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WEATHER UPDATEAT 2:00 a.m. yesterday, a Shallow Low Pressure Area (SLPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 500 km east southeast of General Santos City (5.2°N, 130.0°E).

Central and Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over Central and Eastern Visayas and over Northern and Eastern Mindano which may trigger flashfloods and landslides.

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Motorcycle taxis wait for the green light at an intersection in Zamboanga City in the southern Phhilippines as a passenger plane hovers above. Photo by Al Jacinto

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By PAT SAMONTERegional Editor-Caragawith JOEL PORTUGAL

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Businessman Roger Edma claimed he has paid millions of pesos since 2005 until 2010 to the three DENR officials whom he identified as Ronald Gadot, the former Community Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) officer of Initao town in Misamis Oriental; Forester 1 Jerome Pioquinto, and

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SURIGAO City––The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned of more aftershocks in Caraga region after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Friday afternoon.

This, as cost of damage left by the intensity 5.9 tremor is being updated by local government authori-ties concerned.

Hard-hit was Basilisa town in Dinagat Islands prov-ince, where a wharf, a multi-purpose center and some 20 houses were partially-damaged. Four residential houses were totally-damaged in the area.

Twenty persons were injured in a stampede at the just inaugurated Gaisano Capital Mall in Brgy. Luna, Surigao City. They were rushed by Punong Brgy. Alfredo Dacuron to the Caraga Regional Hospital for treatment.

The quake, whose epicenter was traced at some two kilometers southwest of Dinagat Islands, also shocked General Luna, Surigao del Norte (intensity 5), Carras-cal, Surigao del Sur (intensity 4), and Tolosa, Leyte and Tacloban City (intensity 3). A report from Inday Roxas and PIA Regions 10 and 13 Cluster/jdelpf)

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CAGAYAN de Oro––A businessman engaged in trucking services is con-templating on filing alleged corrup-tion and extortion charges before the Office of the Ombudsman against three officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Northern Mindanao.

BUTUAN City––Police ap-prehended here on Tuesday one of five detainees who bolted the Regional Reha-bilitation Center for Youth in Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur.

Authorities identified the escapee as theft sus-pect Antonio Publico, Jr. alias Agor, 18, of Purok 10, Barangay Doongan, here.

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ROAD CONCRETING TURN-OVER AT LAPASAN. Rep. Rufus Rodriguez turns over a P2 million road concreting project at La Paz Seaside, lapasan to Chair. Omar Labuntog, Kag. Boni Bustamante, Engr. Hipuna and Staff of Barangay Lapasan Office.

This as military au-thorities are still verify-ing reports of an Indian national having executed by the Abu Say yaf a l -though his wife had al-ready paid ransom for his release.

Authorities had iden-tified the Indian national as Beeju Kolara Veetil, 38, who reportedly abducted by four armed men while visiting a friend in Pati-kul, Sulu in June last year.

Po l i c e a u t h o r i t i e s placed the entire Zam-boanga Peninsula under heightened alert to avert p o s s i b l e d ive rs i on ar y attacks of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf.

Government forces are continuously pursuing the Abu Sayyaf bandits, led by Khair Mundos and Furuji Indama, who along with some 30 followers fled and abandoned their camp last Thursday.

M i l i t a r y a u t h o r i -ties have uncovered an Abu Sayyaf training and bomb-making camp in Si-tio Bohe Piyat, Barangay Baiwas, Sumisip town.

The U.S. government, through its reward and justice system has put up

Military launches offensiveagainst Abu Sayyaf bandits

By CRIS DIAZ, Associate Editor

PROVINCE of Basilan––The military has launched an offensive against the terror-ist Abu Sayyaf in Basilan this week after it discovered the bandit’s training and bomb making camp in the hinterlands of Sumisip town.

a bounty to information leading to the location, arrest and/or conviction of Mundos, tagged a key leader and financier of the Abu Sayyaf bandits.

The camp, fort i f ied with improvised bombs fashioned as landmines on i t s p e r i m e te r, h a s three s tructures made of l ight materials that can accommodate 100 people.

Sr. Police Supt. Edwin de Ocampo, head of the Zamboanga City police force, said all possible entry routes of “lawless elements,” particularly the Abu Sayyaf bandits are c lose ly monitored by his command to deny them entry.

D e O c amp o’s c om -mand covers 11 police stations, including one located in Sacol Island w h i c h s e r v e s a s t h e springboard of lawless elements in staging atroc-ities in this city.

De Ocampo said he had co ordinated wit h the military’s Task Force Zamboanga (TFZ) for a joint efforts in guarding Zamboanga City. With wire reports

KIDAPAWAN City––A powerful explosive went off near the Army outpost along the highway in Pikit, North Cotabato, damaging a private-owned backhoe situated nearby around 8:45 p.m. last week, the local police said.

A depot of heavy equipment of a Chinese construc-tion firm is located near the Army outpost.

Sr. Insp. Elias Dandan, Pikit police chief, said the explosion destroyed the engine of the heavy equipment used in road rehabilitation projects along the Pigcauayan-Pikit national highway in North Cotabato province.

No one was hurt during the blast. Dandan hinted extortion as the motive behind the

blast. Accordingly, the firm has been receiving extortion

letters from an armed lawless group, weeks after they started the road project.

Only last month, two persons were injured when a still unidentified suspect lobbed a grenade along the highway in Pigcauayan town where the vehicles owned by the Chinese firm were located.

