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By CHriS V. PaNgaNiBaNof Mindanao Daily News,

Agusan del Sur

SAN Francisco, Agusan del Sur--The dreaded robbery hold up and kidnap gang led by the notorious police char-acter Ondo Perez finally fell into the hands of authorities after a suc-cessful police dragnet on Friday dawn.

Their arrests came in the wake of Perez group’s spate of daring robbery activities early this week that had victimized many business establishments at the town center.

Perez group had even tried to stage a hold up at a convenience store even plainclothes cops were already posted there to capture him.

Trying to elude arrest, Perez lobbed a grenade towards pursu-ing police operatives wounding three of them after he engaged in a brief chasing firefight at the Center Island of the poblacion.

He was later caught at the D.O Plaza Memorial Hospital

while trying to seek treatment with his gunshot wounds on his right armpit.

Chief Inspector Nilo Texon, local police chief, said in his report to Senior Supt. Glenn dela Torre, provincial police director, that Perez and seven other suspects were arrested in separate manhunt operations by the joint provincial and local police forces.

Perez earned notoriety as a dreaded police character because of his involvement in high level crimes including kidnapping, murder and robbery.

His group hugged national

headlines last year when they kidnapped 16 teachers and stu-dents in a remote village in Prosperidad town to demand his release from the provincial jail.

Texon said two other gang leaders, Gally Margana and Ri-cardo Baute alias “Engineer” were arrested in separate operations.

Margana managed to elude arrest after he was spotted on a drinking spree with five com-panions but was tracked down by operatives while walking along a barangay road.

Hours l ater, p ol i cemen swooped down Baute inside the gang’s den in Barangay 5 and

recovered from him an M-16 rifle and five pieces of short metal magazines with no loaded am-munition. The five other gang members Marlon Ginsod,Carlo Biona, Julie Biona ,Jerome Palay and Rolando Enggaling were ar-rested in the intensified police dragnet that was carried out in a matter about 10 hours.

Their capture served as a sigh of relief to the local police who were earlier caught in a quandary of solving the crime puzzle when a beholden Perez group daringly struck a spate of robberies and hold ups to many establishments earlier this week.

Historically, the clean en-ergy hydro-based power generation in Mindanao has offered competitive rates lower by over 30% to 40% than the mixed gen-eration costs of the Luzon and Visayas grids. This fact

CAGAYAN de Oro City––There is a more insidious and destructive global se-curity threat more than dangerous and sinister than international terrorism since this threat “will act as ac-celerant of instability” in already problematic regions of the world.

“Climate change will exacerbate regional and local tensions in ‘hot-zones’ around the world. In these regions, the impacts of a changing climate will act as

From right, crime gang leader Ondo Perez recuperating from his gunshot wounds handcuffed in his hospital bed. gang member Carlo Biona taken on a mug shot. Chief inspector Nilo texon, police chief of San Francisco, being interviewed by reporters after their successful police dragnet.

Photos courtesy of 96.1 San Franz radio Fm

New global security threat, climate changePower struggle in Mindanao

By Cerael C. DONggaYPresident and CEO, GREENERGY

an accelerant of instability by multiplying problems like water scarcity, food shortages, and overpopula-tion,” said the 3-part Climate Security Report released November 1, 2012 by the American Security Project (ASP).

In Climate Change and Security, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), said that “climate change has come to be viewed as a core development challenge that

carries potentially serious implications for interna-tional peace and security. Climate change will redraw our coastlines, alter where we can grow food, change where we can find water, expose us to fiercer storms or more severe droughts and likely force large numbers of people to move from their homelands. Climate change will undermine the economic and agricultural base of many countries,

By BONg D. FaBe of Mindanao Daily News-Cagayan de Oro

Why POliTickiNg is delaying the much-needed construction of clean Energy hydro power plants for the island’s Energy woes.

has today prompted Min-danao power consumers, industries, private utilities and electric cooperatives, along with the Chambers of Commerce and Industries Mindanao-wide,

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By BONg D. FaBeof Mindanao Daily News,

Cagayan de Oro City

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The United Nation’s Interna-tional Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) said in a data recently released that total damages of climate-related disasters since the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit up to this year already amounted to US$2 trillion or “approximately 25 years total of Overseas Development Aid (ODA).”

Organisation for Eco-nomic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data showed that ODA from 1986 to 2010 totalled ap-proximately US$1.7 trillion.

The UNISDR data also showed that in 20 years, climate-related disasters have affected 4.4 billion people and killed 1.3 million

At around 3:30 pm, Dr. Isidro Olan, founding presi-dent and executive director of Lovers of Nature Founda-tion, was shot by unidenti-fied men while he and his wife, Olive, were on board a Toyota Fortuner some 75 meters from their house in Barangay Puyat, Carmen, Surigao del Sur. He was rushed to the Madrid Mu-nicipal Hospital and is now recovering from a gunshot wound in the right shoulder, Ina Alleco R. Silverio of Bu-latlat.com said in a report. Police found in the crime scene spent shells from a caliber .45 pistol, a caliber .22 pistol and shotgun.

Fr. Raymond Ambray, spokesperson of Caraga Watch said Dr. Olan is one of the most vocal and known anti-logging and anti-min-ing activists in the Carrascal, Cantilan, Madrid, Carmen and Lanuza (CarCanMad-

By Pat SamONteof Mindanao Daily News-Butuan City

BUTUAN city––An anti- illegal mining and illegal logging group has condemned the October 29 assassination attempt on a staunch environmental activist in Surigao del Sur and denounced the harassment through militarization of communities opposed to logging, and mining in the province.

group condemns slay tryon environmental activist

Damages on climate-related disasters hit US$2 trillion

Peace ambassadors Datu Khomeini and ebe Dancel reach out to kids in aleosan town, North Cotabato during the feeding program in North Cotabato. Photo supplied

people worldwide.The number of disasters-

affected people since the first Earth Summit in 1992 is equivalent to “roughly 64 percent of the world’s popu-lation” while the number of people killed is “compa-rable to over 1,500 airplane (A380 airbus) crashes,” the UNISDR data showed.

This as UNISDR chief Margareta Wahlström said Thursday that the economic losses inflicted on the Unit-ed States and Caribbean island states by Hurricane Sandy underlined the grow-ing threat of climate change to the world economy.

“We can say with a high degree of confidence that those parts of the US and the Caribbean which have borne the brunt of Hurri-cane Sandy will be vulner-able to repeat events of this magnitude due to rising sea

levels and warmer coastal waters. The Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change has pointed out that this poses a particular threat to tropical small island states. While it is too early to put a cost on Hurricane Sandy there is no doubt that it will con-tribute significantly to the upward trend in economic losses from disasters which requires political commit-ment if the trend is to be reversed. Economic losses from disasters have grown to at least $1.3 trillion over the last twenty years in-cluding $380 billion last year,” said Wahlström in a statement.

In 1992, the UN orga-nized the Earth Summit, a conference on environ-ment and development in Rio de Janeiro to rethink economic growth, advance

social equity and ensure environmental protection.

Twenty years later, the UN organized Rio+20 or the United States Conference on Sustainable Development last June 13 to 22, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro aimed at reconciling the economic and environmental goals of the global community.

The Rio+20 was the third international conference on sustainable development as a follow-up to the 1992 Earth Summit and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustain-able Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The UNIS-DR said the Rio+20 gave the global community “a chance to move away from business-as-usual and to end poverty, address envi-ronmental destruction and build a bridge to the future.”

CarLan) area of Surigao del Sur. Dr. Olan and local envi-ronmental groups together with members of the Catho-lic Church, “are actively campaigning to stop mining in the area, are exposing the rising illegal logging in the CarCanMadCarLan forests and are working for pro-environment candidates in next year’s elections.”

Bulatlat.com’s Ina Alleco R. Silverio also reported that on October 14, Olan joined leaders and members of various people’s organiza-tions in an activity calling on voters to exercise dis-cernment in the May, 2013 elections. He said voters should choose candidates with a defined agenda on the protection and preservation of the environment.

In a report to Mind-aNews by Erwin Mascariñas, Olan was quoted as saying

A 6.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHqUAkE jolted Surigao del Sur early Saturday morning, the Philippine Insti-tute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

Phivolcs said the earthquake was of tectonic origin and struck 20 kilometers north 57 degrees east of the province’s capital Tandag.

