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Senatorial candidate Cynthia Villar raises the hands of Governor Dolfo del Rosario (first from left) of Davao del Norte province, Mayor Rey Uy (at her left) of Tagum City, and re-electionest for congressman of the first district Anthony G. del Rosario (extreme right) during the Proclamation Night of the Local LP Candidates held at the Freedom Park in Tagum City on April 4, 2013. Photo supplied

‘I shouted we are kids’

A MOTHER’S CRY. Evelyn Cortes cries out to her son, eight-year old Roque, who died from wounds after being shot by soldiers in Sitio Kidaraan, Brgy. Anitapan, Mabini, Compostela Valley. Roque’s last words to his mother was he will help in the farm to support his dreams of becom-ing a seaman. Right, Jefrey, 13-year-old survivor of the Mabini strafing, underwent surgery on his jaw in this april 5 photo.

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MABINI, Compostela Valley––“Saba mi. Naa mi dala flashlight. Maskin kinsa, makaingon gyud nga mga bata mi, (We were noisy. We had a flashlight. Anyone can tell that we were children,” recalls Alvin, (not his real name), the 12-year-old brother of eight-year-old Roque Antivo who was killed in last Wednesday’s strafing inci-dent in Sitio Kidaraan, Barangay Anitapan, Mabini, Compostela Valley, who could not believe they were fired at by the soldiers.

Alvin said they were on their way home from their farms, he, brother Roque, and his 13-year old uncle Jefrey. It was nightfall and the three of them were walking in a single row when Alvin heard the sound of gun fire, which he thought at first came from an air gun, but he rolled over when he began seeing sparks.

“Nisinggit pa gani ko, mga bata mi sir, tulo ka beses, ayha sila miundang og pabuto, dayon mitubag sila, sa ibabaw ra daw sila nagpabuto, (I shouted at them three times, that we are kids, then they stopped firing and replied that they were firing at the hills,” Alvin said, adding that he im-

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBAof DavaoToday.com

mediately went to Roque when the gunfire stopped.

“Gikugos nako si Roque. Mau-mod na man gud siya. Kato akong uyuan, si Jefrey, niadto kay Daddy, niapas. Naigo na siya, (I carried Roque. He was slumping on the ground. My uncle, Jefrey, went to Daddy. He was hit,” Alvin said.

Sonny Cortes, stepfather of Roque and Alvin, never thought at the end of the day he would lose one of his sons.

Cortes said they were at the farm the whole day with his brother-in-law, and three oth-ers, harvesting corn, when the kids came to their farm hut to bring them lunch. The farm hut is 30 minutes away from their house in Sitio Kidaraan, Purok 6, Barangay Anitapan, Mabini, Compostela Valley.

By nightfall, they were go-ing home to prepare for dinner.

DAVAO City––Threats hound the family of Roque Antivo, the eight-year-old boy who was reportedly killed by government troops in a strafing incident in Crossing Kidaraan, Brgy. Anitapan, Mabini, Compostela Valley on April 3.

His family had to transfer the wake of their son from their house

Threat hounds witnesses, family in Mabini strafing

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA of DavaoToday.com

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Tablon Medical MissionCongressman Rufus B. Rodriguez of the second district of Cagayan de Oro turns over boxes of medicines to Tablon Barangay officials headed by Barangay Chair Romeo Bacarro that will be used in the Barangay Health Center during the four-in-one medical mission (medical, dental, bloodletting and feeding) on March 18 which attended to 3,000 patients. Also in photo are Kagawads Bobby Jacutin, Angelo Pomar and Joneas Galvez with Barangay Nazareth Barangay Chair Bebot Rodriguez.

Rebels plan to destroyDOLE plantation foiledCAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City - Government troopers foiled attempts by rebels to destroy a banana planta-tion of DOLE Philippines

in Tago, Surigao Del Sur Sunday morning, the army reported here. Lt. Col. Eugenio Julio Osias, IV, spokesperson of the army’s 4th Infantry Divi-

sion here, said on Monday that about 30 unidentified armed groups, believed to be New People’s Army (NPA) rebels clashed with govern-ment troopers in Barangay Dayo-an, Tago, Surigao del Sur killing an unidentified rebel. Initial investigation dis-closed that the members of the army’s 36th IB were conducting security patrol past 1:00 a.m. Sunday near its headquarters at Barangay Dayo-an in Tago, Surigao del Sur, when they encountered the armed groups. Osias said that the sus-pected NPA rebels, also armed with “jungle bolos,” were on their way to cut and sabotage the banana plantation of DOLE

Emano sought help against rape suspectCAGAYAN DE ORO CITY– City Mayor Vicente Emano on Monday has sought the assistance of Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in the arrest of a rape suspect believed hiding in Davao City. The suspect identified

as Julito Pagota, 21, has been an object of a police manhunt in Cagayan de Oro City as the primary suspect in the gang rape of a 2-year-old female child here on Maunday Thursday. Emano said that he

Record “Hotline 888” emergency calls, sayCAGAYAN DE ORO CITY– A city councillor has proposed the recording of calls made through “Hotline 888” here to have basis to review record-ings when necessary. Councillor President Elipe made the proposal in a meet-ing with personnel at the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) here Monday.

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Student suicides: failure in education

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… And God spoke all these words: ̀ I am the Lord your God… You shall have no other gods before me…” (Exodus 20:1-3, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-STUDENT SUICIDES

INCREASING IN NUM-BER: Students commit-ting suicides are alarm-ingly increasing in number. Now, two more, both from Batangas Province, shot themselves to death, be-cause they failed to get good grades and therefore gradu-ate from their courses. Just last March, Kristel Tejada of UP Manila killed herself because of her inability to pay her tuition fees.

We can understand the disappointment among the youth if they run through obstacles in their quest for

education, but what is inex-plicable is their increasing boldness and ability to snuff out their lives in an effort to end their failures and sufferings. To me, a young man or woman deciding to commit suicide gets to be very brave at some point in their depression to enable them to want---and later, to carry out the act---to end it all.

So, why has committing suicide suddenly become so appealing to the youth hav-ing problems? Is it because

they have been so boxed out, in a manner of speaking, so that death is the only option? Or, they grew up being negativists, defeatists, and hopeless so that, even a very trivial problem like inability to pass a course, pay tuition, or getting a failing grade, would already prove insurmountable for them?

-ooo-FAILURE OF EDU-

CATING THE FILIPINO YOUTH: Whether we like to admit it or not, there is a failure of educating a

great number of Filipino children on what is really important in their lives. We have scrambled to teach them reading, writing and arithmetic, or the 3 Rs in a manner of speaking, gaug-ing their intellect and aca-demic achievements by the grades they are getting on these subjects, but we have forgotten to teach them the more relevant things in life.