The depot in Sitio Panicupan, Barangay Nalapaan is not far from the base of Al Khobar, a notorious extortion syndicate operating in North Cotabato. (PNA)

GENERAL Santos City––The South Cotabato pro-vincial board is pushing for the creation of a special body that will exclusively look into the concerns and needs of indigenous peoples (IPs) in the province.

In a resolution, the 12-man board recommended to the executive depart-ment the establishment of a “special body or council” to address various affairs and concerns involving the tribal residents and communities within the province’s 10 towns and lone city.

The board opted for such move in response to the recent issuance of Memo-randum Order No. 742 of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)

Special body to tackle IPs’ concerns pushedthat temporarily suspended the appointment of IP sec-toral representatives in local legislative councils.

Such order was issued pending an ongoing review of the commission en banc regarding the matter.

The provincial board is-sued the resolution after it found out that the creation of a permanent seat for IP representative in the board would require huge funding from the local government.

Based on its findings, the creation of a seat for an IP representative will require an additional expense of P3.1 million to the provin-cial government annually.

Such amount covers the maintenance and other op-erating expenses as well

as the salaries and wages of the appointed official, legislative researcher and the driver.

South Cotabato Gover-nor Arthur Pingoy Jr. earlier requested the provincial board to pass an ordinance that would establish a per-manent seat in the board for an IP sectoral representative.

The governor made the request based on the imple-menting rules and regula-tions of the Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 that mandates the inclusion of an IP repre-sentative in the provincial board or Sangguniang Pan-lalawigan with the same privileges as those of the regular members.

Board Member Cecille

Diel, chair of the adhoc committee that handled the matter, said that if the prov-ince would create a seat for an IP representative, “equal protection should also be considered to the other three sectoral representatives” as provided for by the Local Government Code.

She said the code pro-vides that aside from an IP representative, they were also mandated to create seats for e women, labor sector, urban poor and differently-abled persons.

“If the three other sec-toral representatives will be considered, the province will be burdened with a total of P12.476 million annually in additional expenses,” Diel said. With wire report

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THE PHILIPPINE Over-seas Employment Admin-istration advises jobseek-ers to think twice before replying to e-mails with the said subject especially those coming from “inter-national companies” they have never heard of before.

Jobseekers warned of fake recruitment e-mailsAdministrator Hans Leo

Cacdac said an e-mail con-gratulating an applicant for being selected for a specific job he or she did not apply for reeks of a recruitment scam.

“When you post your re-sume to a job search site, you

are opening your personal data to potential employers, and even scammers, so be careful,” Cacdac added.

The administrator said these e-mails promise em-ployment in hospitals and caregiving establishments in Canada and the U.S.A.

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XAVIER Ecoville, the joint relocation and resettlement project in Lumbia of Xavier University and the City Gov-ernment of Cagayan de Oro, broke ground on March 3. In the same event, XU and Habitat for Humanity Philippines signed a memo-randum of agreement for the construction of permanent houses at Xavier Ecoville.

Th e donation worth more than P51 million will be used to help build the 573 row houses which will be constructed on the 5-hectare lot, adjacent to the tempo-rary bunkhouses where 249 households (out of a target of 500) are presently staying.

Charlito Ayco, CEO and Managing Director of Habi-tat for Humanity Philippines said that the house build-ing will be hastened so the benefi ciaries can be settled into their permanent homes immediately. Construction is targeted for completion in six months but may run for a year at the latest.

Besides Habitat for Hu-manity, other donors for the permanent houses at Xavier Ecoville are UnionBank Foundation, Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals and the Chinese Ladies Association of Cebu.

Archbishop Antonio Ledesma SJ DD led the rites of blessing at the ground-

Overjoyed beneficiaries pose in front of the masterplan of Xavier Ecoville, their future neighborhood, unveiled during the groundbreaking ceremony.

L-R: Leonilo Escalada, HFHP Manager for regional programs; Fr Roberto Yap SJ, XU president; Charlito Ayco, HFHP CEO and managing director; and Engr Elpidio Paras, chair of the XU Board of Trustees, sign the MOA for the construction of 573 permanent houses at Xavier Ecoville.

CAGAYAN de Oro second district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez and Vice President Jejomar Binay sign copies of the architectural design of Xavier Ecoville before they are placed inside the time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony of Xavier Ecoville.

By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caraga

By AL JACINTO, Regional Editor-Zamboanga

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BUTUAN City––The Mind-anao Development Author-ity is set to convene a meet-ing of key power industry players and stakeholders to address issues on rotating brownouts affecting several areas in Mindanao.

Taking the power situa-tion as one that needs im-mediate attention, Secretary Luwalhati Antonino said in a statement, “We are con-fronted with this problem in Mindanao on a recurring fashion and it’s time we deal with this quickly and decisively.”

Antonino said that based on discussions with and subsequent recommenda-tions from Mindanao power stakeholders, a significant number of which involves major policy actions such as review of the EPIRA Law, among others.

She said the power prob-lem requires both immediate and long-term solutions involving everyone in the generation, distribution and utilization chain.

“MinDA is currently putting together a position paper and consolidating the inputs from rounds of stakeholder consultations, including Mindanao law-makers so that all of us are on same page on this issue”, Antonino said.

Earlier, a joint meeting of the Committee on Energy

MDA sets meeting to address power problemand the Special Committee on Mindanao Affairs at the House of Representatives came up with proposed measures to avert worsen-ing of the Mindanao power problem.

In her report to the joint committee hearing, Energy Undersecretary Josefina Asirit said that as of March 11, 2012, Mindanao’s avail-able capacity stood at 1,149 megawatts with peak de-mand reaching 1,300 mega-watts or a power shortfall of 151 megawatts.

