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Ports udgradingIN a bid to boost the country’s cargo volumes in 2012, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) announced that the agency will be upgrading more ports to international standards in order to encourage more cargo ships and companies to use the Philip-pines as a transshipment point. PPA Assistant General Man-ager Raul T. Santos said that development plans are already in the pipeline for key ports lo-cated in Manila, Batangas, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro, Zamboanga, Ozamiz, General Santos and Davao. He added that the PPA estimates cargo volumes to grow by 4.5 percent to 175.40 million metric tons (MMTs) in 2012, slightly higher than 2011’s 167.82 MMTs.

Davao’s tourist trafficDAVAO City -- The Department of Tourism XI expects a vibrant tourism sector in the coming year with the entry of three new hotels that will bring in additional 600 room capacity to Davao’s existing 5,000 room capacity. Tourism Regional Director Art Boncato announced that Kukun Hotel of the Ayala Hotels and Resorts Corporation is set to be built and opened next year. It is a nine-storey, 148-room project that will be designed by C.T. Onglao and Associates, and will highlight local flavor and efficient service. Another hotel opening in 2013 is the Park Inn Hotel which is only very common in Europe and the United States. This 8,800-square-meter hotel has 204 room capacity and is scheduled for completion in time for the opening of the SMX Convention Center.

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Aboitiz to augment capacity in M’danao

By BUTCH ENERIO, orrespondent

IN A BID to augment the tightening power supply in Mindanao next year in anticipation of the effect of the sum-

mer months and the continuing increase in demand for power, AboitizPower (AP), through its wholly owned subsidiary Therma Marine, Inc. plans to transfer one of its four barge-mounted power plant units from Navotas by June 2012. In a statement, the company said that while it is predictable that power supply from hydro plants would be affected due to the lowering of water level in the dams in the summer months, it is important that power demand in Mindanao be supplied to sustain the island’s economic growth. “As Mindanao braces for a shortage of power, Aboitiz-

Power remains true to its commitment to the people of the island by providing a solution that will ensure that our economic progress will continue,” said Bobby Orig, AP first vice president for Mindanao Affairs. The barges are bunker C-fired diesel plants designed for peak load application, and will contribute to the

WORKING MINORS. Two kids scavenge over pile of garbage for recyclable items. A new National tatistics Office (NSO) survey showed northern Mindanao tops the most number of working children aged 5 to 17 years old in the country. PHOTO BY MIO CADE

VIP’s Christmas Village grows into Oro’s Christmas loreBy MIKE BAÑOSCorrespondent

mas on Display” an annual Christmas show of moving mannequins now being presented at its third home, the Greenhills Shopping Center since 2000. The VIP Hotel “Christ-mas Village” was started in December 2008 and has become a tradition every First Sunday of Advent by the Canoy Family which owns the establishment. “We hope to make this an annual tradition Kagay-anons of all ages can look forward to come the first

FOR the third straight year, the city’s premier hotel marked a tradition that has now become a part of Cagayan de Oro’s Christmas heritage in much the same way that the animated man-nequin show at the former COD department stores in Cubao and Avenida has became part of the Filipino family’s Yuletide tradition. The COD show was started 53 years ago and has evolved into the “Christ-

CHRISTMAS VILLAGE. A child watches in awe the colorful and animated Christmas Village displayed at the lobby of Cagayan de Oro’s VIP Hotel along A. Velez St.

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Small-scale miners urged to plant trees

By ANN NOBLEBukidnon Bureau Chief

effort to regreen Bukidnon. Mr. Samuel Cadavos, chief of the Bukidnon En-vironment and Natural Resources office, said that there’s a need for these smale scale-miners to take part in the reforestation effort of the provincial government

MALAYBALAY City -- The Bukidnon environment of-fice here urged small-scale miners operating in various areas of the province to plant trees in consonance with the provincial government’s

NSO survey shows nearly 2M Filipino kids are working

• Northern Mindanao had the highest incidence of child labor

RESULTS of a 2010 survey showed that about 1.9 million Filipino children aged 5 to 17, or 6.3% of the population in this age range, were working. More than a third of the working children be-longed to the lowest per capita income bracket,

according to the National Statistics Office report on the Annual Poverty Indica-tors Survey (APIS). “The main factor that contributes to the number of working children is poverty. There are other factors that contribute to this issue such as lack of access to schools

and educational facilities and poor health and nutri-tion. However, these other factors can still be traced back to poverty,” Jesus M. Macasil, Jr., director of the International Labour Organization-Interna-tional Programme on

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CdO okays for employment of studentsBy LOREBETH C. REQUIROSO, Contributor

THE proposed budget for the implementation of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) for 2012 amounting to P2.5 million was approved, in principle, by the City Council as a Committee of the Whole during budget de-liberations recently.

lives of its poor constituents. Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manager Juvy Paza said some 900 students will be able to avail of the program next year. The city will be paying 60-per-cent of their wages which will be based on prevailing minimum wage while the DOLE pays the balance of 40-percent. As part of its public employ-ment assistance program, the amount of P300,000 was also proposed for the holding of job fairs in the city. (lcr/cio/pia-10)

SPES is one of the auxiliary programs and services imple-mented by the office of City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano, in coordination with the Depart-ment of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Further, SPES is mandated under Republic Act No. 7323

otherwise known as “An Act To Help Poor But Deserving Students Pursue Their Edu-cation By Encouraging Their Employment During Summer and/or Christmas Vacations.” This is also in line with the intention of the administration of Mayor Emano to uplift the

DENR pushes for reforms in mining industry

By ERIC F. GALLEGO. Contributor Philippines. He said the local government must get a good share of income from the mining companies particularly in areas where they have active operations. “It has to be remitted directly to the LGU,” he said, adding that he is “personally campaigning for that with the Department of Budget and Management , the Department of Finance and the Bureau of Internal Revenue for the implementation of this policy reforms in tax remittances.” “I am proposing that the government must get additional 5 percent from the mining companies of which 40 percent of that goes to the LGU,” he said. “We expect an additional revenues of P 16 billion pesos to the government coming from all the mining companies actively operating in the country.” the DENR Secretary said. “Imagine this revenues that will be used by the LGU for building roads, school buildings, government hospitals, water systems and other infrastructure projects,” Paje said. Secretary Paje was the keynote speaker of the one-day Environment Summit held at the Provincial Convention Center, Provincial Capitol in Surigao City. This was the second Environment Summit held this month in Caraga Region aimed at strengthening the social mobilization and awareness of the people on the need to protect and preserve the environment and natural resources in the country. Before going to the summit, Secretary Paje made a brief aerial inspection of the Taganito Mining operation in Claver, Surigao del Norte where he saw some siltation along the coastal areas. He nevertheless expressed satisfaction of the forest condition in the area. “I have been in many parts of the country and I can say that Caraga is still the greenest,” he said. In his speech, Secretary Paje chal-lenged everyone to do his or her part in environment protection. He said that the Philippine is the 6th among countries most vulnerable to climate change. “We must prove to the world that in

SURIGAO City -- Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje announced Tuesday that reforms are being worked out by the DENR to improve revenue collec-tions of the local government from mining operations. This was in support of the Philippine Development Plan of the Aquino Admin-istration specifically on the Conservation, Protection and Rehabilitation of the “We will start the mining reforms in Zambonga del Norte,” Paje told the local newsmen shortly after the conclusion of the Environment Summit initiated by the Provincial Governor of Surigao del Norte Sol F. Matugas in this mining capital of the

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The Dynasty Court Hotel  Grand  Anniversary Buffet

Gourmet Flavors of AsiaGourmet Flavors of Asia

By JOE PALABAO, Feature Editor

Chinese Restaurant of Dynasty Court Hotel offered to its valued customers, guests, locales and Kagay-anons a

grand buffet consististing of twenty three (23) main dishes that offers the dif-ferent flavors of asia that offers the differ-ent flavors of asia during their 24th year anniversary celebration last November 27.

Mouth watering appetizers, salads, des-serts with bottomless beverages and drinks were also served .Flavors of Asia featured Filipino, Chinese, Korean, Singaporean, Indonesian dishes main menu were brought to us by Chef Joseph Brian Lee and Chef/Hotel Manager Ms. Nelia Lee.