What are these more relevant things that each and every Filipino child must be taught? First and foremost is the love of God above all things, and second is listening to His Word and obeying His commands at all times. Nobody---both in our homes and in our schools---is teaching our children about God and His Word anymore, so that

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Cris Diaz

USUALLY, politicians become cre-ative during the election campaign period. These calloused political animals showed that they could be resourceful after all. Well, it is the job of their highly paid public relation officers to imagine things for them. These highly paid PR staff usually thinks simply of fooling the elector-ates. After all, that is what political patrons expect of them.

Ever wonder why some candi-dates show how useless they are? Just listen and watch the political jingles and jargons that they mumble over radio and television networks. These candidates believed they could get the electors sympathy to vote for them. Let us take a second look at these political jargons and television spots. Listening to these political ads would simply give one an impression of how dimwitted these “bright boys” (PR men) just the same as their political patrons are.

For instance, a senatorial bet pays millions of pesos for a paid political ad in televisions just to expose his hypocritical ignorance. “We would work to lower prices of commodities. “ We would make sure a family could eat three square meals a day.” These are but some of the popular statements scripted for a candidate.

Another “We would provide jobs for everyone through livelihood programs. “We would initiate poverty allevia-tion programs and provide education for all.” What does a reader or a listener think of these political advertise-ments and slogans? Of the candidates, they think that the electors who approved of these campaign platforms

are ignorant, unschooled, and illiterate.Yes, the electors and the public are nothing but a

bunch of inept Homo sapiens. These PR men and can-didates believed the ignorant electorates (they think we are) would simply shallow completely all the baits they laid for the electorates.

How could these senatorial candidates be so dumb? Airing political campaign ads that promise of lower prices of commodities, affordable education, and food on the table and poverty alleviation does not make sense at all. These political advertisements only confirmed doubts that these candidates running for reelection were not doing their job in Congress. On the other hand, these candidates did not know what they are doing. Thanks to the PR men.

Here is some example. We are not saying ‘though that Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano is dumber for telling us that he would work to lower prices of commodities when (again) reelected to the Senate. We do not mean Cynthia Villar is ignorant for flaunting her “hanep sa buhay” campaign advertisements. It appears that Cynthia Villar’s hubby Senator Manny Villar only realized lately that he has not accomplished anything in Congress. Or, shall we say that Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile miserably failed in the Senate that his son Jacky Enrile promises to alleviate the poor if elected to the Senate? The campaign ad of JV Ejercito, another senatorial candidate, also insulted the accomplishment of his father former President and Vice Pres. Joseph Estrada – not to mention Jinggoy Estrada.

Anyway, it was good that these candidates came up with those political advertisements. Now, the electors would have basis to strike their names out in the ballot come May elections. React: [email protected]

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Think A Minute

Jhan Tiafau Hurst

THINK a minute.Do you know some

people who just have all the luck? They seem to get all the breaks. And you ask yourself: “Why don’t I get lucky? Why don’t I get a great education? A great job or business? A nice house?

A wonderful wife or husband?” But the real reason most people are successful or lucky is that they’ve learned how to put themselves in a place so they can be lucky. They’ve learned how to, in a way, create their own luck!

I’m not talking about dishonest or illegal ways. I’m talking about hard, honest work. But successful people don’t just work hard, they also work smart.

They keep improving and making the most of their

Create your own luck

assets and abilities. Yet they also learn to ask for help in things they themselves are not that good at doing.

As the famous Olympic athlete, Eric Liddle, said: “You can’t put in what God left out.” So we not only must make the most of our own special abilities, we must also learn our limits and weaknesses.

A man recently got his lucky big break-a promo-tion in a large company.

Everyone said, “That guy’s so lucky!” But that man cre-ated his own luck.by always arriving at the office early. He apologized and admitted when he was wrong.

He even shared the credit and reward with others when he had done much of the work.

He was never satisfied just to get by and do aver-age work.

He always made the extra effort to do his very best.

He kept working hard when others slacked off.

We have to work hard and do what it takes to be in the way of luck and success when it comes. Otherwise, we’ll miss it because we weren’t ready.

You never know when the right opportunity will come your way, and when the right, important person is watching your excellent attitude and work. That’s when you’ll get your lucky break!

But when you put your life in Jesus Christ’s hands, the right, important Person is always watching you and all that you do. Then He will reward and bless your life in many ways as you do your very best to please Him in everything everyday.

Just Think a Minute.

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THE recent Fitch upgrade on banks BPI and BDO shows that financial institu-tions and huge businesses are the beneficiaries of credit upgrades, and not the av-erage Filipino. In fact, the coming months will quickly reveal how the Fitch upgrade will not be felt by the poor, research group IBON said.

The group said that the upgrade will also benefit affiliate corporations of the Ayala-owned BPI and the Henry Sy-owned BDO.

The supposed gains from lower interest rates on foreign loans will benefit

other big corporations in the sectors of low domestic value-added trade, trans-port, communication and storage, finance, construc-tion and utilities.

The “historic” Fitch grade on the country’s sov-ereign debts is meaningless to small and medium en-terprises (SMEs) and small Filipino businesses, which historically have been eased out from access to capital.

More importantly, it is an empty indicator to the aver-age Filipino, as it does not translate to an improvement in livelihood and welfare.

According to IBON, the possibility of reduced bor-rowing costs especially from foreign creditors is not an indicator that the govern-ment would spend more funds for social services.

For instance, despite recent upgrades from credit rating agencies, the govern-ment did not fill in long-standing backlogs in educa-tion, health and housing.

The upgrade also does not translate into improved health, education and hous-ing for the poor majority of Filipinos as long the gov-ernment keeps privatizing

social services, the research group said.

The Aquino government is hyping the gains from the investment grade, calling it a result of good economics and governance.

IBON reiterates that credit upgrades are simply a measure of the country’s ability to pay its loans and have little relevance to de-velopment.

Instead, the growing un-employment and poverty in the country are clear indicators that economic governance needs improv-ing, the group said.

Fitch grade meaningless to ordinary Filipinos

UNPREDICTABLE --- Will North Korea pull the trig-ger? Everyone is waiting with bated breath. The new and young North Korean president (said to be below 30 years old and described as “unpredictable”) is bring-ing the world closer to the “brink”. But come to think of it, even if the young leader is an idiot who may be trigger happy, I cannot believe the other North Korean lead-ers are also fools like him. To announce to the world that it is preparing to do nuclear attack on a super-power like the US is inviting pre-emptive strikes. Any right thinking man knows that starting a nuclear war that way is one sure way to self-destruct.

