davao Region has many job vacan-cies that are not filled in yet because the applicants are not the ones needed by the industries, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 11.

The DOLE-11 earlier said out of 228,689 total vacant jobs in the region last year, only 64,489 of the 77,498 applicants were hired out in a total of 57 job fairs conducted.

Vacancies for mining engineers and agriculture-related jobs are among those that were hard to fill up due to jobs-skills mismatch, ac-cording to DOLE-11.

Joffrey Suyao, DOLE-11 regional director, said in a media forum here Monday the labor pool has to catch up with the changing labor demand brought by the fast development of industries, considering the jobs-skills mismatch in the region.

He cited that it was evi-dent in jobs fairs last year that many vacancies had not been filled because of either the job applicants’ lack of interest in the available jobs or lack of skills required in the industry.

Bert Barriga, executive vice president of the Infor-mation and Communication

Many job vacancies, but few applicants

qualified: DOLE-11Technology (ICT) Davao, Inc., said in a phone in-terview Tuesday there are available talents who have the basic skills to be quali-fied for business process outsourcing (BPO) as call center agents but they need to be trained to be “ready” for the industry.

He cited that there should be support through training facilities to comple-ment for the available jobs in BPO companies, adding that the industry has yet

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PRAYER TOHOLY SPIRIT Oh Holy Spirit Thou who make me see everything and show me the way to reach my ideal. You who gave me divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and who are in all instances of my life with me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank You for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from You, no matter how great the material desires may be, I want to be with You and my love ones in Your Perpetual Glory, Amen. (A person must pray this for 3 consecutive days without stating one’s wish. After 3rd day your wish will be granted, no matter how difficult it may be. Promise to publish this as soon as your favor has been granted.

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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late CON-STANCIO P. IRA, JR., who passed away on 15 August 1998, left certain real properties that are conjugal properties of the deceased and his widow, SOL P. IRA, which properties are particularly described as follows; a. Property covered by T-29887 (Lot with House) “A parcel of land (Lot 2232-B-2-D, Psd-10-001187 being a portion of Lot 2232-S-2 LRC Psd-123017), situated in the Barrio of Lapasan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of TWO HUN-DRED FIFTY EIGHT (258) SQUARE METERS, more or less, executed by Benjamin Mindajao, Geodetic Engr. And approved on Nov. 24, 1978, to SOL P. IRA. b. Property covered by T-35123 (Lot with Garage) “A parcel of land (Lot 2232-S-2-C Psd-10-001187 being a portion of Lot 2232-S-2, LRC Psd-123017) situated in the Barrio of Lapasan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of TWO HUN-DRED FIFTY EIGHT (258) SQUARE METERS, more or less, executed by Benjamin O. Mindajao, Geodetic Engr. And approved on Nov. 24, 1978, to LOUELLA IRA and CONSTANCIO IRA III, as co-owners of equal share. C. Property covered by T-29888 (Lot with Store) “A parcel of land (Lot 3741-B-2-F-1-A Psd-10-001458 being a portion of 3741-B-2-F-1 LRC Psd-101558) situated in the Barrio of Lapasan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of FIVE HUNDRED (500) SQUARE METERS, more or less, executed by Pesto C. Labia, Geodetic Engr. And approved on March 23, 1979. D. Property covered by T-18599 (Vacant Lot) “A parcel of land (Lot 3741-S-2-B of the subdivision plan Psd-10-000134, being a portion of 3741-B-2-P-2, LRC Psd-101558) situated in the Barrio of Lapasan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) SQUARE METERS, more or less, executed by Engr. Severino Halasan on May 22, 1974 and approved on Dec. 14, 1974. E. Property covered by T-18598 (Vacant Lot) “A parcel of land (Lot 3741-S-2-F-2-1 of the subdivision plan Psd-10-000134, being a portion of Lot 3741-N-2-F-2, LRC Psd-10558) situated in the Bar-rio of Lapasan, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) SQUARE METERS, more or less, executed by Geodetic Engr. Severino Halasan on May 22, 1974 and approved on Dec. 14, 1974. F. Property covered by T-9073 (Vacant Lot) Lot No. 7496, Cad-295. Containing an area of THIRTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN (30,977) SQUARE METERS, promulgated thereunder by I. Villa, Cadastral Land Surveyor, on August 21, 1958, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS, made and entered into by and among, SOL P. IRA, Filipino, widow, of legal age, and residing at 3rd Street, San Pedro Village, Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City; ROMUALDO IRA, Filipino, married, of legal age, and residing at St. Joseph Subdivision, Tunghaan, Minglanilla, Cebu City; PABLITO IRA, Filipino, married, of legal age, and residing at Purok 4, North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon; RODERICK SALAAN, Filipino, married, of legal age, and residing at Purok 4, North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon; LOUELLA IRA, Filipino, single, of legal age, and residing at Poppy Street, Greenwoods Executive Village Ph 6A-1, Cainta, Rizal; and CONSTANCIO IRA III, Filipino, married, of legal age, and residing at 3rd Street, San Pedro Village, Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City; are the only surviving heirs, being the widow and children, of the deceased CONSTANCIO P. IRA, JR. as per Doc. No. 426; Page No. 87; Book No. 76; Series of 2007; under Notary Public of ATTY. EMMANUEL A. AKUT.