Their tandem once again made the celebration so successful and satisfied the gourmet taste of every Kagay-anons present during the occasion.

Main dishes; Chap Chae;Chicken Teri-yaki, Fried Stuff Shrimp, Bistek, Humba, Singaporean Chilli Garlic Crab, Steamed Shrimp with Garlic, Fish with Palapa Sauce, Pagi, Pla Pla with Burong Hipon, Fish Kini-law, Mixed Green Vegetable with Garlic, Shantung Chicken, Lechon Belly, Chicken Satay, Pinoy Sotanghon, Nido Soup and a lot more. Appetizers-the Fish Kinilaw, Chinese Cold Cuts, Assorted Sushi Maki, Siomai Dumpling, Green Salads.

Desserts consisted of fresh fruits, flour-less chocolate cake, cream puffs, pavlovas and moist chocolate cake.

Bottomless beverages and drinks: Lemon Grass Tea, Orange Juice and Celery Ex-tract Juice.

Prominent businessmen, Kagay-anons and the many guests enjoyed to the fullest the festive ambience of the Dynasty Court Hotel Chinese Restaurant which holds 350 guests, the gourmet food, the mouth watering appetizers, the yummy desserts and the healthy bottomless drinks.

For particulars and furthermore informa-tion and reservations Dynasty Court Hotel is located at Tiano Bros. corner Hayes Sts., Cagayan de Oro City 9000, Philip-pines with Tel Nos. (063(8822) 724516, 728101, 063(88)8571250, 8574802; Fax No. (063)8822 727825 or email them at dynastycourthotel@globenet.com.ph or visit their website: www.dynastycourthotel.net

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FASTFOOD GIANT Jol-libee Foods Corp. has pocketed P20 million in cash after it completed the sale of its coffee and gelato franchise Caffe Ti-Amo to CafeFrance Corp., a disclosure to the local bourse on Friday showed. “Jollibee announced that the sale of assets between the company’s

MOBILE phone giant Smart Communica-tions Inc. is confi dent it’s going to beat rival Globe Telecom Inc. in the postpaid mar-ket with its rollout of Apple’s best iPhone yet in the Philippines this month. Apple has given Smart the right to distribute the iPhone 4S, ending Globe’s exclusivity over the smartphone since its fi rst version was launched in 2008. Smart announced Friday that it started taking orders for the latest Apple product, and said it would make it available to subscribers start-

Not just Globe, Smart to offer iPhone 4S too

ing Deember 16. Smart chairman Man-uel V. Pangilinan said Sun Cellular, which Philippine Long Distance Telephone

Co. (PLDT) acquired last month, will also off er the iPhone 4S soon. PLDT is the parent of Smart. Pangilinan said the off er-

ing of the new iPhone will solidify their group’s leadership in the country’s post-paid mobile phone market. Unveiled right be-fore the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs, the iPhone 4S has been much an-ticipated and sought aft er because of its new features that in-clude Apple’s voice-enabled personal assitant, Siri. Smrt has 476,000

postpaid subscribers, only nearly a third of Globe’s 1.4 million subscribers. Sun Cel-lular has close to 1.5 million postpaid subscribers.

Jollibee sells off coffee shop, pockets P20Mwholly owned subsidiary Coffeetap Corp. and Cafe-France was completed on Nov. 30, 2011,” the disclo-sure read. “Additionally, Cafe-France has assumed the master franchise of Caffe Ti-Amo for the Philip-pines,” a separate disclosure stated. Jollibee had said that

the divestment of its Caffe Ti-Amo business would allow it to focus on other ventures, particularly the San Pin Wang chain in Guangxi Province, China, and the joint venture with Viet Thai International Joint Stock Co. The coffee and gelato restaurant has two branches at present in the country

located in the cities of Man-daluyong and Makati. Meanwhile, CafeFrance, a unit of health care product manufacturer Euro-Med Laboratories Philippines, Inc., is the same company that bought bakeshop Deli-france for P100 million in cash from Jollibee sub-sidiary, Fresh N’ Famous Foods, Inc. last year.

Get ready to experience the easiest and fastest way to connect and interact with other devices as Nokia introduces Near Field Com-munication (NFC) in its new range of smartphones!

NFC is an innovative technology which allows contactless data exchange between two devices in close proximity to each other. It makes it easy for your phone to instantly pair, share and tag with other mobile devices and acces-sories through a simple tap!

Tap into something new with Nokia

NFC enabled smartphones Nokia N9 and Nokia 700 allow users to easily connect to compat-ible accessories or experience multiplayer gaming through a single tap.

Globe StatementGlobe supports the NTC initiative to lower SMS

interconnection access rates to 15 centavos and has fully complied with the NTC Memorandum.

The lowering of domestic access charges on sms will allow Globe to offer more aggressive and competitive sms based unli, bulk and all network promos.

Right now, our customers are enjoying an average rate of close to 10 centavos per sms because of the inter and all network bulk unli offers, as well as our postpaid and consumable plan offerings.

The lower sms access rates will help provide greater benefits to our customers especially those who are currently using our unli services.

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Globe Telecom.

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THERE is a line from an old poem that goes: “Little drops of water...make the mighty ocean.” This particularly reso-nates with those of our countrymen who partici-pated in last week’s bid to break the Guinness world record for the longest line of coins. Happily, the bid was successful. While we have yet to re-ceive a final and official nod from the Guinness World Records, the fact that we were able to complete 73.02 kilometers of 25-centavo coins in less than two days is an achievement in itself. More than successfully beating the current United States record of 64.8 kilome-ters, we were able to prove that the spirit of bayanihan among Filipinos is alive and

A New Guinness Record for Longest Line of Coinswell. The event, called “Barya ng mga Bayani: The Power of Small Change,” was held for two days in front of the Quirino Grandstand (near Rizal Park or Luneta) in Manila starting Novem-ber 30—a special holiday commemorating the birth of Filipino hero Andres Bonifacio. It was Dr. Greg Suarez, President of the BSP Officers Club, who first conceived of the project, according to BSP Governor Amando Tetangco, Jr.. Dr. Suarez’ vision was shared by the BSP Employees Associa-tion under the able leader-ship of Atty. Raul Montero. Kabayanihan Foundation, led by Robert So and Alex Lacson, also joined and im-mediately mobilized their young people’s brigade in a

concertedeffort to collect 25 cen-tavo coins from the public. (Coins of other denomina-tions were also accepted although they were not included in the record-breaking feat.) BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said that on Day 1 a lot of ordinary people—including families and schoolchildren—came and gave the movement handfuls of 25 centavo coins. The Kabayanihan brigade and BSP officers and em-ployees attached the coins to plastic tapes to ensure the straightness of the coin chain. Contingents from the Philippine Army, Philip-pine National Police and the Philippine Navy pro-vided the organizers and participants with perimeter

and overall security, even helping them straighten the coins and measure the distance between lines to ensure maximum distance. The Kabayanihan youth provided musical numbers to sustain public interest during the event, Guini-gundo said. On Day 2, the organiz-

THE Sulo Archipelago cap-tured prominence in the history pages from the ashes of the Hadji Kamlon era in 1952. A conflagration that pit lawlessness against the constituted government. It left scars on land and in the minds of Muslims and Christians alike until the peaceful surrender of the bandit who self proclaim the breakdown of peace and order as a rebellion? From the start the skir-mishes and love hate re-lationship in the “Moro” land was handled by then National Defense Secre-tary Ramon Magsaysay who would later become President referred to the Muslims of Patikul as the best warrior of the lib-eration time. Kamlon was defiant and indestructible until he was tired of his role. In a pompous sur-render ceremony, he and his men drank Coca-Cola with the Defense Secretary. He later faced the music for his deeds and served in prison. The Sulo Archipelago has withstood in the fast repeated colonization effort from the Spaniards in the 16th and 17th Century until