Asirit noted that aside from generation deficiency in the grid, the situation is compounded by non-compliance of some industry players such as distribution utilities and electric coop-eratives with the load-to-maintain (LTM) matrix, which provide the basis for load curtailments.

She said that sanctions would be imposed to cus-tomers not complying with LTM matrix to prevent over withdrawing power above their nominated require-ments.

Replying to Antonino’s question on what happened in the last four months that prompted the power supply shortage, Asirit pointed to the limited dispatched ca-pacity of most of the hydro power plants which at times had become unreliable.

Antonino, however, pointed out that there have been no major incidents in the last four months that should warrant reduction of generation capacity of the hydro power plants and maintained that Agus II and Pulangi had about 65 MW of untapped capacity which should have been utilized.

She stressed that repair and rehabilitation of the hydro power plants should be given top priority even as she echoed calls opposing the sale of the hydro power complex that could push rates up.

“Our efforts must be both at ensuring reliable power supply and level-ing of the playing field for investments in Mindanao which is already disadvan-taged by image problem and shouldn’t be aggravated by high power rates,” Antonino said.

At the end of the meet-ing, the lawmakers led by Cagayan de Oro Rep. Ro-driguez moved for the fol-lowing resolutions: urging the Department of Energy to dredge the affected area, opposing the sale of the Agus and Pulangi power plants, implementing Agus 3 construction, lowering the reserve margin from 250 to 100 MW, revisiting of the EPIRA Law, lower-ing the extent of rotating brownout-areas affected by Typhoon Sendong.

XU, Habitat ink housing deal for Sendong survivors

breaking. Also present dur-ing the event were Vice Presi-dent and Chair of the Urban Development Coordinating Council Jejomar Binay, 2nd Congressional District Rep-resentative Rufus Rodriguez, Abante Mindanao Partylist Representative Maximo Ro-driguez, City Mayor Vicente Emano and City Councilor Nadya Emano-Elipe.

Binay assured everyone that “everything is on course” in the resettlement eff orts of the government for those aff ected by Sendong in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, and that “this is a government that can be trusted.”

Th e masterplan of Xavier Ecoville was unveiled during the groundbreaking, show-ing Xavier Ecoville to be not

only a housing program but a community building pro-gram. XU aims to develop a thriving and healthy com-munity at Xavier Ecoville. In addition to the residential lots of 50 sqm per lot, Xavier Ecoville will have a chapel and community center.

“I guess Xavier Ecov-ille will be the standard for everyone to follow in resettlement,” said Justo Or-tiz, chairman and CEO of UnionBank. “Th is project is not only a testimony of the resilience of Filipinos… but a testament of magis.”

Xavier Ecoville espous-es 10 core values: Pagti-nabangay (cooperation), Paghigugma sa Ginoo (love of God), Pagsalig sa Matag usa (trust in one another), Pargespeto sa katungod sa uban ug dignidad sa tawo (respect for rights and dig-nity of persons), Pakigsuod sa silingan (friendship), Pag amuma sa kinaiyahan (care for environment), Pagkugi (industry), Pakiglambigit (involvement), Pagkama-tinud-anon (truthfulness), and Pagmugna ug huna-huna ug lihok (creativity of ideas and actions).

Last February, the resi-dents had their first fel-lowship activity aimed at fostering trust, harmony and belongingness among mem-bers of the Xavier Ecoville community. Every weekend, the community undertakes values formation sessions.

ZAMBOANGA City––An Australian man kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippines was spirited out of Basilan prov-ince where security forces have been battling the ter-rorist group tied to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya, of-ficials said Saturday.

Officials said Warren Rodwell, 52, has been moved by his captors to Zamboanga Peninsula on the restive region of Mindanao, where the former Australian army

Terrorists escape with kidnapped Australian

soldier was kidnapped in December.

“We have reports that Rodwell was taken by his kidnappers to Zamboanga Peninsula because of the intense military operation against the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan,” Colonel Ricardo Visaya, the provincial army commander, told the Min-danao Examiner.

He did not give details about the escape, but said the operation against the terrorists will continue in

Basilan. “We will not stop until these terrorists are neutralized,” he said.

Visaya said they have captured an Abu Sayyaf base in the town of Sumisip following a fierce firefight on Thursday that killed one army soldier and wounded three more.

The bomb-making base is being used as by terror-ist leaders Puruji Indama and Khair Mundos whose group is said to be holding Rodwell, who married a Filipina, Miraflor Gutang,

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Faith savesMiracles do happen when you pray. Indeed, this is mani-fested by the many survivors who once battled against the raging current of the flood. Some may have lost their homes where they first built their dreams, yet, they are still grateful because through faith they were saved.

December 16 2011 – everyone were awaken to their slumber when typhoon Sendong hit the city. That day was so gloomy until Sendong finally blew off the city in the evening causing thousands of deaths and hundreds of missing bodies. No one ever thought that that typhoon would shatter their lives, leaving them homeless and hopeless.

Certainly, they were caught off guard, including Tikla Natendem, 52 years old, a mother of six and a resident of the United Settlers Area, Barangay Tibasak, this city. According to her, “sa pagbaha, naa pa mi sa balay, naanad man gud mi inig mudako ang tubig relax lang mi kay dili gyud maanod among balay kay naa raman mi diri daplin sa dalan [layo sa suba].”

She started her story tearfully as she tried to remember every detail that happened during that night. She and her family already knew that there was going to be a flood but they did not expect that the water would reach more than twice their heights.

