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Recent Socials of Various Personalities (R.S.V.P.) by Nena Neri Hernandez

Not because, she was born with a silver spoon or because she has charm, wit and intelligence and topping it all , a partner in life who very obviously

adores her,...but she truly has a nice disposition that can melt anyone's heart. God has given her all of this, and yet she has remained unaffected with no airs and snooty ways. She is, FE (BING) R. JUAREZ.

She celebrated her birthday recently at Kagayanon Restaurant with her adoring husband by her side welcoming guests The guests were varied, Big bussiness names in Cagayan de oro, Priests, nuns, Rotarians, being a PDG.(past district governor ) Soroptimists, her bussiness

associates,and longtime friends and relatives.Capitol University President, JUN JUAREZ showed

his love and affection that night when he stood up to emcee the night's affair. Knowing how tired he must be after a day's work he was bubbly and introduced the CU Glee Club, my favorite choral group who entertained us all with varied repertoire, and singing acapella . They sang semi classical songs and ballads.

We had fun when we were told to bring not just one giveaway but two,plus muffins that were on our table.. The waiters were quick to give us loot bags and we went home really happy!

A Lady I Have Always Admired

THE CELEBRANT! Bing with devoted partner in life Jun Juarez.

Standing: Georgie Tan, Jojo Chan, Ed Chan, celebrant Bing, Steve Gaisano, Albino LimketkaiSitted: Trining Go, Santi Lim, Francis Limketkai

Standing: Rev. Fr. Bobby Yap XU President with several priests & celebrant BingSitted: Lito & Vergie Legaspi, Linda Deleste, Doris Tiu

Sitted: Inday La Viña, Tita Magracia, celebrant BingStanding: This writer, Nena

Standing: Celebrant Bing, Alice LacsonSitted: Girlie Suan, Girlie Velez, Wingwing Gomez, Linda Maandig

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ATTENTION adventure-loving university students! Pack your bags and prepare for the ultimate travel ad-venture, courtesy of the country’s largest airline.

Cebu Pacific invites college students who are passionate about traveling to join the Juan for Fun Backpacker Challenge, a five-day cross-country ad-venture competition from August 29 to September 2, 2012.

The Juan for Fun Back-packer Challenge brings five teams of three university students to six exciting and scenic destinations all over the Philippines.

Armed with P30,000 in cash, the teams get to test their resourcefulness and adventurous spirit in select Philippine destinations, with some challenges along the way.

The team that gets to do the most number of challenges in each destina-tion and ends up with the most travel savings wins the challenge.

To join, teams composed of three college students who are 18 years old and above must submit a video that showcases their love for travel and adventure.

Entries must answer the question: “How far will your

Student backpackers will surely have fun immersing in local festivals.

CEB is looking for students who are up for a fun backpacker chal-lenge, including adrenaline-pumping activities such as sand boarding.

Juan for Fun backpacker teams will spend 5 days together in up to 6 destinations, so get ready for some wild rides like white water rafting adventures.

Cebu Pacific takes university students on the ultimate backpacker challenge

team go for a fun adven-ture?” Deadline for submis-sion is on August 16, 2012.

Winners of the Juan for Fun Backpacker Challenge get to enjoy more travel perks from Cebu Pacific.

The top three teams get tickets to any of CEB’s in-ternational or domestic destinations.

Extra prizes at stake include cameras, mobile phones and hotel tour pack-

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have a blast making the audition video and rac-ing across the country. We look forward to their bril-liant ideas when it comes to having fun even while on a budget,” said Cebu Pacific VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

Through the Juan for Fun Backpacker Challenge, Cebu

Pacific continues to en-courage the youth to travel around the Philippines and discover its cultural and natural wonders.

The challenge is sup-ported by Citibank, Can-on, Sun Cellular and the Philippine Department of Tourism. For more details, visit www.juanforfun.com or follow Cebu Pacific Air on its official Facebook and Twitter pages.

BEING a mother is no easy job.

One of their many hats includes being in-charge of watching their children’s health and nutrition.

At Xavier Ecoville, the Xavier University (XU)-led resettlement community for Sendong survivors, a half day symposium-class on health education titled “Mother’s Class” was con-ducted.

The XU Dr. Jose P. Rizal Medicine School collabo-rated with the XU College of Nursing to come up with the said activity bearing the theme “Breastfeeding ay ugaliin upang si baby paglaki ay bigatin.”

The session covered malnutrition, deficiencies of vitamins and minerals,

Xavier Ecoville learns about health, nutrition

A MEDICAL student from Xavier University presents a cross-sectional study on the magnitude of mal-nutrition among children ages 0-5 years old at Xavier Ecoville.

A BOY volunteers to demonstrate the proper hand washing technique he has just learned.

By XYLA MERCEDITA GUALBERTOA

benefits of breastfeeding, supplementary feeding for children and the use of go, grow and glow foods to combat malnutrition.

The health cluster of Xavier Ecoville supported the activity which was done in time for the nutrition month celebration.

While the mothers were busy learning new lessons, their children were too.

Second year nursing students under the Com-munity Health Nursing class organized 2-6 year olds and facilitated a children’s class on proper hand washing and tooth brushing.

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KORONADAL CITY – Continuing its aim to em-power local government units nationwide, Philip-pine Veterans Bank signed recently a memorandum of agreement with the City of Koronadal whereby the bank will be providing the city with an automated teller machine (ATM) located at the City Hall. The deal also appointed Veterans Bank to be the depository bank for the payroll of the city’s contractual / job order employees. Under the terms of agree-ment, Veterans Bank will install an offsite ATM at the Koronadal City Hall allow-ing employees easy access to cash. Placing the payroll of contractual / job order

employees with Veterans Bank will ease the burden off the city as each employee will be issued a VeteranTeller ATM card which they can then use to withdraw their salary from any ATM. The installation of the ATM and the placement of contractual / job order employees’ salaries with Veterans Bank are initial services that the city has availed from the bank. It expects to engage the city with more banking services in the near future. Koronadal City Mayor Peter B. Miguel and City Treasurer Marloun C. Gum-bao led the signing on behalf of the city while Veterans Bank was represented by EVP and Branch Banking