Economic Freedom and Hope for PatikulSpain gives up. History of Spanish troops that were sent for an expedition and colonization were annihi-lated one after the other in Patikul. The Armed Forces of the Philippines, have also suffered repeated debacle in Patikul from treachery to confrontational warfare, the government losses and toll is always higher against its enemy. The banditry in Sulo which started a flash point to a social problem with full scale rebellion in the 70’s tied up government resources in a war against the secessionist Muslims. It did not happen only in Sulo but the entire land in Mindanao where Mus-lims have established their culture. It took a Middle East warrior, Col. Moamar Khadafy to broker a talking point for peace between the government and the secessionist’s movement to a conference table in Libya on what was called the Tripoli Agreement. Today, the endless war and skirmishes has brought dislocation to lives and atrocities to men in uniform and civilians alike, with

development as collateral damage. It has caused re-locations of people and disruptions of livelihoods with so much drain of gov-ernment resources that could have been instead focused on infrastructure, food production and social welfare. Besieged with conflict that leads to granting of autonomy through a leg-islative effort under Re-public Act 6734, creating the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao which many Muslims believed would liberate them from poverty and hasten the development of Mindanao. But after the reigns of five Presidents who succeeded Marcos, we have not seen them move forward even with the Autonomous Re-gion of Muslim Mindanao in place. The economic indicators still consider the ARMM region as the poor-est in the Philippines where majority of the population are on deficit spending. Previous government has allocated billions of pesos in the budget to sub-sidize ARMM. The foreign nations through USAID have also granted donor

endowment for education and development hoping to bring a change of philoso-phy to fashion the future of the Muslim regions through freedom and hope. Going back to Patikul which is the site of the Capitol Building of Sulo, it is not notoriety after all as the killing ground of military men the most famous was the murder of Gen. Teodulfo Bautista in the 1970’s. Patikul has other pleasant side if only peace would rein in this part of land. The higher grounds of the town overlook the Tubbataha Reef in the Sulo Seas where 33,200 hectares of underwater splendor awaits the scuba divers of the world.

THINK a minute … Have you ever thought to yourself: “I know what I should have done, but I didn’t do it!” How many times have you felt that way? It’s a struggle we all fight—every day! The con-stant battle between what we know we should do and what we actually do. Be-tween our conscience and how we really live. Why can’t we simply do what we know we should? It’s even what we really want to do in our heart. Our problem? We have a power shortage in our lives—a shortage of will power. We’re like this couple whom I know. The husband and wife both are marriage

counselors, but they’ve now divorced each other! They’ve counseled hundreds of other married couples, yet they themselves cannot work out their own marriage prob-lems. They know all there is to know about a good marriage relationship, but they can’t do it themselves and follow their own advice. We all know that honesty is the right, best policy. Yet, corruption and dishonesty is everywhere! People know that loving and giving to others is the happiest, best way to live. Yet we still are proud, competitive, jealous, and even hurt the people we want to love. Wives and husbands know that cheating on each other, or

their addiction to alcohol is destroying their family. Yet they keep doing it! So is this just the way we humans are? Will we ever have the will power to do what we know we should? You see, this is why Jesus Christ came: to connect us to the power of God, so we can finally have all the will power we need to live up to our potential and live the way we know we should. Jesus came to forgive us so that we could have a right relationship with our Maker. Knowledge isn’t your problem; you know what you should do. It’s power that you need! And Jesus has all the power you’ll ever

need for whatever you face. His empty grave shouts it loud and clear! He’s got all the power, even over death! And His power is yours—if you’ll ask Him to forgive you and take complete control of every area of your life. Just Think a Minute…

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DR. MARY JEANLORECHE-DIAO

RUDOLF A. KOTIK

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Franchise dispute resolutionTHE Holidays are fast ap-proaching. And it is this time of the year when parties and events seem to happen on a daily basis. This joyful season, making the taste buds have fun also invites the cholesterol and sugar levels to skyrocket! I am not one to destroy your expectations and happiness , for in the next 30 days or so, invitations surely are in abun-dance. Just the same, I chose to discuss “ CHOLESTEROL “ in advance, lest we forget that a holiday’s extravagance may cost you a year of roller coaster ride in your health. Anything in excess is bad, so the saying goes. Everything must be in moderation. Cho-lesterol is not bad, for these are natural components of the cells in one’s body. However, when the level goes higher than is needed, that’s when the problem starts to raise alarm bells in one’s system. Too much of this substance produces sticky deposits called “ Plaques”, along the artery walls, which is responsible for the complications that accompany cases of hyper-cholesterolemias. Of course, it isn’t just the choice of food that can cause elevations in its values ( a diet high in satu-rated fats and trans fatty acids, which one fi nds in processed foods ), but genetics do play an important role, too. Th us, a strong family history of heart diseases should alert you, in making the right decision as to the lifestyle you will embrace. Being overweight or obese, smoking, high blood pressure and a history of diabetes , , and

Cholesterol and the Holidaysmind you, AGE ( for males, 45 and above, females, 55 and above ) these are considered as risk factors for that high cholesterol levels! Hypercholesterolemia ac-tually predisposes one to the development of heart diseases, stroke and insulin resistance. That is why it is not un-common to find one with very high cholesterol levels to be diagnosed with diabetes as well. There are of course cases wherein the levels may already be high and yet, the patient is ASYMPTOMATIC. Meaning, no signs and symptoms that will prompt a medical visit. Thus, a simple Cholesterol test either as a single test or done as part of the so called Lipid Profile ( to include the levels of Triglycerides, Total Cholesterol, and the various components including HDL, which is the good choles-terol, LDL, known as the bad cholesterol, and their ratios ) is advisable, specially when you happen to have any of the above mentioned risk factors. Cholesterol tests, are never used to diagnose or monitor a disease, instead, it is used simply to estimate the RISK of developing a heart disease. The test is best done after a 12 hour fast and its result best interpreted in relation to a thorough physical examina-tion and history taking. I am most sure that our knowledge on which foods cause an elevation in the cho-lesterol levels is excellent. Let me just share with you the most common foods that can help lower your cholesterol

levels. Oatmeal, oat bran and high fiber diets tops my list, and is followed by fish that is high in omega 3 fatty acids. The most commonly men-tioned fish are mackerel, salm-on, tuna and yes, my favorite for all times, sardines! Nuts with eating a handful of nuts can help lower the levels too. I say a handful only because nuts being rich in calories may increase your weight, and if it does, then its beneficial effect is minimized. The craze on the use of Virginia olive oils, has proven cholesterol lowering effects. Besides keeping a watchful eye on one’s choice of foods, let us not forget that engaging in REGULAR EXERCISE ( I always advise my patients , at least 30 minutes of exercise, with brisk walking topping my list of favorite exercises, as this is easy to do and inexpensive ), at least 4x a week , can help dispose that extra cholesterols in your food that you ate with GUSTO! Happy Holidays!

A franchise relationship has high potential for disputes. A Franchisor has business relationships with sources, in some networks hundreds of Franchisees of a network entered into their relation-ships with the Franchisor at different times and with differing expectations and goals. The Franchisor must operate its business for the benefit of its owners and its Franchisees and steer its net-work in what it determines to be the right direction. Some Franchisees are likely to disagree with the balance the Franchisor chooses between its own-ers and its Franchisees or with the direction that the Franchisor charts for the network. Th erefore, it is essential that a franchise network develop effective dispute resolution procedures may include any combination; an ombudsman; internal dispute resolution proce-dures involving participation by neutral Franchisees and members of the Franchisor’s management; and third party, non-binding mediation. These are all non-binding methods used to resolve a dispute without resort to some form of binding dispute resolution like liti-gation or arbitration. Non-binding dispute resolution methods are gen-erally effective in resolving

disputes, but will not always produce a mutually satisfac-tory resolution. A Franchisor should consider arbitration as the method of binding dispute resolution instead of rely-ing on litigation. Though arbitration is not without problems and costs, it is, on balance, a faster and less costly method than litiga-tion of resolving a dispute that cannot be otherwise resolved. Cases in Philip-pine Courts can easily take five years or longer. The accelerated reso-lution and lower cost of arbitrated dispute results from the elimination of most discoveries and vari-ous techniques commonly used in litigation to narrow the issues to be resolved. Cost is further reduced and a final result achieved more quickly because an arbitrator’s decision may only be appealed in limited circumstances. However, inability to narrow the issues in dis-pute and learn by pretrial discovery the other side’s theories and factual sup-port, and the limited scope for appeal of an arbitrator’s decision, is viewed by some as a significant disadvantage of arbitration. Nevertheless, if a fran-chised network’s formally decided disputes are pro-jected over an extended period, and assuming that

the Franchisor’s manage-ment has the good sense to informally resolve dis-putes in which the Fran-chisee’s claims or position is reasonable or the facts do not strongly support the Franchisor’s claims or posi-tion, arbitration is likely to prove an effective dispute resolution method from the respective of cost and minimizing the strain of disputes on the franchise relationships. To assist Franchisors or Franchisees in disputes, FIFA Filipino International Franchise Association offers arbitration services at very affordable rate. Rudolf A. Kotik is the Founder of RK Franchise Consultancy who developed more than 400 Franchises in the Philippines and can be reached through rk@rkfranchise.com

May lasting peace be achieved in May lasting peace be achieved in our country specially Mindanao!our country specially Mindanao!

