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Brieflysin tax lawDAVAO del Norte 1st District Representative Anthony del Rosario said Filipinos can expect more healthcare benefits as a result of the enactment into law of Re-public Act 10351 or An Act Restructuring the Excise Tax on Alcohol and Tobacco. “Up to 80 percent of the P34 billion increase to the government revenue during the first year of the law’s implementation will be used for health insurance coverage while 20 percent will be for health facilities,” del Rosario said. The law provides that part of the revenues from the new tax reform law will have to be allocated for the tobacco farmers as specified under RA 8240 and RA 7171. The remaining balance will then be spent for NHIP and other medical and health programs.

lanao road projectACTINGg Regional Gov-ernor Mujiv S. Hataman of the Autonomous Re-gion in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Wednesday signed a multi-million peso infrastructure project for the concreting of roads in Madamba and Bayang sections in Lanao del Sur province. The road project has an approved contract budget of P23, 317,970.27 which would build the roads con-necting Ganassi to Tubod and Masiu to Ganassi. The deal estimates to cover at least one kilometer of the national road in the said province. “This is the fourth con-tract inked with prior deals for vehicle and equipment generated from savings through our Equipment Pro-curement Program,” Engr. Emil Sadain, secretary of the region’s Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

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oro Chamber opposes opening of new airport

By BONG FABE, Correspondent

CITING air commuters’ safety, the 366-member Cagayan de Oro Cham-ber of Commerce Foundation, Inc.

(Oro Chamber) here has expressed its vehe-ment opposition passed a resolution oppos-ing the much-delayed yet much anticipated opening of the P7.853-billion international standard Laguindingan Airport in Cagayan de Oro City. This after the Civil Avia-tion Authority of the Philip-pines (CAAP) has informed the Regional Development Council-10 that it is plan-ning for a soft commercial opening of the airport this month (January) using Vir-tual Flight Rule (VFR) be-cause its Air Navigational System and Support Facili-ties (ANSSF) specifically the electronic instrument landing system (EILS) has yet to be installed.

But the Oro Chamber said CAAP’s plan is “premature and haphazard” and will only “jeopardize passenger safety.” “The absence of the land-ing system instrument would jeopardize the safety of the passengers and would limit the operational capability of the airport rendering evening f lights impossible,” the Oro Chamber resolution said. Even during daytime

Consortium gets bid to build MisOr airport navigational facilities

By BONG D. FABE, Correspondent

THE Department of Trans-portation and Communica-tion (DOTC) has awarded to a SKY-KR Consortium the con-tract for the Laguindingan Airport Development Project Air Navigation System and Support Facilities (ANSSF) project worth P411,561,000. The Notice of Award,

dated December 14, 2012 was signed by DOTC USec. Jose Perpetuo M. Lotil la and approved by Sec. Joseph Emilio Aguinaldo Abaya and addressed to SKY-KR Consortium representative Jorgette A. Bellen. Bids documents show

Banana industry seeks help from strong pesoDAVAO CITY -- The con-tinued appreciation of the peso is threatening further the country’s banana indus-try even as it reels from the huge damage from typhoon Pablo on its plantations in

the Davao Region last month. Stephen A. Antig, execu-tive director of the Pilipino Banana Growers and Export-ers Association (PBGEA), noted that while the industry appreciates the immediate

response of the government to help the industry recover from the typhoon the soon-est time possible, it is still submitting a set of proposals to cushion the impact of a strong peso. The government, he said, could implement a morato-rium or extension in the pay-ment of government-related fees, specifically on: * wharfage dues, plant quarantine fees and even an income tax holiday for 2013; * duty-free importation of farm inputs, machineries and equipment;

Former Las Piñas Rep-resentative, and Villar Foundation Managing Director Cynthia Villar guests in the culminat-ing program of the 13th Hinugyaw Festival and 73rd Chartered Day of Koronadal City, South Cotabato, January 10. The week-long fes-tival kicked-off, Janu-

Cynthia Villar guests inKoronadal’s celebration

ary 4, with the unveiling of the national historical marker and wreath-laying at the shrine of the 17 Ko-ronadeleño martyrs, who were massacred during the Japanese occupation of the area. Installation of the marker at the burial site of the 17 martyrs inside Koronadal Central Elementary School

1 has the sanction of the National Historical Com-mission of the Philippines. One of the highlights of the celebration is the Korona Festival, a com-bination street dancing, mardi gras, and parade of crowns, takes on the perspective of sprawling Koronadal City at the

Madam Cynthia Villar receives a token as she attended the Hinugyaw Festival as guest speaker of Koronadal City last January 10, 2013. photo by rich teodoro, region xii bureau

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ARMM expects P800-M investment in 2013KORONADAL City -- Over P800 million worth of investments are expected to be poured in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) this year.

province. I n November la s t yea r, OIC G over nor Mujiv Hat a ma n a nd DDC executives inau-gurated a 500-hectare banana plantat ion in Datu Sangki town. Un i f r u t t i G r o u p Phi l ippines , a not her fruit grower-producer is a lso planning to ex-

Jun Macalawan of the Regional Board of In-vestment said that a big chunk of these is the continuing investment of the Dilinanas Devel-opment Corporat ion

(DDC) that amounts to P569 mil l ion. DDC, a subsidiary of Del Monte Philippines, pla ns to e s t abl i sh a 1,300-hectare banana estate in Maguindanao

pa nd operat ions for banana and pineapple production in Magu-indanao and Lanao del Su r at a n es t i mated va lue of US$20-mi l-lion. Current ly, it oper-ates 1,000 hectares of ba na na i n Ma g u i n-danao but plans to put up product ion areas

for the same crop and pineapple in Lanao del Sur. A long w it h t he se d e v e l o pm e nt s , M a -c a lawa n adde d t hat Bomba ra n Develop-ment Corporat ion is expected to launch a 30 0 -unit housing in Barangay Sarmiento, Parang town in Ma-

guindanao. At least 1,500 work-ers in Parang nearby place s a re ex pec ted to benef it f rom sa id housing project. Bombaran also plans to expand its housing development projects in areas where DDC and Unifrutti are op-erating.

Davao’s EPP contributes 36% of total exportsTHE Export Pathways Program (EPP) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the Davao Region contributed more than a quarter of the entire exports figure generated from the agency’s initiated interventions. Based on the agency’s re-port, its initiatives on market promotion and faci litation resulted in total export of US$ 81.86 million from January to November 2012, about 36 per-cent of which was contributed by the EPP. The accomplishment ex-ceeded by 34 percent the an-nual target of US$ 61 million and 52 percent higher than the accomplishment recorded in 2011.