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EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late PAULINO EDURIA, who has died on May 13, 2003 at Balubal, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, that the deceased has left a real property situated at Balubal, Cagayan de Oro City more particularly described as follows; “A PARCEL OF LAND, Lot 40, Case I, Plsm-1098 situated in the Barrio of Balubal, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of 9,800 SQUARE METERS, more or less, covered by O.C.T. P-4319. is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE, made and entered by and among; WILMA N. EDURIA, MIRASOL N. EDURIA and MERALYN N. EDURIA, all of legal age, widow and single, Filipino and residents of Balubal, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, hereinafter referred to as HEIRS-VENDORS, are the legitimate spouse and chil-dren and legal heirs, that for and in consideration of the sum of PESOS: TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ONLY (Php 200,000.00) Philippine currency in hand paid, do hereby acknowledged HEIRS-VENDORS, do hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER, and DELIVER unto and in favor of AURELIO A. TAGARAO, his heirs and assigns, “A PARCEL OF LAND, Lot 40-B, Plsm-1098, being a portion of Lot 40, Plsm-1098, situated at Barrio Balubal, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR (7,734) square meters, more or less” as per Doc. No. 215, Page No. 56; Book No. 127; Series of 2013, under Notary Public of ATTY. ELIZER C. FLORES.

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rotating power interruptions in ar-eas that do not have embedded power generation capacity.Agus-Pulangi power plants rehabilita-

tionAntonino said that among other solu-

tions that the government is working on is to fast-track the rehabilitation of the Agus-Pulangi Power Plants, which sup-plies more than 50 percent of Mindanao’s power requirement.

She explained that the 59-year old facility has since deteriorated its capacity to just a little more than 570 megawatts while it used to supply almost 1,000 megawatts when it was commissioned in 1953.

“The mechanical parts of hydropower plants are good for only 30 years before replacement and the plant’s capacity has been reduced due to heavy siltation of the river systems and dams that feed into the facility,” explained Antonino.

She added that the plants’ reduced capacity is the main cause why it can no longer meet the current power require-ment of Mindanao during system peak.

A rehabilitation project that involves replacing the main equipment of the two generating units of the Agus 6 power facility is underway. The project will extend the facility’s lifespan by another 30 years and its generating capacity uprated from 50 megawatts to 69 megawatts.

A flood control project in Balo-I will also be initiated to address the flooding problem as a result of the increased output of the Agus 2 Hydro Electric Power Plant. This will be undertaken by the National Power Corporation in partnership with the local government of the Balo-I municipality.