“Ang mga tao kay sige na ug baklay ug nanghipos sa ilang butang padulong sa covered court, unya kami wala mi nanghipos ang giuna lang namo [among] upat ka-baboy. Ang among mga butang [kay] naanad naman mi, among sigeg ibutang sa ibabaw,”recalls Tikla.

Unexpectedly, the water has began to rise rapidly. At first, it was just right below their waist; seconds later, it was almost choking them. That night, Tikla was with her husband and her four children, three sons and a

FAITH/p.7

THINK a minute.I read about a young

mother who had left her baby on the side of the road. Two days later the baby girl was found.

She was still breathing, but it was too late to save her.

None of us would be alive today if we hadn’t been fed and cared for by our families.

Before you were born, God planned for you to be a part of His family.

The Bible tells the true story of God building His family in the world. God has done everything He can for us to join His family so He can share all He has with us as His children.

Every human was created by God, but not everyone is a child of God. The only way to get into God’s family is by being born again into it.

You become part of the human family by your first birth, but you become part of God’s family by your

Our spiritual family

second birth. Your spiritual family is

even more important than your physical family because it will last forever.

As babies we’re com-pletely helpless, so we de-pend on our parents to protect, nurture, and teach us. And it’s the same with us who are spiritually born as a baby child of God.

It doesn’t matter if we’re grown adults, we must be fed and taught how to live our new life with Jesus.

As we start life all over again, we need to be en-couraged by our spiritual brothers and sisters who

help us grow and learn to live Jesus’ way, not our own.

Children of God must become part of a church that believes and obeys the whole Bible and only the Bible, since it is our Maker’s manual explaining how to live correctly.

Our spiritual family loves and personally knows Jesus is God the Son who died and came back to life to forgive us of all our wrongs and sins.

So He is the only person who can make us right with God the Father and bring us into His family.

Being part of God’s

family means we not only worship Him in church services with our lips, but we worship God everyday with our life by putting Him first in everything.

Our whole character and way of living changes. For example, we become honest no matter what we can get away with.

We also love, forgive, and serve other people as Jesus did.

So why not ask Jesus to forgive you for living your own way and to come into your life?

Jesus said it’s the only way you can come into His family and start learning to live His successful, satisfying way He created you to enjoy.

It’s also the only way you can know you’ll live safely in God’s family forever after you die.

Won’t you ask Jesus to guide you to a healthy, true church of His today? Just

Think a Minute.

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LAST NIGHT, a message coming from this number +0639053070266 threatened this corner for exposing illegal mining in the mountains of Opol in Misamis Oriental.

The unidentified texter chal-lenged this corner to head the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in order to stop illegal mining in the hinterlands of Limonda in Opol.

Apparently, these unknown tex-ters were stalking this corner after a series of expose involving illegal mining in Opol.

The message has many interpretations. It indirectly warned this corner to stop writing about illegal mining in Opol. The message also confirmed that illegal min-ing in Opol continues despite efforts of the provincial government to stop it.

On the other hand, the text messaged also affirmed the futile effort of the current MGB head to curb illegal mining in Opol. The message was a cryptic declaration that MGB officials are benefiting from illegal mining in Opol in particular and in Misamis Oriental in general.

No idea how the unidentified texter got hold of this corner’s number. However, friends from the commu-nity are tracing the registration of the cellular phone number. Initially, a woman seemed to own the number. Evidently, the woman was just a ploy.

The search to establish the identity of the owner of the cellular phone number continues. By the time, this article came out, it is certain that the owner already discarded the cellular phone number.

This corner get threat!There is nothing to crow ‘though. There are al-

legations that the illegal mining in Opol had the im-primatur of influential town officials. Although this corner cannot offer proofs, doubts are strong that town Mayor Dexter Yasay could be one of the protectors of the illegal mining in his mountain turf.

Perhaps, after a series of expose on illegal min-ing in Opol, this corner has stepped on swollen toes where town Mayor Dexter Yasay may have possible involvement.

The series of expose also prompted the provincial government of Misamis Oriental to act decisively. The provincial government initiated a raid in the mountains of Opol where illegal mining proliferated for years.

The raid resulted in the seizure of dozens of com-pressors used for illegal ‘Hhydraulic mining,’ the primary cause of the siltation and discoloration of Iponan River. The illegal mining also caused mercury pollution of the once luster river where abundant fresh water resources thrived.

Obviously, Yasay’s men who benefited from illegal mining trade have suffered after authorities checked on their illegal activities. With the end of illegal mining, regular allowances of some individuals who have been enjoying Yasay’s magnanimity suddenly stopped, too.

There are suspicions that these individuals are threatening this corner so that articles criticizing Yasay and illegal mining in Opol will discontinue. These individuals are exposing Yasay to risk as the mastermind of undefined threat on people fighting against illegal mining activities in Opol. -0- react: [email protected]

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PROBLEM/p.7

Problem in the middleastTHE matter that stirs peace in the Middle East may appear so little to the eyes of a lot of people, but it certainly is so big, it can ignite a global conflict. The trouble in the region has been there for a long, long time and it never displayed even a bit of peace. There has been signs of peace many times in the past but just the same it never get airborne to reality.

In the epicenter of the conflict is the not so big area of Israel. It is an aver-age size that is populated by

people who never give an inch against the intrigues and assault of its neighbors. For one thing, Israel is an ally of the United States of America. In this country is the famous Jerusalem, that is believed to be the

thing that other nations want to grab.

Today, Israel is prepared to be attacked like in the past. Iran has promised to wipe out in the map this little nation that attracts so many people worldwide.

It is a biblical place that existed ever since the be-ginning of the bible. Its people are brave and strong and always prepared to die for the country they love so much.