HAVE you ever pondered where you are right now in your financial life? What have you done so far? What are the hard financial goals that you need to address now and in the future?

Ask yourself where do you want to be financially in five years? In ten years? Close your eyes, project

AdvocacyMindanao

Jess Dureza

Dr. Adonis Agcopra

The financial doctor

What is your financial life stage?

“Success is goals and all else is commen-tary.” – Brian Tracyyourself into the future, and picture out an ideal image of yourself. Then open your eyes and go back into the present and think of what

STAGE | page 8GAME | page 8

Korean juvenile’s deadly game

MISCALCULATION --My take on this is: He is like his late father whom he succeeded, playing “brinks-manship” for a stronger negotiating playing card against the world. It’s a game, but it can be deadly! The only complication here is: miscalculation! And it can be tragic. This young Korean juvenile may just be playing games. He may fire a dud, harmless missile for its

acoustic value at some safe targets. But a launch from North Korea can trigger a quick protective launch from the US and its allies. The dire consequence is un-thinkable! Well, this world of ours is always not short of crazy nincompoops! As our favorite line goes: this makes the world go round!

•••CHINESE AMBASSA-

DOR -- Chinese Ambassa-

dor Ma, the charming lady diplomat came to Davao and stayed for a few days until the weekend. She met with Mayor Rody Duterte upon her arrival and then had some fellowship with the local Chinese community with some site visits on the side.

I had an interesting chat with her for about an hour at Marco Polo. With her first Mindanao visit, I’m sure Davao City and Mindanao will be in the Ambassador’s (and hopefully Beijing’s) radar screen. I still have to find out if she tried durian while here.

•••RIPPLES IN SABAH ---I

am getting reports

THE Fitch Group is a jointly owned subsidiary of FIMALAC and Hearst Corporation. On April 12, 2012, Hearst increased their stake in the Fitch Group to 50%. Fitch Ratings and Fitch Solutions are part of the Fitch Group. Fitch Ratings, dual-headquartered in New York and London, was one of the three Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSRO) designated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975, together with Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. It is considered one of the “Big Three credit rating agencies” (Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Service and Fitch Ratings).

The firm was founded by John Knowles Fitch on December 24, 1913 in New York City as the Fitch Publishing Company. It merged with London-based IBCA Limited in December 1997. In 2000 Fitch acquired both Chicago-based Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (April) and Thomson Financial BankWatch (December). Fitch Ratings is the smallest of the “big three” NRSROs, covering a more limited share of the market than S&P and Moody’s, though it has grown with acquisi-tions and frequently positions itself as a “tie-breaker” when the other two agencies have ratings similar, but not equal, in scale.

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THE FITCH GROUP

6 tuESDAy |ApRIl 9, 2013Caraga Region Editor: JOE DEL pUERTO FELICILDAAsst editor: ARJAY S. FELICILDA

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BUTUAN CITY-- The c o n v e r g e n c e o f a l l member-agencies of the Regional Development Council (RDC)-Caraga yesterday highlighted the mainstreaming of labor and employment in the updated Regional Development Plan (RDP).

R D C - C a r a g a Vi c e Chair and NEDARegional

D i re c t or C ar m e n c i t a Cochingco said the meeting of the RDC Development Administration Committee (DAC) discussed primarily the mainstreaming labor and employment in the updated RDP, enhanced the results matrices, and validate the draft Situational Analyses.

Cochingco also said the

draft updated Caraga RDP 2011-2016 is expected to be produced in May 2013.

The preparation of the updated RDP is very crucial as it will guide the region in all its development efforts in the next three years.

“It will also trigger the preparation of the Regional Development Investment Program (RDIP), the plan’s

operational document, which will identify the priority programs, project and activities of the region,” Cochingco said.

The RDP 2011-2016, which was approved and adopted by the RDC through Resolution No. 23 Series of 2010 is now on its third year of implementation.

In the last two years, the

region has accomplished much and performed well based on the National Statistical Coordination Board’s (NSCB) data on Gross Regional Domestic Products (GRDP).

However, the region’s NEDA chief said human development remains a persistent challenge with poverty incidence among

families at high levels. “Hence, it is timely

to assess and update t h e p l an to i d e nt i f y appropriate strategies that will strengthen the region’s continued quest for development in the remaining three years of the Aquino administration,” Cochingco said. (RER, PIA-Caraga/asf)

RDC-Caraga mainstreams labor and employment By Robert E. Roperos

BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform has empowered and installed 2,263 soil tillers as owners of 3,260 hectares of agricultural lands in Agusan del Norte under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.

The atmosphere at Luz Village Covered Court here was festive as DAR Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes arrived at around 10:30 am of March 25, 2013 to join DAR-Caraga Regional Director Faisar Mambuay, Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Andre Atega, Agusan del Norte Gov. Erlpe John Amante, Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr., and some municipal mayors during the distribution of Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs).

De los Reyes said, “This activity is part of DAR’s commitment to distribute all government and private agricultural lands to landless farmers and farm workers.”

Mambuay said, “Ownership of the land empowers the soil tiller to develop and make it productive for his and his family’s benefit. It carries with it limitations like denying him the right to sell it. The DAR will provide

DAR installs 2,263 Agnor soil tillers as farm owners

BUTUAN CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in Caraga today presented the region’s labor and employment status.

During the Sectoral Technical Working Group Meeting on Mainstreaming Labor and Employment in the Regional Development Plan (RDP) 2011-2016 Revision and Enhancing the Results Matrices held in one of the local establishments here, Melanie Maur of NEDA-Caraga said in comparing the key labor and employment indicators in 2010 and 2011 in the region, the labor force participation rate has increased from 65.38 percent to 65.73 percent.

Maur also said the region’s employment rate has also increased from 93.50 percent to 94.03 percent. In terms of unemployment rate in the region, Maur said the region’s data has decreased from 6.48 percent in 2010 to 5.98 percent in 2011.

However, the official

said the underemployment rate of Caraga has increased from 22.23 percent to 26.00 percent.

Maur further explained Caraga Region has achieved moderate accomplishment with respect to employment creation, where laborers and unskilled workers comprise a big chunk of the total labor force.

She also said number of jobs created did not grow fast enough and there is still high level of underemployment in the region.

With these developments, Maur said the challenges that the region in particular, and the country in general is facing is to translate potential jobs into actual employment. She also stressed there is a need to improve governance infrastructure to encourage investments, particularly in key industries.