The 2:17 a.m. tremor occurred at a depth of 78 kilometers, Phivolcs continued.

Latest available Phivolcs data show the earthquake was felt at intensity 5 in Tandag.

Phivolcs describe such intensity as “strong” and “generally felt by most people indoors and outdoors.”

The earthquake was also felt at intensity 4 in Surigao City and Dapa municipality, Phivolcs continued.

Such intensity is “moderately strong’ and “felt generally by people indoors and some people out-doors,” Phivolcs noted.

Phivolcs further reported the earthquake was felt at intensity 3 in Surigao del Sur’s Bislig City and Agusan del Norte’s Butuan City.

Intensity 3 quakes are “weak” and “felt by many people indoors especially in upper floors of build-ings,” Phivolcs added.

Phivolcs said aftershocks are expected. A report from the Philippine News Agency

Aftershocks, damage expected from latest Surigao Sur quake

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By BeN D. arCHe of Mindanao Daily News-Davao Sur DIGOS City––At least P5 million in damage was lost fire that hit a Chinese firm, Sheenrank Fiber Corporation in Sitio kumasi, Barangay Basiawan, Sta. Maria town in Davao del Sur the other day.

Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) investigation showed that the fire started from an overheated cultivator shop-ping metal of a tractor operated by Esmeraldo Tausa, a company employee.

Report said the fire quickly caught up a large stock of coconut husk near the area where the tractor was operating. The fire also destroyed some vital parts of the factory, it said.

Firefighters from the municipalities of Padada and Malita controlled the fire later.

The factory is owned by Choo Cheng Hiong,

Fire destroys coconut fiber factory, hatchery

By DiONiSiO P. tuBiaNOSa

THE COUNTRY’S drug enforcement agencies are supporting the enactment of law that would impose harsher penalty for the top leaders of international and local drug syndicates who are behind the recruitment of Filipino drug mules, ac-cording to Rep. Romero quimbo (2nd District, Marikina City).

quimbo is pushing for the passage of his bill im-posing life imprisonment and a fine of P25 million to the suspected leaders of

Stiffer penalty against drug syndicates pushed

the drug syndicates like the West African Drug Syndi-cates who are being hunted down by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and other police authorities.

quimbo, author of House Bill 4503 or the proposed “Anti Drug Mule Act of 2012”, said it is unfortunate that Philippine laws against drug and human traffick-ing have gaps, which drug traffickers abuse to continue their exploitative criminal activities

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to block the sale of the AGUS Plant complexes (1, 2, 4, 5, 6 & 7) and the Pulangi 4 hydro plant, all of which collectively supplies more than 50% of Mindanao’s total power demand.

This unanimous clamor to protect the competitive-ness of Mindanao power costs resounded in April 13, 2012, at the Mindanao Power Summit in Davao City, attended by President Noynoy Aquino and then Department of Energy (DOE) Secretar y Rene Almendras, along with business and political lead-ers, electric cooperatives, and other power users in Mindanao.

The voices of these Energy-concerned Min-danaoans were ampli-f ied by their very own Secretary Luwalhati R. Antonino, Chair of Min-danao Development Au-thority (MINDA), who overwhelmingly stressed that “Cheap hydro power remains key to Mindanao’s development strategy as this remains our competi-tive advantage.”hydro is the way to go!

Being indigenous and renewable, Hydro power protects electricity con-sumers from the violent surges of energ y cost sparked by geopolitical turbulence and unrest in Middle Eastern countries, where oil price fluctuations reverberate with prices of other fossil-fuel en-ergy sources in the global market, such as Coal and Natural gas.

But Mindanao’s call for clean hydro power project developments has so far seem to remain unheeded by the Department of En-ergy (DOE), indicating a partiality towards ap-proving fossil-fuel based coal plants such as the 300 MegaWatt(MW) Aboitiz Thermal Plant in Davao, the 200 MW of Conal Holdings in General San-tos, and other coal power plants from high-profile developers such as San Miguel and Ayala Group, among others.

While the Pre-develop-ment service contract for Pulangi 5 Hydro Project, applied for by Mindanao proponents Greenerg y Development (GREEN-ERGY) and First Bukidnon Electric Cooperative (FI-BECO), promptly before the Renewable Energy (RE) Law took effect in July 2009, has remained hang-ing. This despite the fact that Pulangi 5 proponents GREENERGY and FIBECO have already acquired 100% favorable local government unit’s endorsements from 22 stakeholder Barangays

as well as the endorsements from the four Sangguniang Bayan (SB) municipalities of kitaotao, Dangcagan and Damulog of Bukid-non Province and the SB municipality of President Roxas in North Cotaba-to—another stakeholder municipality.

Politicking?In 2005, former Na-

tional Power Corpora-tion (NAPOCOR) Vice-President for Mindanao, and now GREENERGY Chief Cerael C. Donggay, initiated the release of the feasibility studies for both the 132 MW Bulanog Batang Hydro Power Plant and Pulangi 5, on the basis of the EPIRA Law passed in 2001.

Organizing Electric Co-operatives in Northern Mindanao and enjoining them to do Pre-develop-ment activities, first on the 132 MW Bulanong-Batang project, and subsequently on Pulangi 5, was a move sought to localize and make independent Mindanao’s generation of power.

Today, seven years after the Bulanog-Batang and four years after the Pulangi 5 project initiatives, DOE made the pronouncement that the granting of Service Contract is based on the guidelines of the RE Law, RA 9513 which took effect merely three years earlier, in 2009. With this comes the unnecessary require-ment for Bulanog-Batang, Pulangi 5, and even the Agus 3 project, to be sub-jected to public bidding.

This puts to question the logic and prudence of DOE, making laws ret-roactive to apply to even partly-completed renew-able energy development initiatives, launched even before the enactment of RA 9513, when the EPIRA Law stipulates only the conduct of bidding for the privatization and dis-posal of NPC-owned power plants and facilities that are operational.

Nowhere in the EPIRA Law states that potential hydro sites shall be subject to public bidding.

The urgency to develop large hydro resources to help and maintain the com-petitive advantage of Mind-anao has been undermined when projects which have already acquired some, if not all permits from the National Water Resource Board (NWRB), the De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and the National Commission on Indig-enous Peoples (NCIP) are subjected to more delay.

These recent develop-ments do not coincide with the government’s program to promote active partici-pation by the private sector for the development of

renewable and indigenous sources of energy.

The Mindanao futureMindanao is blessed

with a bounty of hydro resources with over 1,143 MW potential capacity: The 132 MW Bulanog-Batang Project was con-ducted Feasibility in 1993 by ELC Electroconsult of Italy; the 300 MW Pulangi 5 Project, in 1996 by SNC Lavalin of Canada, the 225 MW Agus 3–the only undeveloped hydro project along Agus river in Lanao provinces.

There is also a 186 MW total aggregate capacity for 11 Small Hydro Projects with feasibility studies done by NEWJEC of Japan in 1992; adding the 300 MW total aggregate capaci-ties for the undeveloped Pulangi 1, 2, 3 & 6 hydro projects.

These hydro potentials can generate 5 bi l l ion kWH of energy annu-ally—enough to avoid en-ergy imports of 8.3 million barrels of Oil, save P35 billion pesos of foreign exchange, avoid emission of 3.5 million tons of Car-bon Dioxide which only aggravates global warming as evidenced by super-storms such as Typhoon ‘Ondoy’ in the South Pa-cific, severely affecting the Philippines in 2008; Typhoon Sendong which crippled Northern Mind-anao, just last year; and the recent ‘Sandy’ in the North Atlantic that’s currently running up US$50billion worth of damage.

Total Mindanao power demand is forecasted to in-crease by 2,600 MW within the next 18 years. These figures dictate the build-ing of Coal power plants as part of medium-term solutions for the island’s energy woes.

However, to maintain Mindanao’s Renewable Energy mix, the sooner it is that clean energy power generating plants are built, the better it is for the future of all Mindanaoans.

---About the author: Cerael C. Dongay is presently the President and CEO of GREENERGY. A for-mer NPC Vice President; receives four Presidential Awards for Innovations and Savings; a Master in Management, AIM; Master in Business Economics, UAP; Professional Electri-cal Engineer (3rd Placer); Mechanical Engineering graduate, CIT; the Origi-nal Proponent & Project Director, Bulanog-Batang HP; Project Director, Pu-langi 5 Hydro Project; and the Consultant, AMRECO & NORMECA; and En-ergy Consultant, UNIDO (United Nation Industrial Development Organiza-tion).