It is maintaining a bad relationship with Iran and even it threatened to use its military to attack the latter on the issue of nuclear weap-ons. It appears that Iran is believed to be producing weapons of mass destruc-tion and since it promised to wipe out Israel, the latter

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DTI holds sessions on free tradeREGION 13 - DTI-Caraga, in cooperation with the Bureau of Trade Export Promotion, Phil-ippine Trade Training Center and the Bureau of International Trade Regulation, conducted a session on “Doing Business in Free Trade Areas” (DBFTA) I & II recently in Butuan City. DBFTA I covered discussions on market opportunities, with focus on products with zero or reduced tariffs, while DBFTA II focused on free trade areas for food sector and homestyle/gifts, decors & household sector.

Technical assistance implementation assessedREGION 10 - The Democratic Governance of South-east Asia (DELGOSEA), represented by Dr. Antonio Avila, has recently assessed the implementation of the technical assistance it has given to the Manticao-Lugait-Naawan (ManLuNa) cluster. ManLuNa was organized, in partnership with DILG and the Local Government Development Foundation (LOGODEF) on December 11, 2006.

Outstanding GAD persons namedREGION 13 - GADCC-Caraga Co-chair Edna Honti-veros expressed appreciation over the participation of GAD focal persons in the 8th Kalandrakas sa Butuan City, recently. Honored during the occasion were the Outstanding Men and Women in GAD, namely Ms. Anna Bel Salino, DA Woman Entreprenuer; P/Sr. Insp Charity Galvez, PNP’s Medalya ng Katapangan; and GAD Focal Persons/Retirees Mr. Luth Longos (DOLE), ARD Cecil Rosales (NEDA), RD Leonita Gorgolon (DOH) and Ms. Gloria Pabillore (Agusan del Norte PSWDO).

Illegal activities topped discussions in ‘kapihanSURIGAO del Norte – Matters relating to illegal fishing, anti-drug campaign, Minahan ng Bayan and PhilHealth contributions have been discussed during the “Kapihan sa Kapitolyo” recently. It was part of the province’s education, information and communica-tion campaign.

Director Abner M. CagaPIA, R10 & 13 Cluster

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Compiled by KHRISTHA RIVA ARFENEMDaily Joke

Don’t wanna explain itA blind man and his guide dog enter a bar and find

their way to a barstool.After ordering a drink, and sitting there for

a while, the blind guy yells to the bartender, “Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?”

The bar immediately becomes absolutely quiet.

In a husky, deep voice, the w o m a n next to him says, “Before you tell that joke, you should know something, the bar-tender is blonde, the bouncer is blonde, and I’m a 6’ tall, 200 lb. blonde with a black belt in karate.

What’s more, the woman sitting next to me is blonde and she’s a w e i g h t lifter. The lady to your right is a blonde, and she’s a wrestler. Think about it seriously, Mister. You still wanna tell that joke?”

The blind guy says, “Nah, not if I’m gonna have to explain it five times.”

DOLE Media Forum – Newly-assumed Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 10 Director Johnson G. Cañete meets the Cagayan de Oro press, for the first time, and announced the opening of provincial offices in Camiguin and in Misamis Oriental. To his right are OIC Anne Apasra S. Abas of POEA-10, Director Petrona M. Bergado of OWWA-10 and Assistant Director Crispin D. Dannug Jr. (Rodolfo D. Mendoza/PIA 10)

CAMP Rodriguez, Butuan City––The Police Regional Office (PRO-13), under the leadership of P/C Supt. Reynaldo S. Rafal, has intensified the cam-paign against Motorcycle-Riding-In-Tandem (MRIT) in the region.

The move that involves the establishment of strong and consistent checkpoints all over the region, has so far netted a considerable number of individuals and 43 various types of firearms between January and Feb-ruary this year.

One of them is 43-year old gold-minder Chris-topher Diano Camino of

Police intensifies drive against MRITBarangay Tambis, Barobo, Surigao del Sur.

Confiscated from him by the San Francisco mu-nicipal police, led by P/Insp. Czymeere Nicanor Valencerina, and the 131st Regional Public Safety Company, based in Barobo town, led by P/Insp. Alvin Caballes was a handgrip of a KG-9 Sub-machine pistol, without any document.

Another suspect, Mr. Eric Guarte Pajardo, was arrested by the Cantilan municipal police, led by SPO1 Demetrio Viray at Barangay Lininti-an.

The arrest was made after a concerned citizen

reported to the police that Mr. Fajardo was tucking-in an improvised caliber 3516 revolver, with a fired cartridge of 5.56mm.

“It has always been the endeavour of the PRO-13 to aggressively operate

against loose firearms. For this, we are continuously appealing to the public to report suspicious persons or crimes to the nearest police station for immedi-ate assistance,” Director Rafal said.

SURIGAO del Norte – The Surigao del Norte Electric Cooperative (SURNECO) is currently implementing a voluntary power load curtailment in the entire province.

Affected from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm are nine ba-rangays of Surigao City, namely Quezon, Bonifacio, Mabini, Mapawa, Trinidad,

SURNECO implements power curtailmentSukailang, Anomar, Masa-pilid and Bayagnan Islands, as well as the towns of Sison, Taganaan, Tubod, Mainit, Alegria and Placer.

From 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm :Narciso St., Rizal, Bor-romeo, Magallanes, San Nicolas, Sarvida, Diez, Amat, Penaranda, Navarro, P.Reyes and Nueva, all in Surigao City.

