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BrieflyTruck banCAGAYAN de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano has ordered the Roads and Traffic Administration to strictly implement an ordinance which bans the entry of trucks in the central business district of the city during specific hours. This, af ter he received complaints regarding traffic problems especially along the national highway. The mayor ordered the impounding of trailer or cargo trucks, container vans and other such vehicles found violating the law. The mayor likewise directed the RTA to impound vehicles that use the road as a garage causing traffic problems.

COLA hikeWORKERS in agriculture and retail service sectors in Socc-sksargen Region will receive P4 to P6 per day additional cost of living allowance (COLA) beginning December 1. Jesse dela Cruz, secre-tary of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) 12, said the increase comprises the second tranche of the COLA mandated in the Wage Order No. RB XII-17 that became effective on April 18 this year. Workers in the plantation agricultural enterprises will receive P4 daily allowance while those in the non-plantation agriculture sector will get P6 increase.

P3-B BEAM projectEducation Secretary Armin Luistro, ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman, and AusAid Director-General Rod Brazier recently signed the Memorandum of Subsidiary Arrangement (MSA) for the implementation of Ba-sic Education Assistance for Mindanao in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BEAM-ARMM). With project cost of P3.927 billion, funding source of the five-year BEAM-ARMM include the Australian Aid (AusAid), United Nations Childrens’ Fund (UNICEF), GIZed, Fit for School, Cardno, and BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) for literacy programs and proj-ects in the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi and cities of Lamitan and Marawi.

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OFW AND FAMILY SUMMIT 2012: Villar Foundation Managing Director Cynthia Vil-lar announces the holding of the 2nd OFW & Family Summit 2012 which was held yesterday, Nov. 22, at the World Trade Center in Manila. The summit enables the families of Filipino overseas workers to learn about entrepreneurship, and gain business ideas and livelihood opportunities. With Villar are GoNegosyo Founder Joey Concepcion and GoNegosyo Exec. Director Ramon Lopez. AdvertoriAl

By IRENE DOMINGO, Reporter

IN a bid to provide a short-term solution to the power shortage in Mindanao, the private operator of the country’s

power transmission highway on Wednesday said it would fast tract the completion of a study that would interconnect Leyte and Mindanao.

National Grid Corp of the Philippines spokesper-son Cynthia Alabanza said the company is looking at two interconnection points: Dumaguete-Dipolog or Leyte-Surigao. Aside from the route, NGCP is studying the tech-nology required and cost of pursuing any of the two options, she said. Mindanao suffers from

a 200-300 megawatt short-fall in electricity, which ac-cording to Alabanza can be sourced from either Luzon or the Visayas. Once it completes its feasibility study on the in-terconnection project, NGCP will present its report to the Energy Regulatory Commis-sion. Alabanza said the com-

No transmission rate increase, NGCP saysSYSTEM operator and trans-mission service provider National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) clarified that there has been no increase in transmission charges amidst reports that there will be an NGCP rate hike this November. “NGCP’s annual max-imum allowable revenue (MAR), which is billed in the form of transmission rates, is

being fixed and approved by the Energy Regulatory Com-mission (ERC) on a yearly basis,” Spokesperson and Adviser for External Affairs Atty. Cynthia P. Alabanza explained. Alabanza put in context reports that the higher cost of electricity is caused in part by higher transmission charges, particularly ancil-

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DOLE eyes implementation of two-tiered wage system before 2016By DANILO E. DOGUILES, Contributor

KORONADAL City -- Campaigns and con-sultations regarding the proposed two-tiered wage system has been intensified since May this year, labor and employment officials here confirmed.

to conditions in Region 12.” Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RT-WPB) 12 secretary Jesse dela Cruz told members of the media that “Secretary Ro-salinda Baldoz has given us until 2016 to implement the two-tiered wage system.” Mantilla explained the two-tiered wage system con-sists of a “f loor wage” or a minimum wage common to all private sector work-ers in the region as well as

Chona Mantilla, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 said their advo-cacy strategies to clarify this ground-breaking scheme and gather reactions from both the management and labor

sectors include seminars, orientations, consultative meetings, and even media campaigns. “Through these gather-ings and approaches we also look into the appropriateness and suitability of the system

additional compensation based on productivity and gain-sharing. “Although we still ad-vocate setting minimum wage across industries, the new scheme provides for a wider opportunity for labor and management to negoti-ate for productivity-based incentives.” Emphasize the advantage of the wage reform, Mantilla said that with the present system of determining wages, many workers are left without choice but to wait for wage orders to be implemented when they have wider op-portunities to bargain for more incentives based on their performance.

“At times, the present scheme of setting across-the-board wages demoralizes and disincentivizes workers because both the produc-tive and under-performing workers receive equal pay,” Mantilla said. Enforcing the new scheme could be initially received with indifference from both sectors but Mantilla believes, continues campaigns among stakeholders could result in a common ground beneficial to both parties. “But this has yet to go through a long process and many heated discussions,” she said. Meanwhile, dela Cruz explained that the two-tiered

system encourages manage-ment and labor to work to-gether “by establishing a pro-ductivity committee a council or other mechanisms where they could discuss the system that should be followed.” Implementation of the two-tiered wage system is being endorsed by the Na-tional Tripartite Industrial Peace Council. In the entire country, only Region IV-A (Southern Tagalog) has enforced two-tiered wage system. Setting of productivity-based wage system, gain shar-ing, and collective bargaining is provided in Republic Act 6727 or the Wage Rational-ization Act.

Davao-Bitung RoRo route deals signedBy BEN D. ARCHECorrespondent

of North Sulawesi-Mindanao Business Council; Daniel S. Pesik, chair of North Mina-hasa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc.; Paul Y. Rodriguez, president and chief executive officer of Asian Marine Transport Corp.; and the representa-tive of Enrique C. Castillo, president of Supply Chain Management of the Philip-pines, Inc. Exchange of commodi-ties between Davao City and Bitung would become more fast and easier through the Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo)

DAVAO City – Stakehold-ers for the opening of the Davao City and Bitung in Indonesia route have finally signed the memorandum of cooperation during the second Davao Investment Conference at SMX Davao Convention Center recently. Signing the memoran-dum were Maria Lourdes G. Monteverde, president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII); Dionisio P. Pacional, secretary general

service which is one of the main aims of the cooperation deal. “The business communi-ties in North Sulawesi and Mindanao agree to cooperate for the successful imple-mentation of this route,” the memorandum said, citing that Davao-Bitung is con-sidered one of the key RoRo routes in Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-Asean Growth Area (Bimp-Eaga). The Davao-Bitung route which is about 350 miles will be serviced by the Super

Davao, Manado trade linkage inkedBy BEN D. ARCHECorrespondent

deal which involved the use of the Davao seaport as trans-shipment port for imported products from Malaysia dur-

DAVAO City – Davao and Manado have signed a trade

ing the second Davao Invest-ment Conference (Icon) here recently. The linkage signing was one of the major accomplish-ments of the investment conference including the forging of agreement between the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCCII) and the North Su-lawesi Chamber of Commerce in the Sulawesi Province of Malaysia. Sebast ian Anglionto, DCCCII chair said that all these agreements will open Davao City to some other neighboring countries in the next few months. Manado is a municipality of Sulawesi. The transshipment port will shorten the travel of Manado’s imported products from China to only few days since shipment from Jakarta, Malaysia’s capital city to Manado would take three days already. But with the Sasa Port as transshipment, Davao to Manado would only take 19 hours. Manado’s imports of var-ied goods are transported by an average of 300 ships in a month, according to Angliongto. Davao seaport’s capability to accommodate more dock-ing ships will still be under study which is the concern of the national government. For this year, there are at least four focused areas of investments in Davao which include connectivity,

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Car sales up 18% as of OctoberSALES of automobile importers saw an 18% increase as of October as the passenger car segment and newly released models boosted sales, the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors, Inc. (AVID) said in a state-ment Tuesday.

respectively,” the group said in its statement. For the month of Oc-tober alone, sales of AVID members fell slightly by 1% to 2,241 units from 2,254 units compared to the same period last year. This is as CAMPI sales for the month grew 12% to 15,081 units. HARI was able to sell 1,662 units for the month, followed by TCCCI with 321 units sold and Motor Image Pilipinas, Inc. with 170 units sold. “Sustained positive eco-nomic outlook continues to bolster consumer spending as 2012 draws to a close,” said AVID President Ma. Fe Perez- Agudo said in the statement. “Moreover, w it h t he

AVID members were able to sell 24,004 units from January to October this year from 20,340 units in the same period last year. This as the Chamber of Automotive Manufactur-ers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI) posted sales of 126,663 units from January to October, an increase of 7% from 118,762 reported during the same period last year. The growth “can be at-tributed to strong sales in the passenger car segment, which went up by 29% and in

the light commercial vehicles sales that grew by 5%,” AVID said.

NEW MODELS AVID added that the launch of new models in the light commercial vehicles segment provided an extra boost in sales. “The positive sales perfor-mance was steered by British United Automobiles, Inc., The Covenant Car Company, Inc. (TCCCI) and Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc. (HARI)’s newly launched models. Each member registered an overall increase of 41%, 23%, 13%

positive sales performance and recent honors reaped by AVID members from the country’s respected car awards bodies, we expect a steady, if not brisker, pace for our sales at yearend,” she added. AVID said the optimism for the industry’s growth is driven by the country’s strong economy “despite lurking global economic threats.” Earlier this month, CAM-PI said its members sold 15,081 units for October 2012,up from 13,456 units reported a year earlier. “CAMPI’s performance can be attributed to the nor-malization of supply and the aggressive promotions being launched by most automotive brands,” the group said in

Hyundai’s Philippine sales skid 9% in OctoberSALES skidded by almost a tenth in October for the Philippine importer and d ist r ibutor of Hy undai vehicles as arrival of some models were delayed, the company said on Monday. In a statement, Hyun-da i Asia Resources Inc said it sold 1,662 units last month, 9-percent lower than the 1,822 sold in the same month last year. The delay in shipments brought down passenger

car sales by a fourth to 941 from last year’s 1,257. Sales of light commercial vehicles, however, jumped 28 percent during the same month to 721 from 565 last year “due to the timely ar-rival of units of the all-new Santa Fe,” HARI said. From January to Octo-ber, HARI’s sales reached 18,818 units, up 13 percent from 16,705 in the same 10-month period last year. The passenger car seg-

ment posted end-October sa les of 11,593 units or more than a third higher than last year’s 8,474, fol-lowing “impressive sales of the Accent and EON.” The light commercial vehicle segment however saw end-October numbers slide by 12 percent to 7,225 from 8,231 last year. Maria Fe Perez-Agudo, HARI president and chief executive said, the company is conf ident of susta in-

ing its year-to-date sales growth unti l the end of the year. “The sustained bullish outlook of the Philippine economy along with the overwhelming raves and reception that our newly launched models received, includ ing t he accolade given our recently intro-duced a l l-new Santa Fe, augurs positive year-end sales for Hyundai in the Philippines,” she said.