TACURONG City––The city government has implemented various programs and projects for children.

This was reported by the city chief executive during the 1st konsultahan ng mga kabataan, October 29, this year.

She said the city government is pursu-ing the program for Children in Conflict with Law (CICL) even as it implements the Gender and Development Code.

Other programs are on early childhood care and development, sports, special education Fund, health and nutrition.

She called on the young people of Tacurong to “help us take the challenge by taking part in every endeavor for your very own protection.”

The city mayor assured the youth that the city government is always open to their concerns and suggestions.

She informed them on the city govern-ment’s outstanding accomplishments in local governance, making it a recipient

of the Seal of Good Housekeeping Award and the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi.

“Efforts in attaining excellent gover-nance are not just to decorate our city with awards, as excellent and proactive leadership is the key to implementing effective programs for all sectors, and that include you, our youth,” she stated.

The 1st konsultahan ng mga kabataan was in line with the celebration of the National Children’s Month, under the auspices of the City Social Welfare and Development Office.

Theme of the two-day celebration was ‘Empowered Young People: To Right Information and Responsible Journalism’, with 26 school, church and community-based youth leaders.

CSWD Officer Eufemia L. Robles said, the activity was the first of its kind in the province, “so, we were so thrilled to see the youth leaders coming together.” (LGU TACURONG/ASF)

Tacurong city succeeds in programs for children

By arjaY S. FeliCilDaof Mindanao Daily News,

Cagayan de Oro City

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The two-week Restruc-tured Reenlistment Training (RRT) of the 4th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, has turned out another 172 graduates. Brigadier Gen-eral Romeo L. Gapuz, 4ID acting commander, said the training was aimed at making the soldiers more proficient in combat and other skills necessary in the performance of their task.

Belonging to RRT Class 07-2012, the graduates have

172 soldiers finish reenlistment training

undergone such lessons on air-to-ground operations, combat life saver, immediate action drill, communication security, mechanized infan-try drill, forward observer, marksmanship and cultural sensitivity.

They were also remind-ed to uphold the rights of the people, and trained on disaster emergency and rescue.

“We continually enhance our training programs to better prepare our soldiers for whatever role they may-be asked to perform in the future,” General Gapuz stated, adding that a better

trained and prepared soldier is what the Army needs, in order to strengthen the organization.

The RRT, which is known to the other divisions as the ‘back-to-basic training’ is done every three years be-fore a soldier is reenlisted to the regular force.

At the graduation cer-emonies, Col Jupither D. Ando, commanding officer of the Headquarters and Headquarters Service Bat-talion, called on the gradu-ates to be more disciplined and set as example to their fellow soldiers. (with report from Lt. Col. Eugenio Osias)

By jeaNeViVe D. aBaNgaN

DAVAO City––Local chief executives (LCEs) in the Davao region are now study-ing the framework agree-ment on the Bangsamoro so they can come up with a collective critique on the deal that promises genuine lasting peace in Mindanao.

The Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC)-11

Local leaders review Framework Agreement

on its recent regular meet-ing approved a resolution enjoining all the governors and mayors in the region to make their comments on the framework, together with their respective legal officers.

The opinions of the local leaders, which will be col-lated into a single document, will then be presented in an audience with the govern-

ment peace panel.The council is seeking

a meeting with the peace panel on November 9, so the latter can brief the former on the features of the pact.

“We must study the framework in order to come up with relevant comments,” Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario, RPOC-11 chair, urged the members of the council.

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By miKe BañOSof Mindanao Daily News,

Cagayan de Oro City

IF plans push through, Cagayan de Oro’s Lumbia Airport will soon be a full-fledged military base.

The Philippine Air Force will be moving its 15th Strike Wing from Danilo Atienza Air Base in Sang-ley Point, Cavite once the Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental becomes operational. The PAF base in Sangley is being moved to Mindanao to make way for the transfer of general avia-tion from NAIA to relieve congestion at the country’s premier airport.

Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Jose Angel Honrado recently confirmed in a report filed in a national broadsheet the sequential movement of general avia-tion services from NAIA to Sangley where the 15th Strike Wing is now head-quartered once Lumbia air-port’s domestic operations are successfully transferred to the new Laguindingan Airport. The transfers have

PAF Air Base moving to lumbia Airport

The PAF’s 15th Strike Wing will be moving its headquarters from the Danilo Atienza Air Base in Sangley Point, Cavite City to Lumbia Airport in Cagayan de Oro City as soon as the Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental is ready to accommodate civil aviation operations from Lumbia. Photo supplied

already been by the Depart-ment of National Defense in a Memorandum of Agree-ment with the Department of Transportation and Com-munications.

The 15th Strike Wing is tasked to conduct tactical air operations in support

of Armed Forces of the Philippines units. It has 3 major groups: Tactical, Maintenance and Supply, and Air Base. The Wing’s tactical elements included the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 20th Attack Squadrons and the 25th Composite Attack

Squadron. Many of these units were forward deployed under the operational con-trol of the Philippine Air Force’s numerous Tactical Operations Groups, includ-ing the 10th TOG which is now operating out of Lumbia airport.

The 460th Maintenance and Supply Group and the 590th Air Base Group fulfill the wing’s other functions. The former’s composition include the 461st Field and Depot Maintenance Squadron, 462nd Supply Squadron and the 463rd Avionics Armaments & Maintenance Squadron while the latter group is composed of the 592nd Air Base Squadron, 593rd En-gineering Squadron, 594th Air Police Squadron, 595th Motor Vehicle Squadron and 596th Aerodrome Operation Squadron.

The 15th Strike Wing op-erates the North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco, SIAI Marchetti SF-260TP/W and McDonnel Douglas 520MG Defender attack choppers, aircraft types which have already been operating out of Lumbia by the 10th TOG.

The Aquino administra-tion wants to decongest the NAIA which has been experiencing heavy aviation traffic due to the boom in the domestic airline industry brought by the democratiza-tion of air travel by budget

airlines. Already, fish runs (flights by piston powered aircraft which transport marine products from the provinces to export markets) have been moved to Sangley since May.

Honrado said 44 hectares of NAIA are now occupied by general aviation includ-ing air charter, air cargo, aviation training, aircraft maintenance, and corporate flight operations. Flying schools will be moving out of the area starting next year but the sequential move-ment requirement of the general aviation services is causing procedural delays in the decongestion of the NAIA.

“But we will see still the complete movement of the general aviation, flying schools, and fish runs out of NAIA within the term of President Aquino,” Honrado said, referring to May, 2016.

Seven of the PAF’s 12 bases are located in Lu-zon and has only one base (Benito Ebuen Air Base in Mactan) in the Visayas, home of the 22oth Airlift Wing. At present, Mindanao

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray…” (1 Peter 4:7, the Holy Bible).

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LAND DISTRIBUTION: Isn’t it that there are more than 10,000 farm workers working or living at the Cojuangco-Aquino owned Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac City? How come the Depart-ment of Agrarian Reform is thinking of distributing the Hacienda’s 4,915.75 hectares of land to only about 6,000 of such farm workers? What is going to happen to the 4,000 or so others who will not get any piece of land? They

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RETURN TO GOD: New Yorkers and Americans are wondering, according to news reports published Wednesday, 31 October 2012, “when---if---life would return to normal” for them in the aftermath

of the debilitating damage inflicted by Superstorm Sandy, which even prompted New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to quip: “Nature is an awful lot more power-ful than we are.” Indeed, if man will not return to God, “normal life” will now mean a life of death and destruc-tion from calamities. This is written in the stars.

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OIL AND GAS EXPLO-RATIONS IN MINDANAO CAN NOW PROCEED: I have a suggestion: why not allow the Aquino govern-ment to already carry out the oil and gas exploration contract being offered by the Malaysian government to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) even as the peace process is still on-going? That way, jobs and business could already be made available and created, and economic prosperity in Mindanao could already be achieved. As to wealth-sharing arising from the contract, that can already be agreed upon even at this point, since there are

A ‘win-win’ solution for Lumbia, Laguindingan

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Think a minute.Have you ever been lost?