The EPP also generated P149 million worth of investments, created 9,049 jobs, developed 15 new exporters, and enlisted a total of 31 enrollees. DTI-Davao Regional Direc-tor Marizon S. Loreto said the program has helped the agency hit its accomplishment targets. The EPP was piloted in DTI-Davao Region in 2006 to provide a package of tailored-fit assistance for specific micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) at a given stage of their business. “It has been one of DTI-Davao Region’s successfu l strategies,” Loreto said add-ing that “with the program’s success in the region, it was adopted and implemented in

other regions.” Since EPP was started, it has assisted 346 MSMEs, 57 of which have moved to the fifth step which is the Market Entry Stage while six were already in the Export Sustainability Stage. “We can gauge that the MSMEs that we are nurtur-ing are indeed advancing to a higher level, from just focus-ing on the domestic market to exploring the international trading arena,” she said. “For this year, DTI-Davao Region is optimistic of raking in more benefits from the EPP and we are also finding some other strategies that will complement the EPP so we can maximize its benefits,” she said.(PNA)

Camiguin operates own landfillMAMBAJAO, Camiguin -- A multi-million waste disposal facility was launched here

on Monday in time for its 45th founding anniversary. Dubbed the Camiguin

Solid Waste Sanitary Land-fill Management and Re-search Development Project (CS2MRDP), the facility was established to ensure a sustainable garbage manage-ment system in the island, as well as, facilitate research development studies on waste utilization technologies. The 5-hectare sanitary landfill houses waste pro-cessing facility, laboratory, materials recovery facility, municipal/residual waste disposal cell, and hospital and hazardous waste cell. The landfill costs about P25.30 million. C S2M R DP is pa r t ly funded by the Department of Interior and Local Gov-ernment (DILG) through its winnings in the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF). The PCF award made the prov-ince P7 million richer for winning the Seal of Good Housekeeping Award (SGH) in year 2011. Apart from this, local counterpart fund came from the P5-million support fund, and the P3-million Gawad Pamana ng Lahi 2012 Regional Cash Award. The Province has yet to receive the cash award for the SGH 2012. In his message during the opening ceremony, Camiguin Governor Jurdin Jesus M. Romualdo assured his con-stituents that no garbage from the facility will pollute the beaches. “The landfill we devel-oped in barangay Benhaan of

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Kia Optima named as this year’s ‘Car of the Year’

KIA Motors America (KMA) is proud to an-nounce that Road & Travel Magazine has named the 2013 Kia Optima as the International Car of the Year at the 2013 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Completely rede-signed for the 2011 model year, the Optima’s stun-ning design combined with modern amenities and impressive va lue propelled the mid-size sedan to becoming the top-selling Kia vehicle in 2012. “We are thrilled that our best-selling Optima has earned the distinction of being named Interna-tional Car of the Year by Road & Travel Magazine, further elevating its status in the midsize segment,” said Michael Sprague, executive vice president of marketing and com-munications, KMA. “The Optima continues to at-tract new customers to the Kia brand by offering an impressive combination of design, performance, comfort and technology. All of this while still main-taining Kia’s unmatched

value proposition.” Road & Travel Mag-azine gives 10 ICOTY awards to new or exist-ing model year vehicles with significant and/or impressive improvements. These awards are based on the emotional connection between the consumer and vehicle. The winners are chosen by the ICOTY jury, which consists of nation-ally renowned automotive journalists from respected publications such as MSN Autos, Car and Driver and Consumer Guide® Automotive. “The Kia Optima rose to the top of the list as the most emotionally com-pelling vehicle above all others,” said Courtney

Caldwell, Road and Travel Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief. “Its functional yet sleek design as well as advanced features inter-twines effortlessly with consumer lifestyles on many levels, qualities we look for when considering contenders for the ICOTY awards.” In addition to this pres-tigious accolade, the Op-tima has earned a number of awards including being named the 2012 “Best New Car Value” award from Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, “Sedan of the Year” by Autobytel.com, one of the “Top Drives for 2012” by the Boston Globe and a “Best Buy” by Consumers Digest.

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By Ben D. Arche DAVAO City – The Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has earmarked some P8.1 bil-lion for the rehabilitation and early recovery of the victims of typhoon Pablo.

DSWD Undersecretary Mateo G. Montaño said the fund will be used for pro-grams like livelihood, core shelter, emergency shelter and cash-for-work.

The core shelter, Mon-taño said is the permanent home of the affected families while the emergency center

The Philippines’ largest na-tional flag carrier, Cebu Pa-cific (PSE:CEB) announced it will operate direct daily flights between Manila and Dubai, beginning October 7, 2013. CEB will be the only Filipino carrier to fly direct to Dubai. Daily flights from Manila to Dubai are scheduled to depart at 4:40PM (Manila time), while flights from Dubai to Manila depart at 11:10PM (Dubai time). It will be the budget airline’s first long haul destination. “CEB is proud to be the only Filipino carrier to fly direct to Dubai. We are glad to be of service to over 700,000 Global Filipinos who are in UAE. Now, our kababayans in Dubai can

enjoy fares that are up to 40% lower than current offerings and fly direct to Manila, a mere 9 hours away from their loved ones, via a CEB flight,” said Alex Reyes Cebu Pacific General Manager, Long Haul Divi-sion. CEB is also offering over 3,000 seats to Dubai for the special fare of PHP888. This seat sale is available from January 17 to 20, 2013, or until seats last. This seat sale is valid for travel from October 7, 2013 until Janu-ary 15, 2014. “With CEB’s direct service to Dubai, Filipinos overseas can look forward to going home more often. Their relatives and friends can also visit them in Dubai

more often,” added Reyes. Data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Ad-ministration (POEA) shows that UAE ranks second to Saudi Arabia in terms of number of land-based new hires and rehires. In 2010, there were 201,214 land-based workers deployed to UAE. “Dubai is the largest long-haul market to and from the Philippines. IATA PaxIS data indicate more than 70% of passengers in this route take multiple stops, and connecting flights be-cause no home carrier offers a non-stop service,” said Reyes. CEB’s Manila-Dubai flights will be operated on the Airbus A330-300 aircraft