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Cebu Pacific names Bali its 20th international destination

The Philippines’ largest na-tional flag carrier, Cebu Pa-cific (PSE:CEB) announced it will soon fly to Bali (Den-pasar), Indonesia, its 20th international destination.

“CEB will launch its di-rect service from Manila to Bali on March 16, 2013, just in time for peak summer travel in the Philippines,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

CEB’s Manila-Bali (Den-pasar) twice weekly service will be every Tuesday and Saturday. It will depart Ma-nila at 4:00am and arrive in Bali (Denpasar) at 7:50am. The return flight will depart Bali (Denpasar) at 8:35am, and arrive in Manila at 12:25pm.

The most popular tour-ism destination in Indone-sia, Bali has been ranked by BBC Travel, Lonely Planet and Travel&Leisure Maga-zine as among the world’s best islands. Visitors often go to Kuta for the shopping, night life, surfing and beach activities, and then go to the arts and cultural center of Ubud in the center of the island.

Bali (Denpasar) is CEB’s 2nd destination in Indo-nesia, aside from Jakarta where CEB operates a four times weekly service.

To introduce this route, CEB offers an P888 seat sale from Manila to Bali (Denpasar) from November 20 to 23, 2012 or until seats last. This is for travel from March 16 to June 30, 2013.

After the sale period, lowest year-round fares for Bali (Denpasar) start at P3,499, which is up to 38% lower than other airlines. “Passengers now have more choices when trav-eling on CEB’s extensive Southeast Asian network, since we are also the only airline f lying from Manila to Hanoi and Siem Reap, and the only low-cost car-rier f lying from Manila to Kota Kinabalu,” she added. Presently, CEB flies to 19 international destinations: Bangkok, Beijing, Brunei, Busan, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong,

Incheon, Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Osaka, Shanghai, Siem Reap, Singapore, Tai-pei and Xiamen. CEB currently oper-ates 10 Airbus A319, 22 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. Its f leet of 40 aircraft – with an average age of 3.6 years – is the largest aircraft f leet in the Philippines. Between 2012 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 19 more Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders. It is slated to begin long-haul services in the 3rd quarter of 2013.

By Jasper Marie Oblina-Rucat

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Misamis Oriental Provincial Office conducted on Thursday its annual inspection of 35 estab-lishments in the city selling Christmas lights. DTI inspected compli-ance of establishments to the standards set for selling Christmas lights particu-larly on the correct Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) stickers mark which should be on the displayed Christ-mas lights in various markets and stores in the area. DTI said it only allows and authorizes selling of

these lights with years 2010 to 2011 ICC marking. If no ICC sticker is seen and years indicated are prior to the abovementioned ICC, consumers should report this to DTI. These items will be confiscated and retailers will face penalties for the violation. Almer Masillones, Chief Trade and Industry Develop-ment Specialist and head of inspection team in the city said the 2009 ICC stamped Christmas lights are sub-ject to retesting. If retested products still qualify for the requirements of the Philip-pine National Standard on Christmas lights, then they will be issued new certificate

and new ICC stickers. Beyond the ICC stickers, buyers must check physical condition of the item includ-ing plugs and wires to make sure they are not lousy or too thin, she said. Prices must also be compared. If a store sells at a very low price than the other, then it may be they are not selling quality products. There were 20 boxes of Christmas lights confiscated because of violation of said rule by the department.Penalties for violators will range from the lowest and first offense of P25,000 while the highest and 3rd offense is P300,000. (Jasper Marie Oblina-Rucat/EOR/PIA10)

Stores selling Christmas lights asked to put up correct stickers

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Recognizing the potential of Bukidnon as a top coffee-producing province, Nestlé Philippines Inc. (NPI) has

partnered with the Northern Mindanao Agricultural Research Centre (NOMI-ARC) of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10) in the production and distribution of high-quality Robusta plantlets and cuttings, bringing the high-yielding coffee plants closer to thousands of small-farmers in Bukidnon and nearby provinces within the region. Speaking at the sidelines of the 19th DA-NOMIARC Farmers’ Field Day and Technology Forum in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, NPI Agriculture Head Arthur Baria said they are looking to tap Bukid-non as a “coffee basket” where Nestlé can directly source high-quality Robusta coffee beans. “There is great potential for coffee-farming in Bukidnon with the province having a firm backbone in coffee produc-tion since the early 60’s,” said Baria. “In addition, the province is conducive to coffee growing with its rich soil, ideal altitude, and well-suited climate for the production of quality Robusta coffee beans. Bukidnon is rightly apt to be optimized in the coffee supply chain to respond to the current supply-demand gap in coffee.” Baria explains that while annual lo-cal demand for coffee beans is currently pegged at 64,000 metric tons, the country only produces 20,000 metric tons to re-

spond to the demand, outlining further the reason behind tapping key agricul-tural areas such as Bukidnon to its base of coffee suppliers. Embarking on a road to expand its coffee-resource base, Baria emphasized that it is imperative that key coffee-producing areas have access to coffee farming best practices, including effective and adaptable technologies, to help thousands of small growers realize sustainability and profit-ability in coffee farming, and eventually help address the gap in supply-demand. “Through this partnership which started in 2010, we have converted a 6-hectare field in NOMIARC into a demonstration farm. We have a mother plant garden where farmers can get high-quality Robusta coffee cuttings; a coffee nursery, which serves as a trial site for different types of Robusta coffee plants; a composting facility for organic fertil-izer; and a Nestlé R&D station within NOMIARC,” Baria adds. Nestlé is also sharing its technical expertise in coffee planting with the Center through different coffee training programs, designed to enable farmers to get hands-on exercises on the various ways to better plant coffee. The Coffee Monocropping System and the SAIN (Sustainable Agriculture Initiative System) are taught in the Center, all backed by practical demonstrations at demo plots by Nestlé agronomists. Juanita Salvani, Center Manager of

DA-10 NOMIARC outlines how these agriculture developments in coffee farm-ing benefit thousands of coffee-depen-dent farmers in Bukidnon. “Bukod sa mabibigyan natin sila ng quality [coffee] planting materials, natutulungan sila paano mabuting mag culture ng coffee sa kanilang mga sari-sariling bahay (Aside from sharing with them quality [coffee] planting materials, we are able to teach them how to better culture coffee in their own fields). With the presence of Nestlé, they are also assured of the market be-cause they are planting quality materials capable of producing quality beans.” Salvani, in another interview during the Forum, further explains the “beauty” of the cooperation between Nestlé and DA. “Nestlé obviously has the capacity in terms of resources; they can implement projects outright when you need the resources. Public institutions like the Department of Agriculture cannot do the pushing of agriculture development alone; we need our private partners to help us. It’s really a good thing that Nestlé has chosen us.” With Nestlé currently the biggest buyer of Robusta coffee in the country, purchasing an estimated 80% of the entire Philippine coffee produce, Baria noted that Nestlé is planning to establish more partnerships with the public sector, establishing other demonstration farms like the one in DA-NOMIARC in key coffee-growing areas in the country to reach other untapped small coffee farmers.

NESTLÉ, DA10-NOMIARC TO BRING THE LATEST COFFEEFARMING TECHNOLOGIES CLOSER TO BUKIDNON FARMERS

PARTNERSHIP TO HELP EXPAND COFFEE-RESOURCE BASE TO ADDRESSTHE SUPPLY-DEMAND GAP FOR COFFEE

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CAGAYAN de Oro City––The chief of staff of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) forces in Northern Mindanao says the Government of the Philip-pines should have consulted the people of Mindanao in general before signing on Monday the Framework Agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at Malacanang.

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By JOE DEL PUERTO FELICILDA of Mindanao Daily NewsSURIGAO del Norte––The Iglesia Filipina Indepen-diente (IFI), Diocese of Surigao, has tapped the services of BusinessWeek Mindanao Media Center (BWM-MC) in the conduct of a two-day training on radio broadcasting to its church-based broadcasters, October 8 and 9 this year.

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By PAT SAMONTEof Mindanao Daily News

BUTUAN City––To help families displaced by the logging ban, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority has released some P3.8 million for scholarships of children of the affected wood industry workers.

TESDA Secretary Joel Vil-lanueva said the program was “exclusive” for this city in rec-ognition of the efforts exerted by Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr. for his constituents dependent on the logging industry for livelihood.

For this purpose, this city’s Public Employment Service

Office (PESO) held an orien-tation for participants in the Training for Work Scholarship here Monday.

For the first batch, P1 mil-lion has been allocated for 75 scholars of Shielded Metal Arc Welding NCII course and 20 others for Gas TungstenArc Welding training. Each scholar

is alloted P10,500 for the 34 TESDA training days.

Upon completion of their courses, the scholars will re-ceive a certification for National Competency Assessment and will be included in the Skills Registry System under PESO for application for local and overseas employment.

The remaining P2.8 million of the program will be used for the second batch of scholars who will undergo training in courses involving construction such as Heavy Equipment Operation, Masonry, Electricity, and oth-ers to start after the first batch’s 34-day training. With a report from Ritchelle Encabo

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The Subanen leaders are claiming some 23,800 hect-ares of lands in the town of Bayog where several mining companies and small scale miners are operating. It also sought the assistance of Amnesty International to bring their cause to the authorities.

