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SAN Francisco, Agusan del Sur––Police has assured that the capture of the dreaded Ondo Perez led organized crime group has virtually put an end to their spate of robbery activities which have been sowing fear to residents of this province in the past months.

At a press conference with local journal-ists, Sr. Supt. Glenn dela Torre, Provincial Police Director, said the arrests of at least eight most wanted criminals under Perez group which was successfully carried out through his “Oplan Pukot” during the two-day all-out police dragnet have practically neutralized their criminal activities.

With Perez’s arrest, dela Torre said

all cases against him including highway robberies, frustrated murder, attempted murder and robbery will be reopened and filed to the court. Police will also file the cases against the two other captured notorious wanted persons, Gally Margana and Ricardo Baute alias “Engineer”.

The Provincial Police Office has cred-ited the information given by a concerned citizen in San Francisco which was in-strumental to the arrest of Perez and his cohorts during the two-day intensive police operation on Nov. 1-2.

Dela Torre said police, local officials and community leaders met on several

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Earlier, Assistant Secre-tary Virginia Torres, concur-rent chief of LTO, issued a memorandum order, dated October 18, reassigning Baltazar to the LTO Central Office.

But Jun Tupag, during yesterday’s press conference held at the BWM Media Center, said Baltazar report-edly refused to relinquish his post.

This, Tupag added, de-spite the fact that Baltazar’s replacement––Hilarion E. Ulep, former acting regional

IF plans don’t miscarry, dozens of people belonging to the newly-organized CDO-People’s Working for Effective Reforms (CDO-Power) will hold mass action today at the Land Transportation Of-fice, Region 10 (LTO-10) to protest the alleged “wrongdoings” of the supposed outgoing Regional Director Esteban Baltazar Jr.

director of LTO-Cordille-ra Administrative Region (CAR), based in Baguio City, reported to work starting October 25.

However, there are un-confirmed reports circulat-ing yesterday that Baltazar will meet with Ulep today for the turnover of com-mand.

But the members of the CDO-Power vowed they will continue holding mass ac-tions in front of the LTO-10 until Baltazar will

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Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez of the second district of Cagayan de Oro holds the finish product in this candle mak-ing, a livelihood training provided by the NLDC to 101 Sendong victims at the Nazareth Gym. Also in photo is Mrs. Fenina Rodriguez, the wife of the congressman who organized the livelihood program.

Abdula Pandita, 38, farmer from Barangay Dungguan, Datu Montawal, said they were roused from their sleep when they heard loud gunshots coming from different directions.

The fighting came a week after the same war-ring groups exchanged fires, which killed two persons, including a two-year old girl identified as Rohaina Hassan of Barangay Dung-guan, according to Pandita.

Hassan, reports said, was in deep slumber when a bul-

500 families flee as war erupts in Maguindanao

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DAVAO City––The crack team composed of several law enforcement agencies here and abroad tasked to conduct manhunt opera-tion against notorious and illusive Ryan Cain “Baktin” Yu has already a lead on his whereabouts and just waiting for the right timing to arrest him.

The pressure mounted by authorities against the “Baktin” carnap syndicate since two weeks ago forced one of its alleged members to surrender Monday after-noon in Davao Oriental.

Law enforcers closing in on Davao’s carnap ring leader

Mark “Amak” Daquiado, said to be an expert in faking vehicle’s Certifi-cate of Registration (CR) and Official Receipt (OR), personally yielded to Po-lice Insp. Al Gumba of the Banaybanay police station in Banaybanay town in Davao Oriental.

Daquiado was then turned over to Davao City Police Office (DCPO) chief Sr. Supt. Ronald dela Rosa and Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte at the DCPO head-quarters Monday night.

He admitted to be part

of the carnapping group led by Ryan Cain “Baktin” Yu, who is still at large and carries a P5-million bounty on his head.

“We have already a lead but we cannot divulge yet the details so as not to jeopardize our ongoing manhunt operation,” said Sr. Supt. Greg Pimentel, regional chief of the Phil-ippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG11) here.

Pimentel said they were very extra-careful in their

KIDAPAWAN City-- Some 500 families from villages in Datu Montawal town in Maguindanao province evacuated to safer areas after two warring groups exchanged fires at around 11 p.m., Tues-day, an evacuee said.

let fired from an unknown firearm plunged from the ceiling and hit her head.

Another victim in last week’s encounter, reports said, was identified as Mon-gca Montawal, one of the members of a private Army allegedly operating in Datu Montawal town.

Pandita said the fighting was a result of a rido or clan war between the family of Datu Montawal municipal mayor Datu Uttoh Montawal and his relatives who had

GENERAL Santos City––The Commission on Hu-man Rights (CHR) wants to exhume the bodies of the mother and her two sons who were killed in a military operation in a remote village in Davao del Sur last month.

Lawyer Christina Jo-vero, CHR-Region 12 di-rector, told reporters that the agency has started in-vestigating the incident, which involves the family of a tribal leader who is facing murder charges in Tampakan town in South Cotabato.

“We are seeking permis-sion from the family of the victims to exhume their

CHR wants to exhume bodies of massacre

victims in S. Cotabatobodies for autopsy,” she said.

On October 18, Juvy Capion and her sons Jordan 13, and John Mark, 8, were killed in a military operation conducted within the mines development site to arrest her husband Daguel Capion, who had been charged with murder and grave coercion charges.

The military claimed there was exchange of gun-fire between the soldiers and Capion’s group that led to the death of the civilians.

Jovero said CHR in-vestigators have already inspected the scene of the incident but she declined to give additional details

AN Intertropical Con-vergence Zone (ITCZ) continues to affect Mind-anao while the rest of the country including Metro Manila may experience light rains, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Wednesday.

In its advisory, PA-GASA said the ITCZ will bring occassional light to moderate rain showers or thunderstorms over Pala-wan, Negros Oriental and Mindanao.

The northwest mon-soon, also known as the Amihan, continues to cool Northern Luzon as the re-gions of Ilocos, Cordillera and Cagayan Valley will have light rains , the state weather bureau said.

The rest of the coun-try, will have a mixture of “sunny to partly cloudy skies” with isolated brief rainshowers mostly in the afternoon or evening due to a localized thunderstorm.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from north-east will prevail over Luzon and Eastern Visayas, and the coastal waters along these areas will be moder-ate to rough.

Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas.

Meanwhile, PAGASA said strong to gale force winds associated with the northeast monsoon may affect the seaboards of Northern Luzon.

“Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to venture out into the sea while larger sea ves-sels are alerted against big waves,” it said.

More rains in M’danao, says Pagasa

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The Nobel Peace awardee Amnesty International urged Wednesday this city’s representative to the Philippine Congress not to waver from his opposition to the death penalty following his push for imposing capital punishment on convicted drug traffickers whose countries have existing death penalty.

“Human life is indeed sacred as you said, there are no ifs or buts. Please don’t waver from your anti-death penalty stand Congressmen Rodriguez,” said Amnesty International Philippines director Dr. Aurora A. Parong in reaction to Rep.Rufus Rodriguez’s efforts to amend the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 to enable the government to mete death sentences to convicted foreign drug offenders.

Parong said that Amnesty’s position for all cases,

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Gay marriage, marijuana proponents see victory in electionPROPONENTS of same-sex marriage and legalized marijuana use gained ground in ballot initiatives across the United States Tuesday.

The northeastern state of Maine and the mid-Atlantic state of Maryland became the first two states to approve gay marriage through a popular vote. Six U.S. states and Washington, D.C. allow gay marriage, but in their cases, legalization came through lawmakers or the courts.