Ten Local Government Units (LGU’s) in Region 10 are now in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR 10) in implementing Public Land Titling based on DENR Administrative Or-der (DAO) No. 2011-06. According to Regional Executive Director Ruth Tawantawan, ten LGU’s responded to the execu-tion of Memorandum of Partnership Agreements (MOPA’s) of DENR-10

namely: Maramag, Que-zon, Don Carlos, Sumilao, Impasug-ong, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Mambajao, Kapatagan, Linamon, Ba-colod, Lanao del Norte and Cagayan de Oro City. “The execution of Mem-orandum of Partnership Agreement between the LGU’s and DENR in Re-gion 10 calls for a better teamwork to fast track the titling of A & D lands. It hopes to improve formal land administration and registration system land

records management in-cluding revenue genera-tion and speedy delivery of land transaction”, Di-rector Tawantawan added. The DENR Administra-tive Order No. 2011- 06 entitled “Prescribing the guidelines for the imple-mentation of public land titling in partnership with local government units” enables the integration of the local titling activity into the LGU’s programs. The authorized LGU’s shall facilitate the titling

of public lands through an ordinance creating a local titling program, titling office and adjudication teams. Such ordinance serves as a prerequisite for an LGU to avail the assistance from the DENR field offices. LGU-DENR partnership calls for the creation of a composite land adjudica-tion team who will work under the supervision of the DENR land manage-ment officer (LMO). The team will help the DENR

in the titling of alienable and disposable lands in cities and municipalities. The LGU’s in partner-ship with the DENR, other government agencies and stakeholders may create a Land Information Office within their jurisdiction for more efficient LGU titling program.. The DENR-10 Land Management Service con-ducted an orientation on DAO No. 2011-06 last year participated by DENR-10 employees, non-gov-

ernment organizations, academe, private sectors, civil society and other stakeholders to provide accurate information on Public Land Titling with the partnership of LGU’s and DENR-10. It focused on the train-ing on land laws and policies, land sur veys and disposition, com-munity mobilization and adjudication activities. (Shannon Lyn D. Alpas/DENR-10, RPAO#01-004-2013).

CAGAYAN DE ORO - A road in barangay Kauswagan, Daculan, remains unpaved for years now as residents try to cope with the mud whenever the rains pour. Residents say the road has been left as is by the barangay government due to politics, saying that barangay chairman Pedro Balite is to be blamed for their woes.

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P8.1-B rehab fund set aside for victims of t yphoon Pablo

is composed of bunkhouses for temporary shelter of the victims.

Montaño said the ty-phoon totally damaged about 34,634 houses sending 176,617 families homeless, and partially damaged some 38,529 houses.

At least P3.453 billion of the fund will go to the core shelter program and P385 million will be for the temporary shelters.

The social welfare de-partment is also setting aside P1.756 billion for livelihood activities and P1.197 million for cash-for-work.

DSWD Regional Di-rector Priscilla N. Razon said the affected families who will work through the cash-for-work program like building bunkhouses and debris cleaning to be paid a daily minimum wage of P218 daily.

There are about 83 bunkhouses to build, 60 in Davao Oriental and the rests in Compostela Valley with an initial budget of P48.5 million.

Volunteers in repacking relief goods are also getting paid, Razon said.

Cebu Pacific announces direct daily flights to Dubai - 3,000 seats available

with a configuration of more than 400 all-economy class seats. Guests can also enjoy WiFi connectivity inflight. CEB previously an-nounced that it will lease up to 8 Airbus A330-300 aircraft for its long haul operations. The airline will take delivery of 2 Airbus A330 aircraft this year, and an additional 2 in 2014. The Airbus A330 has a range of up to 11 hours which means CEB could serve markets

such as Australia, Middle East, parts of Europe and the US. CEB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 23 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR 72-500 aircraft. Its fleet of 41 air-craft is the one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2013 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 19 more Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders. CEB operates the most

extensive network in the Philippines with 32 domes-tic destinations and hubs in Manila, Cebu, Clark, Iloilo, Kalibo and Davao. It offers 21 international des-tinations, namely Bangkok, Bali, Beijing, Brunei, Busan, Dubai, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Incheon (Seoul), Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lum-pur, Macau, Osaka, Shang-hai, Siem Reap, Singapore, Taipei and Xiamen.

LGU’s partner with DENR-10 on Public Land Titling

CAGAYAN DE ORO - “Min-tras sayo pa, hinaut unta nga pahimubsan kini nga panahon sa atong mga kaigsoonang negosyante sa pag-sumite sa ilang business permit renewal aron usab malikayan nga pa-hamtangan og multa,” said Mayor Vicente Emano in a press statement as he reminds businessmen to submit their applications for business per-mits and renewals before the deadline. The Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) at City Hall is open until January 21, he announced. The BOSS was opened in Cagayan de Oro to streamline business permitting easier and less tedious to the business sector. Mayor Emano said the one stop shop will serve their needs even during this week-end. Meanwhile, the City Council committee on economic enter-prises chaired by Councilor Emmanuel Abejuela next week will tackle the complaint of

Oro mayor urges business sector to submit applications for permits before deadline

Kagayha-an Alliance for Peace and Development, Inc. on the foreign corporation sub-leasing the second floor of the Cogon Public Market. The committee had invited the president of UMVA, sector president PR Section Cogon Market, OIC-City Econom-ic Enterprises Department (CEED) Allan Fernandez, Acting City Administrator and City Accountant Wilma Polley-Rugay and Mr. Edu Go of 858 Cogon Market Complex to tackle this. Meanwhile, the committee will also look concerns and is-sues presented by the Cagayan de Oro Fruits and Vegetable Marketing Association, Inc. (CDOFVMAI), Fruits and Vegetables Landing Area, Bulua Westbound Terminal and Pub-lic Market to the committee. The president and vice presi-dent of the CDOFVMAI and OIC-EWTPM Dr. Perla Asis were invited to attend the meeting. (JBD)

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Traversing thetourism hi-way

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Selling gold to the BSPFR. ROY CIMAGALA

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Surpassing expectations

OUR country maintains lead in the Business Process Out-sourcing or BPO industries in the Asian region. We have just overtaken India as the leading English speaking nation outside of the North American conti-nent as the BPO capital of the world. With f luency of the Eng-lish language coupled with our ability and best etiquette to handle calm and restraints in confrontational transac-tions, many outsourcing