The group held a news conference on Monday in Zamboanga City where tribal leader Timuay Basi-

Amnesty International-Philippines Board Member Francis Marcial poses with Subanen tribal leader Timuay Basilio Promon and his son during a courtesy call on the Mind-anao Examiner Newspaper and Television in Zamboanga City on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. PHOTO BY AL JACINTO

IFI-Surigao taps BWM Media Center servicesof the clergy and lay leaders, headed by Diocesan Bishop Rhee Timbang, the ‘Role of Radio in Church Mission and Development’ training was held at the Rodriguez Beach Resort, Placer town.

“Our church-run radio program, which is being carried by a 10-kilowatt frequency modulated (FM) station in Surigao City,

has been doing well for almost two years now, but we do need to improve and strengthen it by enhanc-ing the capability of our program production staff,” said Bishop Timbang.

He added, “I am very confident that this particu-lar training that focuses on radio hosting and

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ZAMBOANGA City––A group of Sub-anen tribal leaders have called on the Aquino government to temporarily halt all mining operations in Zamboanga del Sur province in the southern Philippines until Manila acts on their legal claims over a vast tract of ancestral lands.

lio Promon represented the 3,000-strong Council of Pigsalabukan Guhom de Bayog.

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Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, DA High-Value Crops Development Program Head Jennifer Remoquillo, and NPI Agriculture Head Arthur Baria, led the tour and discussed the progress of the Nestlé’s coffee demonstration area within DA 10-NOMIARC. Through its partnership with DA 10-NOMIARCH, Nestlé has converted a 6-hectare field in NOMIARC into a demonstra-tion farm comprised of a mother plant garden, a Robusta coffee nursery, a composting facility and an R&D station with the Center.

DA 10-NOMIARC Center Manager Juanita Salvani at the Nestlé Nursery in the Center. According to Salvani, with the help of Nestlé, the Center is able to share quality coffee planting materials to the local farmers as well as teach them how to better culture coffee in their own fields

NPI Agriculture Head Arthur Baria at Nestlé’s Mother Plant Garden in DA 10-NOMIARC. According to Baria, Bukidnon has great potential for Robusta coffee farming with its rich soil, ideal altitude and well-suited climate and as such rightly apt to be optimized in the coffee supply chain to respond to the current supply-demand gap in coffee.

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Recognizing the potential of Bukidnon as a top coffee-producing province, Nestlé Philippines Inc. (NPI) has

partnered with the Northern Mindanao Agricultural Research Centre (NOMI-ARC) of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10) in the production and distribution of high-quality Robusta plantlets and cuttings, bringing the high-yielding coffee plants closer to thousands of small-farmers in Bukidnon and nearby provinces within the region. Speaking at the sidelines of the 19th DA-NOMIARC Farmers’ Field Day and Technology Forum in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, NPI Agriculture Head Arthur Baria said they are looking to tap Bukid-non as a “coffee basket” where Nestlé can directly source high-quality Robusta coffee beans. “There is great potential for coffee-farming in Bukidnon with the province having a firm backbone in coffee produc-tion since the early 60’s,” said Baria. “In addition, the province is conducive to coffee growing with its rich soil, ideal altitude, and well-suited climate for the production of quality Robusta coffee beans. Bukidnon is rightly apt to be optimized in the coffee supply chain to respond to the current supply-demand gap in coffee.” Baria explains that while annual lo-cal demand for coffee beans is currently pegged at 64,000 metric tons, the country only produces 20,000 metric tons to re-

spond to the demand, outlining further the reason behind tapping key agricul-tural areas such as Bukidnon to its base of coffee suppliers. Embarking on a road to expand its coffee-resource base, Baria emphasized that it is imperative that key coffee-producing areas have access to coffee farming best practices, including effective and adaptable technologies, to help thousands of small growers realize sustainability and profit-ability in coffee farming, and eventually help address the gap in supply-demand. “Through this partnership which started in 2010, we have converted a 6-hectare field in NOMIARC into a demonstration farm. We have a mother plant garden where farmers can get high-quality Robusta coffee cuttings; a coffee nursery, which serves as a trial site for different types of Robusta coffee plants; a composting facility for organic fertil-izer; and a Nestlé R&D station within NOMIARC,” Baria adds. Nestlé is also sharing its technical expertise in coffee planting with the Center through different coffee training programs, designed to enable farmers to get hands-on exercises on the various ways to better plant coffee. The Coffee Monocropping System and the SAIN (Sustainable Agriculture Initiative System) are taught in the Center, all backed by practical demonstrations at demo plots by Nestlé agronomists. Juanita Salvani, Center Manager of

DA-10 NOMIARC outlines how these agriculture developments in coffee farm-ing benefit thousands of coffee-depen-dent farmers in Bukidnon. “Bukod sa mabibigyan natin sila ng quality [coffee] planting materials, natutulungan sila paano mabuting mag culture ng coffee sa kanilang mga sari-sariling bahay (Aside from sharing with them quality [coffee] planting materials, we are able to teach them how to better culture coffee in their own fields). With the presence of Nestlé, they are also assured of the market be-cause they are planting quality materials capable of producing quality beans.” Salvani, in another interview during the Forum, further explains the “beauty” of the cooperation between Nestlé and DA. “Nestlé obviously has the capacity in terms of resources; they can implement projects outright when you need the resources. Public institutions like the Department of Agriculture cannot do the pushing of agriculture development alone; we need our private partners to help us. It’s really a good thing that Nestlé has chosen us.” With Nestlé currently the biggest buyer of Robusta coffee in the country, purchasing an estimated 80% of the entire Philippine coffee produce, Baria noted that Nestlé is planning to establish more partnerships with the public sector, establishing other demonstration farms like the one in DA-NOMIARC in key coffee-growing areas in the country to reach other untapped small coffee farmers.

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Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, DA High-Value Crops Development Program Head Jennifer Remoquillo, and NPI Agriculture Head Arthur Baria, led the tour and discussed the progress of the Nestlé’s coffee demonstration area within DA 10-NOMIARC. Through its partnership with DA 10-NOMIARCH, Nestlé has converted a 6-hectare field in NOMIARC into a demonstra-tion farm comprised of a mother plant garden, a Robusta coffee nursery, a composting facility and an R&D station with the Center.

DA 10-NOMIARC Center Manager Juanita Salvani at the Nestlé Nursery in the Center. According to Salvani, with the help of Nestlé, the Center is able to share quality coffee planting materials to the local farmers as well as teach them how to better culture coffee in their own fields

NPI Agriculture Head Arthur Baria at Nestlé’s Mother Plant Garden in DA 10-NOMIARC. According to Baria, Bukidnon has great potential for Robusta coffee farming with its rich soil, ideal altitude and well-suited climate and as such rightly apt to be optimized in the coffee supply chain to respond to the current supply-demand gap in coffee.

Malnutrition Continues to Decline in Opol

Backyard and zonal food production, micronu-trient supplementation, food fortification, feeding and other initiatives contributed to the reduced prevalence of under-nutrition among preschool children.

With this achievement in nutrition, Opol becomes a recipient of its 1st Year Consistent Regional Out-standing Winner in Nutrition (CROWN) Mainte-nance Award. Mayor Dexter Yasay, together with his Municipal Health Officer and Municipal Nutrition Action Officer, personally receive the plaque of rec-ognition today during the 2012 National Nutrition Awarding Ceremony at the Philippine International Convention Center.

Mayor Yasay states “Kining nutrition program, wala ta niingon nga wala nay malnourished, the recognition given by the national government through the National Nutrition Council indicates that we are on the right track on doing things as far as resolving the so-called malnutrition”

“bahala’g unsa ka kapoy, unsa ka tedious ang re-solving the so-called malnutrition in our municipality but seeing the parents of those malnourished kids helping the government in running the program, I

think mao kana ang makapawala sa among kakapoy, ug makahatag ug kadasig sa among kaugalingon.” Yasay adds.

From the 1,714 provinces, cities and municipali-ties, Opol is among the 22 LGUs awarded in the various national nutrition awards this year and the only one in Misamis Oriental.

Reducing malnutrition among children is among the strategies of Mayor Dexter Yasay in reducing poverty.

Opol has been effectively implementing its municipal nutrition program as seen in the continuing decline of its malnutrition rate in the last three years. It registered at 3.69% in 2009, to 2.72% in 2010 and further to 2.12% last year.

Nutrition Council awards OpolBy SHAUN UY

of Cagayan de Oro Times and GERRY L. GORIT

of Mindanao Daily News(with report from CHRISTINE CABIASA of The CDO TIMES)

MISAMIS Oriental––The National Nutrition Council cited the local government unit of Opol in Misamis Ori-ental under the leader-ship of Mayor Dexter B. Yasay for its success-ful nutrition program among children of the municipality. Opol has been effectively implementing its municipal nutrition program as seen in the continuing decline of its malnutrition rate in the last three years. It registered at 3.69% in 2009, to 2.72% in 2010 and further to 2.12% last year. Mayor Yasay received the First Maintenance Award of the National nutrition Award 2012 at the PICC in Manila last November 9 from Presi-dent Benigno Aquino III. The awarding ceremony was also graced by Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, Health Secretary Enrique Ona and National Nutrition Council Assistant Secretary Maria Bernardita Flores. Yasay was accompanied by Vice Mayor Chizarina M. Ortigoza, municipal health officer Dr. Mercado, MNAD Edgar Napinas and some employees of the municipal government. “This recognition shows that we are on the right track in serving our constituents,” Yasay said, noting that the first time they were awarded was last year.

Furthermore, Yasay says “Kining nutrition program, wala ta niingon nga wala nay malnourished (this nutrition program, we are not saying that there are no more mal-nourished [kids]), the recog-nition given by the national government through the National Nutrition Council indicates that we are on the right track on doing things as far as resolving the so-called malnutrition”. The mayor said Opol keeps on looking for answers to community problems so that they can appropriate the nec-essary budget to solve these.