This is also the first popular vote on gay marriage since U.S. President Barack Obama announced his support for it ear-lier this year.

Washington State is also voting on a gay marriage initiative, while Minnesota is voting on a constitutional amendment

that would ban same-sex marriage.The states of Washington and Colorado

approved legalizing the production, sale, and possession of marijuana for recreational use. But those approvals put the states at odds with the federal government which still outlaws the drug.

And Maryland approved a landmark immigration initiative known as the DREAM Act, which will allow undocu-mented immigrants to receive in-state college tuition rates.

In total, U.S. voters were weighing more than 170 ballot initiatives across the 50 U.S. states. Ballot initiatives generally get on the ballot when enough voters sign petitions to put them there.

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WASHINGTON––Barack Obama has won a second four-year term as president of the United States. The Democratic incumbent defeated Republican Mitt Romney in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election.

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America’s first African-American president won more than the 270 electoral votes he needed to secure four more years in the White House.

After clinching the vic-tory, Obama told a crowd of thousands of support-ers in Chicago he is more determined and more in-spired than ever to tackle the country’s challenges.

“You voted for action, not politics as usual,” he said. “You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. And, in the coming weeks and months, I am looking forward to reach-ing out and working with the leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together.”

The president says he wi l l work in his second term to reduce the U.S. government’s budget deficit, reform the tax code, reform the nation’s immigration system and reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil.

Obama congratulated his opponent on a hard-fought campaign and applauded Romney and his family for their tradition of public ser-vice. He says he will reach out to Republicans to seek solutions to the country’s problems.

“In the weeks ahead I also look forward to sitting

President Barack Obama speaks at his election night party November 7.

down with Governor Rom-ney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward,” said Obama.

Former Massachusetts Governor Romney, speak-ing to supporters in Boston, conceded the elect ion a short time earlier.

“I have just called Presi-dent Obama to congratulate him on his victory. His sup-porters and his campaign also deserve congratula-tions,” said Romney. “I wish all of them well, but particu-larly the president, the first lady and their daughters.”

Romney says he and his running mate, Representa-

tive Paul Ryan, gave their all in the campaign and he thanked their supporters.

“I so wish that I had been able to fulf i l l your hopes to lead the country in a different direction. But the nation chose another leader and so Ann and I join with you to earnestly pray for him and for this great nation,” Romney said. “Thank you and God bless America. You guys are the best. Thank you so much.”

Obama won almost all of the so-called “swing states” that he and Romney both needed for victory.

U.S. presidential elec-tions are not decided by

the popular vote, but by the Electoral College, in which each state’s inf luence on the outcome approximates its population.

Both candidates made a final push for votes Tues-day, almost until the polls closed. Turnout was report-ed high in many parts of the country, with some voters standing in line for hours, despite a record amount of early voting.

Although the economy was the main issue of the campaign, Obama was the first president in many de-cades to be re-elected while the nation was suffering from high unemployment.

Meanwhi le, Republ i-cans retained control of the House of Representa-tives in Tuesday’s voting, but Democrats blocked the Republicans’ effort to take control of the Senate, where roughly one-third of the 100 seats were up for election.

Democrats will replace Republican senators in Mas-sachusetts and Indiana, an independent will succeed a Republican in Maine, and

in Connecticut, a Democrat will take the place of retir-ing independent Senator Joe Lieberman.

Japanese-born Demo-crat Mazie Hirono, who was elected in Hawaii, will be the first Buddhist U.S. Senator.

And, the Senate wi l l have its f irst openly gay member, with the election of Democrat Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin.

WASHINGTON––While U.S. President Barack Obama won re-election, his Democratic Party boosted its numbers in the Senate, which it already controls. Republicans will retain their strong majority in the House of Represen-tatives, again giving the country a politically-divided legislature.

In Massachusetts, Democrats won back the seat held by Senator Edward Kennedy until his death in 2009. In her victory speech, Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren promised to protect the elderly from spending cuts advocated by Republicans as a cure for fiscal woes.

“To all the seniors, who deserve to retire with the security they earn, we are going to make sure your Medicare and Social Security benefits are protected and that millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share [of taxes],” he said.

Her opponent, current Republican Senator Scott Brown, expressed no bitterness in defeat.

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OZAMIZ City - The city government has taken steps to strengthen the implemen-tation of Presidential Decree No. 1096, otherwise known as the National Building Code of the Philippines.

This, as the City Engi-neer’s Office (CEO) starts acting on wire installations by different utility service providers on electric posts, particularly in the city’s urban areas.

The CEO is also acting on the diggings being done by the Misamis Occidental Water District (MOWD).

Utility providers con-cerned, include the Fil-Products, MIsamis Cable, Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Co. and Bayan Tel., City Engineer Romeo Cabrera said.

Cops press charges vs 4 robbersBy ArjAY S. FelIcIlDA of Mindanao Daily News-Cagayan de Oro City

CAMP Rodriguez, Butuan City––Four suspected rob-bers are now facing charges of ‘robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons’ for ‘robbing’ a pawnshop here in the city, mid-morning of Novem-ber 3.

Charged before the City Prosecutor’s Office are Felix M. Garcia, 23 years old, of Ozamis City and his three companions, whose names are yet to be divulged by authorities.

Police records show, the Garcia gang robbed the Lu-cibenino Pawnshop along P. Burgos-San Francisco Streets, this city, mid-morn-ing of November 3, carting away assorted jewelry items worth P2.3 million.

Elements of Butuan City Public Safety Com-pany (BCPSC) immediately responded and caught the motorcycle-riding suspects.

Recovered from Garcia was a calibre 45 pistol; 63 as-

sorted rings worth P300,000; 44 assorted bracelets worth P 800,000; and 51 assorted necklace worth P400,000.

Also recovered by re-sponding Butuan City po-lice operatives were 151 as-

sorted jewelry items worth P800,000; a caliber 45 pistol magazine, with six live bul-lets; a caliber 38 revolver with six live bullets; blue Honda Wave 100 motorcycle bearing plate number 9166

KU; a caliber .45 pistol with five live bullets; magazine of unknown caliber with 17 live bullets; and 13 live bullets of 9mm pistol.

Police Chief Supt. Car-melo E. Valmoria, PRO-

13 director, commented “vigilance is significant in preempting criminal activi-ties, as the culprits will take advantage of any situation favorable for the realization of their evil acts.”

This, even as he urged the community to report immediately to the nearest police station the occurrence of incidents or presence of suspicious persons so they be immediately respond to.

“The Caraga police have intensified its campaign against all forms of criminal activities and are always ready to serve and protect the community,” Direc-tor Valmoria stated. (with report from PO3 Darlin Cabalinan-Migullas/PSupt Martin M. Gamba)

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MARAWI City - President Benigno S. Aquino III has handed the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award to Chief Revenue Officer III Aminoding Macarampat of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Marawi City, during rites for the 2012 Outstanding Public Officials and Employees, at the Rizal Hall of the Malacañan Palace.

The President was assisted by Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chair Francisco Duque III and Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) Professor Cielito Habito.

Macarampat was cited for his perseverance and exemplary leadership in steering Revenue District Office No. 102 to top revenue collections in Revenue Region No. 16 for three consecutive years.