Acceptance and abandonment

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IN this life, we need to ac-quire a good, healthy sporting spirit, because life is actually like a game. Yes, life is like a game. We set out to pursue a goal, we have to follow certain rules, we are given some means, tools and in-struments, we are primed to win and we do our best, but losses can come, and yet, we just have to move on. Woe to us when we get stuck with our defeats and failures, developing a loser’s mentality. That would be the epic fail that puts a period and a f inis in a hanging narrative, when a comma, a colon or semi-colon would have sufficed. We need a sporting spirit because life’s true failure can come only when we choose not to have hope. That hap-pens when our vision and understanding of things is narrow and limited, confined only to the here and now and ignorant of the transcendent reality of the spiritual and supernatural world. An indispensable ingre-dient of this healthy sport-ing spirit is the sense of ac-ceptance and abandonment that we need to deliberately cultivate. This does not come automatically, as if it’s part of our genes. We have to develop them. We have to learn to ac-cept things the way they are or the way they can be. Yes, it’s true that we can shape things and events in our life. We can even shape, to a certain extent, persons. There’s a certain validity to the saying that “life is

what we make it.” But this cannot be true all the time. We cannot succeed in all our plans all the time, no matter how pure our intentions and heroic our deeds. Life has aspects outside our control. It would be wrong to fall into anguish and bit-terness just because of these frustrations. In the Book of Ecclesiastes, we are already warned to be ready to accept all kinds of possible situa-tions and predicaments. “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” What does it a profit if one works or not, is wise or not, if he succeeds or loses. Everything will just be the same in that everything ends and is thrown into Sheol, that is, into darkness and oblivion. Of course, this Old Testa-ment wisdom has a limited validity. It is imperfect and incomplete, in that it has not yet known the liberation and perfection brought about by Christ, the Son of God who became man precisely to save us. But it is basis enough for

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Getting FitTHINK a minute… Mr. Louis Joline was award-ed one of America’s “Fittest Over 50.” At the age of 65, He had completed 61 marathon races. Remember, a marathon is running 26 miles! You would not think this man needs help or encouragement to run. But Louis Joline has admit-ted that he needs to belong to a running club. He says that he cannot get physically fit and strong by himself alone. He always advises people: “You should exercise with a group, because if your friends are exercising, then you will too!” This is also true when you need to get spiritually fit and strong in your new life with

Jesus Christ. There are two things in life that you cannot do alone: Be married and Be a Christian. God created and designed us all so that we need each other to encourage us when we fail, get discouraged or hurt. We need to spend time every week with friends who are successfully living for Jesus. Then, we can be motivated and learn from their good character and example. We also need true teaching, spiritually healthy food, to keep growing and maturing in our Christ-like character. We need to learn through clear, practical teaching from the Bible how to live Jesus’ way successfully in everyday, real life.

Are you involved and com-mitted to a church: your spiri-tual family? Do you have close, Christian friends who love Jesus and live His way every day? Do you have someone you can talk and pray with about your problems? Are you hearing clear, practical teaching every week how to daily live the suc-cessful Christian life? You and I can only become spiritually fit and strong through a team effort. When you join Jesus, you join His team and family. So why not ask Jesus to take full charge of your character and daily lifestyle? Then ask Him to lead you to a church family where you can learn to live Jesus’ right, successful

way. Remember, it is only to-gether with our spiritual family and team that any of us can finish our race well—more like Jesus. Just think a minute…

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business in Asia have moved their headquarters to the new Global City in the national capital region and at the central business district of Cebu and to the 11 two tier cities including Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines. With a total of USD 11 Bil lion revenues in 2010 and with the employment of 638,000 young graduates, the Call Center industries are fast surpassing its 20% annual growth rate. At this growth, the indus-try experts are forecasting a staggering USD 25 Billion revenue starting 2016 which may employ 1.3 million more IT professionals compared to the 900,000 IT-BPO pro-fessionals now currently employed. This is a phenomenal development that caught the watchful eyes of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to train and target online transactions with taxes. Watch for the new tax revenue guidelines. India has opened up call

centers and BPO’s in Metro Manila over the last three years. The companies identi-fied with Concentrix, Wipro Technologies and Opex holds offices along Salcedo Village in Makati City with Filipino crews. American companies like Ernest and Young’s which provides accounting services is now based at the Ayala Business Park in Cebu City. Medical prescription cen-ters compete with hospitals for diagnosis and drug pre-scriptions. Many Chinese companies, in fact 41 of them, who are into on-line gaming and gambling operates as call centers in the Cagayan Economic Zone in Sta Ana, Cagayan Valley which em-ploys 5,000 IT Graduates from Metro Manila, Cagayan Valley and Isabela. The recent growth of the BPO’s are not fueled by low value call centers but by high value knowledge process in the global legal system, general accounting

I HAVE received many inqui-ries from various individuals and groups on how they could sell gold to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) — the pro-cesses involved, the procedures they have to go through, and the people they have to deal with. For the information of those who are interested to know, there are two laws that authorize the BSP to buy gold from the public: Republic Act 7653, the New Central Bank Act of 1993, and Republic Act 7076 or the People’s Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991. The New Central Bank Act states that the BSP may buy and sell gold in any form. According to the BSP’s Mint and Refinery Operations Divi-sion (MROD), the BSP buys all kinds of gold from mined gold to pawned gold items (even gold dentures!). The law also provides that the international reserves of the BSP may include gold and assets in foreign currencies. The BSP’s purchase of gold therefore helps strengthen the country’s international

gold is offered for sale for value on the date of delivery and must be submitted not later than 2 p.m. of the advice date. Fragata said that 99 percent of the payment will be given to the seller on the following business day. The balance will be settled upon completion of evaluation melting and final assay or within 30 days from the date of delivery or sale. The BSP will also deduct processing and metal recovery factors from the payment, he added. Note: You may email us at [email protected].

and software animations. This confirms confidence among the foreign and inter-national companies that our local manpower can handle well the technology solutions of various business applica-tions aside from seeing the cost effectiveness of labor to skills and competence among Filipinos. The success of this in-dustry are inspirations for property developers to built high rise office buildings which enjoys tax incentives from the Board of Invest-ments through the Economic Processing Zones or EPZA. A grant of P27.3 million by the Asian Development Bank to the Department of Science and Technology for educational programs for skills enhancement in the BPO sector is already in place according to Sen. Edgardo Angara the Vice Chairman of the Senate Finance Com-mittee. I have written a legisla-tor from Cagayan de Oro



reserves. The People’s Small-Scale Mining Act, on the other hand, specifies that all gold produced by small-scale miners shall be sold to the BSP, which in turn shall buy it at prices competi-tive with those prevailing in the world market regardless of volume or weight. This law was enacted in line with the government’s policy to promote, develop, protect, and rationalize viable small-scale mining activities, which rely heavily on manual labor using simple implements and methods, in order to generate more employment opportuni-ties. Small-scale miners refer to Filipino citizens who vol-untarily form a cooperative licensed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to engage in the extraction or removal of minerals or ore-bearing mate-rials from the ground. These miners do not use explosives or heavy mining equipment. The People’s Small-Scale Mining Act also requires the

BSP to establish as many buying stations in gold rush areas to fully service the requirements of the small-scale miners in those localities. The BSP has a gold-buying station at the Security Plant Complex in Quezon City, and in BSP offices in the cities of Davao, Zamboanga, Baguio, and Naga. Mario Fragata, officer-in-charge of the gold-buying unit of BSP’s Mint and Refinery Operations Division (MROD), said that there are limits to the amount of gold that the BSP may purchase from each seller daily. Each seller is allowed only two transactions per day, with each transaction consisting of not more than 10 kilos or 320 troy ounces of gold. Fragata said that gold trad-ers interested in selling their gold to the BSP should fill up a “Letter of Delivery and Sale” and submit it to the MROD’s Office of the Director. The “Letter of Delivery and Sale,” which is provided by the BSP, should indicate that the

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planned soft commercial open-ing this month using only VFR. Moreno said he would rather that the opening of the airport be delayed than compromise the safety of the public.