From:From:Atty. GUERRERO A. ADAZA

andMrs. PAQUITA G. ADAZA

Alfredo Lim was one of them), students (from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, St. Paul’s Pasig, Far Eastern University, Assumption Antipolo, Philippine Science High School, La Salle, Eulogio Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology, Ateneo), workers, professionals (including BPI’s Gigi Montinola), celebrities pitched in. One volunteer even took the LRT with a heavy bag of coins in tow, while a councilor from San Pedro braved three hours of traffi c to bring his coins to Luneta. Last week’s event was an un-precedented success in breaking a

Bunye...from page 6made a last and final appeal for more coins and volunteers to firm up our country’s claim for a new record. The response to the call was overwhelming. “Many more Filipinos came with coins and the readiness to string the coins in straight lines. Grandparents, parents and their children came, some with their piggy banks; friends and neighbors arrived together,” Tetangco said. Local government officials from near and far (Manila Mayor

Guiness world record, in educating the public on the importance of circulating coins instead of keeping them idle, and in raising enough funds to build at least three new classrooms for selected public el-ementary schools. But more than all that, the event exhibited the selfl essness, generosity and unity of participating Filipinos. It also made the birthday of one of the greatest Filipino heroes all the more special and meaningful. Note: You may email us at totingbunye2000@gmail.com. Past articles may be viewed at http://speakingout.ph/speakingout.php.

among the DENR, DAR, DA, DepEd, the Provincial Government of Surigao del Norte and the City Government of Surigao City that seeks to harmonize all greening efforts in rehabilitating the environment. Secretary Paje also distributed more that 700 free patents under the Handog Titulo Program of President Aquino to the different benefi ciaries through their respective Mayors. Most of these benefi ciaries are from the Dinagat Island province. The DENR chief was met at the

Mining...from page 2this part of the country, development and conservation go hand-in-hand.” Surigao del Norte, Paje said, can become a laboratory of “Green Mining.” “We can show the world that the sustainable development principle can work out in this part of the country,” he said. Secretary Paje later witnessed the signing of Memorandum of Agreement

airport by his fi eld offi cers headed by Regional Executive Director Leonardo R. Sibbaluca,and his staff including the Regional Technical Directors of Forestry Musa Saruang, Atty. Paquito S. Rosal of Land Management, Mario Eludo of the Protected Areas and Wild-life, Coastal Zone Management and Virgilio dela Cruz of the Ecosystems Research and Development, Director Alilo Ensomo of the Mines and Geo Sciences Regional Offi ce and Ester Olavides, director of the Environment Management Bureau regional offi ce.

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Department of Environment and Natural Resources CENRO Initao, Misamis Oriental

NOTICE It is hereby announced that RAY G. MANIGSACA of Tabok, Opol, Misamis Oriental has applied in this office of the purchase, without public auction, under his/her Miscellaneous Sales Application No. 104321-113 for Commercial purpose of Lot No. 46320, Cad- 237 is identical to MSI-104321-113-D situated in Tabok, Opol, Misamis Oriental containing an area of 617 square meters in accordance with Republic Act No. 730 [as amended by PD 2004]. By virtue of the authority granted by the Secretary of Department f Environment and Natural Resources, this office will, without public auction , sell to the applicant, RAY G. MANIGSACA the parcel of land on ________________________ for Two Hundred Ninety Six Thousand One Hundred Sixty [P296,160.00] pesos for the whole tract, in accordance with the said Republic Act No. 730 [ as amended by PD 2004]. If there is any claim to this land, such claims must be filed at the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office, Malasag Heights, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City on or before the date of Sale, otherwise, the said claim shall forever be barred. Cagayan de Oro City, November 9, 2011.

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Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late SPS. GUILLERMO G. BAHIAN and TRIEFONA J. BAHIAN, who died at Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, left a parcel of land more particularly known as; Lot No. 37695, Cad-237 Lot 12732-A, Csd-10-004834-D. Situated in the Poblacion , Mun. of Laguindingan, Province of Misamis Oriental , containing an area of 30,410 SQUARE METERS, more or less, is covered by OCT No. P-18797, is under DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE to MINDA A. VERCELES, of legal age, married to MACARIO D. VERCELES of Barrio Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, referred as Vendee of the above -described parcel of land known as Lot No. 37695-A, containing an area of 10,137 Square Meters, more or less, for the con-sideration of Php.125, 000.00 under Notary Public Atty. Buenaventura E. Sagrado as per Doc. No. 196; Page No. 40; Book No. 86; Series of 2011.

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Department of Environment and Natural Resources CENRO Initao, Misamis Oriental

NOTICE

It is hereby announced that RAY G. MANIGSACA of Tabok, Opol, Misamis Oriental has applied in this office of the purchase, without public auction, under his/her Miscellaneous Sales Application No. 104321-113-A for Commercial purpose of Lot No. 37876, Cad- 237 is identical to Psu 10-001055 situated in Tabok, Opol, Misamis Oriental containing an area of 284 square meters in accordance with Republic Act No. 730 [as amended by PD 2004]. By virtue of the authority granted by the Secretary of Department f Environment and Natural Resources, this office will, without public auction , sell to the applicant, RAY G. MANIGSACA the parcel of land on ________________________ for One Hundred Thirty Six Thou-sand Three Hundred Twenty [P136,320.00] pesos for the whole tract, in accordance with the said Republic Act No. 730 [ as amended by PD 2004]. If there is any claim to this land, such claims must be filed at the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office, Malasag Heights, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City on or before the date of Sale, otherwise, the said claim shall forever be barred. Cagayan de Oro City, November 9, 2011.

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PHL expands areas planted to palayTHE Philippines’ total irri-gated and non-irrigated areas planted to palay or paddy rice during both wet and dry seasons increased over the past 25 years with the highest expansion occurring during the 2000-2010 period. From a deficit growth of 4,368 hectares during the 1970-1984 period, Philip-pine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) reported such areas expanded 34,148 hectares between 1985 and 1999 and 47,773 hectares from 2000 to 2010. “In 2000-2010, invest-ments in irrigation systems resulted in improved growth of area harvested,” PhilRice said. PhilRice noted such growth managed to offset the rising rate of rice land conversion during that pe-riod. Citing basic Bureau of Agricultural Statistics data, PhilRice said the country’s total irrigated areas planted to palay grew 25,494 hectares in the 1970-1984 period then nearly doubled 50,491 hect-ares between 1985 and 1999 before declining to 38,655 hectares in the last decade. Corresponding non-

irrigated land nationwide successively shrank 29,863 hectares in the 1970-1984 period and 16,343 hectares during the years 1985-1999 then increased 9,118 hect-ares between 2000 and 2010, PhilRice continued. “Overall, 81 percent of increase in area harvested from 2000 to 2010 was due to expansion of irrigated areas,” PhilRice said. PhilRice noted expansion of non-irrigated areas nation-wide accounted for some 19

percent of such increase in total area planted to palay then. About 62 percent of in-crease in total 2000-2010 area planted to palay was achieved during the wet season from July to December, PhilRice said. Such increase covered irrigated areas (23,318 hect-ares) and non-irrigated areas (6,110 hectares). PhilRice further reported 38 percent of increase in palay-planted areas during

the reference period occurred during the dry season be-tween January to June. The areas then consisted of 15,337 hectares irrigated land and 3,008 hectares of non-irrigated land nation-wide. Citing basic Food and Agriculture Organization data, PhilRice reported the country’s irrigated and non-irrigated areas planted to palay totaled some 4.35 million hectares in 2010.(pna)