If you travel to another country you don’t know, getting lost can be very frustrating and discourag-ing. For example, you’ve just come to Manila, Philippines and you want to go to a certain place in that city.

A map of Manila would show you how to get there. But what if you had the wrong map? What if your map said “Manila, Philip-pines,” but it was actually a map of Jakarta, Indonesia.

Can you imagine your frustration in trying to get where you want to go in Manila, when all the time you’re following the map of Jakarta? You’re following the wrong map.

You could work on your driving skills and actions. Try harder and drive faster. But that would only get you to the wrong place faster!

You might even work on your attitude and think more positively. But you would still be lost. Even be-ing good and kind to other drivers and pedestrians along the way would not get you there either.

You see, your biggest

Following the right map

WE BELIEVE GOVERN-MENT should extensively review its recent decision to transfer the Philippine Air Force’s 15th Strike Wing from the Danilo Atienza Air Base in Sangley Point, Cavite City to Lumbia Air-port, Cagayan de Oro City.

The decision was inked by the Department of De-fense with the Department of Transportation and Commu-nication to ostensibly clear 44 hectares of the Ninoy Aquino International Air-port now occupied by gen-eral aviation, flying schools and fish run operators. All these would be moved to the PAF air base at Sangley which would then move the 15th Strike Wing to Lumbia Airport when the Laguindin-gan Airport starts operations

and can accommodate the civil aviation now operating out of Lumbia.

While we cannot argue against the logic of moving general aviation to Sangley, we have our reservations about Lumbia being the best site for the 15thStrike Wing. For instance, has the DOTC and DND considered if the PAF has no value contribution at its current location that it can easily be relocated in deference to the budget airlines boom? Is it not a strategic loca-tion for our military base? Similarly, has government extensively considered the value contribution of the move to its new location at Lumbia?

Some of our friends are of the opinion this plan is very feasible as the Lumbia runway can accommodate PAF’s needs without interfer-ing with the Laguindingan airport. They believe Lum-bia can also host some of the relocated general avia-tion services such as flying schools, aircraft mainte-nance facilities which would complement the future needs of Northern Mindanao and perhaps play a vital role in even decongesting Mactan’s proliferating flying schools.

Furthermore, the transfer could be economically ben-eficial to Cagayan de Oro as the Air Force personnel and their families who will be relocated will contribute to the local economy especially to the populace in Lumbia .

People living in Lumbia are worried there would little economic opportunities left when the airport is moved to Laguindingan.

Strategically, the plan looks logical since most of the Air Force missions are directed to the Visayas and Mindanao areas. The Palawan airbase can re-main as a strategic point for protecting Luzon and the disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea. With the huge demand for pilots in the global aviation mar-ket due to the continued growth of budget airlines, there is also opportunity to have Mindanao based flying schools and training facilities located in Lumbia.

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problem is not your actions and behavior, or your at-titude, not even the good things that you do—even though these all are very important. But your num-ber one problem is that you have the wrong map.

You must have the right map of life, or you simply can’t get where you need to go. There is nothing more frustrating than being lost and not having the right map to find your way.

This is why Jesus Christ came. He said I am the only way to true life. Follow me and I’ll lead you to where you need to go in life. I’ve got the right map.

I know this land and territory called life. I know the way things really are, both now and after you die.

So trust me and follow my way. Then, you will find the good life and satisfac-tion you’re looking for.

So friend, won’t you decide right now to ask Jesus to forgive you for liv-ing your own wrong way? Won’t you choose to start following the right map of life—to start following Jesus?

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Backing out in Misor congressional race

Cris Diaz

Backing out in MisOr congres-sional race

By CRIS DIAZTHE long weekend seemed to

hang on my head that I forgot to write this column. Thanks to my editor for reminding me in the neck of time.

I just stayed at home during the All Souls Day. I failed to visit the graveyard of my parents and the death of the wife of my cousin. ‘Financial crisis’ has taken a toll on me. How-ever, my parents who already went abroad to celestial infinity would always understand my deficiency. After all, I have not forgotten them. Light-ing a candle and a prayer for the eternal repose of their souls always suffice to recollect their mundane days. My parents, when they were alive, were always considerate with me. If given a choice, I believed my parents would be more understanding if I would give preferential treat-ment to the needs of the living souls. Thus, they must have understood the apologetic prayers I offered them on All Souls Day.

Nevertheless, the political pot is not only boiling now. Candidates are now rearing to launch campaign even before the required period. Issues are heating up and the electorates have started to weigh things in the choice of candidates. In the province of Misamis Oriental, the race for the lone congressional seat in the second

district is also getting interesting. As far as the choice of the rightful candidate, there are hundreds of alternatives. At this moment, only one candidate seemed to gain the upper hand among other contenders.

A quick comparison of congressional aspirants in Misamis Oriental’s second district would certainly lead to former Congressman Augusto Jun Baculio as the man to beat. Baculio was a three-termer representative of the district. His stint as a representative ended only when he completed his three-year-term in the house. Under election rules, an elected public official could only run for two consecutive reelections of the same post he or she won in an election.

Aside from Baculio there are three other contenders of the congressional post in the province second district. While the battle for the post is a four-cornered fight, Baculio has an intact political turf in the district. The Padayon Pilipino regional political party where Baculio is the official candidate has also pulled Baculio’s wagon to certain victory.

While others have yet to build a strong political network along with compelling presence, Baculio have had already those requisites. What gives? With an in-surmountable political position, one or two candidates are withdrawing before the official campaign period in March starts. If ever, withdrawing from the congressional race against Baculio is a wise move than wasting one’s time, effort, and money. React: [email protected]

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HEBREWS 9:27 DECLARES, “Man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.” That is what happens to a person’s soul-spirit after death—judgment. The result of this judgment is heaven or earth. There is no in-between. There is no possibility of remaining on earth in spirit form as a “ghost.” If there are such things as ghosts, according to the Bible, they absolutely cannot be the disembodied spirits of deceased human beings.

But is there such a thing as ghosts? The answer to this question depends on what precisely is meant by the term “ghosts.” If the term means “spirit beings,” the answer is a qualified “yes.” If the term means “spirits of people who have died,” the answer is “no.” The Bible makes it abundantly clear that there are spirit beings, both good and evil. But the Bible disproves the idea that the spirits of deceased human beings can remain on earth and to visit or haunt the living.

The Bible teaches very clearly that there are indeed spirit beings who can connect with and appear in our physical world. The Bible identifies these beings as angels and demons. Angels are spirit beings who are faithful in serving God. Angels are righteous, good, and holy. Demons are fallen angels, angels who rebelled against God. Demons are evil, deceptive, and destructive. Ac-cording to 2 Corinthians 11:14-15, demons masquerade as “angels of light” and as “servants of righteousness.” Appearing as a “ghost” and impersonating a deceased human being definitely seem to be within the power and abilities that demons possess.

What about instances in which “ghosts” act in “posi-tive” ways? What about psychics who claim to summon the deceased and gain true and useful information from them? Again, it is crucial to remember that the goal of demons is to deceive. If the result is that people trust in a psychic instead of God, a demon will be more than willing to reveal true information. Even good and true information, if from a source with evil motives, can be used to mislead, corrupt, and destroy.

the Newgeneration

Alex A. Podador

HONOLULU––With job creation remaining the key issue in the U.S. presiden-tial election, international economist Dieter Ernst says a question that is being hotly debated within U.S. industry and government is: How can America regain its leadership in industrial manufacturing and innova-tion, as new technologies continuously transform

Healthin Focus

Dr. Mary Jean Loreche-Diao

ANNIVERSARIES have a way of evoking emotions and feelings: be it happy or sad.

Man, a social being, at some point in his life, will feel happiness, joy and sad-ness, pain and loss. Life is made beautiful by these myriad of feelings.

As I write this article, the cemeteries are full of families and friends visiting their loved ones. There are some of us that may be go-ing through an anniversary reaction, wherein the very date of remembering the passing away triggers that pang of sadness and longing for a loved one.

These reactions may not necessarily be evoked by a single date, but can occur with a song, being at a cer-tain place that you usually frequent together.

To grieve for the loss of a family member or someone close to you, is a normal

Of spirits and ghosts

Anniversaries reactions

Innovation expert: US manufacturing leadership is key to middle-class prosperity

reaction. Grief doesn’t dis-appear in a matter of hours or days.