* payments of business and real property taxes; * interests on bank loans especially for member com-panies who have exist ing loans with the Land Bank and subsequently a mora-torium on the payment of loan amortizations for the next nine months; and, * interests and penalties on agricultural and com-mercial loans,” he said. “These are just propos-als. Whatever assistance the government can afford to extend to us in faci l itat-ing the mobilization of our resources for the fast and smooth rehabilitation of our farms would be a welcome development,” he said in a statement sent to media.

INDUSTRY LOSSES PBGEA, which is based here, has earlier reported that the industry suffered about P8 bil lion in losses with about 11,000 hectares of banana farms destroyed when the typhoon hit the region. The industry, engaged mainly in the export fresh ba-nanas, covers roughly 70,000 hectares of plantations in the Davao Region and in south-central Mindanao provinces. Last weekend, a statement from the Department of Ag-riculture noted the national government has started the rehabilitation of small ba-nana farms devastated by typhoon Pablo. Agriculture department’s regional office announced over the weekend a P33-million rehab fund would set aside P5,750 per hectare for damaged banana farms specifically for clearing op-erations and for the distribu-tion an initial four bags of ferti lizers per hectare for

f light, the safety of the pas-sengers could be compromised when the weather is bad, the resolution added. The Laguindingan airport is now 90 percent complete and would operate in 2014 once the its navigational facilities were in place. The new airport, which sits on a 4.17-square- kilome-tre site located in Barangay Moog in the municipality of Laguindingan some 32 kilo-metres west of this city and 46 kilometres from the present Lumbia Airport in Cagayan de Oro, is the f lagship project of the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor Special Development Project, which covers both cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro, as well as five coastal towns in Lanao del Norte and 22 towns of Misamis Oriental’s first and second congressional districts. Once fully operational, Mindanao’s newest airport is expected to cater to the increasing demand of air pas-sengers and cargoes, and ex-pected to boost the economic activities of the Cagayan-Iligan Corridor (CIC), and the Northern Mindanao region. All commercial flights now being served at the Lumbia Airport in Cagayan de Oro City would be transferred to Laguindingan in Misamis Oriental. Copies of the Oro Chamber resolution were furnished to President Benigno Aquino, II, the Sec. of the Department of Transportation, the Director General of CAAP, and the RDC in North Mindanao. Efren T. Uy, President of the Oro Chamber, signed the approved resolution, certified correct by the chamber sec-retary lawyer Zoilo Antonio G. Velez.

to Buluan, Province of Magu-indanao to visit & attend the Regional Forum of FREEDOM AGREEMENT on BANGSAM-ORO (FAB). Among Villar’s contri-butions to Mindanao is the recently launched Coconet Weaving Factory in Sta. Elena, Iligan City where the Villar Foundation donated a de-corticating machine for use in the livelihood program for Sendong victims. Also in Iligan City, Villar donated P1M for the Sendong Memorial Park in Hinaplanon and a sculpture of a 9-year-old girl survivor on a log designed by National Artist Julie Lluch. The sculpture serves a memo-rial marker for the Sendong victims. The first Sendong Memorial marker was also inaugurated last year in Golden Haven Memorial Park in Cagayan de Oro City.

affected farms. The regional office of the Agrarian Reform depart-ment, on the other hand, has also assured the farmers they would be able to obtain product ion loan through their respective cooperatives. A not her inter vent ion from Department of Agrarian Reform, which is still being evaluated, is a proposed five-year moratorium on the pay-ments of their lands acquired through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program in the past years. Many banana farms in the region are now run by agrarian reform coopera-tives after big plantations were distributed to farmers under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. T he Ag r ic u lt u re a nd Agrarian Reform depart-ments are not the only agen-cies helping farm workers d isplaced by Pablo since early last month, regional Agriculture officials said in a statement. The Department of Labor and Employment has also worked together with the International Labor Organi-zation for the implementation of an emergency employment scheme for farm those af-fected in both Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental. The Land Bank of the Philippines, meanwhile, has also set up a loan window for banana farms where farmers can borrow P430,000 per hectare at 10-year maturity and at 6% interest rate an-nually. To cushion the impact of the loan on the farmers, the bank will impose a two-year moratorium on the payment of the said loans. Mr. Antig pointed out that most small growers are either suppliers or neighbors of big exporters’ plantations. PBGEA, whose members are the big banana planta-tions, have also asked the government to “prioritize the monetizat ion of VAT (va lue-added ta x) cla ims and tax credit certificates,” schemes that are refundable

from the government. Mr. Antig said the moneti-zation of these schemes will allow the member-companies to use internally generated funds and not depend on loans for their rehabilitation program. Thus credit fund from the government for this purpose could be diverted better to small banana farmers, he said. -- Carmelito Q. Fran-cisco

landlocked valley surrounded by the Quezon and Roxas mountain ranges, giving it the impression of a crown jewel. Mrs. Villar then travelled

that the winning bidder must supply the Air Navigation System, Aeronautical Ground Lighting and Control System, and Substation High Voltage and Low Voltage Electrical Equipment of the LADP. The Air Navigation Sys-tem consists of a Division 1 Instrument Loading System (CAT – I: ILS), Division 2 Doppler VOR/DME, Divi-sion 3 ATC Communication System, and Division 4 AWOS System. The Aeronautical Ground Lighting and Control System consists of Division 6 Aeronautical Ground Light-ing and Control System; and the Substation High Voltage and Low Voltage Electrical Equipment consists of Division 1 Electrical Works General Requirements and Division 4 Diesel Engine Generator Sets and Paralleling Switchboard. Without the ANSSF, the CAAP planned to use only Virtual Flight Rule (VFR) during the airport’s opening until the ANSSF has been installed. Misamis Oriental Gover-nor Oscar Moreno expressed apprehension over CAAP’s

Camiguin...from page 2Mambajao town is the only part of the province found to prevent possible water spill,” the governor added. The faci l ity wi l l serve the entire island-province and will be soon expanding with an additional 10-hectare service area. This col lect ive ef for t , according to the governor, is real manifestation of their move towards equitable and sustainable development in good governance.