The NEDA of f ic ia l f u r t h e r c i t e d t h a t mainstreaming employment generation in sectoral and industry roadmaps must

also be made, as well as to facilitate school-to-work transition of young entrants to the labor force, and maximizing productive capacities of large pool of educated unemployed young adults.

In other developments, Maur presented the region’s probability in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). She said the region is seen to be high in terms of under five and infant mortality rate, halt and begin to revers the incidence of malaria and other diseases, access to safe drinking water, and households with sanitary toilets.

In terms of improving mate r na l he a l t h , t he probability was observed to be medium, while in the aspects of gender equality and women empowerment, elementary cohort survival and completion rates, and access to reproductive health services, the region was seen to have low probability. (RER, PIA-Caraga/asf)

NEDA-Caraga presents region’s labor, employment status

By Robert E. Roperos

By Pat Samonte

BUTUAN CITY – Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. d e n i e d i n v o l v e m e n t in the disruption of a religious activity dubbed "Panaad 2013" in Barangay Anticala, in which an al leged misencounter between government forces occurred.

T h e a c t i v i t y w a s spearheaded by incumbent 1st District Representative Jose 'Joboy' Aquino II, who is also his opponent for mayor in the May elections.

“I am not against this religious activity of the Catholics. I may not be a catholic by religion, but I’m also a Christian and I support other religious sector’s activity, especially in times like this (holy week) because people just want to express their faith and belief to the most almighty... It is not my doing not create such scenario just to destroy my opponents' activities and get

attention from the people,” Amante said.

Amante added that when he received the report early morning on ‘Good Friday’, he immediately called the attention of his personnel to provide dump trucks so devotees can easily leave the area and move to a safer place.

Amante also clarified that it is not a ‘misencounter’ between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), as some people were claiming.

“I don’t think it was a misencounter between the two forces because a week prior to the holy week season, both conducted clearing operation in the area and declared it as ‘red alert’ area since there was also a report of possible sighting by the NPAs. However, we could not force the devotees not to join the activity since it

has been their usual/yearly activity during ‘Good Friday’ as an expression of their faith to God. So, I instructed the PNP in coordination with the Phil. Army to secure the area and safety of the devotees,” Amante pointed out.

Amante further said that he requested the office of Sec. Mar Roxas of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to create an independent task force from the national level to investigate the said incident.

This is to know the truth and avoid any whitewash though he also released an executive order to the PNP and AFP to conduct their own investigation and its results will be integrated afterwards.

“It will be my word against theirs (detractors),” Amante said. (JPG/PIA-Caraga/asf)

Butuan dad denies disrupting

religious activityBy Jennifer P. Gaitano

assistance to agrarian reform beneficiaries to enable them to improve their lives and contribute to the progress of the community and country.”

Atega, who is also D A R - C a r a g a O I C A s s i s t a n t R e g i o n a l Director for Operation stressed that the “land t it les to the farmers

are not only proof of ownership. It is a signal for farmers to assert their rights to assume a productive attitude as significant contributor

to development. The CLOA dignifies the farmers.”

Governor Amante challenged the new landowners to do their “share to develop and care for the land with utmost responsibility to make it productive.”

Mayor Amante lauded DAR “for its strategy to fully link land reform and support services as a key factor in the significant growth” of his city.

“The presence of DAR Secretary Virgilio delos Reyes is a clear manifestation that the government is sincere in implementing its programs particularly in pursuing land distribution,” he added.

The crowd gave farmer Amelito Daarol a standing ovation as he thanked the government upon receipt of his Certificate of Land Ownership Award from Delos Reyes himself.

DAR-Agusan del Norte had distributed 33,219 hectares of agricultural lands or 76 percent of 43,762 hectares as of 2012. It intends to give out 10,523 hectares more to landless farmers to finish its job until the CARP Extension with Reforms Law expires next year. (Gil Miranda)

DIALOGUE WITH AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES. DAR Sec. Delos Reyes (extre me rigtht) talks with farmer-beneficiaries following land title distribution as DAR Agusan del Norte PARO Atega (standing), RD Mambuay (beside Delos Reyes) and Asst. RD Daiylind a Narisma listen. (Photo by Pat Samonte)

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KORONADAL CITY -- Rewards and recognition are pouring aplenty for p ol i c e of f i c er (PO1) R o e l A r m e c i n , w h o c ou r a g e ou s l y fou g ht against a group of rebels that attacked a police outp ost in Bar angay Si lo don, T ’ b oli , this province.

PO1 Armecin, now called a “poster boy for courage” of the Philippine National Police “single-handedly” fought off 15 New People’s Army rebels, who attacked the Community Police Assistance Center (COMPAC) in Barangay Sinolon of said town on March 20.

O n Tu e s d ay, P N P Chief, Director General Alan Purisima recognized Armecin along with other police officers, who have shown exemplary deeds in a ceremony at Camp Crame.

Purisima also handed

him a brand new Glock 17 pistol.

P o l i c e R e g i o n a l Office (PRO) 12’s public information chief, PSInsp. Benjamin Mauricio Jr., a lso conf irmed in an interview with Philippine Information Agency (PIA) 12 this morning that PNP Chief Purisima has already endorsed Armecin for “Medalya ng Kagitingan” (Medal of Valor) , the highest award for courage and gallantry in combat.

M e a n w h i l e , P R O 12 Regiona l Direc tor C h a r l e s C a l i m a J r. , described Armecin as “the embodiment of four of the five letters in the CODE-P of the Chief PNP.”

“C is for his Competency in handling his weapon; D is for the strong discipline he displayed in the face of almost sure death; E is for Excellence which was manifested as he performed

his job to serve and protect the community; and, P is for the strong sense of Professionalism he displayed which is worthy of his calling as a member of the Philippine National Police,” Calima described.

Mauricio added the provincial government of South Cotabato, through Gov. Arthur Pingoy Jr., is also set to give Armecin a cal. 45 high capacity pistol worth Php 50,000.

M e m b e r s o f t h e Regional Law Enforcement Coordinat ing Counci l ( R L E C C ) - 1 2 a l s o contributed P13,600 for the police officer.

Mauricio explained, the amount collected during the council’s quarterly meeting on March 21 was supposedly intended to purchase a firearm for Armecin.

“With South Cotabato LGU’s donation of a cal.

45, the money raised by the council will be used to buy additional magazines and other accessories for his new firearm,” Mauricio said.

The Armed Forces and Police Savings and Loan Association, Inc will also donate one motorcycle for the Sinolon, T’boli COMPAC.

Armecin is also up for promotion next year.

Besides these rewards and recognitions, he would also receive a scholarship to finish BS in Criminology.