Time and again, the pain for the loss of a loved one may be felt, and this is but a reflection of his/her im-portance of in your life.

To feel as such is never a setback to the process of grieving and healing. Each one of us has a unique way of handling one’s loss, and the coping mechanisms vary from person to person.

For those who may have difficulties rising above the loss, or for those who may have lost a loved one so recently, take heart; for

time has a way of healing and in coping, here are simple tips that may be of help, so that You can once again be your upbeat self.

It is essential that you let yourself feel the pain and all other emotions that come with it. It is in facing the reality instead of staying in the denial stage that will help ease the pain.

There’s no use berating yourself, going over and over again for deeds undone or done when your loved one was still alive.

In other words, forgive yourself for your shortcom-ings. Others may go through

the process of grief in a short span of time, while, it may take longer for you. It does not matter: do not compare or judge yourself.

Getting that much need-ed support from family and friends will help ease the pain, as it gives you a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on.

keeping yourself healthy by eating properly and be-ing physically active will do wonders to releasing that tension and anxieties for the future.

Accepting one’s finite-ness and drawing close to the Creator, whatever faith one may embrace, will help one recover from the grief, and the void that is left behind by the passing away of a loved one.

To mourn the departure of someone close to your heart, is a way of letting go and in so doing, it will keep you living in a healthy way....

industries, and competi-tors across the globe are upgrading their innovation capabilities?

“There is no doubt that America needs a manu-facturing renaissance in order to maintain a robust middle class,” says Ernst, a senior research fellow at the East-West Center in Hono-lulu who specializes in the economics of innovation.

“Betting America’s future on services and innovation alone does not provide a gateway to prosperity.”

Ernst says that the U.S. faces three critical chal-lenges in ensuring that America remains, as Presi-dent Obama has put it, “a nation that ‘invents it here and manufactures it here.’” These are:

• A significant erosion

of international competi-tiveness. The U.S. is losing ground in the production and trade of advanced tech-nology products, Ernst notes – including those result-ing from U.S. inventions and innovation – and in manufacturing-associated research and development.

• An industrial employ-ment crisis that is reflected

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ABOITIZ POWER CORP. re-corded a net income of P18.4 billion (bn) for the first nine months of 2012 pushed by grow-ing demand for power across the country.

This is a 13% increase com-pared to same period last year.

The revaluation of group-wide dollar-denominated loans and placements also resulted to a non-recurring gain of P1.2 bn, although the company also recorded P668 mn in one-off losses over the same period.

With these adjustments, AboitizPower’s core net income as of September 30, 2012 amounted to P17.9 bn, up by 15% year-on-year (YoY).

“AboitizPower’s third quar-

ter results reflected the higher demand coming from both our generation and distribution busi-nesses. This was further boosted by higher Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) prices due to higher demand and supply shortage because of several plant outages. We also saw improvement in the distribution margins with the implementation of Perfor-mance Based Regulation (PBR) and reduction of systems loss,” AboitizPower president and CEO Erramon Aboitiz said.

For third quarter alone, the company recorded a net income was P6.2 bn, a 10 percent im-provement from las year.

“This growth in demand reflects the overall economic

growth that our nation is enjoy-ing. AboitizPower is steadfast in our commitment to powering our nation’s future by providing ample power when needed, at the most competitive cost, utilizing the latest technology to allow us to harness power with the least adverse effect to the environ-ment,” Aboitiz said.

The generation business con-tributed P17.2 bn or 89% of earnings contributions from AboitizPower’s business segments.

The hotter climate was one of the major factors that led to the increase in power requirements.

The group’s average price for its power increased by 6% YoY during the period covering Janu-ary to September 2012. This was

on the back of a 38% YoY rise in average selling price of electricity at the Luzon Grid’s WESM. Supply of power in Luzon was limited given higher outage levels during the period in review.

By the end of September 2012, AboitizPower’s attributable net generation grew by 10% YoY, from 7,175 GWh to 7,903 GWh.

The partial completion of the rehabilitation of the Binga hydropower facilities (2 of 4 units), coupled with the com-mercial operation of the 4-MW Irisan greenfield run-of-river hydropower plant in Benguet resulted to a marginal increase in AboitizPower’s attributable capacity to 2,353 MW during the period stated.

The distribution business contributed P2.2 bn as of the end of September 2012, a 24 percent increase.

It resulted from expansions in volumes and margins. Gross margin for the distribution com-panieslike Davao Light improved by 13% YoY mainly due to the implementation of the distribu-tion utilities’ approved rates under the PBR. Another driver for the group’s enhanced gross margin was the reduced systems loss, with AboitizPower’s wholly owned subsidiary Visayan Electric Co. in particular reducing its level of system loss by 0.7 percentage points, as a result of initiatives implemented during the period in review.

AboitizPower net income up by 13%

Solution...from page 6

ostensibly does not have enough space for general aviation as priority will be for domestic and interna-tional commercial flights. Lumbia can remain as the general aviation airport for Northern Mindanao. Rather than sell off the Lumbia property to private real es-tate developers, they would rather have the existing runway and facilities be used by the Air Force and general aviation companies.

However, other people do not share this optimism. Between Lumbia and Lagu-indingan, it seems an air base in Laguindingan would better secure the airport from land side (consider-ing its proximity to rebel strongholds in Lanao) and sea side, since it sits on the Western coastline of Misa-mis Oriental.

Operations wise also, why transfer a PAF airbase to a weather constrained

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existing rules on the matter already prevailing in the country.

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Spirits...from page 7

There are individuals and businesses that claim to be “ghost-hunters,” who for a price will rid your home of ghosts. Psychics, tarot cards, and mediums are increasingly consid-ered normal. Human be-ings distinctively aware of the spiritual world. Sadly, instead of seeking the truth about the spirit world by communing with God and studying His Word, many people allow themselves to be led astray by the spirit world. The demons surely laugh at the spiritual de-ception that exists in the world today.

As Christians, are we to believe what men practice or should we follow what the Word of God teaches us to do?

location like Lumbia when you have a 24/7 location in Laguindingan that’s superior in all weather operations, location and area (Lumbia 150 hectares vs. 417 has. for Laguindingan).

It seems Imperial Manila is more concerned with decongesting NAIA so that with Lumbia ready for im-mediate occupancy when the domestic operations for civil aviation move to Laguindingan. But then, this again raises the latter’s inherent superiority to the former in terms of location, security and operational reliability.

Lumbia could be much more valuable to the gov-ernment if sold or leased to the private sector which can further develop it into a new central business district that is flood free and would decongest build up/develop-ment away from the crowded poblacion which sits on a flood plain with a permanent sword of Damocles hanging over its head in the guise of the Cagayan River.

Bottom line, govern-ment should consult stake-holders in Sangley Point, Lumbia and Laguindingan about the implications of all these juggling before simply bringing them down on hapless residents like a ton of bricks. We are sure Malacañang doesn’t have a monopoly of good ideas and its humble constituents in the regions also have their ten cents worth of wisdom to share that everyone can benefit from.

After all, ‘di ba sabi mo kami iyong boss mo?Pag-usapan na muna kaya natin bago mo gawin pare?

“FAkE PRIESTS” CAN-NOT PRAY FOR THE DEAD? I don’t know but, was it necessary for the Catholic Church to warn, through an Internet post-ing, against supposed “fake priests” who will roam to pray for the dead on All Saints Day and All Souls Day, especially if “genuine” Catholic priests, or those from other religious groups, cannot go to the cemeteries themselves and pray for and bless the departed? And more importantly, cannot just anyone---whether priest or not---pray for the dead and intercede for their souls?

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PREACHING TO, THE DEAD: The Bible, in at least two verses, is emphatic that anyone can indeed pray for, and still save, the souls of the dead who died as sinners, contrary to the teaching of many so-called Christian denominations, to the effect that once a person dies, there is nothing more that can be done to save his soul, if he or she died as a sinner.

In 1 Peter 3:18-20 of the Bible, it is written that Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, after having been raised from the dead after His crucifixion, went to the place where spirits are imprisoned---obviously not in hell or in heaven---and preached and proclaimed to them the Word of God.