“While the government is keenly developing mechanisms to cope with Mindanao’s annual electricity consumption growth of 4.7 percent, consumers must also do their share in efficient energy use particularly during this upcoming summer season when we are anticipat-ing a dry spell that will cause a reduced output of the Agus-Pulangi power plant,” said Antonino.

The Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee (MPMC), co-chaired by MinDA and DOE, is also conducting a resource mapping and assessment project for hydro and biomass resources in Min-danao. First step is to come up with an initial list of prospective areas for Hydro Power development. This project is being undertaken in partnership with USAID Climate Change and Clean Energy (CEnergy) Project. Immediate Options for Zambonga

CityAmong the main goals of the Zambo-

anga Power Forum is to seek immediate solutions to the 8-hour power interrup-tions in the city. DOE Secretary Carlos Jerecho Petilla offered to the nearly 400 participants of the forum the distribution of power generators to Mindanao electric cooperatives that do not have embedded generators.

“These generators will be able to provide power supply immediately, while we are waiting for new capacities to come online by 2015 and onwards,” said Petilla, who also assured the cooperatives that the government will find the most viable options to keep the capital expenditures of acquiring the generator sets as minimal as possible.

He added that the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (ZAMCELCO) has a contracted capacity of 18 megawatts from the Iligan Diesel Power Plant, and is expected to acquire five megawatts from the plant during its initial operation next month.

A public consultation will be con-ducted as an offshoot of the forum. The office of Congresswoman Beng Climaco formed a technical working group to carefully study the impact of the options being presented as solutions to the power supply problem.

“The people of Zamboanga should be supplied with the information regarding the real costs that each option would entail. We reiterate our support for the options presented by the government,” she said.

A similar event will be conducted in General Santos City on Tuesday (March 26) at the Phela Grande Hotel to provide a venue for discussion the proposed immedi-ate solutions to the power interruptions that the city is currently experiencing. The event is expected to convene more than 250 representatives of the city’s industries and will gather the key players in the country’s power sector. (MinDA)

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Mayor Darlene Antoni-no-Custodio said initial talks were organized by the City Economic Man-agement and Cooperative Development Office and the General Santos City Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Socoteco II to determine the viability of enrolling large power users in the area into the DoE’s Interruptible Load Program (ILP).

ILP is a demand-side management scheme that provides compensation to participating customers who enter into a contract with a distribution utility for the voluntary inter-ruption or reduction of the power supply to them during peak periods and emergency conditions.

She said the implemen-tation of the scheme will allow Socoteco II to save substantial power supply and eventually reduce the daily rotating brownouts, which had increased to seven hours on Monday from six hours last Friday.

“Large establishments would use their own gen-erator sets for three hours daily to de-load the critical Mindanao grid,” the mayor said.

Two of the city’s four shopping malls and five other companies have al-ready expressed commit-ment to take part in the ILP scheme, she said.

Custodio specifically cited the KCC Mall and SM City General Santos as well as Dole Philippines, Citra Mina Group of Companies, Cargill Oil Mills, General Tuna Corporation and SAFI Group of Companies.

“With more companies being negotiated to par-ticipate, we expect to de-load the grid by at least 28 megawatts (MW) for three hours a day,” she said.

On Monday, Socoteco II increased the daily rotating brownouts in the city and parts of Sarangani and South Cotabato to seven hours due to the reduced power allocation from the National Power Corporation (NPC) and the National Grid Cor-poration of the Philippines (NGCP).

Socoteco II serves this city, the entire Sarangani

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younger brother.The group intruded Sa-

bah in February to exert claim over the island, citing historical and legal claims, but Malaysia rejected this and launched a massive assault on about 200 of the sultan’s men following a deadline for them to sur-render peacefully.

The assault by Malaysian jets and ground artiller-ies left at least 62 intrud-ers dead, but the fighting between the two groups

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was the only Filipino Cardinal-elector at the re-cently concluded conclave.

In his 30 years as a priest, Cardinal Tagle has distin-guished himself as a servant of God. He lives a life of humility exemplified by his loving care for the poor. He hosts the Sunday TV program “Pan Dasal” and teaches at the San Carlos Seminary, Loyola School of Theology, Divine Word Seminary and Maryhill School of Theology.