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us to develop an attitude of acceptance in life, which also has to be accompanied by an attitude of abandonment in the hands of God. This latter attitude is rooted on a richer truth that comes from our faith, our belief that there is

City about this development and the need to adopt in his district the educational programs for scholarships among the deserving and physica l ly qualif ied from his constituents last Octo-ber 2012. Unt i l now, I have not received a reply but maybe with the Technical Educa-tion and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) budget of P450 Million subsidy for IT, perhaps, he could come up to support the training of more Cagayanon’s in the IT-BPO industry?

God, our Creator and Father, who loves us and provides for us everything that we need. We need to enliven our faith, detaching ourselves from the suffocating grip of our senses and reasoning alone that can only discern things to a certain extent, but not all the way. We need faith to put ourselves in the omniscient and omnipotent system of God. As Pope Benedict said in his Letter, Porta fidei (Door of faith), that proclaimed the Year of Faith for 2012 to 2013, “there is no other possibil-ity for possessing certitude with regard to one’s life apart from self-abandonment, in a continuous crescendo, into the hands of a love that grows constantly because it has its origin in God.” (7) Only the doubters and skeptics, the agnostics and atheists subjectively exclude themselves f rom the a l l-embracing prov idence of God, who governs everything out of wisdom and love. A certain sense of aban-donment is needed in life. It surely is not the type where we just do nothing. It’s an active, intelligent abandon-ment, driven by faith and love for God. We can know God, and k now him a lot . We can cooperate with him, and cooperate with him a lot. But we cannot know him completely, nor cooperate with him 100%. Someone said that if any-one cla ims to k now God completely, and by corollary, to cooperate with him com-pletely, we can be sure that that God is not the real God, for God, while knowable and relatable, always transcends our ways. So trust, a sense of abandonment, is unavoidable. Christ, the ful lness of divine revelation, himself taught us to live a certain sense of abandonment. And he lived it to perfection when he abandoned himself to the will of his Father by accept-ing his death on the cross. Let’s meditate on his pas-sion and death often.

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In compliance with_____.Act No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the Public that Venus Undag Bulay-og has filed with this Office a petition for change of Gender from Male to Female in the birth certificate of Venus Undag bulay-og who was born on May 6, 1991 at Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur and whose parents are Nestor F. Bulay-og and Eppie B. Undag. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later that 18th of January 2013.

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In compliance with Section 7 of R.A No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the Public that YAMANI SALUNOY DEMABILDO has filed with this Office a petition for change of Gender from FEMAlE to MAlE in the birth certificate of YAMANI SALUNOY DEMABILDO who was born on January 2, 1986 at Sto. Niño Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur and whose parents are Rico D. Demabildo and Marcosa D. Salunoy. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than 18th of January 2013.


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In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that EMALYN MAYANG TABLATE has filed with this office a petition for change of first name from ERMElENDA to EMAlYN in the birth certificate ERMELENDA EMPIC MAYANG who was born on October 16,1963 at TUKURAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR and whose parents are ERNESTO MAYANG and ERLINDA EMPIC. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written oppostion with this Office not later that 18th of January 2013.


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PH long-grain aromatic rice harvest festival boosts farmers in MaguindanaoBy PERLITA D. CHANGCO, Contributor

COTABATO City -- Rice researchers and farm-ers in the autonomous region are delighted with the bountiful harvest of the Philippine long-grain aromatic rice planted in a three-hectare ricefield in North Upi, Maguindanao.

in a three-hectare techno demo farm of the Upi Ag-ricultural School (UAS), North Upi, Maguindanao. The undertaking was initiated by the ARMM Integrated Agricultural Research Center (ARM-MIARC) in coordination with DA-Maguindanao Research Outreach Station and UAS, Abdullah said. Dur ing t he har vest festival held on Thursday, at 20-kilo seedlings per hectare, Abdullah noted a high yield of the CLS-1 variety at 5.93 tons per hectare followed by PAR

370 with 4.70 tons/ha, whi le they have yet to receive a report on the yield of PAR 385 as harvest was set Jan 13. PAR 370 variety is due for harvest in 112 days while CLS-1 matures in 113 days from planting day. UAS assistant research and extension technical person Marlon Garrigues said, that production cost amounting to P30, 000 per hectare was spent for 14-14 fertilizer, urea, and vermicast for the three varieties while net income

for CLS-1 alone was esti-mated at P62, 000 based on the prevailing price of P15.50 per kilo of palay. Abdullah said the DA, through the International Rice Research Institute ( I R R I) , c ont i nu e s t o strengthen research pro-gram initiatives aimed at boosting the agricultural sector particularly the rice farming communities. Considering the en-couraging results, demo farms on the Philippine long-grain aromatic rice will be replicated in many areas with suitable cli-

matic condition similar that of North Upi, Abdul-lah said. Meanwhi le , AR MM executive secretary Atty. Anwar Malang who rep-resented OIC-Regional Governor Mujiv Hata-man during the harvest festival urged residents to submit priority needs for assistance and has likewise local agriculture officials to prepare a Master De-velopment Plan to include construction of training centers and upgrading of necessary faci l it ies for funding allocation.

T he i nt roduc t ion a nd exper iment on t he v i-ability and adaptability of this k ind of r ice or bet ter k nown in India as Basmati rice is part of government efforts toward rice sufficiency under the Agri Pinoy program of the Department of Agri-culture (DA).

According to Dhigs Abdul lah, chief of Ag-ricu ltura l Information Division of the Depart-ment of Agriculture in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DAF-ARMM), three varieties of the aromatic rice such as the PAR 370, PAR 385, and CLS-1 have been planted

DA extends help in ‘Pablo’-hit towns of Compostela ValleyDAVAO City -- Two Mind-anao regional offices of the Department of Agricul-ture (DA) have extended help to the farmers of some typhoon-hit towns in Compostela Va l ley province. The provincial leader-ship expressed gratefulness for the free plowing ser-vices in rice and corn fields in the province, where DA-Region 10 sent two while DA-12 extended eight farm tractors to help the farmers. The corn f ields of Barangays Mapaca, San Miguel and Osmeña and the rice fields in Baran-gays Lagab, Aurora and Siocon were the first vil-lages of the municipality of Compostela to benefit from the service. DA 12 Rehabilitation Team area supervisor Edu-

ardo Salomon said for the first week of January alone, the rehabilitation teams were able to plow about 61 hectares of corn fields and 34 hectares of rice fields in the first three barangay-beneficiaries. Meanwhile, Municipal Agriculturist Teodolfo Lora said aside from the plowing service, certified rice seeds and vegetable seeds were also distributed. “Corn seeds will also be given as soon as the weather goes back to its normal condition,” she said. Lora added that the support of DA will give a boost to the local govern-ment unit’s agri-industry recovery strategies and will surely help the farmers pull through from the dam-age done by the typhoon. (PNA)