Here is the exact verse, taken from the New In-ternational Version: “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits---to those who were disobedi-ent long ago when God

waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built…”

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BE SAVED: The other verse about this talks about preaching to those who died after the days of Noah, and, quite clearly, even during these days that the end of the world is already coming. This other verse is more emphatic about saving the soul of a sinner who died as a sinner but who, because of prayers and preaching to him even when he is already dead, can still go to Paradise.

1 Peter 4:6 says: “… For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged ac-cording to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit…”

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in a large and persistent deficit in the total number of jobs being created, an insufficient level of high-quality jobs, and a serious shortage of specialized skills needed to staff advanced manufacturing or service op-erations. As a result, Ernst says, income inequality has risen to a level not seen since the Great Depression.

• A lack of sufficient invest-ment in long-term innovation infrastructure such as research, higher education and especially vocational training through com-munity colleges.

One side of the argument, Ernst says, is that markets will provide adequate responses to these challenges, and that the government should get out of the way to facilitate those market-led transformations. But for market forces to reclaim manufacturing

jobs that have gone overseas in recent decades, he asserts, would require a U.S “race to the bottom” in wages and regula-tions, and even that would still be unlikely to solve America’s offshoring problems.

More promising in terms of job creation, he says, is the recent domestic boom in natural gas and other new energy development, with the U.S. now exporting more energy than it imports for the first time in many decades. “The boom in gas and unconventional oil extraction may generate a signifi-cant number of new jobs,” Ernst says, “especially since it reduces one of the main cost factors for petrochemical products such as plastic, which could accelerate investment in a broad range of domestic industries. But for this to happen, appropriate support policies would need to be in place, as well as smart regulations to ensure environmental protection.”

On the other side of the manu-facturing argument is the Obama administration’s “advanced manu-facturing” strategy, which seeks public-private partnerships to fundamentally transform the current industrial development model. Last year, Obama launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, or AMP, a private-sector-led national effort that brings together industry, universi-ties and the federal government to “further the development of emerging technologies that will create high quality manufacturing jobs and enhance U.S. global competitiveness.”

The AMP strategy, Ernst says, is based on three core proposi-tions:

• That public-private part-nerships are needed to rebuild America’s “industrial commons” – the shared pool of infrastructure resources, expertise and skilled labor that enables high-tech industries to flourish in a given place;

• That a “high road strategy” is needed to create a well-trained, well-paid, continuously improving workforce as a critical prerequisite for upgrading industry through innovation; and

• That America’s core com-petitive advantage is a superior capacity to use transformative technologies to provide packaged solutions through integrated

manufacturing, services, and innovation.

“This strategy arguably presents America’s best hope to address its manufacturing challenges,” Ernst says. “However, America’s strength – it’s diversity of views – is also its weakness, since deep ideological divides and the gridlock in America’s political system constrain and delay the strategy’s implementation.”

Most importantly, Ernst says, for AMP to succeed would require both government and private industry to invest serious finan-cial resources toward improving education and vocational train-ing, which provide the basis for attracting innovation-based manufacturing.

In addition, he says, substan-tial public and private investments are required in basic and applied research in order to produce transformative technologies like digital platforms based on ad-vanced computing, new materials, nanotechnology and additive manufacturing (sometimes called “3D printing”).

“It is time that America re-discovers its tradition of public-private partnerships to strengthen the country’s industrial commons through a national network of regional clusters for innovation,” Ernst says.

In addition, he says, policy-makers should act to:

• Create incentives for do-mestic innovation, such as tax breaks and favorable rules for companies that relocate quality jobs in manufacturing and R&D back to America.

• Reform the U.S. patent and standardization systems to enhance knowledge diffusion and boost the innovation role of smaller enterprises.

• Develop more proactive trade diplomacy policies that draw on research into the trade and competitiveness consequences of AMP for international competi-tors, especially in Asia.

“In a world of competing industrial and innovation strat-egies by countries at different levels of development and with different economic institutions,” Ernst says, “the U.S. and its challengers will need to find new ways to cooperate if tomorrow’s global manufacturing economy is to realize its full potential.”

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because those respon-sible and behind these il-legal activities remain free,” he said.

Studies show the reason why the African Drug Syndi-cate is using the Philippines as their area of operation is because the country has banned the death penalty for heinous crimes including illegal drugs dealing.

Some arrested drug syndicate members in the Philippines can even get out of prison because it has huge amounts of money to facilitate their release.

The study said drug syn-dicates are evading China because it imposes the death penalty for drug-related offenses.

He said Filipinos who were lured into drug traf-ficking are also victims of illegal recruitment and hu-

man trafficking and forced to do the illegal job for fear that they may be liquidated by the syndicate.

Drug mules are paid anywhere from $1,500 to $3,000 dollars for every successful delivery. A kilo of cocaine now has a market value of P5 million, accord-ing to the lawmaker.

“The death of Ramon Credo, Elizabeth Batain, and Sally Villanueva in foreign lands shall not be in vain. They were victims of the vicious drug mule scheme of drug traffickers,” he said, as he expressed confidence the House Committee on Dan-gerous Drugs would hasten passage of the measure.

The bill defines a drug mule as a person used by another person/s, whether with or without the former’s consent or knowledge, to transport dangerous drugs, of whatever amount and

nature, from or through the Philippines to other countries, foreign states, foreign territories or foreign jurisdictions.

Under the bill, if the person used to transport the dangerous drugs is a Filipino citizen he or she shall be considered a drug mule even if the point of origin of the dangerous drugs being transported is not the Philippines or is outside Philippine ter-ritories.

“This bill seeks to ad-dress these gaps to pave the way for the prosecution of the drug traffickers victim-izing countless Filipinos, especially OFWs, and ensure that justice is rightfully served,” quimbo said.

Airport...from page 5

has four airbases includ-ing the Edwin Andrews Air Base (Zamboanga, home of the 530th Composite Tacti-cal Wing), Rajah Buayan Air Base in General Santos International Airport at General Santos, the 10th Tactical Operations Group (TOG) at Lumbia Airport in Cagayan de Oro and the TOG Sanga-Sanga in Tawi-Tawi.

Cagayan de Oro’s Lumbia Airport has a total area of 150 hectares and is located 183 meters (601 ft.) above sea level. It is the second busiest airport in Mindanao in terms of air passenger traffic and cargo volume. It is classified as a Class 1 Principal (Major Domes-tic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and

has a 2,454 meter (8,050 ft.) asphalt runway. CAAP -10 figures show it accom-modated 12,590 flights; 1,301,502 passengers and 22,244,562 kgs. of cargo in 2011.

Meantime, Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental is nearing completion. It is situated some 46 kilome-

ters southwest of Cagayan de Oro and would serve Northern Mindanao and the Lanao areas. With a total area of 417 hectares, it currently has a 2,100 meter (6,888) concrete runway capable of accommodating medium wide body aircraft such as the Airbus A320 on a 24/7 basis.

Typhoon Ofel damage to crops hits P145-MAT least 15,888 hectares planted to rice, corn and high-value crops with a value of P145 million were damaged by Typhoon Ofel, the Department of Ag-riculture reported Thursday. According to government estimates, however, of the total there is still a chance of recovery for 15,016 hectares. Provinces affected by Typhoon Ofel include Batangas, Cavite, quezon, Rizal, Camarines Sur, Masbate, Biliran, Leyte, Samar, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay. Production losses amounted to P144.35 million for palay; P920,000 for high-value crops, mostly vegetables; and P580,680 for corn. The government has dispensed assistance to af-fected farmers, mostly in the form of farm input such as seeds and fertilizer.

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particularly the most vulnerable developing coun-tries. Meanwhile, warming temperatures are changing the strategic balance in the Arctic by opening up new shipping routes and uncov-ering the oil and gas supplies previously under the ice. Globally, climate change will stress existing mechanisms for sharing resources like transboundary rivers and migratory fish stocks. It is clear that climate change holds the potential to ex-acerbate existing tensions and even trigger new ones.”

A l t h o u g h c l i m a t e change’s effects “will be different across countries and regions”, it is “a global issue that has smaller scale, regional impacts.”

“How these local changes in weather and climate affect security in each region will depend on local socio-eco-nomic and political factors,” Climate Security Report authors Catherine Foley and Andrew Holland said.

The Report stressed that “climate change is real” as evidenced by its impacts every day around the world such as the melting Arctic, unprecedented droughts across the world, extreme examples of flooding, and uncontrollable wildfires, among others, which “pres-ent a greater challenge than just new and different weather patterns.”