He served in the Dio-cese of Imus in various capacities from 1982 to 2011, when he was installed as Archbishop of Manila. He is the chairperson of the Episcopal Commission on the Doctrine of the Faith of the Catholic Bishops’ Con-ference of the Philippines, a member of the Office of Theological Concerns of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences and is an elected member of the Council of the Synod of Bishops.

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say, as many believers are saying, that they believe and that they have faith in God. They must now make sure that their belief is founded upon concrete admonitions and instructions from God, which can only be found in his Word.

Catholics and all believ-ers must now make sure to know the basis of their faith, and understand what God wants for every believer to enjoy a good, abundant and victorious life, a life that is free from poverty and want, from failures and misery, from ignorance and false teachings. And all of these they could achieve if and only if they themselves will read their Bibles and understand each and every chapter and each and every verse.

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OF GOD YET? If one will conscientiously, consistent-ly, and carefully read the Bible, it will not be difficult to see that what God wants is really for every man and woman around the world to become His children. Becoming children of God is a pre-requisite to living a life with God here on earth, a life that is filled with vic-tory and success, and living eternal life with Him after.

But it is a sad reality that not many believers worldwide have become children of God. While many of them will claim and say that they are chil-dren of God, the undeniable truth is that, no, they have never attained yet the status of being children of God, even if they have declared themselves believers all their lives, from the time they were baptized up to this moment.

also killed and wounded 18 Malaysian policemen and soldiers.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad also said that people living in houses on stilts in Sabah should be relocated immediately be-cause they could be exposed to threats from external aggressors. But many of those living in the settlement there are Filipino Muslims from Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

He said the settlement complicates security mat-ters in the area. “We need to move them, but we need to find land for them and we need to identify among them who are our citizens, those who are foreign citi-zens and those who do not have a certificate of iden-tity,” he said in a report by the Malaysian news agency Bernama.

The former, but influ-ential politician, earlier urged Malaysia to stop pay-ing “cession money” to the Sultanate of Sulu because of the intrusion of its armed followers. But the Sultan-ate of Sulu considers the payment as rental money for Sabah.

Malaysia is still paying cession money to the Sul-tanate of Sulu although it lays claim on the Sabah, a gift given by Brunei to the Sultan of Sulu for helping quell a rebellion in 1658.

Malaysia arrested more than 300 Filipinos who are suspected of supporting or aiding Raja Muda Agbimud-din’s group under a strict anti-terrorism law. Just re-cently, three more men, who were acting suspiciously, had been detained in Kampung Sim-Sim in Sandakan after villagers phoned the police about the trio.

Their identities were not immediately known, but one of them allegedly has links with a detained

Jemaah Islamiya militant Yazid Sufaat.

More than 2,000 Filipino Muslims have returned to Sulu and Tawi-Tawi prov-inces after fleeing Sabah for fear they would be arrested in a massive crackdown launched by Malaysian on illegal immigrants and Fili-pino communities on the island.

Many Indonesian work-ers and immigrants also fled Sabah and Jakarta has deployed an armed naval flotilla to guard its bor-der with Malaysia and the Philippines, and to ferry its citizens affected by the hostilities between Malay-sian security forces and the Sultanate of Sulu.

Sabah, just several nauti-cal miles off Tawi-Tawi, is home to about 2.3 million Malaysians and 889,000 non-Malaysians, based on its 2010 population survey.

Both Manila and Kuala Lumpur suspect that some group in the Philippines and Malaysia is financing Sultan Jamalul to destabilize the two countries ahead of its own elections this year. But the ailing 74-year old leader denied all accusations about this. (Mindanao Examiner)

Why am I saying this? Well, becoming children of God requires a process, outlined by God Himself in the Bible. If you ask believers everywhere if they under-went this God-mandated process to enable them to become children of God, they will be forced to admit that they have not really done so. Consequently, they are not children of God, even if they say they are. How about you, are you already children of God?