Also affected by the vol-untary power load cutail-ment from 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm are Silay Hills, Espina, Nueva Extension, Purok 1 Canlanipa and some por-tions of Borromeo from Palma to Bilang-bilang, Surigao City.

From 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm : Vasquez St, Burgos, Kaimo, Roxas, Gemina,

Borja, Rizal, Gonzales, Roxas, Borromeo, Brgys. San Juan, Rizal, Togbongon, Serna, Mat-i, San Roque, Lipata, Mabua, Punta Bi-lar, Ipil and Danao, all in Surigao City; and 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm : towns of Bacuag, Gigaquit, Claver and some portions of Placer. (PIA Regions 10 and 13 Cluster/asf )

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The Police Regional Of-fice in Northern Mindanao (PRO-10) recorded a total of 15,743 crimes in the year 2011, down by 10.4 percent compared to the crime volume of 17,571 in 2010.

Thus revealed Engr. Ce-cilio Clarete, chief economic development specialist of

Crime volume in NorMin down by 10% in 2011National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in Region 10, dur-ing the media forum on the regional economic situ-ationer held recently at the NEDA Conference Room.

He said all types of crimes registered decreases except for rape and murder which posted increases by 31 and 8 percent, respec-

tively.Based on the data gath-

ered from PRO-10, Clarete said the province of Lanao del Norte recorded the big-gest drop in crime volume by 31 percent, from 1,172 to 807 cases.

C r i m e v o l u m e i n Cagayan de Oro City also decreased by 19 percent, from 4,797 to 3,879 cases, followed by Iligan City, from 2,605 to 2,176 cases,

or eight percent lower than the previous year.

Meanwhile, the region-wide crime solution ef-ficiency rate (CSER) was 12.4 percent while case clearance efficiency rate (CCER) was 17.1 percent.

Among the police offices in the region, Iligan City posted the highest CSER at 16.9 percent while Lanao del Norte posted the highest CCER at 31 percent.

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Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of Late CONSUELO CAINGIN BALACUIT, who died on August 15, 2005 at Bayabas, Cagayan de Oro City, leaving an amount deposited in the Philippine Veterans Bank the sum of Php 131,178.68 Philippine Currency, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE made and entered into by MATILDE BALACUIT LIZADA, LEONOR BALACUIT CATAMCO, VIOLETA BALACUIT CAASALAN, EMMA BALACUIT LIGTAS, JESSIE CAINGIN BALACUIT, ELMER CAINGIN BALACUIT and MARITA BALACUIT CAYLO, all of legal age, Filipino, married, the parties hereto are the sole heirs of the decedent, as per Doc. No. 70; Page No. 14; Book No. 30; Series of 2012, under Notary Public of Atty. REYNALDO A. VITORILLO.

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Police said Publico es-caped last March 7 with four others including KenKen Perez and Sardani Ampaso. Perez was implicated in the April 1, 2011 hostage-taking of 14 Department of Educa-tion officials and teachers in Barangay La Purisima, Prosperidad town.

Perez and two others were allegedly fetched by motorcycle-riding men in Patin-ay, Prosperidad, police said. Ampaso was allegedly picked up by his relatives at the same place, police added.

City police intelligence operatives took custody of Publico and brought him to police station 2 in Langihan District here where he is temporarily detained.

Emely Indico, the sec-retary of Mr. Gadot.

Mr. Edma said that whenever he would ap-ply for a CLO or Certifi-cate of Lumber Origin, a document needed to trans-port lumber, Mr. Gadot allegedly asked him to pay P10,000 for every truck loaded with lumber.

When the truck arrived at the warehouse of the lumber company, Mr. Edma said that Mr. Gadot would

then allegedly asked for a cash advance in the amount of no less than P100,000 chargeable against his P6 per-board-foot-share on the delivery.

He said Mr. Gadot’s cash advance is fetched by his secretary, Ms. Indico, an allegation which Ms. Indico strongly belied.

“Wala man ko kabalo ana oi. Dili man na akong perma,” said Ms. Indico.

The Mindanao Daily was able to get the docu-ments showing the alleged pay-off indicating the al-leged signature of Ms. Indico.

“Niadtong 2005 or thereabout, samtang sa Vicmar pa ako ga-deliver ug kahoy 4 ngadto sa 5 ka truck kada adlaw, P5,000 ra man kada truck ang akong gaihatag kang Gadot ug nga kini si Jerome Pio-quinto ang gakuha niini. Wala seguro sila ma-satisfy, dunay mga higayon nga gadakpon nila ang akong mga deliveries, langan-langanon ug ga biklon lang ang mga papeles nga unta kompleto man. Mao kadto nga akong gihimong P10,000 kada truck load. Wala na dayon ako nila dakpa. Karong bag-o lang, ila na usab akong gidakop nga unta kompleto man ang mga papeles nako ug hilabi na nga dili naman CENRO kini si Gadot. Ba-

sin mangayo na usab kini si Gadot ug dili na gyod baya nako kaya mao nga isakripisyo na lang nako kanang 2 nako ka trak mopasaka na lang gayod ako ug sumbong didto sa Ombudsman,” the dejected Mr. Edma complained.

Ms. Edma further said that payments of his lumber deliveries in Mitimco since 2008 to 2010, were issued checks all in the name of a certain Mr. Bert Martyl who would deduct Mr. Gadot’s P10,000 share per truck––and P2,000 share per truck for Mr. Pioquinto and several others enumer-ated in the documents.

“Kung pila ang mabilin mao ra gyud ang ako,” Edma lamented.

Edma further said that he will still look into pos-sibility of filing more cases against DENR corrupt per-sonnel.