The Lingkod Bayan Award is given to an individual or group of individuals ex-ceptional or extraordinary contributions resulting from an idea or performance that had nationwide impact on public interest, security and patrimony. (Photo by Lauro Montellano Jr., Malacañang Photo Bureau/asf)

LMDA to conduct biodiversity partnerships orientation

BUTUAN City - The Lake Mainit Development Alli-ance (LMDA) has conducted a Biodiversity Partnership Project (BPP) orientation on November 7, this year, in Surigao City.

The orientation has pro-vided background and ideas to partner agencies on the partnership process, par-ticularly those relating to Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP)

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formulation and mainstream-ing of the Biodiversity Con-servation.

According to the LMDA chair, the activity was con-ducted after the LMDA re-ceived the BPP funded by the United Nations Development Program – Global Environ-ment Facility (UNDP-GEF) and implemented by the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) of the De-

partment of Environment and Natural Resource (DENR).

The chair added that the project engagement com-mences after the forging of memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the DENR Caraga, the implementing partner, LMDA, and respon-sible partner last September 5, 2012 at Surigaonon Arts and Culture Center, Surigao City (NCLM/PIA-Caraga/asf)

KORONADAL City - The Makilala rubber de-velopment project is slowly becoming a byword in the industry, as more Mind-anao local government units visit this thriving project in town.

In a statement, Makilala Mayor Rudy Caoagdan said the local government hosted visiting LGUs wishing to learn from their applied strategies and technologies in the rubber project.

On October 29, 2012, Makilala welcomed the lat-est town visitors. These are local officials from Impa-sug-ong town of Bukidnon

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led by mayor Mario Okinlay. The delegation number-

ing 185 comprises munici-pal and barangay legisla-tors, LGU personnel and a representative from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Bukidnon office.

Makilala’s rubber devel-opment project is a priority project of mayor Caoagdan aimed to address poverty.

The project is also in-tended to contribute to mitigating climate change phenomenon which has been a global concern.

A report from the may-or’s office said that at least

P25 million is allocated annually by the Caoagdan administration for the ag-ricultural enhancement and rubber development.

Under this allocation, local farmers interested to plant rubber are given free budded rubber seedlings.

As of this date, more than 2,000 hectares in the highlands of the town has been planted with rubber.

Caoagdan hopes to cover all the remaining 8,000 hect-ares which remain idle, to be planted with rubber . Rubber is the town’s main crop. (aida c. agad PIA12/asf)

ZAMBOANGA City - The National Youth Commis-sion (NYC) is tapping the youth sector in drug abuse prevention and control.

Along this move, the NYC conducted a series of “National Youth Caravans on Drug Abuse Prevention (NYCDAP),” in seven areas, including Metro Manila.

The caravan was attend-ed by 200 youth groups and leaders from various colleges and high schools in the city.

NYC Region 9 Head Raymond Domingo said the caravan primarily aims to impart the ill effects of sub-stance abuse and to highlight the best practices of youth groups and networks in the intensified campaigns to combat drug dependence.

During the whole day

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NYCDAP, the participants established a pact through a (signed) Manifesto and launched a Drug Free Youth Freedom Wall (DFYFW).

The DFYFW showcas-es the commitment of the youth-participants in the objective to increase vigi-lance against drug pushers and drug sniffers and to manifest their involvement in local efforts to spread “awareness virus” among the vulnerable groups of young people in their respective communities.

Assistant Secretary Jed Eva, from the office of the executive secretary, inhis message to the youth during the caravan said “it is not enough to do no wrong; one must right the wrong around us. We are our brothers’ keepers,” (JPA/PIA9/asf)

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TUBOD, Lanao del Norte––Usapang Palay, a rice in-formation and technology update sortie for farmers was formally introduced by the Department of Ag-riculture-Regional Field Office No. 10 (DA-10) to the province on October 24-25, 2012 at the Macapagal Training Center, Pigcaran, in this town.

During the activity, Mr. Louie Ofngol, Agrarian Reform Program Officer II of DA-10, briefed the guidelines in the conduct of the abovesaid under-taking to the municipal agricultural officers and agricultural technicians from the 22 local govern-ment units throughout the province.

According to him, the said initiative is seen to boost the passion of farmers to learn and value the best farming practices in order to achieve higher yield on rice production in rural communities.

Such, he added, would

Usapang Palay introduced in

Lanao del Nortefuel the attainment of goals and objectives under the department’s flagship pro-gram – Food Staple Suf-ficiency Program.

Likewise, he explained that the Usapang Palay will be a half-day affair that will run for about 2-3 hours with an interaction between farmers and that of technical experts.

In which, this would cover an exchange of ex-periences, consisting of ex-cellent practices employed and challenges encountered in the production of rice.

Prioritized beneficia-ries, he added, will be those rice-producing barangays with yield below 3.8 tons per hectare as well as farm-ers who have not undergone any training since the year 2011.

The implementation of the Usapang Palay will be backed up by the DA-10, chargeable against the agency’s extension fund. A report from Ma. Eleanor R. Sarsalejo, PIO-LDN

BUTUAN City––The pres-ent administration of Bu-tuan City has always been firm in maintaining and upholding the advocacy of good governance and trans-parency reiterating that all government institutions, polit ica l subdivisions, instrumentalities as well as its agencies in Butuan City must show evident and undisputable proofs of transactions and credit operations undertaken.

To further sustain such endeavor and to realize the mandates of the constitu-tion and other laws, Vice Mayor Law Fortun along with the earnest coopera-tion of the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod has approved a resolution regarding as a manifes-tation of support to this advocacy.

Effectively, the Sang-guniang Panlungsod has authorized Mayor Ferdi-nand M. Amante Jr. to secure an opinion of the Monetary Board of the

Butuan City govt to boost transparency in governance

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) with regard to the loans of the City Govern-ment of Butuan with the Philippine National Bank (PNB) requiring a waiver of rights to the confidentiality nature of the information to be examined in pursu-ance of Sections 2 and 3 of Republic Act No. 1405 and other laws relating to the Secrecy of Bank Deposits.

Additionally, with equal importance to authorize the Philippine National Bank (PNB) and all banks or financial institutions with which the City Govern-ment of Butuan may have transactions to disclose to the Bangko Sentral ng Pili-pinas (BSP) all information pertaining the deposits, investments, loans and other transactions includ-ing the history or status of the city’s dealing with aforementioned banking and financial institutions and for BSP to make all inquiries as may be neces-sary regarding the same.

Furthermore to give the same authority the BSP to as well disclose and share such information obtained from said banks or finan-cial institutions to the De-partment of Finance with regard to the performance of said Department and its functions.

This has been done ac-cordingly in consonance of Section 123 of Republic Act No. 7653, otherwise known as the New Cen-tral Bank Act which pro-

vides that “whenever the Government, or any of its political subdivisions or instrumentalities, contem-plates borrowing within the Philippines, prior opinion of the Monetary Board shall likewise be requested in order that the Board may render an opinion on the probable effects of the proposed operation on monetary aggregates, the price level, and the balance of payments.”

With this strict will to conform to the mandates of the law, Vice Mayor Law Fortun has given efforts to always find ways to encour-age people to trust in the transactions commenced by this administration and to make sure that said efforts undergone were all for a much stronger future.

For tun has b een a staunch advocate of trans-parency of governance which was the key to his effective leadership in the SP as well as being the second leader in the City.

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THINK a minute.A king was offering a

prize to the artist who could paint the best picture of peace.

Many ar t i s t s f rom around the country tried.

The king looked at all the pictures and there were only two he really liked. But he had to choose between them.