Veterans Bank ties up with Koronadalfor convenient ATM payroll service

By: Armand Apolinario & Jessie Mongcal

MSU, Marawi City – In a press conference at Marawi Resort Hotel, this city the other day, COMELEC Commissioner Armando Velasco announced the generally peaceful voters registration for ARMM and this province which was un-dertaken for ten days.Velasco said the 10-day gen-eral registration held from July 9 to 18, in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) particularly in Lanao del Sur province was orderly despite isolated incidents of harassment and near violence, like in the towns of Bayang, Lumbac-Unayan, Butig and Saguiaran. Velasco, with the pres-ence of Provincial Election Supervisor (PES), Atty. Nassib Yasin; Col Daniel Lucero, Com-mander of the 103rd Brigade, PA and PNP Provincial Direc-tor, P/SSupt Romeo Magsalos, also reported that the so-called “flying registrants” from nearby cities and provinces had en-tered the ARMM area and managed to register despite massive information drives to discourage such irregularity Meanwhile, Col Lucero, also lauded the general regis-tration in the entire Lanao del Sur as successful especially in maintaining security, and the implementation of a gun ban. “The gun ban will continue despite until July 31, and our

troops will remain on the ground until said date,” Lucero added. P/SSupt Magsalos also added that the exercise was peaceful and orderly despite some lapses that happened in some areas like Bayang town where four persons were wounded in an incident. “Our investigation on this case will continue and the report will be submitted, July 20. The PNP is doing its job and we will continue to abide with our mandates,” Magsalos said. PES Atty. Yasin also extend-ed his thanks to the COME-LEC from other Regions, the Election Officers (EOs) and others who helped them in the general registration in ARMM particularly in this province. “Cleansing will still continue to be undertaken by the Election Regulatory Board (ERB), to conduct evaluation on double or flying registrants which was a disturbing situa-tion. ERB will ensure a clean registration of voters in the province. Velasco added that the ERB will do the cleansing with the help of the Comelec’s Biometric system to exclude flying registrants. “On Monday, last week, the COMELEC En-Banc approved in a meeting to finish the “cleansing works” within 2 months or before the end of September, this

year. Double registrants will be automatically cancelled in the lists and minors who had registered will also be taken out from the voters’ official lists. For the flying registrants there must be challengers with evidences and witnesses to prove a probable cause and the COMELEC will file a case in the court,” Velasco said. Col Lucero added that on July 18, his troops, the 65 IB had apprehended in Maguing town three passenger jeeps loaded with flying registrants from Iligan City. They took pictures of said persons that were apprehended. It was reported that the turn-out of the general registra-tion was only 81% compared to previous registered voters in 2010. There were only 426,640 registrants this year, while in 2010, there were 521,413 registered voters according to Velasco. In a final statement, Com-missioner Velasco thanked the AFP and Col Lucero for excellent performance, and the PNP and P/SSupt Magsalos, and the COMELEC personnel assigned in the fields. He also reminded the complainants to put into writing their opposi-tions, and submit the evidences to the COMELEC. “We will do an investigation with due process, Velasco said. During the affair, Col Lu-cero and P/SSupt Magsalos were given Recognition Awards for a job well done, by Velasco.

Lanao Sur registration generally peaceful

MARAWI RESORT HOTEL. A presscone called by COMELEC were attended by (L-R) P/SSupt Romeo Magsalos; PES Atty Nassib Yasin; COMELEC Commissioner Armando Velasco and Col Daniel Lucero. on July 19, 2012.

Group Head Jesus Vicente O. Garcia together with VP and Branch Central Services Head Alfredo B. Santiago, AVP and Mindanao Area Head Marie Jean J. Car-ranceja, and Veterans Bank Koronadal Branch Head Tranquilino C. Morante Veterans Bank has been expanding its services to both government and pri-vate clients nationwide, offering an innovative array of products and services. As an authorized government depository, the bank has been helping local govern-ment units by providing them with access to bank-ing services to spur local growth and development. Veterans Bank is a private commercial bank owned by

World War II veterans and their descendants. It has 60 branches nationwide and also caters to private and

VETERANS BANK and Koronadal City officials during the MoA signing (seated, L-R) City Treasurer Marlon C. Gumbao, City Mayor Peter B. Miguel, Veterans Bank EVP Jesus Vicente O. Garcia, and Veterans Bank VP Alfredo B. Santiago. Witnessing the signing were (stand-ing, L-R) City Budget Officer Julieta R. Gastala, City Department Head I Hazel A. Lebanan, Veterans Bank AVP Marie Jean J. Carranceja, City Population Officer Nancy A. Adalin, and Veterans Bank Koronadal Branch Head Tranquilino C. Morante.

corporate retail markets. As part of its mandate, Veter-ans Bank allocates 20% of its annual net income for

the benefit of World War II veterans and their heirs through medical and liveli-hood programs.

The NewGeneration

Alex A. PodadorAlex A. Podador

The Glory of GodTHE Bible says that Moses’ face was so bright that he took a veil and put it over his face while he was speak-ing with the people (Exodus 34:33). Whenever he went back again into the pres-ence of the Lord, he took the veil off; but as long as he was speaking with the people, he kept the veil on.

Moses loved the children of Israel in spite of what they had done, and so he went back up the mountain to ask God to give them another chance. And in mercy and grace, God did forgive them.

He also wrote the Ten Commandments again on new tablets of stone. Moses stayed there on the moun-tain for another 40 days and 40 nights.

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, his face was all aglow from having been alone with God. Notice the words found in Exodus 34:29, “And it came to pass, when Moses came down

from Mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in (his) hand … (he) knew not that the skin on his face shone while he talked with him.” The last sentence of verse 29 says, “Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.”

Why did Moses’ face shine? The answer: Because he had been with the Lord God. If you look at Exodus 33:18, you will find that Moses had made a special request of God. “And (Mo-ses) said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.”

In other words, Moses

wanted to see the Lord in all His brightness and splendor and glory. And God granted his request, although He would not allow Moses to look on His face. Bible read-ers know the story.

God hid Moses in the cleft of the rock, and He cov-ered Moses with His hand while He passed by. Then God took away His hand, and Moses was permitted to see the backside of God. But even though Moses did not see God’s face, just be-ing in His presence made Moses’ face glow!

The unusual thing is that when Moses came down off

the mountain and began talking with the people, he didn’t realize that his face was radiant.