United Nations Secre-tary-General Ban ki-moon said during the Security Council debate on the im-pact of climate change on international peace and security on July 20, 2011 said that climate change is a real threat to international peace and security.

“Extreme weather events continue to grow more fre-quent and intense in rich and poor countries alike, not only devastating lives, but also infrastructure, in-stitutions, and budgets — an unholy brew which can create dangerous security vacuums,” he said.

Ban also urged devel-oped countries to lead the global effort to find ways to mitigate and adapt to climate change’s detrimental effects. Emerging or developing economies should also do their fair share in this effort.

“We cannot ignore his-tory. But we must clearly recognise that there can be no spectators when it comes to securing the future of our planet,” he said.

clear, present dangerAlthough the Report

is not the first of its kind since there were already numerous reports in the past that pointed to climate change as the new global security threat, this is the first to focus on the effects of climate change all over the world in relation to the role of the United States as a global superpower.

“Security is a funda-mental responsibility of the US military now more than ever, as the threats to American interests change

rapidly,” Brig. Gen. Stephen A. Cheney (retired), chief executive officer of the ASP, said in the introduction to the Report.

While the Report fo-cuses on the role of the United States — because as a world superpower it can help “ensure global stability in a warming world”— it devoted the whole of Part 2 (32 pages) to global security.

“As a global superpower with military forces de-ployed around the world, the interests of the US and its allies will be impacted by a changing climate,” the authors explained in the introduction to Part 2 of the Report.

“Global climate change impacts are vital to US se-curity interests because they affect defense, diplomacy and economics. Because the US is a global power with strategic interests around the world, these impacts require the atten-tion of security planners in Washington. The immedi-ate instabilities linked with climate change will occur in the most vulnerable regions of the world where the US has strategic interests. These include interests in fighting terrorism, such as in the Horn of Africa; securing energy or mineral imports, like in West and Central Africa; or ensuring peace along heavily militarized borders, like in South Asia. All the regions will be af-fected by climate change. Global climate change is strategically important to the US through its impacts on the regional stability of our allies,” it added.

Cheney lumped climate change together with terror-ism and the spread of dis-eases as the non-traditional threats to world security in the 21st century because they pose a “clear and pres-ent danger” not only to the stability of the US but to the world.

“Security threats of the 21st Century include ‘non-traditional’ threats like ter-rorism, climate change and the spread of disease,” he said, adding: “One of the most significant challenges to the global security system in the 21st century will be a changing climate; the effects of these changes are already being felt all over the world. Climate change poses a clear and present danger to the United States through its effects on our global allies as well as its direct effects on our agriculture, infrastructure, economy and public health.”Plan for the unexpected

Because climate change is a non-traditional security threat, addressing it also requires non-traditional re-sponses especially since it is a global security risk because it increases vulnerability in infrastructure, agriculture, energy and other economic factors.

“[Climate change] will challenge the world’s secu-rity architecture to prepare for and adapt to new security challenges, like disaster response, food security,

and water availability,” the Report said.

Although all nations in the world are affected by the effects of climate change, developed nations have the resources to bounce back more quickly from large-scale disruptions while developing countries will struggle much more deeply to adapt because they have less capacity to prepare for and adapt to these changes and large-scale disruption, which is more likely to cause government instability and unrest.

To prevent government instability due to the effects of climate change, security planners should “plan for the unexpected.”

“Resilience and an abil-ity to adapt will be the key methods for preventing the real impacts climate change from causing a collapse in security,” the Report said.

And in order to increase a nation’s resiliency from the effects of climate change, it needs clear-cut policies on risk reduction and prepared-ness “including adaptation and mitigation” measures.

“However, planners should expect that, in a globally interconnected world, the impacts of climate change on one area will have spillover effects on other, unknown areas elsewhere,” it added.

Risk managementBecause climate change

is a “clear and present dan-ger” to the world’s stability, there is a need “to create strategic policy options for the future” which requires honest dialogue involving all stakeholders, Cheney said.

quoting US Senator Gary Hart, the Report said: “Traditional national security is giving way to international security… The 21st century is already as different from the 20th as the 20th century was from the 19th. Traditional, conventional thinking will increase our vulnerability. Anticipation, imagination, flexibility and experimenta-tion are required to make us secure in an age of profound revolutionary change. Our senior military leadership now acknowledges climate change as an international security issue.”

Because of the uncer-tainty of the world’s future security brought about by climate change, govern-ments and security planners must employ an approach called risk management, which provides a systematic way to consider risks and vulnerabilities in order to take the necessary steps to minimize risk.

In their paper entitled Take a Page from the Mil-itary: Risk Management could Reboot Climate Change Debate, Nick Ma-bey and Jay Gulledge, said that “risk management approaches have allowed countries to plan and act in the face of even the most terrifying threats.”

Mabey is the chief execu-tive of E3G, an international nonprofit. He was a senior advisor in the Uk Prime

Minister’s Strategy Unit, leading work on energy, cli-mate change, and countries at risk of instability; while Gulledge is the director of the Science and Impacts Program at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

“When it comes to cli-mate change, uncertainty must not be a barrier to action. Uncertainty doesn’t mean we know nothing; just that we do not know precisely what the future may hold in a given place at a given time. But we have a good handle on what the risks of climate change look like. Will the oceans rise by two feet or six? Will global average temperatures rise by two degrees, or five? Other weighty public policy decisions — from military procurement to interest rates to financial system regulation — are taken un-der far higher uncertainty than exists when it comes to climate change science. It is time to re-boot the conversation about global warming, to focus not on politics but on the risk to global security that climate change represents. Like oth-er such threats — nuclear proliferation, terrorism or failing states — climate change requires responsible planning that takes into account the full range of uncertainty. It requires that our leaders truly explore what level of risk we are willing to take and put in place effective strategies to manage the risk to us all,” they said. (Bong D. Fabe)

Disasters...from page 2

And “disaster risk re-duction (DRR) plays an important part in this future of sustainable development,” it added.

But Wahlström, the UN Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, said Thursday the world seems not to have learned its lessons because “more industry is located in ex-posed areas and more people want to live in coastal areas” which contributed to the almost tripling of physical exposure to tropical cy-clones in the last 40 years.

Despite this, “it is clear that we are not investing sufficiently in making our public infrastructure di-saster resilient. We can see from events here along the eastern seaboard of the United States the results of ever-more people living in flood plains suggesting that the economic advantages of living in such an environ-ment must outweigh the perceived risks of flooding,” she lamented.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said that “since 1992, the human population has grown by 1,450,000,000 people.”

“In 1992, 2,400 million of us lived in urban agglomera-tions. By 2009, the number had climbed to 3,500 mil-lion, a 45% increase. The

additional 1,000 million “urban people”—nearly 200,000 new city dwellers per day — are the equivalent of 32 times the population of Tokyo, or 110 times that of Paris. This unprecedented urban growth, projected to continue (although at a decreasing rate) in the coming decades, will require special attention in order to make life in cities more socially, economically and environmentally sustain-able. While over half of the world population now lives in urban areas, they also account for 75% of global energy consumption and 80% of global carbon emissions at least when viewed from a consumption perspective. On the other hand, the top 25 cities in the world create more than half of the world’s wealth. This ongoing rapid urbanisation indicates that long-term investments addressing the associated vulnerabilities are critically needed. The urgency is acute considering that 30-50% of the entire population of cities in de-veloping countries live in settlements that have been developed in environmen-tally fragile areas, vulnerable to flooding or other adverse climate conditions, and where the quality of housing is poor and basic services are lacking,” the UNEP said in keeping Track of our Changing Environment. (Bong D. Fabe)

Activist...from page 2

that his group is planning to look into the platforms of candidates in the towns of CarCanMadCarLan to see if they have a concrete environmental agenda.

Olan said they wil l launch an educational campaign among schools to encourage students and young voters to vote wisely. “It is essential that we have leaders that will put envi-ronmental concerns as their top priority. If the Surigao del Sur people would not be united, the entire ecosystem of CarCanMadCarLan will be compromised,” he said.

An October 17 report in the Philippine Daily In-quirer also quoted Olan as saying that” illegal logging activities prevail because illegal loggers are able to acquire falsified documents and table surveys facilitated by crooks within the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources.”