One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was surrounded with peace-ful, towering mountains. Above them, was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. Everyone who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was a dark, angry

Picture of peace

City govt should run after truck owners

cris Diaz

THE city government should strictly impose truck ban. There is an existing ordinance banning trailers, trucks, and haulers in Cagayan de Oro City particularly at day. The Ordinance is already in effect but traffic enforcers are not implementing it!

The growing number of vehicles plying the city’s streets compelled local legislators to approve the Ordinance for two reasons. One, the measure was to ease traffic congestion, and, two, the ordinance was in anticipation of vehicular accidents involving trucks and trailers during rush hour of the day.

With or without accidents, owners are always liable with violation of the truck ban ordinance every time their trucks and trailers ply anytime of the day within the truck ban period. Worst, if trucks or trailers met an accident during truck ban hours. At this instance, owners are not only liable for damages but are also criminally liable for violation with the truck ban ordinance.

In this case, the criminal element arising with viola-tion of the truck ban ordinance is separate and distinct from the civil or criminal damages that trucks or trailers might inflict on victims. In other words, truck owners

would face two possible complaints – one for violation of the truck ban ordinance and the other for civil (dam-ages inflicted) or criminal liabilities (in case of death) prescribed in the Penal Code.

This issue is not necessarily controversial. However, the inability of the local traffic authorities to enforce the truck ban ordinance in city has emboldened truck owners to violate the ordinance. Some truck owners ridicule the Ordinance to the point of challenging local authorities to bring the case in court.

It is disheartening that abusive truck owners are mostly not from Cagayan de Oro City. These rude truck owners believed they have money that they could circumvent laws. ‘Of what importance are city ordinances when we can even get away with national road and traffic laws?’ Of course, these truck owners could hire the services of top lawyers and even boost of buying court decisions. Such offensive statement – spoken or not – viciously ridicules the competence of the city government and its traffic enforcers.

The city government and the Road and Traffic Ad-ministration (RTA) should exert efforts to punish abusive truck owners. Local authorities and traffic enforcers should run after arrogant truck owners who mocked local laws and abused the hospitality of local residents. React: crisguardian@yahoo.com

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but He condemns those who devise wicked schemes…” (Proverbs 12:2, the Holy Bible).

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BOO ON LIBEL DECRIMI-NALIZATION: There is great wisdom in the state-ment of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima that the bills currently pending in Congress actually do not decriminalize---or remove as a crime under the Re-vised Penal Code---libel, because they merely intend to remove the penalty of imprisonment for libelous statements, writings or ut-terances. So, we ask our lawmakers: do you want to remove libel as a crime, or just remove its penalty of imprisonment?

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sky and heavy rain with flashes of lightning. Down the side of the mountain roared a huge, powerful waterfall. It did not look peaceful at all.

But when the k ing looked closely at the sec-ond picture, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in the crack of the rock.

A mother bird had built her nest in the bush. There,

in the middle of all the noise of rushing water and scary, thundering skies, that mother bird sat—in perfect peace.

Which picture do you think won the prize?

The king chose the sec-ond picture because he said: “Peace does not mean you must be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, pain, or pressure from work.

The real meaning of

peace is to be right in the middle of all those diffi-cult experiences, and still be calm and confident in your heart.”

It doesn’t matter what difficult situation you’re in right now.

Jesus, the Christ of Christmas and Prince of Peace, loves you. And this Christmas season, even with everything you may be going through, you also can have peace in your heart.

If you’ll ask Jesus, God the Son, to forgive you for all your wrongs, and then ask Him to take full control of every area of your life, every day. He will fill your heart with His power and peace that you can never find anywhere else.

Just Think a Minute.

Issues re: Comelec’s purge of party lists

1987 CONSTITUTION: As for me, it is better to remove libel as a crime, nothing more, nothing less. The reason is that, libel as a crime violates the 1987 Constitution, in its guar-antees of free press and free speech. How can a Constitutional guarantee, which is supposed to be higher than ordinary laws like the laws on libel, be disregarded without creat-ing a Constitutional crisis?

-ooo-CONSTITUTIONAL

BASIS OF PARTY LISTS: I have a question on the

issue of party list groups being disqualified by the Commission on Elections right now. Isn’t it that it is the 1987 Constitution which allowed the establishment of party list groups at the House of Representatives? And, consequently, it is the provision of that Constitu-tion that must be followed in determining whether a party list group should be accredited or not?

The 1987 Constitution provides under its Section 5, Art. VI, that the House of Representatives shall be composed of regular con-

gressmen, who shall not be more than 250 in all, and of party list congressmen, who shall constitute twenty per centum of the total number of representatives including those under the party list. Clearly, party list congressmen are a creation of the Constitution.

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PURGE OF PARTY LIST GROUPS: Now, what is the basis of the ongoing purg-ing of accredited party list groups being undertaken by the Commission on Elec-tions (Comelec), as well as its rejection of those which have recently applied? We can find this basis under Section 6, Republic Act 7941, which is the Party List Law of the Philippines.

This section says that the Comelec may, “… motu propio or upon verified complaint of any interested

dr. dJUWariSTIE Perbanas (College of Economics and Business)

Surabaya, Indonesia

BEWARE! Be careful! Be cognizant! It has been noted worldwide that research and article publication in academic journals have become the trend in sci-entific development. But, it also brings about critical problem when we are not cognizant. Now let’s read this opinion article!

All universities have been demanded to dis-seminate their products in the form of research or academic article publication. In my own country, for in-stance, all faculty members must conduct research and publish articles in academic journals.

The trend has become globally recognized. All faculty members in any university are busy with doing research and writing it in a piece of article for journal publication. Very specifically in Indonesia, as referred to the Act no 14, year 2005, concerning teachers and lecturers (uni-versity faculty members), all faculty members are requested to do research.

Even the students in uni-versities are also demanded. They cannot graduate from their universities when they have not published academic article. For the doctoral degree students, I had experienced this prac-

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tice when I was about to finish my PhD degree. I was requested to publish an academic article in a journal before I graduated from my university. It was the first time –the corner stone—the starting point the students in universities should publish an academic article in a journal.

The Act no 14, year 2005 was issued for the govern-ment’s initiative to improve the teachers and university faculty members’ welfare. However, the strategy is not just by providing rewards to them without any com-pensation to the science development. Therefore, besides the program of cer-tification for the teachers and faculty members, one of the requirements for

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AN influential organization of religious men and women called on the military to pull out its troops near the Tampakan min-ing project following last month’s massacre of a tribal family.

The Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philip-pines (AMRSP) said the move is necessary to avoid further human rights violations particularly against those who are opposed to mining.

Carmelite priest Fr. Marlon La-cal, AMRSP co-executive secretary, said the killing last month of three civilians shows the “ruthlessness” of the perpetrators.

“We call on the Armed Forces

of the Philippines to immediately pull out the military detachment in the area, as the community feared more violations may hap-pen…,” Lacal said.

There are two conflicting versions of the circumstances surrounding the death of B’laan tribal leader Daguil Capion’s wife and their two children.

The military said troopers from the 27th Infantry Battalion were approaching Capion’s house in a remote village of Tampakan last Oct. 18 when they were fired at by at least five suspects, prompting the soldiers to return fire.

However, witnesses and reports reaching the Diocese of Marbel

and human rights watchdogs re-vealed that the soldiers allegedly strafed the hut of Capion.

The incident resulted in the death of Capion’s wife who was two-months pregnant and their two children aged eight and 13 and wounding of another daughter.