He knew he had been with the Lord, but others knew he had been with the Lord too! That says these things:

1) Like Moses, we must catch a vision of God’s glory. Moses prayed about that and so must we. Most likely God is not going to reveal himself to us in His bright-ness and splendor unless we are open to it–unless we are praying about it.

2) We don’t need to try to look holy. We don’t need to try to act religious. If we have been with the Lord, and have caught a vision of His glory, that will be obvious to others. That will be obvi-ous in our facial expression. That will be obvious in our attitudes. That will be ob-vious in our conversation. That will be obvious in our manner of living.

THINK a minute.What do husbands and

wives need from each other?A best-sell ing book

entitled, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, explains how men and women are different creatures.

So for marriage to work, husbands and wives must know each other’s differ-ent needs before they can meet and fill those needs. It’s then they can have a satisfying marriage.

Today we’ll let the ladies go first, and next time we’ll talk about husbands’ needs.

Women basically need 3 things from their husband. Number 1: affection. Not just sex, but thoughtful-ness, kindness, and yes, romance!

Women are from Venus

Some of us men treat our wives like they’re just our housekeeper and lover!

Friend, our wife needs our full attention and af-fection. So let her know how often and how much you think of her.

Number 2: your wife needs conversation and friendship.

One of the biggest dis-appointments that wives have is that their husband

almost never sits down and chats with them. And that their husband doesn’t treat them like a friend or equal.

Number 3: Your wife needs faithfulness.

Not just in providing money for food and a home, but faithfulness to her per-sonally!

Your wife needs to know that you’re a one-woman man! And that later you won’t trade her in like an

old car for a new model.God, Who invented

marriage, also gave us His manual for marriage: the Bible.

When all else fails read the manual!

In the Bible Jesus Christ clearly shows and explains how husbands are supposed to love and serve the needs of their wife.

But you’ll never have what it takes to satisfy and meet your wife’s needs un-til you ask Jesus Christ to forgive you for your self-centeredness and let Him take full charge of your character.

Only with Jesus’ strength and real love can you be the man and husband your wife needs.

Just Think a Minute.

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… ‘Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door’…” (Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, in Mark 13:28-29, the Holy Bible).

-ooo-US DROUGHT & MARS’

APPEARANCE AS BIG AS THE MOON: On Thursday, July 19, 2012, I received from the Internet two postings from former UP Prof. Cesar Torres, now based in the United States of America. Both postings, taken from US news agencies, are ex-plosive and, from where I sit, confirm events which the Bible says are signs that the world is ending.

US drought, Mars as big as the moon

The first post concerns the severe drought which the US is experiencing, to the point that some 1,297 counties (or towns and cit-ies) across America have been declared by US Sec-retary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack as “natural disaster areas due to severe dry conditions and scorching temperatures”. These 1,297 counties represent about a third of all US counties, Vilsack noted.

The second post con-cerns the appearance of the

planet Mars in our skies for the whole month of August 2012, which is described as a phenomenon that no liv-ing person today will ever witness again. It is reported that Mars, usually visible only as a very small star, will be as big as the moon of the planet Earth around August 27, 2012.

-ooo-BIBLICAL WARNINGS

COMING TRUE: As far as the severe and scorching heat is concerned, Deuter-onomy 28:15, 22-23 of the

Bible warned all of us that it is coming. The important parts of these passages say: “However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you…

“The Lord will strike you… with scorching heat and drought… which will plague you until you per-ish. The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron. The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed…”

With respect to the phe-nomenon of a Mars as big as our moon, Luke 21:25 says: “There will be signs

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Who will standfor the lumads?

THE National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) is mandated under the Philippine Constitution to protect and promote the interest and well-being of the cultural tribes including the “lumads” (natives ) of Bukidnon.

It is empowered to serve as the primary government agency through which the “Lumads “ can seek govern-ment assistance and as the medium, through which such assistance be extended; To review and assess the conditions of tribesmen including existing laws and ideas pertinent thereto and to propose relevant laws and policies to address role in national development; To formulate and implement policies, plans, programs and projects for the economic, social and cultural de-velopment of cultural tribes and to monitor the imple-mentation ; To request and engage the services and support of experts from other agencies of government or employ private experts and consultants as may be required in the pursuit of its objectives; and To issue certificate of ancestral land/domain title.

But look at what is happening now. Tribesmen in Quezon, Bukidnon nearly resorted to a bloody rampage because the NCIP has not given them the assistance due to them in their quest for retrieval of their ancestral lands. The Lumads of Bukidnon has a right to claim ancestral domain in lands which were originally inhab-ited by their ancestors. Lands that were instead leased by the national government to powerful and influential political clans that for decades were used as ranches.

The Pasture Lease of Rancho Montaban of thou-sands of hectares of lands in Quezon,Bukidnon had already expired, and the government had apportioned said pasture lands to workers and other settlers as alienable and disposable lands, but excluded the Manobo tribesmen identified as TAMBOG-VILLANON CLAN (Tamvilca) as rightful claimants.

What was worse according to the Lumads, was the deception of the NCIP. A leader of the said tribe claimed that an official of the NCIP made them believe that the Rancho Montalvan has been granted a renewal of their lease. Is this a case of deception or a maneuver by the still influential political family? Is the NCIP afraid of the Montalvans and the Fortiches?

If the NCIP is inutile to help the Indigenous People such as the Manobo tribe, who will stand for them? Who will rally for their cause? Who will correct the injustice done to these native Filipinos who have been landless and without livelihood and agricultural domains for hundreds of years now?

IT IS TIME FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION to look into the matter. A decisive action must be pursued or there would be bloodsheds in the countryside.

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CAGAYAN de Oro City––An expert on alliance-build-ing urged everyone, espe-cially leaders and members of the Cagayan de Oro River Basin Management Council (CDORBMC) to build alli-ances with all stakeholders to effectively protect the city from another Sendong-like disaster in the future.

And one way of doing this is through “frequent dialogues”, said Silverio L. Tandog, program director of the Allah Valley Landscape Development Alliance (AV-LDA) of South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat provinces.

This, as Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro; Marivel C. Sacen-doncillo, executive director of the Local Government Academy of the Depart-ment of Interior and Local Government (LGA-DILG); and Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Com-mittee on Climate Change repeatedly pointed out that being proactive is the best defense against climate change-induced disasters spawned by natural phe-nomenon such as typhoons and tropical storms.