“It would be better if, aside from the PNP medal, we qualify him for lateral entry as a Police Inspector. That means that he has to finish BS Criminology, as a second course.” Calima said.

“If he gets h is BS Criminology degree and passes the Criminology Boards Exams, then he can qualify for lateral rntry as

a Police Commissioned Officer.

He would be a very welcome addition to the PNP Corps of Officers.”

For this, Calima has a l r e a d y a p p r o a c h e d several non-government organization to sponsor his studies.

Armecin is a graduate of BS in Education and worked as an encoder in a drug testing center in Surallah town before his entry to the police force in 2010.

A report released by PRO 12 regarding the March 20 incident said, PO1 Armecin and colleague Police Officer 3 German Golingay were manning the COMPAC in Barangay Sinoloy when 15 NPA rebels arrived around noon aboard a commandeered white Isuzu Elf truck and suddenly opened fire.

The rebels, believed

to be members of the NPA’s Front 73 led by a certain Antonio Albotra alias “Ka Warren” and the Southern Alip Regional Guerilla Unit-Far South led by one Ronie Nayre alias “Kumander Joy Joy,” were reportedly carrying AK-47 rifles and other high-powered firearms.

The report said the rebels lobbed a grenade, fired inside the outpost, forcibly destroyed the cabinets and carted away a caliber .45 handgun issued to Golingay, three sets of PNP uniforms as well as various personal items owned by the two policemen.

Dur ing the attack , Armecin was able to fight back. A rebel died in the process. Later reports suggested that two more rebels also died in the same attack. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12/arjaysfelicilda)

Rewards, recognition pour in for courageous rookie cop in South Cotabato

By Danilo E. Doguiles

K IA M BA , S a r a n g a n i Province – Combined elements of the 27th Infantry Battalion and Kiamba Municipal Police Station, acting upon the report being tipped-off by the civilian populace, apprehended four NPA regulars at 8:50 am on April 4, 2013 in Sitio Tulad, Barangay Nalus, Kiamba, Sarangani Province.

A day prior to the said apprehension at around 6:30 pm, troops from the 27th Infantry Battalion, led by 1st Lt. Porto, received information from concerned citizens about the presence of suspected unarmed NPA personalities led by a certain aka Joy-joy in Sitio Tulad, Barangay Nalus.

Close coordinat ion between the 27IB and Sarangani PPO, led to the unearthing of several Warrants of Arrest (WOA) for a certain aka Joy-joy and several John Does, and the ensuing combined operations of the AFP and PNP troops, led by 1st Porto and 1st Cuenca resulting to the apprehension of aka Joy-joy and three others.

Former rebels, who were with the operating troops, identified the apprehended personalities as aka Joy-joy, the commander of Platoon 1, Guerilla Front 73 and former Commander of the Southern Alip Regional Guerilla Unit (SARGU); alyas Henry, Squad Leader, Squad 1, Platoon 2, Front 73; alyas Matmat, Ordnance/Medic, Platoon 2, Front

73; and alyas Kadz, party wife of alyas Joy-Joy, former Political Guide, Squad 2, SARGU.

D u r i ng t he i n i t i a l interview, apprehended personalities identified t hems elves , as Ronie Tabudlong Nayre, alyas Joy-Joy; Filemin Villegas Jr., alyas Henry; Marlon Obanan, alyas Matmat; and Tessy Tabi alyas Kadz.

Confiscated from the possession of said NPAs were one Samsung Tablet, four cel lphones, three memory cards and more or less 10 sim packs.

At around 5pm same day, said apprehended NPAs were committed to Kiamba, Municipal Police Station.

Lieutenant Colonel S h a l i m a r I m p e r i a l , commander of the 27th Infantry Battalion, said that the success of said operations is largely attributed to the cooperation of concerned citizens and the swift and ef fect ive col laborative efforts of the AFP and PNP.

He added, “Security of the communities is a shared responsibility of all stakeholders. The “Bayanihan” spirit augurs well in fostering a society living in harmony”.

He then called on our Filipino brothers in the communist underground movement to lay down their arms and join hands with the government to come up with lasting solution to end the more than four decades long conf lict . (BNB/arjaysfelicilda)

Wanted NPa leader apprehended

By 1Lt Bethuel N Barber

KORONADAL CITY -- A farmers’ cooperative in nearby Banga town has received a grant worth P1.763 million from the Department of Agrarian Reform in South Cotabato.

T h e o r g a n i z a t i o n , ident i f ied as Maguad Farmers Irrigators Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Brgy. Kusan in said town, received common service facilities (CSFs), a report from DAR- SoCot showed.

Facilities turned over to them include four hand t rac tors , three power cultivators, and six threshers.

These were received by cooperative chairperson Nathaniel Hechanova who signed the Trust Agreement and the Deed of Donation for the irrigators’ association.

The project is part of the program of DAR under the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity s u p p o r t S e r v i c e s (ARCCESS) which includes the provision of equipment and machineries to help the farmers, especially t he Ag rar i an R efor m Beneficiaries (ARBS).

These aids are intended to increase farm productivity of the beneficiaries.

During the turn over c e re m ony, Mu n i c ip a l Agrarian Reform Officer

Farmers’ coop receives P1.76 M project

from DAR-SoCotBy Danilo E. Doguiles

( M A R O ) o f B a n g a , Engr. Nestor Villanueva, explained to the members o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n their obl igat ions and responsibilities in handling and managing the CSFs entrusted to them.

He also urged them to make plans to maximize their use and earn more income.

Under the ARCCESS program of DAR, selected benef ic iar ies are a lso provided with Community Development Specialist who will help the beneficiary a s s o c i at i on e s t ab l i s h business plans as well as identify trainings that would enhance their capabilities in managing their projects.

M a g u a d F a r m e r s

Irrigators Multi-Purpose C o op erat ive’s proj e c t will serve at least several b ar an g ay s i n B an g a , including Kusan as the host barangay, Cabuling and, Cinco. Services are not limited to ARBs but also other farmers in the locality. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12 with MTVQuimsing – DAR SoCot/asf)

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OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRARProvince of Lanao del Norte

Municipality of Tubod

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that RUEL LUNA LIMOSNERO has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “ELIEZER” to “RUEL” in the birth certificate of ELIEZER LIMUSNERO who was born on JANUARY 28, 1954 at TUBOD, LANAO DEL NORTE and whose parents are PORFIRIO LIMUSNERO and CHARLIE LUNA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than April 10, 2013 .