He said the key factor why there are poor people in the community is that they have not been given an opportu-nity to be educated, and that children don’t want to go to school if their stomachs are empty. “We are intensifying our advocacy on backyard garden-ing,” Yasay said. Backyard and zonal food production, micronutrient supplementation, food for-tification, feeding and other initiatives contributed to the reduced prevalence of under-nutrition among preschool children.

“When children see their parents’ plant and eat veg-etables then there is a strong possibility that the children will follow their parents in doing what is right to eat,” he said. Yasay states that the mu-nicipal nutrition council, municipal health office and barangay health workers are doing their best to control malnutrition in Opol. “Bahala’g unsa kakapoy, unsa ka tedious ang resolving the so-called malnutrition in our municipality but seeing the parents of those mal-nourished kids helping the government in running the program, I think mao kana

ang makapawala sa among kakapoy, ug makahatag ug kadasig sa among kaugalin-gon.” Yasay adds. For this latest achievement, Misamis Oriental 2nd District Rep. Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano praised Mayor Yasay and the local government unit. Emano supports the pro-poor programs of Opol, one of the municipalities under the second congressional district of Misamis Oriental. From the 1,714 provinces, cities and municipalities, Opol is among the 22 LGUs awarded in the various na-tional nutrition awards this year and the only one in Misamis Oriental.

6th Runner up in the Search for 2011 National Outstand-ing Barangay Nutrition Scholar Ms Arlyn C. Bongcas of Poblacion I, Malaybalay City and 2011 Outstnding Barangay Nutrition Scholar for Region X (2nd from right) poses with (from left) Dr. Dennis Sanggalang – City Health Officer of Malaybalay City, Regional Director Aristides Concepcion Tan of DOH-CHD x, RNPC Zeny Tondares of National Nutrition Council X, City Nutrition Action Officer Ms. Maria Rica E. Raguro of Malaybalay City and Regional Director Jose Llacuna of DOH – CHD Region IVA (MIMAROPA) during the National Nutrition Awarding (NNAC) at the Philipine Convention Center (PICC) last November 9, 2012. NNAC speaker was His excellency President Benigno S. Aquino.Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholar Arlyn C. Bongcas received a Plaque of Recognition and a netbook from AGHAM partylist Congressman Angelo Palmones.

Mayor Dexter B. Yasay of Opol in Misamis Oriental shows his award from the National Nutrition Council at the PICC in Manila last November 9 from President Benigno Aquino III . NNC cited the local government unit under his leadership for its successful nutrition program in the municipality.

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The Main Thing

Saving tips in a Season of Giving

THINK a minute… I heard a funny, true story about this guy who goes to the gym to exercise several times each week. Each time he takes 15 minutes to change his clothes and get ready. Then he walks around the gym talking with different people. After that he reads the newspaper. Finally, he does a few stretches and 5-10 minutes of exercises. Then he takes a hot steam bath before going home. So in the entire 2 hours he’s at the gym, he only spends about 10 minutes exercising! One day someone heard this man say: “I don’t understand it. I go to the gym almost everyday, but I never seem to lose weight.” Of course, everybody at the gym knows why. They see this guy there doing

IT is indeed ironic that the jolliest time of the year has often become also the most stressful. While the true spirit of gift-giving should be pre-served and remembered at all times, the exercise has — more often than not — turned into a source of stress and financial worries. In light of the busy Yule-

everything except the main thing: exercise! It’s very important that we keep the main thing the main thing. If we want to be successful in our job, business, school, or having a happy family, we must always get the main thing done. We should not spend more time and energy on things that are less important than the main thing. We often get distracted and sidetracked doing other things that might be easier or more fun to do, and we fail to ‘take care of business’ with our main re-sponsibilities and priorities. For example, a taxi driv-er’s main thing is to make money by getting passengers. That means he must be work-ing, driving around looking for passengers. But if most of the day he

just cleans and polishes his car, then at the end of the day that’s all he’ll have—a clean car with no money! Successful people don’t just stay busy and work hard, they work smart! They put first things first by doing the most important things that will make them a success. But many people have heaps of money or posi-tions of respect and power. They’re highly educated, healthy, even good-looking, but they’re still unhappy and poor in real wealth. That’s because unless you have this one main thing, your life will be neither suc-cessful nor satisfying. So what is the main thing? It is peace with your Maker. And you can only get it from having a personal relation-ship with Him where He’s in charge of every area of your

life every day. Only then can you have real peace of mind and success that lasts. But it can start happening right now! All you have to do is ask Jesus to forgive you for living your own way. Then ask Him to help you keep the main thing the main thing: live His way every day for the rest of your life. Just think a minute…

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THERE are the Asia-Pacif-ic Economic Cooperation (APEC), the General Agree-ment on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and the World Trade Organization (WTO). And there also are the accompanying serious and continuous objections raised against the over-all plan, programs and/or projects of the said economic entities. They may vary in their ideo-logical persuasions but have the same vested interests. There are those who say – with amply reason and evidence – that the Philip-pine government is sadly on the side of neo-liberal capitalism. Liberation has certain economic advantage. But the Philippines being a “de-veloping” Country – not to mention its long stand-ing title as a “Third World Country” – it has but little economic leverage. This reality has particular relevance with the Interna-tional Monetary Fund “IMF”. It is not only difficult but

also somehow ridiculous to say that the so-called “First World Countries” are en-gaged in “leveling the playing field” when dealing with a “developing” country such as the Philippines. There are at least three signal questions that come to fore: Can it be said with sin-cerity and candor that the Philippines – by and large engaged in agricultura l economy – is treated fairly by developed countries spe-cifically in conjunction with the trading of farm products in general? This is not asking for trading done in heaven but simply looking for equity not only in trading but also in agricultural production as well. The truth of the matter however is that even in the world of business and industry, international politics has a big say. Has the rather hasty drive towards industrialization and the liberalized entry of foreign capital in this country in fact exacerbated rather than ease the Philip-pine economic situation? To answer in the affirmative with honesty and sincerity would either belittle if not deny the OFW phenomenon of long standing. Such an exodus of Filipino workers not only denies national socio-economic development but also destroys a good number of families. Does the root cause of the present Philippine economic crisis – all declamations and panaceas respectively

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tide shopping and gift-giv-ing activities, the Financial Consumer Affairs Group (FCAG) of the Bangko Sen-tral ng Pilipinas reminds everyone to be prepared at how quickly their funds and savings may be depleted amid all Christmas-related expenses. In its weekly e-leaf let entitled the Weekly Wealth Watch, the FCAG, headed by Deputy Director Ma. Belinda G. Caraan, stressed: “The Christmas season is certainly one of those times when we need to implement as many money-saving tips as we can and make a conscious effort to spend less, save more for our future and that of our families, and enjoy Christ-mas and its true meaning.” The FCAG also issued a few very helpful ideas to make saving in the season

of giving possible: Make a gift list It would be very benefi-cial to the gift-givers to list the names of the people to whom they would be giving gifts, what gifts they plan to give, what gifts they gave the previous Christmas, and what gifts they themselves received from the recipients. This way, according to the FCAG, the gift-givers would be able to check the prices of the items that they plan to give, shop around for places that sell these items for less, and save a few more pesos if they buy them in bulk. Making a list would also enable the gift-givers to avoid giving someone a gift which, embarrassingly, would be the exact same gift that was given the year before. Reduce gift-giving The FCAG suggests that

WHILE we need to be prop-erly engaged with our daily routine of work, usually the ordinary little duties attached to our profession and the other conditions of our life, we should remember that we have to aim also at the real big thing which is our holiness that requires going beyond the prosaic of the here and now. We need to make this reminder because many of us are falling into compla-cency and confusion, lost in the f low of daily events and unable to connect to the ultimate goal we all are meant to reach. In fact, many now think we just have to live from moment to moment, from day to day, denying any im-portance to any concern for the future and much less to eternity. Eternal life holds no meaning to many of us. There’s nothing after death. Everything is transitory. Nothing remains forever. The inquisitiveness of that

rich young man who asked Christ, “What good must I do to have eternal life?” is all but gone in the mind and heart of modern man. We seem contented and thrilled only with what we have at hand—the new technologies, fashions, etc.—that appear to capture our dreams and fantasies. This time-and-earth-bound mentality is actually dramatized abundantly in the gospel. There’s that par-able, for example, of a man who in trying to insure his temporal security decided to build larger barns to store his possessions, and said to himself: “Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years. Take your rest, eat, drink and make merry.” (Lk 12,19) The lesson Christ wanted to impart from this parable is the following: “Seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things (the earthly, temporal and material things we need)

shall be added unto you.” (12,31) Christ wants us to make “bags which do not grow old, a treasure in heaven that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth corrupts.” (12,33) We have to get out of this time-and-earth-bound outlook, and enter into an exciting adventure that God offers us in his providence, in his abiding governance of his whole creation, in his continuing intervention in our life. It’s an adventure that cruises through time and space but also transcends them to bring us to eternal life and joy. We just cannot make our life the way we want it to be. We have to live it with God. In fact, only with God would we be able to live our life to the full. Without him, we would be out on a limb, prone to all sorts of danger and harm, inside and outside us. What this means is that

we need to fall in love to be able to connect the mate-rial with the spiritual, the temporal with the eternal, the human with the divine. But we have to love with the love of God who is the author, essence, means and end of love. We have to be forewarned of the many fake forms of love we tend to get tricked into. With this love of God, we can link the small ordinary events of our life to the big

we give presents to just our nephews and nieces, instead of giving gifts to each of our married siblings. We could also propose to our relatives that instead of giving gifts to each family member, each family could just prepare a single present to be raff led off to another family. Buy the gifts early Remember, the FCAG stresses, that we may not get any bargain if we do last-minute shopping. We may not be able to get what we really want and just settle for what is available because we have no time left to go to other stores. The real wise shoppers, according to FCAG, would have already taken advan-tage of mid-year sales and tiangges. Consider bazaars



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leader with a 42% share, fol-lowed by Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. with a 22% share and Honda Cars Philip-pines, Inc. with an 8% share. Rounding out the top

Car...from page 3

an earlier statement. Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. remained the market

five were Isuzu Philippines Corp. with a 7% share and Ford Philippines with a 5% share. CAMPI, which saw supply chain issues limit sales to

141,616 units in 2011, aims to sell 185,000 units this year. The target was increased by 5,000 units in August, following strong sales earlier this year.