“We are all in one boat so we have to help one another,” stressed Ledesma, co-chair and founding force of the CDORBMC.

Ledesma, a staunch en-vironmentalist who had initiated various forums and dialogues on the envi-ronment and ecology, had repeatedly sounded the call to “protect from further degradation the watershed

Build alliances to protect Oro from another Sendong-like disaster

COMMITMENT SIGNING. Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., D.D., partly hidden, signing the com-mitment board the culminate the Regional Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Collaboration Workshop for Cagayan de Oro River Basin” on Thursday, as Forester Fidel Gamos Jr. waits for his turn to sign. PHOTO COURTESY OF BONG D. FABE

areas of the rivers that drain through the city,” particu-larly the Cagayan de Oro River, whose river basin covers an area of more than 150,000 hectares that extend to the northwestern area of Bukidnon and a portion of Lanao del Sur.

Disasters do not respect political colors, stressed Sacendoncillo as she urged all local chief executives (LCEs) to hop on the band-wagon and do their fair share in “building climate adaptive and disaster re-silient communities,” the theme of Thursday’s Re-gional Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Collaboration Workshop for Cagayan de Oro River Basin” at the Mallberry Suites Business Hotel.

To drive home her point, Sacendoncillo told the short

story about Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody which ended up with “Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.”

“In an alliance, this will not work. Because every-body is accountable. May kanya-kanya tayong papel na ginagampanan. Hindi tayo pwedeng magturuan,” she said.

In alliance-building, it is important to bring aboard all LCEs involved because “they are the ones who have the power to implement projects and programs in-volving a natural resource such as a river,” pointed out Tandog in an interview.

Tandog quoted Section 33 of the Local Government Code of 1991 which states that “local government units may, through appropriate

ordinances, group them-selves, consolidate or coor-dinate their efforts, services and resources for purposes commonly beneficial to them” as one legal basis for getting LCEs’ involvement in the CDORBMC.

He acknowledged, how-ever, that getting the in-volvement of LCEs is eas-ier said than done. “LCEs have different priorities but we were able to solve the problem and get them on board (the AVLDA) through frequent dialoguing with them.”

AVLDA was created as a response to floodings of the Allah Valley in South Cotabato and Sultan Kuda-rat provinces, especially the floodings in 1996 and 2002 as well as increasing concern over siltation, ero-sion, and decreasing water supply affecting all sectors

of society in the area.AVLDA is a multi-stake-

holder group comprising of representatives from the Province of South Cota-bato (Municipalities of Lake Sebu, T’boli, Surallah, Sto. Nino, Banga, and Norala) and the Province of Sultan Kudarat (City of Tacurong, and the Municipalities of Isulan, Esperanza, Lam-bayong and Bagumbayan).

But building alliances is just the beginning, said

Sacendoncillo.“A well-conceived and

well-executed strategic alli-ances must have a clear set of roles and responsibilities; a shared understanding of expectations around deliv-erables; and complemen-tary expertise, resources, contacts, and cultures. But most importantly, effective alliances have to be about advancing the mission, vi-sion, goals and objectives of the alliance,” she stressed.

THE public now has easy access to information and databases relating to Min-danao ecology with the launch of the MindaNOW Portal, a key output of Mindanao Development Authority’s (MinDA) flag-ship program, MindaNOW Nurturing our Waters.

The portal currently fea-tures a database of laws and policies, geo-hazard maps, river basin profiles and mas-terplans, and presentations from the recently conducted Mindanao Economy and Environment Summit.

It serves as a one-stop shop information center on environmental mechanisms, studies, plans, programs and projects from partners and champions of the Min-daNOW program.

“Our aim is for the Min-daNOW portal to be the major information source for watershed and river basin planning, and this can only be achieved with the contributions of our experts, partners, and other stakeholders and the public,” said Luwalhati Antonino, MinDA Chairperson.

The MindaNOW Portal also boasts of a MindaNOW

MinDA launches environment web portal

Experts Forum where en-vironment and economy experts and community of learners and practitioners can be accessed for technical support by partner agencies, LGUs, national government agencies, NGOs, civil society and the private and industry sectors.

Dr. Ricardo De Ungria, chair of the Mindanao Stud-ies Consortium Foundation Inc. (MSCFI) signed up dur-ing the portal’s ceremonial launch as the first accredited member of the MindaNOW Experts’ Forum.

De Ungria said other members of the consortium will also be encouraged to sign up to ensure Mindanao

stakeholders can access a wider range of expertise from the forum. All ex-perts that will sign up will automatically be tapped as partners for the MindaNOW program.

Environmental advocacy groups, especially those in Mindanao, are also welcome to share their activities and learning through the portal.

“We enjoin all profes-sionals, researchers, techni-cal groups, and environmen-tal advocates to join in as members and impart their expertise to the rest of the MindaNOW constituency,” said Antonino.

She also encouraged the program’s existing partners

to continue to contribute data to the web portal that could be of great use to the public.

A platform where the general public can post their environmental updates, is-sues, and concerns is also being built.

The MindaNOW Pro-gram is MinDA’s response to calls for ensuring sustain-able economic development and ecological integrity of Mindanao. It also seeks to fulfil the vision of sustain-able development under the Mindanao 2020 Peace and Development Framework Plan. MindaNOW Portal is accessible at http://now.minda.gov.ph

6 SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 21-22, 2012www.mindanaodailybalita.com Misoc in the news

Panginhas festivalin Baliangao ended

By PJ TREMEDAL, Correspondent

By PJ TREMEDAL, Correspondent

By PJ TREMEDALCorrespondent

BALIANGAO, Misamis Occidental––The celebration of the second Panginhas festival here culminated with a huge success, said acting tourism officer Remel Alum.

Alum said Mayor Svetlana P. Jalosjos-De Leon managed to sustain the celebration of Panginhas despite financial constraints. The celebration is conducted annually in honor of the town’s patron, The Lady of Mt. Carmel.

Ms. Artcher Redulla, a 19-year-old student, was crowned as Ms. Baliangao 2012.