(Sgd.) JULIET B. GALAMBAO, CE Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: April 2 & 9, 2013

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Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Tubod

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

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In compliance with Rule 7 of Republic Act No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that JAIME MAHUSAY CARBONILLA has filed in this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error in the Child’s Gender under the entry of “SEX” from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JANILL ALFORQUE CARBONILLA bearing Local Civil Registry No. 96-386 who was born on 11 July 1996 at Barangay Bualan, Municipality of Tubod, Province of Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Nelly Cuaresma Alforque and Jaime Mahusay Carbonilla. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than April 11, 2013.

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you should be doing now and in the next few months and years to make that future vision of yours a reality. This is “back-from-the-future” thinking.

Every single individual goes through the different stages of life. And as we go though these stages, it pays to realize that each one has its own unique financial concerns.

After hurdling through college and landing a job of your own, some level of independence begins. When your parents cease giving you obligatory financial support, the world then expects you to begin work-ing for your keep.

But when time comes that you have a family of your own, more goals kick in and some priorities may

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that while the Sabah “stand-off ” has eased, there are still on-going ripples. Our Tausug brothers are still crossing over, not so much anymore because they want to support the claim of the Sultanate of Sulu. They continue to go there to take care of relatives and friends who are texting and sending word of their dire predicament due to the Malaysian crackdown.

If this continues, we may witness a prolonged “on and off ” conflict situation there.

M A L AYSIA - - - O f course, Malaysia will not allow this to happen. It has its own draconian laws to protect itself. And we should not begrudge Ma-laysia for doing whatever it can as a nation to uphold its sovereignty and territo-rial integrity. It will NOT compromise this especially when the Malaysian voters are about to go to the polls. And Malaysian politicians will of course, have to play to their own gallery.

•••On the other hand, the

Philippines must also stand up for its own sovereign rights and interests of Fili-pinos. It cannot also just sweep under the rug the Sultanate of Sulu’s claim to Sabah. It has prima facie historical and legal basis. And it cannot just stand idly by as its own citizens suffer some ordeal in the hands of Malaysian authorities applying their own laws. It is also facing an election.

So, when two sovereign rights and interests collide, both countries are expected to uphold their individual interests. But at the same time, they must mutually find ways to wiggle out of the situation. And look for a fair resolution.

That’s what international diplomacy and statecraft are all about.

POWER -- Good to know that the government is looking at stop gap mea-sures due to the acute power situation now. Take note that summer months and the dry spell just started, so expect the situation to further worsen when our dams will not have enough water to run our hydro plants.

So, expect the worse is

change! More mouths to feed mean new expenses vy-ing for the same hard-earned peso. And you continue on hoping that more and more of that peso will come. Yet, the same mouths you feed will eventually find the ne-cessities of education – and this means more and more costs to shoulder.

And towards the end when your nestlings have started to fly with wings of their own, you soon realize that your own productivity isn’t everlasting. Somehow you do wake up, needing to find ways to fend for yourself, before falling flat on your face with the grim truth of zero active income.

As you move forward to success, are you amassing sizable wealth? How do you intend to leave it as a legacy to your heirs? Perhaps it would be appropriate to plan your estate as well.

As time takes its toll and whether you like it or not, these financial needs unwaveringly arrive. The kids grow up and you do age older, steadily with every passing year. By the laws of nature, it is but unavoid-able – your mind and body deteriorates in function through time. These are stark realities, which in due time you’ll have to confront face to face. The big ques-tion is: “Are you financially prepared?”

Robert Schuller once said, “Spectacular achieve-ment is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.”

Be spectacular. Be pre-pared! It’s never too late to act now!

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yet to come.CHEAPER ALTERNA-

TIVE --- I just found out there’s a viable new alter-native for electric coops to consider. The biomass technology that uses waste (like rice and corn husks, hulls that are just dumped to rot everywhere in agri areas) to generate electricity is the latest. One small plant can give one (1) or two (2) or a bit more megawatt to a locality and it can be quickly installed and operational in less than one year or even after six (6) months. It can augment the shortfall some-how that giant, big power plants cannot fully provide now. We know that those mega plants take four (4) years to build.

‘EMBEDDED” -- One advantage of this bio-mass small plant is that it is “em-bedded” in an area and when crunch time comes with a shortage in the whole grid, the locality where it is built has a “back-up” source of its own. Also, due to the use of wastes, local farmers make money out of their throwaway wastes.

And most importantly, the cost of power is of course considerably cheaper than power from generators fu-eled by diesel or bunker or coal.

I attended one briefing session in Manila earlier this week and saw how the technology works. There’s a group even, which will finance the cost of the plant.

\Call me and I can link you up with them.

Foiled...from page 2company in the area when they encountered the gov-ernment troopers. “The rebels were sur-prised by the presence of the government troopers who were conducting a security patrol of the area at that time,” Osias said. He said the armed groups withdrew after a 20-minute firefight leaving their an unidentified comrade who was killed in the ensuing gun battle. Osias said the army turned over the rebel’s body to members of the police Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) who arrived on the scene to collect evidences of the armed encounter. Recovered from the scene was one AK 47 rifle beside the body of the suspected NPA rebel. No soldier was killed or hurt in the incident,

Osias added. The military has adopted security plans to secure companies with stakes in Mindanao after the NPA rebels made a daring attack on the Del Monte Philip-pines, Inc. main camp in Manolo Fortich and Sumilao including the DOLE planta-tion in Impasug-ong, all of Bukidnon in February this year.CD

Record...from page 2 The CDRRMC receives emergency calls through “Hotline 888” and “we could learn a lot from these calls when necessary,” Elipe said. He said the need to record these recordings would be beneficial for future legisla-tion involving complaints and responses to emergency calls. Armin Cuenca, head of the CDRRMC, said he would bring the matter during a meeting with stakeholders this week with the police, business groups, and a call centre company. The call center company already expressed willing-ness to help the technical aspect of the project, Cuenca said. He said that once a device to record calls is activated, the risk and management council would be able to trace numbers and block numbers of prank callers. CD

Suspect...from page 2received reports that the Pagota was hiding in Davao City. “I called on Mayor Duterte to possibly lend a hand in locating the suspect now hiding in Davao City,” Emano said. Emano expressed con-fidence that being tough against criminals, Duterte would be willing to lend a hand. Pagota and two other suspects were tagged re-sponsible in gang raping a 2-year-old child on the night of Maunday Thursday in Sitio Pinikitan in Barangay Camaman-an here. The child who was con-fined to a public hospital here after the incident nearly died but has survived. Two other suspects Mar-jun Centorias, 20, single; and Clifford Hernan alias “Ipoy,” 23, both residents in a barangay Camaman-an who were earlier nabbed pointed to Pagota as the mastermind of the gang rape, Police Senior Inspec-tor Lemuel Gonda, chief of Cocpo’s operations and plans, said. CD/BB

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“Isakay nang naigo, larga na larga (Take the wounded out, take off now.)”