Bunye...from page 6

– go back to the year 1992 when the then government encouraged American dollar borrowings with but much speculative economic ad-vantage? To answer to the contrary would be to deny the start realty of the pro-gressively lower exchange rate of the Philippine peso – courtesy of the IMF. Thus it is that in the Philippines, there are now not really few and timid voices heard here and there

Cruz...from page 6

episode of the rich young man. Christ told him that to enter into eternal life, he has to follow the command-ments. And when the young man said he was doing all the commandments, then Christ told him to sell all he had and to come, follow Christ. We cannot exaggerate this need to follow Christ as closely as possible even to the point of leaving behind everything that we have (re-lictis omnibus). Following Christ would always involve a continuing process of self-denial. It’s a denial that would leave us increasingly empty of ourselves to fill ourselves more and more with Christ. This is the love of God that would enable us to properly immerse ourselves in our earthly condition and to transcend it as well to bring us to our ultimate destina-tion. This is the love that makes the little things of our day big and acquire an eternal value. God does not want us to get out of this world. He put us here, in the first place. But he wants us to live our life here properly, that is, with love that usually is mani-fested by offering everything to God and serving others.

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Aside from Divisoria and Baclaran, shoppers could also go to weekend bazaars, which usually have every-thing they need in one big, air-conditioned place. Get ready for the carolers The FCAG suggests that we exchange our bills for coins, which would come in handy when young neighbor-hood carolers knock and sing outside our doors. Buy your gifts in cash, instead of credit cards Swiping our credit cards might tempt us to overspend and use our cash to buy non-essential items. When our credit card statements arrive in January, we may not have enough money to pay our total amounts due — leading the credit card companies to impose finance and other charges during our next billing cycle. Note: You may email us at [email protected].

and beyond of our earthly life. And this love of God is none other than obey-ing God’s commandments. Christ himself said so: “If you love me, keep my com-mandments.” (Jn 14,15) This ind icat ion was precisely reinforced in that

said and undertaken by the incumbent administration

literally shouting the fol-lowing primary agenda for the economic sa lvations of the Filipinos: Stop pay-ing for the meantime, the enormous debt of the Phil-ippines to the IMF. Engage in local energy production rather than depend mainly on imported oil. And grow as much food as possible in accord with the attributes of the land and environ of the country. Are these so hard to understand?

PSF maximizes LGUs’ resources for developmentBy BONG FABE LGUs can access to fund

their adaptation activities (Section 20a) in the areas of land and water resources management, agriculture and fisheries, health, infra-structure development, and natural ecosystems. Other uses of the Fund, as specified in Section 20, are (b) improvement of the monitoring of vector-borne diseases triggered by climate change, and in this context improving disease control and prevention; (c) forecast-ing and early warning sys-tems as part of preparedness for climate-related hazards; (d) supporting institutional development, for local gov-ernments, in partnership with local communities and civil society groups, for pre-ventive measures, planning, preparedness and manage-

CAGWAIT, Surigao del Sur—This municipality’s mayor has expressed his grateful-ness to President Aquino for giving the chance to local government units to maxi-mize their meagre resources for programs toward the improvement of the lives of their constituents without fear of budgetary constraints in mitigating/adapting to climate change. President Aquino signed on August 17 Republic Act 10174 or the Peoples Survival Fund Law, which would help LGUs’ climate change adapta-tion programs. It amended certain provisions of R.A. 9729 or the Climate Change Act of 2009. The PSF has an initial budget of P1 billion which

ment of impacts relating to climate change, includ-ing contingency planning, in particular, for droughts and f loods in areas prone to extreme climate events; (e) strengthening existing; and where needed, establish regional centers and infor-mation networks to support climate change adaptation initiatives and projects; (f) serving as a guarantee for risk insurance needs for farmers, agricultural workers and other stakeholders; and (g) community adaptation support programs by local organizations accredited by the [Climate Change] Com-mission. Mayor Bonifacio Ondona, a Galing Pook awardee for his efforts to connect en-vironment al issues to the improvement of the living conditions of his constitu-

ents, said all these provisions in the use of the PSF allow LGUs to maximize the use of its budget to fund other programs and projects not related to climate change. “Since climate change is a new issue, as far as LGUs are concerned, local chief executives and other elected officials do not really give it much thought since we just depend on the national government to address it. But with the enactment of the PSF we are now realizing that LGUs have duties and responsibilities in addressing climate change right in our own backyards,” he told this reporter. The PSF is critical to communities as it will enable them to access funds to cope with the anticipated impacts of climate change without

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Dr. Conniebel Nistal - Principal, Lumbia Central School, Dr. Rowena Paraon - Education Supervisor, Department of Educa-tion, Mr. Wilhelmino Mendoza - First Vice President, Area head for Mindanao, Banco de Oro, Atty. Adrian Barba - City Councilor, Cagayan de Oro City, Mr. Jesus Tirona - Member, Board of Trustees, BDO Foundation, Mr. hans Sy - President, SM Prime holdings, Inc. and the son of the son of henry Sy, Sr. , Ms Maureen Abelardo - President and Member, Board of Trustees, BDO Foundation, Ms Debby Go - Assistant Vice President, SCMC, Ms Linda Atayde - Executive Director, SM Foundation, Ms Clara Elizaga - Mall Manager, SM City Cagayan de Oro, Mr Constantine Arce - Assistant Mall Manager, SM City Cagayan de Oro. Photos by Roslyn Paglinawan

SChOOL TRURNOVERSM foundation and BDO Founda-tion Inc Turn Over key to Lumbia Central School during the Turn-Over Ceremony SMPHI- BDO Foundation-SMFI School Build-ing to Lumbia Central School. November 16, 2012From right to left: Ms Mau-reen Abelardo - President and Member, Board of Trustees, BDO Foundation; Ms Debby Go - Assistant Vice President, SCMC; Atty. Adrian Barba - City Councilor, Cagayan de Oro; Mr Jesus Tirona - Member, Board of Trustees, BDO Foundation; Ms Linda Atayde - Executive Direc-tor, SM Foundation; Dr. Rowena Paraon - Education Supervisor, Department of Education

C AGAYA N DE ORO --- In l ine with their corporate social respon-sibi l it y in advocat ing the delivery of quality education, SM Founda-tion Inc., in partnership with SM Primeholdings Inc., and the BDO Foun-dation turns over one-storey-four-classrooms to Grade Six pupils of Lumbia Central School, November 16.SM Foundation Executive Director Linda Atayde states that this is in re-sponse to the Donate-a-School program un-der the Department of Education. “ L u m b i a C e n t r a l School is the third ben-eficiary school here in Cagayan de Oro after Ma-casandig and Mambuaya in which we had an initial approach to the DepEd and had data from them, in which it showed also that this school needs rehabi l itat ion since it was greatly affected by ty phoon Sendong last December, the reason also why we chose this school”, Atayde adds. The one-storey-four-classrooms are equipped

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with one toilet each, 200 pieces of armchairs, desk sets, teachers’ tables, and electric fans. “This is also for the convenience of the Grade Six pupils, so that the time they will enter their new classrooms they wi l l have big smi les”, Atayde shares. After typhoon Send-ong, the pupil population of Lumbia Central School doubled since set t lers from Xavier EcoVil le, some from Macasandig and Indahag, transferred to LCS. According to Con-niebel Nista l, Lumbia Central School princi-pal, their pupil popula-t ion doubled and this means that they need more classrooms a lso. ”We are very lucky that SM Foundation and BDO Foundation chose us as their recipient, it is a big help for us especially to our Grade Six pupils”, Nistal stressed. “We hope they wil l build memories here and that they will take care of these so that the next generation will still ben-efit. May they enjoy the facilities and maintain cleanliness in the class-rooms”, Atayde said.

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MisOcc gets state farm assistance •farminputsandequip-ment worth P8 million under the department’s Agri-Pinoy rice program, as well as two corn mills worth P300,000 each under the department’s national corn program; • a P10-millionmulti-species f ish hatchery for the town of Sapang Dalaga provided by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Re-sources; •P2.6millionworthoffishery inputs, equipment and projects for fisherfolk groups in coastal towns; as well as •P2.1millionworthofsmall water reservoirs to be

THE NATIONAL government has commit-ted hundreds of millions of pesos worth of production inputs, equipment and facilities for local governments in Misamis Occidental to help farmers and fishermen among their constituents boost production, the Agriculture department said in a statement on Wednesday. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala handed over certificates of assistance to Misamis Occidental Gover-nor Herminia M. Ramiro last Nov. 14 during ceremonies marking the province’s 83rd foundation anniversary, the department said. The amount consists of P70 million worth of farm-to-market roads and a hanging

bridge funded under the de-partment’s Mindanao Rural Development Program, P35 million for the provincial government, as well as P32 million for the municipalities of Panaon (P18.8 million) and Tudela (P13.5 million) for rehabilitation and con-struction of such roads. Specific assistance the department cited included:

built by the Bureau of Soils and Water Management. In a forum held as part of celebrations marking the province’s anniversary that was attended by 1,000 farmers, fisherfolk and lo-cal government officials, winners of a raff le won P1.1 million worth of farm equip-ment like hand tractor, rice thresher, collapsible dry-ers, backpack sprayers; 300 bags of certified rice seeds and open-pollinated variety corn seeds; 700 pouches of vegetable seeds; five heads each of carabao and cattle; and 25 head of goats, the department added.