Other winners of the pageant were Ms. Maryland Tacang, first runner-up; and Ms. Gia Ajos, second runner-up. The search for Miss Baliangao is one of the highlights of the annual Panginhas festival

Zubiri opens traders gab in Misoc

PHOTO BY JAMES TREMEDALFormer Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri (middle) talks to Oroqui-eta City Mayor Jason Almonte and Misamis Occidental Governor Herminia M. Ramiro.

OROQUIETA City––For-mer Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri graced and opened the 8th Zamboanga Peninsula Business Confer-ence (ZAMPENBIZCON) here.

Zubiri also led the cer-emonial cutting of ribbon of the trade exhibits with Mr. Eric Avila of the Oro-quieta City Chamber and Mrs. Elvie Tan of Ozamiz City Chamber.

In his keynote speech, the former lawmaker is optimistic that Mindanao will be able to carry out its journey toward devel-opmnt with the passage of Republic Act 9996 or the Mindanao Development Authority Act.

In terms of “planning” and “development,” he said

that Mindanao had been neglected thus he thought of creating a law that would address such dilemma.

“Past and Present, we are only asking for equal

opportunities similar to what other regions in the country are receiving. We are only asking for equi-table share of government programs and a project to

spur economic development for Mindanao,” Zubiri told the participants of the trade exhibit adding, “Mindanao is contributing 40 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) and close to 50 percent of the country’s food needs.”

With the approval of RA 9996, the Mindanao Development Authority (MINDA) was created.

Zubiri said MINDA is envisioned to collate and synthesized the develop-ment aspirations of all lo-cal government units and different stakeholders in Mindanao.

Zubiri also tackled the importance of caring and preserving the environment for it is a major factor that will always affect business and the economy of the island.

Cops arrest two members of kidnap-for-ransom groupOROQUIETA City––A team of policemen led by Supt. John Francis Encinareal arrested recently two al-leged members of kidnap-for-ransom group, said Sr. Supt. Dennis Lingat Basngi, police provincial director for Misamis Oriental.

Basngi said the suspects fell into the hands of Task Force Panguil and the Pro-vincial Public Safety Com-mand. He, however, refused to identify the suspects say-ing a follow-up operations are ongoing.

Meanwhile, with coordi-

nation from the Cebu PNP command, a female suspect in a robbery and killing of two security Guards in Robinson’s Mall, Cebu City last September 5, 2011 was arrested by the joint operat-ing team.

Encinareal told Mind-anao Daily News that suspect Merlyn Lagitao is allegedly

the live-in partner of Dindo Cabando, alias Junjun, of the Cabando Criminal Group operating in the country. Ca-bando is wanted for robbery with homicide docketed as Criminal Case CBU-94978.

Lagitao is a native Cen-tro Napu, Tudela, Misamis Occidental.

In related development,

“Manhunt Bravo “led by Police Senior Inspector Wil-liam Maisog of the Aloran PNP-MPS arrested a certain Armand Batuigas, 29 years old and a resident of Purok -1 Dela Paz, Clarin, MisOcc by virtue of warrant of arrest from the 10th Judicial Re-gion, Branch 36 for the crime of Attempted Parricide with

a Bailbond of 200 thousand fro his temporary liberty.

A certain Ranjoy Silva, 38 a businessman in Boni-facio town, this province was arrested by the Joint TF “Panguil while discharging his unlicensed fi rearm, a KG 99 Assault Rifl e without se-rial number and pertinent papers.

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation

and CommunicationsLAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING

AND REGULATORY BOARDRegion X, Cagayan de Oro City

STEVE SIA CASE NO; 2012-10-1283 Applicant 2007-10-1043

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for approval of extension of validity of certificate of public convenience (cpc) as PUJ service on the line ;City Proper to Brgy. Luinab –Bahayan and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on July 27, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 20th day of July, 2012.

MARIANNE C. ULEPMARIANNE C. ULEPRecords Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MDN: July 21, 2012




MARICEL L. OLASIMAN CASE NO; 2012-10-1285 Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FREIGHT TRUCK service on the line; From Malaybalay City to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on July 27, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 20th day of July, 2012.


MDN: July 21, 2012




CHAVARIA, JOSEPH S. CASE NO;2012-10-2014 Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of the certificate of public convenience and to amend his present authorized route to operate PUJ Jitney service on the line;Lumbia to Cogon Market and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on July 26, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 20th day of July, 2012.


MDN: July 21, 2012




ROSITA R. NARISMA Case No;2012-10-1281 Applicant/s 2007-10-1973

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ SERVICE on the line ;Cogon Market to Iponan –Centro (all in Cagayan de Oro City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on July 27, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 20th day of July, 2012.


MDN: July 21, 2012




ALVIN M. VILLACIN CASE NO; 2012-10-1284 Applicant/s (2007-10-1097)

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ Service on the line; City Proper to Kalubihan –Habitat via Lacob (all in Iligan City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on July 27, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 20th day of July, 2012.


MDN: July 21, 2012




ZOILON CRUZ JR. CASE NO; 2012-10-1208 Applicant/s (2007-10-997)

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of the certificate of public convenience to operate FILCAB service on the line; Cogon Market to Balulang and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on July 26, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 20th day of July, 2012.


MDN: July 21, 2012




GLORIA CORRALES./ CASE NO;2012-10-1221CARMELA ESCABARTE

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of the certificate of public conve-nience to operate TAXI service on the line; within Cagayan de Oro City as from said place to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on July 27, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 20th day of July, 2012.


MDN: July 21, 2012




RUBEN ALFARO Case No;2012-10-1282 Applicant (2007-10-1555)

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of Certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service along the route; City Proper to Ditucan (all in Iligan City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on July 27, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICA-TION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MAN-DANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 20th day of July , 2012.


MDN: July 21, 2012

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Republic of the PhilippinesLocal Civil Registry Office

Province: Agusan del NorteCity/Municipality: Butuan City

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that RENATO C. PABROQUEZ has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from SORNATO to RENATO in the birth certificate of SORNATO CHATO PABROQUEZ who was born on September 13, 2012 at Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines and whose parents are RUFINO YAMIT PABROQUEZ and PAULITA FELICILDA CHATO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 31July 2012.

(SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LLB, MPA City Civil RegistrarMDN: July 21 &28, 2012

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Editor: CRIS DIAZ, Email: [email protected] In Focus

COTABATO City––Muslim Filipinos here and through-out the country will start the fasting month Friday if the moon is sighted Thurs-day night.