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Province and the munici-palities of Tupi and Polo-molok in South Cotabato.

Rodolfo Ocat, Socoteco II general manager, said the extended rotating brownout was mainly caused by the declining generation capac-ity of the NPC hydroelectric plants in Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon provinces.

He said the problem was reportedly caused by the low water inflow at the NPC’s Agus and Pulangi hydro-electric plants hydroelectric plant complexes.

The NGCP noted in its power situation outlook for Tuesday that Mindanao grid’s system capacity has dropped to 820 MW and with its system peak pegged at 1,159 MW or short by 339 MW.

Ocat said such deficiency translates to around 42 MW of power supply shortage for the area based on its daily peak demand of 112 MW.

He said the electric co-operative’s power allocation from the NPC has dropped to 40 MW starting Monday from 41 MW last Friday.

Aboitiz-owned Therma Marine Inc. augments the area’s power supplies by 30 MW based on a power sales agreement that it earlier signed with Socoteco II.

“We’re expecting that our power situation will even worsen in the coming weeks based on the NPC’s forecast,” Ocat said.

Earlier this month, So-coteco II forged a power sales agreement with the Alcantara Group’s Mapalad Power Corporation for the provision of 30 MW of ad-ditional power supplies to the area from the 102-MW Iligan diesel power plant.

Based on the agreement, Mapalad will supply an initial 12 MW to Socoteco II starting May and a full 30 MW when the plant becomes fully operational in August. (Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews)

He became a cardinal in October 2012.

About 1,800 students will receive their degrees in their chosen fields during the 74th university aca-demic convocation and commencement exercises which will end on March 23.

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1) VISIONBegin with the end in

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useless expense. But since they don’t print their own money, the money they will expend in the casino represents the income of their businesses.

For sure, these gam-bler-businessmen employ managers and ordinary employees in their busi-nesses who serve as their partners in ensuring that their businesses are always profitable. Now if gambling is an expense, do they also spend so much of their money in terms of giving just and righteous pay or wages to their partners, their managers and rank and file employees?

Are they not giving their managers and other em-ployees subsistence pay while they squander through gambling the income earned for them by their partners in their businesses? Is the expense incurred through gambling moral and ethical? Indeed not. But why this daang matuwid treading administration is walking the crooked path with its push for gambling as a major

to generate 14,000 jobs more until 2016 to complete its target of 30,000 jobs in the region.

He said Convergys and Teleperformance, two of the biggest BPO companies in the country, will open this year with a total of 1,000 initial job vacancies. He added that their hiring may be doubled after two months of operation.

“Such projection should be supported by crafting very good training programs to constantly produce tal-ents,” he told MindaNews.

He said the training sup-

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port is an opportunity for the academe and private sectors, citing that the Tech-nical Education and Skills Development Authority has provided scholarships to develop competent la-bor force fit for the BPO industry.

Decreased labor force participation

He said the mismatch has been a factor to the decrease in labor force participation rate in the region this year with 64.4 percent from last year’s 66.7 percent, adding that migration of labor force was also considered.

He cited that as of Janu-ary this year, the total popu-lation of the region’s labor

force reached 3.72 million, including 15 years old and above.

“We have the same em-ployment rate this year and last year,” he said, “but the labor force has been growing as graduates are added to the labor force every year.”

Based on the data he showed to reporters, the employment rate was at 93.7 percent and the unemploy-ment rate was at 6.3 percent in the region as of January 2013 and the same period last year.

The underemployment rate increased to 21.1 per-cent this year from 15.1 percent last year based on the data.

Suyao explained that underemployed are those who are already employed but are still desiring for more income, or wanting to transfer to a job that paid higher than his or her current job.Regional career confer-

enceSuyao mentioned that

DOLE 11 will hold a regional career conference sometime in June or July this year to address skills mismatch and current labor demands of various industries.

The conference will be a localized version of the national career congress that was held in Manila last year, discussing ways on how

to address the jobs-skills mismatch in the country, he added.