Green nut production in Region 10, grows

37.2% in 2nd quarterBy RUTCHIE C. AGUHOB

Contributorand Misamis Occidental, 34,220. Cruz, however, said the highest growth in green coconut production was noted in Lanao del Norte with 70.9 percent, followed by Camiguin, 37.8 percent, Misamis Orienta l, 33.9 percent, Bukidnon, 29.2 percent and Misamis Oc-cidental, 18 percent. Mea nwh i le , a tota l mature nut production of 436,723,062 was noted in the region during the pe-riod, higher by 19,918,879 or five (5) percent compared to 416,804,183 in the same quarter of 2011. Again, the highest pro-duction of mature nuts was noted in Lanao del Norte with 142,680,000, followed by Misamis Oc-cidental, 127,850,000, Misa-mis Oriental, 125,723,703, Camiguin, 27,280,842 and Bukidnon, 13,188,517. However, t he high-est growth in mature nut production was noted in the province of Bukidnon with 26 percent, followed by Misamis Oriental, 9.0 percent, Camiguin, 4.0 percent, Lanao del Norte, 3.0 percent and Misamis Occidental, 1.0 percent, the PCA data also show.

A TOTAL production of 460,230 green coconuts was noted in region 10, during the second quarter of the year. This, as coconut farmers in the region have chosen to harvest their young co-conuts rather than wait for them to mature to answer the market demand for young coconuts. One of the ingredients for “buko” salad/ice cream and juice-making, young coconuts had become more popular, during the the holiday season and even summer vacation months, each year. Meanwhile, the produc-tion of young coconuts, during the quarter was actually higher by 147,825 or 37.2 percent compared to 335,405 in the same period of 2011, Regional Manager Luis Cruz of Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), region 10, said. The PCA data also show that the highest production of green coconuts was noted in the province of Misa-mis Oriental with 150,000, fol lowed by Bukidnon, 119,753, Lanao del Norte, 28,830, Camiguin, 73,247



this development,” explained Trina B. Cipriano, Robinsons Land assistant vice-president for leisure and retirement. Robinsons Land had said last April that it was confi-dent it can sustain growth of its business in Ortigas Center, where bulk of office properties were developed by the company. “We continue to be very bullish about Ortigas. We started here, we’ve grown here, and we know the market quite well. We are confident our projects will continue to sell,” Ms. Cipriano said.

FUNDING Robinsons Land, incorpo-rated in 1980, is the property arm of listed conglomerate JG Summit Holdings, Inc. The property developer has built 32 malls, 33 resi-dential projects, eight office buildings, and nine hotels to date. For the 2012 fiscal year, the Gokongwei-led company has allotted P13 billion for capital expenditures -- just a little over the P13.9 billion the previous year -- which will be sourced from cash operations and debt, Frederick D. Go, Robinsons Land president, had said last April. More than 60% of the funding will go to malls, office buildings, and hotels, while the remainder will be earmarked for residential condominiums and housing units, he explained.

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with needed business know-how can help them better handle their money. “We want OFWs and their families to have an entrepreneurial mindset, so they can invest their earnings or the remit-tances they get into profitable endeavors. We want them to have success stories, not sob stories that we often hear from distressed OFWs.” OFWs-turned-entrepre-neurs are also invited to inspire the audience with their testimonials. Like last year, one of the main highlights of the event is the raffle prizes. The Villar Foundation will again raffle off a Camella house and lot. GoNegosyo will give away food cart business packages. Livelihood or ‘kabuhayan’ packages such as Aling Pu-ring sari-sari store items of Puregold, motorcycles from Motortrade, Kettle Korn franchises, among many more. The Villar Foundation, through its Sagip OFW pro-gram, has been extending various forms of support and assistance to OFWs and their families including repa-triation, livelihood packages, medical/burial assistance, scholarships and skills-up trainings. “We in the foundation through Sagip OFW wants to be there for OFWs, from rescuing them to abusive employers, repatriating them and reintegrating them as productive members of the society. We have a soft spot for OFWs because our first client in our housing business was an OFW family. This will be a life-long advocacy for us,” cited Villar. Corporate sponsors of the 2nd OFW and Family Summit include Vista Land, Camella Homes, Smart, Isuzu Motors, Motortrade, Kettle Food Corp., Avon and PLDT SME Nation. Institutional partners are Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Overseas Work-ers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), National Reintegration Cen-ter for OFWs (NRCO) and Blas Ople Policy Center . Media partners of the event are GMA, TV 5, Philip-pine Star, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, People’s Journal, Abante, 96.3 Easy-Rock, Crossover 105.1, Tiger 22 Media Corp. (103.5 Wow FM, Magic 89.9, 99.5RT, Kill-er Bee, Wave 89.1, Jam 88.3), Love Radio, and DZRH.###

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are pass-through charges that are not part of NGCP’s revenues. “Please note that the 39% increase in AS rates in Luzon (the comparison being made between Sep-tember 2012 and October 2012 billing periods) is due to the increase in the mar-ket clearing prices for this type of service, which is a factor beyond our control,” Alabanza added. AS, however, does not form part of NGCP’s ap-proved transmission rate as it forms part of the revenue of the generators that provide the AS service. “NGCP does not earn profits from the provision of ancillary services. While it is NGCP who bills and collects ancillary services charges from end-users, as provisionally approved by the ERC, it remits the col-lection for ancillary services directly and entirely to the generators, from which these ancillary services are taken. NGCP earns nothing from this,” Alabanza clarified. NGCP, a privately owned company, continues to per-form its mandate as trans-mission service provider with the full awareness of its nature as a public utility with attendant responsi-bilities to the public, and in full compliance with the rules and regulations of the regulator, and existing laws governing its operations.

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pany would begin connect-ing Mindanao to the Luzon-Visayas grid once the ERC approves the company’s proposal. She said NGCP is already conducting test broadcasts between its Visayas regional system operations control room and its Mindanao sub-stations. Whatever expenses the company would incur from the project however can be recovered from customers no earlier than 2016, as the ERC already approved NGCP’s projects under its third regu-latory period, Alabanza said. Using 1997 estimates, state-owned National Power Corp had said the Leyte-Mindanao Interconnection Project would cost $400 mil-lion. Alabanza said the project would remain a short-term respite, as any long-term so-lution would require putting up additional power plants in Mindanao. “At the end of the day, NGCP merely transmits available capacity. Dapat sabayan ng bagong power plant at bagong capacity,” she said.

2012: Hanep Na Ang Buhay Dahil May Hanap Buhay’ for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, from 7am to 4pm. “We have seen how the first OFW summit has helped many of our OFWs and their relatives, so we will keep on doing this. Many of them have applied what they have learned from the talks they listened to, by putting up small businesses such as food stalls or venturing into franchising and direct selling among others,” said Cynthia Villar, Managing Director of the Villar Foundation. The summit is focused on OFWs and their fami-lies, thus every aspect of the event—from the program to the exhibitors, is customized to cater to their interests, requirements and concerns. Various speakers and Villar herself (as keynote speaker) will provide OFWs and other attendees with insights and tips on entre-preneurship, from the basics of starting a business and to financing. Topics include: spotting business oppor-tunities, financial literacy and presentation on other opportunities such as in franchising, direct selling, real estate salesmanship, product consignments, dis-tributorship etc. Exhibit stalls and booths would feature different busi-nesses, companies and orga-nizations which will show-case their products, services, business offerings among others, that can give OFWs and their families ideas or examples on where to invest their hard-earned money. According to Villar, pro-viding OFWs and families

lary services costs incurred by NGCP from generators. NGCP’s transmission charges are for Power Deliv-ery Service, System Opera-tions, and Metering Services which recover, respectively, the cost of conveying elec-tricity to or from the grid, the cost of SO services like communications and SCA-DA, and the cost metering facilities including software and hardware. Ancillary Service (AS) charges, on the other hand,

Asian Marine Transport Corporation (AMTC). Shipping operation on the route wil l start next year af ter complying a l l the necessary requirements, making Davao City as a transshipment point to In-donesia with reduced travel time from 10 days to one and a half day. ATMC is now setting up charges for traders to ship goods from Davao to Bitung and vice-versa. Based on t he recent study of Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Davao-Bitung route ranked among the top three prior-ity routes, according to Enrico L. Basilio, president of Research Education and Institutional Development Foundation and chair of the transport committee of Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. “The door-to-door cost of RoRo is 20% lower com-pared with conventional shipping; 70-80% cheaper than air,” Monteverde said. In 2010, North Sulawe-si ’s exports to Philippines amounted to $6.844 million from commodities such as crude coconut oil, copra, dessicated coconut, crude palm oil, coconut charcoal and frozen fish. The im-ports from the Philippines to North Sulawesi valued at $7.725 million.

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tourism, property & real estate development, as well as information, communi-cation & technology (ICT). Earlier, the first invest-ment conference success-fully pushed the passage of private-public partner-ship ordinance in Davao City, including the opening of the Clark-Davao route with the signing of Sister Airport Agreement, and the launching of a new sea transportation to support the city’s growing tourism industry. The Davao Icon is or-ganized by DCCCII with hundreds of delegates at-tending this year’s confer-ence including local and foreign delegates.

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drawn up to ensure that the tax is imposed on as much gold as possible, and to guarantee compliance with the law requiring all small-scale miners to sell their gold to the BSP. A joint effort among the BSP, the BIR, local government units, the DENR, the cus-toms bureau, and even the Philippine National Police is in order. President Benigno Aqui-no III recently issued an executive order on mining that aims to regulate small-scale mining by limiting it to especially designated zones where the govern-ment plans to build ore-processing facilities. Efforts should also be rushed in this direction.

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the PSF Law to ensure that sustainable livelihoods of small rural producers are protected and resilient from natural and human-induced disasters Surigao del Sur is fac-ing the Pacific Ocean. And according to the Natural Disaster Risk Profile cre-ated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), the province is prone to earthquakes, storm surges, f loods, and tsunami. Meanwhile, Senator Loren Legarda urged for the inclu-sion of the P1 billion PSF budget in the 2013 National Budget as it will help ensure significant improvements in the disaster resilience of communities in the country. “We must immediately implement the People’s Sur-vival Fund Act as it will help local governments’ adapta-tion activities,” she said in a statement.