Commissioner Esmael Ibrahim of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos said Muslim re-ligious leaders, led by the Darul Ifta (House of Opin-ions) will observe the moon

Muslims start 30-day ‘Ramadhan’ todayat about 6:30 p.m. Thursday all over the country.

“If the moon appears tonight, Ramadhan or the fasting month officially starts Friday,” he said. If not, then the fasting of-ficially begin on Saturday, July 21.

Ibrahim, an Ustadz and chair of the Ulama Council of the Philippines, said fast-ing during the Ramadhan

is one of the “five pillars” of the Islamic faith.

The other pillars are the unconditional belief in Allah, giving of zakat (alms) to the poor, pray-ing five times a day facing the direction of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, and, for the financially capable, join-ing the pilgrimage or hajj to the holy land of Mecca.

“If you are capable, at

least once in your lifetime you must join the hajj,” he said.

Ismael said fasting was prescribed by Prophet Mo-hammad to his followers as a means of inculcat-ing in them the need for self-restraint to achieve harmony with all peoples regardless of faith and race.

He also appealed to fel-low Muslims to refrain

from firing their guns to welcome the fasting month of Ramadhan, saying it would be best to share their blessings to the poor instead of buying bullets for firing.

In previous years, the incident of gun firing in welcoming the fasting month has dwindled due to repeated appeals by Muslim religious leaders.

“The best thing to do at the moment is to share your blessings even as you refrain from taking water or food from dawn to dusk in 30 days, including sexual activities,” Ibrahim said.

On the f irst day of fasting month, Muslims from all over the world will gather in the centuries-old tradition of congregational prayer.

MALACANANG welcomes the visit of Indonesian Foreign Minister in Manila on Wednesday seeking a resolution to disagreements among claimants of disputed territory in the West Philippine Sea.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa met with Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Wednesday in an emergency visit to resolve the rift involving the West Philippine Sea claimants by draft-ing a new pact aimed at avoiding future clashes in the volatile region.

Natalegawa will also fly to other Southeast Asian nations to try to ease the discord and prevent further damage to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after the regional bloc failed to come up with a joint statement following a meeting in Cambodia.

“We certainly welcome the efforts of the Indone-sian Foreign Minister. It is important that ASEAN as a regional bloc be maintained and that the centrality be preserved. And the way that Indonesia--- what the Indonesian Foreign Minister is doing is something that we welcome,” Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Thursday.

Lacierda said the failure of ASEAN to issue a joint communiqué is something that the ASEAN ministers are concerned with.

The absence of a post-conference statement under-scored the divisions within the regional group over the handling of the West Philippine Sea issue.

Among the ASEAN member countries claiming parts of the disputed territory include Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

China and Taiwan also have been contesting own-ership of potentially oil-and gas-rich territories. New tensions have risen recently after the Philippines and Vietnam accused China of aggressive behavior in pur-suing its claims.

Indonesia initiate moves to restore

trust among Asean

ZAMB OANGA City––The Bureau of Customs (BoC) here intercepted and seized on Monday a Malaysian-bound ship-ment of undocumented firecrackers.

Customs pol iceman Roderick Isquierdo said a total of 40 boxes were seized aboard a passen-ger-cargo ferry that was scheduled to leave for

Customs seized Malaysia bound pyrotechnics

Malaysia via Sandakan in the State of Sabah.

Isquierdo said no one was arrested since no-body claim ownership of the cargo, which bore fictitious name of con-signee.

The confiscated boxes of f i recrackers , which consist of Piccolo and Bawang, were opened on Wednesday for inventory.

POWER transmission ser-vice provider National Grid Corporation of the Philip-pines (NGCP) is sending fourteen (14) young in-digenous peoples (IPs) to school this year as part of its advocacy for education in some of the most remote barangays in the country.

Through NGCP’s Bulig Ki Agulanga (Tulong Para kay Ate/Kuya) Program in Mindanao, 9 high school and 5 college students from indigenous communities in Bukidnon province will be granted full school year educational assistance.

Now on its third year of implementation, the schol-arship program is an expres-sion of NGCP’s commitment

NGCP awards scholarships to studes in indigenous communities

to promote and preserve the culture of indigenous peoples through education. Recognizing that education is one of the most critical drivers in developing an individual, a community and the nation, NGCP has taken on education as one of its advocacies.

The awarding of schol-arship grants was held at Brgy. Dalirig, Manolo For-tich, Bukidnon last July 6. Showing their support and gracing NGCP’s event were Manolo Fortich Mayor Rog-elio Quiño, Dalirig Barangay Chairman Henry Lim, and Chieftain and Secretary-General of the Mount Pala-pao Upper Mangima Tribal Communities Datu Amay

Elfranco L. Linsahay. Also present were Bukidnon Sec-ond Electric Cooperative (BUSECO) Board Presi-dent Charlie Castillanes and General Manager Edgardo Masongsong.

The scholars come from the Upper Mangima Tribal Communities of Mt. Pa-lopao, particularly Baran-gays Pualas and Dalirig in Manolo Fortich, Bukid-non. The grantees of the scholarship were carefully assessed and chosen based on their status and capabil-ity to maintain satisfactory grades.

NGCP recognizes that there are several factors affecting the academic per-formance of students. With

NGCP’s grant covering tu-ition fees, book allowance, clothing expenses and sti-pend, the young students are unburdened of expenses that may otherwise be used for food and other provisions that can help the entire fam-ily survive. Free from these pressures, the students can now concentrate on learning and getting good grades.

NGCP believes that the company’s support together with the students’ drive to succeed are two factors that will help create a bet-ter future for the youth within these indigenous communities.