Capion is the leader of the armed band who declared war against Sagittarius Mines op-erating in Tampakan town for allegedly abusing the rights of B’laan tribesmen.

The AMRSP condemned in strongest terms the incident and called on the government to con-duct a thorough investigation to ensure that “justice be served.”

“The excessive use of force by the military should be thoroughly investigated, because they have known that the people there were civilians as the place and the farmhouse is visible,” Lacal said.

“May this occasion urge the government to seriously take ac-tion on behalf of the indigenous people and other sectors who are oppose to mining for this will wantonly damage the envi-ronment which we all hailed to be sacred and also damages the future resource for our children’s children,” he said.

Last Nov. 5, the 39th Infantry Battalion officially replaced the military unit tagged in the Tam-

pakan “massacre”.The soldiers who were directly

involved in the incident were also relieved from their post while waiting for the result of the court martial proceedings.

But several anti-mining and human rights groups lamented that replacing the military unit only indicates that military ac-tivities in the area will remain to protect the interest of the mining companies.

AMRSP played a crucial role during the Martial Law years when it opened the doors of its seminaries and convents to pro-vide refuge to victims of human rights. (RL/CBCPNews)

AMRSP calls for military pullout after Tampakan massacre

JOEy G. PELAEZ, former DepEd-CSCA Executive Director was recently endorsed by Vice President Jejomar BINAy and Mayor Dongkoy EMANO of Cagayan de Oro City as an official candidate of UNA-NP for Misamis Oriental. PELAEZ and Rep. Bambi EMANO are the official Vice Gubernatorial and Gubernatorial candidates of UNA-NP in the province respectively. Joey is the grandson of former Philippine Vice President Emmanuel “Maning” PELAEZ. Photos courtesy of by Palang Añora

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The Philippines’ largest na-tional flag carrier, Cebu Pa-cific (PSE:CEB) was named 2nd most “Socially Devoted Brand” in the airline indus-try category by Socialbakers, a leading social media ana-lytics company. The awards event was held recently in New York, as a culmina-tion of Engage 2012: The Socialbakers Conference. In its blog, Socialbakers cited CEB’s 85.46% response rate on its Facebook page when it ranked the airline 2nd. KLM Royal Dutch Air-lines and Alitalia complete the top three most socially devoted airline category at 1st and 3rd respectively. The top brands were assessed by Socialbakers Analytics engine, taking into account all pages in Socialbaker’s top Facebook charts worldwide. Key fac-tors in the awards were fan engagement, response rates on wall posts and average response times. “This recognition fuels our drive to further engage our passengers online, es-pecially when it comes to seat sales, inquiries, weather updates, product innova-tions and new routes and destinations. We remain committed to bringing the latest news from CEB right to our guests’ mobile phones or computers, for their ut-most convenience,” said CEB VP for Marketing and

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Davao City - Department of Energy (DOE) Sec. Jeri-cho Petilla was asked to prioritize the Mindanao power crisis and to act favourably on the recom-mendations adopted by the Mindanao Power Summit last April. "DOE can now have a fresh start with Petilla as its new head. Hopefully, he will prove to be an innova-tive and progressive leader, especially since unlike his predescessor, he seemingly has no conflict of interest within the energy sector. He can start by focusing on the long-standing energy problem of Mindanao," a lawmaker said at the Kapihan sa Davao media forum the other day. Party list representative and Makabayan senate bet Teddy Casiño in his appeal to newly appointed secretarysaid that among the recom-

mendations that should be looked into by Sec. Petilla are the permanent exemption from privatiza-tion of the Agus- Pulangui hydropower complex; , the creation of the Mindanao Power Corp. to oversee the operations of the existing and future power plants in Mindanao, the deployment of Napocor power barges to Mindanao, the development of renew-able energy sources and the amendment of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) especially provisions on privatization. “Ang nangyayari kasi e nagpulong at nagrecom-mend pa ang Mindanao Power Summit tapos di naman yata sineryoso. Sayang lang ang oras at pera ng mamamayan kung ganun,” said the solon. Casiño expressed alarm that the privatization of the energy sector continues in Mindanao, citing the sale of the Napocor power

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barges that is supposed to be deployed in Mindanao. “Former DOE Sec. Jose Rene Almendras prom-ised five (5) power barges that would be deployed to Mindanao but they are still nowhere to be seen because the DOE wants to sell them first. We should not wait for these barges to be privatized since NA-POCOR can operate them so that the cost would not be too high,” he added. He also expressed appre-hension on the proposed Interim Electricity Mar-ket in Mindanao (IMEM) which aims to bring into the grid some 360MW of embedded supply but which would require a 30 centavo hike in prices just to set up. The IMEM is similar to the existing wholesale electricity spot market in Luzon and is said to be also very dangerous because it may easily be manipulated by power players.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Partylist representative Maximo Rodriguez of Abante Mindanao bared that he and his brother Ru-fuys, and other lawmakers are calling for a congres-sional probe on reports that products containing lead still abound in markets in the country. Rodriguez added tat he co- author ed, with Cong. Rufus Rodriguez, House Resolution No. 2812, be-cause studies showed that lead is a highly poisonous metal affecting every organ and system in the body and if ingested, could pose health risks. “Long exposure to this chemical could lead to se-vere damage to the brain and kidneys, miscarriage for pregnant women as well as damage to nervous con-nections, among others,” Rodriguez said. The Rodriguezes filed the measure calling for an inquiry on reports that mugs and drinking glasses being sold in tiangges in Metro Manila contain big amounts of lead. Rodriguez said a recent test conducted by a toxic chemicals watch group EcoWaste Coalition showed that many of the lead-con-taining mugs and drinking glasses are being sold in bazaars. Rodriguez said based on

the results of a chemical analysis on the 50 samples of products from sidewalk ven-dors in Manila, 64 percent of the samples contained from 20,700 to as much as 44,400 parts per million (ppm) of lead. “This is nearly 500 times higher than the 90 ppm threshold under the US Consumer Product Im-provement Act of 2008. This result is very troubling as many of these products come in direct contact with both an adult’s and a child’s mouth,” Rodriguez said. Aside from lead, Rodri-guez said the sample glasses and mugs were also found to contain other harmful chemicals such as arsenic,

chromium, antimony and cadmium in amounts that are above safe levels. “EcoWaste Coalit ion said that the presence of these chemicals increase the chances of multiple expo-sure to hazardous chemicals among consumers and it also pointed out that none of the products were prop-erly labeled or contained a warning about the pres-ence of toxic ingredients,” Rodriguez said. He said there is a need to look into this and ensure that products containing lead are removed from the market and are prevented from entering the country as the health and even the lives of Filipinos are at stake.

Probe lead-containing products in the country- Maxi Rodriguez

GSIS ends optional health insurance State pension fund Govern-ment Service Insurance System today announced that begin-ning January 2013, it will no longer implement its optional health insurance plans, namely, the Hospitalization Insurance Plan and the Family Hospital-ization Plus Plan. The Hospital Insurance Plan grants medical care benefits to the policy holder in case of hospitalization due to sickness or injury; the Family Hospi-talization Plus Plan covers expenses for room and board and fees for doctors, medicines and laboratory. “The GSIS Board of Trust-ees reviewed both plans and concluded that while the GSIS offers similar basic benefits as the Philippine Health Insur-ance Corporation, PhilHealth’s package has additional hospi-talization benefits including higher maximum rate for room and board and increased cap on medical reimbursements,” President and General Manager Robert Vergara said. The GSIS said that only 7,316 accounts remain in force until the end of the year from the total 63,000 accounts. “For active accounts, we will accept and process claims for as long as they are filed within 60 calendar days from the last day of confinement,” Vergara said. The review forms part of the on-going effort of the Board and Management to rationalize its programs to avoid duplication with other agencies.