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waiting for the occurrence of climate-induced calamities. Most funds of the LGUs, which have already been earmarked for programs and projects for the improvement of the lives of the people, are often diverted to respond to disasters and calamities, thus leaving their plans and pro-grams unimplemented and consequently retarding the community’s development, Ondona explained. But with the PSF, com-munities can already address climate change issues in their locality without spending their own resources. According to Oxfam, coastal communities in Su-rigao del Sur like this mu-nicipality are in danger of rising sea and tidal levels. Oxfam is among those that pushed for the enactment of

Villar slams reclamation intrusion into ecology habitatFORMER Las Piñas City Rep. Cynthia Villar slammed government and a private contractor for allegedly fail-ing to consult concerned groups before pursuing the reclamation of 635 hectares of foreshore areas in Ma-nila Bay, which are beside the 175-hectare protected mangroves, lagoons and ponds known as Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area. Villar, in a briefing be-fore the House committee on natural resources, said the Public Reclamation Au-thority, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Environmen-tal Management Bureau, the city government of Las Piñas, and Alltech Contractors Inc. did not hold consultations with stakeholders. She said the P14-billion reclamation project would destroy a critical habitat in the area and will lead to massive f looding in Las Piñas City. “The proposed Manila Bay reclamation project will dam-age the 175-hectare mangrove forest and marine habitat at the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotour-ism Area. It will also impede the natural river f low in Las Piñas, and will cause severe flooding in many barangays: 37 in Bacoor, 11 in Parañaque and 17 in Las Piñas,” Villar told the panel. Last March 16, Villar filed a petition for a writ of kalikasan. The Supreme Court granted her petition the following month. The justices have clarified that what they issued was a writ and not a temporary envi-ronmental protection order (TEPO) which Villar has also sought. The SC said that with only a writ of kalikasan and without a TEPO, the govern-ment and contractor AllTech Contractors Inc. (AllTech) could sti l l push through with the project, as the is-suance of the writ is merely procedural. Last September, various groups asked the high court

to be allowed Villar’s peti-tion as intervenors. They are the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) represented by Fernando Hicap and Salvador France, Pamalakaya-Bulacan chapter, Anakpawis and Bayan Muna party-list led by Reps. Rafael Mariano and Teodoro Ca-siño, the Koalisyon Kontra Kumbersyon ng Manila Bay, the Bacoor-based Alyansa fisherfolk group, Sagip Ma-nila Bay Movement, Save Freedom Island Movement, Center for Environmental Concerns, Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environ-ment, Earth Island Philip-pines, and the Alliance for Stewardship and Authentic Progress. Villar said a study con-ducted by Tricore Solutions Inc. shows that 65 barangays in Las Piñas, Parañaque and Bacoor will be submerged in f loods from 0.15 meter to 5.12 meters deep, if a storm or typhoon like “Ondoy” would hit. She also said the recla-mation will adversely affect families who rely on fishing for livelihood as it will de-molish fishing communities and cause the destruction of mangroves. She said urban renewal instead of reclamation should be considered, noting there are other traditional methods of urban development that are worth considering, and which t could decongest the city without the severe environmental risks of rec-lamation. These include enhancing mass transportation systems that can provide the public with faster and more conve-nient access to cheaper land at the outskirts of Metro Manila, she said. The hearing was called after several resolutions were filed at the House, including HR No. 1558 of Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez who wanted to inquire into reports that the project could destroy one of Metro Manila’s last nature reserves and birds sanctuaries.

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Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE

12th Judicial RegionOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

Tubod, Lanao del Norte

NOTiCE OF EXTrA-JudiCiAL sALEEJF No.: 171-07-2012

Upon the Extra Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135 / 1508, as amended, filed by the 1sT Valley Bank inc., Baroy, Lanao del Norte against EddiE A. AViLA, Bag-ong Dawis, Baroy, Lanao del Norte to satisfy the indebtedness which as of August 2, 2012 amounting to ONE MiLLiON FiVE HuNdrEd THOusANd PEsOs (Php 1,500,000.00) excluding penalties, changes, attorney’s fee and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on 27th day of december 2012 at 10:00 AM or soon thereafter at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 07, Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, to the highest bidder for cash or man-ager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit:

TrANsFEr CErTiFiCATE OF TiTLE NO. T-22,930 “A parcel of residential lot situated at Bag-ong Dawis, Baroy, Lanao del Norte. Containing an area of One Thousand Three Hundred Eighty (1,380) square meters, more or less including all improvements found thereon more particularly described and bounded as follows;Lot No. 986, Pls-13 Bounded on the NE, line 6-1 by Lot 1960-G, Csd-10-000091-D, SE., line 1-2 by Lot 6441-J-1, line 2-3 by Lot 6441-J-2, line 3-4 by Lot 6441-1-3 all of Psd-10-046241; SW., line 4-5 by Lot 644-1 Psd-12-015100; SW., Line 5-6 by Lot 6441-H Psd-12-015100.

TrANsFEr CErTiFiCATE OF TiTLE NO. CLOA-11,306 “A parcel of Irrigated Riceland situated at Bag-ong Dawis, Baroy, La-nao del Norte. Containing an area of Ten Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen (10,213) sqm. More or less including all the improvements found thereon more particularly described and bounded as follows;Lot No. 1960-G, Csd-10-00091 Bounded on the North along line 1-2 by Lot No. 1960-F, Csd-10-000091; on the East along line 2-3 by Lot No. 1957, Pls-13, on the South along line 3-4 by Lot No. 1960-H, Csd-10-000091 and on the West along line 4-1, by Lot No. 1960-E, Csd-10-00091. “All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, this November 6, 2012.

For the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Sheriff

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Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE

12th Judicial RegionOFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

Tubod, Lanao del Norte

NOTiCE OF EXTrA-JudiCiAL sALEEJF No.: 170-07-2012

Upon the Extra Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135 / 1508, as amended, filed by the 1sT Valley Bank inc., Baroy, Lanao del Norte against JOEL g. BuHisAN, Baroy, Lanao del Norte to satisfy the indebtedness which as of October 2, 2012 amounting to FOur HuNdrEd THirTy THOusANd PEsOs (Php 430,000.00) excluding penalties, changes, attorney’s fee and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on 27th day of december 2012 at 10:00 AM or soon thereafter at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 07, Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit:

TrANsFEr CErTiFiCATE OF TiTLE NO. T-16709

“A parcel of residential land known as Lot No. A-3-A, Psd-123503-020279, situated in Upper Sagadan, Municipality of Baroy, Lanao del Norte, Island of Mindanao, Philippines, containing a total area of One Thousand One Hundred Ninety Eight (1,198) square meters, more or less including all improvements found thereof and particularly bounded as follows;

Lot No. A-3-A, Psd-123503-020279 Bounded on the North, along line 2-3 by Lot-A-3-F, both of the subdivision plan, Psd-123503-020279 on the South East along line 3-4 by property of Bernardino Alvia. On the South West, along line 4-1 by Lot A-3-E of the subdivision plan. (Road Lot)

“All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, this November 6, 2012.

For the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Sheriff

CONrAdO V. HiNgCO, Jr.

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republic of the PhilippinesrEgiONAL TriAL COurT OF MisAMis OriENTAL

10th Judicial regionBranch 44

initao, Misamis Oriental

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION SPEC. PROC. NO. 2012-1124FOR THE CORRECTION OF ENTRYIN THE RECORD OF BIRTH AT THEOFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR;CHANGING THE ENTRY FOR THESEX OF THE PETITIONER FROMFEMALE TO MALE,

LyN JHiE C. ACAsO Petitioner, -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OFLIBERTAD, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Respondent.x------------------------------------------------------- /

OrdEr

Let this case be heard on February 8, 2013 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, at this court sitting at the Hall of Justice, Poblacion, Initao, Misamis Oriental. The Civil Registrar concerned and any person having or claiming any interest under the certificate of live birth whose cancellation/correction is sought may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of the petition, file his or her opposition thereto. At the expense of the petitioner, let a copy of this Order be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental. Further, let a copy of this Order and the petition be posted at the bulletin boards of the entrance door of this court, Hall of Justice, Initao, Misamis Oriental and Municipal Hall, Libertad, Misamis Oriental. Finally, let a copy of the petition and this Order be furnished to the Of-fice of the Solicitor General and the Office of the Civil Registrar concerned. SO ORDERED. Initao, Misamis Oriental, October 19, 2012.

(Sgd.) ArTHur L. ABuNdiENTE Acting Presiding Judge

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International Film Expo opens in Davao CityDAVAO City -- Leading players of the local and in-ternational film industry have converged in Davao City for the International Film Expo (IFX) which will run from November 23 to 24 at the brand new SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang Premiere. The IFX is spearheaded by the Film Development Council of the Philippines in partnership with the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Inc (DCC-

CII). The Expo will feature exhibitors particularly film equipment suppliers, pro-duction and post-produc-tion companies, indepen-dent production groups, broadcast outfits and top film academic institutions. They will be joined by lo-cal government units like the Province of Davao del Norte and the City Tourism Office of Davao which will be promoting some sites in their localities as film loca-

tions. Teddy Granados, FDCP executive director said that the latest f i lm technolo-gies and equipment will be featured in the expo. Aside from the expo there will be symposium and lectures rel-evant to today’s film indus-try which will be conducted by respected speakers from around the world. Among the topics include “Maximizing the Philippine Potentials for international Filmmaking to be conducted

by Lope Juban, president of the Philippine Film Studios; Juban bought Hollywood productions like Apocalypse Now and the recently pro-duced Bourne Legacy here to the country. “With the latest develop-ment in the peace initiative in Mindanao, the FDCP sees the mounting of the IFX 2012 as timely; it is sending a positive signal for stakeholders in the film industry that Mindanao and the Philippines is open for

business.” FDCP chairman Briccio Santos said in a statement. Aside from exhibits and lectures, two special movies will be screened during the IFX, the first movie would be the digita l ly restored

version of Manuel Conde’s 1950 epic “Genghis Khan” and the Philippine premiere of Brillante Mendoza’s “Thy Womb”that was shot in Tawi-Tawi and which stars Phil-ippine cinema’s legendary superstar Nora Aunor.