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12TH Judicial Region, Branch 21Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte

IN RE: PETITION FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY OF THE CHILD NODECCA SPL. PROC. NO. 21-471ZSAHONEY BALATERO AND TO THE USE SURNAME OF FATHER FOR: ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY AND USE OF SURNAMENODECCA ZSAHONEY BALATERO, Petitioner, - versus - NODEC TAGAL, Private Respondent,

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OFLALA LANAO DEL NORTE

And

THE ADMINISTRATOR AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL, NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE (NSO)EAST AVE., QUEZON CITY, Metro Manila, Respondents.x---------------------------------------------------------//

a M e N d e d o r d e r

A verified amended petition for acknowledgment of paternity and use of surname of father in the Birth Record of Nodecca Zsahoney Balatero in the Local Civil Registry of Lala, Lanao del Norte, was filed by petitioner Nodecca Zsahoney Balatero on September 12, 2012, praying this Honorable Court that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment shall issue 1) DECLARING Petitioner as the biological daughter and child of private respondent Nodec Tagal; 2) ORDERING the Local Civil Registrar of Lala, Lanao del Norte and the NSO to cause the necessary change and corrections of the erroneous entry recorded in the book of births, specifically in the record/certificate of birth of the petitioner in such a way that: (a) the last name of Petitioner in the Certificate of Live birth be changed from “Balatero” to “Tagal” and the name “Balatero” be placed under middle name so that her full name reads “NODECCA ZSAHONEY BALATERO TAGAL”; 3) ORDERING the Local Civil Registrar of Lala, Lanao del Norte to CANCEL AND DELETE the remarks and annotation appearing in the Certificate of Live birth under Registry No. 99-226 issued by the Local Civil Registrar of Lala, Lanao del Norte; 4) FORWARD a copy of the changed and corrected birth record of the Petitioner to the National Statistics Office (NSO), East Avenue, Quezon City, Metro Manila; and 4) Furnish a copy of the corrected birth certificate and/or record to the petitioner upon payment of legal fees. Finding the verified amended petition to be sufficient both in form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing to February 22, 2013 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Let this order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Lanao del Norte once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. The Local Civil Registrar of Lala, Lanao del Norte, and any person who has an interest in the petition may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition or from the last day of publication of this order. Further, let this amended Order be posted for fifteen (15) consecutive days prior to the date of hearing on the bulletin board of the Municipal Hall of Lala, Lanao del Norte; on the bulletin board of barangay (Purok Apitong) Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte where the petitioner is residing, and on the bulletin board of this court. The petitioner is directed to notify this Court of the publication of this amended order three (3) days before the scheduled hearing date. Furnish copy of this Amended Order to the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Lanao del Norte, the Local Civil Registrar of Lala, Lanao del Norte; Atty. John Dale A Cantalejo, Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte and Nodecca Zsahoney Balatero and Nodec Tagal, both of Purok Apitong, Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte. SO ORDERED. December 26, 2012. Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

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12TH Judicial Region, Branch 21Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte

IN RE: PETITION FOR ACKNOW- LEDGMENT OF PATERNITY OF THE SPL. PROC. NO. 21-470CHILD APRIL ROSE BALATERO AND TO USE THE SURNAME OF FATHER FOR: ACKNOWLEDGMENTAPRIL ROSE BALATERO, OF PATERNITY AND Petitioner, USE OF SURNAME - versus - NODEC TAGAL, Private Respondent,

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OFLALA LANAO DEL NORTE

And

THE ADMINISTRATOR AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL, NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE (NSO)EAST AVE., QUEZON CITY, M.M. Respondents.x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -//

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A verified amended petition for acknowledgment of paternity and use of surname of father in the Birth Record of April Rose Balatero in the Local Civil Registry of Lala, Lanao del Norte, was filed by petitioner April Rose Balatero on June 22, 2012, praying this Honorable Court that after due notice, publication and hearing, judgment shall issue 1) DECLARING Petitioner as the biological daughter and child of private respondent Nodec Tagal; 2) ORDERING the Local Civil Registrar of Lala, Lanao del Norte and the NSO to cause the necessary change and corrections of the erroneous entry recorded in the book of births, specifically in the record/certificate of birth of the petitioner in such a way that: (a) the last name of Petitioner in the Certificate of Live birth be changed from “Balatero” to “Tagal” and the name “Balatero” be placed under middle name so that her full name reads “APRIL ROSE BALATERO TAGAL”; 3) ORDERING the Local Civil Registrar of Lala, Lanao del Norte to CANCEL AND DELETE the remarks and annotation appearing in the Certificate of Live birth under Registry No. 99-227 issued by the Local Civil Registrar of Lala, Lanao del Norte; 4) FORWARD a copy of the changed and corrected birth record of the Petitioner to the National Statistics Office (NSO), East Avenue, Quezon City, Metro Manila; and 4) Furnish a copy of the corrected birth certificate and/or record to the petitioner upon payment of legal fees. Finding the verified amended petition to be sufficient both in form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing to February 22 , 2013 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Let this order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Lanao del Norte once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. The Local Civil Registrar of Lala, Lanao del Norte, and any person who has an interest in the petition may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition or from the last day of publication of this order. Further, let this amended order be posted for fifteen (15) consecutive days prior to the date of hearing on the bulletin board of the Municipal Hall of Lala, Lanao del Norte; on the bulletin board of barangay (Purok Apitong) Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte where the petitioner is residing, and on the bulletin board of this court. The petitioner is directed to notify this Court of the publication of this amended order three (3) days before the scheduled hearing date. Furnish copy of this Amended Order to the Solicitor General, Makati City, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Lanao del Norte, the Local Civil Registrar of Lala, Lanao del Norte; Atty. John Dale A Cantalejo, Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte, April Rose Balatero and Nodec Tagal, both of Purok Apitong, Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte. SO ORDERED. December 26, 2012. Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

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12th Judicial Region, Branch 21Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte

IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE BIRTH RECORD OF HANNA MAE BUREROS RESPUESTO SPL. PROC. NO. 21-421

HANNA MAE BUREROS RESPUESTO, Petitioner.