The scholarship pro-gram is designed not only

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EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late ESTAN-ISLAO ROSENAS, left the following parcels of Land, 3-A-A parcel of agricultural land situated at Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin under T.D. No. 15782, which has an area of .0398 sq. m. covered by Certificate of Title No. P-11454, denominated as Lot. No. 3834; 3-B- A parcel of coconut land situated at Cogon, Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin under T.D. No. 15792, with an area of .6374 sq. m. covered by Certificate of Title No. P-12405, denominated as Lot No. 3942; 3-C- A parcel of agricultural land situated at Cogon, Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin under T.D. No. 15793, with an area of .0358 sq. m. under Certificate of Title No. P-12403 with Lot No. 3970; 3-D- A parcel of agricultural land situated at Ilihan, Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin under T.D. No. 15794, with an area of .2047 sq. m. covered by Certificate of Title No. P-12404, denominated as Lot No. 4678; 3-E- A residential lot located at Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin under T.D. No. 2058, with an area of 384 sq. m. covered by Certificate of Title No. P-11453, denominated as Lot No. 3826; are the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION executed by and among Rebecca R. Schickel, Zenaida R. Acero, Saturnino L. Rosinas, all of legal ages, all mar-ried; Flora L. Rosenas, single, and Abundia L. Rosenas, widow also of legal ages with residence at Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin, as per Doc. No. 118; Page No. 25; Book No. XI; Series of 2011, under Notary Public of Atty. Julio A. Vivares.

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EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG THE HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF

SPOUSES SERAFIN COLMENARES AND LOURDES

PANELO-COLMENARES

The intestate estate of the late spouses Serafin Colmenares and Lourdes Panelo Colmenares who died intestate on November 10,1995 and August 10,1999 respectively left a parcel of land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title no. T-14825 located at Banaybanay, Davao Oriental with an area of ninety thousand nine hundred forty one (90,941) square meters is subject of extra-judicial settlement among heirs as follows: Cecilia Colmenares-Duremdes;Rudymel Colmenares and Meldy Joy Colmenares as heirs of the late Rodolfo P. Colmenares; Helen P. Colmenares; Serafin P. Colmenares Jr.; Antonio P Colmenares,Jose P. Colmenares; Ernesto P. Colmenares; Felina Colmenares-Dominguez; Ma. Socorro P. Colmenares and Ricardo P. Colmenares as per doc.no. 367; page no. 74;book no. 41 series of 2012 notary public Adolfo A. Angala.

MDN: July 16, 21 & 27, 2012

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby intestate of state of the late,Yolanda G. Lagus who died on June 24,2002 at Ozamiz City, without any last will and testa-ment and any outstanding debts or accounts, and she left a following: “A parcel of land, known as Lot No. 17348 Cad 271, identical to Lot no. 1525-A, csd-10-014818-D, situated in the Bario of Pangabuan, City of Tan-gub, Province of Misamis Occidental, Island of Mindanao, Bounded on the NE., and SE., along lines 1-2-3-4-5-6 by Lot . 1525-B, Csd- 10-014818-D along line 6-7 by Lot No. 1525, Cad 271, and on the SW., along line 8-9-1 by Old Road, Containing an area of TWELVE THOUSAND SIS HUNDRED NINETY (12,690) Square meters, more of less. Is the Subject of Extra-Judicial Settlement of state of the late Yolanda G. Lagus with Sale. Under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Jesus S. Anonat per Doc. No. 394; Page No. 82 Book No. CLXXIX, Series of 2012. March 10,17 & 24, 2012.

MDN: July 21, 28 & Aug.4, 2012

THE Philippine Olym-pic Committee yesterday gave Filipino sports fans a glimpse of possibilities that would take place in the Philippines’ participa-tion in the coming London Olympic Games next week.

POC chair and weight-lifting president Monico

Athletes tackles RP’s future in the Olympic

Puentevella was the main guest in the session spon-sored by Powerade, AKTV 5 and FILA where he an-swered questions whether the country’s 12-year medal drought would be finally be broken in London.

Other officials and mem-bers who joined the ses-sion were the Philippine youth softball and baseball teams that would carry the country’s flag in three sepa-rate World Series set in the United States -- Big League girls’ softball for age 16-18 bracket, Big League boys’ baseball for the same age, and Major League girls’

softball for 11-12 players. They were Manila Coun-

cilor Che Borromeo, presi-dent of the Little League Manila Charter, which would represent the country in the Big league softball scheduled in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Head coach Ana Santiago; Norman Maca-saet, president of ILLAM Charter, representing Major League softball world play in Portland, Oregon, and Randy Dizer.

Ping Remollo, team manager of Muntinlupa Big League baseball team, would go to Easley, South Carolina, and coach Iking Jimenez.

THE World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation (Wekaf) returns to the country for its 12th installment, with Team Philippines confident that the coveted overall crown will once again return to them.

“We have the home court advantage. We have a very good chance of winning the gold and become the overall champions,” said Wekaf president Master Gerald Canete.

The 12th Wekaf Champi-onship opened Wednesday, July 18 and will last until July 24 at the Cebu Inter-national Convention Center (CICC) at the Mandaue City reclamation area.

The Philippines last won

The 12th world eskrima kali arnis kicks off in Cebu City next week. Photo supplied

30 countries sending fighters to ‘Arnis’ tournament in the Phil

the overall title in 2000, and lost by just a single gold medal to the USA four years ago here in Cebu City.

Despite the overwhelm-ing delegation of 120 es-krimadors from the Phil-ippines, Team USA is all geared up to defend its crown and is ecstatic with the opportunity to again compete in the land where the martial art originated.

”The USA is always very happy to come to the Phil-ippines. We are eager to compete. We come to win and do our very best,” said former Wekaf champion Antonio Lucero of Team USA.

Aside from the defend-ing champions USA, Gerald also believes that there are other emerging teams that they should look out for in

the biennial tournament. ”We have to watch out

for the Australians. A lot of the Australians have im-proved a lot. Reunion Island has 50 or more competitors and with a delegation this big, this means that they are ready,” he said.

Wekaf chairman emeri-tus and Supreme Grand-master Dionisio Canete also cited a few other countries that have talent but are unfortunate to have a small delegation for the competi-tion.

”Hungary and New Zea-land have a lot of good fighters but we will swarm them with our numbers,” he said.

The tournament, which attracted 30 countries, will formally start on July 19 and will end on July 21.

“DON’T expect any medal,” was all Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) chair-person Monico Puentevella could say as to the chances of the tiny national delegation in breaking the country’s 16-year Olympic medal drought in the coming Games in London.

“Sixteen years is, indeed, too long for us to win an-other Olympic medal, but like in our immediate past participation, I’m sorry to say that among the 11 athletes we are sending to London only a few who we can say we have a slim chance for one,” the former Bacolod City Congressman said.