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PASKOhan sa Kapatagan 2012: Showcasing indigenous-inspired Christmas lanterns

By LORRY V. GABULEContributor

for the lanterns would be aligned with this campaign, as lanterns will now be properly disposed of after the Christmas season. Rice husks, leaves, co-conut and corn parts are just a few examples of the materials that can be used to design lanterns with a creative touch. Unlike plastics and other non-biodegradable materials, lanterns made from in-digenous materials when hanged wi l l not cause health hazards. Another cause for wor-ry that has to be addressed is the threat of fire from various Christmas decors. And who says Christmas is not felt in rural areas? Definitely, the town’s lan-terns represent Christmas season. People from each barangay who create these works of art in an inexpen-sive way would be proud of their accomplishment. Instead of buying lanterns amounting to thousands

CHRISTMAS spirit is up in the air and part of the Fili-pino culture is the hang-ing of lanterns to signify that Christmas is fast ap-proaching along with the cold breeze. The Kapatagan town of Lanao del Norte province will celebrate Christmas this time with something unique – an activity dubbed “PASKOhan sa Kapatagan 2012.” It will showcase differ-ent lantern designs made from indigenous materials in each of the 33 barangays. This explains why celebrat-ing Christmas in this town need not be expensive but environmental-friendly as well. The local government is working hand in hand with the community in the campaign for proper gar-bage and plastics disposal, which is a priority. The use of indigenous materials

of pesos would now have local lanterns at a cheap cost for a change. These creations wil l provide an opportunity as a source of livelihood. Spectators are now flocking to the Kapatagan Municipal Hall to witness various ar tworks and they can place orders right there and then and bring home lanterns for display in their homes. The local government unit is now seeing an option in coordinating with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Depart-ment of Labor and Employ-ment (DOLE) and Depart-ment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for this new opportunity to build a cottage industry out of it. Lampakanay or cat’s tail is a wild sea grass abun-dant in the coastal areas of Kapatagan, particularly Barangays Lapinig and Margos. They are now us-

ing this material in their lanterns. Kapatagan has been exporting ropes and waste baskets made from lam-pakanay since last year. In these disaster-stricken barangays, lampakanay has provided value added to the lantern products as a l ivelihood project. This provides bigger in-come to the people in the community who now have another source of income aside from being farmers and fishermen. The official launching of PASKOhan and first judg-ing of the lantern contest are scheduled for December 2 during the celebration of the town’s Kahumayan Festival Street Dancing competition. Criteria in the lantern contest include the use of indigenous ma-terials, ingenuity, creativ-ity and artistry, and the lantern’s overall look and feel. Initiated by Mayor Ben-

jie Baguio and Vice Mayor Perlito Gonzaga, with the support of the Associa-tion of Barangay Captains through ABC president Barry Baguio, the lantern contest is not simply about celebrating Christmas in

this town but also paves the way in making Kapatagan the indigenous-inspired Christmas lantern capital in the tourism map through its Community-based Rural Tourism approach initia-tive.

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Rufus tells BIR to keep tax on gold needed is strict enforcement of the law so that small-scale miners will stop turning to smugglers who take the gold out of the country, Henares correctly pointed out. “Sma l l-sca le m i ners should sell gold to the BSP because it is what the law states,” the BIR chief said. “If they don’t do so, then they commit a violation. The Bureau of Customs should require gold exporters, par-

ticularly small-scale ones, to show documentary proof that the gold they are trying to bring out of the country was bought from the BSP. It must stop any shipment of gold that has no certification from the BSP and hold the exporters for questioning.” Indeed, it is the obliga-tion of small-scale miners to pay taxes just like everyone else. A mechanism should

LAWMAKERS calling for the scrapping of the tax on gold are barking up the wrong tree. Just because small-scale gold miners or the traders who buy their output do not pay the tax, the Philippine government should simply scrap the impost and the problem gets solved? At least four lawmakers last week urged the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to scrap, or suspend, the tax on gold sales after reports that the volume of the precious metal sold by small-scale miners to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) or central bank fell drastically to 17,389 kilos in 2011 from 25,232 kilos in 2010 when produc-tion should have increased as prices rose. The culprit, according to the lawmakers, is the 7-per cent tax on all gold sales to the BSP. The Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources had noted that the decline in the BSP’s gold purchases began in the second half of 2011 when the BIR imposed a 2-per cent excise tax and a 10-per cent creditable withholding tax (CWT) on gold sold by small-scale miners and trad-ers. Effective April this year, the CWT was halved to 5 per cent. The tax payments are deducted at the BSP’s five buying stations in the cities of Baguio, Davao, Zamboanga, Naga and Quezon, and later remitted to the BIR. Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has called on Internal Revenue Com-missioner Kim Henares to immediately scrap the tax, while Sen. Gregorio Ho-nasan suggested that it be suspended until the BIR has plugged all the loopholes in the system. “The gold tax is a glaring case of bad taxation. It is doing more harm than good because it is a big f lop in raising government revenue

and it is hurting our financial stability,” Rodriguez claimed. Honasan, a member of the Senate ways and means com-mittee, said: “I don’t think we should continue with something that is clearly not working as expected. I agree that gold should be taxed, but I don’t think it should be done this way.” The law requires small-scale miners to sell all their gold to the central bank. What does the substantial drop in the BSP’s gold pur-chases from them indicate but smuggling? “Obviously, smuggling accounts for the low gold inventory [of the BSP],” Isa-bela Representative Giorgidi Aggabao, vice chair of the House ways and means com-

mittee, said, adding: “But the trouble with lifting the tax is it will benefit equally the big-time gold mining companies.” He also said that while he believed that the tax should stay, the solu-tion was stricter oversight, especially on small-scale mining activities. The most plausible proof of the smuggling is the re-ports citing Hong Kong data showing that Philippine gold shipments to the territory averaged 81,000 kilos in 2010 and 2011. On the other hand, data from the Philippines’ National Statistics Office showed legal gold exports to Hong Kong in 2010 and 2011 at just about 3 per cent of the total volume recorded by Hong Kong authorities.

It’s quite clear that the problem is smuggling, not the tax on gold sales. We agree with the BIR chief ’s position that the argument that the tax is pushing small-scale miners to sell gold to buyers outside the country is not sufficient reason for the government to stop collecting taxes. What is ruFus/PAGE 9

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Robust growth for real estateSUPPLY AND DEMAND levels for the country’s resi-dential and office sectors are expected to continue to grow next year on the back of a bullish local investment climate, particularly in the growing BPO (business pro-cess outsourcing) sector, local real estate services firm CB Richard Ellis Philippines, Inc. (CBRE Philippines) reported. “We are now experiencing the best real estate market in the last 20 years. Suffice it to say that if you build it, they [the buyers]will come -- be it office, residential, or leisure properties,” Rick M. Santos, CBRE Philippines chairman and chief executive, said. Optimism in the local property sector is being driven by the numerous investments coming in as a result of an attractive busi-ness climate. “The confidence in the Philippines from an invest-ment standpoint is very high, and will pervade in 2013. The Philippine real estate sector will have bright prospects in 2013,” Mr. Santos said. Joey M. Radovan, CBRE Philippines global corpo-rate services vice-chairman, said that the office market, for one, continued to enjoy robust pre-leasing commit-ments across major locations, with demand coming from BPOs.

Earlier this year, CBRE Philippines noted that pre-leasing activity, defined as initial payments between tenant and landlord prior to the payment of actual rent, was beginning to grow to pre-Asian Crisis levels due to the economy’s stability. CBRE Philippines identi-fied Quezon City, particu-larly Eastwood City and the UP-Ayala Land TechnoHub, as the next emerging office growth district in Metro Manila. “The office sector will continue to perform well in Asia Pacific as it is one of the most cost-effective out-

sourcing destinations in the region. The country provides a conducive environment for foreign investors,” Mr. Santos explained. An optimistic outlook is also seen for residential sector: “While demand for the high-end market will be sustained in 2013, de-velopers will focus more on mid-income residential market segment within the P45,000- to P80,000-square meter range, ref lecting the demand created from the growing population of fami-lies and young professionals,” CBRE Philippines said in its statement.

Robinsons Land pushes mixed-use development

GOKONGWEI-LED prop-erty developer Robinsons Land Corp. has moved to broaden its mixed-use devel-opment portfolio, launching on Tuesday The Sapphire Bloc, an upscale project that was described as the com-pany’s biggest development in Ortigas Center yet. Robinsons Land unveiled The Sapphire Bloc in a press briefing at Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria, a four-tower complex that will rise on an 8,400-square-meter property bounded by Sapphire and Garnet Roads in Ortigas Center, Pasig City. “This is our biggest proj-ect to date in Ortigas,” May L. Precilla, Robinsons Land vice-president for sales and marketing, said during the briefing. Ms. Precilla noted in an interview after the briefing that Robinsons Land’s biggest development in the area had been the 5,000-square-meter Robinsons Galleria complex at the corner of EDSA and Ortigas Avenue.

LIFESTYLE BLOC Robinsons Land said that as a so-called lifestyle bloc, the 38-storey The Sapphire Bloc wil l be a “centrally located, integrated devel-opment close to office and commercial institutions, a showcase of unique dining and retail conveniences, and complemented by a residen-tial enclave.”

The Sapphire Bloc The Sapphire Bloc will offer 30- to 37-square-meter, one-bedroom units at P3 million-P4.16 million each; 45.50- to 60-square-meter, two-bedroom units at P5 million-P6.74 million each; and 97-square-meter, three-bedroom units at P10.59 million-P10.77 million each, a statement read. “The first building is ex-pected to bring P1.6 billion in sales, with turnover in 2016,” Mybelle V. Aragon-Gobio, Robinsons Land vice-president for business development and financing, said at same the briefing. “[W]e have yet to esti-mate (sales from) the three other buildings, but the other buildings will be taller and have more units, so they will

fetch higher sales.” Ms. Gobio declined to cite investment cost. Robinsons Land has also allotted a 2,000-square-meter area at The Sapphire Bloc’s ground level for retail ten-ants.

UPBEAT The Sapphire Bloc will absorb Robinsons Land’s Sapphire Residences --- cur-rently under construction -- after the company bought additional properties toward Onyx Road which crosses Sapphire and Garnet Roads from Meralco Avenue. “We were fortunate to be able to acquire the proper-ties beside that (Sapphire Residences). We expanded that lot and we now have

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