“Mao to dagan ang mo-tor, sakay mi tanan, mga singko minutos among gib-yahe. Si Ronnel nagkugos kay Roque, Si Jefrey naa sa likod, sigeg gunit sa iyang baba, ug si Alvin, naa sa tangke. Pag-abot namo sa balay, halos dili na kagin-hawa si Roque. Segundo lang ang milabay, nabugtuan na siyag ginhawa. Patay na gyud tawon akong anak, (We drove off, about five minutes. Ronnel carried Roque, Jeffrey was at the back holding his jaw, and Alvin at the motor tank. When we came home, Roque could hardly breathe. Sec-onds away he died. My son died,” Cortes narrated.

Roque just finished third grade with honors, and dreamed of becoming a seaman. He was turning nine this April 28.

Meanwhile, Jefrey is re-cuperating at a hospital in Tagum City.A legitimate encounter?

The shooting at Kidaraan was deemed a “legitimate encounter” between troops and the NPA, says Armed Forces 1001st Brigade com-mander Col. Angelito de Leon.

But Cortes said that night they did not hear exchange of gunfire, but only seven shots fired briefly.

The Brigade released a statement to Davao Today citing a certain Lt. Col. Jerry Borja of the 71st Infantry Battalion saying that the troops were in Kidaraan, Barangay Anitapan to act on reports of the presence of NPAs.

The human rights group Karapatan said the military fabricated the encounter story. Hanimay Suazo, Karapatan Southern Min-danao’s secretary general, said accounts they gath-ered from residents said an encounter happened in another village, Barangay Libudon, which is far from the Kidaraan.

“Namakak ang military para majustify lang nga wala silay accountability, (The military is lying to justify what happened was not their accountability),” Suazo said. She added the officer Llorca whom the victim’s father identified that night is 2nd Lt. Llorica belonging to the 71st Infantry Battal-ion Alpha Company of the Philippine Army.

Suazo said the 71st IB is notoriously known as a unit formerly under the command of retired Gen-eral Jovito Palparan (who is now in hiding from charges of abducting two female students), and is also the military unit responsible for the killing of nine-year-old Sunshine Jabinez in Pan-tukan, Compostela Valley in 2010.

Residents of Sitio Kida-raan said soldiers had been in their area for two days. Cortes even fetched water for them.

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house to another area for fear of soldiers who are still present in their community.

Most of the residents in Crossing Kidaraan have also temporarily left the area fearing the same, saying “they will have more peace of mind helping the family tend to the boy’s wake.”

Meanwhile, the 13-year-old wounded boy, Jonas, (not his real name) who is still recuperating at the Davao Regional Hospital in Tagum City is now “heavily guarded” by military men of the 10th Infantry Division, Philippine Army.

Hanimay Suazo, secre-tary general of human rights group, Karapatan Southern Mindanao, told Davao To-day in a text message that the family of the victim is insulted and feel harassed by this act of the military.

The boy was captured in a video footage by local television news, TV Patrol, earlier citing that soldiers in uniform shot at them.

The military men who fired at the boys were identi-fied to be under the Alpha Company of the 71st In-fantry Battalion Philippine Army.

The boy’s stepfather, Sonny Cortes, in an inter-view had said he recognized one of the officers who are responsible of the murder to be a certain 2nd Lt. Llorca of the 71st IB.Soldiers still in the area

Earlier, on-site investi-gation led by human rights group Karapatan joined by residents and local officials was also halted by military men from the said battalion.

Helen Ballos, Provincial Community Relations Of-

Cortes even told Roque to get some karlang (root crop) for their dinner which the boy obediently followed.

Cortes told the kids to go ahead to the main road where they would take their motorcycle home. But a few minutes after the children left, he heard gunshots. He shouted for Alvin and Roque, but no answer came.

A while later he heard somebody approaching and crying. It was Jefrey, crying “Kuya Bobong (Cortes’ nick-name), gipusil mig sundalo, naigo ko diri sundalo, naigo ko diri. Pirti niyang hilak, (Kuya Bobong, we were shot by soldiers, I’m hit here (pointing to his jaw) and was crying.”

He asked where are his two sons, but thought of not going there at once. “Huna-huna nako, kung naay mga sundalo, dili gyud mi binlan nilag bisan isa nga buhi. Mao tong akong gipaandar ang motor para makadungog ang mga sundalo. (I thought if there were soldiers, they will not leave us alive. I turned on the motorcycle so the soldiers can hear us.”

DumbfoundedCortes said soldiers were

in their area for two days. He had even fetched water for them earlier.

And there he saw, from where he was on a motor-cycle, some 40 meters away, his children, Alvin, carrying Roque, telling him, “Daddy, si Roque naigo. (Daddy, Roque is hit).” Roque was hit in the chest near his left armpit.

They were about to take off when they saw soldiers from five meters away. Cor-tes knew they were the ones who fired at the children. He shouted at them, “Sir, kabalo ko nga inyong labaw si Sir Llorca, nganong gipusil man ninyo ang mga bata, nga kagagmay ani, gipamusil pa gyud ninyo. (Sir, I know your officer Sir Llorca, why did you shoot the kids, they are young and yet you shoot them.)” He was referring to the soldiers’ officer Lt. Llorca whom he knew.

He said he saw the soldiers dropped on the ground, some of them even pointed their guns at him but he did not notice at once.

The soldiers told him to turn off his flashlight but the motorcycle light was left open so he could see. Lt. Llorca was with them, and he addressed him, “Sir, gipusil man ninyo akong anak sir, (Sir, you shot my child).”

“Nagtindog siya (Llorca), nabato. Ang iyang mga tawo, naa sa palibot, giingnan mi nila, naay kalaban sa ibabaw, (He stood there (Llorca), dumbfounded. His men said there were enemies on the hills,” Cortes said.

“Nitubag ko, ‘Wala may NPA diha sir, uma man nako ng sa ibabaw (I told them, ‘there are no NPAs [New People’s Army] there sir, that’s our farm up there,” then one soldiers told them,

sila. Makita gani nila ang mga bata molabay moadto sa among uma. Ingon sila nga naay kalaban sa ibabaw, pero klaro nga ang buto nga gikan sa ila, sa patag ra, (They could see us and we could see them. They could see the children coming to our farms. They said their enemies are up in the hills, but the shots clearly came from the fields, it came from them),” Cortes said.