Claveria Experi-ment Station holds Farmers Field DayWITH the theme “Haum nga Teknolohiya Kalambuan sa Pagpanguma” the Claveria Experiment Station (CES) held its 10th CES farmers field day and techno forum last Nov. 24. Now named as Agri-business Development Sta-tion, CES is responsible in conducting research and development activities with major emphasis on tech-nology commercialization of various commodities. The field day is one of the strategies in disseminating mature technologies for upland/hilly land farmers and likewise strengthen partnership with the LGUs, SCUs, private companies and other agriculture-related institution in implementing various agricultural pro-grams. The event is an annual activity with rounds of field tours showcasing 15 tech-nologies which will help farmers carry on with the challenges of time. Farmers, local government units and other stakeholders alike witnessed the technologies showcased in the field that includes studies on upland rice, corn, coffee, sweet po-tatoes, adaptability trials on various Japanese crops and other value adding crops. In his message Claveria Municipal Mayor Reden-tor N. Salvaleon said that with the technologies and knowledge gained will en-

courage the farmers to be more responsive in produc-ing the crops to help uplift their means of living. If we are together in small and big things and work as a team with commitment, transparency and honesty we will surely attain our aspirations. . On the other hand, DA Regional Executive Di-rector Lealyn A. Ramos emphasized that the main purpose of the field day is to show to the farmers new technologies in agriculture. She hopes that farmers go home with a basket-full of technologies that can be shared and replicated by other farmers. With this technologies at hand, production of crops is ex-pected to increase that will sustain the needed food requirements and ensure food security. The one day field day was also graced by Laguindingan Mayor Oliver Ubaub, Vil-lanueva Vice Mayor Wind-elindo Nalagon, MOSCAT Vice President Dr. Eleazar Elmundo, Mr. Edmundo Pacamalan, Chief of Staff of the Office of Congress-man Emano. Other guests are DA station managers, Mis. Or. PAFC Chair Mario Jamis, MAOs, ATs, LGU officials and employees and farmers from the different municipalities of Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon. # svadecer

pigok and aha-an.” “These plants and trees would help restore the bal-ance of the river’s ecosystem and hopefully also restore the indigenous flora and fauna of which the birds and fishes of Cagayan River were but a part of,” Mr. Abrogar said. . Although funding constraints precluded the immediate launch-ing of the sanctuary, things are looking up since last week’s meeting of the Cagayan de Oro River Basin Management Council headed by Roman Catholic Arch-bishop Antonio Ledesma, S.J. where the project was presented and unanimously adopted by the council for implementation. The council will meet again soon to plan out the next steps for the country’s first fresh water fish and bird sanctuary. Meantime, Kag. Pipi Abrogar takes comfort in the words of a young monk he met at the Thai fish sanctuaries when asked what happens to the fish whenever there was a flood. The young monk just nod-ded sagely, smiled and replied, “They will be back.”

Museum...from page 11for as much as P 1,5000/kg. in the local market, if you can get it. For a somewhat cheaper but no less tasty treat, there’s also the green-yellowish aha-an (Lutjanus fuscescens) which can be had for a mere P 300/kg. In addition to establishing a fish sanctuary, the project would also include the estab-lishment of a quay along the river bank’s 25 meter easement, water treatments facilities to restore the quality of river water, and rehabilitate the river bank ecosystem with the planting of the indigenous plants and trees which used to proliferate along the area in earlier days such as the lambago tree, balete, mansanitas, pako-pako family of edible ferns and kumpay river grass. “Apparently, the kumpayan is to the river what the mangrove is to coastal communities as fish nurseries,” Dr. Emata noted. “ The kumpayan shelters the ulang and halo-an which are also food for the bigger-sized

Sixto Brillantes said they have not decided yet whether to lease new machines or exercise their right to purchase the PCOS used last year. But they conceded that the government would save a lot of money if they decide to buy the PCOS machines for P1.3 billion since these could still be used in the next two elections. The Comelec said they would have to revise the PCOS software so there would be more safeguards against cheating, if they decide to exercise their option to buy the Smartmatic machines. The Comelec has P8 billion

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in the 2012 budget for automa-tion preparations for the 2013 elections. Rodriguez said the money the poll body could save in its automation preparations could be used in the registration of voters, or for more allowances for teachers who will serve in the coming elections or for the acquisition of more data capturing equipment used in the registration of voters. Election watchdog National Citizen’s Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) also urged Comelec to improve its record-keeping and archiving system. Namfrel noted the Comelec is poised to dismiss some 500 cases filed between1997 and 2006.

Among the cases up for dismissal is the one filed against former President Joseph Estrada in May 6, 1998; that of former Maguindanao congressman Didagen Dilangalen on July, 19, 2002; Isabela congressman Faustino Dy III, Aug. 6, 1998; Maguindanao congressman Simeon Datumanong, Dec. 22,

1998; former Palawan governor Jose Reyes, March 23, 2001; police Superintendent Gerry Barias, March 30, 2001; former Comelec regional director for Autonomous Region in Mus-lim Mindanao Rey Sumalipao, March 23, 2000; and former Nueva Ecija governor Tomas Joson III, April 29, 1998.

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Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Congressman Rufus Rodriguez, explain the P72M. project the Installation of New Drainage Systym along Iligan-Cagayan de Oro Butuan [ICRB] Road , the fund secured by his brother Abamin Partylist representative Congressman Maximo B. Rodriguez from Secretary Singson of DPWH, the said drainage from Limket-kai towards Bitan-ag Creek is now diverted from Limketkai to Osmeña Section to Corrales,Velez to Burgos direct to Cagayan River. The Bitan-ag Creek alone is also funded by Cong Maximo B. Rodriguez from his pork barrel for Rehabilitation & Desilt-ing this is part the 23 project costing P159M. with Cong. Rufus B. Rodriguez is CDO 2nd District Engineer Allan S. Borromeo, Cong. Maximo B. Rodriguez, and Barangay 26 Chairman Alex P. dela Cerna. PHOTO BY ROLANDO SUDARIA

Comelec urged to save bulk of P8-B poll automation budgetTWO members of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) yesterday urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to look into the possibility of saving the bulk of its P8-billion poll automation budget. Representatives Justin Marc Chipeco of Laguna and Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro City said the Comelec could save a lot by using in the 2013 elections the same precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines it used in last year’s presidential polls. “I don’t want to sound like I am pushing for these Smartmatic (PCOS provider) equipment, but we really can

save a lot of money if we can use the machines in the 2013 and 2016 elections,” Chipeco said. “As a member of the HRET, I am a witness to the accuracy of the PCOS, which is facili-tating our work in resolving election protests,” he said. Chipeco, however, said if the Comelec opts to use Smart-matic’s machines, it should in-stall enough safeguards “since by this time, people who intend to cheat might have already studied the software and had found ways to go around it to cheat.” For his part, Rodriguez said using the PCOS might be the most cost-effective way of

By BUTCH ENERIOCorrespondent

THE Congressional Second District and the Second District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways have a field day in turning over of projects here on Friday, Dec. 2. With the Priority Devel-opment Assistant Fund of Cong. Rufus Rodriguez of this city’s Second District

Rep. Rufus launches multimillion projects

and Rep. Maximo Rodri-guez of Party-list Abante Mindanao, construction and rehabilitation of roads, establishment of drainage systems, river dikes and flood-control dikes will start before the end of the year. Almost all the barangays located along the shoreline and those near rivers and creeks will benefit from the more than P80 million worth of new projects.