“Dili lang kay tulo ra ni ka tawo. Hawid nako ang mga ebidensya nga mag-pamatood nga ila akong gipangayoan ug kwarta,” he said.

Meanwhile, Edma said that an average of seven fake Certificates of Lumber Origin (CLO) per month from 2006 were allegedly prepared by Mr. Gadot and

were sold to him at P6 per board foot.

“Ang pagkwenta sa bahin ni Gadot basi sa sulod sa CLO. Kadaghan-an P100,000 pero dunay higayon nga nakabayad ako kang Gadot ug P500,000 ambot lang ug iya ba kad-tong gi-remit sa DENR. Ako maghangyo lang sa DENR nga ila unta kining imbestigahan kay ngano man nga kini si Gadot nakapanag-iya man ug mansion diha sa Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukid-non,” Mr. Edma claimed.

He said that if DENR will conduct the necessary investigation, it will surely discover that millions of pesos were allegedly taken by its erring men.

“Kini si Gadot naka-himo niini tungod kay anaay labaw pa kaniya nga nagpaluyo. Imagine, mo-himo kini sila ug papeles sa lumber minutos lang ug nga gikan kuno sa Autono-mous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) apan ang tinuod niini, diha ra sa Pangkoga, Cogon Mar-ket nila kini gihimo ug pabayaran dayon ug linibo ka pesos,” Edma added.

Pioquinto and Gadot could not be reached for comment as of press time.

MISAMIS Oriental amateur boxer 14-year old Roberto Miguel Jal-naiz will represent the Philippines at the London Summer School Sports Program on July 29 to August 12, 2012 at St. Bede’s School in London.

Gov. Oscar S. Moreno has received a communication from Philippine Sports Commissioner Jose Luis Gomez informing him that one of the boxers who represented the province in the Batang Pinoy games last year has qualified for the English and Sports program in London.

The summer sports pro-gram is a project of the Philip-pine Sports Commission and The British Council designed to provide young athletes with foreign exposure while building character and strengthening their self-confidence.

The PSC has recognized the outstanding performance demonstrated by Jalnaiz in the Batang Pinoy games.

The participants in the Lon-don School Sports Program will get to watch the London Olympics and meet with other athletes from other nations. Gov. Moreno is fully supporting Jalnaiz’ successful journey in amateur boxing.

Moreno is hoping that one day, the boxing program of Misa-mis Oriental will produce topnotch

Misor boxer Jalnaiz to represent PHL in

London sports program

athletes and bag the most-coveted gold in the Olympics.

Jalnaiz has been trained at the MisOr-PLDT-ABAP Regional Amateur Boxing Training Center, a joint project of the Provincial Government of Misamis Oriental, the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) and PLDT.

The training center built by the Provincial Government in partnership with ABAP and PLDT caters to about 50 aspir-ing athletes who are trained by a formidable coaching team composed of former Olympian Bobby Jalnaiz, national coach Elmer Pamisa and former boxer Rene Barrientos. The center is part of the sports program of Gov. Oscar Moreno which is aimed to create opportunities and give breaks for promising athletes.

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a daughter. Her other two children were already married. In fact, her el-der son told them to leave the house while he and his brother will stay.

“Nigawas mi upat, akong youngest, akong babae na isa, akong bana ug ako. Pag gawas namo ang karsada sa among likod kay ga-balod-balod naman ang tubig so dili na mi makagawas. Na-trap na mi kay mao may pag-sulod sa tubig. Unya, naa man dos andanas nga balay dikit ra gyud sa amo, nanuktok mi kay aron maka-saka mi sa taas... didto mi upat niagi sa bintana palusot sa ila,” she related.

However, the water kept on rising, reaching the second floor of the house where they evacuated. Tikla worried that they might get trapped but she worried most for her sons who were left in their house. Luckily her two sons were able to escape right before they got trapped as they kicked the wooden door on their kitchen.

“Ma, pag-ampo lang mo diha, balikan ra tamo, magtawag sa mi’g rescue,” said her son who was a pas-tor. They started praying along with the owner of that house who was also a pastor.

As they opened their eyes, they can see how the storm had mercilessly rav-aged everything in its path.

“Katong among balay nahagba na, unya sige pa mi kakita ug mga nanga-hagba nga balay sa among atubangan. Unya katong among gisak-an nga dos andanas nga balay gabang-gaan na kay pikit raman to sa among balay. Pagbangga sa among balay, kami pod didto nauyog na.”

They may have faced the worst situation, yet, their faith was not shaken. They continued to pray until a miracle happened.

Fear is creeping them out because of what they have seen. However, they continued to pray and believe that they will be saved. Minutes passed, their prayer was answered through a miracle – they saw plastic containers heading towards them.

“Natingala dayon mi kay murag naa gyu’y Ginoo kay katong didto mi sa bintana, akong bana kay naa’y nakita nga plastic nga gabiyo-biyo sa amo, tana unta to mudiretso kay pastraight ang tubig... so gikapot pod sa akong bana,” she related. “Taod-taod, naa na po’y isa so duha lugar among gallon”, she con-tinued. “Dayon, taod2 naa napo’y isa kanang LPG,” she laughed with amazement.

Tikla was amazed by how God immediately answered their prayers. Her husband tied the two plastic containers that they found with a wire. He then gave the LPG to the other fam-ily. And when the house had finally given up, all 10 of them were able to jump in the waters just in

time. However, they were separated from the other family. All four of them were challenged to survive while they battled against the raging current.

“Akong youngest naadto sa pinakailalom kay naglilo man... nangatumba naman lage ang mga balay mao akong dalaga naligpitan ug dili siya kalihok, unya ako sad nga gatan-aw sa akong dalaga, natulala lang ko wala koy lihok kay naipit pod diay akong paa.”