Karapatan’s Suazo said they will make sure that the military will account for this. “There is blood in their hands in the murder of this hapless child,” Suazo said.

Perpetrators lurking around

Meanwhile, Cortes and his wife Evelyn decided to transfer the wake of their son, Roque, to another area, as they now fear the soldiers who are in their commu-nity. “We have to secure ourselves,” says Cortes.

Most of the residents in Crossing Kidaraan also said that they will vacate the area for a night or two as they hold the same ap-prehensions with the family.

One of them said they will have more peace of mind helping the Cortes family tend to Roque’s wake. (John Rizle L. Saligumba/davaotoday.com)

ficer of Compostela Valley who was with the group was surprised why soldiers were still present in the vicinity when they came to the area.

“In our survey of the area, there was this per-son who blocked us and told us that his “kauban” (comrades) were still in the area of the incident. So the decision was not to proceed because it is dangerous as the forces of Lt. Llorca were still present,” Ballos said.

Ballos said Governor Arturo Uy has already or-dered the troops to move out immediately.

“In our discussion with the governor, he made the decision to move the forces here ASAP. I was also won-dering if they followed the order but I saw it for myself that they were still here,” she said.

Ballos said she will im-mediately update the gov-ernor so that he can take appropriate actions.

The military has in-sisted that what happened in Crossing Kidaraan on April 3 was a “legitimate encounter.”

A targeted killingThe Children’s Reha-

bilitation Center based in Davao City condemns the incident as yet another grue-some act of the military.

Rius Valle, spokesperson of the CRC pointed out that it was clearly a targeted killing.

“Sa saysay sa mga tes-tigo, gitirohan gyud sila. Kabalo nga mga bata sila ug dili sila mga NPA. Walay gyuy nibalos og pabuto, ang buto, sumala nila gikan lang gyud sa mga sundalo. Pito ka boto, (By the accounts of the witnesses, the kids were targeted. The soldiers knew they were children and not NPAs. There was no exchange of gunfire, they said the shots came from the soldiers. There were seven shots,” said Valle.

He said based on ac-counts of testimonies, they have reasons to believe that the military’s firing at the kids “could be intentional.”

CRC calls on the govern-ment to pull-out the soldiers from Mabini and prosecute the troops responsible for the shooting on the children.

Valle said the eight-year-old Roque is the second child killed by the 71st IB.

He recalled that a nine-year-old girl, Sunshine Jabi-nez, also suffered the same fate in the hands of the 71st Battalion members of the Philippine Army in Pan-tukan, Compostela Valley in 2010.

The national labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno con-demned the incident, saying the military continues to commit grave human-rights violations in implementing the Aquino government’s counter-insurgency plan.

“We condemn the killing of Roque Antivo and we are calling for justice over his death. Despite its rhetoric of upholding human rights, the military continues to commit the worst forms of human-rights violations

and to victimize children,” said Elmer Labog, KMU chairperson.

According to Labog, the culpability of the the 71st IB for this incident shows the continuity in the brutal policies of the Arroyo and Aquino governments. “The notorious general Jovito Palparan may be in hid-ing, but the fascist mindset which he represents is still entrenched in the military,” Labog added.

Labog said the human rights violations such as the killing of Roque Antivo stem from the Aquino govern-ment’s Oplan Bayanihan and its mindset in handling the insurgency in the country.

Based on CRC Davao’s records, 15 children have been killed by under the Armed Forces’ internal se-curity plan Oplan Bayani-han, since 2010, including two sons of Juvy Capion, a Blaan anti-mining leader in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur who were strafed to death last October.

“The killing of children and civilians is a violation of the international humani-tarian law which pertains to the conduct of armed conflicts,” he added.

The labor center con-demned the Aquino gov-ernment for ”refusing to implement socio-economic reforms that will solve wide-spread poverty and hunger, the root causes of the in-surgency in the country.”

“Instead of addressing the root causes of the insur-gency, the Aquino govern-ment continues to use an iron fist against insurgents, to the detriment of civilians and children. Instead of pursuing the peace talks in earnest, it is scuttling the peace talks through various tactics,” Labog said.

The Aquino govern-ment’s peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines has reached an impasse in 2011 following arrests of NDF consultants who were covered by immunity guarantees signed by the parties.

‘Children butchers and weaklings’

Meanwhile, the New People’s Army (NPA) called the 71st IB soldiers “children butchers” and “weaklings who can only engage war against children.”

In an emailed statement signed by Daniel Ibarra, spokesperson of the NPA Comval –Davao Gulf Sub-Regional Command, they said that the AFP “twisted the facts to save face” and made it appear that the children were victims of crossfire.

According to Ibarra, more than an hour before the strafing incident, at 4:30 pm, the front guerilla unit of Guerilla Front 2 under the said Command “punished the abusive 2nd Scout Rang-ers Battalion of the 10th ID in an ambush” which killed two military men.

The said encounter, he added, took place in Can-dinuyan, a village 15 kilo-

meters away from where the strafing of the boys took place.

According to the NPA, such action was part of their “active defensive campaign” directed agains the Special Operations Team and com-bat forces of the 10th ID in in Mabini-Pantukan-Maco range cluster that it said are among the AFP’s prior-ity areas under the Oplan Bayanihan.

“To insinuate that these NPA operations directly or indirectly killed the child Antivo is the height of gross dishonesty and cowardice,” Ibarra said. (John Rizle L. Saligumba, davaotoday.com)

generations and gen-erations of them grew up without God.

Certainly, if a Filipino grew up without God and His Word, he was not with God all throughout his life. And it is equally certain that, since a Filipino was not with God all throughout his life, he was growing up with someone else! Can you guess who is this “some-one else”? Yes, the devil of course. And, mind you, it is the devil that enables our children to commit suicides and other atrocities.

-ooo-TRAINING THE CHILD

IN THE WAY OF GOD: In Proverbs 22:6 of the Holy Bible, we are told to “Train the child in the way that he should go, and he will never depart from it when he grows old.” The “way that a child should go” is spelled out in Ephesians 6:4, which says, “Parents… teach (your children) in the training and instruction of the Lord”.

What is the “training and instruction of the Lord”? We can read this in Deuterono-my 6:5-9. In Deuteronomy 6:5-6, we are told “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.”

In Deuteronomy 6:7-8, we are told, “Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.” These should be clear enough, right?

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RATIONALE OF THE PROJECT

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

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

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

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

MISSION & VISION OF THE AWARDS

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

Mechanics of the Search:

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

Entry Requirements:

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

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

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

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