Rodriguez said these endeavors are meant to address the infrastructure needs of the localities where urbanization is on the rise. Since he became con-gressman, Rodriguez has been looking for funds and tapping government re-sources for practical projects not only for the constituents in his district, but for the whole city, notwithstanding projects to address environ-mental concerns.

automating the next elections. “The May 2010 automated elections were successful with the use of leased PCOS, with only minor glitches mostly due to constraints and logistics, and the election results were known in record time,” he said. Rodriguez noted the claim of Smartmatic that the gov-ernment can save as much as P22 billion if it buys its PCOS machines and uses them in the next four elections. “I don’t think we can use those machines in the next four elections, but maybe, we can use them in 2013 and 2016. Still, we could save a lot of money,” Rodriguez said. He pointed out that under

the terms of its lease contract with Smartmatic, the Comelec paid its information technology provider P3.3 billion, or 67 percent of the PCOS machines’ purchase price, and would pay only the balance of 33 percent amounting to P1.8 billion if it opts to purchase the machines. “I was among those who opposed the use of these PCOS units before the 2010 elections, but after seeing for myself how accurate they are in our HRET proceedings, I am now a PCOS believer,” he added. In a recent House hearing, the Comelec led by Chairman

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Aboitiz..from page 1

pyrite and chromite, in diff erent parts of the province. In a meeting held last Wednes-day, Gov. Alex Calingasan explained to the mining operators that though the provincial government allowed extraction of aggregates and some mineral resources of the prov-ince, the government will always endeavor in the protection of its environment. Th e governor said, much as the government want to protect the environment, there’s no way to stop extraction of construction aggregate such as sand, gravel, limestone and others considering

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on the Elimination of Child Labour Towards a Child Labour Free Philippines, said. Among the regions, North-ern Mindanao had the highest incidence of child labor, with 13.2% of its population aged 5 to 17 found to be working. It was followed by Bicol region (10.7%), Zamboanga Peninsula (10.1%), Cordillera Administra-

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“But we hope to add some-thing new every year to this collection so eventually, the village will grow as time passes,” Ms. Canoy said. The village col-lection includes selected items from the famous Lemax Village Collection and Department 56 which feature moving figures, lights and music. “Th e other items such as lights and trees we got individually but we made the bridges and roads ourselves,” she added. Lately, min-iatures made in China have also made their way into the growing winter wonderland. A new stand-alone addition to the Christmas Village is a fi replace complete with mantelpiece and

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country’s power supply needs. When fully operational, the barges will have an aggregate deliverable generating capacity of 242 MW. It is worthwhile to note that the units have not been operating for almost fi ve years. Upon their acquisition last May 2011, AP immediately implemented rehabilitation eff orts on the barges, so that these will be able to deliver prime output. While C-fi red diesel plants are not baseload power plants intended to run 24/7, they play a vital role in the Mindanao grid by providing back up power. Th ese plants are designed to run on peak hours of the day when the demand of electricity increases ensuring reliable power to households, businesses and industries. AP intends to send one of the barges either to Nasipit, Agusan tive Region (9.9%), and Cagayan

Valley (9.4%). Metro Manila had the lowest incidence at 0.9%. “The lack of income op-portunities in rural areas is mainly responsible for the high percentage of working children especially in agriculturally de-pendent regions,” Mr. Macasil said. Survey results also showed that nearly 7 in 10 working children were males. Mr. Ma-

del Norte or Maco, Compostela Valley, where the company has docked 200-MW power barge facilities, operated by wholly owned subsidiary Th erma Marine, Inc. “By bringing in this facility, Mindanao is assured of continued supply of reliable and aff ordable power to fuel its economy and provide convenience to the people of Mindanao,” Orig added. AP is the holding company for the Aboitiz Group’s investments in power generation, distribution, retail and power services. It is a major producer of Cleanergy, its brand for clean and renew-able energy in the Philippines with several hydroelectric and geothermal assets in its genera-tion portfolio and also has non-renewable power plants located across the country. The company owns distribution utilities that operate in high-growth areas in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

considering that mining is one of the human activities that con-tribute to the destruction of the environment. Bukidnon has at least two organized miners’ associations, the Bukidnon Small Scale Min-ers Association (BUSSMA) and the Bukidnon Integrated Small Miners Association (BISMA). Eighty-two small-scale opera-tors were granted permits to engage in sand and gravel quarrying as well as extraction of minerals,

its use for the development of the community. He however asked the mining operators to help in preserving the environment by planting trees within their areas. Each mining operator is re-quired to plant three thousand seedlings in an area of one thousand square meters in a 3-year period. According to Mr. Cadavos, Bukidnon is the source of the headwaters in Mindanao and it’s important to fully implement the province’s regreening initiatives not just to help out in mitigating the environmental crisis the world experiences now with the eff ects

of the global warming but also to protect Mindanao’s economy by keeping a stable water source that the island needed. Some of the operators aired their concerns particularly in their mining areas where trees cannot grow because of the barren land. Gov. Calingasan however made it plain that no permits will be renewed unless operators plant trees as required. The provincial government required all sectors in the province to plant trees as part of the national government’s national greening program.

casil noted that boys do most of the farming work, while girls shoulder domestic chores. More than half of the work-ing children were unpaid family workers. Nine in 10 child laborers aged 5-11 were unpaid. Meanwhile, 40.2% of chil-dren working in the Philippines were wage and salary workers employed in private households, establishments, family-operated businesses, and even government offices.

Mr. Macasil said surveys on working children should be conducted on a regular basis as a first step in decreasing the incidence of child labor. “Second, the poverty issue needs to be addressed through government investment on social and economic projects that would benefit those who really need it,” he said. More than 20,000 household heads were interviewed in August 2010 for the APIS.

Sunday of Advent,” Butch Canoy, Chairman of the Board of the Canoy Group of Companies, dis-closed in his Christmas message. Replete with houses, churches, carousels and other miniatures, the “Christmas Village” is the brainchild and obra maestra of Ma. Th eresa “Teza” Canoy-Sambile, youngest daughter of the late Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) Founder Henry and Inday Canoy. She said a similar miniature village has become a Christmas tradition in the residence of her in-laws but has grown to about twice the size of the fi rst VIP Christmas Village.

faux embers which glow like the real thing. Aft er brief talks from Anna-belle S. Abello, VIP Operations Manager; Eileen E. San Juan, CGC Board Director, and Mr. Canoy, Fr. Eric Velandria led all present in an Advent Prayer and proceeded to bless this year’s edition of the Christmas Village, following an-other tradition.“Next year, we shall start a com-petition among all visitors to the Christmas Village to see who can identify the newest additions to the miniature winter wonderland,” Ms. San Juan said. In another bow to tradition, members of the children’s choir of the Psalm of David (formerly

Children’s Joy Foundation) got fi rst crack at oohing and aahing at the moving, musical display which now boasts of two electric trains running through the village. Del-egates of the ongoing RMN Station Managers Conference being held at VIP Hotel also witnessed the launching. “We hope our fellow Kagay-anons bring their children here during the holidays to share a part of their childhood memories similar to what they experienced with the former moving Christmas displays of the old Coca-Cola plant along Osmeña street and the famous COD Dept. Store animated mannequins in Cubao and Araneta Center,” Ms. San Juan said.

WATCH out for the opening of the cheapest Christmas bazaar soon. Take a break and hunt for bargains in the second “CDO CHRIST-MAS BAZAAR – Handog Pamasko sa Kagay-an” at the Magsaysay Park, Divisoria. The bazaar will formally open on December 9 with major sponsors Graphic All-In Store and Coca-cola taking the lead in celebrating the yuletide season. Amid funfairs and low prices, the bazaar will kick off with a variety show featuring local talents and artists.