Fortunately, her husband was able to pull her and their daughter out from being pressed in the bottom of the water. Un-fortunately, her son was separated from them. So, as they were able to get out of the water and climb on top of a mango tree, Tikla cried with deep sorrow and fear, and prayed to God to keep his son alive. Suddenly she heard a familiar voice calling her from a rooftop fronting the mango tree. She could not contain her happiness when she recognized the voice and the silhouette of a boy who kept on calling her – it was her son. At that time, Tikla couldn’t thank God enough for His good-ness in their lives.

“Nagpasalamat dayon ko sa Ginoo. Bahala wala mi nakuha bisan usa ka butang basta buhi lang mi tanan. Ako gyung gipasalamatan ato sa Ginoo kay sa napulo mi kabuok adtong balaya, wala’y bisan isa nga nawala.”

They may have suf-fered a very traumatic expe-rience caused by Sendong, but Tikla is still very posi-tive that God has a greater purpose on why He let those things happen to them. As she said, “Mapasalamaton man gihapon mi sa Ginoo. Wala man namo basula ang Ginoo kay siguro iyang

gihawan didto aron siya magplastar sa amo... wala pa siguro mi gikuha sa Ginoo kay naa pa misyon buhaton dinhi sa kalibotan.”

Tikla and her family are now living at the Tibasak evacuation center near the covered court.

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caregivers for supposed employment in Canada.

Upon verification, the real Fraser Health in Canada denied the e-mail came from them. The fake company uses free e-mail accounts at hushmail.com whereas the true Fraser Health uses their domain name fraser-health.ca.

Cacdac said the come-ons offered by the fake com-pany could be hard to refuse for some Filipino workers looking for overseas jobs. The e-mail said applicants would not be charged any placement or processing fee, and the cost of air fare and work visa would be paid by the employer. But the catch is they have to pay Php3,750.00 for “Ca-nadian Embassy Interview Coaching” and medical tests costing up to Php5,000.00.

“Because the company is not real, the victims are un-necessarily spending hard-earned money in pursuit of non-existent jobs,” Cacdac said.

Cacdac urges job ap-plicants who received such recruitment e-mails to for-ward the same to [email protected] for verification and proper action by the POEA and police authorities. CD

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thinks to hit it first be-fore things will be too late.

So there is tension every-day in the region. Anytime,

Israel might let loose its air power and destroy the area in Iran where nuclear facilities are located. The purpose is to cripple the manufacture of bombs that would be used to ruin Israel. The situation is so ugly, the world is watching with great interest and fear since the matter can spread and de-velop into a global inferno.

The USA and some allies are trying to calm down the tense situation but are also ready to support Israel when things turn ugly. America is commit-ted to defend and support it whatever is the reason and it has an aircraft carrier and other ships not far from the region. The picture of the area is really hot and a light shooting may grow into a giant explosion anytime.

Some smaller nations like the Philippines and its Asian neighbors are not alarmed by the situation although watching it with great concern and fear. The region is far from Asia but modern bullets and can-nons now fly higher than its distance. So anywhere in the globe is danger that can annihilate people standing.

In my case, I express hope things will not go sour. That understanding and friendship will prevail in the area. That everyone in the

region will look up straight to the eyes of their rivals or enemies and establish softness in the heart. When we fail in this endeavor, the world will be in trouble and people, a lot of people will have to go down to their graves.. (BEN EMATA) [email protected]

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27, lasy year in Ipil town in Zamboanga Sibugay province where the prolific traveller was kidnapped.

Both Indama and Mundos, blamed by authorities for the spate of terrorism and kidnap-pings for ransoms, escaped the military offensive.

The Abu Sayyaf demanded $2 million ransoms for Rodwell’s safe release, but his wife said they cannot afford to pay and appealed to the terrorists to free the foreigner.

Just this week, police said the Abu Sayyaf executed an Indian national Biju Kolara Veetil, 36, who was kidnapped in June last year on the southern province of Sulu.

Senior Superintendent Anto-nio Freyra, the Sulu provincial police chief, they have reports that the foreigner was killed by his captors for a still unknown reason despite ransoms paid to the Abu Sayyaf by his Filipina wife.

He said Veetil’s wife, Elena Asanji, would not speak to the

police about the fate of the foreign. Veetil and his wife were visiting the woman’s family in the village of Tempok in Patikul town when four gunmen seized the foreigner.

Freyra said the woman’s fam-ily had paid at least P800,000 to the Abu Sayyaf for Veetil’s safe release, but the militants did not free the foreigner.

He said a Malaysian gecko trader - Mohammad Nasarud-din Bensaidin – who was also kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in April last year, had been released after a local negotiator paid ransom to the gang.

The kidnappers had originally demanded P5 million ransoms for his safe release.

The 38-year old Malaysian arrived in Sulu in April last year from Kuala Lumpur and had been living in a house in the village of Kajatian in Indanan town when he was kidnapped.

Freyra said another Japanese hostage, Katayama Mamaito, 63, is still being held by the Abu Sayyaf. Mamaito, a treasure hunter, was kidnapped in June 2010 on the island-town of Pangutaran in Sulu.

Aside from the Japanese, the Abu Sayyaf is also holding two fishermen, Renato Panisales and Wennie Ferrer – all employees of the Mega Fishing Corporation in Zamboanga City – after they were seized at sea off Sulu in March last year. Their companion, Jonald Ocsimar, was freed in July after his family paid P300,000 ransom.

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