To be included in the inputs of the conference, Suyao said, are the results of its ongoing consultation with the industries in the region.

The DOLE-11 has con-ducted consultations to validate labor demands and update labor market infor-mation that were provided five years ago.

Suyao said his office has been consulting industries since last month, including information and communi-cation technology-business process outsourcing (ICT-BPO), hotel and restaurants, mining, agri-business and banking.

He added that updates will be provided by April.

“It is important for DOLE to provide the right labor market information,” he said, adding that the DOLE organized guidance counselors to help guide the students in determining their career path. (Lorie Ann A. Cascaro / MindaNews)

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PPDCI holds 8th Nat’l Palm OilCongress in CDO April 18-19

This was announced by PPCDI President Rober-tino Pizarro in a com-muniqué to the Sudaria Group of Publications, along with PPDCI Vice President Erwin Garcia.

With the theme, “Utiliz-ing Unproductive Lands and Promoting Economic Stability Thru Investments in the Palm Oil Industry,” the 8th National Palmoil Congress ushers in updates on the Philippine palm oil industry, development initiatives, technological advances, banking support, local and international t rends and prospects , among others, Pizarro said.

In support to the palm oil congress are the Local Government of Cagayan de Oro, A Brown Energy and Resources Development, Inc. (ABERDI), API Group of Companies, Kenram In-dustrial Development, Inc. (KIDI), Filipinas Palmoil Plantation, Inc. (FPPI), Land Bank of the Philip-pines (LBP), Department

of Agriculture (DA) and other major industry play-ers, with the support from the Department of Trade and Industry, Regional Board of Investments, Phil-ippine Coconut Authority-PODO, Department of Tourism, Department of Land Reform, Department of Environment and Natu-ral Resources and other stakeholders.

PPDCI announced in its website that the Phil-ippines is now eyeing to further develop the local palm-oil industry starting with the survey of farm-lands suitable to palm-oil plantations in Bukidnon.

This was disclosed by Jesus Arranza, member of the Philippine Coconut Authority’s (PCA) govern-ing board and president and chief executive officer of the CIIF Oil Mills Group earlier.

The PCA is set to con-duct a topographic survey of around 100,000 hectares of farmlands in Bukidnon.

THE Philippine Palmoil Development Council, Inc. (PPDCI) is taking the lead in holding the 8th National Palm Oil Congress on April 18-19, 2013, here at the Xavier Sports and Country Club, Xavier Estates, Masterson Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City.

This way, we have some-thing to show investors in terms of where they can locate, Arranza’s statement in the PPDCI website read.

Arranza said the survey is part of a program ap-proved by the PCA three months ago. He, however, could not say how much money was allocated to the initiative.

The CIIF official said he is willing to join efforts that encourage investors, particularly Malaysians and Indonesians to locate in the Philippines.

In a previous report released by the Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco) in 2004, of the 304,350 hectares of land suitable for palm-oil plantation in Mindanao, only 20,000 hectares has been used by the industry, PPDCI said.

It said that Medco noted that Mindanao, particu-larly Caraga Region, has the highest potential for the palm-oil industry since it is one of the most suit-able areas for palm-oil plantation due to good quality of soil type and fair weather conditions.

Oil millers in Mind-

anao are Filipinas Palm Oil Plantations Inc., Agusan Plantations Inc. (Agumil and Buluan Mill) , and Kenram Industrial and De-velopment, Inc, it added.

In its report posted over PPDCI website, Medco noted that palm oil is con-sidered as the world’s most productive oil because its versatile composition is maximized not only for edible oils but also in making food, chemical, cosmetic and pharmaceuti-cal products.

Citing a study published by the University of Asia and the Pacific, Medco said palm oil’s domestic demand will continue to increase f ive percent a year in the next 10 years up to 2020.

In a report posted on its web site, the Department of Agriculture’s Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service noted that the government can consider offering special long-term financing for palm oil, with a seven-year grace period, and duty-free importation of planting materials and farm equipment to entice more players in the local palm-oil industry.

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