Signaling the start of

DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION NOTICE is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late Gloria R. Chaves, who died on June 28, 1999 and whose estate was settled extra-judicially on October 22, 2010; and Late Susan M.R Chaves who died on July 3, 2010, single and without issue, whose estate was settled on October 22, 2010; left Parcels of Land namely; LOT 1 (Rizal Street) A PARCEL OF LAND, Lot 39-B, of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-186805, being a portion of Lot 39, Cagayan Cadastre, LRC Cad. Record No. 1561, situated in the Poblacion, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of 161 square meters, more or less, covered by TCT No. T-91348; LOT 2 (Rizal Street) A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 38-B, of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-16888, being a portion of Lot 38, Cagayan Cadastre, LRC Cad. Rec. No. 1561, situated in the Poblacion, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Contain-ing an area of 382 square meters, more or less, covered by TCT No. T-91349; LOT 3 (Capistrano Street) A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 174-A of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-34513, being a portion of Lot 174, Cagayan Cadastre, LRC (GLRO) Cad. Record No. 1561, situated in the Poblacion, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of 685.5 square meters and fifty square decimeters more or less, covered by TCT No. T-91350; LOT 4 (Capistrano Street) A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 174-B, of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-34513, being a portion of Lot 174, Cagayan Cadastre LRC GLRO), Cad. Record No. 1561, situated in the Poblacion, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of 685.5 square meters and fifty decimeters more or less, covered by TCT NO. T-91351; LOT 5 (Burgos Street) A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot Pcn-10-000012, being a portion of the consolidation subdivision of Lots No. 40-B, 40-C & 40-D, (LRC) Psd-77431, situated in the Poblacion, Cagayan de Oro City, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of 825 square meters, more or less, covered by TCT No. T-91363, are the subject of DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION under Notary Public of Atty. Kathryn Jessica Pineda-Dela Serna as per Doc. No. 392, Page No. 79, Book No. , Series of 2011.

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Christmas Bazaar soon to open at Divisoria

merriment and celebration for the Christmas season, the CDO Christmas Ba-zaar is a joint project of the City Government of Cagayan de Oro and select students in the school of business and management of Xavier University. The activity is also supported by the People’s Prosperity Center, a think-and-do tank for development efforts.

According to Project Head Mr. Adrian Villaroya, a senior marketing student in the School of Business and Management of Xavier University, there are a lot

of activities lined up until Christmas eve. Volunteer students will also take turns to render duty at the ba-zaar while some talents will perform during the variety shows.

Mo r e i m p o r t a n t l y though, enterprising stu-dents from local schools of the city will also showcase

select products as part of their feasibility study expo-sure and business incuba-tion. The actual experience is expected to accord them actual hands-on experience and assimilate junior and senior students to the real world of business. Here busi-ness students will have the unique opportunity to make

real business decisions per-taining to their project or enterprise. Moreover, the program is designed for academic integration into local community business development efforts par-ticularly on social entre-preneurship undertakings.

The bazaar opens 10am until 9pm Sunday through

Thursday extending its op-erating hours till midnight during the night café on Fridays and Saturdays. The CDO Christmas Bazaar is a festive celebration also designed to perk up the Christmas season in the heart of the city. For in-quiries, please call Vicky at 0927.494.4476.

INDUCTION OF OROCHAMBER 2012 BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERSCagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano swears in the country’s premier chamber of commerce Board of Trustees and Officers for 2012 during its 4th Quarter General Membership Meeting last December 2 at Marco Hotel. Installed is Ma. Teresa Rillo-Alegrio, community relations manager of STEAG State Power Inc., the first lady president and the 26th President of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (Oro Chamber). Other installed officers and members of the Oro Chamber Board of Trustees for 2012 are Dr. Hector R. San Juan, Vice President for Agriculture, Fishery & Mining (Helm’s Agriculture Business); Engr. Raymundo P. Reyes, VP for Business Support Organizations (COC-Phinma); Jaime Rafael U. Paguio, VP for Manufacturing & Industry (CEPALCO); Jeffrey T. Ang, VP for Services (Max’s Restaurant); Antonio D. Uy, VP for Trade & Commerce (Music Vision); Atty. Zoilo Antonio Velez, Trustee (RC Narc Corp); Ruben A. Vegafria, Past President & Trustee (Hatrima Corp.); Rodolfo L. Meñes, Past President & Trustee (Pueblo de Oro Dev. Corp); Engr. Cerael C. Donggay, Corp. Sec. (Greenergy Corp/Bukidnon Hydro Power); Jessie S. Co, Treasurer (New CCH Hardware). PHOTO BY ROLANDO SUDARIA

doing other things by connecting to a compatible headset.

Enter a whole new world of exciting content with NFC tags. Download the latest trailer or songs by tapping the poster you see on the street. Find out the colour and sizes available for that must-have jacket with a tap on the in-store display or get directions to the coolest restaurant in town from its interactive ad.

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Share your favorite photos or videos with friends and family or pass on contact details quickly with just a tap on the phone you want to pass it to. Enjoy the best musical entertainment alone or share in a party by pairing with compatible headphones and speakers. Have hands free conversations while

Taking apps to the next level, NFC also allows you to feel the excitement of multiplayer gam-ing. Tap into the challenge of Asphalt 5 or Angry Birds Magic with your friends.

NFC enabled smartphones include Nokia 701, Nokia 700, Nokia 603, Nokia C7 and Nokia N9. Compatible accessories are Nokia Play 360 wireless speaker, Nokia BH 219 headset and Nokia

BH 505 stereo headset.For starters, enjoy convenient

NFC service for your smartphones with Smart’s Tap Share program. Inquire about your prepaid balance or download mobile content such as news, music, and games by simply tapping on NFC-marked posters in select Smart Wireless Centers and Smart Stores nationwide. This means you don’t need to memorize lengthy keywords, codes, and URLs

to enjoy Smart’s service.To avail of Tap Share, exist-

ing Nokia C7 users can update their phone software by going to their phone’s update menu or by

connecting their phone to their PC via Nokia PC Suite.

Ultimately, Nokia makes mo-bile experience more enjoyable and convenient with just a tap.

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Pryce Plaza HotelCarmen Hill, CDO, Tel. No.722791 to93/858-4537

E-mail:reservati ons@pryceplaza.ph

Hotel Koresco Pueblo de Oro Golf Course,CDO, fax. No. [088] 858-9748

tel. Nos. 858-9748 to 54, E-mail:hotelkoresco@yahoo.com

Mallberry SuitesLimketkai Drive ,CDO, Tel. No. [088]854-3999 / 854-7999

E-mail:info@mallberrysuites.com

Dynasty Court HotelTiano-Hayes Sts. CDO, Tel. No. 726876 / 726962 / 857-5410

E-mail:dynasty@philcom.ph

The Marigold HotelVelez cor. Luna Sts, CDO

Tel Nos. 856-4320, 726937

Marco ResortTel. No. 732182 / 855-220

VIP HotelA.Velez St. CDO, Tel. No. 726080 / 726590 / 856-2505

E-mail: info@theviphotel.com.ph

Philtown HotelMakahambus-Velez St. CDO,Tel. No. 723089 / 856-1813

De Luxe HotelCapt. V. Roa St. CDO, Tel. No. 726527 /857-2144

Maxandrea HotelJ.R. Borja St. CDO, Tel. No. 729943/ 857-2244 / 857-4154

Grand City HotelA.Velez- Sts. CDO

Tel. No. 723551 / 723658 / 857-1900

Country Village HotelCarmen, Cag. de Oro Tel. No. 71-22-03, 71-22-01, 7122-05

Southwinds HotelCapt. V. Roa Sts.CDO,Tel. No. 727623 / 724803 / 856-2036

E-mail:i_agudo@hotmail.com

Apple Tree Resort and HotelTaboc, Opol, Misamis Oriental,

Tel. Nos. 754525/ 754263/ 3091986, Fax No. (8822) 754497

Pearlmont InnLimketkai,Drive,CDO

Tel. No. 729111 / 856-2654 / 729455

Red Palm InnEVChaves Building, Capistrano corner Cruz Taal Sts.