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Houses for calamity victimsMAYor Vicente Emano expresses gratitude to the Soroptimist International-cagayan de oro for donating ten houses for calamity victims.

According to the mayor, the houses will be constructed by the Gawad Kalinga at the city’s relocation site in calaanan, Canitoan.

He said this will boost the city government’s efforts to provide permanent and decent houses to families who were displaced by the calamity last Dec. 16 and 17, 2011.

“Dako na kaayo kini nga tabang sa paghatag og dugang nga mga balay sa mga kabus nga nahi-agum sa baha,” said the mayor in a press statement.

Water system in Brgy BalulangInStAllAtIon of water system projects in more areas is being worked out.

At the regular session yesterday presided over by councilor Ian Mark Q. nacaya, the city council adopted a resolution requesting Mayor Vicente Emano to include in the annual p6 million Water System Improvement project Fund of the cagayan de oro Water District (coWD) the installation of water connections at lower Manggahan Urban poor landless Association, Inc. (lMUplAI) in Barangay Balulang.

Vice Mayor caesar Ian E. Acenas and councilor Alden Bacal, chair of the committee on public utilities, as well as all members are the proponents of the resolution.

While waiting for the implementation of the project, legislators requested the coWD to temporarily install water connections in the area.

Sp regular session on nov 15tHE 111th regular session of the 16th city council headed by Vice Mayor caesar Ian E. Acenas will be held on november 15 instead of november 13, next week.

this was agreed by the legislative body during its regular session yesterday presided over by councilor Ian Mark Q. nacaya to accommodate selected Mindanao SK officials who will be observing the legislative proceedings.

Vice Mayor Acenas endorsed the adoption of a resolution to this effect in response to the request of the Kilos Kabataan livelihood Foundation and the U.S. Embassy.

p200t fo consolacion Elem SchooltHE city council committee on education chaired by coun-cilor Adrian Barba is slated to address the request of the consolacion Elementary School for an immediate allocation of p200,000 for the completion of the lateral canal and concrete covered walk way of the said school.

According to the school management, 30 minutes of heavy rainfall causes flooding at the school ground due to the absence of a proper drainage system.

the project will reportedly address dengue outbreak among pupils. (JBD)

By FrANKlIN P. gumAPON

DIPOLOG City––In keeping with the national govern-ment’s goal of doubling rubber production by 2016, the provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Zambo-anga del Norte has organized

ZaNorte rubber cluster team formedthe ZaNorte Rubber Cluster Team.

After presenting the issues and opportunities involving rubber produc-tion, DTI Provincial Direc-tor Noel Bazan facilitated the creation of the rubber cluster team with the De-partment of Agriculture

(DA) as chair.The team has also three

vice chairs coming from the farmers association, busi-ness/traders group and the processor sector. Its mem-bers are the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Technical Educa-tion and Skills Develop-

ment Authority (TESDA), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Philip-pine Information Agency (PIA), Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU), Dipolog Chamber of Com-merce and Industry (DCCI), and other stakeholders in the rubber industry.

DTI, on the other hand, serves as the team’s secre-tariat.

A repor t f rom the DENR’s provincial office disclosed that Zamboanga del Norte has around 1,200 hectares planted to rubber.

It was also learned that the DENR is targeting to cover 100 thousand hectares to be planted with rubber under its National Greening Program (NGP). (JPA/FPG/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte)

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The National Statistics Office (NSO), in region 10, will hold a data dissemination on the results of the 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) and the 2010 Survey of Information and Com-munication Technology (SICT).

The regional data dissemination will be held on November 19 at the Chali Beach Resort in Barangay Cugman, this city.

The ASPBI is a continuing activity of the NSO to provide key measures on the performance, levels, structure and trends of economic activities in the entire country.

The SICT, on the other hand, is a rider to the ASPBI that aims to collect and generate information on the availability, distribution and access or utilization of ICT among industries in the country.

Dr. Salvador A. Aves, regional director

of NSO-10, said the results of the surveys are vital in establishing benchmark levels for measuring and comparing national, regional and provincial economic growth, as well as, in the construction of national and regional accounts of the country’s economy.

He said they are tools in determining and comparing regional economic struc-tures and performances, in formulating and monitoring plans and policies in the attainment of national and regional eco-nomic goals, and in market research and feasibility studies.

Likewise, data collected from the ASPBI will provide updates for the frame of establishments while those generated from the SICT will provide important indicators for measuring the progress in ICT. (APB/PIA-10)

NSO-10 to present results of 2010 RP business industry, ICT surveys

THE proposed law regulat-ing the holding of fun runs, marathon and similar activi-ties in public thoroughfares was approved on first read-ing during the City Council regular session yesterday presided over by Councilor Ian Mark Q. Nacaya.

The councilor said a public hearing will first be held before its final ap-

Public hearing on ‘fun runs’ setproval.

Councilors Alden Bacal, Ramon Tabor and Alexander Dacer filed the proposed measure citing that these special events affect the city’s traffic situation and would need provisions for special traffic control, crowd control, police protection, among others.

The proposed law re-

quires organizers to secure a written permit from the Office of the City Mayor upon getting the favorable recommendation of the Roads and Traffic Admin-istration and payment of applicable fees to the City Treasurer’s Office.

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getting the reward is writing academic articles in an academic journal.

It was started with the faculty members but now there is a tendency that all teachers in secondary schools are also requested to do the same things as the faculty members in universi-ties. In that condition, the trend of academic journal publication has become obviously nation wide in Indonesia in particular and worldwide in general.

Now that the academic journal publication has be-come the trend in any coun-try, it does not mean that there is nothing to be paid attention. So far, there have been many unclear journal publications that are offer-ing the faculty members to publish the academic articles in their journals. Yet, as an intellectual or researcher, we must be very careful in accepting such an offer.

There is an anecdote in Indonesia recently. A faculty member tried to send an article to a certain journal which they tell as a scientific and professional journal publication. This faculty member sent an article but he used the two famous artists names in Indonesia—not his own name. The article was about a research in which it does not reflect the two artists’ names’ expertise.

After all requirements had been completed, includ-ing the publication fee, the article was published. The journal publisher then sent the journal edition with the article with the two authors—the artist names to the “contributor”. This “odd incident” has been widely spread to all emails through internets to every university through out Indonesia. It shows that the academic journal publication and the editorial board members are not cognizant.

They merely rushed for money by charging the con-tributors and then publish the articles without pur-suing (quality assurance) whether the article is really commensurate with the author as well as the sci-entific attitude. Therefore, be careful with such offers. For the journal publishers, they must be cognizant with such tragedy.

However, every faculty member throughout the world must not be worried about such tragedy. Now we have IAMURE intellectual organization with its estab-lished academic journal publications. IAMURE is for short, international asso-ciation of multidisciplinary research. These journals are recognized by particularly the IAMURE members and universally by intellectuals who are willing to browse and know what and where IAMURE is.

These journals are pub-lished by IAMURE intellec-tual organizations and the contributors are from the

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party, refuse or cancel, after due notice and hear-ing, the registration of any national, regional or sectoral party, organization or coali-tion…” But this power of the poll body must be based on well-defined grounds. What are the grounds that the Comelec may use to refuse or cancel the registration of any party list group?