“But, miracles do hap-pen, so let’s just hope and pray that one of the 11 ath-letes we are sending can be blessed to at least bring home a medal of any color,” Puentevella, who is also the president of the Philippine Weightlifting Association, said during Friday’ s SCOOP Sa Kamayan weekly session at the Kamayan Restaurant in Padre Faura, Manila.

11-man PHL Olympic team has slim

medal chance: POC“All the athletes we are

fielding earned their respec-tive place in the team and have prepared enough, in the hope of bringing home honors for the country,” Pu-entevella told his audience in the forum, sponsored by Powerade, AKTV and FILA.

“Let me just say that this contingent, one of the smallest in our country’s Olympic participation, will be out there fighting, if not to win medal, but to win goodwill for the county,”: he vowed.

Puentevella cited Fil-Am BMX mountain rider Daniel Caluag as to have the brightest hope of landing in the medal standing in view of his ranking in the world while representing the United States in several world championships he has so far participated in.

“Dadaan tayo sa ka-rayom, but I’m sure our ‘Magnificent 11’ will do everything they can to proj-ect to the whole world what kind of people the Filipinos are,” he added.

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When taken in relation to the other signs mentioned by Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, in Matthew 24---like earthquakes, famines, wars, fights by kingdoms against kingdoms and na-tions against nations---and in Luke 21 and Mark 13---like water from the seas tossing and roaring their way to lands as tidal waves or tsunamis---it is time to pause and really be concerned, repent, and go back to God.

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to help the students graduate, but also to build for themselves a good foun-dation which they can use to help other students from their tribe.

“It is NGCP’s contribu-tion to the legacy of quality education for the entire tribe,” said NGCP President and CEO Henry T. Sy, Jr. “We are proud to say that the scholars for the past year had a satisfactory performance in their academics which gave NGCP more reasons to continue supporting the students,” he added.

The scholarship includes provision of tuition fees, book and uniform allow-ance, and a monthly sti-pend. NGCP is spending at least Sixty Thousand Pesos (Php60,000) per year for each qualified student’s academic needs. Total schol-arship grants for this school year amount to Five Hun-dred Twenty Six Thousand Pesos (Php526,000)

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Puentevella also mentioned skeet shooter Brian Rosa-rio, archers Mark Javier and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz as to have chances of figuring out in the fight for medals in their respective sports.

“As for Hidilyn, who is ranked 6th in the world, well, we in the PWA are actually preparing her for the next Olympics in 2016,” he re-marked. “She was an Olympian four years ago at age 16, now she’s only 22, so maybe four years from now she will be ready to really compete with the best in the world.”

The POC chair noted that for Mark Anthony Barriga and Fil-Japanese judoka Tomohiko Hoshina will need luck in the draw to advance into the next rounds and, perhaps, into the medal plays.

Long jumper Maristella Torres, distance runner Rene Herrera and swimmers Jas-mine Alkhaldi and Jesse King Lacuna rounded out the PHL contingent.

Joining Puentevella as guests in the weekly session were Manila councilor and Manila Little League Chapter president Che Borromeo, IL-LAM Charter head Norman Macasaet and businessman-sportsman Ping Remollo of the Muntinlupa-Alabang Little League Charter.

Borromeo will head the Ana Santiago-coached Team Manila to the Big League World Series for girls softball in the 16-18 bracket scheduled Aug. 2-8 in Kalamazoo, Michigan , while Macasaet the ILLAM Major League (11-12) World Series for girls softball Aug. 9-15 in Portland, Oregon.

Macasaet is spearheading the MUntinlupa-Alabang Big League boys baseball cam-paign in the division World Series July 25 to Aug. 1 in Easley, South Carolina. Coach is Randy Dizer.

CONSUMER groups in Northern Mindanao unani-mously agreed on the cre-ation of a regional federation of consumer organizations in Region 10, as a result of the discussions during the Regional Consumer As-sembly held at the Cagayan de Oro City.

Th e establishment of the regional federation, which is targeted in the third quarter of 2012, is expected to unify the voices of the diff erent consumer organizations in the region.

Other issues and con-cerns were raised by dif-

Northern Mindanao pushes for federation of consumer groups

ferent stakeholders during the meeting such as public consciousness on consumer laws and fair trade laws, implementation of consumer laws, strong linkages among various sectors, government support to consumer groups, among others.

Best practices, on the other hand were highlighted during the assembly, like the implementation of con-sumer welfare projects such as Bagsakan Center and Consumer Welfare Desk (CWD) in business estab-lishments, proactive Local Price Coordinating Coun-

cils (LPCCs), and eff ective market administration.

Recommendations were formulated aft er the discus-sions such as regular up-dating of price monitoring boards in markets especially for fi sh and meat products, strengthening of LPCCs to effectively perform their duties particularly during calamities, and procurement of testing and weighing de-vices to measure products sold in the market.

Aside from the Northern Mindanao, other regional consumer assemblies were organized by DTI to gather

relevant stakeholders and come up with recommenda-tions to strengthen consumer welfare and protection.

Outputs from the Re-gional Consumer Assem-bly will be presented at the upcoming National Con-sumer Congress scheduled on October 1, 2012 to kick off the Consumer Welfare Month celebration. Repre-sentatives from consumer organizations, academe and partner agencies will join the congress to come up with a National Action Plan for the advancement of consumer welfare and protection.

WITH RH bill proponents facing imminent defeat in Congress, the Department of Health (DOH) has circumvented the legisla-tive process with the sudden release of an administrative order laying out a nationwide strategy for the distribution of artificial contraceptives.

This was bared by the lawyer heading the legal office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), who described DOH Administrative Order 2012-0009 as practically the implementing rules of the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill which has yet to pass Congress.

“Its issuance at a time when Congress and the Senate are deliberating on RH bills mocks and disrespects the authority of a co-equal branch of government,” Atty. Jo Aurea Imbong stated in her preliminary critique of the DOH order.

DOH order on contraceptives mocks lawmakers, says lawyer

‘Unmet need’ mythMoreover, the DOH is ped-

dling the myth of “unmet need” to justify the surprise order, whose strategy of “subtle coer-cion and undue influence” could

impinge on religious freedom, she added.

Citing a 1996 study presented at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health by Prof. Lant Pritchett, professor

at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Imbong said millions of women may want to delay or avoid pregnancy, but that does not mean they want to use contraception.

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