- versus -

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR,SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO, LANAO DEL NORTE, NOTICE OF DECISION Respondent.x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -//

TO: 1. Office of the Solicitor General Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village Makati City

2. Office of the Public Prosecutor Tubod, Lanao del Norte

3. Office of the Local Civil Registrar Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte

4. Atty. Reymund G. Inihao PAO Office, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte

5. Hanna Mae Bureros Respuesto Poblacion Sultan Naga Dimaporo, lanao del Norte

6. The Administrator and Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, East Avenue, Quezon City

G R E E T I N G S:

You are hereby notified by these presents that on the 27th day of JULY 2011, a DECISION was issued in the above-entitled case, copy of which is hereto attached.

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JV asks P-Noy for more funds for OFW legal aid

SAN Juan City Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada urged President Benigno Aquino III to allocate more funds intended for legal assistance to overseas Filipino work-ers (OFWs) who are facing criminal charges in their respective host countries. Ejercito Estrada made the call following reports that some 3,000 OFWs around the world are facing criminal charges, ranging from immigration-related cases, murder, theft, to drug trafficking. In China alone, 78 Fili-pinos are reported to have been convicted for drug trafficking and are awaiting death sentences. The young legislator, who is the vice chairman of the House labor and employment committee, noted that a measly P60 mil-lion was appropriated this year for the legal assistance fund (LAF) that could be used by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to bail out OFWs who are in conflict with the law in at least 68 host countries. “I cannot imagine the fact that our OFWs whom we refer to as the ‘modern-day heroes’ are getting less out of their contribution to our country,” Ejercito Estrada said in exaspera-tion. “If not for the remit-tances of these hardworking OFWs, our economy could have been in the red. And, yet, the present government seems lukewarm in attend-ing to their needs, especially

in terms of providing legal assistance to those who are locked in legal battle in their respective host countries,” he stressed. Under Republic Act (RA) 10022 or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Fili-pinos Act, the government is under obligation to allot P100 million for legal ser-vices to migrant workers and overseas Filipinos in distress. The allocation is coursed through the DFA, which is mandated to provide legal assistance to OFWs. Of the amount, P50 mil-lion would come from the Contingency Fund of the President, P30 million from the Contingency Fund of the President Social Fund, and P20 million from the Welfare Fund for Overseas Workers. An additional P30 million is taken from the General Appropriations Act. Records from the Over-seas Workers’ Welfare Ad-ministrat ion (OWWA) showed that OFWs have paid more than P1 billion in membership contribution, as every outbound worker is required to pay $25 for their protection. For the whole of 2012, the Bangko Sentral ng Pili-pinas (BSP) projected that OFW remittances would reach $24 billion, 19.4 per-cent higher than the level registered a year ago. These remittances fuel consump-tion spending which is considered the backbone of Philippine economy.

Rodriguez remains among top attendees in Congress last yearCAGAYAN de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (2nd district) working habit in the Lower House remains unscathed as he remained among top attendees in Congress last year.

dance of the four con-gressmen is not included in the website’s record. The other top absen-tees and the number of days they attended ses-sion are: Augusto Syjuco Jr. of Iloilo, 31; Jeffrey Ferrer of Negros Oc-cidental, 34; Anna York Bondoc of Pampanga, 39; Ferjenel Biron of Iloilo, 43; Valentina Plaza of Agusan del Sur, 44; and Seth Jalosjos of Zambo-anga del Norte, 48. They are followed by Benjamin Asilo of Ma-nila, 53; Anthony del Ro-sario of Davao del Norte, 53; Narciso Bravo Jr. of Masbate, 54; Evita Arago of Laguna, 54; Patrick Antonio of Agbiag Tim-puyog Ilokano, 54; Jesus Celeste of Pangasinan, 56; Raymond Mendoza of Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, 58; Mary Mitzi Cajayon of Caloocan, 58; Vincent Crisologo of Quezon City, 58; and Teddy Baguilat of Ifugao, 59. The top attendees are Roilo Golez of Parañaque,

who missed only two sessions; and Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II, and Florencio Noel of An Waray, who attended 122 sessions. Other House members with good attendance are Jorge Banal of Quezon City, Edcel Lagman of Al-bay, Reena Obillo of Una ang Pamilya, and David Kho of Senior Citizens, 121. The others were Jesus Sakdalan of North Co-tabato, Isidro Rodriguez Jr. of Rizal, Jesus Paras of Bukidnon, and Salvio Fortuno of Camarines Sur, 120; Maximo Dalog of Mountain Province; Si meon Dat u ma nong of Maguindanao, 119; Rodolfo Albano of Isa-bela, Leopoldo Bataoil of Pangasinan and George Arnaiz of Negros Orien-tal, 118. Minority Leader Dani-lo Suarez attended 111 sessions, while former President and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was recorded present in 75.

But Reps. Jules Ledesma of Negros Occidenta l, Manny Pacquiao of Sa-ra nga n i , Ju a n Ponce “Jack” Enrile Jr. of Cagay-an, and Juan Miguel Ar-royo of the par ty-l ist group Ang Galing Pinoy are among the top absen-tee congressmen. At tenda nce i n t he House of Representatives monitored by the website rollcall.ph showed that Ledesma, a perennia l absentee, is on top of the list. The website counted a total of 125 sessions held by the House be-tween July 27, 2010, when Congress convened, up to mid-November last year. It claims that its information “is accurate as of Nov. 14, 2012.” Its tally is based on the House journals, which record t he chamber’s plena r y proceed ings , including the roll call. Only one congress-

man, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., scored per-fect attendance. Ledesma attended only 13 sessions, while Ar-royo was present in 36, Enrile in 44 and boxing champion Pacquiao in 47. However, Ledesma, Arroyo and Enri le at-tended the sessions on Dec. 12 and 17 when the House voted on second reading and on third-final reading on the con-troversial Reproductive Health bill. Ledesma and Enrile voted for the measure, while Arroyo cast a nega-tive vote. As for Pacquiao, he voted against the bi l l on Dec. 12 shortly after arriving from his latest bout with Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas, but did not show up for the more critical third-reading vote on Dec. 17. Last month’s atten-

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coal power plant), Davao Light and Power Co., Hed-cor and other Aboitiz companies like Pilmico and corporate centers Aboitiz Power Corp. and Aboitiz Equity Ventures pooled their contributions through Aboitiz Founda-tion for the assistance. During the distribu-tion, valuable assistance came from the office of the provincial government of Compostela Valley, munic-ipal and barangay officials as well as Boy Scouts and the 71st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army. Even families of Aboitiz Group team members, who were affected, were also contacted and assisted to the relief of their loved ones. “Compstela Valley and Davao Oriental are areas where the Aboitiz Group does business, where our team mates live and where we have friends as well as partners. This is our com-munity and it is our obli-gation to help in the best way we can especially in these challenging times,” Bobby Orig, Frist Vice President for Mindanao Affairs of AboitizPower, said.

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