The same Section 6 pro-vides for those grounds.“1) It is a religious sect or de-nomination, organization or association, organized for religious purposes; (2) It advocates violence or unlawful means to seek its goal; (3) It is a foreign party or organization; (4) It is receiving support from any foreign government, foreign political party, foundation, organization, whether di-rectly or through any of its officers or members or indirectly through third parties for partisan election purposes;

“(5) It violates or fails to comply with laws, rules or regulations relating to elections; (6) It declares untruthful statements in its petition; (7) It has ceased to exist for at least one (1) year; or (8) It fails to participate in the last two (2) preceding elections or fails to obtain at least two per centum (2%) of the votes cast under the party-list system in the two (2) preceding elections for the constituency in which it has registered…”

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meetings before “Oplan Pukot” was carried out to ensure that all information will be discussed and a discreet operation will be positively put in place.

He admitted two other members of Perez group are still at large and has been the subject of continuous police manhunt as he ex-pressed confidence that the

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step down.The CDO-Power even accused Baltazar of im-

posing a directive that tends to “terrorize” the stakehold-ers of the LTO-10.

“It’s a management by harassment,” said Ed Gon-zales apparently referring to the alleged use of flag ceremonies as venue where Baltazar can criticize LTO workers openly.

“Bisan ang mga per-sonal nga mga butang iyang iyagyag sa publiko atol sa flag-raising,” said the visibly dejected Gonzales.

Members of the CDO-Power also criticized Balta-zar for strictly imposing the “No ID, No Entry” policy at the LTO-10.

One of the CDO-Power members said a transacting public who wears slippers, sando, and short pants are not even allowed to enter the premises of LTO-10 in Barangay Bulua.

What is funny is that some enterprising individu-als are making profits out of Baltazar’s directive as some put up a shoes for rent store nearby at P50, said one of the members of CDO-Power during yesterday’s press conference.

Aside from the trans-acting public, workers of insurance firms identified with the LTO-10 are no longer allowed to transact business on the behalf of their respective clients.

The policy, said another member, is killing them softly as they can no longer earn a meager income for their family.

“We have families to feed, children to send to school,” said another mem-ber adding, “we are no fixers, we simply follow what our clients are telling us to do.”

Gonzales said the term “fixer” is conclusive and is debatable. “It is up to the court to decide whether a person is considered fixer or not,” he explained.

He said people working in the insurance companies are just doing an errand. They simply follow what their clients are telling them in exchange for an insurance policy. “These people are merely selling insurance policy,” he added.

recognized faculty members. For avoiding the unknown contributors who send the unclear “scientific” articles, the IAMURE members should provide informa-tion about the identity of the contributors. Otherwise, the tragedy as mentioned above will come up again in our own best journal publication: IAMURE’s most cognizant academic journal publication.

The website of IAMURE is available at http://iamure.com/. For avoiding the un-clear journal publications, it is better to publish the articles in these academic journal publications. Be-sides that, all members should be cognizant with unclear article contributors.

Dr. Djuwari is one of the editorial members of IAMURE journal publica-tions, he is the director of Language Laboratory at STIE Perbanas Surabaya, Indonesia.

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remnants no longer have the capability to continue their criminal activities and victimize businessmen.

Dela Torre noted another organized crime gang named “Tudela Group” in Trento town is also listed by police as wanted suspects although some of their members have already been arrested.

He however called on residents to continue to be vigilant especially urging business establishments to put up CCTV cameras and iron grills which would help a lot in easily tracking the identities of criminal elements.

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regardless of crimes, remains the same: No to death penalty.

She said that death pen-alty is not a deterrent to crime and it violates the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The Philippines abol-ished the death penalty in 2006 and President Aquino has rejected calls for the return of the death penalty.

But Rodriguez (2nd Dis-trict, CDP) and his younger brother, Abante Mindanao partylist Rep. Maximo Ro-driguez Jr. who both claim to be pro-lifers and vehemently opposed the RH Bill, are pushing House Bill 4510 to amend the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002.

The Rodriguez brothers want to add: “If the viola-tor of any of the provisions of this act is an alien, the penalty to be imposed shall be the penalty prescribed by their national law.”

Parong said this is a dangerous clause as this will allow the imposition of capital punishment if the convicted foreigner is from a country that allows death penalty.

“We have all worked hard to abolish the death penalty in the Philippines and Amnesty International is still campaigning to pro-tect everyone around the world from state sanctioned killings. Working for ‘equity and reciprocity’ with regard to death penalty should not mean that we should execute foreigners just because Fili-pinos are being punished by death penalty abroad. Instead, we should all work persistently to abolish death penalty from each and every country that still sanctions state killings,” she said.

In pushing for HB 4510, the elder Rodriguez cited the cases of Filipinos who faced death penalty sentences abroad, like in China, as his reason for doing the same to foreigners in the Philip-pines, invoking “the rule of equity and reciprocity.”

“While there is no rea-son to question the laws of foreign countries, we must however ensure that our countrymen do not suffer the short end of the stick. As such, there is a need to amend our laws to en-sure that foreign nationals

caught violating our laws on drugs be also convicted on the harshest penalties that their national law imposes,” he said.

Amnesty International supports the UN Morato-rium on Executions and is campaigning towards the abolition of the death pen-alty. Amnesty International Philippines has been actively campaigning against the executions in China and other parts of the world.

“When we abolished the death penalty in the Philippines we have di-rected the Philippine state to respect the right to life of everyone, not just Filipinos. The Rodriguez brothers are opening up the door for the state to kill again and we are not allowing that. We call on our legislators to stand fast on their com-mitment to human life and withdraw House Bill 4510 from Congress. We call all members of the legislature not to lend their support for this bill,” Parong said.

Amnesty International Philippines said it is ready to lead massive public actions against the bill if it remains in Congress. Amnesty Inter-national noted that there is a global trend towards abo-lition of the death penalty with less people executed in 2011. An overwhelming majority of countries did not use the death penalty in 2011. Only 21 out of 198 countries carried out executions – a big decrease from that of the last decade. (Bong D. Fabe)

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to avoid preempting re-sults of their investigation.

She also did not give a deadline when the findings of CHR, an independent body, would be completed.

Jovero noted the CHR, depending on the results of its probe, would either initiate or recommend the filing of criminal and ad-ministrative cases even if they involve state actors, referring to the soldiers.

The 13 soldiers, headed by 1Lt. Dante Jimenez, have been recommended by the Board of Inquiry (BOI) formed by the 10th Infantry Division to be subjected to a General Court Martial.

Maj. Gen. Ariel Bernar-do, 10th ID commander, cit-ing the findings of the BOI, said the soldiers may have violated some provisions of the Articles of War and the Rules of Engagement.

The incident happened within the mines develop-ment site of foreign-backed firm Sagittarius Mines Inc. that straddles the towns of Tampakan in South Cota-bato, Columbio in Sultan Kudarat and Kiblawan in Davao del Sur.

The 13 soldiers, all under the 27th Infantry Battalion, are currently restricted in the 10th ID headquarters in Compostela Valley.War...

from page 2been at odds since 2007.Pandita said Mayor Mon-

tawal has organized his own private army to fight another group of armed law-less group whose members include legitimate fighters of the Moro Islamic Libera-tion Front (MILF).

Such armed group, ac-cording to Pandita, staged the attack against Mon-tawal’s private army last October 31, which led to the displacement of hundreds of families from barangays Poblacion, Dungguan, Ta-lapas, and Tunggul, all in Datu Montawal town.