Caraga Watch said that in September of this year, local environmental groups and organizations exposed that illegal logging in Su-rigao del Sur became rose because of those allegedly close to the higher ups in the government despite the implementation of Presi-dent Aquino’s Executive Order No. 23 declaring a nationwide total log ban and increased military presence. They were also calling for the termination of mining operations in the area.

It said Olan’s shooting is but one of the countless attempts to silence the grow-

ing clamor of the people of Caraga to put a stop to the increasing number of destructive large scale op-erations of mining, logging and plantations. Sixteen of the country’s operations are in Caraga and as of June, 2012, there are 57 Mineral Production Sharing Agree-ments covering 134,994.9 hectares. There are three palm oil plantations and three banana plantations scattered in the region and a number of wood-based com-panies in operation. “Lead-ers of people’s organizations, environmental groups, even local government officials who oppose mining, logging and plantations are being threatened and harassed with trumped-up criminal charges in different courts in the region. Communi-ties opposed to mining and plantations are being mili-tarized under Pres. Aquino’s Oplan Bayanihan resulting in forced evacuations,” Am-bray said.

According to Ambray, there are six infantry bat-talions and two infantry brigades currently deployed in Caraga as Investment Security Forces whose sole purpose is similar to former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s Investment De-fense Forces: to ensure the continued mining, logging and plantation operations of large foreign and domestic companies.

This “increased military presence to secure large investments and ensure continued despoiling of our natural resources has given the plunderers of the land the license to use violence against the people and communities that op-pose the destruction of the environment,” he said.

Fire...from page 3

a resident of Davao City.D amage d f a c i l i t i e s

include one baling ma-chine, four units of milling machine, and about 100 bundles of finished coconut fiber, the BFP said.

On the one hand, a fire also destroyed an incuba-tor of a chicken hatchery owned by the Maharlika Agro Marine Ventures Corporation in Barangay Darong, Sta. Cruz town of same province.

Senior Inspector Con-rado Belmores, Sta. Cruz Fire Station chief said the incubating machine over-heated and ignited a fire that also destroyed some buildings of the plant.

Fire trucks from Digos City and Toril District in Davao City also helped in controlling the fire.

BFP investigators have not released yet the total damage of the fire.

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Chairman Francis Tolentino of MMDA and the overall Chairman of MMFF included this section in 2010 to cater to the flourishing independent film industry in the country. “The New Wave Section of the MMFF this year is definitely bigger and stronger. What we want is to showcase the independent and young talents and give them

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HONG kONG––CJ CGV, the operator of South korea’s largest multiplex cinema chain, will expand its business in China, in a bid to tap the fast-growing market of Chinese moviegoers, company officials said Friday.

The cinema operator plans to increase the number of multiplexes across China to 60 from the current 11 by 2015.

The number is expected to reach 15 by the end of this year, according to the officials.

It currently operates the theaters in Beijing, Shang-hai, Wuhan, Tianjin, Fushun and Shenyang.

Due to its aggressive expansion plan in China, the company is expected to post losses in China this year and next year.

But its Chinese business will likely start generat-ing profit in 2014, as their Chinese multiplexes have turned profitable after one year of operation.

CJ CGV started to expand its business in China in 2006, forming a joint venture with the Chinese state-owned studio Shanghai Film Group.

The subsidiary of South korean conglomerate CJ Group was established in 1996 and opened its first multiplex cinema in korea two years later.

Market watchers say China will overtake Japan as the world’s second-biggest cinema market in 2012.

Last year, China’s box-office receipts grew 33.3 percent to 13.15 billion yuan (US$ 2.08 billion) with the market value reaching 17.25 billion yuan.

The number of China’s cinema screens has in-creased from 4,753 in 2006 to 10,700 in 2011, accord-ing to data released by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Currently operating over 450 screens in korea, the South korean firm opened its first overseas branch in China in 2006, and operates a 650-seat multiplex in Los Angeles.

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PLANS ARE AFOOT for a trans-peninsula bicycle race that will cover the en-tire Zamboanga Peninsula and be Western Mindan-ao’s sports spectacular that would be the counter part of the Tour de Luzon, Tour de Visayas and the world’s most popular bicycle race, the Tour de France.

Race organizer Franklin Maletsky said the proposed Tour de Zamboanga that would four-day 510 kilome-ter bicycle race would run from the 29th of March to the 1st of April, 2013.

This will be the first Bicycle Race to cover the en-tire Zamboanga Peninsula; Zamboanga del Norte, Zam-boanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, and Zamboanga City. The 143-kilometer first stage from Liloy to Dapitan City is scheduled on Friday, March 29, 2013.

“This stage of the race does not have many hilly terrains,” noted Mr. Ma-letsky. “It will be mostly flat concrete roads.”

The 98-kms. second stage on Saturday, March 30, 2012 runs from Dapitan City to Pagadian City will be more challenging with around 40 percent hilly terrain and would use the Osmeña Highway which is also concrete with only a few more kilometers under construction.

The 139-kms. third stage on Sunday, March 31st runs from Pagadian City to Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay.

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“The race from Pagadian to Ipil will prove to be a grueling race specially the first 35 kilometers of which 80 percent is uphill,” Mr. Maletsky noted.

The fourth and final 130 kms. stage is set for Monday, April 1, 2013 and runs from Zamboanga Sibugay to Bgy. Divisoria, Zamboanga City.

“There are three chal-lenging parts on this stage: the uphill climb from the border of Z amboanga Sibugay to Bgy. Licomo at the border of Zamboanga City. Next, is the twisty uphill in the barangay of

Tigbalabag and finally the quiniput-Tuktukalaw climb. From there it a downhill sprint to the finish in Bgy. Divisoria.

However, Mr. Maletsky believes the proposed tour wouldn’t get off the ground “unless we make this a hy-brid race of mountain bike and road bike race. The roads in the southern parts of Zamboanga del Norte are not paved at all. It is just mostly muddy dirt.” He foresees the day, “hopefully by 2017” when the roads will be paved and this dream to have a full loop race of the

Zamboanga Peninsula will be a reality.

Mr. Maletsky is promot-ing Tour de Zamboanga as a race for charity. Proj-ect B.O.S.S. (Brotherhood Operation Sweet Smile) is a joint undertaking of the Integrated Mindanao APO (I’MAPO) and Maharlika Charity Foundation, Inc.( MCFI) who have joined hands in rendering free Harelip Operations in the areas of Mindanao and the Visayas.

“There are still so many children and adults in the Philippines who go through

life with cleft palate and harelip,” said B.O.S.S. Pres-ident, Gabriel T. Yenko. “They do not have to. There is a surgical procedure for this. Project B.O.S.S. makes this surgical procedure a possibility for these unfor-tunate indigent folks.”

Local government units and officials along the pro-posed race route have al-ready committed their sup-port for the trans-Zampen sports spectacular. Among them are Liloy (through Mayor Jaime Nantes Lim, Vice Mayor Alfred Uy Chan and the entire municipal

council); Rep. Cesar G. Jalosjos (3rd District, Zam-boanga del Norte) Sindan-gan (through Mayor Nilo Flotentino Z. Sy); Dapitan City (through Mayor Patri Bajamunde Chan and Sec. to the Mayor Orlando D. Corro); Atty. Ivan Patrick A. Ang (Tourism Director, Zamboanga del Norte); Pa-gadian City (through Mayor Samuel Sy Co); Ipil (Mayor Eldwin Mangubat Alibut-dan); Zamboanga Sibugay (Gov. Rommel Apolinario Jalosjos); and Zamboanga City (through Mayor Celso L. Lobregat)

Prize money for the stage winners will be PhP40, 000 (first place); PhP20, 000 (second place) and PhP10, 000 (third place). The over-all champions will get PhP 250,000 (first place); PhP 100,000 (second place) and PhP 50,000 (third place).

This is an open individu-al race that anyone can join,” said Mr. Maletsky. Registra-tion can be in advance done electronically. We are going to work out the details with the electronic funds transfer companies wherein there will be no cost to the sender. Two weeks prior to the race registration booths will be located in all five points of the race. The exact location will be announced later. The registration fee is PhP 1,000.00.

Further inquiries about Tour de Zamboanga and Project B.O.S.S. may be directed to Mr. Gabriel “Bel” Yenko through his mobile # 0920-950-1925 or email address [email protected].

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