Cagayan de Oro CityTel. No. 721197 and 8562671

Cell No. 0908-885-5643Email: redpalm_inn07@yahoo.com

Chali Beach ResortCugman,CDO,Tel. No. 723929 / 855-2108

E-mail:chali_beach@yahoo.com

Nature PensionneToribio Chavez Sts., CDO

Tel. No. 723598 / 723718 / 857-2274

NEW DAWN PENSIONNEVelez-Macahambus Sts, CDO

Tel Nos. 8571776, 721776email : gchreservati on@yahoo.com

Malasag Eco Tourism VillagesCugman, CDO

Tel. No.855-6183 [088]309-3752

HOTELSRESTAURANTS

LOT FOR SALEBEACH HOUSE

Baloy, Cagayan de Oro CityBy appointment onlyTel. #: (088) 855 3898

Hasset Go: A Pastry Chef Extraordinaire

Chef Hasset Go a Celebrity Pastry Chef/Consultant and Culinary Instructor

By JOE PALABAO desserts. All the family members of Chef Hasset are all passionate about cakes and pastries, and he gained a lot of knowledge from his mother. With the desire to whip up his own line of culinary delights, Hasset enrolled in the four-month Essential Baking Series at the Heny Sison Culinary School. Here he was able to get his certifi cate and had the opportune time to supply cakes and pastries to a newly opened coffee shop near St. Luke’s Hospital along E. Rodriquez Avenue in Quezon City. His products then gained popularity and were even good enough competing against other suppliers. With the competition he found himself supplying cakes and other baked yummy goodies to hospitals and schools from his home. His yummy cakes and pas-tries gained warmed reception to what he used to offer bolstered his ego and confi dence to compete his cakes against those of other chefs. A Pastry Chef extraordinaire since his product always shines among the rest when being submitted for samples and taste test. His samples always bested all other suppliers of cakes and pastries who are ahead in submitting their prized samples for approval. His samples always end a winner and

WELL-KNOWN Pastry Chef Hasset Go always whips up sweet suc-cesses and catapults him in the #30 slot as one of Go Negosyo Top 50 Young Entrepreneurs in the country today. At age 23, Mr. Go started his pastry business Med.Chef which was established in 2010 with a starting capital of P50,000. To date, Med.Chef homemade pas-tries, cakes and desserts by Chef Hasset has now gone far and has received numerous culinary awards. He believes in his culinary adage “Never compromise on quality” for one to be successful in business. Chef Hasset hails from Oro-quieta, a sister city of Makati and also known as the City of Good Life in Misamis Occidental where his mother used to be supplying cakes and baked goods to the city’s offi ces and canteens. During his younger days, he was surrounded with gourmet smell of cakes and pastries. A business that his mother loves to do and brings in food to the family table in abundance and with the good business, Chef Hasset then decided to follow his mother’s passion and eventually makes a business out of selling high quality yet affordable cakes, pastries and

eventually chosen and lots of cakes are ordered from him. As his pastry business is be-coming popular and is extensively growing, he needs a partner who can boost his capital and grow extensively. And this was the time when his friend from church-Jayson Carlos-came into the scene. To formalize their partnership, they arrived at the name Med-Chef which represents Jayson-a Medical Technologist and Hasset the Chef and showcase what they have to offer to the industry. They joined bazaars where their yummy cakes and pastries were displayed and made tremendous sales success and gave them more opportunity to

the market that there was a space in the market for something new. Their business acumen brought them to a tandem undeniably un-beaten. Wise use of resources and effective management catapults Med-Chef to be known in Metro Manila and its sweet success is now reverberating throughout the country. With the success, Chef Hasset and Jayson Carlos brought their business to the next level and put up their own bakeshop in 2010 situated at 139 Mother Ignacia Avenue, Quezon City near the head offi ce of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. With their fi rst an-niversary the business is doing well and they have employed 15 workers and they continue in joining bazaars after bazaars. To date being a senior chef instructor of the Culinary Institute of Cagayan de Oro, he is also the industrial partner of Dessert Strip by Chef Maribel located at the 2nd Level of Robinsons Mall, Limketkai Drive, Cagayan de Oro City. To his cap as a Pastry Chef extraordinaire Hasset is named Young Achiever for Culinary by Global Excellence, a 2011 Consumers Choice Asia Pacifi c Awardee, Asian Star Achiever Award, Asian Star Quality Award, and the 2010 Seal Product Award.

A Living Museum for Cagayan River’s Heritage of FishBy MIKE BAÑOSCorrespondent

do at the time as creeping indus-trialization and commercialization attracted more and more people from nearby areas to settle down in the city and unfortunately, the riverbanks were a favorite settle-ment area especially for informal settlers who put increasing pres-sure on the riverine eco-system and gradually polluted the river. But what put him squarely back on the path to his present avocation was the emergence of new species of fi shes in the river he had never seen before such as the aha-an (snapper). According to Dr. Arnil C. Emata, Fish Physiologist and batchmate at Xavier University High School, species such as the snappers, gobies and terapons, migrate downriver to spawn in the Cagayan River mouth (estuary) and the fry (fi ngerlings) eventually fi nd their way back upriver to their traditional “home grounds” in certain specifi c areas where they have lived for centuries. “I noticed that the Aha-an, kikilo and hipon (another local fi sh) we found upriver were the same species we recorded at the Macabalan pier indicating Cagayan River is part of their

SINCE Felipe Velez Abrogar was a young boy of eight in the middle sixties, he grabbed every chance he could get to fi sh in the Cagayan River which ran near their resi-dence in Barangay Nazareth, in the then sleepy city of Cagayan de Oro. Together with fi shing bud-dies Nilo and Daning Loplop, the boys would frequent the arroyo (Spanish for creek) or sapa near the Archbishop’s House to fi sh for halo-an (mudfi sh), pantak (catfi sh), casili (eel), kikilo (spotted scat) and buwan-buwan (tarpon). However, unlike most of the boys his age, Pipi, as he is better known to friends, chose not to eat his catch most of the time but instead raised them as pets in pails and barrels in his residence, much to the annoyance of his mother. Of course, those which didn’t survive the trip home ended up in the dinner table, which placated his mother somewhat. Pipi’s love affair with the Cagayan River and its fishes ran up to his high school days at Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan but was abruptly cut when he had to leave for Manila to continue his college studies in music at the University of the Philippines. But that didn’t stop him from coming back to fi sh in his beloved river every semestral break, summer or whatever other excuses he could dream of to come home. Alas, even during those early days river folk were already using illegal fi shing methods like poison (using the scrapings of the roots of the herb tubli) and electric shock with car batteries. That wasn’t all the changes he noted in his beloved river: somehow, because of a big fl ood which changed the course of the Cagayan River, the water in the arroyo was getting smaller and the migratory birds from abroad which used to frequent the river banks were dwindling in number. And worse, to his dismay, the average size of the fi shes he caught was getting smaller! There wasn’t much he could

way of life,” Dr. Emata said. Aware the growing threat the city’s increasing urbanization posed to his beloved river and fishing grounds, Pipi was inspired to propose to the Barangay Council of Nazareth (where he sits as a council man) to set up a fish sanctuary along a certain portion of the Cagayan River which ran through the barangay. Thus, on March 11, 2009, the Nazareth Barangay Council passed Resolution No. 147-2009 establishing the area from the river bank of the Cagayan River from Ysalina Bridge to Kagay-anon Bridge covering Barangays No. 1, Nazareth and Macasandig on the east river bank and Barangay Carmen on the west river bank as a bird and fish sanctuary. “At present our barangay ordinance just covers Nazareth but I will be talking to the officials of Barangay No. 1, Carmen and Macasandig soon to request them to pass similar ordinances to consolidate the legal protection our bird and fish sanctuary,” Mr. Abrogar said. Reportedly the first of its kind in the Philippines, the river

sanctuary aims to preserve and increase the population of local fish species through breeding and research, serve as living museum for the river’s flora and fauna to promote tourism and increased environmental aware-ness especially among residents of the Cagayan River’s river bank barangays, and develop the fishery and avian resources of the river for culinary, heritage and scientific purposes. “I visited fish sanctuaries in Thailand which have been maintained by Buddhist monks for hundreds of years and I can say we have more and colorful varieties of fishes compared to them,” Mr. Abrogar noted. Among the other species which are also considered indigenous to the Cagayan River are the hipon or goby (Sicyopterus ocellaries), balanak or Goldie river mullet (Ces-traeus goldiei), dalapakan or Loach goby (Rhyacichtys aspro), Bluespot gray mullet (Valamugil seheli), casili or Bengal eel (Ophisternon bengalense) and the most prized fi sh of them all, the magnifi cent pigok (Mesopristes cansellatus) or Tapiroid Grunter which sells

Kids fishing along the arroyo (sapa) near Cagayan River. PHOTO BY PIPI ABROGAR

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