The same group, he stressed, was responsible for the attack last Tuesday night.

“Some members of this armed group are relatives of those killed by the private Army of Montawal. This is their rido. We, as civilians, became collateral damage to their own wars,” said Pandita in an interview over Catholic-ran DXND in Kidapawan City.

Pandita and another resident, Susan Bao, have appealed to authorities to secure them from warring groups.

“We’ve been leaving in peace here until such time that these groups, belong-ing to the same clan, were at war against each other,” said Bao.

Lt. Col. Benjamin Hao, commander of the 7th In-

fantry Battalion, said he immediately dispatched some of his men, on board military trucks, to war-torn villages to pacify the fighting.

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“operational plans” to pursue Yu, who carries a P5-million

reward on his head of-fered by Vice Mayor Ro-drigo Duterte, while they were also still busy filing more cases against him and other suspects.

“Actually we are so busy right now. While we are the lead agency to run after Yu, we are also moving double time to act on the documents to be filed in court against the carnap-ping suspects,” he said.

He also appealed to owners of recovered sto-len vehicles to be patient in claiming their vehicles since they have to undergo due process to avoid tech-nicalities.

This came after some vehicle owners were pres-suring them to immediately turn over their vehicles to them. Police is processing 30 stolen vehicles recovered after the carnap syndicate was busted two weeks ago.

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unless you respect the judgment of people. And, if you run for office, you have got to be able to take it either way, winning or losing,” he said.

Massachusetts is one of many states in which Democrats either gained a Senate seat or successfully defended a seat that had been considered vulnerable to a Republican pick-up.

In Wisconsin, Democrat Tammy Baldwin made his-tory as the first openly-gay person elected to the Senate.

In Indiana, Democrat Joe Donnelly won a seat currently held by Republi-can Richard Lugar, who was defeated in a primary battle by Republican challenger Richard Mourdock. In his victory speech, Donnelly struck a note of biparti-sanship.

“This is not about poli-tics. This is not about one party or the other,” he said. “I am going there as your senator, to work for your family. I am the hired help and I cannot wait to get to work.”

Mourdock had been considered a favorite to win until he made a con-troversial statement that pregnancies arising from rape are “God’s will.” In his concession speech, Mour-dock made no apologies for his staunch anti-abortion

views.“Make no mistake, I

stand that all life is pre-cious in the eyes of God,” he said.

But if Republicans lost ground in the Senate, they retained their substantial majority in the House of Representatives. House Speaker John Boehner said Republicans will stick to their principles and act as a bulwark against Demo-cratic designs.

“For two years, our House majority has been the primary line of defense for the American people against a government that spends too much, taxes too much, certainly borrows too much when it is left unchecked. And, tonight, they have responded by renewing our House Re-publican majority,” he said.

With a divided Con-gress, bipartisanship will be needed to address America’s enormous fiscal challenges. Such bipartisanship has been all but missing in the last two years.

But the coming of a new Congress with a newly re-elected president does offer at least the chance for a rekindled spirit of compromise and a sincere effort to bridge ideological gulfs. Republican Sena-tor John Cornyn of Texas called for a post-election period of “reflection and re-calibration”, adding that work remains to be done.

BAcoloD city––University Games officials handed down a one year suspension for the entire University of the East after its men’s basketball team left in haste a night before its championship match against national University last oct 28 in the 17th Sandugo-Unigames here at University of St. la Salle coliseum.

UniGames president roger A. Banzuela said, this (suspen-sion) despite an apology issued to UniGames officials and a letter he received from UE.

UniGames sacks UE with one-year suspensionthe sanction put the whole

school in jeopardy done by its men’s basketball squad.

Banzuela said the red Warriors disrespected the tournament and the people of Bacolod city when they decided to leave on the eve of the championship game and forfeit their final match.

Some basketball aficiona-dos echoed their disgust for non-appearance of UE during the finals, saying ”they may think it is not as prestigious as the UAAp and they just

do it hastily without proper notification”.

In its letter addressed to Banzuela, UE executive direc-tor for marketing, Dr. Jesus tanchanco Sr. and physical Education director rodrigo roque said the red Warriors were caught between vying for the UniGames crown or heed-ing the call of flag and country as the team was tasked to represent the country in the Asian University Basketball Federation championship in

Taiwan.the UE officials also said

that Red Warriors manage-ment, led by tanchanco, ex-erted all efforts to book another flight to taipei but failed.

“UE has no intention of disrespecting the UniGames, nU, the other participating teams and the Bacolod bas-ketball fans for forfeiting the championship game,” the letter stated.

the Warriors advanced to the finals after beating

Ateneo De Manila University, 68-65, in the semis, while nU Bulldogs edged Adamson University, 67-66.

Banzuela said UE had kept mum about their commitment in taiwan all throughout the tournament and informed them only of their decision the day before the championship.

“Apparently, they (UE) were not expecting to make it to the finals. But they should have informed us earlier. they should not have played in the

semifinals. Had UE informed the tournament officials earlier, adjustments could have been made,”Banzuela added.

With the red Warriors for-feiting the game, UniGames declared nU as champion and awarded the gold medal to the Bulldogs.

ADMU was given the silver medal after beating Adamson in their battle for the runner-up honors, while the Falcons settled for the bronze.

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w i t h P h i l i p p i n e Air l ines Foundat ion and the BusinessWeek Mindanao Advertising and Promotions holds a seminar on excellence and ethics in journalism with the theme “Making S ens e of Journa l i sm To day”, O c tob er 25 , Cagayan de Oro City at the BWM Media Center.

The seminar is part o f P P I ’s S c h o l a s t i c O u t r e a c h P r o g r a m . Participating students from the region enjoy a whole-day of learning as key speakers from M a n i l a g a v e t h e m severa l sess ions and workshops.

A l l a n M e d i a n t e , E x e c u t i v e E d i t o r o f B u s i n e s s We e k Mindanao welcomes the par t ic ipants and guests, while Ariel C. Sebellino, PPI Executive D i r e c t o r, g a v e t h e participants an overview

of the Philippine Press Institute.

T h e p a r t i c i p a n t s a re j o u r n a l i s m a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s s tudents f rom Liceo de Cagayan University – Mass Communications Department, Bukidnon S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , St . Mar y’s School in Cagayan de Oro, Central Mindanao University, a n d M S U - I l i g a n Institute of Technology.

The morning sessions i n c l u d e d t a l k s b y national personalities in the media industry. Session 1: Excellence is the Key is handled by G M A- 7 Pro g r am Manager Joseph Alwyn T. Alburo and Session 2: Going the Way of Ethics by Rowena C. P a r a a n , S e c r e t a r y -G e n e r a l , N a t i o n a l Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).

This is followed by an open forum and a workshop, a chance for the student journalists

to participate and share their thoughts.

A s p e c i a l v i s i t b y C y n t h i a Vi l l a r, Chairman & Managing Director of the Villar Foundation also gave the participants her insights on journalism ethics and entrepreneurship. Villar is in the city for the unvei l ing of the Sendong Memorial at Golden Haven Memorial Park, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro.

A l u n c h f o r u m on C orporate S ocia l Responsibi l ity (CSR) i s t h e n f a c i l i t a t e d by Miguel Vi l larea l , Ph i l ippi ne Ve te r ans Bank Vice Pres ident o n C o r p o r a t e Communications.

T h e a f t e r n o o n session tackled on visual communications. The ta lk on Photography vs Photojournalism is delivered by Cagayan de Oro TIMES Editor-in-Chief, Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy.

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